This Keeps Happening to North Brooklyn
This is bigger than one library.
- •Leonard closed for about 2.5 years. It reopened in 2025 and is already set to close again from 2027 to 2029.
- •Now the Bushwick branch is closing June 5, 2026, reopening in the second half of 2028.
- •For a stretch, both branches may be closed at the same time.
- •The plan during the gap: pop-up book carts and 'go to another branch.'
- •Other neighborhoods got a real pop-up library instead. We keep getting less.
- •We're not against fixing libraries. We're against losing them for years with no real backup.
We're Not Asking for Special Treatment. We're Asking for the Same.
- •When other Brooklyn libraries closed, many got a full pop-up: books, computers, WiFi, and staff.
- •Carroll Gardens got one. Red Hook got one. Fort Greene got one.
- •North Brooklyn got a book cart. Now Bushwick may get only a bookmobile.
Near the Bushwick Branch?
Live near the Bushwick branch? Tell us. We're tracking whether there's enough support to organize there too. We'll be in touch if something takes shape.