PROSPECT HEIGHTS, Brooklyn -- If anyone can make a trip to the library feel like a party, it's Jay-Z, apparently. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, the Brooklyn Public Library and Roc ...

It’s one of more than 11,000 objects in the Center for Brooklyn History’s collection of art and artifacts at the Brooklyn Public Library, now being carefully catalogued, photographed and digitized for ...

The mass timber Canarsie Library will double its public space and become one of NYC’s first public buildings of its kind.

BOROUGHWIDE — Uncertainty and change may have dominated this year’s headlines, yet Brooklyn Public Library remained a safe, reliable place for connection and discovery throughout, welcoming people ...

BOROUGHWIDE — Brooklyn Public Library officially named Edwin Maxwell as chief librarian on Wednesday. Maxwell previously served as the senior director of neighborhood services, overseeing nearly 700 ...

Hannah Kliger joined the CBS News New York team as a reporter in May 2022, focusing her coverage in Brooklyn. A native New Yorker, Hannah has received several awards for her investigative journalism ...

CANARSIE, Brooklyn(PIX11) — A Brooklyn neighborhood is celebrating the start of a new chapter for its local library. Crews broke ground Friday in Canarsie, marking the start of construction on a brand ...

There’s a new bookworm in charge at the Brooklyn Public Library. Longtime BPL employee Edwin B. Maxwell stepped into the role of Chief Librarian on Wednesday, where he’ll oversee the library’s many ...

The Brooklyn Public Library has named six finalists for its 2025 Book Prize, highlighting voices that speak to the borough’s identity while drawing on stories from across the globe. The annual prize ...

Things get underway Saturday night with an 8pm screening of short, silent documentaries capturing the student uprisings in Paris in May 1968 (including pieces shot by Chris Marker, Alain Resnais, and ...