Annual Report Fiscal Year 2019 Contents

Annual Report Fiscal Year 2019 Contents

Letter from the President & CEO and Chair ...... 2 Events in Review ...... 3 Community Outreach & Impact ...... 4 Imagination & Innovation ...... 8 Celebrations of Art & Culture ...... 12 Financial Overview ...... 16 Donors ...... 19

Mission & Vision Statement

It is the mission of Brooklyn Public Library to ensure the preservation and transmission of society’s knowledge, history and culture, and to provide the people of Brooklyn with free and open access to information for education, recreation and reference. It is our vision that Brooklyn Public Library will be a vital center of knowledge for all, accessible 24 hours a day, and will be a leader in traditional and innovative library services which reflect the diverse and dynamic spirit of the people of Brooklyn.

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BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNUAL REPORT FY ’19 1 Letter from the Events in Review President & CEO Team Up Spring To Read How to Build and Chair Into Strong Readers A For children ages 5 to 9 and participating parents Stories or caregivers. UNIVERSE Children’s Author & Illustrator Festival Saturday, May 4, 2019 / 2 – 4 pm Central Library / 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY OF

Meet an all-star line-up of children’s In celebration of STORIES Children’s Book Week, book authors and illustrators! April 29–May 5, 2019 Featuring: • Ricardo Cortes • Stephen Savage • Sharee Miller • Katie Yamasaki After attending Team Up To Read, 100% of families surveyed We close out a decade of transfor- York’s finest museums, historic sites, said their child gained skills to help them succeed in school. SUMMER READING 2019 For the full event schedule, visit bklynlib.org/spring SATURDAYS: Highlawn Library SUNDAYS: JUNE 1 – AUGUST 31 OCTOBER 13, 20 & 27 1664 West 13th Street OCTOBER 14, 21 & 28 mation at Brooklyn Public Library. theaters and more, free of charge. NOVEMBER 3, 10 & 17 3 pm NOVEMBER 4, 11 & 18 Bay Ridge Library New Lots Library Midwood Library 7223 Ridge Boulevard 665 New Lots Avenue 975 East 16th Street 1 pm 2 pm 2 pm Brighton Beach Library Sunset Park Library Central Library 16 Brighton First Road 4201 Fourth Avenue 10 Grand Army Plaza Our borough’s rapid growth over the And we piloted University Open Air 2 pm 2:30 pm 3 pm A Spanish interpreter will be Flatbush Library available at this location. WEDNESDAYS: 22 Linden Boulevard 2 pm Washington Irving Library OCTOBER 10, 17, 24 & 31 360 Irving Avenue NOVEMBER 7 & 14 Flatlands Library 2 pm 2065 Flatbush Avenue Bedford Library bklynlib.org/summer last ten years spurred us to keep in partnership with the Prospect 2 pm 496 Franklin Avenue 3:30 pm 2875_PS (4.19) Team Up To Read is supported by generous funding from the Altman Foundation.

Major support provided by New York Life Foundation, the 2019 city-wide sponsor for the Summer Reading Program.

Attend 3 or more sessions for a chance to win fun prizes including tickets pace with our patrons and the many Park Alliance, an unprecedented to a Brooklyn Nets game! For more information about Team Up To Read programs, and for full contest rules, visit bklynlib.org/TeamUptoRead LITFILM Pablo Neruda Lead support for Brooklyn Public Library’s The program is supported by Con Edison, #teamuptoread Summer Reading 2019 program is provided Macy’s, Barclays Center and the Brooklyn by the National Grid Foundation. Nets. CBS2/WLNY is the official media 2265_PS(8.18) partner for Summer Reading 2019. and diverse communities we serve. approach to education and social 3157_CP

We strengthened our commitment to responsibility in which foreign-born serve all Brooklynites, from new im- scholars teach a subject of their TEEN READERS, T H E 2 018 Summer WE NEED YOUR HELP! migrants to families who have been choosing in their primary language. BROOKLYN Brooklyn Cultural Adventures Program Camp 2019 in the city for generations. In every PUBLIC neighborhood our libraries nurture a At BPL, we continually push the LIBRARY deep sense of place and belonging. boundaries of what libraries LITERARY can achieve. From installing a PRIZE

BEN TURLEY (L) & BRENT YOUNG (R),,Owners of The Meat Hook Brooklyn Public Library and the FICTION & POETRY NONFICTION Brooklyn Eagles are addressing urgent Don’t Call Us Dead: Poems A More Beautiful and Terrible History: This year we kicked off a permanent bicycle repair station at by Danez Smith The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History A series of photographs and conversations with Randy Duchaine social, political and artistic questions by Jeanne Theoharis with the Brooklyn Public Library Literary Electric Arches Prize, presented by the Brooklyn Eagles. by Eve L. Ewing Everything You Love Will Burn: LINDA E. JOHNSON Randy Duchaine’s photographs are a tribute to the Inside the Rebirth of White Nationalism in America by Vegas Tenold diversity of Brooklyn’s uniquely creative culture. “ My photographs depict people Three finalists in each category will be Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi partner­ship with Emma’s Torch, our Mill Basin branch to launching chosen by librarian professionals, and Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body The personalities and accomplishments of the in Brooklyn who make or the prize will be awarded to two authors by Roxane Gay borough’s artists, entrepreneurs, impresarios and whose works speak to the ideals of our Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado Go behind the scenes at your favorite JOIN BOOKMATCH TEEN, A TEEN Patriot Number One: American Dreams in Chinatown innovators come to life in his photos. Join Duchaine create unique experiences. Library and our borough. Learn more at cultural institutions, and weave exciting in his seventh year of hosting the series as he by Lauren Hilgers BOOK RECOMMENDATION SERVICE! bklynlib.org/litprize. Sour Heart connections between the arts, nature, continues his conversations with Brooklyn’s creators. by Jenny Zhang a social enterprise that trains a flagship podcast, Borrowed, They represent a sense of So You Want to Talk About Race The Best Buy Teen Tech Center is a brand new, interactive learning Kings Highway Library culture, books, history, technology and Hear them talk about their lives and passions as Develop a readers’ advisory service exclusive Celebrate the winning authors and by Ijeoma Oluo space featuring workstations, tech equipment, collaboration areas 2115 Ocean Ave. portrayed in Randy’s captivating photos. support the Library at the Brooklyn The Answers science—all in the heart of Brooklyn. independence…and can to teens, and make connections to careers in and a recording studio. Teens are encouraged to use the space to Brooklyn, NY 11229 by Catherine Lacey Classic on Friday, November 2! The Bridge: How the Roeblings Connected Special thanks to Third & 3rd Whole Foods Market publishing, writing, and libraries. Participants must produce music, animations, robotic constructions and more—for free! 718.375.3037 Brooklyn to New York Two-week day camp for ages 7 – 12 Tickets can be purchased online at for providing refreshments. proudly say: This is what The King Is Always Above The People by Peter Tomasi and Sara DuVall be in grades 9-12 and will earn a stipend, volunteer Develop your technical and creative skills using: bklynlib.org/classic. by Daniel Alarcón Registration opens February 1 asylum-seekers to gain skills and featuring librarians and Brooklyn ⊲ Adobe Creative Cloud Wednesdays, 6 – 8 pm it means to be an American hours and resume-boosting experience. Readers of The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border Financial aid available ⊲ Digital Media Equipment The Parking Lot Attendant by Francisco Cantú April 3, May 1, June 5 all levels and interests are welcome. The 2018 Brooklyn Public Library ⊲ Laser Cutter by Nafkote Tamirat Plus, check out the The Best Buy Foundation and ERI, the nation’s Literary Prize is generously supported by BCAPteen Park Slope Library in Brooklyn!” ⊲ Recording Studio leading recycler of electronic waste and the The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath world’s largest ITAD and cybersecurity-focused the Peck Stacpoole Foundation. Summer Photojournalism Internship 431 Sixth Avenue Wednesdays, 4:30-6:30 pm ⊲ Sewing Machine hardware destruction company, will provide The Sarah Book by Leslie Jamison grant funding for the Teen Tech Center to by Scott McClanahan Brooklyn, NY 11215 —Randy Duchaine ⊲ bring new opportunities for creative youth Two-week program for ages 14 – 17 weekly from November 7 – December 19, 2018 Video Equipment with Green Screen experiences and expression, and technology long-term employment in the residents, we strengthened our product donations to power education and ⊲ …And much more! discovery. Support for the Best Buy Teen Apply February 1 – March 15. Please RSVP online at bklynlib.org/business. then monthly from January 9 – June 5, 2019 Tech Center is also provided by New York What We Lose State Senator Simcha Felder and the Estate of by Zinzi Clemmons Visit bklynlib.org/teen-tech-center for hours and information. Earle Muroff (Richard Klass esq., executor). Ready to learn more or sign up? APPLY ONLINE IN SEPTEMBER AT Visit today: bklynlib.org/bcap BKLYNLIB.ORG/BOOKMATCHTEEN Brooklyn Cultural Adventures Program is made possible by major leadership support from the Martha A. Rubin Fund, as well as generous funding from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, The Achelis and Bodman Foundation culinary industry. This new endeavor standing as a hub for innovation, and Novack Family Foundation. Additional funding is provided by the supporters of BPL’s 2018 Gala Auction

PHOTO © RANDY DUCHAINE 2017; RANDYDUCHAINE.COM 2204.CP and the Brooklyn Eagles—a group of young and engaged supporters of Brooklyn Public Library.

