Google helping boost BPL with new tech centers for teens
Council Member Justin Brannan leads ribbon-cutting in new Bay Ridge Teen Tech Center
BAY RIDGE — Council Member Justin Brannan, Chief Librarian Nick Higgins and teens from around the borough celebrated the opening of the Bay Ridge Library Teen Tech Center yesterday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The new center will give teens the opportunity to explore their passions through technology including computers, 3-D printers, cameras, digital musical instruments, microcontroller boards and much more.
“I have fought proudly to protect and deepen investments in our public libraries, and I am proud to see that paying off right here in Bay Ridge. Through access to books, technology, programming, and other resources, our libraries deliver immense opportunity to New Yorkers of all stripes, free of charge. Our new Teen Tech Center will help Bay Ridge Library deliver for our community in yet another way,” said Council Member Justin Brannan.
The new space joins the Best Buy Teen Center at Kings Highway Library which opened in 2019 and the Crowns Height Library Teen Tech Center which opened in 2022.