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Teens Empowerment
Calling all youths ages 13-18. Come and join us for our weekly empowerment sessions, designed to motivate and inspire you to becoming the person that you were born to be! Through our programs and activities you will learn how to live confident and be ready to overcome all obstacles in your way. You will finally live the life that you were ...
May 24 @ 4:30 PM, May 31 @ 4:30 PM, Jun 7 @ 4:30 PM, Jun 14 @ 4:30 PM, Jun 21 @ 4:30 PM
Computer Class
Learn the basics of how to use a computer, work in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint, and use email.
Space is limited. Preregistration is required in person.
May 26 @ 10:30 AM
Chair Yoga With Irene
There's no need to bring a mat to this yoga class. Irene Failenbogen will teach techniques and exercises that can be practiced while seated in chairs. Space is limited. Preregistration is required. Please wear workout clothing and sneakers.
Jun 8 @ 5:30 PM
Music Everywhere
Angela Wildflower made her Broadway debut in "Motown the Musical" and brings her own ensemble in this poetic tribute to Rhythm and Blues, from vintage 40s to current Billboard top 100s.
Jun 15 @ 6:00 PM
 May 24 4:30PM --to-- 5:30PM Teens Empowerment |
| Baisley Park | Wed, May 31, 2017 | 4:30PM |
| Baisley Park | Wed, Jun 7, 2017 | 4:30PM |
| Baisley Park | Wed, Jun 14, 2017 | 4:30PM |
| Baisley Park | Wed, Jun 21, 2017 | 4:30PM |
| Baisley Park | Wed, Jun 28, 2017 | 4:30PM |
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STACKS Presents: Adventures in Architecture
Registration: Not required
Come Join us in the STACKS Program. This series will feature hands-on, minds-on activities grounded in architecture and engineering. Using the design process, participants will complete a different building activity each session.
This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.
Additional Dates
| Baisley Park | Thu, Jun 1, 2017 | 4:00PM |
| Baisley Park | Thu, Jun 15, 2017 | 4:00PM |
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Computer Class
Registration: Not required
Learn the basics of how to use a computer, work in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint, and use email.
Space is limited. Preregistration is required in person.
Jun 5 4:00PM --to-- 5:00PM Bricks 4 Kidz WorkshopLocation: Baisley Park Registration: Not required Come join us in this LEGO Robotics Workshop! The Bricks 4 Kidz LEGO Robotics Workshop is a hands-on session where students build machines, buildings, vehicles and other structures out of LEGO bricks. Children will build the models following step by step guides, while exploring principles of engineering, architecture, physics and more. |
 Jun 6 4:00PM --to-- 5:00PM Summer Sizzle: Health, Safety, and You |
 Jun 8 2:00PM --to-- 3:00PM Animals Build a Better World!Location: Baisley Park Registration: Not required Meet and greet frogs, bugs, a chicken, fuzzy creatures and more. Discover how each have an important role in nature to help make the world a better place. Enjoy dancing, singing and a surprise activity at the end of the show. |
 Jun 8 5:30PM --to-- 6:30PM Chair Yoga With Irene |
 Jun 12 4:00PM --to-- 5:00PM Poetry Time with Charles WatersLocation: Baisley Park Registration: Not required Charles Waters leads children ages 6-12 in an appreciation of the sound of poetry. Participants will snap their fingers and clap their hands to the rhythm of poems read aloud, and will echo words in a call-and-response pattern. |
 Jun 15 6:00PM --to-- 7:00PM Music Everywhere |
Jun 19 4:00PM --to-- 5:00PM STEM Programs with Kyshia M. LawrieLocation: Baisley Park Registration: Not required Douglaston Library Let's Go to Disney June 8th |
 Jun 22 6:00PM --to-- 7:30PM Design Your Own Lace Bracelet |
Jul 18 2:00PM --to-- 3:00PM Childhood AsthmaLocation: Baisley Park Registration: Not required How do our lungs work? At this interactive program, we will be making our own lungs! We will also learn about asthma, its causes and ways to treat it. |
Free computer access is available at all the libraries. The Baisley Park Community Library has:
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International Language Collections at the Baisley Park Community Library include:
Special Interest/Noteworthy Collections at the Baisley Park Community Library include:
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| Community Board | ||
Queens Community Board District # 12 90-28 161st Street Jamaica NY , 11432 phone: (718)658-3308 fax: (718)739-6997 | ||
| Community Organizations & Services | ||
Afro-American Parents #2 112-06 Sutphin Blvd. Jamaica NY , 11435 phone: (718) 322-9080 | Afro-American Parents #1 117-16 Stuphin Blvd. Jamaica NY , 11434 phone: (718) 322-2030 | Quick Start Head Start 126-22 150 Street S. Ozone Park NY , 11434 phone: (718)659-6928 |
| Fire Department | ||
Engine 302 Ladder 155 143-15 Rockaway Blvd. | ||
| Local Hospitals | ||
Cath Medical Center Brooklyn 8825 153rd Street Jamaica NY , 11432 phone: (718)558-6900 | Mary Immaculate Hospital 15211 89 Ave. Jamaica NY , 11432 phone: (718)558-2000 | |
