The Brownsville Heritage House is a hidden gem nestled on the second floor of the Stone Avenue Library—one of the last library branches built in the city with funds donated by industrialist Andrew Carnegie. During OHNY Weekend, please come enjoy our newly redesigned reading room showcasing melanated people of the diaspora. From donated literature, paintings and private collections, you will experience a treasure trove of Black culture. Guided tours of the facilities will be offered on an ongoing basis. **Saturday Program:** From 3-5pm, join us for a book discussion; “Spatial Futures: Difference and the Post Anthropocene” edited by: Latoya Eaves, Heidi J. Nast, Alex F. Papadopoulos. Peter Robinson and Heidi J Nast will discuss the The Black Space Manifesto: ‘Living’ Black Liberatory Futures.
The Brownsville Heritage House is a hidden gem nestled on the second floor of the Stone Avenue Library—one of the last library branches built in the city with funds donated by industrialist Andrew Carnegie. Visitors will enjoy a newly redesigned reading room showcasing melanated people of the diaspora. Donated literature, paintings, and private collections reveal a treasure trove of Black culture.
Guided tours of the facilities will be offered on an ongoing basis.
Saturday Program: From 3-5pm, join a book discussion on “Spatial Futures: Difference and the Post Anthropocene” edited by: Latoya Eaves, Heidi J. Nast, Alex F. Papadopoulos. Peter Robinson and Heidi J Nast will discuss The Black Space Manifesto: ‘Living’ Black Liberatory Futures.
No motorized electric scooters or bikes are allowed in the building.
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1914; William B Tubby
581 Mother Gaston Boulevard
2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11212
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