2917_PS (3.19) provides food service to our café self-reliance and creativity. and empowers refugees through education and work experience. With the support of our donors, Immigrant Heritage FINISH YOUR trustees, elected officials and Month Brooklyn Multilingual Program Series Robotics DIPLOMA at BPL We reinvigorated programs volunteers, our libraries are thriving Join us to celebrate the diverse cultural heritage that forms the unique story of America. Calpulli Mexican Dance Company League Everyone is invited to a fun celebration of Mexican music and dance. dedicated to serving our most social spaces where curiosity is ¡Acompáñenos a celebrar con bailes y música Mexicana! Kings Highway Library 2115 Ocean Avenue June 6, 3 pm FINALS Tkiya: The Jewish Community Music Initiative vulnerable neighbors and patrons. encouraged and human diversity Tkiya uses music experiences to help people of all ages find their unique connection with Jewish culture. COMPETITION ןעניפעג סעגַא עלַא ןופ ןשטנעמ ןֿפלעה וצ זיסנַאיריּפסקי קיזומ טצינ ַאייקט רוטלוק שידִיי טימ רשק קיצניי רעייז Midwood Library We expanded delivery of our popular is celebrated. We are proud to 975 East 16th Street The Brooklyn Robotics League is in full swing and we are June 10, 10:30 am quickly approaching the finale! The top twelve teams will battle it out Bangladesh Institute of Performing Arts (BIPA) to see who will be the Brooklyn Robotics League champions for 2019.

Celebrate with Bengladeshi songs and dances. First, second and third place winners will then be able to compete in storytimes to more hospitals and offer safe havens for everyone বাংলাদেশি সংগীত ও নৃত্য দিয়ে উদযাপন করুন. FIRST’s NYC championship event for a chance to enter the international Bay Ridge Library championship competition. Join us and cheer for your neighborhood team! 7223 Ridge Boulevard June 15, 3:30 pm SOUTH WEST SOUTH EAST NORTH EAST NORTH WEST Misako: Manga Drawing Workshop SEMI-FINALS SEMI-FINALS SEMI-FINALS SEMI-FINALS laundromats. And we also launched to access the world’s wisdom Learn to draw Manga with Misako Rocks! Saturday, January 12 Saturday, January 19 Saturday, January 26 Saturday, February 2 ミサコ•ロックスと一緒マンガを描くことを学びましょう! 10:30 am – 4 pm 10:30 am – 4 pm 10:30 am – 4 pm 10:30 am – 4 pm Kensington Library New Utrecht Library New Utrecht Library Flatbush Library Macon Library 4207 18th Avenue 1743 86th Street 1743 86th Street 22 Linden Boulevard 361 Lewis Avenue June 24, 4 pm Brooklyn, NY 11214 Brooklyn, NY 11214 Brooklyn, NY 11226 Brooklyn, NY 11233 Take the New York State TASC exam at BPL at a location near you: new initiatives to provide a greater and build brighter futures. World Language Festival Bedford Adult Learning Center Flatbush New Lots Join us for an all-day celebration with musical performances and Adult Learning Center Adult Learning Center activities for the whole family. FINAL COMPETITION Canarsie Library Pacific Library – Literacy Office Red Hook Brighton Beach Library Saturday, February 9, 10:30 am – 4 pm Eastern Parkway 16 Brighton First Road Adult Learning Center variety of services to people and June 29, 11 am Central Library SUSAN MARCINEK 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 11238 For more information, Mail in applications to: To schedule a test date, please call the HSE hotline 25 4th Avenue, 2nd Floor submit the following documents at 718.622.4460 (ext. 5) or Brooklyn, NY 11217 to [email protected] email [email protected] • TASC application families experiencing incarceration. Thank you, • Previous GED/TASC transcripts • T-TAF, if applicable • NYS Regents scores The World Language Family Series is provided through the generous support of Apple Bank, celebrating over 20 years in Brooklyn and over 150 years of neighborhood banking in greater New York.

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includes courthouse activity DISCOVER YOUR CITY WITH Veteran’s backpacks filled with materials Culture Pass Explore New York City’s museums and attractions with Culture Pass. Hat & Scarf If you have a library card, you can reserve a pass and get free admission to dozens 2019 designed to keep children engaged Linda E. Johnson of cultural institutions. Save money and discover more about your city! Drive

WINTER IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER; TEEN HELP US BRING SOME WARMTH AND while in court, zine workshops President & CEO To view participating organizations COMFORT TO A VETERAN IN NEED. and reserve a pass, visit us online: culturepass.nyc Brooklyn Public Library’s Services for Older Adults is holding a hat and scarf drive at and award-winning TeleStory. WRITING Central and New Utrecht libraries from now through October 28, from 10 am – 4:30 pm, to benefit our veterans and honor them for their service. CONTEST Please bring in NEW winter hats and scarves to the Information Desk, or Donation Boxes Beyond these services, Brooklyn located in the Lobby. For more information, contact Do you like mysteries? Think you have what it takes to discover Michelle Clarke at 718.236.1760 or what hides in the shadows of the Brooklyn Bridge? Then your & NED email [email protected] mission, detective, should you choose to accept it, is to come Public Library is dedicated to to your library to help your fellow sleuths unlock the secrets of

Brooklyn in four new exciting games. Services for Older Adults is partially funded by Coordinated Outreach DESCUBRA SU CIUDAD CON ОТКРОЙТЕ ДЛЯ СЕБЯ СВОЙ ГОРОД С Library Services aid from the New York State Education Department, CULTURE PASS ПОМОЩЬЮ МУЗЕЙНОГО ПРОПУСКА administered by the State Library’s Division of Library Development. Visit one of these participating libraries, and bring your CULTURE PASS VIZZINI democratizing access to arts and Susan Marcinek detective cap! Explore los museos y las atracciones de la ciudad de Nueva York con Culture Pass (Pase cultural). Si tiene una tarjeta Пропуск Culture Pass откроет для Вас двери музеев de la biblioteca, puede reservar un pase y recibir acceso и достопримечательностей Нью-Йорка Если у Вас ɗ ɗ gratis a docenas de instituciones culturales. ¡Ahorre dinero есть читательский билет, Вы можете зарезервировать Ned Vizzini Arlington Library New Utrecht Library y descubra más sobre su ciudad! пропуск и получить бесплатный доступ к десяткам культурных учреждений. Сэкономьте и продолжайте ɗ Canarsie Library ɗ Red Hook Library Para ver las organizaciones participantes y reservar un исследовать свой город! culture. 2019 saw the introduction Chair, Board of Trustees ɗ ɗ pase, visítenos en línea: culturepass.nyc Eastern Parkway Library Stone Avenue Library Список организаций-участников и возможность TEEN зарезервировать пропуск по адресу: culturepass.nyc For more information, visit bklynlib.org/retrodetectives. اكتشف مدينتك مع A Celebration of AfroFuturism & Black Nerd Culture! CULTURE PASS of Culture Pass, a program enabling Major support provided by the New York Life Foundation, CULTURE PASS the 2019 city-wide sponsor for the Summer Reading Program. 让你畅游你的城市 WRITING اكتشف متاحف مدينة نيويورك ومناطق الجذب السياحي بها مع Join Central Library’s Youth Wing for our 4th annual BPL Comic Con. Saturday, March 16 Culture Pass إذا كان لديك بطاقة مكتبة، ُيمكنك حجز جواز مرور .am–3:30 pm 文化通行证（ ）让你畅游纽约市的博物馆和景 Culture Pass 11:30 Come and enjoy roundtable discussions with comic book creators, والحصول على إمكانية وصول مجانية لعشرات من المؤسسات Central Library, Youth Wing 点。如果你有图书馆卡，你可以预定一张通行证，享受免费游 !الثقافية. ادخر المال واكتشف المزيد بشأن مدينتك ,hands-on experiences at virtual reality and robotics workshops 10 Grand Army Plaza 访数十个文化机构。既省钱又可进一步了解你的城市！ لعرض المنظمات ُالمشاركة ولحجز جواز المرور، قم بزيارتنا عبر library cardholders to explore New storytimes about black heritage around the world, drawing bklynlib.org/bplcomiccon 查看参与组织并预定通行证，请访问我们的网址： culturepass.nyc bklynlibrary.org :االنترنت على workshops and a cosplay photo booth! culturepass.nyc This event is free and open to all ages. Artwork by Amber Goodman. Culture Pass is supported by generous funding from The New York Community Trust, Charles H. Revson Foundation, Stavros Niarchos Foundation and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Illustration by Jing Wei. 2479.PS (02.19) PRIZE

