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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.
Greenpoint + Brooklyn Heights45%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.49 shared · 21 only Greenpoint · 21 only Brooklyn Heights
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 | — | 10 | 6 | 45 | 39 | 35 | 39 | 46 | 41 | 40 | 45 | 41 |
| Central Library | 10 | — | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 9 |
| North Brooklyn | ||||||||||||
| Bushwick | 6 | 2 | — | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 |
| Greenpoint | 45 | 9 | 5 | — | 39 | 33 | 41 | 43 | 45 | 35 | 42 | 43 |
| Williamsburgh | 39 | 9 | 4 | 39 | — | 27 | 40 | 39 | 37 | 35 | 42 | 37 |
| Central Brooklyn | ||||||||||||
| Bedford | 35 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 27 | — | 30 | 37 | 31 | 29 | 35 | 31 |
| Crown Heights | 39 | 7 | 7 | 41 | 40 | 30 | — | 38 | 46 | 42 | 44 | 38 |
| Flatbush | 46 | 6 | 4 | 43 | 39 | 37 | 38 | — | 43 | 38 | 41 | 36 |
| South Brooklyn | ||||||||||||
| Bay Ridge | 41 | 8 | 7 | 45 | 37 | 31 | 46 | 43 | — | 41 | 41 | 35 |
| Coney Island | 40 | 11 | 8 | 35 | 35 | 29 | 42 | 38 | 41 | — | 39 | 40 |
| Kings Highway | 45 | 10 | 8 | 42 | 42 | 35 | 44 | 41 | 41 | 39 | — | 41 |
| Sunset Park | 41 | 9 | 4 | 43 | 37 | 31 | 38 | 36 | 35 | 40 | 41 | — |
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
Strangers : a memoir of marriageBelle BurdenGreenpoint 80 +12 vs panel avg · Brooklyn Heights 72 +4 vs panel avg
Parable of the sowerOctavia E ButlerGreenpoint 69 +23 vs panel avg · Brooklyn Heights 65 +19 vs panel avg
More popular at Greenpoint
| Title | Greenpoint | Brooklyn Heights | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | Available | 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. | Available | |
 On the calculation of volume. ISolvej Balle | 57 +8 vs panel avg | 0/2 | 0 −49 vs panel avg | 1/1 |
 Atmosphere : a love storyTaylor Jenkins Reid | 65 +16 vs panel avg | 0/4 | 35 −14 vs panel avg | 3/6 |
 Wuthering HeightsEmily Brontë | 53 +5 vs panel avg | 1/4 | 33 −15 vs panel avg | 2/4 |
 PerfectionVincenzo Latronico | 59 +27 vs panel avg | 0/1 | 41 +9 vs panel avg | 1/3 |
41 +8 vs panel avg | 1/3 | 29 −4 vs panel avg | 1/2 | |
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More popular at Brooklyn Heights
| Title | Greenpoint | Brooklyn Heights | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | Available | 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. | Available | |
 We'll prescribe you a catSyou Ishida | 0 −17 vs panel avg | 1/1 | 57 +40 vs panel avg | 0/2 |
 Inglés para latinos. Primer nivel : un camino hacia la fluidez..William C Harvey | 0 −8 vs panel avg | 1/1 | 51 +43 vs panel avg | 0/1 |
29 −21 vs panel avg | 1/2 | 51 +1 vs panel avg | 0/1 | |
 OrbitalSamantha Harvey | 41 +5 vs panel avg | 1/3 | 62 +26 vs panel avg | 0/3 |
 The loneliness of Sonia and SunnyKiran Desai | 51 −8 vs panel avg | 0/1 | 68 +9 vs panel avg | 0/5 |
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Distinctive to Greenpoint
| Title | Greenpoint | Brooklyn Heights | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | Available | 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. | Available | |
 IntermezzoSally Rooney | 69 +31 vs panel avg | 0/4 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
 Butter : a novel of food and murderAsako Yuzuki | 62 +7 vs panel avg | 0/3 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
 Dungeon crawler CarlMatt Dinniman | 62 +7 vs panel avg | 0/3 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
 PersuasionJane Austen | 57 +21 vs panel avg | 0/2 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
 Great big beautiful lifeEmily Henry | 57 +15 vs panel avg | 0/2 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
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Distinctive to Brooklyn Heights
| Title | Greenpoint | Brooklyn Heights | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | Available | 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. | Available | |
 The strangerAlbert Camus | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 66 +16 vs panel avg | 0/3 |
 Mother Mary comes to meArundhati Roy | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 66 +20 vs panel avg | 0/3 |
 I regret almost everything : a memoirKeith McNally | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 62 +15 vs panel avg | 0/3 |
 The seven husbands of Evelyn HugoTaylor Jenkins Reid | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 62 +4 vs panel avg | 0/3 |
 Ottolenghi Simple : a cookbookYotam Ottolenghi | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 61 +20 vs panel avg | 0/2 |
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