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BPL · Greenpoint · North Brooklyn · est. 1906

Greenpoint

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About this branch

Carnegie library on Norman Avenue, opened in 1906. The branch reopened in 2025 after a multi-year renovation that preserved its original reading rooms.

Opened
1906
Neighborhood
Greenpoint
Region
North Brooklyn
Tracked here
37

How Greenpoint compares

Most similar reading taste

Sunset Park

48% weighted overlap on adult demand pressure · 25 shared of 48

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Most different reading taste

Central Library

4% weighted overlap on adult demand pressure · 4 shared of 56

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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
    Yellowface

    R F Kuang

    0/8 available · all out · +18 vs panel avg
  2. 2
    Heart the lover

    Lily King

    0/7 available · all out · +5 vs panel avg
  3. 3
    Martyr!

    Kaveh Akbar

    0/6 available · all out · +12 vs panel avg
  4. 4
    The correspondent

    Virginia Evans

    0/6 available · all out · +2 vs panel avg
  5. 5
    The wedding people

    Alison Espach

    0/5 available · all out · +6 vs panel avg
  1. 6
    Intermezzo

    Sally Rooney

    0/3 available · all out · +25 vs panel avg
  2. 7
    My brilliant friend

    Elena Ferrante

    0/3 available · all out · +9 vs panel avg
  3. 8
    Strangers : a memoir of marriage

    Belle Burden

    0/4 available · all out · +4 vs panel avg
  4. 9
    Demon Copperhead

    Barbara Kingsolver

    0/4 available · all out · +24 vs panel avg
  5. 10
    Broken country

    Clare Leslie Hall

    0/3 available · all out · +5 vs panel avg

Unusually squeezed here

  • Inglés fluido ¡sin acento!

    +43 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

    +42 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 forever home : classic, clever design to help you put down roots

    Mikel Welch · +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.

  • Orbital

    Samantha Harvey · +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.

  • Intermezzo

    Sally Rooney · +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.

  • Demon Copperhead

    Barbara Kingsolver · +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.

  • All fours

    Miranda July · +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.

  • Yellowface

    R F Kuang · +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.

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