Brooklyn-based charities for year-end donations?

I'm not familiar with the charity you referred to but the Brooklyn Public Library offers wonderful services and free classes and is a worthy charity. It's necessary to be really careful in deciding who to give to as so many people have created charities as a way for them to make money themselves by running it. Often little or no funds go to help others and there are duplicate services provided by existing charities so that it isn't necessary to fund "overhead" for a new charity.