Brooklyn families are concerned after Mayor Zohran Mamdani proposed major cuts to the city’s public library systems in his first preliminary budget. The plan would roll back a campaign promise to ...

Brooklyn’s Central Library’s storied eagle statue has been given a new name. The decades-old sculpture perched in the lobby of the borough’s main branch has been dubbed “Ingersoll,” according to NBC ...

The 2026 People’s Ball at the iconic Brooklyn Central Library at Grand Army Plaza on May 3 didn’t need a tech CEO to deliver ...

Hannah Kliger joined the CBS News New York team as a reporter in May 2022, focusing her coverage in Brooklyn. A native New Yorker, Hannah has received several awards for her investigative journalism ...

Just three miles from where a young Shawn Carter was raised, some of the most quotable (and G-rated) lyrics of the famed rapper and producer now known as Jay-Z can be found covering the full front ...

Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) kicked off its 2016 Summer Reading program on Thursday, hosting a game-themed party at Central Library to encourage active learning through the summer months. Hundreds of ...

Elected officials and bookworms celebrated the return of Sunday service at seven library branches across the city on July 14, following an agreement between Mayor Eric Adams and the City Council last ...