LIBRARY OPEN ON SUNDAYS IN BOROUGH PARK

Recent cuts to New York City's budget led to seven-day-a-week service being cut to six days a week in New York City's three library systems (New York, Brooklyn, and Queens).

 

Weekend service was limited to Saturdays at all Brooklyn branches, including the Kensington, Windsor Terrace, Cortelyou, and Borough Park branches.

 

However, after discussions between Brooklyn Public Library president Linda Johnson and elected officials representing Borough Park, the weekend day that the Borough Park branch is open has been changed from Saturday to Sunday.

 

All other branches are still open on Saturdays and closed on Sundays.

 

The branch is fully accessible.

 

To prevent additional budget cuts to libraries for the upcoming fiscal year, please sign a form addressed to Mayor Adams, City Council Speaker Adams, Council Majority Leader Farías, Committee on Libraries Chair Rivera, Council Finance Chair Brannan, and your City Councilmember.

 

Hours
Monday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Tuesday: 1 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Wednesday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Thursday: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Friday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Saturday: CLOSED

Sunday: noon to 5 p.m.

Location
Borough Park Library
lower level
1265 43rd Street
between 12th and 13th avenues
Borough Park, Brooklyn

(718) 437-4085 

https://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/borough-park

 

HEALTHCARE FORUM ON THE NEW YORK HEALTH ACT AND HOW IT WILL HELP NEW YORKERS (FREE)

District 17 Healthcare Forum: The New York Health Act
Sunday, March 4th, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

New York State can pass a bill that guarantees healthcare for all. As healthcare costs continue to rise, many people are uninsured, underinsured, or trapped in restrictive and confusing networks.

Learn about the New York Health Act on Sunday, March 4th, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Borough Park Library. Find out what it is, how it would benefit you and the community, and which of our legislators can get universal, single payer healthcare passed so that everyone in New York State has coverage.

Presentations will run from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session.

This event is free, open to the public, and wheelchair-accessible. RSVP here.
 
Participating in the forum are healthcare advocates from the community and speaker Dr. Oliver Fein, practicing general internist, chair of Physicians for a National Health Program, NY Metro Chapter, and past president of PNHP.

Fein is also professor of clinical medicine and clinical public health at Weill Medical College of Cornell University. He serves there as associate dean responsible for the Office of Affiliations and the Office of Global Health Education. He is the immediate past vice-president of the American Public Health Association.

The forum is sponsored by NY Senate District 17 for Progress and HEAL NY: Healthcare Equity Action League of New York.

Location
Borough Park Library
lower level (accessible by elevator)
1265 43rd Street
between 12th and 13th avenues
Borough Park, Brooklyn

FREE FINANACIAL WORKSHOP

Financial Foundation Educational Program

Sunday, September 17th, 3:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.

A free financial workshop, presented at Borough Park Library by Brooklyn Financial Center, will cover

• Increasing cash flow
• Debt management
• Building a strong foundation
• Proper protection
• Building wealth
• Asset accumulation
• Retirement planning
• Wealth preservation

The number of seats that will be available is limited. RSVP on Eventbrite for this free event.

Location  
Borough Park Library
1265 43rd Street at 13th Avenue
(718) 437-4085
Borough Park, Brooklyn
 

FREE MAMMOGRAMS AT CORTELYOU AND BOROUGH PARK LIBRARIES

                        Free Mammograms and Clinical Breast Exams
   Thursday, May 25th, 9:00 a.m. to noon and 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

Get a mammogram, whether you do or you don't have a lump or any other signs or symptoms of breast cancer.

On Thursday, May 25th, Assemblymember Robert Carroll is co-sponsoring free breast cancer screenings in cooperation with the American Italian Cancer Foundation in its Mobile Care Clinic. The foundation has been offering free mammograms since 1987.

A digital mammogram--an x-ray of the breast--and a clinical breast exam will be provided to women aged forty or older who live in New York City and who haven't had a mammogram in the past twelve months.

No co-payments are required; deductibles are waived.

The screenings will be done at these two libraries:

• Borough Park Library, 1265 43rd Street, between 12th and 13th avenues, from 9:00 a.m. to noon,
• Cortelyou Library, 1305 Cortelyou Road, between Argyle and Rugby roads, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Make an appointment for either library by calling the American Italian Cancer Foundation at (877) 628-9090.