Brooklyn Heights Public Library

A fitting home for the second largest branch library in the Brooklyn Public Library's system.

Anchoring the base of a new mixed use 36-story tower, this branch includes an extensive book collection across its three floor levels and abundance of open co-working space and reading areas specifically designed for children, young adults and adults. As a 21st century institute, the new library is equipped with the latest technology and wifi throughout. A variety of spaces are provided for patrons including a quiet reading areas, comfortable seating nestled between stacks and a large multipurpose room for lectures and outside community events.

© David Sundberg Esto
© Gregg Richards
A three-story book wall adorns the main floor, lower level and mezzanine level, connected by an open daylight staircase near the building entry.
© Marvel

The building’s distinct shape comes from its triangular footprint.

Ground Floor Plan © Marvel
© David Sundberg Esto
© David Sundberg Esto
The upper mezzanine area is accessed through a double height open stair that leads to the teens area, equipped with a gaming room and cozy seating.
Library circulation/check-out desk.
© Gregg Richards
The ground level contains the business commons areas with meeting rooms for patrons, the adult reading room as well as a reading circle for community lectures and programming.
© David Sundberg Esto
© David Sundberg Esto
The new branch features “Something Borrowed, Something New,” a commissioned installation by Brooklyn-based artist Jean Shin the installation, shaped as an upside-down tree, acknowledges the library’s roots in the community and Brooklynites’ generations of shared history with the library and literature.
The ground level contains the business commons areas with meeting rooms for patrons, the adult reading room as well as a reading circle for community lectures and programming.
© David Sundberg Esto
© David Sundberg Esto
The upper mezzanine area is accessed through a double height open stair that leads to the teens area, equipped with a gaming room and cozy seating.
Library circulation/check-out desk.
© The Boundary
In addition to the residential lobby, the Brooklyn Public Library’s New Cadman Plaza branch occupies the ground floor with 26,620 SF of flexible space and a 20 ft ceiling. This library has its own entrance on Cadman Plaza, in dialogue with the civic scale of the federal and state courts and Borough Hall.

A fitting home for the second largest branch library in the Brooklyn Public Library's system.

The branch includes an extensive book collection across its three floor levels and abundance of open co-working space and reading areas specifically designed for children, young adults and adults. As a 21st century institute, the new library is equipped with the latest technology and wifi throughout. A variety of spaces are provided for patrons including a quiet reading areas, comfortable seating nestled between stacks and a large multipurpose room for lectures and outside community events.

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Library entrance view from Cadman Plaza West.
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A three-story book wall adorns the main floor, lower level and mezzanine level, connected by an open daylight staircase near the building entry.
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The building’s distinct shape comes from its triangular footprint.

Ground Floor Plan © Marvel
1415 BPL Gregg Richards N18 medium
The ground level contains the business commons areas with meeting rooms for patrons, the adult reading room as well as a reading circle for community lectures and programming.
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The upper mezzanine area is accessed through a double height open stair that leads to the teens area, equipped with a gaming room and cozy seating.
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Library circulation/check-out desk.
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The new branch features “Something Borrowed, Something New,” a commissioned installation by Brooklyn-based artist Jean Shin the installation, shaped as an upside-down tree, acknowledges the library’s roots in the community and Brooklynites’ generations of shared history with the library and literature.
1 Clinton
The ground level contains the business commons areas with meeting rooms for patrons, the adult reading room as well as a reading circle for community lectures and programming.
1 Clinton
The upper mezzanine area is accessed through a double height open stair that leads to the teens area, equipped with a gaming room and cozy seating.
1 Clinton
Library circulation/check-out desk.
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In addition to the residential lobby, the Brooklyn Public Library’s New Cadman Plaza branch occupies the ground floor with 26,620 SF of flexible space and a 20 ft ceiling. This library has its own entrance on Cadman Plaza, in dialogue with the civic scale of the federal and state courts and Borough Hall.

Brooklyn Heights Public Library

A fitting home for the second largest branch library in the Brooklyn Public Library's system.

