Fodor's Expert Review Brooklyn Central Library
Prospect Heights
Family
Free
This celebrated art deco edifice is a neighborhood anchor, its monumental facade resembling an open book with bronze panels. Inside, this cathedral to knowledge houses more than a million catalogued books, magazines, and multimedia materials, and serves as a respite for those requiring quiet study, free Wi-Fi, or a quick bite from the café by local pie maker Four & Twenty Blackbirds.