A virtual ribbon cutting ceremony for the Greenpoint Library (107 Norman Ave.) is currently underway with a livestream of speeches at the library entrance. View the livestream on the Greenpoint Library’s Facebook page, and as a reminder, limited lobby service launches today from 1 p.m. – 7 p.m.
In a press release, The Brooklyn Public Library revealed details of the environmental-friendly design of the new building:
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My friend went to the opening and said it was big on pols. getting FaceTime but little on anything else.
I never understood why the historic previous library that was there for many yrs was knocked down or for that matter the one after that.
The public school not too far away from this new library was built in 1867 and still standing and operating for kids.
Buy it’s not actually “open” because of COVID right? My understanding is that it’s only open for picking up things reserved online.