How to Get a Brooklyn Public Library Card for Libby

Founded in 1896, Brooklyn Public Library is one of the largest public library systems in the United States. It serves the borough of Brooklyn and maintains its own digital collection.

For a Libby reader, the relevant figure is the approximately 429k catalog listed on our product page—the largest of the eight cards we offer. That estimate concerns the collection in our Libby comparison, rather than the library’s entire physical and digital holdings.

Brooklyn’s OverDrive catalog provides manga, independent romance, LGBTQ+ audiobook selections and New York housing and urban-change reading. These are useful starting points for someone who wants both leisure reading and perspectives rooted in New York. They are examples of its curation, not claims that those subjects are exclusive to Brooklyn.

Brooklyn provides free cards to people who live, work, attend school or pay property taxes in New York State. Its regular paid out-of-state card program has ended, so living elsewhere and paying a fee is no longer a general application route. People aged 13–21 outside New York State have a separate Books Unbanned eCard option. Brooklyn’s eligibility and borrowing rules.

Jaideepass sells Brooklyn cards for Libby to non-residents who want this collection. You purchase through Jaideepass and receive the card details by email, with no separate in-person application after delivery.

Our listed estimates and prices put Brooklyn at approximately 429k for $59.90 and NYPL at approximately 394k for $49.90. Brooklyn is the stronger starting point if maximizing listed collection size is your main priority; NYPL is less expensive and still offers a large collection.

For a reader interested in Brooklyn’s manga or independent-romance selections, the additional $10 may be worthwhile. If your next books are available in NYPL too, there is no reason to pay more solely for the larger number. See the Libby card comparison for the other choices.