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.
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 · Williamsburgh 65 −3 vs panel avg
Atmosphere : a love storyTaylor Jenkins ReidGreenpoint 65 +16 vs panel avg · Williamsburgh 62 +13 vs panel avg
I who have never known menJacqueline HarpmanGreenpoint 62 +3 vs panel avg · Williamsburgh 62 +3 vs panel avg
More popular at Greenpoint
| Title | Greenpoint | Williamsburgh | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
 First lie winsAshley Elston | 51 +10 vs panel avg | 0/1 | 0 −41 vs panel avg | 1/1 |
 All foursMiranda July | 41 +8 vs panel avg | 2/5 | 0 −33 vs panel avg | 3/3 |
 Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrowGabrielle Zevin | 62 +28 vs panel avg | 0/3 | 33 −1 vs panel avg | 2/4 |
 Parable of the sowerOctavia E Butler | 69 +23 vs panel avg | 0/4 | 41 −5 vs panel avg | 1/3 |
 The intruderFreida McFadden | 57 +13 vs panel avg | 0/2 | 29 −15 vs panel avg | 1/2 |
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More popular at Williamsburgh
| Title | Greenpoint | Williamsburgh | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
 Art work : on the creative lifeSally Mann | 0 −27 vs panel avg | 1/1 | 61 +34 vs panel avg | 0/2 |
 The light we carry : overcoming in uncertain timesMichelle Obama | 0 −21 vs panel avg | 1/1 | 51 +30 vs panel avg | 0/1 |
 Gone before goodbyeReese Witherspoon | 0 −17 vs panel avg | 1/1 | 51 +34 vs panel avg | 0/1 |
29 −21 vs panel avg | 1/2 | 51 +1 vs panel avg | 0/1 | |
 Big SwissJen Beagin | 41 −11 vs panel avg | 1/3 | 62 +10 vs panel avg | 0/3 |
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Distinctive to Greenpoint
| Title | Greenpoint | Williamsburgh | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
 Taiwan travelogueShuangzi Yang | 65 +15 vs panel avg | 0/2 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
 My brilliant friendElena Ferrante | 62 +8 vs panel avg | 0/3 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
 Rejection : fictionTony Tulathimutte | 62 +8 vs panel avg | 0/3 | 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 |
62 +7 vs panel avg | 0/3 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | |
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Distinctive to Williamsburgh
| Title | Greenpoint | Williamsburgh | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 62 +9 vs panel avg | 0/3 | |
 One hundred years of solitudeGabriel García Márquez | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 62 +11 vs panel avg | 0/3 |
0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 61 +33 vs panel avg | 0/2 | |
0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 59 +29 vs panel avg | 0/1 | |
 Half his ageJennette McCurdy | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 57 +17 vs panel avg | 0/2 |
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