Brooklyn Library, Multnomah County

{{short description|Oregon public library}}

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| established = {{Start date|1912}}

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The Multnomah County Library system included a branch in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Portland from 1912 until 1971. The first Brooklyn branch library opened at the corner of Milwaukie and Powell on March 20, 1912.{{cite news|title=Brooklyn Library Well Patronized|newspaper=Oregonian|date=1912-03-25|pages=7}} Between 1913 and 1917 the library moved to a fireproof building across the street.{{cite news|title=Brooklyn Library to Move|newspaper=Oregonian|date=1913-12-10|pages=13}}{{cite news|title=Public Library Notes|newspaper=Oregonian|date=1917-12-10|pages=7}} In 1930 the Portland fire department needed this block, and the library moved to 3216 SE 21st,{{cite news|title=Branch Library opens. Brooklyn Patrons Served in New quarters.|newspaper=Oregonian|date=1930-08-05|pages=24}}{{cite web |url=https://gallery.multcolib.org/image/exterior-brooklyn |title=Exterior Brooklyn |author= |website=Multnomah County Library |access-date=2022-08-29}} just north of Powell Boulevard, where it remained until the library lost the lease for that building in 1971.{{cite book|title=108th Annual Report of the Library Association of Portland|year=1971|publisher=Library Association of Portland|page=3}}