Building Brooklyn: Finntown
In the early 1900s, if you walked around Sunset Park, you might have heard Finnish being spoken on the streets. That's because the neighborhood was ho...
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Brooklyn has so many stories to tell, and a lot of them start at the library. Every other week, “Borrowed” brings you stories that start here and take you somewhere new. We're talking to people starting businesses, finding their roots, playing Dungeons & Dragons, creating community—and of course, borrowing books! Brought to you by Brooklyn Public Library.
Building Brooklyn: Eighth Avenue
Brooklyn is constantly changing. This episode takes a look at the changes on just one street in one neighborhood: Eighth Avenue in Sunset Park, which...
Building Brooklyn: Women on the Waterfront
At the start of World War II, 200 women were employed at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. That number ballooned to 7,000 at the height of the war, but afterwar...
Like Coming Home
In the middle of the 20th century, a ten square block area in North Gowanus was home to the largest Mohawk settlement outside of Canada. We hear abou...
Building Brooklyn: From Gowanus to Canarsie
We're launching a mini-series about four neighborhoods that made Brooklyn the vibrant, diverse borough it is today! “Building Brooklyn” will take you ...
New Yorkers: Rank Your Vote!
It’s the start of summer, which means block parties, beach trips, and also, big primary elections here in New York City. This will be the city's firs...
That All May Participate
"To me, what all these books say is independence and personal choice," says Nefertiti Matos of the stacks of Braille books at NYPL's Andrew Heiskell L...
Good News
It’s been a rough year. So, we gathered all the good news we could find to brighten your podcast feed. Hear kids read to a therapy dog, a library love...
Education For All
Ingrid Douglas never finished high school as a teenager. When she started looking for a better job at age sixty, she found not having a degree was a h...
Rekindling from Burnout
Burnout from work is something a lot of us are thinking about right now. It's been on the minds of librarians, too. We talk to a group of library wor...