Anchoring the base of a new mixed use 36-story tower, this branch includes an extensive book collection across its three floor levels and abundance of open co-working space and reading areas specifically designed for children, young adults and adults. As a 21st century institute, the new library is equipped with the latest technology and wifi throughout. A variety of spaces are provided for patrons including a quiet reading areas, comfortable seating nestled between stacks and a large multipurpose room for lectures and outside community events.

© David Sundberg Esto
© Gregg Richards
A three-story book wall adorns the main floor, lower level and mezzanine level, connected by an open daylight staircase near the building entry.
© Marvel

The building’s distinct shape comes from its triangular footprint.

Ground Floor Plan © Marvel
© David Sundberg Esto
© David Sundberg Esto
The upper mezzanine area is accessed through a double height open stair that leads to the teens area, equipped with a gaming room and cozy seating.
Library circulation/check-out desk.
© Gregg Richards
The ground level contains the business commons areas with meeting rooms for patrons, the adult reading room as well as a reading circle for community lectures and programming.
© David Sundberg Esto
© David Sundberg Esto
The new branch features “Something Borrowed, Something New,” a commissioned installation by Brooklyn-based artist Jean Shin the installation, shaped as an upside-down tree, acknowledges the library’s roots in the community and Brooklynites’ generations of shared history with the library and literature.
The ground level contains the business commons areas with meeting rooms for patrons, the adult reading room as well as a reading circle for community lectures and programming.
© David Sundberg Esto
© David Sundberg Esto
The upper mezzanine area is accessed through a double height open stair that leads to the teens area, equipped with a gaming room and cozy seating.
Library circulation/check-out desk.
© The Boundary
In addition to the residential lobby, the Brooklyn Public Library’s New Cadman Plaza branch occupies the ground floor with 26,620 SF of flexible space and a 20 ft ceiling. This library has its own entrance on Cadman Plaza, in dialogue with the civic scale of the federal and state courts and Borough Hall.

A fitting home for the second largest branch library in the Brooklyn Public Library's system.

The branch includes an extensive book collection across its three floor levels and abundance of open co-working space and reading areas specifically designed for children, young adults and adults. As a 21st century institute, the new library is equipped with the latest technology and wifi throughout. A variety of spaces are provided for patrons including a quiet reading areas, comfortable seating nestled between stacks and a large multipurpose room for lectures and outside community events.

1 Clinton
Library entrance view from Cadman Plaza West.
1415 BPL Gregg Richards N15 medium
A three-story book wall adorns the main floor, lower level and mezzanine level, connected by an open daylight staircase near the building entry.
1502 BPL N3 medium

The building’s distinct shape comes from its triangular footprint.

Ground Floor Plan © Marvel
1415 BPL Gregg Richards N18 medium
The ground level contains the business commons areas with meeting rooms for patrons, the adult reading room as well as a reading circle for community lectures and programming.
1 Clinton
The upper mezzanine area is accessed through a double height open stair that leads to the teens area, equipped with a gaming room and cozy seating.
1 Clinton
Library circulation/check-out desk.
1 Clinton
The new branch features “Something Borrowed, Something New,” a commissioned installation by Brooklyn-based artist Jean Shin the installation, shaped as an upside-down tree, acknowledges the library’s roots in the community and Brooklynites’ generations of shared history with the library and literature.
1 Clinton
The ground level contains the business commons areas with meeting rooms for patrons, the adult reading room as well as a reading circle for community lectures and programming.
1 Clinton
The upper mezzanine area is accessed through a double height open stair that leads to the teens area, equipped with a gaming room and cozy seating.
1 Clinton
Library circulation/check-out desk.
1415 BPL N23 medium
In addition to the residential lobby, the Brooklyn Public Library’s New Cadman Plaza branch occupies the ground floor with 26,620 SF of flexible space and a 20 ft ceiling. This library has its own entrance on Cadman Plaza, in dialogue with the civic scale of the federal and state courts and Borough Hall.

Brooklyn Heights Public Library

A fitting home for the second largest branch library in the Brooklyn Public Library's system.

Anchoring the base of a new mixed use 36-story tower, this branch includes an extensive book collection across its three floor levels and abundance of open co-working space and reading areas specifically designed for children, young adults and adults. As a 21st century institute, the new library is equipped with the latest technology and wifi throughout. A variety of spaces are provided for patrons including a quiet reading areas, comfortable seating nestled between stacks and a large multipurpose room for lectures and outside community events.

