Macon Library, Sea Gate

Name: Macon Library
Address: 361 Lewis Ave, Sea Gate, United States
Telephone: +1 718-573-5606

#78 among attractions in Sea Gate

Library, Neoclassical architecture

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Macon Library is a branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, located in the Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. The branch, opened in 1907, was the borough's eleventh Carnegie library. Richard A. Walker designed Macon in the Classical Revival style and the library was built from red brick and limestone trim with a slate roof at a cost of $93,481. In the 1940s, 1970s, and 2000s, the library underwent major renovations and repairs. Despite the changes, design elements present at the library's opening remain, including some bookshelves, guardrails, and wood paneling. Macon Library houses the African American Heritage Center. ()

Architectural style: NeoclassicismCoordinates: 40°40'58"N, 73°56'6"W

Address

361 Lewis AveNorthern Brooklyn (Bedford-Stuyvesant)Sea Gate United States

Contact

+1 718-573-5606

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Macon Library – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Brooklyn Children's Museum, St. Bartholomew's Protestant Episcopal Church and Rectory, Jewish Children's Museum, Atlantic Avenue.

0.7 miSW
Museum, Children's museum
Brooklyn Children's Museum, New York City
20 min walk • The Brooklyn Children's Museum is a children's museum in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York. Founded in 1899, it is the first children's museum in the United States – and according to some, the first one worldwide.
1 miW
Church, Romanesque revival architecture
St. Bartholomew's Protestant Episcopal Church and Rectory, Sea Gate
25 min walk • St. Bartholomew's Protestant Episcopal Church and Rectory is a historic Episcopal church and rectory located at 1227 Pacific St. east of Bedford Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York, New York. It was built in 1886 in the Romanesque Revival style. It is constructed of brick with stone trim and topped by a slate roof.
1 miS
Museum, Synagogue
Jewish Children's Museum, New York City
27 min walk • The Jewish Children's Museum is the largest Jewish-themed children's museum in the United States. It aims for children of all faiths and backgrounds to gain a positive perspective and awareness of the Jewish heritage, fostering tolerance and understanding.
~1910 ftS
Street
Atlantic Avenue, Sea Gate
10 min walk • Atlantic Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. It stretches from the Brooklyn waterfront on the East River all the way to Jamaica, Queens.
0.8 miSW
Park
Brower Park, Sea Gate
20 min walk • Brower Park is a municipal park in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York City. It is located between Brooklyn Avenue to the west and Kingston Avenue to the east, and between St. Marks Avenue to the north and Park Place to the south.
1 miS
Park
Eastern Parkway, Sea Gate
25 min walk • Eastern Parkway is a major road that runs through a portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, it was the world's first parkway, having been built between 1870 and 1874.
1.1 miS
Theater
Billie Holiday Theatre, Sea Gate
29 min walk • The Billie Holiday Theatre is as 218-seat theatre located in the New York neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. It opened in May 1972, It was founded by the Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation.
1.3 miSW
Synagogue
Kol Israel Synagogue, Sea Gate
35 min walk • Congregation Kol Israel is a historic Modern Orthodox synagogue at 603 St. John's Place in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. It was built in 1928 and is a vernacular "tenement synagogue." It is a small, two story rectangular building faced in random laid fieldstone.
0.9 miNE
Church
South Bushwick Reformed Church, New York City
24 min walk • South Bushwick Reformed Church, also known as the "White Church", is a historic Dutch Reformed church in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York. The complex consists of the church and attached Sunday School building.
1 miSW
Library
Library of Agudas Chassidei Chabad, Sea Gate
27 min walk • The Library Of Agudas Chassidei Chabad is a research library owned by Agudas Chasidei Chabad. Its content had been collected by the Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbes.
0.8 miNW
Tree
Magnolia grandiflora, Sea Gate
21 min walk • The Magnolia grandiflora is a historic tree at 679 Lafayette Avenue in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City. The specimen is a rare example of a flourishing laurel magnolia growing as far north as New York, having been brought as a seedling from North Carolina and planted around 1885 by William Lemken.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Macon Library?

Nearby attractions include 462 Halsey Community Farm, Sea Gate (2 min walk), Shaari Zedek Synagogue, New York City (9 min walk), Atlantic Avenue, Sea Gate (10 min walk), Immanuel Congregational Church, New York City (14 min walk).

How to get to Macon Library by public transport?

The nearest stations to Macon Library:

Metro

Utica Avenue • Lines: A, C (9 min walk)
Kingston–Throop Avenues • Lines: A, C (10 min walk)

Train

Nostrand Avenue (20 min walk)