Brookfield Branch has approximately 22,000 books, compact disks, videos, DVDs, audio books, audiocassettes, magazines and newspapers for all ages. Circulating materials are largely of popular interest, with a strong emphasis on practical how-to topics and fiction. There is a small reference collection with current materials. Special-Interest Collections include a Black History and Black Fiction Collection (2,400 volumes), Spanish Language materials (approximately 1,700 volumes serving both adult and children). Brookfield also offers a popular children's section and a growing teen collection.
Computers
Eight (8) computers with internet access and word processing capabilities are available for public use. Please call the branch at (510) 615-5725 for more information.
Kurzweil 3000 is a scanning, reading and writing solution for people with learning disabilities, reading difficulties, or low vision. Call the branch at (510) 615-5725 for more information or to schedule a training.
Meeting Room Information
There is no meeting room in the Brookfield Branch Library. Click here for a list of meeting rooms at other Oakland Public Library branches.
Neighborhood Links & Contacts
Brookfield Child Development Center
879-0806
401 Jones Avenue
Brookfield/Columbian Gardens & Sobrante Park NCPC
Meets quarterly 6:30 to 8:30 pm
Patricia Rose, Neighborhood Services Coordinator
777-8714
Brookfield Head Start
615-5737
9600 Edes Avenue
Brookfield Homeowners Association
Meets first Thursday, 6:00 to 8:30 pm, East Oakland Multipurpose Senior Center - Multipurpose Room
Wiley Williams, President
Message phone for Mr. Williams: 615-5731
East Oakland Multipurpose Senior Center
615-5731
9355 Edes Avenue
East Oakland Senior Center Advisory Board
615-5731
Meets first Friday at 10:45 am in the Multipurpose Room
Stonehurst Child Development Center
879-0838
901 105th Avenue
Local Schools
Brookfield Elementary School
879-1030
401 Jones Ave, 94603
Stonehurst Elementary School
879-1550
901 105th Ave, 94603
Sobrante Park Elementary School
879-1540
470 El Paseo Drive, 94603
Monarch Academy
568-3101
1445 101st Ave, 94603
Madison Middle School
879-2150
400 Capistrano Drive, 94603
Lionel Wilson College Preparatory Academy
635-7737
400 105th Ave, 94603
Castlemont High School
879-3010
8601 McArthur Blvd, 94605
Bishop O'Dowd High School
577-9100
9500 Sterns Ave, 94605
Branch History
Brookfield Village was a new housing development built during World War II for the war industries workers who poured into the East Bay. The first Brookfield Village Branch Library was established in 1957 as a kiosk within the Brookfield Village recreation center. The branch has since occupied four different neighborhood sites before moving in 1992 to its present location in the East Oakland Multipurpose Senior Center and Library, at 9255 Edes Avenue.
From 580 South: Exit Golf Links Road/98th Ave. West on 98th Ave. to the bottom of the hill. Go under the BART tracks then over railroad tracks. Right on Edes Ave. Left into the parking lot of the East Oakland Community Center, 9255 Edes Ave. The library is inside the Community Center on the northwest corner of Edes and Jones across the street from a FEDEX distribution center.
From 880 South: Exit Hegenberger Road/Oakland Airport. East on Hegenberger. Right at second stoplight onto Edes Ave. Right into the parking lot of the East Oakland Community Center, 9255 Edes Ave. The library is inside the Community Center on the northwest corner of Edes and Jones across the street from a FEDEX distribution center.
By Bus:
45 (in front of library), or 613 (corner of 98th and Edes)
