Greenpoint Library & Environmental Education Center
107 Norman Avenue | Greenpoint | built 2019
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1906
Greenpoint's Carnegie library opens at 107 Norman Avenue
The original Greenpoint Library opened in 1906 and counted among the earliest Carnegie libraries in Brooklyn. Deterioration of the building led to its demolition in the early 1970s.
Source: bklynlibrary.org
- 1973
A one-story library replaces the Carnegie building and later gains a mural
A replacement one-story library opened in 1973 after the Carnegie building was demolished. In 2013, the Friends of Greenpoint Library made possible a mural by the artist Leslie A. Wood on one side of the branch.
Source: bklynlibrary.org
- 2014
Brooklyn Public Library wins a community-voted grant for a new Greenpoint library
In December 2014 Brooklyn Public Library was awarded a legacy grant, with the winners chosen by community vote. A community advisory committee formed in March 2015, and the architects Marble Fairbanks were selected that September. A design workshop that October began a month in which patrons voted for their favorite features.
Source: bklynlibrary.org
- 2017
The 1973 library is demolished, and excavation finds the Carnegie foundation and asbestos
The branch closed in July 2017 so the 1973 building could be torn down. When digging began that fall, crews found the old Carnegie library's foundation along with asbestos-containing material, which brought long delays. Cleanup of the asbestos ended, and the new foundation and footings were done by late 2018.
Source: bklynlibrary.org
- 2020
The new Greenpoint Library & Environmental Education Center opens with a virtual ceremony
The new library opened on October 20, 2020, after the pandemic delayed a planned spring opening. A Brooklyn Public Library project manager said the environmental focus came from Greenpoint's long history of pollution and the activism that followed. The building has green roofs, a solar panel and rainwater capture, with signs explaining each feature.
Source: northbrooklynneighbors.org
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