Brooklyn Borough Hall

I has visited July 23 2025 Nice place but weekend time and holiday people take a drugs Marijuana also homeless people live there front of the hall!!!!

This year’s Brooklyn Book Festival — its 20th anniversary — was an invigorating reminder of how literature connects people across geographies, languages, and communities. Spread across Brooklyn Borough Hall, Borough Hall steps, and nearby venues, the festival combined lively panels, bustling book stalls, and opportunities for writers and readers to meet face-to-face. At Brooklyn Law School, Cory Doctorow delivered a sharp talk around Enshittification, dissecting how digital platforms decline and what strategies readers, writers, and citizens can adopt in response. Elsewhere, Kimm Topping’s session on Generation Queer resonated strongly, blending advocacy with storytelling to highlight the vitality of youth voices. The marketplace was equally rich. Independent publishers openly welcomed translated manuscripts from other regions, underscoring a growing appetite for global perspectives. I was especially glad to see Ho Sok Fong’s Lake Like a Mirror (Mahua literature) available in translation by a Berlin-based writer, a reminder of Southeast Asia’s resonance abroad. The festival also foregrounded the politics of books, from the ALA’s display of the “most challenged books of 2024” to PEN America’s unapologetic “I Read Banned Books” campaign. Brooklyn Book Festival 2025 was more than a showcase of books — it was a living dialogue on what stories matter, how they travel, and how communities keep them alive.

Brooklyn has changed but at least the buildings are still standing. No more court officers in the court houses but plenty of outsourced security. In the official description they changed Lady Justice to justice. They are changing history right in our face. Lady Justice on top of Brooklyn Borough Hall in Downtown, Brooklyn. Official description: "Brooklyn Borough Hall houses the Brooklyn Borough President and is Brooklyn’s oldest public building and the heart and soul of its Civic Center. Completed in 1851, the structure was constructed before the 1898 consolidation of New York City, and served as Brooklyn’s City Hall. Designed by architect Gamaliel King, Borough Hall’s imposing Greek-Revival style façade is clad in Tuckahoe marble and borders bustling Columbus Park. The building is defined by its monumental staircase with six ionic columns supporting a triangular pediment and its cast-iron cupola capped by a statue of Justice. The Brooklyn Tourism Office is located on the Joralemon Street entrance." #brooklyn #brooklynboroughhall

Beautiful Building in the centre of Brooklyn! This is a landmark building in Brooklyn very nice & really worth seeing.

We came here on our tour with NY Adventure Club (true hidden gem for NYC tours!!!) built 1848 for the purpose of city hall of Brooklyn. Then in 1898 with consolidation it became Borough Hall. The coupla burned and when it was rebuilt they made sure it was TALLER than the NYC hall copula! Lol Today the Borough Hall has no real power they are elected but they are more like celebrities (like the queen of England but less rich & they do need to be elected) ***1898 consolidation the new mayor of NYC Van Wyck (yes! expressway is named after him) he was hand picked by corrupt Tammany Hall democratic machine!!! Before consolidation Seth Low (from the pierrepont family - the family that was so RICH the owned half of the land in this area and they are the founders of YALE university!!!) - but don't worry 1898 consolidation did benefit Seth Low - he eventually became Mayor of NYC!!! Are they all connected at the top!!!!????!!!! I mean seriously?!?!?! **Another fun fact Van Wyck & Charles Morse tried take over the ICE industry & create a Monopoly....

The building's interior structure is grand by design. It was once the official location of Brooklyn City Hall before Brooklyn became a member of New York City that now make up the five NYC boroughs. The building is now a public landmark used for office space and events for public and private events. Visitors should schedule tours in advance. The outdoor plaza has a seating area with tables and chairs. Individuals may been seen doing art paintings too.

I did not go in and only took photos of the building from a nearby park. It's easy on the eye with its beautiful architecture and design.

An overlooked brooklyn gem. Despite what you think of the politics in the building, it's a great little place to grab an instagram, grab a picture, grab a snapchat (LOLJK NO ONE USES SNAPCHAT). just go check it out, there's cool architecture, there's cool lighting at night, and just check out that Christmas Tree in the Christmas time. 5/5. woot.

A New York historic landmark well preserved and opened to the community. Architecture and cosmetic structural attributes are beautiful. This building serves as a town hall for events for the community. Certainly worth capturing one's attention while in the passage of the area to admire the Greek Revival style columns of a court-like marble and stone. A Post Office sits inside this historic building. The view at night is amazingly beautiful!!

Meeting my borough president Eric Adams Poll worker meeting her Brooklyn borough president Eric Adams !!

In all my years in Brooklyn, I'd never stepped foot in here. Until yesterday, that is. Went to pick up a package and thought the building was kind of cool. I loved the architecture and the stone and the woodwork. The elevators were slow but cool. The cop at the front desk was friendly and helpful, and easy on the eyes to boot. I've walked by the Queens borough hall before, but I think Brooklyn is 45% more awesome.

This is my local Borough Hall. The Visitors center is located inside and I have seen several of different types of events use the Hall both outside and inside. This is a very Versatile location located within the heart of Downtown Brooklyn.

It is a great place to have a snack, people-watch, and sit on the stone steps. I recommend coming here if you do not mind a briskly cold lunch. There are also seats(folding chairs) and tables available in case you do not prefer hunching over and eating your meal. There is a view of a garden and also a Nativity scene for Christmas celebration.

The People's House is always buzzing with Brooklyn's best and the brightest. Love attending events in such a vital space open to the community for a variety of events. One year ago, I planned a work event to recognize two high-performing schools in the borough. There is a major difference in hosting an event followed by a reception at a private space versus a public, governmental space. The staff was very knowledgeable and helpful, guiding me through the planning process to ensure that I had all of my bases covered. The event turned out so well that we were packed to capacity and yet everyone left a high note, especially the children.

We came here for the Escapemakers event, presenting samples of local foods and ideas for local travel. The building itself is gorgeous, with architecture and stairs you wish you could slowly float down wearing a long, filmy, white toga. There is interesting African Art inside, though like most, we were concentrating more on the free food. The event itself was loads of fun, with pulled pork samples from Dinosaur BBQ that just opened up a branch in Brooklyn, and very generous bakery samples from Allan's Bakery on Nostrand Avenue. Allan's was giving out their spectacular bread pudding, their red velvet cake, small meat patties and raisin pastry, which I thought was a little too heavy. There was a chef dishing out gumbo and another vendor giving out superb delicious fizzy sodas made with their syrup and supplying recipes. Local farms upstate were represented and came with yogurt and cheese samples, one being the famous Cabots. Red Jacket was also generous with their apples, beautiful Goldens and Honeycrisp. Local wineries were there, serving portions of their wines. Hey, do you know that if you can't drive, you can take the Hampton Jitney to the Borghese vineyard? Or take a trip through Vintage Tours?(www.Vintagetour1.com). Amtrak was their promoting rail trips also. The whole thing was a nice tasting event in a beautiful venue that offered education on the farms and numerous places available in New York and Vermont for short trips. Before the event, I never even knew the Moore Street Market existed. Now it's a destination for me. I would also come back to Brooklyn Borough Hall to see it more thoroughly.

Eric Adams is the best Boro president in bk and the place is great place is very historicall