Bedford Library
Bedford Library is a library in Brooklyn, New York which is located on Franklin Avenue. Bedford Library is situated nearby to the metro station Franklin Avenue station, as well as near the park Hancock Playground.Photo: Ehblake, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- 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
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Franklin Avenue station and Hancock Playground.
Franklin Avenue station
Metro station
Photo: Tj228, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Franklin Avenue station 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 Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.
Brooklyn Museum
Museum
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. At 560,000 square feet, the museum is New York City's second largest and contains an art collection with around 500,000 objects. Brooklyn Museum is situated 1 mile southwest of Bedford Library.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Prospect Heights and Clinton Hill.
Prospect Heights
Neighborhood
Photo: Spyder Monkey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Prospect Heights is a neighborhood in the northwest of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The traditional boundaries are Flatbush Avenue to the west, Atlantic Avenue to the north, Eastern Parkway – beginning at Grand Army Plaza – to the south, and Washington Avenue to the east.
Clinton Hill
Neighborhood
Photo: Saint bruce, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Clinton Hill is a neighborhood located in the north-central portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is bordered by the Brooklyn Navy Yard and Flushing Avenue to the north, Williamsburg to the northeast, Classon Avenue and Bedford–Stuyvesant to the east, Atlantic Avenue and Prospect Heights to the south and southwest and Vanderbilt Avenue and Fort Greene to the west.
Clinton Hill Historic District
Locality
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
Clinton Hill Historic District is a national historic district in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, 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
- Categories: library branch, public library, Carnegie library, building, and education
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.68182° or 40° 40′ 55″ northLongitude
-73.95618° or 73° 57′ 22″ westElevation
72 feet (22 metres)Height
51 feet (16 metres)Branch
BedfordBrand
BedfordOperator
Brooklyn Public LibraryOpen location code
87G8M2JV+PGOpenStreetMap ID
way 249985795OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=libraryOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesGeoNames ID
6340783Wikidata ID
Q110320251
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