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BPL · Bed-Stuy · Central Brooklyn · est. 1905

Bedford

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About this branch

Carnegie branch on Franklin Avenue. Opened in 1905 in what was then the Eastern District; long a hub for the surrounding Bed-Stuy community.

Opened
1905
Neighborhood
Bed-Stuy
Region
Central Brooklyn
Tracked here
44

How Bedford compares

Most similar reading taste

Bay Ridge

43% weighted overlap on adult demand pressure · 28 shared of 67

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Most different reading taste

Central Library

6% weighted overlap on adult demand pressure · 7 shared of 73

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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
    Heart the lover

    Lily King

    0/3 available · all out · +3 vs panel avg
  2. 2
    The correspondent

    Virginia Evans

    0/5 available · all out · ~ panel avg
  3. 3
    Atmosphere : a love story

    Taylor Jenkins Reid

    0/4 available · all out · +2 vs panel avg
  4. 4
    Yesteryear

    Caro Claire Burke

    0/4 available · all out · −2 vs panel avg
  5. 5
    The loneliness of Sonia and Sunny

    Kiran Desai

    0/4 available · all out · +5 vs panel avg
  1. 6
    Strangers : a memoir of marriage

    Belle Burden

    0/4 available · all out · −4 vs panel avg
  2. 7
    Famesick : a memoir

    Lena Dunham

    0/3 available · all out · ~ panel avg
  3. 8
    Parable of the sower

    Octavia E Butler

    0/2 available · all out · +10 vs panel avg
  4. 9
    I who have never known men

    Jacqueline Harpman

    0/2 available · all out · −4 vs panel avg
  5. 10
    The intruder

    Freida McFadden

    0/2 available · all out · +5 vs panel avg

Unusually squeezed here

  • Flirting lessons

    Jasmine Guillory · +51 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.

  • Lenapehoking : an anthology

    +35 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.

  • There's always this year : on basketball and ascension

    Hanif Abdurraqib · +25 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.

  • Killers of the Flower Moon : the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI

    David Grann · +23 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.

  • Sister outsider : essays and speeches

    Audre Lorde · +13 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.

  • Parable of the sower

    Octavia E Butler · +10 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 subtle art of not giving a fuck : a counterintuitive approach to living a good life

    Mark Manson · +9 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 art of spending money : simple choices for a richer life

    Morgan Housel · +8 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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