© David Sundberg Esto
© Gregg Richards
A three-story book wall adorns the main floor, lower level and mezzanine level, connected by an open daylight staircase near the building entry.
© Marvel

The building’s distinct shape comes from its triangular footprint.

Ground Floor Plan © Marvel
© David Sundberg Esto
© David Sundberg Esto
The upper mezzanine area is accessed through a double height open stair that leads to the teens area, equipped with a gaming room and cozy seating.
Library circulation/check-out desk.
© Gregg Richards
The ground level contains the business commons areas with meeting rooms for patrons, the adult reading room as well as a reading circle for community lectures and programming.
© David Sundberg Esto
© David Sundberg Esto
The new branch features “Something Borrowed, Something New,” a commissioned installation by Brooklyn-based artist Jean Shin the installation, shaped as an upside-down tree, acknowledges the library’s roots in the community and Brooklynites’ generations of shared history with the library and literature.
The ground level contains the business commons areas with meeting rooms for patrons, the adult reading room as well as a reading circle for community lectures and programming.
© David Sundberg Esto
© David Sundberg Esto
The upper mezzanine area is accessed through a double height open stair that leads to the teens area, equipped with a gaming room and cozy seating.
Library circulation/check-out desk.
© The Boundary
In addition to the residential lobby, the Brooklyn Public Library’s New Cadman Plaza branch occupies the ground floor with 26,620 SF of flexible space and a 20 ft ceiling. This library has its own entrance on Cadman Plaza, in dialogue with the civic scale of the federal and state courts and Borough Hall.

A fitting home for the second largest branch library in the Brooklyn Public Library's system.

The branch includes an extensive book collection across its three floor levels and abundance of open co-working space and reading areas specifically designed for children, young adults and adults. As a 21st century institute, the new library is equipped with the latest technology and wifi throughout. A variety of spaces are provided for patrons including a quiet reading areas, comfortable seating nestled between stacks and a large multipurpose room for lectures and outside community events.

1 Clinton
Library entrance view from Cadman Plaza West.
1415 BPL Gregg Richards N15 medium
A three-story book wall adorns the main floor, lower level and mezzanine level, connected by an open daylight staircase near the building entry.
1502 BPL N3 medium

The building’s distinct shape comes from its triangular footprint.

Ground Floor Plan © Marvel
1415 BPL Gregg Richards N18 medium
The ground level contains the business commons areas with meeting rooms for patrons, the adult reading room as well as a reading circle for community lectures and programming.
1 Clinton
The upper mezzanine area is accessed through a double height open stair that leads to the teens area, equipped with a gaming room and cozy seating.
1 Clinton
Library circulation/check-out desk.
1 Clinton
The new branch features “Something Borrowed, Something New,” a commissioned installation by Brooklyn-based artist Jean Shin the installation, shaped as an upside-down tree, acknowledges the library’s roots in the community and Brooklynites’ generations of shared history with the library and literature.
1 Clinton
The ground level contains the business commons areas with meeting rooms for patrons, the adult reading room as well as a reading circle for community lectures and programming.
1 Clinton
The upper mezzanine area is accessed through a double height open stair that leads to the teens area, equipped with a gaming room and cozy seating.
1 Clinton
Library circulation/check-out desk.
1415 BPL N23 medium
In addition to the residential lobby, the Brooklyn Public Library’s New Cadman Plaza branch occupies the ground floor with 26,620 SF of flexible space and a 20 ft ceiling. This library has its own entrance on Cadman Plaza, in dialogue with the civic scale of the federal and state courts and Borough Hall.

Location

Brooklyn, NY

Client

Brooklyn Public Library

Typology

Size

26,620 SF

Design Team

Jonathan Marvel, Danielle Cerone, Erica Barker, Makenzie Leukart

Consultants

Denardis (Structural Engineer), Cosentini (MEP Engineer, Lighting), Eremos (Acoustician), Doyle Partners (Graphics), SWA (Sustainability and Accessibility), Gensler (Interior Architect).