The BPL Annex is a unique community space offering select library services leading up to the opening of Adams Street Library, BPL's first new branch in more than 30 years. At the Annex, patrons will be able to access free WiFi, borrow a laptop on-site, pick up materials on hold and borrow from a small collection. On Wednesday and Friday mornings, the Annex offers programming for babies, toddlers and young children. Tuesdays and Thursdays, the Annex hosts after-school programs for kids, tweens, and teens, and evening programs for adults. Programming and services are responsive to the neighborhood, and reflect the needs of the community. Join us at the Annex to attend an event, read a book while enjoying the waterfront view, work on a laptop, or participate in a community meeting to help plan the new Adams Street Library!
Staff Picks
- Waterfront Reads
- Freelancing
- Brooklyn Books for Kids and Teens
- Audiobooks Read by the Author
- If You Are Scared of Poetry
Coney Island : 40 Years, 1970-2010Harvey Stein
Coney IslandLaura Jean Hoffman
The lost tribe of Coney Island : headhunters, Luna Park, and the man who pulled off the spectacle of the centuryClaire (Journalist) Prentice
Good old Coney Island : a sentimental journey into the past : the most rambunctious, scandalous, rapscallion, splendiferous, pugnacious, spectacular, illustrious, prodigious, frolicsome island on earthEdo McCullough
Coney Island : lost and foundCharles Denson
Images of Red Hook, BrooklynThomas Rupolo
Brooklyn's Bay Ridge and Fort Hamilton : a photographic journey, 1870-1970Brian Merlis
Brooklyn noir 3 : nothing but the truth
Brooklyn noir 2
Brooklyn noir
The Brooklyn Navy YardJohn Bartelstone
The last bohemia : scenes from the life of Williamsburg, BrooklynRobert Anasi
Last exit to BrooklynHubert Selby
Sailor Twain ; or, The mermaid in the HudsonMark Siegel
The accidental playground : Brooklyn waterfront narratives of the undesigned and unplannedDaniel Campo
On the waterfront : the Pulitzer Prize-winning articles that inspired the classic movie and transformed the New York HarborMalcolm M (Malcolm Malone) Johnson
On the waterfrontBudd Schulberg
The essential guide to freelance writing : how to write, work, & thrive on your own termsZachary Petit
Starting your career as a freelance writerMoira Anderson Allen
Starting your career as a freelance photographerTad Crawford
The gig economy : the complete guide to getting better work, taking more time off, and financing the life you want!Diane Mulcahy
The gig is up : thrive in the gig economy, where old jobs are obsolete and freelancing is the futureOlga Mizrahi
Freelance to freedom : the roadmap for creating a side business to achieve financial, time and life freedomVincent Pugliese
Side hustle : from idea to income in 27 daysChris Guillebeau
The $100 startup : reinvent the way you make a living, do what you love, and create a new futureChris Guillebeau
The 4-hour workweek : escape 9-5, live anywhere, and join the new richTimothy Ferriss
Thriving in the gig economy : how to capitalize and compete in the new world of workMarion McGovern
Free agent nation : how America's new independent workers are transforming the way we liveDaniel H Pink
What if it does work out? : how a side hustle can change your lifeSusie Moore
One hot summer dayNina Crews
Moonshot : the flight of Apollo 11Brian Floca
The Brooklyn nine in nine inningsAlan Gratz
Secret SaturdaysTorrey Maldonado
Edward gets messyRita Meade
Zeus : king of the godsGeorge O'Connor
Athena : grey-eyed goddessGeorge O'Connor
Hera. Vol. 3 : the goddess and her gloryGeorge O'Connor
Aphrodite : goddess of loveGeorge O'Connor
Poseidon : earth shakerGeorge O'Connor
Ares : bringer of warGeorge O'Connor
Apollo : the brilliant oneGeorge O'Connor
Artemis : wild goddess of the huntGeorge O'Connor
A tree grows in BrooklynBetty Smith
The coldest winter everSister Souljah
P.S. be elevenRita Williams-Garcia
Between Madison and PalmettoJacqueline Woodson
BecomingMichelle Obama
Kitchen confidentialAnthony Bourdain
Calypso : essaysDavid Sedaris
BossypantsTina Fey
Year of yes : how to dance it out, stand in the sun and be your own personShonda Rhimes
The last black unicornTiffany Haddish
Postcards from the edgeCarrie Fisher
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry.Neil deGrasse Tyson
Norse mythologyNeil Gaiman
Creative questauthor Questlove
FloridaLauren Groff
Cringeworthy : a theory of awkwardnessMelissa Dahl
Failure is an option : an attempted memoirH Jon Benjamin
How to read a poem and fall in love with poetryEdward Hirsch
How to read poetry like a professor : a quippy and sonorous guide to verseThomas C Foster
Beautiful & pointless a guide to modern poetryDavid Orr
How Poetry Can Change Your Heart.Andrea Gibson