The space was vacated in 2020 and reopened in the Brooklyn Children's Museum in 2021. When it opened, it was northern Brooklyn's first new library in four decades. The branch was built in 1963 under a plan by mayor Abraham Beame.
In 2017, BPL sold the Brooklyn Heights branch to a developer, who is tearing the structure down and replacing it with condominiums and a smaller library, to be completed in 2020. The site at 280 Cadman Plaza West opened in 1962 and was renovated and expanded from 1990 to 1993, along with the adjacent Business & Career Library. The branch was renovated in the early 1990s. The branch opened in December 1949, but due to high patronage, moved to its current location in 1964. In 2000, an interior renovation and exterior restoration by Sen Architects was completed. It was built using Carnegie funds and opened in 1905. The branch was recognized as an excellent example of library planning and design in the March 1903 issue of Library Journal. In 2004 it received a $2.1 million renovation. The current two-story facility opened in 1960. The branch was first organized in 1880 by the Bay Ridge Reading Club, built on its present site in 1896, and became a branch library in 1901.
The branch was originally known as the East Branch and officially opened on Novemit was renovated from 1950–52 and in 1980. The other two are the New York Public Library (serving the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island), and the Queens Library (serving Queens).
The Brooklyn Public Library is one of three separate and independent public library systems in New York City. The Brooklyn Public Library also has five adult learning centers. Eighteen libraries are historic Carnegie libraries. The Brooklyn Public Library consists of a Central Library, a Business & Career Library, and 58 neighborhood branches in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.
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