Branch Detailed Info | Queens Library

Free computer access is available at all the libraries.

The Howard Beach 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 Howard Beach Community Library include:

Italian(including VHS & DVDs)
Spanish (including VHS & DVDs)

Special Interest/Noteworthy Collections at the Howard Beach Community Library include:

Careers
Black Experience
Dummies Books
Mind and Body
Test Prep
Computers
Parenting

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

Senior Centers
Elected Officials
History
Special Services

Child Care / Preschools
Reach for the Stars 156-18 96th Street Howard Beach NY , 11414 phone: (718) 845-1429	Lynn Boutureria 158-03 82nd Street Howard Beach NY , 11414 phone: (718) 843-0845	Donna Hovi 160-41 99th Street Howard Beach NY , 11414 phone: (718) 925-1303
Caroline Guerra 155-25 78 Street, #1st Floor Howard Beach NY , 11414 phone: (718) 845-3298

Community Board
Community Board District # 10 115-01 Lefferts Boulevard South Ozone Park NY , 11420 phone: (718) 843-4488 fax: (718) 738-1184

Community Organizations & Services
Ozone-Howard Chamber of commerce P.O. Box 58 Howard Beach NY , 11414 phone: (718) 835-9482

Fire Department
FDNY - Engine 331 Ladder 173\| 158-57 Cross Bay Blvd. Howard Beach NY , 11414

Local Hospitals
Queens Hospital Center 82-68 164 Street Jamaica NY , 11432 phone: (718) 883-3000

Local Newspapers
Queens Chronicle – South Queens Edition	Howard Beach Times	The Forum South

Parks and Playgrounds
Park Strip S. Conduit Ave. & 88 Street	Spring Creek Park Addition 157th Drive, 158th Avenue, Sheridan Street	PS 207 (Walter Ward Playground) 88 & 89 Sts & 160 Avenue
PS 232 (Harold Schneiderman Playground) 155 Avenue & 83rd Street

Police Department
106th Precinct 103-53 101st Street Ozone Park NY , 11414 phone: (718) 845-2211

Post Office
Howard Beach Post Office 160-50 Crossbay Blvd Howard Beach NY , 11414-9997 phone: (800) 275-8777	Station B Post Office 102-12 159th Ave Howard Beach NY , 11414-9993 phone: (800) 275-8777

Private / Parochial Schools
Our Lady of Grace 158-20 101 Street Howard Beach NY , 11414-0114 phone: (718) 848-7440	Saint Helen Elementary School 155-55 Crossbay Boulevard Howard Beach NY , 11414 phone: (718) 217-4242 fax: (718) 641-8290

Public Elementary Schools
PS 146 Howard Beach 98-01 159 Avenue Howard Beach NY , 11414 phone: (718) 843-4880 fax: (718) 641-0901	PS 207 Rockwood Park 159-15 88 Street Howard Beach NY , 11414 phone: (718) 848-2700 fax: (718) 848-4226	PS 232 Lindenwood 153-23 83 Street Howard Beach NY , 11414 phone: (718) 848-9247 fax: (718) 738-8505

Public Intermediate / Junior High Schools
JHS 202 Robert H. Goddard 138-30 Lafayette Street Ozone Park NY , 11414 phone: (718) 848-0001 fax: (718) 848-8082

Senior Centers
Howard Beach Senior Center 156-45 84 Street Howard Beach NY , 11414 phone: (718) 738-8100	Our Lady of Grace 158-50 101 Street Howard Beach NY , 11414 phone: (718) 845-6635

Elected Officials
NYC Council Hon. Eric Ulrich EUlrich@council.nyc.gov
District Office Address 93-06 101st Avenue Ozone Park NY, 11416 phone: (718) 738-1083 fax: (718) 738-1918	Legislative Office Address 250 Broadway, Suite 1555 New York NY, 10007 phone: (212) 788-7069
NYS Assembly Hon. Phillip Goldfeder GoldfederP@assembly.state.ny.us
District Office 214 Beach 96th Street Rockaway Beach NY, 11693 phone: (718) 945-9550 fax: (718) 945-9549	Albany Office LOB, Room 834 Albany NY, 12248 phone: (518) 455-4292 fax: (518) 455-4723
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. Hakeem Jeffries
District Office 55 Hanson Place, Suite 603 Brooklyn NY, 11217 phone: (718) 237-2211 fax: (718) 237-2273	Legislative Office 1339 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC, 20515 phone: (202) 225-5936 fax: (202) 225-1018
Boro President Hon. Melinda Katz Info@queensbp.org

Mayor Hon. Bill de Blasio

History

Howard Beach’s earliest inhabitants were Canarsie and Rockaway Indians, and, later, English settlers, all attracted to rich fishing sites at Hawtree Creek and Jamaica Bay. The area was called Remsen’s Landing during the 1770’s, after Col. Jeramus Remsen, its largest landowner and a Revolutionary War Regiment leader.

By 1900, Howard Beach earned the nickname “The Venice of Long Island” for its many waterways, and the name “Ramblersville” was adopted by residents along Hawtree Creek when a visitor remarked about the charm of the sleepy fishing village. The community takes its present name from a Brooklyn glove manufacturer, William J. Howard, who operated a goat farm near Aqueduct as a source of skins for his business, and who opened a hotel and cottage community around the turn of the century. “Hotel Howard” became popular with the rich and famous, and boasted a pier that stretched two thousand feet into Jamaica Bay. Though the resort was destroyed by fire in 1907, Mr. Howard went on to develop land in the area, and the first model home of “Howard Estates” opened in 1913.

The extension of the New York City subway system, completion of a sewer line, and the opening of Aqueduct Racetrack spurred a housing boom, generating a cluster of small developments, such as West Hamilton Beach, Lindenwood, and Rockwood Park, which comprise modern Howard Beach, an amalgam of private homes, cooperative housing, condominiums, and garden apartments. Cross Bay Boulevard is a vigorous and bustling commercial strip. The population is largely Italian-American and Jewish-American.

Library services to the Howard Beach community were provided by Bookmobile until April, 1963, when a rented storefront was opened at 155-12 Cross Bay Boulevard, the Library system’s 52nd neighborhood branch. In 1979, services were moved to the present location, a city-owned building at 92-06 156 Avenue.

Sources:

Jackson, Kenneth T., ed. Encyclopedia of New York City

Ranft, Richard. “History of Howard Beach”, Queens Forum, June 13, 1997