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Celebrate the Holidays at Queens Library!
Gather your family and friends and celebrate the holiday season at the Library!
Join us for Christmas tree decorating, Kwanzaa celebrations, Hanukkah crafts, concerts, movies, and more.
Plus, you can view our collections of recommended holiday books and holiday movies, available to borrow from your community ...
It’s Time for Kind
It’s time for kind at the Library and beyond this holiday season.
At all Queens Library locations, you can join us for many special programs for people of all ages.
You can also donate to our canned food drive in partnership with the Food Bank For NYC from November 19 to 30, share ...
Enter the Queens Library Naturalize Lottery!
Are you a green card holder? Are you able to complete your citizenship application by the end of December?
If so, you could enter the Queens Library Naturalize Lottery, funded by the New York State Office for New Americans, for the chance to have your citizenship application costs waived!
Winners will ...
Double Your Impact This Holiday Season!
You have a special opportunity to double the impact of your gift to Queens Library this holiday season!
Thanks to a generous donor who wishes to motivate others in the Queens community to support our Library, your gift will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $25,000.
Your gift right now goes twice as ...
All of Us Deserve Palaces
Eric Klinenberg, author of the new book Palaces for The People, advocates for libraries as part of social infrastructure that promotes interactions between people from all walks of life.
“I became a scholar because I learned to love libraries,” Klinenberg says. While working on ...
Winter Health & Safety Tips
As the temperatures drop in New York City, it’s important to focus on health and safety when braving the cold this season.
Dr. David Slotwiner, chief of Cardiology, and Dr. Jeffrey Rosen, chairman, Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, and their fellow physicians from ...
Spend Time Thinking about Your Dreams
Alice Robb has always been curious about her own dreams—which she says “have been very vivid for as long as I can remember.”
Her new book, Why We Dream: The Transformative Power of Our Nightly Journey, is a fresh approach to explain how dreams work, what dreams are for, and how dreams ...
Holiday Places in Queens
We asked Joe DiStefano, author of 111 Places in Queens That You Must Not Miss, to share his favorite locations in Queens that embody the spirit of the holidays.
He chose places like the Gurdwara Sikh Cultural Society, Gottscheer Hall, the Flushing Free Synagogue, and more.
Be sure to visit them, ...
The World Is Wide Enough for Us All
Genevieve Cogman is a British fantasy writer whose fifth book in the Invisible Library series was published this November.
She told Queens Library Magazine about how the rules of the library in her books were established, her writing process, influences, and more.
“We get far more out of ...
QI 2018: Celebrate Queens Artists in the Library
Queens International 2018: Volumes (QI 2018) opened at the Queens Museum in October, and on Saturday, November 10, for the first time ever, the Queens International will extend offsite, with art installations in three Queens Library branches: Lefrak City, Flushing, and Central Library in Jamaica.
Since it ...
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International Language Collections at the North Hills Community Library include:
Special Interest/Noteworthy Collections at the North Hills Community Library include:
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| Child Care / Preschools | ||
Samuel Field YM + YMHA 58-20 Little Neck Parkway Queens NY , 11362 phone: (718) 225-6750 | Marathon Childhood Center 245-37 60th Avenue Little Neck NY , 11362 | Nursery School of Community Church - Little Neck 46-16 Little Neck Parkaway Little Neck NY , 11362 |
TASC @ MS67/Queens Child Guidance Center 51-60 Marathon Parkway Little Neck NY , 11362 phone: (718) 423-8179 fax: (718) 423-8281 | Community Church of Little Neck UPK (Nursery School) 46-16 Little Neck Pkway Little Neck NY , 11362 phone: (718)229-9389 | ABC Early Learning Center 5425 Little Neck Pkwy Little Neck NY , 11362 phone: (718) 225-8044 |
| Community Board | ||
| Community Organizations & Services | ||
Alley Pond Environment Center 228-06 Northern Boulevard Douglaston NY , 11363 phone: (718)224-9450 | Douglaston Little Neck Historical Society 328 Manor Road Douglaston NY , 11363 | |
Little Neck-Douglaston Community Ambulance Corps, Inc. 42-18 Marathon Parkway Little Neck NY , 11363 phone: (718) 229-0400 | Samuel Field Y 58-20 Little Neck Parkway Little Neck NY , 11362 phone: (718)225-6750 | |
| Fire Department | ||
Engine 326, Ladder 160 64-04 Springfield Blvd. Bayside NY , 11364 | ||
| Local Hospitals | ||
Long Island Jewish Medical Center 270-05 76th Avenue, New Hyde Park NY , 11040 phone: (718) or (516) 470-7000 | ||
