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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
63

How Kings Highway compares

Most similar reading taste

Brooklyn Heights

50% weighted overlap on adult demand pressure · 48 shared of 90

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Most different reading taste

Central Library

10% weighted overlap on adult demand pressure · 13 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
    Yesteryear

    Caro Claire Burke

    0/6 available · all out · +4 vs panel avg
  2. 2
    Heart the lover

    Lily King

    0/6 available · all out · +5 vs panel avg
  3. 3
    Nash falls

    David Baldacci

    0/5 available · all out · +45 vs panel avg
  4. 4
    Strangers : a memoir of marriage

    Belle Burden

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

    Virginia Evans

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

    Alison Espach

    0/5 available · all out · +3 vs panel avg
  2. 7
    My friends

    Fredrik Backman

    0/3 available · all out · +7 vs panel avg
  3. 8
    Famesick : a memoir

    Lena Dunham

    0/3 available · all out · +1 vs panel avg
  4. 9
    Nightshade

    Michael Connelly

    0/3 available · all out · +42 vs panel avg
  5. 10
    The housemaid is watching

    Freida McFadden

    0/4 available · all out · +24 vs panel avg

Unusually squeezed here

  • Nash falls

    David Baldacci · +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.

  • Nightshade

    Michael Connelly · +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.

  • 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.

  • Piglet

    Lottie Hazell · +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.

  • All consuming : why we eat the way we eat now

    Ruby Tandoh · +33 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.

  • Fourth wing

    Rebecca Yarros · +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.

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