A $1 million grant from the Andrew Carnegie Foundation will allow the library system to expand citizenship classes, legal aid ...

In the fiction category, a novelist introduces us to a New Yorker just evicted from her apartment, while a philosopher pays ...

The Brooklyn Public Library has just announced that Where the Wild Things Are is its most borrowed book. Since Oct. 27, the institution has been sharing its 125 most checked-out books throughout its ...

One of Brooklyn's most prolific icons, Jay-Z, has driven scores of New Yorkers to their local public library. The Brooklyn Public Library activated more than 14,000 new library memberships between ...

The Brooklyn Public Library and Roc Nation have partnered on the release of a JAY-Z-themed limited-edition library card ...

Basketball and books are colliding as the Brooklyn Public Library teams up with the New York Liberty to release special-edition Liberty-themed library cards. The cards — featuring images of the ...

Recently, the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Arch at the center of Grand Army Plaza was wrapped in scaffolding—a la Christo and Jeanne-Claude—to undergo restoration. Nearby, another landmark has also been ...

Opening July 14, "Unbound" is a new, free exhibition by Brooklyn artist and acclaimed children's book author Christopher Myers that transforms the library into a vibrant celebration of storytelling.

The show itself features works by 35 artists, placed around the Central Library’s Grand Lobby. Films by Asad Raza and Ilana Harris-Babou play, while Be Oakley / GenderFail Press present An incessant ...

The 14-book guide highlighted Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt’s book, “How Democracies Die” – which warns of former President Donald Trump’s impact on American democracy; and Robert Dallek’s “How ...