Brooklyn Public Library – McKinley Park Library

First it’s quite noisy in some part you need to go to the adult section it’s more quieter there the computers is a pain but that’s ok I ain’t here for computer. It’s nice very small compared to others. The staff can be rude sometimes if they are annoyed. Most of the time they get you to where you need to be.

It takes really long to reserve a computer. I waited for half an hour and then was told that my turn had passed.

I just love this place.
It reminds me of the days before we all had smartphones and google was the answer to any question.
I lately needed to do some research, and i needed «real» books to do that. I recommend you to go there if you want to remember how it was not many years ago ;)

It’s funny how some people can be so much older than you… yet so much less mature… Ha
I have a very hard time when visiting the Brooklyn Public Library… The Librarians are nasty… rude and arrogant people… who are so lazy… that when you ask for help is the worst thing any visitor can do at the library… place is extremely cowered… And this place is extremely small… They use to open on Sundays but not anymore… area is hard to find parking…

Change in hours once again, new update guys! They open from 1 – 8 on Wednesdays and Thursdays now. They should still come up a better management with the rowdiness of the crowd that comes in here.
At least theres 1 good news, the pavement around the building is redone! No more tripping over the big tree right in the front and on the side of the place.

Moved here recently, but always came here when little. Layout has been changed, such as self checkout and drop box for returns, which is good. Horrible that it does not sound like a library at all! More like a zoo, kids running, loud chit chatting.

The library is suppose to be a place of peace, silence, enjoy a good book, or get your work done. Not this library. It’s a playground for screaming kids. Where are the parents? Why doesn’t the staff do anything? Funny, why are 3 young kids sitting at the security desk.

Horrible library!!! Will never ever return again… This place is very racist many of the parents here are all racist including the teacher of the Babies on Books Program. IF your not Asian they do not want you to attend the program. It is so shocking how people are still so racist when they are all immigrants as well. OMG!!!

No. What are these kids doing running around screaming out of control? Where are their parents? Or where is their parenting? What happened when I was using the reference computer to find items the library was supposed to carry (now I know better. This was never the kind of branch that had things in order, needless to say books in the right shelves, DVD titles as the system claimed to be checked in and in the shelf)?
I saw a kid’s hand sticking underneath of mine to swipe his library card while I was still using the computer. I verbally cautioned him to stop trying to use it when someone was obviously occupying already. He was still trying to do the same thing (!!?), and I was puzzled. I had to say the same thing again, with exacting the caution in an extra volume. It was not easy to suppress anger. More on his side than on mine by the way. This was outrageous and I was appalled. Still I believe that it was not because of what seemed a little language barrier and the cultural cue – I bet he understood English enough to understand that I was not letting him have his way since he was using the catalog in English for the uncontrollable need to the extent he had to shove someone away and he believed he had enough power to do so on me. I supposed it was solely coming from the way he was treated by those around him: this 9 years old brute was with his little sister and someone apparently his mother figure behind him, non-​English speaking as it turned out when I voiced my opinion about his dictatorship. She understood no word or that was her way to react to a dissident.
If their parents are not reliable in terms of having them behave more civil in public, the branch itself naturally SHOULD have their own guidelines. The Sunset Park branch was more or less the same kind but I remember the shape they were in was not as much as this anarchic orphanage like environment in McKinley Park. I wished this branch provided more decent services given the location; it would have been great if we had a nice little branch where we could quietly have our library needs met. Do they have any special childcare system run in the branch and I stepped in in the wrong time such as ‘child only hours’ by any chance? Otherwise, it does not explain why this place was literally packed with unruly waifs and some more that it could not contain flooded outside.
I felt like a motherless child by the end of my visit here.

It’s been so long since I came back — I was in the mood to borrow a book, a random strange feeling.
Not much has changed layout wise. From the main entrance, Adult section on the left, Children section on the right.
The thing that deters me is the numerous kids running around. Goodness! Where are their guardians?! The noise level has increased nearly 10-​fold because of these kids. Not appreciated when there isn’t a quiet section for people to utilize.

Another library with budget cuts and extremely limited hours. I rarely see it open, so when i did i had to go in and check it out. Definitely needs an overhaul and upgrades technically.
Either way it’s a good quiet place to read, do research and learn.

I use to come here when I was in Junior High School, known as McKinley, this library is similar to my opinions of what Sunset Park library is, but is good spot to do easy research for the neighborhood kids. This library is the closest to 8^th Avenue, and there is a park nearby, so there is a draw from the neighborhood to use this branch.