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BABIES AND BOOKS PROGRAM AT BAY RIDGE LIBRARY

4 BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNUAL REPORT FY ’19 5 COMMUNITY OUTREACH & IMPACT the biggest impact on patrons. A prime example of this focused programming is East New York Reads, an initiative to increase children’s literacy and create a culture of reading at Cypress Hills, Arlington and New Lots libraries. Brooklyn Public Library is so much Made possible through a grant from the Pinkerton Foundation, East New York Reads provides literacy enrichment to young patrons and more than a collection of buildings. their families via parent workshops, educational enrichment and home- work support, as well as engaging FOR BROOKLYN VIDEO PROMOTION We strive to support our patrons at learning activities and author visits. IN THE LORIMER SUBWAY STATION This spring, job seekers in Brooklyn’s increase childhood literacy and contacted advocacy organizations to Red Hook neighborhood turned to provide a welcome distraction for brainstorm ways BPL could assist the BPL to boost their skills. Participants Brooklyn’s youngsters while their affected children. In an effort spear- every age and stage of their lives. in Hire Red Hook, an eight-week- caregivers were busy washing and headed by BPL’s coordinator of early long workshop series, received folding clothes. The collaboration literacy programs, staff members interview-appropriate clothing, a between BPL, Too Small to Fail and volunteers stuffed hundreds of stipend and a MetroCard, practiced and Libraries Without Borders backpacks with Spanish children’s books and art supplies to be distrib- uted to minors while they’re waiting, oftentimes for hours, in court. “Today’s public libraries are bold and pioneering An evergreen BPL goal is to make community leaders that play many roles, from sure all Brooklynites are aware of the Public libraries make communities CEO Susan Benton. “I congratulate expand by opening a café right vast array of programs, services and stronger. This year, the Library Brooklyn Public Library for illustrat- inside Central Library’s grand educational institutions to technology centers opportunities available through their aimed to broaden the reach of ing a persistent commitment to real- lobby. Emma’s Torch is a nonprofit library system. In March, the Library its programming in order to meet izing a groundbreaking initiative that that provides culinary training to and entrepreneurial hubs.” launched For Brooklyn, its first-ever Brooklynites exactly where they are: has transformed their community.” refugees, asylees and survivors of Susan Benton, Urban Libraries Council President and CEO borough-wide marketing campaign. in schools and local businesses, in human trafficking, and positions Featuring portraits of patrons, the laundromats and subway stations, This year, the PowerUP! Business them to begin meaningful careers in marketing ads were displayed and even within their own homes. Plan Competition celebrated its the food industry. The collaboration on billboards, LinkNYC towers, fifteenth anniversary. At the milestone with BPL allows Emma’s Torch’s interviewing and built their resumes. encouraged laundromats to social media and in subway stations In September, BPL was named one awards ceremony, PowerUP! alumni students to attend the Library’s The program, which was made make room for colorful reading throughout 2019. Each campaign of the 10 Top Innovators during returned to Central Library’s S. Stevan free English, adult education and possible by a generous gift from corners where librarians read poster promoted three separate the Urban Libraries Council’s Dweck Cultural Center to honor the career classes, further supporting Andrea Bozzo and John Martinez, aloud from picture books. BPL services, tying them together annual forum. The award recognized program and cheer on the finalists. their educational development. culminated in a graduation cere- by asking the question “What is the Teacher Lab, a program that has Since its start in 2003, the contest mony and a career fair where job Brooklyn Public Library aims to be Library for in 2019?” There were served over 1,000 educators since has provided a total of more than Throughout the year, the Library seekers were directly connected to a source of respite for everyone, more than 30 creative responses, it launched in 2014 and is made $400,000 to over 125 entrepreneurs, used targeted outreach to make employers and career development even those who are unable to reach including For Your Diploma, For possible in part by the Institute including beloved Brooklyn busi- programs in the community. out for help. After news spread of Your Next Chapter, For Singing POWERUP! BUSINESS of Museum and Library Services. nesses such as Bogota Latin Bistro PLAN COMPETITION immigrant families being separated With Your Kids, For Connecting Designed to help teachers navigate and Greenlight Bookstore. Dime Other targeted programs placed at the border, Library employees and, of course, For Brooklyn. an expanding world of information, Community Bank is the lead sponsor BPL staff within local businesses and the self-paced course helps provide for PowerUP!, with additional support organizations to offer on-the-spot teachers with essential literacy skills provided by Ridgewood Savings library services. In East Flatbush, Recognizing Staff Achievements they take back into the classroom. Bank, women.nyc, Con Edison, BPL opened a miniature, pop-up ReferenceUSA, Elizabeth Crowell & library at Brookdale Hospital. Three Inaugurated in 2019, the Feder Leonard Family Award for Excellence in “Today’s public libraries are bold and Robert Wilson and Signature Bank. days a week, the public can visit Service to the Library’s Public recognizes non-librarian staff who have pioneering community leaders that this Library in Transit to borrow done outstanding work in advancing and strengthening BPL’s services play many roles, from educational in- While PowerUP! helps budding books, print documents and work to the people of Brooklyn. Established by the Feder Leonard family, stitutions to technology centers and entrepreneurs open businesses on computers while East Flatbush it complements the Dr. Lucille C. Thomas Award for Excellence in entrepreneurial hubs,” said Urban borough-wide, this year BPL was Library is undergoing renovations. In Librarianship in highlighting BPL employees’ individual achievements. Libraries Council President and thrilled to help a Brooklyn business Brownsville, laundromat storytimes

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A UNIVERSE OF STORIES SUMMER READING 2019

8 BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNUAL REPORT FY ’19 9 IMAGINATION & INNOVATION the importance of lifelong learning.

“Public spaces should reflect the spir- it of their communities, so who better to design them than the next gen- eration,” said City Council Member Carlos Menchaca at the unveiling. From stuffed animal sleepovers “These teens are the future of our communities, and I thank the Center for Family Life, Brooklyn Public Library and Leroy Street Studios to bike repair stations, Brooklyn for giving them this opportunity.” BPL’s focus on teenage patrons continued at Kings Highway Library, KNUFFLE BUNNY IN THE STORYTIME GARDEN Public Library is finding creative where a Best Buy Teen Tech Center opened in March 2019. The center, library in New York City to host a performances at all BPL locations. which was created with support from Fixing to Ride station. The free, Major support was provided by the Best Buy Foundation, ERI, the permanent bike repair station is New York Life Foundation, the ways to make our patrons smile. Clubhouse Network, Earle Muroff located outside the branch and 2019 city-wide Summer Reading and New York State Senator Simcha is available 24 hours a day, seven sponsor. Lead support was provided Felder, inspires the next generation days a week. Support for Fixing by the National Grid Foundation, to Ride was provided by the with additional support provided Citizens Committee for New York by Con Edison, Barclays Center City, the Manhattan Solid Waste and the Brooklyn Nets. CBS2/ “I am glad that libraries like Advisory Group and Manhattan WLNY was the official media Leonard Library continue Borough President Gale Brewer. partner for Summer Reading 2019. Of course, the Library didn’t neglect BPL ended June with a treat that When you picture the library, what to nourish the love of books its youngest patrons. Throughout will delight patrons for years comes to mind? Most likely you winter and spring, branches across to come. A familiar Brooklynite envision adults browsing book- and reading.” the borough hosted Corduroy found a permanent home—in shelves and the internet, or children Nancy Smith Pfeiffer, daughter of Betty Smith, storytimes and stuffed animal statue form—in Park Slope Library’s gathered in a circle for storytime. author of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn sleepover parties. Librarians read storytime garden: Knuffle Bunny, While books and computers aloud from Don Freeman’s classic the star of Mo Willems’ Park Slope- feature prominently at BPL, this book Corduroy and children were based picture book series. The year demonstrated that you never of engineers, entrepreneurs, de- invited to leave a stuffed animal statue, which was suggested by know what you might find when you signers and dreamers by providing friend behind to enjoy a sleepover the Friends of Park Slope Library, step inside one of our libraries. teens with the latest technology at their local library. Materials were was funded by the family of Jane to develop their own projects. provided by the Museum of the Bethge Lynch and created by In Williamsburg, Leonard Library It is the first of nearly a dozen City of New York as part of their “A neighborhood sculptor Chad Rimer. celebrated its own literary history teen-specific spaces planned for City for Corduroy” exhibition. with the 75th anniversary of A BPL branches across the borough. “It was an honor to contribute BEST BUY TEEN TECH CENTER Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Author The fun continued with this year’s artwork to my community,” said Betty Smith grew up visiting the In the spring, BPL announced a Summer Reading program, A Universe Chad Rimer. “It was also immensely branch and included it in her classic by commissioning Williamsburg began. I am glad that libraries like fruitful addition to Central Library’s of Stories, which commemorated the fun bringing the Knuffle Bunny off novel—protagonist Francie Nolan artist Amy Lyons to paint historically Leonard Library continue to nourish collection: its very own Seed 50th anniversary of the Apollo Moon the page and into bronze, where walks through Leonard Library’s accurate murals depicting scenes the love of books and reading.” Library. Green-thumbed patrons Landing. The Library’s celebratory little and big book lovers alike can doors and discovers “the world was from the novel. Lyons also illustrated could choose up to three packets Summer Launch weekend included sit with it, read to it, touch it, and hers for the reading.” The family of the cover for the 75th edition of the The next time you visit Sunset Park from a variety of flower, herb, fruit live music, storytimes and special let their imaginations take flight.” Betty Smith, the Friends of Leonard book, published by HarperCollins. Interim Library, be sure to look up: in and vegetable seeds, which were Library and HarperCollins Publishers December 2018, the branch unveiled generously provided by Seed honored the book’s legacy through “I wish my mother were here; she a new sculptural window shading Savers Exchange, Baker Creek Borrowed, BPL’s New Podcast the branch’s official designation as would be so pleased and honored,” system. Created by local teens from Heirloom Seed Company, Burpee a Literary Landmark by United for said Betty Smith’s daughter, Nancy the Center for Family Life’s Summer Garden Products Company and A podcast for people who love Brooklyn’s neighborhoods and the Libraries, a division of the American Smith Pfeiffer, at the 75th anniversary Youth Employment Program and High Mowing Organic Seeds. libraries that connect them. Each episode highlights the stories of our Library Association. The Friends celebration. “It is fitting that a plaque Life Line Visual Arts Troupe, the librarians, and you — our patrons, who make the library come alive. of Leonard Library opened the taking note of her achievements be designs capture their vision for the BPL is for cyclists, too. In May, Mill Listen at bklynlib.org/podcasts or iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher and more. book’s anniversary a year earlier installed in the library where it all community, the environment and Basin Library became the first

