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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
46

How Coney Island compares

Most similar reading taste

Bay Ridge

42% weighted overlap on adult demand pressure · 29 shared of 68

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Most different reading taste

Central Library

6% weighted overlap on adult demand pressure · 7 shared of 75

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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 correspondent

    Virginia Evans

    0/5 available · all out · ~ panel avg
  2. 2
    Strangers : a memoir of marriage

    Belle Burden

    0/4 available · all out · −4 vs 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
    Heart the lover

    Lily King

    0/3 available · all out · −5 vs panel avg
  1. 6
    The boyfriend

    Freida McFadden

    0/3 available · all out · +10 vs panel avg
  2. 7
    Famesick : a memoir

    Lena Dunham

    0/3 available · all out · ~ panel avg
  3. 8
    Project Hail Mary

    Andy Weir

    0/3 available · all out · ~ panel avg
  4. 9
    The prophet

    Kahlil Gibran

    0/1 available · all out · +39 vs panel avg
  5. 10
    I who have never known men

    Jacqueline Harpman

    0/2 available · all out · −4 vs panel avg

Unusually squeezed here

  • The prophet

    Kahlil Gibran · +39 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.

  • Inglés

    Gail Abel Brenner · +38 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.

  • Black food : stories, art, and essays

    +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.

  • What to cook when you don't feel like cooking

    Caroline Chambers · +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.

  • Yellowface

    R F Kuang · +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.

  • The housemaid is watching

    Freida McFadden · +14 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.

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