Park Slope Library to Close in Fall
The Brooklyn Public Library’s Park Slope branch at Sixth Avenue and Ninth Street is going to close this fall for renovations, reports The Brooklyn Paper, for up to two years. The $2 million renovation to the 1906 building will include the addition of an elevator, an air-conditioning system, an outdoor ramp, and restrooms to accommodate…
The Brooklyn Public Library’s Park Slope branch at Sixth Avenue and Ninth Street is going to close this fall for renovations, reports The Brooklyn Paper, for up to two years. The $2 million renovation to the 1906 building will include the addition of an elevator, an air-conditioning system, an outdoor ramp, and restrooms to accommodate handicapped visitors. The city informed the Paper that construction will begin in the fall and the two-year cap is the maximum amount of time that the branch will remain closed. A start date hasn’t been announced, but the BPL said that there will be a public meeting to discuss the project. GMAP
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Sorry about all the repeated comments – It’s my first time posting and I guess I clicked too much!
I grew up using this branch and visited it every Saturday. In my youth it was well-run and well-stocked and the lighting was much better. Pete Hamill wrote a wonderful essay about it in the New York Times some years ago, “D’Artagnan on Ninth Street”, http://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/26/books/d-artagnan-on-ninth-street-a-brooklyn-boy-at-the-library.html.
I grew up using this branch and visited it every Saturday. In my youth it was well-run and well-stocked and the lighting was much better. Pete Hamill wrote a wonderful essay about it in the New York Times some years ago, “D’Artagnan on Ninth Street”, http://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/26/books/d-artagnan-on-ninth-street-a-brooklyn-boy-at-the-library.html.
I grew up using this branch and visited it every Saturday. In my youth it was well-run and well-stocked and the lighting was much better. Pete Hamill wrote a wonderful essay about it in the New York Times some years ago, “D’Artagnan on Ninth Street”, http://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/26/books/d-artagnan-on-ninth-street-a-brooklyn-boy-at-the-library.html.
I grew up using this branch and visited it every Saturday. In my youth it was well-run and well-stocked and the lighting was much better. Pete Hamill wrote a wonderful essay about it in the New York Times some years ago, “D’Artagnan on Ninth Street”, http://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/26/books/d-artagnan-on-ninth-street-a-brooklyn-boy-at-the-library.html.
What are some of the other BPL branches that some of you like? Either aesthetically or services offered?
I sorta thought that’s what you meant, rob 🙂 (Whew!)
omg! i never said ive never been to a library! hahaha. i said ive never been to a NYC branch one!! i was a total library nerd as a kid!
*rob*
rob- you couldn’t have gotten through college without going to a library. You have a double degree- one in psychology. How could you never set foot in a library?