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BPL · Coney Island · South Brooklyn · est. 1953

Coney Island

What is Coney Island reading? These rankings come from public BPL catalog availability signals at this branch alone. How we measure popularity →

About this branch

Original branch opened in 1953 on Mermaid Avenue. The building was severely damaged by Hurricane Sandy in 2012; the renovated branch reopened in 2019.

Opened
1953
Neighborhood
Coney Island
Region
South Brooklyn
Tracked here
60

How Coney Island compares

Most similar reading taste

Crown Heights

42% normalized overlap on adult demand · 40 shared of 83

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Most different reading taste

Bushwick

8% normalized overlap on adult demand · 6 shared of 65

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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
    Yesteryear

    Caro Claire Burke

    0/6 available · all out · ~ panel avg
  2. 2
    The correspondent

    Virginia Evans

    0/5 available · all out · ~ panel avg
  3. 3
    Heart the lover

    Lily King

    0/4 available · all out · −2 vs panel avg
  4. 4
    Strangers : a memoir of marriage

    Belle Burden

    0/4 available · all out · −3 vs panel avg
  5. 5
    Whistler

    Ann Patchett

    0/4 available · all out · +1 vs panel avg
  1. 6
    Famesick : a memoir

    Lena Dunham

    0/3 available · all out · −1 vs panel avg
  2. 7
    The midnight library

    Matt Haig

    0/3 available · all out · +5 vs panel avg
  3. 8
    A court of thorns and roses

    Sarah J Maas

    0/2 available · all out · +9 vs panel avg
  4. 9
    My friends

    Fredrik Backman

    0/2 available · all out · −2 vs panel avg
  5. 10
    Yellowface

    R F Kuang

    0/2 available · all out · −2 vs panel avg

Unusually squeezed here

  • The prophet

    Kahlil Gibran · +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.

  • 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.

  • Heartwood

    Amity Gaige · +18 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 light eaters : how the unseen world of plant intelligence offers a new understanding of life on Earth

    Zoë Schlanger · +18 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.

  • Be ready when the luck happens : a memoir

    Ina Garten · +15 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.

  • A court of thorns and roses

    Sarah J Maas · +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.

  • Broken country

    Clare Leslie Hall · +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.

  • The intruder

    Freida McFadden · +7 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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