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ANTIGONE IN FERGUSON AT ST. ANN & THE HOLY TRINITY CHURCH

12 BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNUAL REPORT FY ’19 13 CELEBRATIONS OF ART & CULTURE project, Antigone in Ferguson. Hosted in collaboration with Theater of War Productions, the performanc- es at Brooklyn’s St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church featured live gospel choirs and leading actors including Paul Giamatti, Chris Noth, Amy Whether our patrons are out Ryan, Obi Abili and Linda Powell. Message from the Library invites leading cultural figures to reflect exploring New York City or on the most critical issues facing local and global communities, and to discuss the crucial role libraries play in the 21st century. This year, BPL commissioned the pioneering spending time in their local library, UNIVERSITY OPEN AIR multi-disciplinary artist William Kentridge and celebrated Haitian- American author Edwidge Danticat of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and a collection of Whitman’s poems BPL’s programs and exhibitions to deliver the biannual lecture. the New York State Legislature. curated by BPL librarians. Finally, the Library honored the Bard of Through bold, thought-provoking art In June, BPL partnered with Brooklyn with a filmed recitation of exhibitions, the Library embraced Prospect Park Alliance to present his poem "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" are designed to reach everyone. one such role: to be a vibrant space University Open Air, a three-week featuring Brooklynites reading for discussions of significant civic series of classes held in Prospect Whitman's iconic words aloud in issues. In partnership with Solitary Park’s Rose Garden. The pop-up locations across the borough he Watch, BPL presented Photo university brought in nineteen loved, including BPL’s neighborhood Requests from Solitary, a participa- instuctors, who lectured on topics libraries. A beautiful celebration of tory art project offering audiences a ranging from Urban Anthropology poetry, Brooklyn and, of course, pub- A truly exciting year for the arts at Wave Hill in the Bronx, and Historic world. Culture Pass is a game chang- direct connection to people living in to Data Science to Contemporary lic libraries, the video can be viewed Brooklyn Public Library kicked off Richmond Town on Staten Island. er for bringing equal access to every Taiwanese Poetry. The majority online at bklynlib.org/whitman200. with a major announcement: the New Yorker who has a library card!” of these professors, who were EDWIDGE DANTICAT launch of Culture Pass, a citywide Culture Pass organizations donate teachers and academics in their MESSAGE FROM initiative providing library cardhold- passes on a monthly basis and can A new season of cultural program- “Culture Pass is a game home countries, have had to give THE LIBRARY ers free access to myriad cultural reserve a portion of passes for pa- ming further demonstrated the up their respective fields upon institutions across the five boroughs. trons living in underserved neighbor- Library’s commitment to providing changer for bringing equal immigrating to the United States. Through the program, patrons of BPL, hoods. Partners also offered special high-quality enrichment opportu- New York Public Library and Queens programs at branches citywide nities to the 2.6 million individuals access to every New Yorker The end of spring 2019 was an Public Library can visit a range of to highlight their collections and who make Brooklyn home. In especially busy—and celebra- cultural institutions at no cost, from exhibitions. Support for Culture Pass September, BPL was honored to who has a library card!” tory!—time for the Library as it the Brooklyn Botanic Garden to and related programs is provided by welcome Supreme Court Justice Jimmy Van Bramer, Chair of the New York City Council’s marked the 200th birthday of Walt the Whitney Museum in Manhattan, the Charles H. Revson Foundation, Sonia Sotomayor to read from her Committee on Libraries and Cultural Affairs Whitman, America’s great poet of the Noguchi Museum in Queens, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, The new children’s books at Central democracy. For the occasion, BPL New York Community Library. The Library’s flagship hosted Whitman at 200, a weekend SONIA SOTOMAYOR Trust and the New branch also hosted readings and solitary confinement in U.S. jails and of poetry, music and debate made SUPREME COURT JUSTICE York City Department conversations with award-winning prisons. In the Scoring the Stacks possible with support from the of Cultural Affairs. authors including Jennifer Egan, exhibit, Brooklyn-based artist and Poetry Foundation. In addition to a Anne Carson, Quincy Troupe, Olga Katowitz Radin Artist-in-Residence variety of commemorative events, “Everyone should have Tokarczuk, Nadya Tolokonnikova, Kameelah Janan Rasheed “scored” BPL published The Barbaric Yawp, access to the arts and Kiese Laymon and Jonathan Franzen. Central Library, providing prompts culture,” said Jimmy and questions that led visitors to Van Bramer, Chair of Thanks to generous support from the discover multiple pathways through Whitman Circle’s Fifth Anniversary the New York City Stavros Niarchos Foundation, BPL the building, its stacks and the We celebrated more than one Whitman this year — 2019 also Council’s Committee on expanded two of its most popular books accessible there. Scoring marked the fifth anniversary of the Whitman Circle, a community Libraries and Cultural cultural series: Antigone in Ferguson the Stacks was made possible by of supporters who champion the library, and enjoy unique evenings Affairs. “New York and Message from the Library. In the Katowitz Radin Endowment, the of conversation and cocktails throughout the year. To find out more City’s cultural offerings the spring, the Library was thrilled Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation, or join, please visit bklynlib.org/whitman-circle. are what make our to announce a 10-week free run of women.nyc and the New York State city the greatest in the Theater of War’s groundbreaking Council on the Arts with the support

14 BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNUAL REPORT FY ’19 15 Financial Overview

Fiscal Year 2019 Fiscal Year 2018 Statements of Financial Position (in thousands)

June 30, 2019 June 30, 2018

Assets

Cash and cash equivalents (including restricted cash of $107 in both years) 20,086 16,608

Restricted cash segregated account 146 662

$175,682 $180,824 $167,010 $174,219 Receivables, net 21,016 11,875

Investments 63,511 65,334

Prepaid and other assets 1,054 363

Property and equipment, net 45,338 42,559

$151,151 $137,401 Total Expenses Total Revenue & Support Total Expenses Total Revenue & Support ● 17% Central Library ● 67% City of New York ● 17% Central Library ● 65% City of New York Liabilities and Net Assets ● 63% Neighborhood Libraries ● 5% State & Federal Govt. ● 63% Neighborhood Libraries ● 7% State & Federal Govt. ● 9% Special Programs ● 4% Contributions ● 9% Special Programs ● 3% Contributions Accounts payable, accrued expenses and advances 14,210 8,408 ● 8% Management & General ● 19% Contributed ● 8% Management & General ● 20% Contributed Accrued wages and related liabilities 17,388 14,610 ● 3% Fundraising Facilities & Utilities ● 3% Fundraising Facilities & Utilities Deferred revenue 2,693 2,295 ● 2% Net Investment Income ● 1% Net Investment Income ● 3% Other ● 4% Other Total liabilities $34,291 $25,313

