Brooklyn Public Library – New Lots Library

The staff is very helpful, it doesn’t seem as if I’m bothering them when asking for help with something. Books are easy to find on the shelves. They are labeled with category that they fall under.
One of two libraries that are close to me but I may need to find another library to go to because the children here are so loud. The staff doesn’t really enforce the no noise rule. I was here yesterday and someone was yelling and they were told to be quiet but it continued which is a distraction to others whom I assume come to the library to read or study in complete silence.
I remember when I was growing up as a little girl, if you wasn’t quiet at the library then you had to leave… there were no compromises. I like to come here but that has happened on several occasions and I noticed no changes being made.

This place hasn’t changed at all. This place has always been ghetto tacky & horrible.

Today the library is open until 7:45pm although the the app states 5pm. I made a computer reservation for my daughter and while there are 4 open computers the supposed librarian is telling me I still need to wait for the computer to say when it’s her turn. I expressed that there’s no one on the computers and she said I still have to wait. Teenagers are running and speaking very loudly and there’s a security guard who has no control on what’s going he’s yelling just as much as the kids to tell them to stop. All the shelves are empty it’s ridiculous poor excuse for a library. It needs help. Update: After waiting until 7:30 pm my da
Ugh tee finally had a chance at the computer. She’s 6. The amount of cursing around her was unacceptable. The security guard was missing and my daughter had only 10 min of computer use. When the security guard finally came back at 7:50p he looked at the librarian who at this point was cleaning b/​c they were closing and asked «you look like you don’t have any energy». Her response was «not in this place I don’t.» If you don’t care how are kids going to care?

Not really, big not really small, ok size. Lot of the material seems to be for children. There are some adult material. Available Internet access on computer, always a wait. You would be better bring your laptop or table. Friendly staff, 2 floors for kids.
Additional info.
* Great for picking up and dropping off Books and DVDs will Library is open.
* Lots of kids when school is out so can be noise at times.
* Safe place for kids, not a day care although I think some parents treat it like an after school day care.
* Sometimes the Adults don’t know how to act, normally they are acted to leave if they do not calm down.
* They government need to renovate the rest room it is a mess.