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BPL · Midwood · South Brooklyn · est. 1956

Kings Highway

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About this branch

Mid-century branch on Ocean Avenue, opened in 1956 to serve the post-war growth of southern Brooklyn.

Opened
1956
Neighborhood
Midwood
Region
South Brooklyn
Tracked here
53

How Kings Highway compares

Most similar reading taste

Brooklyn Heights

52% weighted overlap on adult demand pressure · 41 shared of 73

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Most different reading taste

Central Library

9% weighted overlap on adult demand pressure · 9 shared of 82

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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 women

    Kristin Hannah

    0/4 available · all out · +36 vs panel avg
  2. 2
    The correspondent

    Virginia Evans

    0/5 available · all out · +4 vs panel avg
  3. 3
    Nash falls

    David Baldacci

    0/5 available · all out · +38 vs panel avg
  4. 4
    Heart the lover

    Lily King

    0/6 available · all out · +3 vs panel avg
  5. 5
    Strangers : a memoir of marriage

    Belle Burden

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

    Caro Claire Burke

    0/6 available · all out · +3 vs panel avg
  2. 7
    All fours

    Miranda July

    1/6 available · +31 vs panel avg
  3. 8
    The loneliness of Sonia and Sunny

    Kiran Desai

    0/4 available · all out · +5 vs panel avg
  4. 9
    Martyr!

    Kaveh Akbar

    0/4 available · all out · +3 vs panel avg
  5. 10
    Never lie

    Freida McFadden

    0/3 available · all out · +9 vs panel avg

Unusually squeezed here

  • Nightshade

    Michael Connelly · +44 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.

  • Merriam-Webster's Spanish-English dictionary

    +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.

  • Food person

    Adam D Roberts · +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.

  • Nash falls

    David Baldacci · +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.

  • The women

    Kristin Hannah · +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 light we carry : overcoming in uncertain times

    Michelle Obama · +32 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 · +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.

  • Hidden potential : the science of achieving greater things

    Adam Grant · +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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