Branch Detailed Info | Queens Library

Free computer access is available at all the libraries.

The Glendale Community Library has:

5 public computers for adults
6 public computers for children
Free Internet access
Microsft Office Software
Limited free printing

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International Language Collections at the Glendale Community Library include:

Albanian
Romanian
Italian
Polish
German
Romanian
Spanish
Serbian

Special Interest/Noteworthy Collections at the Glendale Community Library include:

ESOL
Graphic Novels
Urban Fiction

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 Intermediate / Junior High Schools
Elected Officials
History
Special Services

Child Care / Preschools
Little Forest People Corp. 82-99 88th Place Ridgewood NY , 11385 phone: (718) 805-2099	YMCA of Greater New York 69-02 64th Street Ridgewood NY , 11385 phone: (718) 821-6271	Small Wonder Preschool Annex 88-66 Myrtle Avenue Ridgewood NY , 11385 phone: (718) 850-0400

Community Board
Queens Community Board District # 5 61-23 Myrtle Avenue Glendale NY , 11385 phone: (718) 366-1834 fax: (718) 417-5799

Community Organizations & Services
Glendale Civic Association 88-37 Doran Avenue Glendale NY , 11385 phone: (718) 275-9771	Glendale Property Owners Civic Association 78-40 85 Street Glendale NY , 11385	Glendale Civilian Observation Patrol c/o Home Federal Savings Bank 70-24 Myrtle Avenue Glendale NY , 11385
Glendale Volunteer Ambulance Corps 61-14 Myrtle Avenue Glendale NY , 11385 phone: (718) 386-9898	Glendale Chamber of Commerce 74-19 Myrtle Avenue Glendale NY , 11385 phone: (718) 456-2389	Glenridge Senior Citizens Center 59-03 Summerfield Street Ridgewood NY , 11385 phone: (718) 386-5136
Catalpa YMCA 69-02 64 Street Ridgewood NY , 11385 phone: (718) 821-6271	Greater Ridgewood Youth Council 62-04 Myrtle Avenue Glendale NY , 11385 phone: (718) 456-5437

Fire Department
Engine 286/Ladder 135 66-44 Myrtle Avenue Glendale NY , 11385 phone: (718) 476-6286

Local Hospitals
Wyckoff Heights Medical Center 374 Stockholm Street Brooklyn NY , 11237 phone: (718) 963-7272

Local Newspapers
Glendale Register 69-60 Grand Avenue Maspeth NY , 11378 phone: (718) 426-7200 fax: (718) 429-1234

Parks and Playgrounds
Glendale Playground Between 70 & 71st Streets & Central Avenue	Evergreen Park Between Felix & 75th Ave & 60th Street	Joseph F Mafera Park Between 65th Place & Catalpa Avenue & 68th Avenue
Forest Park Between Myrtle Ave, Union Turnpike & Park Lane S

Police Department
104th Precinct 64-02 Catalpa Avenue Ridgewood NY , 11385 phone: (718)386-3004

Post Office
Glendale Station 69-36 Myrtle Avenue Glendale NY , 11385

Private / Parochial Schools
Redeemer Lutheran (Pre K - 8) 69-26 Cooper Avenue Glendale NY , 11385-0113 phone: (718)821-6670	St. Pancras, Pre K - 8 68-20 Myrtle Avenue Glendale NY , 11385 phone: (718)821-6721	St. John’s Lutheran 88-24 Myrtle Avenue Glendale NY , 11385
Sacred Heart School, Pre K – 8 84-05 78th Avenue Glendale NY , 11385-0113 phone: (718) 456-6636

Public Elementary Schools
PS 091 Richard Arkwright (Q091) 68-10 Central Avenue Glendale NY , 11385 phone: (718) 821-6880 fax: (718) 386-0216	PS 113 Isaac Chauncey (Q113) 87-21 79 Avenue Glendale NY , 11385 phone: (718) 847-0724 fax: (718) 805-0737	PS 081 Jean Paul Richter (Q081) 559 Cypress Avenue Glendale NY , 11385 phone: (718) 821-9800 fax: (718) 386-7203

