ATTENTION: BPL Offers Expanded Hours

The Brooklyn Public Library is launching a expansion beginning September 10, 2011. Branches borough-wide will open their doors for 21% longer.

The updated hours for local branches are as follows--

Clinton Hill Library
380 Washington Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
M- 10AM-6PM
T- 10AM-6PM
W- 1PM-8PM
Th- 10AM-6PM
F- 10AM-6PM
Sa- 10AM-5PM

Washington Irving Library
360 Irving Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
M- 10AM-6PM
T- 10AM-6PM
W- 10AM-6PM
Th- 1PM-8PM
F- 10AM-6PM

Central Library
10 Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn, NY
M- 9AM-9PM
T- 9AM-9PM
W- 9AM-9PM
Th- 9AM-9PM
F- 10AM-6PM
Sa- 10AM-6PM
Su- 1PM-5PM

See coverage at the FG/CH Patch.

ATTENTION: NYC Imagination Library

The NYC Imagination Library is an initiative of the NYC Department of Education and Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. The goal is to promote the development of emergent literacy and language skills that are important for every child's success in school by encouraging all NYC parents to read aloud to their children from birth until age five.

Just enroll your preschool-aged child (age 0- 5 yrs) in the NYC Imagination Library- through filling out the application on the link below- and a new, age-appropriate book will be mailed each month in your child's name directly to your home. Books will begin arriving at your home six to eight weeks after your registration form has been received, and will continue every month until your child turns five.

http://www.nyc.gov/html/nycha/downloads/pdf/NYC_Imagination_Library_application.pdf

Your child will be eligible for this program as long as you live within the five boroughs of NYC. To reach the NYC Imagination Library program, please call (718) 642-5791 or email imaginationlibrary@schools.nyc.gov.

FREE Reading and Writing Program for Adults

The Brooklyn Public Library Central Learning Center is offering a FREE reading and writing program for adults 17 and older.

The Learning Center is open days, Monday through Sunday, and Tuesday and Thursday evenings at Grand Army Plaza, 3rd Floor, Brooklyn, New York, 11238.

For additional information please call (718) 230-2191.