Borrowed in Brooklyn

Compare branches

Pick any two of the 12 tracked BPL branches to see what they share, what each over-indexes on, and how their adult-fiction tastes diverge.

Or click any cell in the matrix below.

Brooklyn Heights + Bay Ridge41%normalized overlapNormalized overlap: first ranks each branch's fresh tracked titles by demand pressure and converts those ranks to within-branch percentiles. It then divides the sum of the lower percentiles by the sum of the higher percentiles across titles tracked at either branch. A missing title counts as zero observed signal. This compares relative demand without letting one branch's raw score range dominate.51 shared · 19 only Brooklyn Heights · 21 only Bay Ridge
Color scaleVery different (0–20%)Some overlap (21–40%)Fairly similar (41–60%)Very similar (61%+)
Brooklyn Heights
Central Library
Bushwick
Greenpoint
Williamsburgh
Bedford
Crown Heights
Flatbush
Bay Ridge
Coney Island
Kings Highway
Sunset Park
Central / Downtown
Brooklyn Heights—106453935394641404541
Central Library10—299476811109
North Brooklyn
Bushwick62—545747884
Greenpoint4595—3933414345354243
Williamsburgh399439—27403937354237
Central Brooklyn
Bedford35453327—303731293531
Crown Heights3977414030—3846424438
Flatbush466443393738—43384136
South Brooklyn
Bay Ridge41874537314643—414135
Coney Island40118353529423841—3940
Kings Highway4510842423544414139—41
Sunset Park41944337313836354041—
How this works

Each cell is a normalized overlap. We rank every fresh title by demand pressure within its own branch, convert those ranks to percentiles, then compare the lower and higher percentiles across titles tracked at either branch. This puts every branch on the same relative scale. A title missing from one branch counts as zero observed signal. Diagonals are self-matches (—). Branches are grouped by region (North / Central / South Brooklyn) for readability. The matrix is symmetric, so both directions show the same value. If a book isn’t in one branch’s tracked pool, that side counts as no observed signal — not proof of zero real-world demand.

Shared titles

More popular at Brooklyn Heights

TitleBrooklyn HeightsBay Ridge
Demand pressureBranch demand pressure: bounded 0–100 index combining scarcity (up to 80 pts when 0/N copies are on shelf) and recent movement (capped at 20). When public holds coverage is high enough across comparable books, scarcity is rebalanced to 0–65 and a 0–20 holds component is added.AvailableDemand pressureBranch demand pressure: bounded 0–100 index combining scarcity (up to 80 pts when 0/N copies are on shelf) and recent movement (capped at 20). When public holds coverage is high enough across comparable books, scarcity is rebalanced to 0–65 and a 0–20 holds component is added.Available
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrowGabrielle Zevin
59
+25 vs panel avg
1/6
0
−34 vs panel avg
2/2
Hidden potential : the science of achieving greater thingsAdam Grant
51
+21 vs panel avg
0/1
0
−30 vs panel avg
1/1
Inside the box : how constraints make us betterDavid Epstein
51
+20 vs panel avg
0/1
0
−31 vs panel avg
2/2
Good things : recipes and rituals to share with people you loveSamin Nosrat
51
+13 vs panel avg
0/1
0
−38 vs panel avg
1/1
This is not about us : fictionAllegra Goodman
51
+17 vs panel avg
0/1
0
−34 vs panel avg
1/1

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More popular at Bay Ridge

TitleBrooklyn HeightsBay Ridge
Demand pressureBranch demand pressure: bounded 0–100 index combining scarcity (up to 80 pts when 0/N copies are on shelf) and recent movement (capped at 20). When public holds coverage is high enough across comparable books, scarcity is rebalanced to 0–65 and a 0–20 holds component is added.AvailableDemand pressureBranch demand pressure: bounded 0–100 index combining scarcity (up to 80 pts when 0/N copies are on shelf) and recent movement (capped at 20). When public holds coverage is high enough across comparable books, scarcity is rebalanced to 0–65 and a 0–20 holds component is added.Available
On the calculation of volume. ISolvej Balle
0
−49 vs panel avg
1/1
57
+8 vs panel avg
0/2
Art work : on the creative lifeSally Mann
0
−27 vs panel avg
1/1
51
+24 vs panel avg
0/1
Fourth wingRebecca Yarros
33
−9 vs panel avg
2/4
66
+24 vs panel avg
0/3
The Wager : a tale of shipwreck, mutiny and murderDavid Grann
29
−4 vs panel avg
1/2
51
+18 vs panel avg
0/1
Broken countryClare Leslie Hall
41
−8 vs panel avg
1/3
62
+13 vs panel avg
0/3

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Distinctive to Brooklyn Heights

TitleBrooklyn HeightsBay Ridge
Demand pressureBranch demand pressure: bounded 0–100 index combining scarcity (up to 80 pts when 0/N copies are on shelf) and recent movement (capped at 20). When public holds coverage is high enough across comparable books, scarcity is rebalanced to 0–65 and a 0–20 holds component is added.AvailableDemand pressureBranch demand pressure: bounded 0–100 index combining scarcity (up to 80 pts when 0/N copies are on shelf) and recent movement (capped at 20). When public holds coverage is high enough across comparable books, scarcity is rebalanced to 0–65 and a 0–20 holds component is added.Available
The strangerAlbert Camus
66
+16 vs panel avg
0/3
0
~ panel avg
0/0
The seven husbands of Evelyn HugoTaylor Jenkins Reid
62
+4 vs panel avg
0/3
0
~ panel avg
0/0
Ottolenghi Simple : a cookbookYotam Ottolenghi
61
+20 vs panel avg
0/2
0
~ panel avg
0/0
None of this is trueLisa Jewell
57
+4 vs panel avg
0/2
0
~ panel avg
0/0
We'll prescribe you a catSyou Ishida
57
+40 vs panel avg
0/2
0
~ panel avg
0/0

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Distinctive to Bay Ridge

TitleBrooklyn HeightsBay Ridge
Demand pressureBranch demand pressure: bounded 0–100 index combining scarcity (up to 80 pts when 0/N copies are on shelf) and recent movement (capped at 20). When public holds coverage is high enough across comparable books, scarcity is rebalanced to 0–65 and a 0–20 holds component is added.AvailableDemand pressureBranch demand pressure: bounded 0–100 index combining scarcity (up to 80 pts when 0/N copies are on shelf) and recent movement (capped at 20). When public holds coverage is high enough across comparable books, scarcity is rebalanced to 0–65 and a 0–20 holds component is added.Available
HeartwoodAmity Gaige
0
~ panel avg
0/0
65
+32 vs panel avg
0/2
Our perfect stormCarley Fortune
0
~ panel avg
0/0
62
+8 vs panel avg
0/3
Great big beautiful lifeEmily Henry
0
~ panel avg
0/0
62
+20 vs panel avg
0/3
Doppelganger : a trip into the mirror worldNaomi Klein
0
~ panel avg
0/0
57
+11 vs panel avg
0/2
Half his ageJennette McCurdy
0
~ panel avg
0/0
57
+17 vs panel avg
0/2

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