Library lovers: Nominate your branch for the NYC Neighborhood Library Awards
Nominations accepted through Dec. 12.
Despite budget cuts and shrinking resources, New Yorkers love their neighborhood libraries and use them more than ever before.
In Brooklyn, libraries have become essential to immigrants learning English, seniors seeking to stay connected, entrepreneurs and job-seekers, and students needing a safe place to study.
The Red Hook branch was a life-saver for residents after Superstorm Sandy; it was reopened, despite heavy damage, for use as a warming center during the subsequent freeze, when many residents were without heat or homeless.