Reviews of Brooklyn Public Library - Central Branch (Library)

tony sudsangiam

Love sitting at computer center seat provide outlet , great environment,great place for hangout get some reading,food and lunch table area provide at great Hall,checkout counter great service

Crystal Wilks

It's a great place to study and write. The variety of books is beautiful compared to other Brooklyn libraries.

Robert C.

A stimulating environment for all ages. There is a special section for children that features colorful graphics and storytelling times. There are thousands of books in the underground levels that are accessible by asking at the front desk. I worked as a book finder, and traversed the four underground levels to locate books not accessible on the shelves in the public area. Everything from graphic novels to ancient classics. Great place for students and researchers as the staff is friendly and helpful.

TrainStopReads TokensForAllTheStationsInYourLIfe

I can't say enough about my visit on Wednesday June 6th 2019. From the Police Officer on detail who helped me when I entered through the childrens library to Stevie Smith at the cafe. I had had a horrific experience at an Airbnb in Brooklyn. I had to quickly find another Airbnb that was in a very dangerous neighborhood. I went from originally planning to stay in NYC 6 days , to staying for exaclty 48 hours. Stevie was such a source of comfort and help. I was so emotional and confused. I am a Native New Yorker born and raised here and I was shocked at what had happened to me at the Airbnb. Stevie made me feel safe, connected, protected and respected. She listened and offered her assistance. She went above and beyond. As a child born in 1967, this library was always my safe place. At almost 52 years of age, it once again became my safe place. Thank you to all those that helped me at the library and a special thanks to Stevie Smith. Your good deed and humanity towards me will never be forgotten.

Nathaniel Gregg

Your reading selection is fantastic. Whether you study classic the Masters or otherwise. Whether you study religion or humanities you leave nothing or perhaps too much to the imagination.

Gail Monso

All the books that you can ready, Idnyc, passport office and media center.

Denice Brown

Absolutely Beautiful Knowledge &Wisdom. Great 4 Senior's young &Old.

Nadezda Mindyuk

When I got out of the subway, I was confused where to go next. A smiling nice guy suggested: "Turn the corner and you will see a beautiful building. This is our library. " Unfortunately, I did not have time to be there anymore and to get to know the library better. But the place was really interesting. On the first floor of the library there are two official organizations. One of them I visited on this day. It was New York ID service. I'm white, but at the place there was service only to African-Americans and Hispanic speakers. When I registered online, I did not know such information. I learned about this only when I came there. Yes, discrimination of the white population in state offices is a common thing today. Apparently, the current administration of Brooklyn supports such a strategy. My visit was fruitless. I lost my time. But the beauty of the area, clean air from the greenery calmed me quickly.

slaapkaamers

I love this place. Super magical. Also when I got my library card here it was under the theme of Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak, super charming and I show it to everyone.

Arabhis Nicholson

Great place for research and resources to build a career!

Meg aomarvel

IDNYC Staff were extremely courteous, friendly knowledgeable and very helpful. The entire experience was very speedy and efficient. The online appointment and on location electronic buzzer that reduced queue time were exceptional service tools to help ease new customers through the process. Excellent team and wonderful people managing the process. Thank you!

Joey Katz

Excellent place to get some work done. Very pretty.

crystal vouse

Been coming here since I was a baby and now I bring my son here all the time .He also loves it..

Villiage Lions

This place is incredible. Of course this just so happens to be the main library. Beautiful architecture from the inside out. Yet you do have to be quiet in certain places, but the main hall you would be able to talk on a cell phone and do other things. I definitely would recommend this Library. Additionally, you are allowed to record in the studios but you do have to book them in advance. All Things Considered, no issues, whatsoever

Deenie Boi

I love the library and the proven notion of unlimited learning and opportunities to help anyone with the drive to learn, enhance and teach or research just about anything and everything humanely possible. Of the six employees I approached for assistance only four were able to guide me in the direction of my objective, which was to scan documents to my email. Two employees were unnecessarily rushed with their information that it cost me having to redo the entire process. There was no line to speak of yet there body language spoke of being quite unraveled. There was a moment when one employee verbally disciplined another employee while in my presence. I was so taken aback that I offered to step away. Actually hoping that my action will help her realize that her behavior was not only out of line, but it was unprofessional, unnecessary and outright rude. The central library stands as a pillar of learning and development of knowledge. To that end, and as with most businesses and such, it could stand to brush up on offering their employees workshops on how to improve their collective basic people skills. Thank you.

