![]() Apr 24 12:00PM --to-- 1:00PM Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)Location: Kew Gardens Hills Registration: Not required Do you have a gadget or device you need help with? Come bring your device and get one-on-one help. Registration is not required. Please call the Kew Gardens Hills Library for further information. Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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![]() Apr 24 2:00PM --to-- 3:00PM The Singing Violins, Featuring Claremont Strings and Ensembles Location: Kew Gardens Hills Registration: Not required A duo from Claremont Strings will perform music from Classical, Baroque, and Romantic eras. Come enjoy hits by Mozart, Bach, Tchaikovsky and some highlights from operas and symphonies. | |||||||||
![]() Apr 25 3:30PM --to-- 5:30PM The Quilting Project Location: Kew Gardens Hills Registration: Registration is not yet open for this program. Please check back closer to the program date. Professional teaching artist Karen Fitzgerald leads the class in sewing, planning and quilting processes to create a quilt project from small to large. Participants will learn about the different types of fabrics and approaches to designing a quilt. If you have never used a sewing machine, sewing lessons are included. This is a 9 session course, including a culminating event. Please call 718-261-6654 to register for this class. Space is limited. Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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![]() Apr 26 6:15PM --to-- 7:15PM Zumba: Latin Dance Fitness Location: Kew Gardens Hills Registration: Online or by phone Availability: 20 openings Instructor Meiling Schumm uses Latin dance moves to create a workout that helps you lose fat, build muscle, and feel more energized. Dress in exercise clothes, bring a bottle of water, and come early to complete an exercise release form. Preregistration is required. Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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![]() Apr 27 10:00AM --to-- 12:00PM ESOL Technology ClassLocation: Kew Gardens Hills Registration: Online or by phone Availability: 12 openings The ESOL Technology Program will prepare English language learners to use various computer software programs in order to improve their computer and English skills. Students will use Microsoft Office to draft electronic documents and spreadsheets with transferrable skills related to the job search process. This program is funded by NYC Council Member Rory Lancman. Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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![]() Apr 30 4:00PM --to-- 5:00PM Art History Lecture SeriesLocation: Kew Gardens Hills Registration: Not required The art history series will be led by Mary Dono. It is part of the Older Adult Services. Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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![]() Apr 30 6:15PM --to-- 7:15PM Zumba Gold WorkshopLocation: Kew Gardens Hills Registration: Not required Zumba Gold uses dance moves mixed with exercise for an effective low-impact workout. Wear loose clothing and sneakers. Preregistration by phone is required for all sessions. Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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![]() May 1 1:30PM --to-- 3:00PM Spring Gardening Series with Gil LopezLocation: Kew Gardens Hills Registration: Not required A three-session hands-on gardening workshop with Gil Lopez. Learn about tree pit gardening, sunflower planting, DIY subirrigated tomato planters, square foot milk-crate gardening, vertical gardens, and more. Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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![]() May 3 12:15PM --to-- 1:45PM Senior Game DayLocation: Kew Gardens Hills Registration: Not required Please join us for our weekly sessions of Senior Game Day. We have bingo, chess, and even mahjong to enjoy. Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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![]() May 3 4:15PM --to-- 5:00PM English Conversation GroupLocation: Kew Gardens Hills Registration: Not required Join us to improve your English conversation skills and meet other English learners. Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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![]() May 3 4:30PM --to-- 5:30PM Chair Yoga Irene Location: Kew Gardens Hills Registration: Not required There's no need to bring a mat to this yoga class. Irene Failenbogen will teach techniques and exercises that can be practiced while seated in chairs. Space is limited. Preregistration is required. Please wear workout clothing and sneakers. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() May 9 1:30PM --to-- 2:45PM Introduction to Microsoft OfficeLocation: Kew Gardens Hills Registration: Not required Learn the basic functions of Microsoft Office. Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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![]() May 16 10:30AM --to-- 11:30AM Healthy Eating for Older AdultsLocation: Kew Gardens Hills Registration: Not required Healthy Eating for Older Adults: Elissa Meditz, MS, RD, CSO, CDN, outpatient clinical dietitian/nutritionist from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, leads this program, a part of Older Adults Day at Kew Garden Hills. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() May 16 12:00PM --to-- 2:00PM Working with WatercolorsLocation: Kew Gardens Hills Registration: Not required Professional teaching artist Richard Estrin leads this one session workshop. Learn about color theory and the basics of watercolor painting. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() May 16 3:00PM --to-- 4:00PM Celebrate Jewish Culture in MusicLocation: Kew Gardens Hills Registration: Not required Cantor Irene Failenbogen is a singer-songwriter from Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is a crossover artist who has performed in operas, musical comedies, and theatre. She was trained as a Hazzan in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and lead liturgical services for Rosh HaShanah, Yom Kippur, and Shabbat. Celebrate Jewish culture in English, Hebrew, Ladino, and Yiddish. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() May 21 2:30PM --to-- 3:30PM Kew Gardens Hills Adult Book ClubLocation: Kew Gardens Hills Registration: Not required Please join us for our monthly book club discussion. "The Other Einstein" by Marie Benedict 3/19. "The Emperor's Children" by Claire Messud 4/16. "Another Brooklyn" by Jacqueline Woodson 5/21. "Dictionary of Mutual Understanding" by Jackie Copleton 7/16. Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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![]() May 21 6:00PM --to-- 7:00PM Gentle YogaLocation: Kew Gardens Hills Registration: Not required Leslie Taylor leads this gentle, beginning-level yoga class for older adults. First come first served, space is limited. Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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![]() Jun 3 12:30PM --to-- 1:45PM Sunday Movie Matinee for AdultsLocation: Kew Gardens Hills Registration: Not required Please join us for adult movie matinee. 6/3: "Hidden Figures" (2017, PG) PG 6/24: "Sunset Boulevard"(1950) Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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![]() Jun 3 2:00PM --to-- 3:00PM Violinist Akiko KobayashiLocation: Kew Gardens Hills Registration: Not required New York-born violinist Akiko Kobayashi performs the works of Telemann, Max Reger, Ysaye, and Bach. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() Jun 5 3:00PM --to-- 4:00PM Nutrition Labels: Interpreting the FactsLocation: Kew Gardens Hills Registration: Not required Learn how to read and understand nutrition information labels. Make healthier eating choices by learning how to interpret calories, serving size, fat and sodium content, and more. Presented by RN Kathy Moran. Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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![]() Jun 7 6:00PM --to-- 7:00PM Beginning Tai ChiLocation: Kew Gardens Hills Registration: Not required Instructor Kevin M. Sullivan teaches participants a gentle form of martial arts often referred to as "meditation in motion." Space is limited on a first come, first-served basis. Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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![]() Jun 13 3:00PM --to-- 4:30PM Managing DepressionLocation: Kew Gardens Hills Registration: Not required PEARLS by Visiting Nurse Service of New York. Do you know of a senior who seems sad all the time, lost interest in things they used to love, or is having trouble sleeping or loss of appetite? Feeling sad or blue from time to time is normal, but it should fade away after a few days. The Visiting Nurse Services of New York offers free screenings for participation in their new program called PEARLS. You must be 65 or older and live in Queens or Manhattan. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() Jun 14 2:00PM --to-- 3:00PM Jewelry Making WorkshopsLocation: Kew Gardens Hills Registration: Not required Jewelry Making workshop with Phyllis Ger. Register at the Kew Garden Hills Library 718-261-6654 Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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![]() Jun 26 2:00PM --to-- 3:00PM Classic ConcertLocation: Kew Gardens Hills Registration: Not required "Music critics have described I-Heung Lee's performance as graceful, thoughtful and intelligent, touched with a unique style of artistic sophistication. Ms. Lee performs extensively in Asia as well as at Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall in New York. Her repertoire includes works by Mozart, Franz Liszt, Maurice Ravel and Frederic Chopin." | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() Jul 10 3:00PM --to-- 5:00PM Watercolor/Collage Greeting Card ProjectLocation: Kew Gardens Hills Registration: Not required A two-session workshop with teaching artist Karen Fitzgerald. Learn basic techniques of drawing, composition, color, collage, and printmaking. Create original greeting cards using collage and printmaking processes. Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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![]() Jul 24 2:00PM --to-- 3:00PM Music for the SoulLocation: Kew Gardens Hills Registration: Not required Sean Condron, born in Queens to Irish parents, is a modern day bard whose repertoire spans the length and breadth of American music, itself a melting pot of world influences - from sentimental favorites to Italian and Spanish classics and everything in between. Armed with just a guitar and voice, his energetic and humor filled performances have delighted audiences the world over. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() Aug 21 2:00PM --to-- 3:00PM Flutes of the World: A Concert by Tereasa PayneLocation: Kew Gardens Hills Registration: Not required Tereasa Payne, flautist from NYC, presents an exciting program of flutes from around the world. Pan flutes, Ocarinas, Native American flutes and more! Tereasa performs solos on each of these world flutes, while sharing interesting anecdotes about the history and cultural significance of each one! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() Oct 3 2:00PM --to-- 4:00PM Working with WatercolorsLocation: Kew Gardens Hills Registration: Registration is not yet open for this program. Please check back closer to the program date. Professional teaching artist Richard Estrin leads this nine session sequential Introduction to Watercolor workshop. Learn about color theory and the basics of watercolor painting. Pre-registration is required. Call Kew Garden Hills Library to register 718-261-6654 Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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Special Interest/Noteworthy Collections at the Kew Gardens Hills Community Library include:
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Child Care / Preschools | ||
ECLC (Early Childhood Learning Center) 71-25 Main Street Kew Gardens Hills NY , 11367 phone: (718) 268-7085 | Positive Beginnings Special education for language impaired children (ambulatory only) 71-25 Main Street Kew Gardens Hills NY , 11367 phone: (718) 261-0211 | P.S. 165 (PK-6) Includes nursery school 70-35 150 Street Kew Gardens Hills NY , 11367 phone: (718) 263-4004 |
Queen of Peace Includes nursery school 141-25 77 Road Kew Gardens Hills NY , 11367 phone: (718) 969-3640 | Stepping Stone Special education (early childhood intervention) 77-40 Vleigh Place Kew Gardens Hills NY , 11367 phone: (718) 591-9093 | Yeshiva of Central Queens 147-37 70 Road Kew Gardens Hills NY , 11367 phone: (718) 793-8500 |
Community Board | ||
Community Board District #8 197-15 Hillside Avenue Hollis NY , 11423 phone: (718) 264-7895 fax: (718) 264-7910 |
Community Organizations & Services | ||
Beacon 168 / Parsons J.H.S. 158-40 76 Road Flushing NY , 11366 phone: (718) 820-0760 | ||
Kew Gardens Hills Civic Association P.O. Box 670085 Kew Gardens Hills NY , 11367 phone: (718) 263-1760 |
Fire Department | ||
Engine 315 Ladder 125 159-06 Union Turnpike Flushing NY , 11366 |
Local Hospitals | ||
Local Newspapers | ||
Parks and Playgrounds | ||
Albert Mauro Playground West side of Park Dr. East btwn Union Turnpike and | Flushing Meadows Corona Park Grand Central Parkaway, Van Wyck Expressway | Freedom Square Park Vleigh pl., west side of Main St. & 73 Terrace |
Haym Salomon Square 72nd rd, btwn Vleigh Pl. and east side of Main St. | Vleigh Place Park Vleigh Place btwn 141 St. & Union Turnpike |
Police Department | ||
Post Office | ||
Flushing Station C 75-23 Main Street Flushing NY , 11367 phone: (718) 544-0989 |
Private / Parochial Schools | ||
Queen of Peace (PK-8) 141-25 77 Road Kew Gardens Hills NY , 11367 phone: (718) 969-3640 | Rabbinical Seminary of America High School (Boys only, 9-12) 76-01 147 Street Kew Gardens Hills NY , 11367 phone: (718) 263-1446 | Shevach High School (Girls only, 9-12) 75-09 Main Street Kew Gardens Hills NY , 11367 phone: (718) 263-0525 |
Yeshiva Berachel David-Torah High School (Boys only, 9-12) 150-62 78 Road Kew Gardens Hills NY , 11367 phone: (718) 849-4140 | Yeshiva Ketana of Queens (Boys only, PK-8) 78-15 Parsons Blvd. Flushing NY , 11366 phone: (718) 969 – 1000 | Yeshiva of Central Queens (PK-8) 147-37 70 Road Kew Gardens Hills NY , 11367 phone: (718) 793-8500 |
Yeshivah Education for Special Students (K-8) 147-37 70 Road Kew Gardens Hills NY , 11367 phone: (718) 268-5976 |
