Brooklyn Public Library has free digitized newspapers, city directories, photos, and more.

Brooklyn Public Library Genealogy Collections include:

• Brooklyn City Directories, 1856-1967

• Brooklyn Newspapers 1835-1999

  • The Brooklyn Public Library has free Brooklyn Newspapers online. The time period range is 1841-1963 and includes the following Brooklyn newspapers:

    • The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (over 700,000 pages)

    • Brooklyn Life (over 50,000 pages)

    • Brooklyn Life and Activities of Long Island Society (over 10,000 pages)

• Brooklyn in the Civil War

• Fulton Street Trade Card Collection

• Sheet Music Covers

• Brooklyn Historic Photographs

• Brooklyn Theater Playbills and Programs

• & more