New Lots Library

Hours

Monday	10 am - 6 pm
Tuesday	1 pm - 8 pm
Wednesday	10 am - 6 pm
Thursday	10 am - 8 pm
Friday	10 am - 6 pm
Saturday	10 am - 5 pm
Sunday	1 pm - 5 pm

Address & Contact

665 New Lots Avenue at Barbey St.

Brooklyn, NY 11207 Get Directions

Fully accessible

B6B15B84

718.649.0311

Managing Librarian

Lea Salem

Amenities

For more information about laptops for use in the library, visit our laptop loan page.

To see available spaces, review BPL’s meeting room policy, and request a reservation, visit our room reservation website.

Return your BPL materials in our exterior book drop when the branch is closed.

Notary Services are available by appointment. To see our policy, available times and participating locations, visit our notary reservation website.

New Lots Library 2024 rendering — A rendering of the future New Lots Library, courtesy of MASS Design Group and Marble Fairbanks Architects. Learn more about the new building here.

The predecessor to New Lots Library was a community library organized in 1942 by the Women’s Club of the East New York Y. The branch became part of Brooklyn Public Library in 1949, opening in a storefront on New Lots Avenue. Today, New Lots Library provides patrons of all ages with a wide range of free programs and resources. Among the branch’s best-known features is a learning center that helps adults develop literacy skills to meet their personal, educational and employment goals. Many of the learning center students at New Lots have crossed oceans and continents to make their homes in Brooklyn, while others have lived in New York City all their lives. All are welcomed and treated with respect at New Lots Library, and their work is celebrated in BPL initiatives like New Expressions, an annual collection of fiction, memoir, poetry and essays from beginning adult readers and writers. Staff at New Lots Library take great satisfaction in contributing to an institution that is essential to the life and vitality of the neighborhood it serves.

Friends of New Lots Library

Friends of New Lots Library is a group of organized volunteers who help our neighborhood library through advocacy, fundraising and promotion. Join the Friends of New Lots Library e-mail list here.