Public Elementary Schools | ||
P.S. 164 (K-6) 138-01 77 Ave Kew Gardens Hills NY , 11367 phone: (718) 544-1083 | P.S. 165 (PK-6) 70-35 150 Street Kew Gardens Hills NY , 11367 phone: (718) 263-4004 | P.S. 499 (K-6) 148-20 Reeves Avenue Kew Gardens Hills NY , 11367 phone: (718) 461-7462 |
Public Intermediate / Junior High Schools | ||
Robert F. Kennedy Community Middle School (I 250, 5-8) 75-40 Parsons Blvd Flushing NY , 11366 phone: (718) 591-3015 | Robert F. Kennedy Collaborative H.S. (Q 670, 9-12) 75-40 Parsons Blvd. Flushing NY , 11366 phone: (718) 969-5510 |
Elected Officials | |
NYC Council Hon. Rory Lancman RLancman@council.nyc.gov | |
District Office Address 78-40 164th Street Hillcrest NY , 11366 phone: (718) 217-4969 fax: (347) 561-6116 | Manhattan Office Address 250 Broadway, Suite 1773 New York NY , 10007 phone: (212) 788-6956 fax: (212) 676-0471 |
NYS Assembly Hon. Daniel Rosenthal Beckstk@nyassembly.gov | |
District Office Address 159-06 71st Avenue Flushing NY, 11365 phone: (718) 969-1508 fax: (718) 969-8326 | Albany Office LOB, Room 431 Albany NY, 12248 phone: (518) 455-4404 fax: (518) 455-5408 |
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, Suite A 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 | |
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Mayor Hon. Bill de Blasio | |
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The Kew Gardens Hills Community Library is located at 72-33 Vleigh Place. The name Vleigh Place comes from the swamps which existed beside Flushing Creek. Until 1801, this prevented direct routes between Flushing and the west so traffic only went as far as Kew Gardens. This connected with the road which circled the head of the marshland and ran north to Flushing. This road was called Head of the Vleigh Road for the Dutch word, also written Vly or Fly, which means “valley” or “swamp”. In 1937, the name was changed to Vleigh Place.
Kew Gardens Hills is related to Kew Gardens in name only. The neighborhood has also been referred to variously as “East Forest Hills” and “Queens Valley”. The legend is that Abraham Wolosoff, who developed a community of small homes and apartments in southwest Flushing in the 1930s, became so impressed with what he perceived as the classy neighborhood, he incorporated the name into his development. The hilliness of the area helped contribute to its name.
During the 1700s the area was owned by William Furman, who called his farm Willow Glen. The land was later sold to Timothy Jackson, who developed trotting horses. Although the area was still farmland in the late 1800s, improved transportation was attracting developers and businessmen. The Queens Valley Golf Club was opened in 1933, followed by the Arrowhead and Pomonok courses.
The expansion of the IND subway, coupled with the linkage of the Kew Gardens interchange on the Grand Central Parkway and the paving of Queens Boulevard, led to 1,200 new residents moving into the neighborhood and hundreds of new homes being built. The opening of the World’s Fair in 1939 also spurred growth. Early arrivals included German, Irish and Italian families moving out from Brooklyn and Manhattan.
Eventually, thousands of apartments were built in garden apartment complexes and low-rise three to six story buildings due to the demand for housing after World War II. Most of the units were originally built as rentals but were converted to non-eviction co-ops during the 1980’s, greatly diminishing the area’s rental supply.
The Orthodox community took root in 1950 when 15 families founded the congregation of Young Israel of Forest Hills. There are now at least 20 synagogues, large and small.
Among more recent immigrants have been Indians, Afghans and other Asians, and Jews from former republics of the Soviet Union.
The Queens Borough Public Library provided service to the Kew Gardens Hills community initially by Book Bus in 1943. The first regularly scheduled stop was at the Regency Park Apartments at 78th Avenue and Main Street. Nine years later, a second stop was added for the Park Drive Section at Jewel Avenue and 138th Street. The Regency Park book bus stop was moved to its final location across the street from the new Queens County Savings Bank.
On February 14, 1954, the branch opened in the new building of the Queens County Savings Bank, a building modeled after Independence Hall in Philadelphia. It had the unique distinction of being the first air-conditioned library in Queens.
On March 13, 1967, the present location was opened in a large, city owned building. A dedication ceremony was held, presided over by then-Library Director Harold W. Tucker.
The branch was closed for renovations for several months in 1985, re-opening in October.
On April 16th, 1998, the name of the branch was officially changed from “Vleigh” to “Kew Gardens Hills” to more accurately reflect the geographic location of the branch.