{"id":343723,"date":"2026-09-11T07:49:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T07:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/343723\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T07:49:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T07:49:02","slug":"brooklyn-public-library-unveils-new-teen-center-see-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/343723\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Public Library Unveils New Teen Center: See Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"26844973-1789067108\" data-image=\"26844973-1789067108\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Teen Space 2026-6 (1).jpg\" data- \/><\/p>\n<p>The broader renovation is part of what BPL describes as the largest period of library redevelopment since the Carnegie era, expanding public spaces while preserving one of Brooklyn\u2019s most historic library buildings. <\/p>\n<p>We are thrilled to welcome our teen patrons to a new wing\u2014a safe haven just for them, where they can read, indulge their creative passions, or hang out with friends to decompress after school,\u201d Linda Johnson, President and CEO of Brooklyn Public Library, said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The broader renovation is part of what BPL describes as the largest period of library redevelopment since the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":343724,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-343723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}