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Return library materials
Return your BPL library materials during open hours.
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After-hours Returns
Return your BPL materials in our exterior book drop when the branch is closed.
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Meeting Rooms
To see available spaces, review BPL’s meeting room policy, and request a reservation, visit our room reservation website.
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Extended Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi signal that can reach up to 300 feet outside the library, available 24/7; learn more about Bklyn Reach.
- Cooling Center
Beautiful, historic Macon Library is one of the best preserved Carnegie branches in Brooklyn. Opened in 1907, the two-story, Classical Revival-style building retains its original fireplaces, oak paneling, alcoves and wooden benches, along with the warm charm that has welcomed patrons for more than one hundred years. The Dionne Mack-Harvin Center, Macon Library's African American Heritage Center, contains material on African American history and culture as well as the "Preserving Footsteps" collection. A landmark in the heart of a richly historic neighborhood, Macon Library is primed to continue serving patrons for many years to come.
Friends of Macon Library
Friends of Macon Library is a group of organized volunteers who help our neighborhood library through advocacy, fundraising and promotion. If you are interested in becoming a Friend of Macon Library, ask a staff member for details or email [email protected] for more information.
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Staff Picks
- NYC Picture Books
- History of NYC
The adventures of taxi dogDebra Barracca
The curious gardenPeter Brown
UptownBryan Collier
Pet of the MetLydia Freeman
The man who walked between the towersMordicai Gerstein
Mermaids on paradeMelanie Hope Greenberg
Little TootHardie Gramatky
ChinatownWilliam Low
SubwayChristoph Niemann
Twenty-one elephants and still standingApril Jones Prince
Wow! : New York CityPuck
Tar BeachFaith Ringgold
A teeny, tiny babyAmy Schwartz
In the night kitchenMaurice Sendak
BlackoutJohn Rocco
MadlenkaPeter Sís
The gardenerSarah Stewart
Kay Thompson's Eloise : a book for precocious grown upsKay Thompson
How little Lori visited Times SquareAmos Vogel
Lyle, Lyle, crocodile.Bernard Waber
B is for BrooklynSelina Alko
My taxi ridePaul DuBois Jacobs
You can't take a balloon into the Metropolitan MuseumJacqueline Preiss Weitzman
Knuffle Bunny : a cautionary taleMo Willems
Chicken and CatSara Varon
Me and Momma and Big JohnMara Rockliff
Ollie : the purple elephantJarrett Krosoczka
Cool Daddy RatKristyn Crow
Down in the subwayMiriam Cohen
A walk in New YorkSalvatore Rubbino
The lonely phoneboothPeter Ackerman
Another night at the museumMilan Trenc
AbuelaArthur Dorros
A history of New York in 101 objectsSam Roberts
The power broker : Robert Moses and the fall of New YorkRobert A Caro
Nonstop metropolis : a New York City atlas
Tenements, towers & trash : an unconventional illustrated history of New York CityJulia Wertz
Inside the Apple : a streetwise history of New York CityMichelle Nevius
The colossus of New York : a city in thirteen partsColson Whitehead