OUR CURRENT PROGRAMMING

our arts Programming is suspended for the duration of the renovations on our building. For more information about this change, please contact Vicki Vargo.

We are hosting After School Arts & STEAM programming for children and teens at the Braddock’s Battlefield History Center on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.

Please visit our Facebook page for more information about our current programming.

Other important things to note:

• Computers in the library are available on a first come, first serve basis.

• We can print documents for you. Please email/forward what you want printed as an attachment to print@thebcla.org or come in and print from one of our computers.

• We can send/receive faxes for you. Our fax number is 412-351-6810

Please access our Master Resource List to see a comprehensive list of community information and resources updated by our staff.

Community Scholarships

• Mad Dads - Vanessa D. Spencer Scholarship 2023 Scholarship Application

• Caileigh Lynn McDowell Foundation Scholarship 2023 Scholarship Application

• Jerame J. Turner Foundation 2023 Scholarship Application

• Kappa Scholarship Endowment Fund of Western PA 2023 Scholarship Opportunities

• The Pittsburgh Foundation - Braddock Citizen 2023 Scholarship Application

• Woodland Hills Foundation Scholarship Application Portal

 BCLA In The News

• Executive Director Vicki Vargo was the guest discussing the transformation and preservation of America's first Carnegie Library on “Two Rivers, 30 Minutes” - March 10, 2023.

• Steel Magnate Andrew Carnegie’s First Library Lives On - article written on Governing.com by David Kidd - June 9, 2021

• Build America’s Libraries Act - op-ed written in the Post-Gazette by The Hon. Frank Lucchino - May 9, 2021

• A New Day - Interactive Post-Gazette feature by Steve Mellon - April 29, 2021

• From steel to fiber, libraries are America’s infrastructure - op-ed written in The Hill by American Library Association President Julius C. Jefferson, Jr. - April 5, 2021

Library Services

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Transportation

Port Authority Bus Lines that access the BCLA: 59, 61A, 61B. Parking is available on Braddock Avenue.

ACCESS

While our building at 419 Library Street is being renovated, we are operating out of a one-floor storefront for library services, with some of our programming offered off-site. Please contact us with any questions about accessibility.

BCLA

526 Braddock Ave
Braddock, PA, 15104
United States

T. 412-351-5356

Hours 

Monday: 9am - 5pm

Tuesday: 9am - 5pm 

Wednesday: 9am - 5pm 

Thursday: 9am - 5pm 

Friday: 9am-5pm

Turtle Creek SATELLITE

Human Services Center Mon Valley

519 Penn Ave Ext Turtle Creek, PA 15145

Phone: 412-829-7112

Hours

M-F: 9am- 4pm

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