Brooklyn
Neighborhoods Served: Brooklyn Centre
Bus Routes: 51, 51A, 53 & 53A
Location Manager: Peter J. Roth
Location Services
Check out our branch services.
Public Computers & WiFi
Come in and browse! Our public computers have internet access and free WiFi.
Book Locker
Grab & Go! Library card holders can use fully automatic lockers to pick up books and other materials during business hours.
Meeting Room Reservations & Event Spaces
Study room, meeting place or community space, we have a place for you.
Bicycle Parking
Bicycle racks provided for your convenience.
Nov 23, 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM | Brooklyn
Fairy Tales and Mermaid Tails
Enjoy magical stories about mythical creatures and receive a mermaid tail kit to take home. Geared towards ages 3 – 7 years. Siblings welcome.
Preschool Storytime
Storytimes for preschoolers ages 3 to 5 include stories, songs, activities, and rhymes specially designed to support reading readiness and foster the social and emotional skills that kids need to succeed as they enter Kindergarten.
Comic Book Club!
Calling all comic-loving comrades: Sample our favorite comic books or graphic novels with other like minded geeks. You can share your favorite comic with the group, express what you are passionate about and learn more about your favorite characters.
The Spade Diamond Heart Club
Play a hand or two or more of your favorite vintage card game: pinochle, euchre, kings in the corner, and more. Don't know how to play? This is your chance to learn your new favorite old-school game.
Anime Appreciation Club
Do you enjoy a climactic battle between rivals, a tale of intrigue with a supernatural twist, or a timeless love story? Come and enjoy anime classics and new favorites. Share your suggestions for anime, manga, manhwa, danmei and other east Asian media. Discuss and learn about Japanese culture and games.
About Brooklyn
Located on Pearl and Mapledale, Brooklyn serves Cleveland’s historic Brooklyn Center neighborhood. Large community space with cafe seating.
History & Architecture
The Brooklyn Branch, a Carnegie library building, has operated since 1919. Located in the historic Brooklyn Centre neighborhood and across from Riverside Cemetery, Brooklyn’s 5,900-square-foot facility is open to a culturally and ethnically diverse community. As a supervising architect and building inspector for Cleveland Public Library, renowned architect and artist Ora Coltman drew plans and supervised the construction of three libraries, including Brooklyn Branch. This branch library is an example of a convertible-type building: it is constructed of plain brick, it is semi-fireproof, and it features factory-type sky lights. These features would allow the building to be leased for light industrial use in the event it was no longer used as a library branch. The facility was remodeled in 1985 and most recently in 2024.
Travel, Parking & Accessibility
Parking Information
Street parking is available on Mapledale.
Special Features
- Brooklyn’s community space is home to a beautiful tile fireplace and the painting “Dissemination” by Cleveland artist Amy Casey (2015) a Cleveland Public Library Card design. Young patrons can display their art in special frames in the Children’s section.
- Notable pieces in Brooklyn’s art collection include: Thistle by Thelma Frazier Winter, enamel on copper, 1966; and Neighborhood by Clarence E. Van Duzer, metal wall sculpture, 1985.
- CLE Voter Hub
- Community Puzzle
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