Re-Envisioning 21st Century Public Libraries & Affordable Housing

Join Fifth Avenue Committee for a panel discussion in which we invite participants to look outside the traditional definitions of libraries and housing and re-envision public libraries and affordable housing for the 21st century.

This discussion will include a look at the new Sunset Park Library & Affordable Housing site, a joint collaboration between Fifth Avenue Committee and Brooklyn Public Library. This innovative project will provide Sunset Park with a modern, state-of-the art public library that is nearly twice the size of the previous library while simultaneously creating 49 new permanently affordable apartments in a pioneering, shared-use model that is the first of its kind in New York City.

Registration with a light breakfast will begin at 8am, with the program following from 9-11:30am.