Tag: Friends of Red Hook Library

Red Hook Library

Laissez les Bons Temps Rouler at the Red Hook Library, by Kimberly Gail Price

  In the summer of 2014 the Red Hook Library was on Brooklyn Public Library’s (BPL) chopping block because it was the most underutilized in the borough. Now, the branch has been resuscitated under the creative leadership of the Friends of the Red Hook Library. On Saturday, February 25, the Friends and friends transformed the entire library into a carnival […]

Carlos Menchaca, Library, Lillie Marshall

Sky’s the limit for new Friends of the Red Hook Library, by George Fiala

The slow climb back for the Red Hook Library took a step forward this week with the first meeting of the Friends of the Red Hook Library. Funding for the Brooklyn Public Library has been increased the past couple of years as Mayor de Blasio and the new City Council was able to devote some more of the city’s budget […]