Commitments and Contingencies Financial Ratios (in thousands) Net assets

Without donor restrictions Fiscal Year 2019 Fiscal Year 2018 Fiscal Year 2017 Undesignated, available for operations 73,857 71,777 Total Operating Expenses $ % $ % $ % Board-designated for building renovation 5,830 5,830 Central Library 29,269 17% 27,940 17% 34,440 22% Board-designated for use in future fiscal years 6,639 5,439 Neighborhood Libraries 112,422 63% 106,314 63% 103,045 65% Total net assets without donor restrictions 86,326 83,046 Special Programs 15,658 9% 14,840 9% 8,776 5% With donor restrictions Management and General 13,230 8% 13,233 8% 9,966 6% Restricted for time and purpose 27,828 26,421 Fundraising 5,103 3% 4,683 3% 3,127 2% Perpetual in nature 2,706 2,621 $175,682 100% $167,010 100% $159,354 100% Total net assets with donor restrictions 30,534 29,042

Total net assets 116,860 112,098 Total Revenue & Support $ % $ % $ % $151,151 $137,401 City of New York 120,477 67% 113,824 65% 132,980 70%

State and Federal Govt 9,475 5% 11,468 7% 9,955 5%

Contributions 7,094 4% 5,637 3% 4,537 2%

Contributed Facilities & Utilities 34,820 19% 34,504 20% 32,523 17%

Net Investment Income 2,998 2% 2,508 1% 4,807 3%

Other 5,960 3% 6,278 4% 5,722 3%

$180,824 100% $174,219 100% $190,524 100%

The accompanying statements of financial position was taken from the audited financial statements as of and for the year ending June 30, 2019, for Brooklyn Public Library. For a complete copy of the audited financial statements, please write to: Finance Department, Brooklyn Public Library, 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 11238

16 BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNUAL REPORT FY ’19 17 Statements of Activities (in thousands)

Without Donor With Donor Total Without Donor With Donor Total Restrictions Restrictions June 30, 2019 Restrictions Restrictions June 30, 2018

Operating support & revenues

City of New York 120,477 120,477 113,824 113,824

State of New York 7,840 7,840 7,620 7,620 Federal government 1,635 1,635 1,258 1,258 Donors Contribution income 2,013 4,996 7,009 2,400 3,231 5,631 Fiscal Year 2019 Purchase discount reimbursement contribution 700 700 856 856 June 30, 2018–July 1, 2019

Contributed facilities and utilities 34,433 34,433 34,146 34,146

Net investment income designated for current operations 1,765 195 1,960 1,658 191 1,849

Contributed goods and services 387 387 358 358

Special events (net of direct benefit to donors of $104 and $111 in 2019 and 2018, respectively) 977 977 1,025 1,025

Fines and other revenue 4,283 4,283 4,397 4,397 $500,000+

174,510 5,191 179,701 167,542 3,422 170,964 Stavros Niarchos Foundation

Net assets released from restrictions for operations 5,653 (5,653) 0 2,951 (2,951) 0 $100,000+ Total operating support and revenues $180,163 ($462) $179,701 $170,493 $471 $170,964 Altman Foundation David Berg Foundation, Inc. Operating expenses Best Buy/ERI The Carson Family Charitable Trust Program services The Hearst Foundation, Inc. The Heckscher Foundation for Children Central Library 29,269 29,269 27,940 27,940 Stephanie & Timothy Ingrassia Neighborhood libraries 112,422 112,422 106,314 106,314 The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The New York Community Trust Special programs 15,658 15,658 14,840 14,840 New York Life Foundation Charles H. Revson Foundation Total program services 157,349 157,349 149,094 149,094 The Robin Hood Foundation The Schultz Family Supporting services Paula Silver $25,000+ $15,000+ Management and general 13,230 13,230 13,233 13,233 Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund The Ambrose Monell Foundation Achelis Bodman Foundation Fund-raising 5,103 5,103 4,683 4,683 Anonymous (2) Albee Development, LLC $50,000+ Total support services 18,333 18,333 17,916 17,916 Apple Bank Anonymous Arete Foundation Barclays Bloomberg Philanthropies Total operating expenses $175,682 $175,682 $167,010 $167,010 Con Edison Martine Beamon & Edward Joyce Dime Community Bank ELSAM Fund BET Networks Change in net assets from operating activities 4,481 (462) 4,019 3,483 471 3,954 Betty Kahn Epstein Teicher Philanthropies Boies Schiller Flexner LLP Robin K. & Jay L. Lewis Leslie M. Feder & Garrick Leonard Andrea Bozzo & John Martinez Susan & David Marcinek Blake W. & Andrew Foote Harold and Colene Brown Family Foundation Henry and Lucy Moses Fund, Inc. Non-operating activities Becky & Tom Fruin Cantor Fitzgerald/BGC Partners National Grid Foundation Dr. Beverly S. Jacobs Nina Collins Peck Stacpoole Foundation Grants and capital contributions for improvements 2,033 13,315 15,348 2,590 3,445 6,035 Miriam Katowitz Nancy & Chad Dickerson The Pinkerton Foundation Karen A. and Kevin W. Kennedy Foundation The Durst Organization, L.P. With donor restrictions contributions – The Weissman Family Foundation, Inc. Macy’s The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation perpetual contributions 86 86 6 6 Suratchada & Brian O’Neil Cindy & Evan Goldberg Bruce Ratner Hamond Family Foundation & Terry Mansky Capital grants expenditures (11,464) (11,464) (3,445) (3,445) Sills Family Foundation Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Losses on disposals of property and equipment (242) (242) (354) (354) Tiger Baron Foundation Industry City Cassandra & Lloyd Metz Depreciation and amortization (4,013) (4,013) (4,010) (4,010) Novack Family Foundation Penguin Random House Investment gains not designated for current operations 1,021 17 1,038 617 42 659 Petra Pope Qatar Airways Net assets released from restrictions Quay Tower for capital expenditures 1,671 (1,671) 0 Amy Ryan & Eric Slovin Change in net assets from non-operating activities (1,201) 1,954 753 514 (1,623) (1,109) Sandra & Peter Schubert Robin Shanus & Stephen Merkel Change in net assets 3,280 1,492 4,772 3,997 (1,152) 2,845 The John P. and Anne Welsh McNulty Foundation Net assets – beginning of year $83,046 $29,042 $112,088 $79,049 $30,194 $109,243 Whole Foods Market Net assets – end of year $86,326 $30,534 $116,860 $83,046 $29,042 $112,088

