Prospect Heights, in Brooklyn
Brooklyn Central Library
Museum Cinema · 10 Grand Army Plz 1st floor
The main branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, open at Grand Army Plaza since February 1941, with free public programming that includes films, exhibitions and talks.
The building was named a New York City Landmark in 1997 and joined the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. It is the system's home library and one of the larger civic and educational institutions in the city.
Doors open at nine on weekdays and at one in the afternoon on Sundays, and the collections run from genealogy and business research to newspapers and K-12 material. Screenings and talks are free and slot in around all of that.
Upcoming events at Brooklyn Central Library (40)
FilmSat Oct 10 · 1:00 PM
Events for Youth & Families: Woody Guthrie's Songs To Grow On
Brooklyn Central Library · Prospect Heights
FilmSat Oct 10 · 7:00 PM
UPRISING/DOWNFALL: Repression and Resistance in the Making of Democracy
Brooklyn Central Library · Prospect Heights
FilmSat Oct 10 · 8:00 PM
A Continuous Reading of Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower
Brooklyn Central Library · Prospect Heights
FilmSat Oct 10 · 8:00 PM
Demanding Democracy: The Fight for Voting Rights Today & the Legacy of Freedom Summer (1964)
Brooklyn Central Library · Prospect Heights
FilmSat Oct 10 · 8:00 PM
Go Back: Refugee Exclusion & Immigration Enforcement Today, and the Legacy of the National Origins Act (1924)
Brooklyn Central Library · Prospect Heights
FilmSat Oct 10 · 8:00 PM
People First: The Young Lords and the Call for Community Healthcare
Brooklyn Central Library · Prospect Heights
FilmSat Oct 10 · 8:30 PM
The Cantonsville Nine: Religious Leaders & the Vietnam War (1968)
Brooklyn Central Library · Prospect Heights
FilmSat Oct 10 · 9:00 PM
Create Freedom: Artists & the Anti-Lynching Exhibitions (1935)
Brooklyn Central Library · Prospect Heights
FilmSat Oct 10 · 9:00 PM
Sacred Space: The American Indian Movement (AIM) & the Right to Self-Determination (1972)
Brooklyn Central Library · Prospect Heights
FilmSat Oct 10 · 9:00 PM
Total Inclusion: Disability Justice & Accessibility After the 504 SIT-IN (1977)
Brooklyn Central Library · Prospect Heights
FilmSat Oct 10 · 9:00 PM
We Refuse: Immigrant Detention and Deportation after the No-No Boys (1943)
Brooklyn Central Library · Prospect Heights
FilmSat Oct 10 · 9:30 PM
The Black Press and the Double V Campaign (1942–1945)
Brooklyn Central Library · Prospect Heights
FilmSat Oct 10 · 10:00 PM
Keep Watch: Privacy, State Surveillance & the Legacy of Operation Boulder (1972–1975)
Brooklyn Central Library · Prospect Heights
FilmSat Oct 10 · 10:00 PM
Live Loud: HIV/AIDS Advocacy & Activism Today and the Legacy of ACT UP’s Wall Street Demonstrations (1987, 1988, and 1989)
Brooklyn Central Library · Prospect Heights
FilmSat Oct 10 · 10:00 PM
We Object: Lawyers vs. the Department of Justice: The Palmer Raids (1920)
Brooklyn Central Library · Prospect Heights
FilmTue Oct 13 · 5:45 PM
B-Horror in Brooklyn! Halloween Special (Halloween H20: 20 Years Later)
Brooklyn Central Library · Prospect Heights
FilmWed Oct 14 · 7:00 PM
Dave Zirin Discusses The People’s Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn with Chenjerai Kumanyika
Brooklyn Central Library · Prospect Heights
FilmFri Oct 16 · 11:00 AM
Work Sucks, I Know: Jobseeker Co-Working Hour & Matinee - 9 to 5 (1980)
Brooklyn Central Library · Prospect Heights
FilmSat Oct 17 · 1:00 PM
Events for Youth & Families: Lachi
Brooklyn Central Library · Prospect Heights
FilmSun Oct 18 · 4:00 PM
Classical Interludes: Ljova and WhEE (Where Else Ensemble)
Brooklyn Central Library · Prospect Heights
FilmTue Oct 20 · 5:45 PM
B-Horror in Brooklyn! Halloween Special (Halloween III: Season of the Witch)
Brooklyn Central Library · Prospect Heights
FilmThu Oct 22 · 7:00 PM
Ed Park Discusses Three Tenses: A Transmission From the Nineties with Sloane Crosley
Brooklyn Central Library · Prospect Heights
FilmFri Oct 23 · 3:30 PM
Friday Film Club: Trust Me (2020) Documentary and Q&A
Brooklyn Central Library · Prospect Heights
FilmSat Oct 24 · 10:00 AM
Birdwatching with Julia and Jack Rothman
Brooklyn Central Library · Prospect Heights
FilmMon Oct 26 · 7:00 PM
Joy Harjo Discusses Cloud Runner with Tracy K. Smith
Brooklyn Central Library · Prospect Heights
FilmTue Oct 27 · 5:45 PM
B-Horror in Brooklyn! Halloween Special (Halloween 1978)
Brooklyn Central Library · Prospect Heights
FilmWed Oct 28 · 7:00 PM
Anand Giridharadas Discusses Man in the Mirror with Tara Westover
Brooklyn Central Library · Prospect Heights
FilmThu Oct 29 · 6:00 PM
Bodega Cats of New York with author Dan Rimada!
Brooklyn Central Library · Prospect Heights
FilmSat Oct 31 · 1:00 PM
Events for Youth & Families: El Día de Muertos con Mexico Beyond Mariachi
Brooklyn Central Library · Prospect Heights
FilmSun Nov 1 · 4:00 PM
Filament + Alice Teyssier: Bound Up in Love
Brooklyn Central Library · Prospect Heights
FilmSat Nov 7 · 3:00 PM
Author Talk: More Punk Than the Public Library
Brooklyn Central Library · Prospect Heights
FilmSun Nov 15 · 4:00 PM
Classical Interludes: João Luis Rezende
Brooklyn Central Library · Prospect Heights
FilmThu Nov 19 · 7:00 PM
Helen Tworkov on Buddhism in America Across Generations
Brooklyn Central Library · Prospect Heights
FilmSun Dec 6 · 4:00 PM
Classical Interludes: American Patchwork Quartet
Brooklyn Central Library · Prospect Heights
FilmSat Dec 12 · 3:00 PM
No Country for Mothers - A Film and Discussion
Brooklyn Central Library · Prospect Heights