Hai Ngo

Great library. I love that it exists. It has a coffee bar that also sells some food inside. Pretty clean. Busy. Printers and copiers. Friendly staff.

Rafael Cepeda

Óbice and big library ! Wooowww!!!

MJ Museum

One of the largest libraries in the world! Lots of amazing streets and such an incredible building! The universe of knowledge with the amount of books located here on topics from all over the world. A landmark and a real national treasure this place magnifies! Love the library!

Russ Brooklyn Realty Market

One of the best libraries I ever visited. Knowledgeable and helpful staff, latest technologies, variety of international authors and book on foreign languages

JB JB

Brooklyn Public Library is a huge and impressive building for a library, but I did not have the time to go inside.

Yeasinul Hoque

Great place to sit and down just embrace books for hours. The library provides many services and programs for kids to have fun and learn. Computers are also available for those with brooklyn public library cards and wifi is also available.

Fitzgerald Hamblin Jr

Location generates good business. However can generate much more positive exposure. Some red zoned areas. Brownstones corner streets. That would attract more new renovated businesses. Public Parks, Mini Brownstone Malls, Libraries, Community Social-Media Youths-Teens-Senior-Middle Aged Adults Club Memberships Centers even Public Affordable Housing. That can really attract more focus. That will draw outside Small-Big Corporate Businesses. That. Would provide future fundings as vast various sponsors. That again. Creating Re-Generalizations. Literally Re-Facing the various jointed communities one by one. Into an safe , clean Civilized . industrious jointed again Communities. That can attract common tourists, community locals. To not only feel safe & secure within the community & these new jointed. , provisions of various communities that can as well create Jobs. This locate needs an Community Survey Evaluation. Some dark spots. Are unsafe unreasonable. Social Cultural Styles. Attracts many many unrestricted issues . that needs to seriously be considered importantly.

Esther Gopin

I've been going here all my life. This library is big, beautiful, and offers an incredible amount of resources (books, media, one-on-one sessions with librarians, workspace, etc). The library organizes top-quality programs all the time, including musical performances and educational classes. The staff are always helpful and accommodating, and the place is clean and well-kept. A great place to spend free time, and located in a beautiful plaza. There's even a pie shop in the concourse !

Dina Thaverne

The call center sucks, and clearly no one is on the same page about the information they are giving the customer. Clearly, they enjoy wasting your time when it comes to getting a passport and how the payments should be. Learn your jobs.

Gabriel Hawkins

Awesome library location!

felix b ortiz Sr

Great place to chill out reading ,jumping on computer, studying,exploring new things, staff awesome security is tight here enjoy an pastry with cup of lava sight seeing hang-out outside of library enjoy the weather with vendors have a knish with mustard when around Con bathroom small for too many folks I use by park area on bus stop where is awesome clean and private worth the price when use

Luke Hansen

I always have a great experience when I visit the main branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. First, the building is beautiful and is located in a great spot near Prospect Park. The library's online system always has worked well for me. I reserve a book online and pick it up at the designated branch. It is also great for renewing books. The actual library is easy to navigate, has all the books you could ever want, and never has long checkout lines. People are always utilizing the cafe area in the main lobby.

Perry Wilson

I love this library. You can get lost here for a while just going through tons of stuff that they have to offer. It's architecturally beautiful and the sights from the top floor are nice too. This is definitely one of my favorite libraries in Brooklyn.

David Mongwe

Very beautiful Library. Friendly Staff (Got a new Library Card in under 5 minutes), and solid clean place to hang out with a good book and get lost. Highly recommended fiction-section!

Mac A

I seriously didn’t know how many cool things are right around Prospect Park. I thought the exterior of the library was really cool, but it was kind of a letdown inside. Not because there were books, just because the aesthetic was pretty bland. Outside, the building looked old, but with character. On the inside, however, it just looked outdated. There was a great selection of books inside, though. There’s also a lot of great work space, which is definitely a huge plus.

Jose R Lopez

Very nice big library. College kids and kids in general like this place. They come here to work in a quiet setting to get information or homework done. It's a fairly large building and has lots of history to it's pass. The architect structure is very pleasing to the eyes. If you just want to get away from it all or just need some quiet time to read a book, then this is the place for you.

Rachel R

Such a beautiful library. Well-worth a visit.

