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The Central Library, originally the Ingersoll Memorial Library, is the main branch of the Brooklyn Public Library in Brooklyn, New York City. Located on Grand Army Plaza , at the corner of Flatbush Avenue and Eastern Parkway , it contains over 1.7 million materials in its collection and has a million annual visitors.
Elevation. 131 ft (40 m) [ 2] Grand Army Plaza, originally known as Prospect Park Plaza, is a public plaza that comprises the northern corner and the main entrance [ 3] of Prospect Park in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It consists of concentric oval rings arranged as streets, with the namesake Plaza Street comprising the outer ring.
The Brooklyn Public Library ( BPL) is the public library system of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is the sixteenth largest public library system in the United States by holding and the seventh by number of visitors. [ 1] Like the two other public library systems in New York City, it is an independent nonprofit organization that is ...
The Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch is a triumphal arch at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Designed by John Hemenway Duncan and built from 1889 to 1892, the arch commemorates American Civil War veterans. The monument is made of granite and measures 80 feet (24 m) tall, with an archway opening measuring 50 feet (15 m) tall and ...
The library moved to its current facility, a 14,000-square-foot (1,300 m 2) Carnegie library designed by William B. Tubby, in 1905. After extensive renovations, the library received its current name in response to a request from the community. [20] Central Library: 10 Grand Army Plaza
Prospect Park (Brooklyn) Prospect Park is a 526-acre (2.13 km 2) urban park in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The park is situated between the neighborhoods of Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Flatbush, and Windsor Terrace, and is adjacent to the Brooklyn Museum, Grand Army Plaza, and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
The Grand Army Plaza station is a local station on the IRT Eastern Parkway Line of the New York City Subway. It is located in Park Slope, Brooklyn, underneath Flatbush Avenue at its intersection with Plaza Street West and St. Johns Place, on the northwest side of Grand Army Plaza. It is served by the 2 train at all times, the 3 train at all ...
0860[1] Grand Army Plaza(formerly Fifth Avenue Plazaand Central Park Plaza) is a public squareat the southeast corner of Central Parkin Manhattan, New York City, near the intersection of Fifth Avenueand Central Park South(59th Street). It consists of two rectangular plots on the west side of Fifth Avenue between 58th and 60th streets.