![]() Apr 23 3:00PM --to-- 6:00PM Homework HelpLocation: Middle Village Registration: Not required Homework help for children, grades K-6. From 3:00-6:00 PM. Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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![]() Apr 23 5:00PM --to-- 5:30PM Beginning ReaderLocation: Middle Village Registration: Not required Come to the library and read with your children. Beginning readers and their caregivers are welcome to join us in promoting positive reading experiences with your child and a librarian. Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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![]() Apr 25 10:30AM --to-- 11:15AM Toddler TimeLocation: Middle Village Registration: Not required Join us for Toddler Time! Children can enjoy stories, songs, fingerplays, and all around fun. Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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![]() Apr 25 4:00PM --to-- 5:00PM Crafts For KidsLocation: Middle Village Registration: Not required Join us to create fun crafts for kids. 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 4:30PM --to-- 6:00PM Chess ClubLocation: Middle Village Registration: Not required A time for chess play and instruction for kids 6-11. 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 10:30AM --to-- 11:15AM Mother Goose TimeLocation: Middle Village Registration: Not required Join us for our Mother Goose program! Stories, songs, finger-plays, and more. This fun program is for children 6 months to 2 years old, with a caregiver. 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 11:45AM --to-- 12:30PM Picture Book TimeLocation: Middle Village Registration: Not required Join us for picture book storytime for preschool children and their caregivers. Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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Free computer access is available at all the libraries. The Middle Village Community Library has:
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International Language Collections at the Middle Village Community Library include:
Special Interest/Noteworthy Collections at the Middle Village Community Library include:
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Child Care / Preschools | ||
Books & Rattles Inc. 63-08 69th Pl. Middle Village NY , 11379 phone: (718) 381-7777 | Learning Tree 74-15 Juniper Boulevard North Middle Village NY , 11379 phone: (718) 899-2020 | Positive Beginnings 72-52 Metropolitan Avenue Middle Village NY , 11379 phone: (718) 326-0055 |
Ready To Learn - Crowley Education Center 67-52 79th Street Middle Village NY , 11379 phone: (718) 326-8018 |
Community Board | ||
Community Organizations & Services | ||
Community of Middle Village Youth Center 62-71 Dry Harbor Road Middle Village NY , 11379 phone: (718) 335-8166 |
Fire Department | ||
Engine 291/Ladder 140 56-07 Metropolitan Avenue Maspeth NY , 11378 |
Local Hospitals | ||
Parks and Playgrounds | ||
Juniper Valley Park 80th Street & Juniper Boulevard South Middle Village NY , 11379 | Middle Village Playground 79th St & 68th Rd & 69th Avenue Middle Village NY , 11379 |
Police Department | ||
104th Precinct 64-02 Catalpa Ave. Ridgewood NY , 11385 phone: (718) 386-3004 |
Post Office | ||
Middle Village Station 71-35 Metropolitan Avenue Middle Village NY , 11379 phone: (800) 275-8777 |
Private / Parochial Schools | ||
Christ The King Regional High School (9-12) 68-02 Metropolitan Avenue Middle Village NY , 11379 phone: (718) 366-7400 | St. Margaret's RC Church School (PK-6) 66-10 80th Street Middle Village NY , 11379 phone: (718) 326-0922 |
Public Elementary Schools | ||
PS 49 Dorothy Bonawit Kole School School (K-5) 79-15 Penelope Avenue Middle Village NY , 11379 phone: (718) 326-2111 | PS 87 Middle Village School (PK-7) 67-54 80th Street Middle Village NY , 11379 phone: (718) 326-8243 | PS 1128 Juniper Valley School (K-5) 69-26 65th Drive Middle Village NY , 11379 phone: (718) 894-8385 |
Senior Centers | ||
Middle Village Older Adult Center 69-10 75th Street Middle Village NY , 11379 phone: (718) 894-3441 |
Elected Officials | |
NYC Council Hon. Robert Holden RHolden@council.nyc.gov | |
District Office64-69 Dry Harbor Road Middle Village NY, 11379 phone: (718) 366-3900 fax: (718) 326-3549 | Manhattan Office Address 250 Broadway, 1774 New York NY , 10007 phone: (212) 788-7381 fax: (212) 227-7164 |
NYS Assembly Hon. Andrew Hevesi HevesiA@nyassembly.gov | |
District Office 70-50 Austin Street, Suite 118 Forest Hills NY, 11375 phone: (718) 263-5595 fax: (718) 263-5688 | Albany Office LOB, Room 844 Albany NY, 12248 phone: (518) 455-4926 fax: (518) 455-5173 |
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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Middle Village was named as such because it was the middle point from Williamsburgh to Jamaica on the Williamsburgh and Jamaica Turnpike Road, which is now Metropolitan Avenue. The name also has its origin in that it was the midpoint for farmers from eastern Queens who traveled to the ferry at Newtown Creek. Another origin of the name comes about because it is an anglicization of Middleburgh, Newtown's original name.
The Middle Village Community Library serves the area bounded by Woodhaven Blvd. to the east, Eliot Ave. to the north, 69th St. to the west, and the LIRR tracks and Cooper Ave. to the south. Middle Village was founded in 1850. It grew from farmland to a prosperous community after the New York City Council announced that no further burials would be permitted on Manhattan Island after May 1, 1851. The farmland was purchased by several church groups for cemeteries. Florists, monument makers, and taverns flourished as business and industry expanded.
The area thrived until the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge in 1883 when people found it easier to travel more rapidly. By 1902, the population reached 1,300. The community continued to grow steadily. By the 1940s, much of the farmland was developed with residential homes.
Until recently, the working-class neighborhood of Middle Village was predominantly Italian. Immigrants from Latin America, Poland, Soviet Union, and Ireland have been moving in, attracted by reasonable rents and central location in New York City.
Middle Village is made up largely of private and two-family homes. There are some garden apartments, though no real large apartment buildings like those found in nearby communities like Forest Hills or Rego Park and along Woodhaven Blvd. New construction, though, has been taking place in the area with the building of a number of multiple-dwelling homes on the blocks around Metropolitan Avenue and near Juniper Valley Park, a noteworthy local attraction and neighborhood favorite location.
Sources:
Middle Village: 145 years of change. The Juniper Berry, June/July 1994, p.26.
Middle Village, NY: Queens Neighborhood Profile: http://queens.about.com/cs/neighborhoods/p/middle_village.htm
The Library was opened in a shoe store in 1911. Later it moved to a seed store for eight years and after that it was located in several different stores. In April 1967, the branch was re-opened in a modern rental building on Metropolitan Avenue, a location that, after a number of years of being unoccupied, re-opened as a 99 cent store. Then, in July 1990, the branch moved to a new rental location a few blocks west, at 72-31 Metropolitan Avenue. This location, the present Community Library, occupies part of the street-level floor of the condominium building at the same 72-31 Metropolitan Avenue address, with the Library's entrance located on the building's western side, while the branch's meeting room is situated on the eastern side. Due to this unique location, from its outside appearance the branch appears quite small. But the reality is that inside, the branch is really a full-sized library facility with regular adult and juvenile rooms, programming for all age levels and, in the spring of 2005, the branch was the host for two art exhibitions.