Bedford Library

Bedford Library is a library in , which is located on Franklin Avenue. Bedford Library is situated nearby to the metro station , as well as near the park .
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  • Type: Library
  • Description: public library in Brooklyn, New York, USA
  • Also known as: “Bedford Branch Brooklyn Public Library”, “Bedford Library Branch”, “BPL Bedford Library”, and “Brooklyn Public Library”
  • Address: 496 Franklin Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11238

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Franklin Avenue station and Hancock Playground.

Metro station
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The is a station complex shared by the BMT Franklin Avenue Line and the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway, located at Franklin Avenue and Fulton Street in .

Park
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is a park.

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 mile southwest of Bedford Library.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Prospect Heights and Clinton Hill.

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 located in the north-central portion of the borough of . It is bordered by the and Flushing Avenue to the north, to the northeast, Classon Avenue and to the east, Atlantic Avenue and to the south and southwest and Vanderbilt Avenue and to the west.

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.

Bedford Library

Latitude
40.68182° or 40° 40′ 55″ north
Longitude
-73.95618° or 73° 57′ 22″ west
Elevation
72 feet (22 metres)
Height
51 feet (16 metres)
Wheelchair access
yes
Branch
Bedford
Brand
Bedford
Operator
Brooklyn Public Library
Open location code
87G8M2JV+PG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 249985795
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­library
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Geo­Names ID
6340783
Wiki­data ID
Q110320251
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