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BPL · Bay Ridge · South Brooklyn · est. 1916

Bay Ridge

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About this branch

Carnegie library on Ridge Boulevard, opened in 1916 — among the last Brooklyn Carnegie branches funded.

Opened
1916
Neighborhood
Bay Ridge
Region
South Brooklyn
Tracked here
37

How Bay Ridge compares

Most similar reading taste

Kings Highway

50% weighted overlap on adult demand pressure · 24 shared of 47

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Most different reading taste

Central Library

8% weighted overlap on adult demand pressure · 6 shared of 54

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Most in-demand here

Availability-derivedAvailability-derived: public hold counts are too inconsistent across comparable titles to fold in. This ranking is based on shelf availability and movement only. Missing holds are never treated as zero.
  1. 1
    The women

    Kristin Hannah

    0/6 available · all out · +24 vs panel avg
  2. 2
    The correspondent

    Virginia Evans

    0/6 available · all out · +2 vs panel avg
  3. 3
    Martyr!

    Kaveh Akbar

    0/4 available · all out · +11 vs panel avg
  4. 4
    Strangers : a memoir of marriage

    Belle Burden

    0/5 available · all out · +7 vs panel avg
  5. 5
    Atmosphere : a love story

    Taylor Jenkins Reid

    0/5 available · all out · +3 vs panel avg
  1. 6
    Heart the lover

    Lily King

    0/4 available · all out · −2 vs panel avg
  2. 7
    The intruder

    Freida McFadden

    0/4 available · all out · +11 vs panel avg
  3. 8
    Trust

    Hernán Díaz

    0/2 available · all out · +19 vs panel avg
  4. 9
    Broken country

    Clare Leslie Hall

    0/3 available · all out · +5 vs panel avg
  5. 10
    My friends

    Fredrik Backman

    0/3 available · all out · +4 vs panel avg

Unusually squeezed here

  • 501 Spanish verbs : fully conjugated in all the tenses in an alphabetically arranged, easy-to-learn format

    Christopher Kendris · +34 vs panel avgOver-index: this branch's demand pressure for the title minus the average pressure across ALL tracked branches that carry the title (this branch included). Branches that don't carry the title are excluded so non-coverage doesn't artificially inflate distinctiveness. Positive = unusually in demand here.

  • Disability intimacy : essays on love, care, and desire

    +33 vs panel avgOver-index: this branch's demand pressure for the title minus the average pressure across ALL tracked branches that carry the title (this branch included). Branches that don't carry the title are excluded so non-coverage doesn't artificially inflate distinctiveness. Positive = unusually in demand here.

  • The women

    Kristin Hannah · +24 vs panel avgOver-index: this branch's demand pressure for the title minus the average pressure across ALL tracked branches that carry the title (this branch included). Branches that don't carry the title are excluded so non-coverage doesn't artificially inflate distinctiveness. Positive = unusually in demand here.

  • Hidden potential : the science of achieving greater things

    Adam Grant · +20 vs panel avgOver-index: this branch's demand pressure for the title minus the average pressure across ALL tracked branches that carry the title (this branch included). Branches that don't carry the title are excluded so non-coverage doesn't artificially inflate distinctiveness. Positive = unusually in demand here.

  • Trust

    Hernán Díaz · +19 vs panel avgOver-index: this branch's demand pressure for the title minus the average pressure across ALL tracked branches that carry the title (this branch included). Branches that don't carry the title are excluded so non-coverage doesn't artificially inflate distinctiveness. Positive = unusually in demand here.

  • Art work : on the creative life

    Sally Mann · +17 vs panel avgOver-index: this branch's demand pressure for the title minus the average pressure across ALL tracked branches that carry the title (this branch included). Branches that don't carry the title are excluded so non-coverage doesn't artificially inflate distinctiveness. Positive = unusually in demand here.

  • Martyr!

    Kaveh Akbar · +11 vs panel avgOver-index: this branch's demand pressure for the title minus the average pressure across ALL tracked branches that carry the title (this branch included). Branches that don't carry the title are excluded so non-coverage doesn't artificially inflate distinctiveness. Positive = unusually in demand here.

  • The intruder

    Freida McFadden · +11 vs panel avgOver-index: this branch's demand pressure for the title minus the average pressure across ALL tracked branches that carry the title (this branch included). Branches that don't carry the title are excluded so non-coverage doesn't artificially inflate distinctiveness. Positive = unusually in demand here.

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