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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
52

How Greenpoint compares

Most similar reading taste

Brooklyn Heights

53% weighted overlap on adult demand pressure · 40 shared of 71

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Most different reading taste

Central Library

8% weighted overlap on adult demand pressure · 8 shared of 80

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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
    Strangers : a memoir of marriage

    Belle Burden

    0/8 available · all out · +9 vs panel avg
  2. 2
    Yellowface

    R F Kuang

    0/8 available · all out · +36 vs panel avg
  3. 3
    Heart the lover

    Lily King

    0/10 available · all out · +10 vs panel avg
  4. 4
    Yesteryear

    Caro Claire Burke

    0/7 available · all out · +5 vs panel avg
  5. 5
    The correspondent

    Virginia Evans

    0/7 available · all out · +4 vs panel avg
  1. 6
    The wedding people

    Alison Espach

    0/6 available · all out · +11 vs panel avg
  2. 7
    Intermezzo

    Sally Rooney

    0/4 available · all out · +21 vs panel avg
  3. 8
    Demon Copperhead

    Barbara Kingsolver

    0/3 available · all out · +10 vs panel avg
  4. 9
    Atmosphere : a love story

    Taylor Jenkins Reid

    0/4 available · all out · +2 vs panel avg
  5. 10
    I who have never known men

    Jacqueline Harpman

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

Unusually squeezed here

  • Inglés fluido ¡sin acento!

    +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 para latinos. Primer nivel : un camino hacia la fluidez..

    William C Harvey · +36 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 · +36 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.

  • 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.

  • The backyard bird chronicles

    Amy Tan · +28 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 Wager : a tale of shipwreck, mutiny and murder

    David Grann · +28 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 · +28 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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