Borrowed in Brooklyn

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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.

Selected pair: Crown Heights and Greenpoint have a 47% weighted overlap on adult demand pressure (41 titles tracked at both, 87 at either).

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 Heights1042493834405148365042
Central Library10991237121081012
North Brooklyn
Bushwick429353232323941353535
Greenpoint499354241474850354050
Williamsburgh3812324232414340384442
Central Brooklyn
Bedford343324132313839333537
Crown Heights407324741314449424444
Flatbush5112394843384447354642
South Brooklyn
Bay Ridge4810415040394947394247
Coney Island368353538334235393735
Kings Highway5010354044354446423740
Sunset Park4212355042374442473540
How this works

Each cell is a weighted overlap: across every adult title tracked at either branch, we compare the lower and higher branch demand-pressure values, then divide the sum of shared pressure by the sum of combined pressure. Books with strong demand at both branches count more; books strong at only one branch lower the overlap. Diagonals are self-matches (—). Branches are grouped by region (North / Central / South Brooklyn) for readability, and only the lower triangle is shown since the matrix is symmetric. 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.

Tracked at both
41
Tracked only at Crown Heights
24
Tracked only at Greenpoint
22
Weighted overlapWeighted overlap compares demand pressure across the books tracked by either branch. For each book, we take the lower and higher branch demand-pressure values across the two branches and divide the sum of shared pressure by the sum of combined pressure. Books with strong demand at both branches count more; books strong at only one branch lower overlap. 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.
47%
Higher pressure at Crown Heights
5
Higher pressure at Greenpoint
5

Shared titles

  • Heart the loverLily King

    Crown Heights 70 +1 vs panel avg · Greenpoint 79 +10 vs panel avg

  • The wedding peopleAlison Espach

    Crown Heights 74 +9 vs panel avg · Greenpoint 70 +5 vs panel avg

  • YesteryearCaro Claire Burke

    Crown Heights 70 ~ panel avg · Greenpoint 74 +4 vs panel avg

  • Strangers : a memoir of marriageBelle Burden

    Crown Heights 68 ~ panel avg · Greenpoint 74 +6 vs panel avg

  • The correspondentVirginia Evans

    Crown Heights 68 +1 vs panel avg · Greenpoint 72 +5 vs panel avg

  • A court of thorns and rosesSarah J Maas

    Crown Heights 65 +9 vs panel avg · Greenpoint 69 +13 vs panel avg

  • Famesick : a memoirLena Dunham

    Crown Heights 68 +3 vs panel avg · Greenpoint 65 ~ panel avg

  • Atmosphere : a love storyTaylor Jenkins Reid

    Crown Heights 65 +4 vs panel avg · Greenpoint 65 +4 vs panel avg

  • Martyr!Kaveh Akbar

    Crown Heights 62 ~ panel avg · Greenpoint 68 +6 vs panel avg

  • Wild dark shoreCharlotte McConaghy

    Crown Heights 65 +10 vs panel avg · Greenpoint 62 +7 vs panel avg

More popular at Crown Heights

TitleCrown HeightsGreenpoint
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
LázárNelio Biedermann
57
+7 vs panel avg
0/2
0
50 vs panel avg
1/1
68
+14 vs panel avg
0/5
41
13 vs panel avg
1/3
The intruderFreida McFadden
49
+5 vs panel avg
1/4
29
15 vs panel avg
1/2
65
+14 vs panel avg
0/4
57
+6 vs panel avg
0/2
I who have never known menJacqueline Harpman
65
+5 vs panel avg
0/4
57
3 vs panel avg
0/2

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More popular at Greenpoint

TitleCrown HeightsGreenpoint
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
21
25 vs panel avg
2/3
65
+19 vs panel avg
0/4
All foursMiranda July
21
16 vs panel avg
2/3
54
+17 vs panel avg
1/5
OrbitalSamantha Harvey
45
+12 vs panel avg
1/3
62
+29 vs panel avg
0/3
YellowfaceR F Kuang
41
3 vs panel avg
1/3
55
+11 vs panel avg
2/6
The womenKristin Hannah
41
+11 vs panel avg
1/3
54
+24 vs panel avg
1/5

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Distinctive to Crown Heights

TitleCrown HeightsGreenpoint
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
Our perfect stormCarley Fortune
62
+12 vs panel avg
0/3
57
+7 vs panel avg
0/2
I'm glad my mom diedJennette McCurdy
51
3 vs panel avg
0/1
57
+3 vs panel avg
0/2
Half his ageJennette McCurdy
57
+10 vs panel avg
0/2
27
20 vs panel avg
3/5
Jane EyreCharlotte Brontë
57
+12 vs panel avg
0/2
0
45 vs panel avg
1/1
57
1 vs panel avg
0/2
0
~ panel avg
0/0

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Distinctive to Greenpoint

TitleCrown HeightsGreenpoint
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
Rejection : fictionTony Tulathimutte
29
8 vs panel avg
1/2
69
+32 vs panel avg
0/4
IntermezzoSally Rooney
25
19 vs panel avg
2/3
62
+18 vs panel avg
0/3
My brilliant friendElena Ferrante
51
4 vs panel avg
0/1
62
+7 vs panel avg
0/3
51
3 vs panel avg
0/1
62
+8 vs panel avg
0/3
PersuasionJane Austen
0
~ panel avg
0/0
59
+23 vs panel avg
0/1

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