The Center for Brooklyn History in Brooklyn Heights has one of the best Gilded Age interiors of any public building left in New York. Completed in 1881, the library was ahead of its time, with advanced construction techniques and fireproofing methods. The Library is largely original to how it was in the 19th Century, with the exception of the auditorium on the ground floor. It is one of the few interior landmarks in New York City. There are roughly 130 of them compared to the 38,000 exterior lan