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Cambria Heights: What Do You See in Your Neighborhood?
Join neighborhood storytellers who share the past, present, and the future they see when they look at Cambria Heights. Examine historic photos and maps of Cambria Heights from the library’s collections, and bring your own family’s stories and photos to share. The Queens Memory team will be on hand to scan and save them to a free flash drive ...
Nov 17 @ 1:30 PM
 Oct 19 10:00AM --to-- 11:00AM Mommy and MeLocation: Cambria Heights Registration: Not required Playtime with arts and crafts for toddlers ages 1-3 Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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Oct 19 3:00PM --to-- 5:00PM Movie Fridays for KidsLocation: Cambria Heights Registration: Not required Join us for fun movies! Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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 Oct 20 1:00PM --to-- 3:00PM Write On with the NY Writers Coalition!Location: Cambria Heights Registration: Not required Everyone has a voice. Everyone has a story. Bring yours and join us for writing and sharing work in a supportive, respectful environment. Poetry, plays, short stories, and everything in between – all crafted in one room! Tap into your unwritten stories at this free workshop for writers (teens and adults) of all experience levels, backgrounds, and genres. Writing prompts and materials will be provided. No sign up required -- simply turn up! Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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Oct 22 10:00AM --to-- 12:00PM ESOL English ConversationLocation: Cambria Heights Registration: Not required Learn English with a great instructor! All levels welcome. No registration needed, just show up! Aprann anglè! Apprendre l'anglais! Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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 Oct 22 4:00PM --to-- 5:00PM Notes on Music ProductionLocation: Cambria Heights Registration: Not required Come join us at the Teen Center at Cambria Heights while we explore and make music together! Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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 Oct 23 3:00PM --to-- 4:00PM Arts and Crafts for KidsLocation: Cambria Heights Registration: Not required Please join us for an enjoyable time of arts and crafts for children! Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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Oct 24 10:30AM --to-- 12:00PM Cambria Heights QuiltersLocation: Cambria Heights Registration: Not required Please join us Wednesday mornings for beginner quilting. We will learn basic and intermediate techniques to create beautiful individual and group projects. All are welcome, supplies will be available for use during the sessions. Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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Oct 24 10:30AM --to-- 11:30AM Toddler TimeLocation: Cambria Heights Registration: Not required The program is for toddlers ages 1-3. Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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Oct 24 4:00PM --to-- 5:00PM Know Your Past: Oral History for TeensLocation: Cambria Heights Registration: Not required Come join us as we delve into the history of the Cambria Heights community! Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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Oct 25 6:00PM --to-- 7:30PM Adult Craft HourLocation: Cambria Heights Registration: Not required Join us weekly for a variety of crafts. We will learn to crochet, knit, make jewelry, explore paper crafts, create collages and paint with coffee, watercolor and acrylics. Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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 Oct 25 6:30PM --to-- 7:30PM Table Tennis TimeLocation: Cambria Heights Registration: Not required Play table tennis everyone! Let's have fun in the library! Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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Oct 26 1:00PM --to-- 6:00PM Stranger Things Escape RoomLocation: Cambria Heights Registration: Online or by phone Availability: 25 openings The Demogorgon is coming! You’re trapped in the upside-down. There's a portal somewhere in Barb's Bedroom back home and she's left you clues on how to open it. You and your friends have just 30 minutes to work together to solve the puzzles and to find your way back to safety. For groups of 6-10 people. Registration is required. | ||||||||||||||||||
Oct 27 1:00PM --to-- 4:30PM Many Faces of Love: Beyond Closed Doors | ||||||||||||||||||
Nov 1 6:00PM --to-- 7:30PM The Empowered Gardener Series: Final HarvestLocation: Cambria Heights Registration: Not required We will look at our final harvests and learn about the Plant Hardiness Zones as it relates to the various plants in our garden. We will share information on planting bulbs and preparing your Christmas and other potted plants so they will thrive in the spring. | ||||||||||||||||||
Nov 3 2:30PM --to-- 4:30PM The Native Way: Native Cuisine, Native Healing, and Native Traditions | ||||||||||||||||||
