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BPL · Williamsburg · North Brooklyn · est. 1903

Williamsburgh

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About this branch

BPL's first Carnegie library, opened in 1903. The Beaux-Arts building on Division Avenue is a New York City landmark.

Opened
1903
Neighborhood
Williamsburg
Region
North Brooklyn
Tracked here
68

How Williamsburgh compares

Most similar reading taste

Kings Highway

42% normalized overlap on adult demand · 48 shared of 88

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Most different reading taste

Bushwick

4% normalized overlap on adult demand · 5 shared of 74

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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 · ~ panel avg
  2. 2
    Crying in H Mart : a memoir

    Michelle Zauner

    0/4 available · all out · +26 vs panel avg
  3. 3
    Martyr!

    Kaveh Akbar

    0/5 available · all out · +11 vs panel avg
  4. 4
    The wedding people

    Alison Espach

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

    Ann Patchett

    0/4 available · all out · +1 vs panel avg
  1. 6
    The correspondent

    Virginia Evans

    0/4 available · all out · −3 vs panel avg
  2. 7
    Heart the lover

    Lily King

    0/4 available · all out · −2 vs panel avg
  3. 8
    Strangers : a memoir of marriage

    Belle Burden

    0/4 available · all out · −3 vs panel avg
  4. 9
    Big Swiss

    Jen Beagin

    0/3 available · all out · +10 vs panel avg
  5. 10
    Famesick : a memoir

    Lena Dunham

    0/3 available · all out · −1 vs panel avg

Unusually squeezed here

  • Inglés express

    +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.

  • Gone before goodbye

    Reese Witherspoon · +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.

  • Art work : on the creative life

    Sally Mann · +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.

  • Justine cooks : recipes (mostly plants) for finding your way in the kitchen

    Justine Doiron · +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 · +30 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 · +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.

  • Crying in H Mart : a memoir

    Michelle Zauner · +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.

  • Long Island compromise

    Taffy Brodesser-Akner · +24 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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