Public Intermediate / Junior High Schools
IS 119 The Glendale (Q119) 74-01 78 Avenue Glendale NY , 11385 phone: (718) 326-8261 fax: (718) 456-9523

Elected Officials
NYC Council Hon. Elizabeth Crowley ecrowley@council.nyc.gov
District OfficeAtlas Park Mall, 71-19-80th Street, Ste.8-303 Glendale NY, 11385 phone: (718) 366-3900 fax: (718) 326-3549	Manhattan Office Address 250 Broadway, 1765 New York NY , 10007 phone: (212) 788-7381 fax: (212) 227-7164
NYS Assembly Hon. Michael Miller MillerMG@nyassembly.gov
District Office 83-91 Woodhaven Boulevard Woodhaven NY, 11421 phone: (718) 805-0950 fax: (718) 805-0953	Albany Office LOB, Room 519 Albany NY, 12247 phone: (518) 455-4621 fax: (518) 455-5361
NYS Senate Hon. Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. Addabbo@nysenate.gov
District Office 159-53 102nd Street Howard Beach NY, 11414 phone: (718) 738-1111 fax: (718) 322-5760	Albany Office Room 613, Legislative Office Building Albany NY, 12247 phone: (518) 455-2322 fax: (518) 426-6875
US Congress Hon. Grace Meng
District Office Address 40-13 159th Street Flushing NY, 11358 phone: (718) 445-7860 fax: (718) 445-7868	Legislative Office 1317 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC, 20515 phone: (202) 225-2601 fax: (202) 225-1589
Boro President Hon. Melinda Katz Info@queensbp.org

Mayor Hon. Bill de Blasio

History

In 1642 the Dutch West India Company granted Reverend Francis Doughty 74,000 acres of land: a vast area which was mostly swampy with fresh water pools. This area was originally called “Fresh Ponds” and remained largely undeveloped for a long period.

As the Civil War came to an end, a land developer by the name of George S. Schott obtained a generous amount of this land, as a repayment of a debt owned to him. Schott is credited with giving this area the name Glendale, after a town in Ohio that he grew up in. During this period many German immigrants came to the area and established farms that were well known for their produce and dairy products.

By the late 1800’s, increases in the German immigrant population resulted in the appearance of many beer gardens and picnic grounds. When a city law was passed in 1852 that banned cemeteries from being placed in Manhattan, many looked to Queens. The area around Glendale became known as the “Cemetery Belt” because of its large number of graveyards.

After the end of World War I, farming ceased to be the majority occupation, as breweries and textile factories came on the scene. It was the beginning of the industrial period, which caught the attention of yet a new wave of German immigrants.

The eastern side of Fresh Ponds, where Forest Park is today, was called “Dry Harbor”, for it was said by many that the homes that rested there looked like they were sitting on top of the trees and hills; it looked as if there was a harbor but without any water present.

The German-American influence definitely lingers on in Glendale; the neighborhood boasts many different restaurants and establishments, such as Von Westerhagen’s and Zum Stammtisch

In the 1980’s Glendale attracted a new wave of immigrants from such places as Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Poland, as well as many from Latin American countries. Like the rest of the borough Glendale has become a vibrantly diverse community.

Glendale is a quiet residential community of one and two-family homes near the Brooklyn-Queens border bounded on the south by Forest Park, the Jackie Robinson Parkway, and a chain of cemeteries, and on the north and northwest by the Montauk and Bay Ridge lines of the Long Island Railroad.

Since the early 1900’s, many of the locals had been interested in bringing a public library to Glendale. A small early library had moved from one spot to another, but by 1928 land for a permanent location was finally purchased by the city at the corner of Myrtle Avenue and 73rd Place. After a long period of pressure from the Glendale locals the Library finally opened its doors on May 29, 1936. Designed in the style of a Renaissance Italian castle, and built by the WPA during the Depression, the Glendale branch is one of the most beautiful of the historical branches in the Queens Library system. Recently, enough money was raised and planning began to have the branch completely restored.