18 BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNUAL REPORT FY ’19 19 $10,000+ $5,000+ Robertson Foundation $1,000+ Rockefeller Capital Management Allen & Company LLC AEG Worldwide Christine D. Schaffran Robert Ackerman Altice USA Alliant Insurance Services Jane A. & Anthony P. Scotto Elizabeth & David Aivano American Library Association American Express Shenandoah Valley Black Heritage Project Inc. Alyssa Alpine Anonymous (4) Cecilia Z. & Sundeep B. Amrute Stop & Stor Charitable Fund Rebekah & Jonathan Ambjor Rose M. Badgeley Residuary Charitable Trust Anonymous Philip Strongin Akwe Amosu Blue Pool Capital Apollo Jets Erin Texeira & Kevin Davis Janet L. Anderson Cara J. & Bryan Bowers Paula Arrojo & Mike Yaeger Beverly G. Thomas Anonymous (4) Capital One Baker & Taylor Allison Thrush & Arthur C. Chang Diane Archer & Stephen Presser The Clubhouse Network Benchmark Builders Toshiko Mori Architect Armand Corporation Constance L. Christensen BerlinRosen Public Affairs Translation LLC Christina & Steven J. Armieri Citi Corporate Philanthropy bibliotheca Carla Vel Katherine Ashton Young Ezra Jack Keats Foundation Pamela Brier & Peter L. Aschkenasy Venable LLP Erich R. Bechtel Paula & Edward Fichtner Collins Building Services, Inc. The Laura B. Vogler Foundation Dr. Stephanie Bell The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation Connor Sports Wells Fargo Private Bank Patricia Bell Karoly & Hank Gutman Anthony W. Crowell & David D. Rohde Sharon & James Willse Elizabeth Beller HBO Elizabeth Crowell & Robert Wilson Allison & David M. Womack Anne C. Bender Hamilton Design Associates Keerthi Reddy JEMB Realty Corporation Daktronics Weill Cornell Medicine Sarah E. Benesch Mariet J. Hamrah Resnicow and Associates, Inc. John Merck Fund DalyGonzalez WW (Weight Watchers Reimagined) Sara Bennett Lizzie & Mangesh Hattikudur Lincoln Restler The JPB Foundation Eliza & Jason Factor Leon J. Bijou Shannon R. Henson Susan K. & William Rifkin Cindi Leive & Howard Bernstein Festa Family Ellen Beth Bogolub John Hergenroeder Joshua Rosenblum Leon Levy Foundation Rachel & Benjamin Geballe $2,500+ Pamela & Jack Bolen Carlotta Higginson and Chris Poindexter Michael S. Ross, Esq. Jeanine & Michael Liburd Abe M. George Nancy & Anthony Bowe Katherine Hobson Stephen I. Sadove Hans Thurnauer Charitable Lead Trust Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Julie Badal Alexandra Bowie & Dan Richman Richard W. Hulbert Sagalyn Family Fund Janet & David Offensend Globe Moving Abbe Bershatsky Gillian Brassil Infor The Robert M. Schiffman Foundation Onexim Sports and Entertainment GNYHA Ventures, Inc. Virginia & Jake Blair Carl Bloom Associates, Inc. Michael Jackson Janet A. Schumacher Park Tower Group Elaine Golin Molly & Thomas Boast Mildred & John Casson Barbara A. Janowitz & Peter Entin Scout Sports and Entertainment Stephanie & Paul M. Pion The Great Island Foundation Jane Brody Engquist CCS Fundraising JEMP-D Foundation Kenneth Sellin The Poetry Foundation Hilail Gildin Trust Citi Commercial Bank Steven P. Chapman JetBlue Airways Sentrum Marketing, LLC Denise & Mike Reiss Hogan Lovells Margery Cooper & Neil M. Corwin Alexandra & Samuel Charney Kathryn L. Johnson & Marshall Hagins Kerry Shaw & Eric Jacks Sam Schwartz Engineering Hudson Companies Jodie & Eric Corngold Jessica Chen Laura R. Johnson Shawmut Construction Klara & Larry Silverstein J.M. Kaplan Fund Duff & Phelps Ronald Chernow Marie Clare Katigbak & Peter Goldwasser Christopher M. Shea Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation Jackson Lewis P.C. EisnerAmper LLP The Chicago Community Foundation Trena Keating Signature Bank Jennifer & Jonathan Allan Soros Jenner & Block LLP Jennifer & Steven Eisenstadt Citizens Committee for New York City Kettering Family Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Robert & Wonza Sinclair The Starr Foundation Linda E. Johnson The Honorable Alice Fisher Stephanie K. Clifford & Bruce Headlam Coco Kim & Richard Schetman Ravi Sitwala Kimberly Throm Levy Rubin & Lowell Rubin Corwin Family Charitable Foundation Lucia Laguzzi Kitchen & Blair Kitchen Arlene H. Sloan Two Trees Management Co., LLC Live Nation Judith R. and Alan H. Fishman Joanna & Kevin Costantino Andrew Knepley Joyce S. Smith Kathy Weil Los Blancos Mindy & Neil Grossman, Keith Carla E. Craig & Stuart D. Freedman Shayna Kulik & Justin Kalifowitz Miok Snow Amelia & James Wilson Madison International Realty Bloomfield and Mark Mullet Crush Music Phyllis & Edward Kwalwasser Joan & Laurence T. Sorkin Maureen & Thomas Wipf Manhattan Terrace Civic Association George Backer Family Foundation, Inc. Dr. Katherine Dalsimer L&L MAG Tracey & Shanin Specter WWE Marie Nugent-Head Marlas & James Marlas Jacqueline & Nicholas A. Gravante Jr. Samara Daly Joyce & Stephen Lamb Fern & Arthur D. Square Roland Merchant, Jr. Maureen Hanlon Gordon J. Davis Levenbetts Krista Stack & Neal Pawar Dr. Todd J. Albert & Mrs. Barbara Merinoff Albert HarperCollins Publishers Louise de la Fuente & Mace Rosenstein Karen A. Levine David Stephens National Grid Donella & David Held Lydia L. Denworth & Mark B. Justh Marion A. Lipton Susan Stiehm National Hockey League Foundation Sharon Horowitz & Mark Hartley Lisa Detwiler & Jim Cramer Locks Gallery Lucille Strider & Robert Myrstad New York Land Services Kate Hosford & Christopher Welch The Earth Institute Barbara Logan & Steven Kaplan Anne M. & William Tatlock NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership Erin Dodd & Richard Baumert Sarah & Michael London Eve Teipel & Josh Engelman Methodist Hospital Julie F. Kay & Thomas Fergus Lynn & Edward Dolnick LVCK Josephine & Philip Teverow NSP Enterprises, Inc. Jennifer & Eric Komitee Doul Construction Marci Lucia & Amit Mehta Baratunde Thurston Christopher Oliviero Diana & Jason Kyrwood Eastern DataComm, Inc. Shelia S. Martin Jean M. Tisne Pharos Systems International Carrie & Michael Lamb EBSCO Information Services Katherine Marx Toll Bros. Lisa & Peter Puleo Stephanie Lazar & David Newman Educational Housing Services Jean R. Matoi Trinity Grace Church Williamsburg Puma Krista & Jay Leahy Engel & Völkers NYC Dave Mazzoli U3 Advisors Inc. C. Cybele Raver Levien & Company Nicola & Andrew Fabens Therese McGinn United Commercial Group Resorts World Casino Marvel Architects Carmen Fariña Jessica Katz & Moshe McKie Krisberg Jeffrey Vogelsang Erminia Rivera Steven Mayer Erika L. Faust & Colin Gardner Medco Electrical Contractors, Inc. Vornado Realty Trust Midwest Tape Arthur Feder Lisa Melmed & Steven Cohen Sylvia & Dr. Charles Walowitz Moses L. Parshelsky Foundation Todd Ferguson Andrew Z. Michaelson Amanda Warco & Eric Haseltine National Basketball Association Katherine & Luke Fichthorn Mitchell Giurgola Architect WB Wood Elyse Newman & Ben Dolnick Sylvia Fink Lori & David Moore Shirley & Michael Weil Carla & Ryan Norris Lara Fitch David Morse Sam Weisenberg Benet O’Reilly Marta & Thomas Fleming Asha & Devdutt Nayak Charles A. Weiss, Esq. Joseph Paul Lizanne Fontaine & Bob Buckholz George Neuman Westerman Construction Kristina Peterson & Richard Lynch Susanna Furfaro New York University Susan & Neil Whoriskey Stuart I. Post & Christopher Kelley Theresa Galvin Eliot Nolen & Tim Bradley John Woods The Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative Mary Rose Gasner Christina M. Norman & Charles R. Hunt Jacqueline Woodson Beth I. Schneider & Stephen McFarland Barbara Germack Michael Novodvorskiy WORK Architecture Company Jeffrey Schwartz Mirene Ghossein Nutanix Mandy & James Wynn Phyllis T. Scroggie Gilbane Building Company Edward Oakley Yale University Ravieshwar Singh Rona & Bruce Goldwitz OverDrive Inc. Joni Yoswein Sixpoint Brewery Teresa Gonzalez Dr. Denis Pelli Francesca Zaccheo & David Shaw Anne & Joseph Taranto Roberta & Michael Gordon Charles Pigott Zeldin Family Foundation TerraCRG Jessica Greenbaum & Jed Marcus Lise L. Porter & Art Matin Elisa Zuritsky & Jordan Barowitz Magda Jimenez Train & Patrick Train-Gutiérrez Lara & Robert Gruber Anna Quintana & David Von Spreckelsen Claudia & Ted Weissberg Linda Hacker John Rapaport Zoobean Inc. Margaret L. Hagen The James and Susan Ratner Family Foundation

