Red Hook Library Makes its Comeback Next Month

The Red Hook Library branch, badly damaged by Hurricane Sandy, is reopening very soon: on Tuesday, April 2, at 1 pm, according to the Brooklyn Public Library. This branch, along with four others, was shuttered immediately after the storm. The Red Hook Library was actually used as a distribution hub and a warming center in the weeks following Sandy, and the Brooklyn Public Library dispatched bookmobiles to the area to provide free books and activities for children. The Coney Island Library and Learning Center and the Gerritsen Library branch are the last two branches to remain closed after library reopenings started happening this January. The flooding was so bad at the Coney branch it will not open until October. The Gerritsen Beach branch should open sometime this spring.
Brooklyn Libraries Start Reopening After Sandy [Brownstoner]
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