Nov 3 2:30PM --to-- 4:30PM Writing Workshop with New York Writers Coalition Leader Adepeju AdeyemoLocation: Cambria Heights Registration: Not required Reimagine End of Life Week is a city-wide exploration of big questions about life and death through creativity and conversation. Join NY Writers Coalition for a special creative writing workshop exploring end-of-life themes. NYWC’s workshop leader, the writer Adepeju Adeyemo, will lead the group through writing prompts touching on legacy, endings, and imagination - or you can write what you feel. Share in the dialogue about loss, denial, wonder, and preparation through writing. | ||||||||||||||||||
 Nov 13 10:30AM --to-- 12:00PM Haitian Creole Computer ClassLocation: Cambria Heights Registration: Not required Learn how to use a computer with a fun instructor! Aprann kouman yo sèvi ak òdinatè a. Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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Nov 14 1:00PM --to-- 2:00PM Meet the Author: "Beyond Borders" by Ngozi IwuohaLocation: Cambria Heights Registration: Not required Based on a true story, Ngozi Iwuoha relates a family's struggle to overcome the limits placed on it by geographical borders. A young wife and mother is separated from her husband when he is able to immigrate to the United States, but she is forced to wait. Books will be available for sale and signing. | ||||||||||||||||||
 Nov 17 1:30PM --to-- 4:30PM Cambria Heights: What Do You See in Your Neighborhood?Location: Cambria Heights Registration: Not required Join neighborhood storytellers who share the past, present, and the future they see when they look at Cambria Heights. Examine historic photos and maps of Cambria Heights from the library’s collections, and bring your own family’s stories and photos to share. The Queens Memory team will be on hand to scan and save them to a free flash drive that you can take home. | ||||||||||||||||||
 Nov 20 1:15PM --to-- 2:15PM Cambria Heights Adult Book Discussion GroupLocation: Cambria Heights Registration: Not required Come join our newest book discussion group at Cambria Heights! We will discuss the following books on the following dates: 9/18: "The Warmth of Other Suns" by Isabel Wilkerson Books are available in advance for your reading pleasure. Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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Dec 6 6:00PM --to-- 7:30PM We Do Family ResearchLocation: Cambria Heights Registration: Not required Join us as we learn, explore, and record our family histories. Each session we will learn about the basic tools and research methodologies of genealogy. We will also have an opportunity to share our research findings and create visual family trees. Join us as we recover the lives of our ancestors. Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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Sep 6 6:00PM --to-- 9:00PM An Evening of Art with the Cambria Heights Library Craft Artist ExtraordinaireLocation: Cambria Heights Registration: Not required Celebrate Cambria Heights Library's artistic community at their 4th Annual Artist Reception and Exhibit. An array of creative expression will be on display through October including yarn crafts, water color, acrylics, jewelry, line art photography, quilts, and sewing projects. | ||||||||||||||||||
Free computer access is available at all the libraries. The Cambria Heights Community Library has:
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International Language Collections at the Cambria Heights Community Library include:
Special Interest/Noteworthy Collections at the Cambria Heights Community Library include:
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| Child Care / Preschools | ||
Cambria Center for the Gifted 233-10 Linden Blvd. Cambria Heights NY , 11411 phone: (718) 341-1991 | Cambria Heights Christian Academy 221-02 Linden Blvd. Cambria Heights NY , 11411 phone: (718) 276-5920 | Helping Hands Day Care 225-16b Linden Blvd. Cambria Heights NY , 11411 phone: (718) 527-6258 |
Juliasa Nursery School & Kindergarten 224-03 Linden Blvd. Cambria Heights NY , 11411 phone: (718) 525-9434 | Le Grand Elite Learning Lab Universal Pre-K 229-16 Linden Blvd. Cambria Heights NY , 11411 phone: (800) 690-2652 | Lil Ones Learning Center 229-16 Linden Blvd. Cambria Heights NY , 11411 |
The Nurturing Center 225-11 Linden Blvd. Cambria Heights NY , 11411 phone: (718) 527-5932 | Wonder Kids Academy 116-53 227th Street Cambria Heights NY , 11411 phone: (718) 276-8900 | |
| Community Board | ||
Queens Community Board #13 Queens Reform Church, www.cb13q.org 219-41 Jamaica Avenue, Queens Village NY , 11428 phone: (718) 464-9700 fax: (718) 264-2739 | ||
| Community Organizations & Services | ||
Cambria Heights Civic Association Kelli Singleton, President, P.O. Box 110007 Cambria Heights NY , 11411 phone: 917-922-4136 fax: | Cambria Heights Sports Association 116-49 223rd St. Cambria Heights NY , 11411 phone: (718)525-4494 fax: | |
Haitian-Americans United for Progress (HAUP) 221-05 Linden Blvd. Cambria Heights NY , 11411 phone: (718) 527-3776 | ||
| Fire Department | ||
Engine 317 Ladder 165 117-11 196th St. St. Albans NY , 11412 | ||
| Local Hospitals | ||
| Local Newspapers | ||
Queens Courier | South-East Queens Press
South-East Queens Press | |
| Parks and Playgrounds | ||
