Brooklyn Public Library – Fort Hamilton Library

It’s a small public library. This place is very close to the 95^st Station of R line subway. One can get a key to the restroom from the front desk.

The hours of operation vary greatly and I never know if they’re going to be open or not. Also, the 30 minute usage maximum for the computers can be slightly inconvenient, especially if you’re doing research and working on a particular project.

This place sucks.
If you come at the wrong time of the day (when kids are out of school AND especially in the summer) it is awful. I mean MAJOR suck.
Noisy conversation, limited seating area, and hyper rugrats are the 3 defining cons of this library.
True story:
I was sitting at one of the few tables trying to study (with headphones on mind you) and a noisy, boisterous group of kids began fighting over the computer.
They knocked over chairs, loudly spoke in profane language (what filthy mouths these 7 yr olds had) – displayed a complete disregard for the librarians’ feeble one-​time attempt to settle them down.
Forget about coming here if you need to focus, you’d fare better inside the R train station next door!
Grossly disappointing.

This library is amazing! when you enter it the first time you think your walking into a fancy store because its so clean and how its organized.
The people that they work in library are so friendly and help me out to get my first brooklyn library card.
They dont have a big selection of books but the quality of the books is really good.

This library is on the corner of 4^th avenue and 95^th Street. I’m telling you this because I walked right passed it, thanks to the trees somewhat hiding the building and not the most noticeable sign saying, «this is the Brooklyn Public Library». I was here because they have AC and my house was way too hot to focus in 100-​degree weather. Unfortunately, out of all the Brooklyn libraries I’ve been too, this one does not have WIFI yet. A librarian said they reopened a few months ago. Now it is June, still no WIFI. On the brighter side, this is one of the nicer neighborhood libraries. They did just renovated after all.
The outlets for laptops and other devices are easy to spot, since they are on the tables and not on the floors or sides. Plus everything is new and I got a lot of work done. Also, before I left, I was able to pick out a few DVD’s from their vast multimedia section. They do have self-​checkout that I like. I did have problem scanning one item and the same librarian (very nice) who informed me about the WIFI status was able to help me with the scanning problem.