Brooklyn Public Library - Park Slope Branch

I'm leaving this review of the Park Slope Library as an event space. If you didn't know, upon closing at night, this historic building can host an event, or in my case, a wedding! As an avid reader since childhood, I will treasure it forever as the magical public library where I was lucky enough to get married and celebrate with my loved ones. Jennifer Herklotz, the library's events coordinator, helped plan my wedding with my planner, Krista Rae, and together, they made the planning process simple for me. All of the library staff were extremely warm and helpful. I had both the wedding ceremony and reception here and while it can only host about 100 people for a seated meal event, I was not bothered because I had always envisioned a small wedding. Once you get in there, and try to imagine t

I love this library so much! I go here every week to do work or study. It’s calm quiet and very big. I love how they also have computers. 📚📖

Small library with very nice staff. Smells pretty bad on the adult side. Inside there is nowhere else to sit because upstairs is for teens and the right is for kids. Totally cool they give that safe space to them, as they should. Would be great if they were able to control the odors on the other side.

Today, one of the male staff members threatened to kick me out of the library if he saw me tutoring my 8 year old daughter in the “Teen Zone” area of the mezzanine area. This is a public space that should be open to the public when not in use by teenagers. All of the tables were unoccupied at the time. Clearly, the Park Slope teen population has other places to be after school. The Park Slope Library is not it. This branch prefers to promote unpopular programs for optics sake rather than meeting the needs of the community. I will be taking a break from visiting this branch. It was a gem in the 80s, but has become a loud “daycare” with few options to work in a quiet space when the reservation meeting room is not available.

A year or so ago the upstairs was for adults only. Then they let kids up there for an hour or so a week, assuring us it was still for adults the rest of the time. Now it's all for teens. Pretty sneaky.