Borough Park Library

🏢 Brooklyn Public Library — Brooklyn, New York

Borough Park Library

Borough Park Library serves one of Brooklyn's largest ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities, offering Sunday hours specifically expanded to ensure six-day service for families who observe the Sabbath on Saturdays.

📖 About Borough Park Library

<p>Borough Park Library traces its roots to 1904, when a small reading collection opened in the Edgewood Reformed Chapel near 54th Street and 14th Avenue. By 1907, when the collection became an official Brooklyn Public Library branch, more than 60 percent of the neighborhood was foreign-born or first-generation American. The present building at 43rd Street and 13th Avenue opened on November 28, 1955, with a collection of 53,000 volumes — nearly double its predecessor's holdings. Today the branch anchors a neighborhood home to one of the largest concentrations of ultra-Orthodox and Hasidic Jewish residents in the United States, and its Sunday hours, established with support from the David Berg Foundation, reflect that community's needs.</p>

⭐ What makes this branch special

• Sunday hours (1–5 PM) added specifically to serve Orthodox Jewish families who observe the Sabbath on Saturdays
• Yiddish Storytime program for young children, their parents and caregivers
• Judaica and Hebrew-language collections serving the neighborhood's large Orthodox community
• Jewish History Project resources documenting the lives and experiences of Jewish Brooklynites
• Located in the heart of a neighborhood with nearly 300 synagogues and 50 yeshivas

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✓ Hours & details last verified from official sources in October 2026.