Long Island Jewish Medical Center Merrick Blvd. Jamaica NY , 11432 phone: (718)291-5400 | ||
| Local Newspapers | ||
Press of Southeast Queens 150-50 14th Road Whitestone NY, 11357 phone: (718) 357-7400 fax: (718) 357-9417 | Laurelton Times Timesledger Newspapers timesledgernews@cnglocal.com 41-02 Bell Blvd 2 fl Bayside NY, 11361 phone: (718) 229-0300 | |
Queens Chronicle letters@qchron.com 62-33 Woodhaven Blvd Rego Park NY, 11374 phone: (718) 205-8000 fax: (718) 205-0150 | ||
| Parks and Playgrounds | ||
Baisley Pond Park Foch, Rockaway Boulevard | Dr. Charles Drew Memorial Park Van Wyck, 116 Avenue, 140 Street,115 Avenue | Van Wyck Playground Van Wyck Exwy, Rockaway Boulevard, 140 Street, |
| Police Department | ||
| Post Office | ||
Rochdale Village Post Office 165100 Baisley Boulevard Jamaica NY , 11434 phone: (718) 723-1726 | ||
| Public Elementary Schools | ||
PS 45 - The Clarence E. Witherspoon (K-5) 126-28 150th Street South Ozone Park NY , 11436 phone: (718) 529-1885 | PS 223 - Lyndon B. Johnson School (PK-K-6) 125-20 Sutphin Blvd Jamaica NY , 11436 phone: (718) 322-9012 | |
P.S. 160 -Walter F. Bishop School 109-59 Inwood Street Jamaica NY , 11435 phone: (718) 526-8196 | ||
| Public High Schools | ||
Q752 - Queens School for Career Development 142-10 Linden Blvd Jamaica NY , 11436 phone: (718) 322-3580 | ||
| Elected Officials | |
| NYC Council Hon. Ruben Wills Ruben.Wills@council.nyc.gov | |
District Office Address 95-26 Sutphin Blvd Jamaica NY , 11435 phone: (718) 206-2068 fax: (718) 206-2748 | Manhattan Office Address 250 Broadway, Suite 1877 New York NY , 10007 phone: (212) 788-6850 fax: (212) 442-2729 |
| NYS Assembly Hon. Vivian E. Cook CookV@nyassembly.gov | |
District Office 142-15 Rockaway Blvd Jamaica NY , 11436 phone: (718) 322-3975 fax: (718) 322-4085 | Albany Office LOB, Room 939 Albany NY , 12248 phone: (518) 455-4203 fax: (518) 455-3606 |
| US Congress Hon. Gregory W. Meeks | |
District Office 153-01 Jamaica Ave., 2nd Floor Jamaica NY , 11432 phone: (718) 725-6000 fax: (718) 725-9868 | Legislative Office 2234 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC, 20515 phone: (202) 225-3461 fax: (202) 226-4169 |
| Boro President Hon. Melinda Katz Info@queensbp.org | |
| Mayor Hon. Bill de Blasio | |
History
The Baisley Park area was originally in the territory through which the Rockaway Indians (who spoke the Algonquin language) passed on their way to Jamaica.
Sutphin Blvd and Rockaway Blvd at present are built on much of the old Indian trail. The community was named for early Queens resident David Baisley, who sold his pond (Baisley Pond) to a Brooklyn water supply company in 1857. In 1858, a large quantity of teeth belonging to the American Mastodon were found near the pond. There was speculation that a herd of Mastodons came down to Baisley Pond to drink and were trapped by a huge wall of ice.
At the beginning of the century, Baisley Park was still farmland. The modern suburban development of Baisley Park began about 1923. The area became settled with one-family frame homes; small business and shopping centers grew up on Sutphin Blvd in the heart of the development. Churches and schools were also established.
Baisley Pond was drained to provide deeper water for residents to go boating and ice skating, and a picturesque Baisley Park was built around the pond. In the past 50 years area residents and others have put great efforts in beautifying the area, improving housing, and fighting drugs.
Community library service began on July 17th 1930, when the Queens Library Book Bus, “The Pioneer”, made its first regular stop in the neighborhood. The public response to this service was enthusiastic: in the first 6 months, 6000 books were circulated. In 1933, the Cherokee Democratic Club offered its club room for after-school children to wait for the book bus. Finally, in 1935, the Baisley Park station (as a sub-branch) was opened next to the park. It was designated as a branch in 1956.
Special Services
According to the American Cancer Society, approximately one of two American men and one of three American women will have some type of cancer at some point during their lifetime. Queens Library HealthLink seeks to increase access to cancer screening and cancer treatment among medically underserved communities in Queens. Queens Library HealthLink is a partnership between Queens Library, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Queens Cancer Center of Queens Hospital and the American Cancer Society.
Cancer Action Council
The Baisley Park Cancer Action Council is a group of community leaders who discuss community health issues and make plans for action in Baisley Park. Contact (718) 990-5197 or (718) 529-1590
Friends Group
Hours & Locations
117-11 Sutphin Boulevard
Jamaica, NY 11436
(718) 529-1590 
| Mon | 12:00 PM | - | 8:00 PM |
| Tue | 1:00 PM | - | 6:00 PM |
| Wed | 10:00 AM | - | 6:00 PM |
| Thu | 12:00 PM | - | 8:00 PM |
| Fri | 10:00 AM | - | 6:00 PM |
| Sat | 10:00 AM | - | 5:00 PM |
| Sun | Closed | ||