| Local Newspapers | ||
| Parks and Playgrounds | ||
Douglaston Park 244 St, 242 St, 61 Ave., Commonwealth Blvd., 72 Av | JHS 67 Playground (Louis Pasteur) 52 Ave. bet 248 St. and Marathon Parkway Queens NY , 11362 | PS 187 Playground (251st) W/S 251 St. bet 61 & 63 Avenues Little Neck NY , 11362 |
| Police Department | ||
111th Precinct 45-06 215 Street Bayside NY , 11361 phone: (718) 279-5200 | ||
| Post Office | ||
Horace Harding Post Office 5601 Marathon Pkwy Little Neck NY , 11362-9993 phone: (800) 275-8777 fax: (718) 321-5975 | ||
| Private / Parochial Schools | ||
St. Anastasia (PK-8) 45-11 245th Street Little Neck NY , 11362 phone: (718) 631-3153 | Yeshivat Ohr Haim (K-6) 5427 Little Neck Parkway Little Neck NY , 11362 phone: (718) 658-7066 | |
| Public Elementary Schools | ||
PS 221 North Hills School (PK - 5) 57-40 Marathon Parkway Little Neck NY , 11362 phone: (718) 423-8825 | PS 94 David Porter School (K-5) 41-77 Little Neck Parkway Little Neck NY , 11362 phone: (718)423-8491 | |
| Public Intermediate / Junior High Schools | ||
MS 67 Louis Pasteur Middle School (6-9) 51-60 Marathon Parkway Little Neck NY , 11362 phone: (718)423-8138 | ||
| Senior Centers | ||
Community Education Resource Center 51-60 Marathon Parkway Little Neck NY , 11362 | ||
| Elected Officials | |
| NYC Council Hon. Barry Grodenchik M23@council.nyc.gov | |
District Office Address 73-03 Bell Boulevard Oakland Gardens NY , 11364 phone: (718) 468-0137 fax: (718) 468-0178 | Manhattan Office 250 Broadway, Suite 1744 New York NY , 10007 phone: (212) 788-7075 fax: (212) 608-6382 |
| NYS Assembly Hon. Edward C. Braunstein BraunsteinE@nyassembly.gov | |
District Office 213-33 39th Avenue, Suite 238 Bayside NY, 11361 phone: (718) 357-3588 fax: (718) 357-5947 | Albany Office LOB, Room 557 Albany NY , 12248 phone: (518) 455-5425 fax: (518) 455-4648 |
| 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 902, 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 | |
| US Congress Hon. Thomas Souzzi | |
District Office 250-02 Northern Boulevard Little Neck NY, 11362 phone: (718) 631-0400 | Legislative Office 226 Cannon HOB DC Washington , 20515 phone: (202) 225-3335 fax: (202) 225-4669 |
History
The area known as North Hills, situated in Little Neck, New York, is roughly rectangular in shape. It is bounded westerly by the Long Island Expressway, southerly by the Douglaston Parkway, northerly by Nassau County and easterly, by the Grand Central Parkway service road. A part of North Hills also extends into Nassau County.
The early settlers of what is now the North Hills section of Little Neck were Matinecock Native Americans, who later sold the land to Thomas Foster in 1676. In the early 18th century, residents began calling the area Little Neck, as a “little neck” of land from the Douglaston Manor estate extended in the Little Neck Bay. During the American Revolution, the area became a stronghold for Loyalists.
Farming was the main economic activity. Goods were taken to market in Brooklyn by wagon. Improvements in transportation came in 1886, with the extension of the Long Island Railroad from Flushing. The area boasted a trolley service from 1910 to 1920.
By 1900, there were 200 telephones in town. Gossip was the order of the day; residents were able to eavesdrop on their neighbors’ calls, given the party line technology of the time.
In 1929, Little Neck became incorporated in order to enact its own zoning laws. Many estates were converted into housing developments and gated communities in the 1970s. Between 1970 and 1990, the area underwent a 25% population increase, from only 295 to 3453 residents respectively. The Westmoreland Civic Association has been very active in curtailing urban sprawl.
Library service to the North Hills area began when a traveling station was opened in a real estate office in Douglaston in 1914 and in Little Neck, in 1915, at Public School 42.
The two libraries were combined and relocated to Douglaston in 1935.
The residents of the North Hills area, however, longed for their own library. Their dreams were realized on February 3, 1964. The branch was renovated and reopened on June 22, 1987. The redesigned building is unique among the branches, as it features a 6000 square foot circular, domed edifice capped in the center by a crown celebrating the mythological Celtic warrior, Queen Medb. For their unique use of space and color, the architects won The Percent for the Arts and the Queens Chamber of Commerce Annual Building awards.
References
The Encyclopedia of New York City edited by Kenneth Jackson
The Encyclopedia of New York State, edited by Peter Eisenstadt
The Chronicle of Little Neck and Douglaston, by Lester Riley, 1936
Friends Group
Hours & Locations
57-04 Marathon Parkway
Little Neck, NY 11362
(718) 225-3550 
| Mon | 12:00 PM | - | 8:00 PM |
| Tue | 1:00 PM | - | 6:00 PM |
| Wed | 10:00 AM | - | 6:00 PM |
| Thu | 12:00 PM | - | 8:00 PM |
| Fri | 10:00 AM | - | 6:00 PM |
| Sat | 10:00 AM | - | 5:00 PM |
| Sun | Closed | ||
