Clinton Hill Library

All Brooklyn Public Library locations will be closed on Sunday, January 25th and Monday, January 26th 2026 due to the inclement weather. All hold times will be extended. Please check the Brooklyn Public Library website for more information. Stay safe and warm while you enjoy the snow!

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We now have a new therapy dog! Come meet and read to Dot on Saturday, November 15th from 11:00 to noon. Sign up at info desk from 10 am onward:

Read with a Therapy Dog | Brooklyn Public Library Come read to Dot! Kids can make enormous strides in building self-esteem and confidence while acquiring a love of books by reading TO a therapy dog. Utilizing a registered therapy animal and their human teammate in a calm and relaxing atmosphere, this program helps improve children’s reading, comm...

Make a difference at your local library! Join our Friends of Clinton Hill Library at their next open meeting on Satursday, November 8th from 11:00 am to noon. New Friends welcome:

Friends of Clinton Hill Library Open Meeting | Brooklyn Public Library The Friends of Clinton Hill Library will hold an open meeting to discuss the upcoming book swap, plant swap, and skills swap. New Friends as well as returning Friends are welcome. We will brainstorm other programs and activities for the Clinton Hill branch for 2026.No registration necessary. The mee...

Join us on Saturday, November 1st from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm to hear local author CLarence A. Haynes discuss his latest novel, "The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery". Walk-ins welcome! FMore info here:

Clarence A. Haynes Discusses The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery | Brooklyn Public Library Clinton Hill Branch Library welcomes Clarence A. Haynes to discuss his book The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery. Haynes will be in conversation with Supervising Librarian Tracey Mantrone. To be a client of Gwendolyn Montgomery—New York’s most powerful publicist, at Sublime Creative—is to be inf...