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COURIER L 16 IFE, NOV. 22-28, 2019
Brooklyn Public Library plans to launch a $15 million renovation of its Red Hook Branch
starting in fall of 2020. Illustrations courtesy of Levenbetts
Red Hook library getting
$15 million expansion
BY KEVIN DUGGAN
Check it out!
Red Hook’s Brooklyn Public Library
branch is getting a $15 million
facelift to make the book-lender more
fl ood resistant and spacious, according
to offi cials.
Construction on the Wolcott Street
library — which is slated to start in the
fall of 2020 and last until spring 2022
— will help the branch meet the city’s
fl ood code and replace its mechanical
systems with an overhaul of the interior
and exterior of the building.
The fl ood-resilience project — paid
for by capital funds by Councilman
Carlos Menchaca (D–Red Hook) and
Mayor Bill de Blasio — comes after the
library branch suffered signifi cant
damage during Hurricane Sandy, and
is located in a severe fl ood zone.
In addition to the fl ood-prevention
tactics, builders will take down the
bibliotheque’s front gates and install
outdoor seating and native plants to
make the library more welcoming, according
to the library’s website.
Inside, offi cials will rearrange
bookshelves to make room for fl oorto
ceiling windows — without losing
book space, offi cials said.
Construction will shutter the Red
Hook library branch for 18 months —
during which book bigwigs will deploy
their four-wheeled lending service
Bookmobile near the library at the intersection
of Dwight Street, ensuring
that Red Hook bookworms won’t go
without their fi ll.
The facelift will earmark dedicated
space for children’s story times, teen
programs, a community room, two
small meeting rooms, and brand new
furniture — along with upgraded technology.
The interiors will have rearranged shelves
for larger windows and a host of new rooms
for children’s story time and meetings.
Architects with the Manhattan-based
fi rm Levenbetts designed the makeover,
and the city’s business-boosting arm the
Economic Development Corporation is
managing the project.
Levenbetts also redesigned the interim
Brooklyn Heights Library on
Remsen Street.
Brooklyn Public Library in 2014
put forward their fi rst renovation
plans for the branch for a price tag
of $1.8 million, which controversially
included leasing about half
the building’s space to arts nonprofi t
Spaceworks — who wanted to transform
that part into rehearsal studios
for performance artists — but
library honchos ultimately caved on
that scheme, saying they would be
squeezed for space.
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