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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
70

How Greenpoint compares

Most similar reading taste

Brooklyn Heights

45% normalized overlap on adult demand · 49 shared of 91

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Most different reading taste

Bushwick

5% normalized overlap on adult demand · 4 shared of 77

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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

    0/7 available · all out · +12 vs panel avg
  2. 2
    The correspondent

    Virginia Evans

    0/8 available · all out · +6 vs panel avg
  3. 3
    Yesteryear

    Caro Claire Burke

    0/7 available · all out · +2 vs panel avg
  4. 4
    Heart the lover

    Lily King

    1/11 available · +5 vs panel avg
  5. 5
    The wedding people

    Alison Espach

    0/6 available · all out · +8 vs panel avg
  1. 6
    Parable of the sower

    Octavia E Butler

    0/4 available · all out · +23 vs panel avg
  2. 7
    Intermezzo

    Sally Rooney

    0/4 available · all out · +31 vs panel avg
  3. 8
    Martyr!

    Kaveh Akbar

    0/5 available · all out · +11 vs panel avg
  4. 9
    Yellowface

    R F Kuang

    0/5 available · all out · +9 vs panel avg
  5. 10
    Atmosphere : a love story

    Taylor Jenkins Reid

    0/4 available · all out · +16 vs panel avg

Unusually squeezed here

  • Inglés fluido ¡sin acento!

    +45 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 beginner's cut flower garden : grow, nourish, and create bliss year-round

    Elizabeth Brown · +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.

  • Lenapehoking : an anthology

    +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 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.

  • Intermezzo

    Sally Rooney · +31 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.

  • Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow

    Gabrielle Zevin · +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.

  • Perfection

    Vincenzo Latronico · +27 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.

  • 501 Spanish verbs : fully conjugated in all the tenses in an alphabetically arranged, easy-to-learn format

    Christopher Kendris · +26 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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