Elvis Jimenez

Awesome place to find a book fashion show may 3 2019

Jacquelyn Bullock

One of my favorites places many activities and on Some Sundays there is classical music. Recently open a Service loaning musical instruments. All peoples are welcomed and provided services. There is a passport office services as well, a must visit for anyone

hani al bahr

Nice neighborhood

josh erwing

IDNYC Staff were extremely courteous, friendly knowledgeable and very helpful. The entire experience was very speedy and efficient. The online appointment and on location electronic buzzer that reduced queue time were exceptional service tools to help ease new customers through the process. Excellent team and wonderful people managing the process. Thank you!

Pretty Nikki

Very nice and quiet and the cafe is good too.

Jisoo Kim

Disclaimer: I love ALL libraries. I love books. I automatically swipe right if your job is Librarian. This is the Central Branch of the Brooklyn Library system. It's 3 floors. They have everything from everyday books to history and sciences and a separate section for music. You can also rent musical scores and instruments to play them from banjo to violin. Everyone from security to help desk are so nice and helpful. If you need your phone charged you can use the charging station by the cafe. You can get a library card if youre a NYS resident. Even if you're not from Brooklyn. From classes and events to resources you can spend a whole day here and not be bored. But then again read the disclaimer. I haven't met a library I didnt like.

Keith Adams

Decent and friendly staff

Farin Chowdhury

Love this library. A part of my life. They have a huge collection of books and lots of educational resources.

Do Think Twice.

Needs to be updated and reorganized. Great selection of books though. Also there needs to be more regulation on how loud ppls darn conversations can be. Two decades ago ppl respected required noise volume. What happened?

Cyndi Martz

They have a GENDERFUL conference! This place is glorious. Good luck getting an uber. Dont eat the meat vendors. Just dont.

Shanice

Absolutely beautiful architecture and personality at this location. I like how all the information i need from literature is steadily "on hand" , this is definitely a very nice place to visit for knowledge or maybe peaceful meditation.

Kelly G

The New York Public Library is located in Midtown Manhattan. It's a large public library with a rich collection of books. As long as during the opening hours, people are free to visit and read. be sure to check out the biggest main reading room, you can sit down and read, the small reading room on the side is also felt well. There are have many activities for enlightenment and free!

JB MANN.

I really like this library! The 3rd floor is a great place to study in peace and quiet. They have lots of amazing events that are artistic and educational. It can get very very busy, but you’ll just need to focus and it will be fine... there’s a computer room, children’s area, Brooklyn collection, passport center, and many other amazing things.

Shneur

One big library with lots of books on many subjects to read and borrow. Quiet places to use laptop and work. You can also get your passport photos here. Book drop off. Many classes given here. Great place to relax on a rainy day.

Andres Lopez-Ovejero

The best branch of the best library in NYC. Way friendlier & more helpful than NYPL reading room.

Vladimir Aksionov

An illustrious and shining standard of a place of knowledge. A leading example on international library standards. An excellent place to read,study, or relax.

Tarisse Iriarte

Amazing arts and culture department...the central branch has a plethora of diverse programming, events and information. The staff is always willing to assist and guide you in the right direction. Great place to zone out and get work done or just dive into a good book.

Chelsea Graham

What an amazing library! Love it

Kahlil Murray

Great service i received my passport from here

Michael Hackney

Offers free Wi-Fi with great security. The staff needs to improve on their customer service. Most are professional, but others need to smile and actually be helpful.

Jon Revere

Trash management team!good staff.

A L

11.22.17 - it's a beautiful and alluring entrance, but its interior is anything but that. There's a Four & Twenty Blackbird pie shop cafe inside.

Dmitry Zvorygin

Huge and silent space. Didn't have time to explore all halls, but found interesting bioethics book to kill some time while waiting for late evening departure from JFK.

Asif Memon

This is a very good city library. Great collection of books for all ages and subject matter. There are a good number of computers available if you need one; good WiFi; cafe, which sells food; children's play area and plenty of activities. Great location as well, with plenty to do around the library (grand army plaza, brooklyn museum, botanican gardens, prospect park all around). Barclays Center is a brief walk away.

Jennifer Barbour

I have'nt been there for a while but it's a lovely place to be,the staff here are friendly and helpful.

sandy jeantihomme

I order a sausage egg and cheeses at Emma’s Torch Cafe and the sausage was very under cooked and the eggs looked weird and when I asked why the sausage looked like that she said because it’s pork that’s why it was pink