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By Kevin Duggan
Brooklyn Paper
Check it out!
Red Hook’s Brooklyn Public
Library branch is getting
a $15 million facelift to make
the book-lender more flood
resistant and spacious, according
to officials.
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 f lood code
and replace its mechanical
systems with an overhaul of
the interior and exterior of
the building.
The flood-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 significant damage
during Hurricane Sandy, and
is located in a severe flood
zone.
In addition to the floodprevention
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, officials will rearrange
bookshelves to make
room for floor-to-ceiling
windows — without losing
book space, officials 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 fill.
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.
Architects with the Manhattan
based firm 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
first 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 nonprofit 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.
Brooklyn Public Library plans to launch a $15 million renovation of its Red Hook
Branch starting in fall of 2020.
Levenbetts
BPL plans new Hook library
JACKPOT!
Prize for Bushwick teacher
By Joe Hiti
for Brooklyn Paper
Students and faculty at the
Math, Engineering, and Science
Academy in Bushwick
gathered on Wednesday morning
to honor an outstanding
educator with a $25,000 prize
for her extraordinary dedication
to her students’ academic
futures.
“I felt like teaching found
me,” said science teacher Princess
Francois. “I saw myself
in the kids.”
The Brooklyn-born educator
— who currently serves as both
a teacher and the school’s assistant
principal — accepted the
prize money from the Milken
Educator Awards, which has
dolled out over 2,800 awards,
totaling $70 million, to teachers
around the country.
The organization chose to
honor Francois with the prize
for her work in improving
STEM education test scores
for the students she helps
mentor.
“I’m like their second mom,”
Francois said, “It’s what keeps
me going.”
Francois accepted the prize
money at a surprise ceremony
in the school’s auditorium,
when award reps — with the
help of six students — revealed
Francois as the winner of the
Bushwick educator Princess
Francois accepted
$25,000 for her outstanding
dedication to
her students.
Photo courtesy of the Milken Family Foundation
grant to thunderous applause
from the gathered attendees.
“I least thought it was me,”
said Francois, who described
herself as shocked and overwhelmed
by the recognition.
But Milken honchos saw
Francois — the daughter of
Hatian immigrants, who holds
two master’s degrees in education
— as the perfect recipient
for the award.
“By working to help students
advance themselves and
their communities, Francois
opens the door to a brighter
future,” said Milken Educator
Awards rep Dr. Jane Foley.
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