20 BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNUAL REPORT FY ’19 21 $500+ Kathryn D. Haslanger & Gordon Berlin Susan & Peter Restler $250+ Dr. Jane Carleton Sarah Fowlkes Mary E. Hatch & Mark Goldfield Julie & Joseph J. Romano Frances B. & Gerhard A. Caroll Bette-Lee Fox ABC Studios New York LLC Mary R. Hawley Sharyn Rosart & Nathaniel Marunas Yvette Abreu & Robert Kornhiser Stephanie Cherry & Robert Hansen Abraham Fox-Rosen Sarah & David Abramowitz Alexes Hazen & Ash Yergens Debbie & Jonathan Rosen Adedayo Adedeji Timothy Cheung Bethlie Francillon Luz Acevedo Judy W. He Linda Rottenberg & Bruce Feiler Alyssa Aguilera Suzanne Chipkin & Joshua Sowalsky Nora Freeman Linda Adamson Lisa E. Heller & Orlando Bagwell Lynne A. Sachs & Mark F. Street Wendy Aibelweiss Lindsey Christ Richard Fromer ADCO Electrical Corporation Andrew Hirshman Jill Salayi Joseph Alexiou Elizabeth M. Christensen Nick J. Furio Kwame Alexander China & Michael Hoffman Elizabeth H. Schmidt & Eric Liftin Gabrielle Anderson Mariclaire Cloutier Ira J. Galtman Liz Alter & Charles Duhigg May-hsin Hsiung Gregg Schwartzkopf Denise Andreu Claire G. Cohen Samantha Garland AME, Inc. Needham B. Hurst Suzanne Segura Anonymous Lisa C. Cohen & Win Thin Emily B. Gasthalter Elizabeth Andrews & Eliot Merrill Jack Jaffa & Associates Laura Seidman Eric C. Appleton Janette Cooke & Walter Bembenista Mary Sue & Brit Geiger Ellen & Enrique Arana Zsuzsanna Karasz & John Lipsky Elaine & Nirav Shah Lauren Arana & Jesse Weinraub Catherine F. Cornell Allison Gildersleeve Courtney Archer-Buckmire Elana Karopkin & Michael Rabinowitz Megan Sheehan & Joshua Nachowitz Arnold Aronson Frederique Couture-Carrier David A. Giles Jean & Robert Ashton Avon Khowong Lisbeth Shepherd Emily T. Ashton Samuel Cox Clara F. Goetz Karen Backus & Alan Goldberg Caroline & Neal Kronley Joseph Shin Janet Aspen & Joe Polizzotto Edith Creegan Dana K. Goldberg & David M. Woloch Victoria B. Bailey David N. Lafleur Sheethal & Tokumbo Shobowale Alexandra Atkins & Michael Poole James T. Crombie Barbara Gonzo Alan Beller Matthew F. Lawlor Ira Sibulkin Louisa Aviles & Joseph C. Musso Brian Crow Lisa Gorke Sarah K. Bentley Lee & William U. Lawrence Susan & Lawrence I. Sills Sam Baden Elizabeth Cryan Elaine & David Gould Marcia Bernstein Courtney Lee Anne Silver Matthew Baer Kim J. Davis Meghan Gray Jenny & Michael Best Emily Lessard Marilyn Singer & Steven Aronson Ronald Banaszek Peter D. Dechiara Diane & William Greer Ellen Bolotin Robin E. Lester-Kenton & William Kenton Dr. Loren Skeist Christopher J. Bannon Margaret DeCoursey Brian A. Griffith David Boyle Kelly Lim Michael Smith Barbara Barrett-Collins & Keith Collins Katherine Degn Bruce Griffiths Mark Brennan Robert Longo Michael Snodgrass Jerome Barth Sarah Dephtereos Anthony Grigos Dr. and Mrs. Michael & Shelley Brody Patricia Lowry & John Touhey Phyllis R. Spielman Joan G. Bartolomeo Anna Deriy Stephanie & Jason Gromek Linda Broudy Samina Lutfeali Sujatha A. Srinivasan Kelley Basham & Tim Cruickshank DGC Capital Christine Grove William A. Bunch & Gary Rodgers Maureen E. Mahon Hema Srinivasan Samantha Bell Martha & Craig Diesslin Lisa F. Grumet & Mark H. Daly Butler’s Hole South Fund Elizabeth W. Martin Molly Stern & Jay Mandel Jana & Thomas W. Bergdall Mark Dixon Sarah Alexis Hahn Elizabeth Cannon Elizabeth G. & Michael Mayers Richard Stohlman Rachel Berger Lauren Dohr & Maureen Sullivan Jody Hankinson Zoey Chenitz & Shingirai Middelmann The McCance Foundation Trust Steven Storch Beverley Square West Assoc. Neil A. Donnelly Susan K. & William J. Harris Genevieve Chow and Mark Bierman Lori McGlinchey & Eric Vieland The Tang Fund Alice Bernstein & Jack W. Couch Alison & William Dorsey Diane S. Hayes Claudia Churnetski Camlin N. McGowan TEI Group Phyllis Bilus Paul Dougherty Elizabeth Hinchman Jeanne Cloppse & Laurie McPherson Vanessa Mcinnes Andrew S. Teller Florence Hutner & David M. Holmes William N. Colavito Julie & Jonathan D. Meyer Stephanie Teplin Lynn Hoogenboom Holly Coleman David Miller Terra Nova Films, Inc. Marvin Howard, II Colony Pest Management, Inc. Richard Montalbano Grace & John Timberlake Miriam Ignatoff Jonathan Cook Joseph P. Murin Pedro Torres-Mackie Binta F. Jalloh Julia T. Cornely Hillary & Michael Nelson Truist Felicia Jamieson Ellen & Chris Covas Karen Nelson & Daniel L. Greenberg Barbara Underwood Satinder Jawanda & Amitabha Bose Barbara Danish & Laura Brown Christine Ng United Community Centers, Inc. Teresa Johnson Sarah W. Darling Shannon R. O’Brien Elaine R. & Jay C. Unkeless Julia V. & Rudy M. Jordan Ali Davis Rosamund Palmer & Miles H. Portek Lucia Vail Emily Kaufman DeLaCour Family Foundation Athena Pappas George Van Amson Martha Graham Kelly Lisette DeSouza Ami Paradise Robin G. Van Koert Tanna Kimmerling Rachelle DiGregorio Roger N. Parker Irene & Richard M. Van Slyke Caroline A. & James R. Koster Joseph I. Douek Elizabeth Pearlman Puja Vohra David H. Krasnow Michael G. Eakin Jules A. Peemoeller Galen & Michael Weiser Jennifer Kravitz East Coast Energy Group Cristy Phillips Elizabeth A. Weitzman & Eric Stangel Jay Kriegel Adam Eisenberg Laura Picone Barrett White Aleksandr Kuchuk Kathleen V. & Ronald L. Ellis Sotirios Plakoudas Reeves Wiedeman Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte Susie O. & Tony Ellis Charles Braxton Plummer Melodie Young William Lampen Camilla Enders & James B. Bernfield Diana M. Plunkett & Patrick Colimon Adam Young Amanda Leake Lewis The Enelow Fund Johanna Goldfeld & Bradley M. Rank Regina Zaychik Marie F. Leblanc Jessica Feldman Debra L. Raskin & Michael D. Young, Esq. Mary Ellen Zincke Yun G. Lee Jenny Filburn Rita Rasmussen Ichin Zinn Nancy & Michael Black Marquetta E. Drakes Richard Lefkowitz Brian Floca Rochelle & Ron Rauchberg Elzbieta Wasak Zlotkiewicz & Marian Zlotkiewicz Allegra Blackburn-Dwyer & John O’Neill Dana Dratch Daniel J. Lehman Mark Foggin Michelle Ravvin Aaron Zollman Caitlin Bladt James Duffy Patrick Lempert Fort Hamilton High School Neil Readwin Laura Blady & Barinder Singh Rimgaile Dumpyte Peter Leonard Elizabeth A. Franks & Nicholas A. Tribuzio Laura A. & Marvin J. Reiskin Raymond Blum Elizabeth A. Duwe Dr. Gail R. Levine & Robert M. Fried, EdD Gillian & Leroy Frasier MaryAnn Rekuc Natalie Bonilla Daniel P. Ehrenhaft Carol M. & Joel Levy Chelseah & Zach Free Elizabeth M. & Jeffrey Borkin Marie & Dr. Baroukh El Kodsi Marina Li Mary & Robert Frenzel-Berra Ketura Brizan Carolyn T. Ellis & H. Lake Wise Jesse Liebman Dr. Sharon A. Friedberg Brooklyn Bird Club Sarah L. Ellison Arthur Lincoln Nicole W. Friedman Kathryn Borgatti & Daniel Evans Alan Ellman Carol Locke Lee & James Gallagher Karen Brooks Hopkins Stephanie Erhard Frances D. Louis Elizabeth & Calogero Gambino Charles Brown Eleanor Feierstein Susan B. Lowenbraun Dr. Leena Gandhi Scott M. Brown Anne Feigus & Alan Aviles Yvonne Lundy & Robert Chamerda Brinda Ganguly Jocelyn Brown Susan Fein & William Keays JoDee L. Lymburner Diane K. Giles Pamela Brown Katie A. Feola Maureen & George T. Lynch Marilyn Go & Richard H. Dolan Jacquelyn C. & Anthony P. Browne Frances C. Ferrier Leah Macinskas-Le Mary & Robert H. Gow June Buch Wendy E. Feuer Joanna Maravel Emily L. Granrud Susan Buchsbaum & Jeffrey Gratz Adrienne Fisher Anna E. Mariella Green Line Group Margaret Burns Rena and Sam Fisher Annette Marino April Greene & Arthur Meacham Butler Family Fund Penelope Fisher-Birch David Marino Barbara H. Grocki Jeanne Campanelli Sydel & David Fishman Joaquin Martinez-Pizarro Kate Brannen & David Gura Sarah Cantin Peter Flores Donald Matteson Esther Schwalb & David Haase Dena C. & Charles Capetanakis Roseann Fodera Katherine Maughan Karen Halteman Jenny Carchman & Seth Bomse Fordham University Lexy Mayers & David Lesser Elizabeth Hansen Susannah & Spencer Harrington

