Services
We offer many special programs and events especially tailored for the 55+ audience. These include lectures, films, and performances that reflect the wide interests of today's seniors. We also provide:
Books-to-Go
Serving nursing homes, senior centers, and adult day-care centers, we supply seniors with reading and viewing materials. Included are books in English and other languages (some in large print); "Bi-Folkal Kits", a collection of memorabilia to spark discussion; and videos and audio books.
Books by Mail
A fast, convenient service that supplies books, books-on-tape, and videotapes to people who are homebound and have a print disability.
Books by Mail Application (PDF)
Creative Writing
Seniors participate in creative writing programs provided by Brooklyn Public Library's Office of Service to the Aging. A professional Poet works with seniors in assisted living centers and helps participants to write poems and an anthology is published and given to the seniors or their families.
Creative WritingInformation and Cultural Programs
We arrange for speakers and presenters at senior sites throughout Brooklyn.
Nursing Homes, Senior Centers, and Residences
Service to the Aging brings our services out of the library and into street fairs and senior sites, including but not limited to senior residences, nursing homes, and hospices.
Words and Memories
Presented in nursing homes and other senior sites, Words and Memories is a program in which poetry, film, short stories, history and art inspire older adults to reminisce about their life experiences.
For more information about the services we offer please contact us by phone at 718-236-1760 or TTY 718-232-6849 or by .