The original Sheepshead Bay Library opened August 22, 1903, after area residents lobbied for their own branch and raised $200 as a down payment on its maintenance. The branch’s location on East 14th Street is its fourth; the Sheepshead Bay Library that patrons know and love has served the community in its 7,475-square-foot facility since 1963.
As demand has risen for Sheepshead Bay Library’s programs and materials, particularly its large multilingual collections, the branch has responded with creative programming and excellent customer service.
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- 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