Cabbell Park/Cambria Playground 121 Ave. & 220th Street | PS 147 Playground (East Springfield) 115th Rd. Bt. 218th & 219th Streets | PS 176 Playground 121 Ave & 237th Street |
| Police Department | ||
| Post Office | ||
Cambria Heights Station 229-01 Linden Blvd phone: (718) 528-1484 | ||
| Private / Parochial Schools | ||
Bethel Christian Learning Center (Pre-K -12) 219-09 Linden Blvd. Cambria Heights NY , 11411 phone: (718) 978-4357 | Cambria Center for the Gifted (Pre-K-5) 223-10 Linden Blvd. Cambria Heights NY , 11411 phone: (718) 341-1991 | Le Grand Elite 229-16 Linden Blvd. Cambria Heights NY , 11411 phone: (718) 949-6565 |
Revealed Word Christian Academy (PreK-6) 230-01 Linden Blvd. Cambria Heights NY , 11411 phone: (718) 276-3669 | Sacred Heart R.C. School (Pre-K-8) 115-50 221st Street Cambria Heights NY , 11411 phone: (718) 527-0123 | |
| Public Elementary Schools | ||
PS 147 Ronald McNair (Q147) K-5 218-01 116 Ave. Cambria Heights NY , 11411 phone: (718) 528-2420 fax: (718) 723-7819 | P.S. 147 MINI (Q851) 218-01 116 Ave. Queens NY , 11411 phone: (718) 528-2420 fax: (718) 723-7819 | PS 147 MINI School Spec Ed (Q852) 218-01 116 Ave. Cambria Heights NY , 11411 phone: (718) 528-2420 fax: (718) 723-7819 |
PS 176 Cambria Heights (Q176) K-5 120-45 235 St. Cambria Heights NY , 11411 phone: (718) 525-4057 fax: (718) 276-3458 | ||
| Public High Schools | ||
Mathematics, Science Research and Technology Magnet High School (Q492) 207-01 116 Ave. Cambria Heights NY , 11411 phone: (718) 978-1837 fax: (718) 978-2063 | Law, Government and Community Service High School (Q494) 207-01 116 Ave Cambria Heights NY , 11411 phone: (718) 978-6432 fax: (718) 978-6749 | Business, Computer Applications & Entrepreneurship High School (Q496) 207-01 116 Ave Cambria Heights NY , 11411 phone: (718) 978-2807 fax: (718) 978-3402 |
Humanities & Arts Magnet HS (Q498) 207-01 116 Ave. Cambria Heights NY , 11411 phone: (718) 978-2135 fax: (718) 978-2309 | ||
| Public Intermediate / Junior High Schools | ||
IS 192 - The Renaissance Middle School 109-89 204 St. St. Albans NY , 11412 phone: (718) 479-5540 fax: (718) 217-4645 | ||
| Senior Centers | ||
Alpha Phi Alpha Senior Center 220-01 Linden Blvd Cambria Heights NY , 11411 phone: (718) 528-8238 fax: | ||
| Elected Officials | |
| NYC Council Hon. I. Daneek Miller IDMiller@council.nyc.gov | |
District Office 172-12 Linden Boulevard St. Albans NY, 11434 phone: (718) 776-3700 fax: (718) 487-3580 | Manhattan Office 250 Broadway, Suite 1810 New York NY , 10007 phone: (212) 788-7084 fax: (212) 788-7093 |
| NYS Assembly Hon. Clyde Vanel VanelC@nyassembly.gov | |
District Office 97-01 Springfield Boulevard Queens Village NY, 11429 phone: (718) 479-2333 fax: (718) 464-7128 | Albany Office LOB, Room 548 Albany NY, 12248 phone: (518) 455-4711 fax: (518) 455-3740 |
| NYS Senate Hon. Leroy Comrie Comrie@nysenate.gov | |
District Office 113-43 Farmers Boulevard St. Albans NY , 11412 phone: (718) 454-0162 fax: (718) 454-0186 | Albany Office Room 617, Legislative Office Building Albany NY, 12247 phone: (518) 455-2701 fax: (518) 455-2816 |
| US Congress Hon. Gregory W. Meeks | |
District Office 153-01 Jamaica Ave., Suite 204 Jamaica NY , 11432 phone: (718) 725-6000 fax: (718) 725-9868 | Legislative Office 2234 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC, 20516 phone: (202) 225-3461 fax: (202) 226-4169 |
| Boro President Hon. Melinda Katz Info@queensbp.org | |
| Mayor Hon. Bill de Blasio | |
History
Cambria Heights was originally a farming community which supplied produce to Brooklyn and Manhattan. It began developing in 1923 on 163 acres of land bought by Oliver B. LaFreniere, a real-estate agent. It acquired the name Cambria in about 1924 from its owner the ‘Cambria Title Savings and Trust Company’ a coal concern located in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. “Heights” was added because of the area’s high elevation.
First populated by Jewish, German, Irish and Italian residents, the community became a predominantly Black, middle-class suburb after the Second World War. Present demographics reveal a community comprised predominantly of African Americans and West Indians.
Library service for the community began in 1930 with the establishment of a bookmobile stop on Linden Boulevard for one hour a week. The following year, the bookmobile moved to PS 147 where it provided service to the children for a few hours each week. Service expanded as demand grew leading eventually to the need for a regular library.
Campaign efforts by a committee of the Civic Association resulted in the opening on July 15, 1949 of a sub-branch in rental quarters on Linden Boulevard. In 1964, the rental facilities were expanded and upgraded to a new location, 220-20 Linden boulevard, where it remained until 2006.
The latest incarnation of the Cambria Heights library is a state-of-the-art facility located at 218-13 Linden Boulevard. Opened in 2006, the library offers computers, WiFi, programs and materials of all types for all ages.
Sources:
Cambria Heights before it was Born by George W. Winans (Pamphlet)
The Origin of Community Names in Queens Borough. (Pamphlet)
The Encyclopedia of New York City ed. by Kenneth T. Jackson
Friends Group
Hours & Locations
218-13 Linden Boulevard
Cambria Heights, NY 11411
(718) 528-3535 
| Mon | 9:00 AM | - | 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 | ||
