Central Library

The Central Library, originally the Ingersoll Memorial Library, is the main branch of the Brooklyn Public Library in , New York City. Located on , at the corner of Flatbush Avenue and Eastern Parkway, it contains over 1.7 million items in its collection and has a million annual visitors.
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  • Opening hours:
    Monday—Thursday: 9:00 AM—8:00 PM
    Friday—Saturday: 9:00 AM—6:00 PM
    Sunday: 1:00 PM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Library
  • Description: central library of the Brooklyn Public Library
  • Also known as: “Brooklyn Public Library central branch”, “Brooklyn Public Library Central Library”, and “Central Library (Brooklyn Public Library)”
  • Address: 10 Grand Army Plaza, 11238

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Prospect Park and Brooklyn Museum.

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is in . It includes its namesake park, plus the neighborhoods of Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Windsor Terrace, and South.

Museum
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The is an art museum in the borough of . At 560,000 square feet, the museum is New York City's second largest and contains an art collection with around 500,000 objects. is situated 1,300 feet east of Central Library.

Square
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, originally known as Prospect Park Plaza, is a public plaza that comprises the northern corner and the main entrance of in the New York City borough of . is situated 830 feet northwest of Central Library.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Prospect Heights and Park Slope.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in the northwest of the borough of . The traditional boundaries are Flatbush Avenue to the west, Atlantic Avenue to the north, Eastern Parkway – beginning at – to the south, and Washington Avenue to the east.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in , , within an area known as . is roughly bounded by and Prospect Park West to the east, Fourth Avenue to the west, Flatbush Avenue to the north, and Prospect Expressway to the south.

Locality
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is a national historic district in , in New York City. It consists of 1,063 largely residential contributing buildings built between the 1840s and 1930 in popular contemporary and revival styles.

Central Library

Latitude
40.67213° or 40° 40′ 20″ north
Longitude
-73.96809° or 73° 58′ 5″ west
Elevation
148 feet (45 metres)
Height
96 feet (29 metres)
Wheelchair access
yes
Branch
Central Branch
Operator
Brooklyn Public Library
Open location code
87G8M2CJ+VQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 250229992
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­library
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Geo­Names ID
5112081
Wiki­data ID
Q5061358
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Central Library” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المكتبة الرئيسية (مكتبة بروكلين العامة)”
  • Arabic: “المكتبة الرئيسية”
  • Catalan: “Biblioteca Central”
  • Chinese: “中央圖書館 (布魯克林公共圖書館)”
  • Chinese: “中央圖書館”
  • Danish: “Brooklyn Public Library”
  • Russian: “Бруклинская публичная библиотека”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca Central”

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