Branch Detailed Info | Queens Library

Free computer access is available at all the libraries.

The Glen Oaks Community Library has:

6 public computers
free Internet access
Microsoft Office software
limited free printing

Queens Library Public Internet Use Policy.

TBD

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International Language Collections at the Glen Oaks Community Library include:

Hindi
Urdu
Malayalam
Gujarati

Special Interest/Noteworthy Collections at the Glen Oaks Community Library include:

Young Adult books including graphic novels

What does a Friends Group do?

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
Community Board
Community Organizations & Services
Fire Department
Local Hospitals
Local Newspapers

Parks and Playgrounds
Police Department
Post Office
Private / Parochial Schools
Public Elementary Schools
Public High Schools

Public Intermediate / Junior High Schools
Senior Centers
Elected Officials
History
Special Services

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	Schneider Children's Hospital 269-01 76th Ave New Hyde Park NY , 11040 phone: (718)470-7000	Zucker Hillside Hospital 75-59 163rd St. Glen Oaks NY , 11004 phone: (718) or (516) 470-8100

Local Newspapers
Glen Oaks Ledger	Courier	Queens Tribune

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
105 Precinct 92-08 222 Street Queens Village NY , 11428 phone: (718) 776-9090

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
Yeshiva Har Torah School 254-04 Union Turnpike Floral Park NY , 11004 phone: (718) 343-2533	Our Lady of the Snows 79-33 258th Street Floral Park NY , 11004 phone: (718) 343 1346	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	Creedmoor Psychiatric Center 80-45 Winchester Blvd. Queens Village NY , 11427 phone: (718) 264-4000

Public Elementary Schools
PS 115 Glen Okas School 80-51 261st Floral Park NY , 11004 phone: (718) 831-4010	PS 186 Castlewood School 252-12 72 Avenue Bellerose NY , 11426 phone: (718) 831-4021

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
PS/IS 208 74-30 Commonwealth Boulevard Glen Oaks NY , 11426 phone: (718) 468-6420	MS 172 Irwin Altman Middle School 81-14 257th Street Floral Park NY , 11004 phone: (718) 831-4000/01	PS/IS 266 74-02 Commonwealth Blvd. Glen Oaks NY , 11426 phone: (718) 479-3920

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.