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Friends of Library - Glen Oaks Chapter. Contact Community Library Manager at (718) 831-8636 or Office of Government and Community Affairs (GCA) at (718) 990-0817 if you are interested in joining.
| Child Care / Preschools | ||
SAMUEL FIELD Y / TASC PS 155 Q 80-61 251th St Floral Park NY , 11004 phone: (718) 225-6750 | SAMUEL FIELD Y 58-20 Little Neck Pwy Queens NY , 11362 phone: (718) 225-6750 | TASC @ MS67/QUEENS CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER 51-60 Marathon Pkwy Little Neck NY , 11362 phone: (718) 423-8179 |
Aquart, Lillieth 88-34 212th Place, Floor 1st Queens Village NY , 11427 phone: (718) 217-7666 | Xenox, Mary 86-84 208TH ST., Apt. 3H Queens Village NY , 11427 phone: (718) 479-1228 | Northside Montessori School 163-10 Union Turnpike phone: (718) 343-5050 |
| Community Board | ||
Queens Community Board 13 Queens Reform Church, 219-41 Jamaica Avenue, Queens Village NY , 11428 phone: (718)464-9700 fax: (718)264-2739 | ||
| Community Organizations & Services | ||
Lost Community Civic Association | Glen Oaks Volunteer Ambulance Corp. In an emergency call (718)347-1600 P.O. Box 340 257-02 Union Turnpike Floral Park NY , 11004 phone: (718) 347-1637 | NORCWOW (Natural Occurring Retirement Community Without Walls) 83-51 268th Street Floral Park NY , 11004 phone: (718) 347-2244 |
| Fire Department | ||
Engine 251, Battalion 53 254-20 Union Turnpike Glen Okas phone: (718) 776-9090 | ||
| Local Hospitals | ||
North Shore-Long Island Jewish Medical Center 270-05 76th Ave. New Hyde Park NY , phone: (718) 470-7000 | ||
| Local Newspapers | ||
Glen Oaks Ledger | ||
| Parks and Playgrounds | ||
Queens County Farm Museums 73-50 Little Neck Parkway Floral Park NY , 11004-1129 phone: (718) 347-3276 | JHS 172 Playground 82 Avenue, 256th to 257th St. | PS 186 Playground Little Neck Parkway & 72 Avenue |
| Police Department | ||
| Post Office | ||
Post Office - Glen Oaks 156-29 Union Turnpike phone: (718) 347-3764 / (800) 347-6689 fax: (718) 347-6689 | Post Office - Horace Harding 5601 Marathon Pkwy Little Neck NY , 11362-9993 phone: (800) 275-8777 fax: (718) 321-5975 | Post Office - North New Hyde Park 1568 Union Turnpike New Hyde Park NY , 11040 phone: (800)275-8777 fax: (516) 775-5029 |
Post Office - Floral Park 35 Tulip Avenue Floral Park NY , 11001 phone: (800) 275-8777 fax: (516) 488-5064 | ||
| Private / Parochial Schools | ||
North Side Montessori School 163-10 Union Turnpike phone: (718) 343-5050 | ||
QCP Children's Center - Daniel Wieder Campus 249-16 Grand Central Parkway Bellerose NY , 11426 phone: (718) 279-9404 | ||
| Public Elementary Schools | ||
PS 115 Glen Okas School 80-51 261st Floral Park NY , 11004 phone: (718) 831-4010 | ||
| Public High Schools | ||
High School of Teaching Liberal Arts and Sciences Q566 74-02 Commonwealth Blvd. Glen Oaks NY , 11426 phone: (718) 736-7100 | ||
| Public Intermediate / Junior High Schools | ||
MS 172 Irwin Altman Middle School 81-14 257th Street Floral Park NY , 11004 phone: (718) 831-4000/01 | ||
| Senior Centers | ||
SNAP Bell Park 227-02A Hillside Ave. Queens Village phone: (718) 740-3906 | SNAP Queens Village 80-45 Winchester Boulevard, Building 4 CBU #29 Queens Village NY , phone: (718) 454-2100 | St. Gregory the Great Senior Club 242-20 88th Avenue Bellerose NY , phone: (718) 347-3707 |
| Elected Officials | |
| NYC Council Hon. Mark Weprin MWeprin@Council.NYC.gov | |
District Office Address 73-03 Bell Boulevard, Suite 1N Oakland Gardens NY , 11364 phone: (718) 468-0137 fax: (718) 468-0178 | Manhattan Office 250 Broadway, Suite 1807 New York NY , 10007 phone: (212) 788-6984 fax: (212) 608-6382 |
| NYS Assembly Hon. David I. Weprin weprind@assembly.state.ny.us | |
District Office 185-06 Union Turnpike Fresh Meadows NY, 11366 phone: (718) 454-3027 fax: (718) 454-3178 | Albany Office LOB, Room 602 Albany NY , 12248 phone: (518) 455-5806 fax: (518) 455-5977 |
| NYS Senate Hon. Tony Avella avella@nysenate.gov | |
District Office 38-50 Bell Boulevard, Suite C Bayside NY, 11361 phone: (718) 357-3094 fax: (718) 357-3491 | Albany Office Room 504, Legislative Office Building Albany NY, 12247 phone: (518) 455-2210 fax: (518) 426-6736 |
| Boro President Hon. Melinda Katz Info@queensbp.org | |
| Mayor Hon. Bill de Blasio | |
History
The area that is now called Glen Oaks was a slice of flat terrain eagerly sought by farmers in the 1640’s. It was a rural, unnamed section of Flushing, part of a 20,000 acre land grant to Massachusetts settlers and at one time the home of many potato fields in eastern Queens. 167 acres purchased from William K. Vanderbilt’s country estate became the Glen Oaks Golf Club in 1923. In 1944, the Gross-Morton Co. purchased 175 acres of land west of the golf club. Backed by $24 million in Federal Housing Administration funds, the neighborhood was developed after World War II, with shopping along Union Turnpike. The model community of Glen Oaks Village, named after the golf club, is a garden apartment complex of 2,864 units near the Nassau border. Construction of the two-story brick buildings began in 1945, and the first residents, many of them veterans, arrived in October 1947. Census figures show that the population increased from 4,999 in 1940 to 13,746 in 1950. The development is one of the city’s largest and is home to almost 3,000 families. Numerous one-family houses also built after the war comprise the area south of Union Turnpike.
The Library’s bookmobile began regular stops at the new neighborhood at the same time; in February 1950 an “extension agency” opened in the Glen Oaks shopping center at 256-25 Union Turnpike. A site at 256th street and Union Turnpike was earmarked by NYC for a new library in 1955. A private builder bought it before City budget officials approved purchase of the site. The City then rented the proposed medical building built on the site. On October 22, 1956, the Glen Oaks branch library was dedicated with speeches by Mayor Wagner, Assemblyman Wallach and Library Director Tucker. In 1975 a $60,000 renovation provided new lights, new flooring and a ramp for the handicapped. A $50,000 grant from State Senator Frank Padavan in 2001 allowed the library to upgrade the facility, including the purchase of some new shelving and furniture.
In the fall of 2009 this building was demolished and a new 18,000 square foot library was constructed on the same site.
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