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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
65

How Greenpoint compares

Most similar reading taste

Flatbush

54% weighted overlap on adult demand pressure · 49 shared of 82

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Most different reading taste

Central Library

10% weighted overlap on adult demand pressure · 12 shared of 98

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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
    Heart the lover

    Lily King

    0/11 available · all out · +12 vs panel avg
  2. 2
    All fours

    Miranda July

    0/5 available · all out · +36 vs panel avg
  3. 3
    The correspondent

    Virginia Evans

    0/8 available · all out · +6 vs panel avg
  4. 4
    Strangers : a memoir of marriage

    Belle Burden

    0/8 available · all out · +6 vs panel avg
  5. 5
    Yesteryear

    Caro Claire Burke

    0/8 available · all out · +3 vs panel avg
  1. 6
    The wedding people

    Alison Espach

    0/6 available · all out · +6 vs panel avg
  2. 7
    Martyr!

    Kaveh Akbar

    0/5 available · all out · +5 vs panel avg
  3. 8
    Rejection : fiction

    Tony Tulathimutte

    0/4 available · all out · +28 vs panel avg
  4. 9
    Atmosphere : a love story

    Taylor Jenkins Reid

    0/4 available · all out · +3 vs panel avg
  5. 10
    Crying in H Mart : a memoir

    Michelle Zauner

    0/2 available · all out · +9 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.

  • Lenapehoking : an anthology

    +41 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.

  • All fours

    Miranda July · +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.

  • 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.

  • Persuasion

    Jane Austen · +29 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.

  • Rejection : fiction

    Tony Tulathimutte · +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 art of spending money : simple choices for a richer life

    Morgan Housel · +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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