22 BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNUAL REPORT FY ’19 23 Nora Maynard Matching Gifts Bequests Whitman Circle Members James T. McDonnell Patricia McDougall 21st Century Fox Estate of Therese E. Acker Alyssa Alpine Mary McGregor & Eric Schultz Adobe Systems Inc. Estate of William G. Kenny Martine Beamon & Edward Joyce Rasa V. & Henry P. McKean American Express Estate of Tillie Lesser Erich R. Bechtel Carrie McLaren Apple, Inc. Estate of Ruth Levine Elizabeth Beller Karen McMenemy Ares Management Corporation Estate of James J. O’Toole Sarah E. Benesch Cameron McNeil Avanade Estate of Phyllis Rifield Abbe Bershatsky Ashley Mihlebach & Benjamin Steinberg Bank of America Foundation Estate of Pearl Sharpiro Molly & Thomas Boast Peter J. Miles The Bank of New York Mellon Estate of Marvin J. Sommers Andrea Bozzo & John Martinez Viviana Miller BlackRock Inc. Estate of Gertrude Zehner Jane Brody Engquist Myra K.& Matthew Zuckerbraun Bloomberg Allison Thrush & Arthur C. Chang Meredith Milstein Brooklyn Community Foundation Jessica Chen Rabbi Joshua & Betsy Minkin Colgate-Palmolive Company Friends of Brooklyn Public Library Ellen J. Chesler & Matthew J. Mallow Sevil Miyhandar Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation Stephanie K. Clifford & Bruce Headlam Barbara & Richard Moore Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Bay Ridge Library Nina Collins Theresa V. Morris Estee Lauder Companies Bedford Library Jodie & Eric Corngold Michael C. Moss Ford Foundation Brooklyn Heights Library Elyse Newman & Ben Dolnick Ellen S. & Daniel J. Muller Gartner Inc. Brower Park Library Leslie M. Feder & Garrick H. Leonard Ellen Murphy Goldman Sachs & Co. Carroll Gardens Library Katherine & Luke Fichthorn Michael Murphy & Sergio Terrazzini Google Clinton Hill Library Sylvia Fink Rosario Murphy & Michael Salvatore Home Depot Cortelyou Library Blake W. & Andrew Foote Robert Musso Drew Register Jonathan Tarlin IBM Corporation Dyker Heights Library Carla E. Craig & Stuart D. 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24 BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNUAL REPORT FY ’19 25 In Fiscal Year 2019, Brooklyn Public Library was generously supported by elected officials at the city, state and federal levels:

City of New York State of New York United States Congress Mayor Bill de Blasio Governor Andrew M. Cuomo Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand Board of Trustees, FY ’19 Speaker Corey Johnson Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul Senator Charles E. Schumer Public Advocate Jumaane Willams Attorney General Letitia James Congresswoman Yvette Clarke Comptroller Scott M. Stringer Senate Temporary President and Majority Congressman Hakeem Jeffries Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins Congressman Jerrold L. Nadler Majority Leader Laurie A. Cumbo Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie Congressman Max Rose Officers Members Ex-Officio Members & Council Member Alicka Ampry-Samuel Senator Simcha Felder Congresswoman Nydia M. Velazquez Designated Representatives Council Member Justin Brannan Senator Andrew Gounardes Susan Marcinek, Chair Michael Best Council Member Inez Barron Senator Brian P. Kavanagh Nicholas A. Gravante, Jr., Immediate Past Chair Milo Blair Hon. Bill de Blasio Council Member Robert E. Cornegy, Jr. Senator Velmanette Montgomery Peter Aschkenasy, Vice Chair Charles Duhigg Mayor of the City of New York Council Member Chaim M. Deutsch Senator Zellnor Myrie Jordan Barowitz, Vice Chair Alice Fisher Rubin Represented by Lincoln Restler Council Member Daniel Dromm Senator Kevin Parker Nina Collins, Vice Chair Blake Foote Hon. Eric Adams Council Member Rafael L. Espinal, Jr. Senator Roxanne Persaud Anthony Crowell, Vice Chair Becky Fruin President of the Borough of Brooklyn Council Member Mathieu Eugene Senator Julia Salazar Robin Shanus, Secretary Abe George Represented by Ingrid Lewis-Martin Council Member Brad Lander Senator Diane Savino Miriam Katowitz, Treasurer Hank Gutman Hon. Corey Johnson Council Member Stephen T. Levin Assembly Member Peter Abbate Tim Ingrassia Speaker of the New York City Council Council Member Farah N. Louis Assembly Member Charles Barron Cindi Leive Hon. Scott M. Stringer Council Member Alan N. Maisel Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte Michael Liburd Comptroller of the City of New York Council Member Carlos Menchaca Assembly Member Robert Carroll Cassandra Metz Represented by Gregory Davidzon Council Member Antonio Reynoso Assembly Member William Colton Brian O’Neil Council Member Mark Treyger Assembly Member Steven Cymbrowitz Kim-Thu Posnett Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer Assembly Member Maritza Davila Lisa Puleo Council Member Kalman Yeger Assembly Member Erik Dilan Sandra Schubert Assembly Member Simcha Eichenstein Christina Tettonis Assembly Member Mathylde Frontus Erin Texeira Assembly Member Joseph Lentol Baratunde Thurston Assembly Member Nicole Malliotakis Patrick Train-Gutiérrez Assembly Member Walter T. Mosely David Womack Assembly Member Felix Ortiz Jacqueline Woodson Assembly Member Nick Perry Assembly Member Diana Richardson Linda E. Johnson, President & CEO Assembly Member Jo Anne Simon Assembly Member Latrice Monique Walker Assembly Member Helene Weinstein Assembly Member Jaime Williams Assembly Member Tremaine Wright

26 BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNUAL REPORT FY ’19 27 Branches Greenpoint

Central Library East Flatbush Library Mill Basin Library 10 Grand Army Plaza 9612 Church Avenue 2385 Ralph Avenue Leonard Arlington Library Eastern Parkway Library New Lots Library 203 Arlington Avenue 1044 Eastern Parkway 665 New Lots Avenue Williamsburgh Bushwick Bay Ridge Library Flatbush Library New Utrecht Library 7223 Ridge Boulevard 22 Linden Boulevard 1743 86th Street Washington Irving Bedford Library Flatlands Library Pacific Library Brooklyn Heights DeKalb 496 Franklin Avenue 2065 Flatbush Avenue 25 Fourth Avenue (interim location) Walt Whitman Marcy Borough Park Library Fort Hamilton Library Paerdegat Library 1265 43rd Street 9424 Fourth Avenue 850 East 59th Street Clinton Hill Bedford Saratoga Brighton Beach Library Gerritsen Beach Library Park Slope Library Carroll Gardens Pacific Macon 16 Brighton First Road 2808 Gerritsen Avenue 431 Sixth Avenue Arlington

Brooklyn Heights Library Gravesend Library Red Hook Library Red Hook Brower Park 109 Remsen Street 303 Avenue X 7 Wolcott Street Brownsville Central Cypress Hills Brower Park Library Greenpoint Library Rugby Library Park Slope Eastern Parkway 725 St. Marks Avenue 107 Norman Avenue 1000 Utica Avenue Stone Avenue New Lots Brownsville Library Highlawn Library Ryder Library Crown Heights 61 Glenmore Avenue 1664 West 13th Street 5902 23rd Avenue

Bushwick Library Homecrest Library Saratoga Library East Flatbush Spring Creek 340 Bushwick Avenue 2525 Coney Island Avenue 8 Thomas S. Boyland Street Sunset Park Flatbush (interim location) Canarsie Library Jamaica Bay Library Sheepshead Bay Library Windsor Terrace Rugby 1580 Rockaway Pkwy. 9727 Seaview Avenue 2636 East 14th Street

Carroll Gardens Library Kensington Library Spring Creek Library Canarsie Cortelyou 396 Clinton Street 4207 18th Avenue 12143 Flatlands Avenue Borough Park Clarendon Library Kings Bay Library Stone AvenueLibrary Clarendon Bay Ridge Jamaica Bay 2035 Nostrand Avenue 3650 Nostrand Avenue 581 Mother Gaston Boulevard Paerdegat Kensington Clinton Hill Library Kings Highway Library Sunset Park Library McKinley Park 380 Washington Avenue 2115 Ocean Avenue 4201 Fourth Avenue Midwood Mapleton Coney Island Library Leonard Library Ulmer Park Library 1901 Mermaid Avenue 81 Devoe Street 2602 Bath Avenue Flatlands Mill Basin Dyker Ryder Cortelyou Library Macon Library Walt Whitman Library Fort Hamilton 1305 Cortelyou Road 361 Lewis Avenue 93 St. Edwards Street Kings Highway Crown Heights Library Mapleton Library Washington Irving Library New Utrecht 560 New York Avenue 1702 60th Street 360 Irving Avenue Highlawn

Cypress Hills Library Marcy Library Williamsburgh Library 1197 Sutter Avenue 617 DeKalb Avenue 240 Division Avenue Ulmer Park DeKalb Library McKinley Park Library Windsor Terrace Library Homecrest Kings Bay 790 Bushwick Avenue 6802 Fort Hamilton Parkway 160 East Fifth St. Gravesend Gerritsen Beach Dyker Library Midwood Library Sheepshead Bay 8202 13th Avenue 975 East 16th Street

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