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International Language Collections at the Poppenhusen Community Library include:
Special Interest/Noteworthy Collections at the Poppenhusen Community Library include:
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Child Care / Preschools | ||
Flushing YMCA Nursery School 13846 Northern Blvd Flushing NY , 11354 phone: (718) 961-6884 | Little Angels Day Care 3-17 127 St. College Point NY , 11356 phone: (718) 353-0544 | Sensational Kids 12406 14th Ave. Flushing NY , 11356 phone: (718) 445-2580 |
Tutor Time Learning Ctr. 2556 Ulmer St. Flushing NY , 11354 phone: (718) 661-4700 | Little Kids on the Block Group Daycare, Inc. 18-34 120 St. College Point NY , 11356 phone: 718-359-1853 fax: | |
Community Board | ||
Community Board District # 7 45-35 Kissena Blvd. Flushing NY , 11355 phone: (718) 359-2800 fax: (718) 463-3891 |
Community Organizations & Services | ||
College Point Community Volunteer Ambulance Corps 123-06 18th Ave. College Point NY , 11356 phone: (718) 353-0199 | College Point Little League 1328 123rd St. College Point NY , 11356 phone: (718) 460-8408 | |
College Point Security Patrol P.O. Box 4563, College Point NY , 11356 | Everett F. Herrel Post 885 VFW 120-19 14th Road College Point NY , 11356 phone: (718) 762-8886 fax: (718) 762-8886 | Oscar Ammann Post 853 American Legion 120-17 18th Ave. College Point NY , 11356 phone: (718) 359-3029 |
College Point Arts Center 14-48 College Point Blvd. College Point NY , 11356 phone: 718-539-3550 fax: |
Fire Department | ||
Engine 273 Hook & Ladder 40-18 Union St. Flushing NY , 11354 |
Local Hospitals | ||
New York Hospital Queens 5645 Main St. Flushing NY , 11355 phone: (718) 670-1231 or (800) 282-6684 | Flushing Hospital Medical Center 4500 Parsons Boulevard Flushing NY , 11355 phone: (718) 670-5000 |
Local Newspapers | ||
Whitestone Times |
Parks and Playgrounds | ||
College Point Park College Point Blvd & 14th Ave. | Herman A. MacNeil Park Poppenhusen Ave, College Place 115 St, East River | Poppenhusen Playground 20th Ave. Between 23rd & 124th St |
Police Department | ||
Post Office | ||
College Point Branch 120-05 15 Ave. College Point NY , 11356 phone: (718) 359-8691 |
Private / Parochial Schools | ||
Holy Trinity School (1-8) 14-45 143rd St. Whitestone NY , 11357 phone: (718) 746-1479 | ||
Public Elementary Schools | ||
Community School District 25 30-48 Linden Place Flushing NY , 11354 phone: (718) 281-7600 fax: (718) 281-7608 | PS 29 (preK-5) 125-10 23rd Avenue College Point NY , 11356 phone: (718) 886-5111 fax: (718) 461-6812 |
Public High Schools | ||
Public Intermediate / Junior High Schools | ||
William H Carr Jr High # 194Q 15460 17th Ave Flushing NY , 11357 phone: (718) 746-0818 |
Senior Centers | ||
College Point Senior Luncheon Club 13-28 123rd St. College Point NY , 11356 phone: (718) 961-0344 fax: (718) 561-0349 | North Flushing Senior Citizen Club 22-38 College Point Blvd. College Point NY , 11356 phone: (718) 359-9488 |
Elected Officials | |
NYC Council Hon. Paul Vallone District19@council.nyc.gov | |
District Office Address 42-40 Bell Boulevard, Suite 507 Bayside NY, 11361 phone: (718) 619-8611 fax: (718) 631-4100 | Manhattan Office Address 250 Broadway, Suite 1841 New York NY, 10007 phone: 212-788-7250 fax: 212-788-1860 |
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. 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 |
US Congress Hon. Joseph Crowley | |
District Office 82-11 37th Avenue, Suite 402 Astoria NY , 11372 phone: (718) 779-1400 fax: (718) 505-0156 | Legislative Office 1035 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC, 20515 phone: (202) 225-3965 fax: (202) 225-1909 |
Boro President Hon. Melinda Katz Info@queensbp.org | |
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Mayor Hon. Bill de Blasio | |
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In 1645, the Matinecock tribe sold 17,000 wooded acres of land to the Governor of the New Netherlands, Willem Kieft, who parceled the land out among Dutch and English settlers. A descendant of English nobility named William Lawrence received 900 acres in an area called Tew’s Neck, as it was then called. In this way, he became College Point’s first English settler. Later, a gentleman named Eliphalet Stratton acquired 320 acres of this original parcel, and Lawrence Neck became Strattonport. In 1838, the Reverend William Augustus Muhlenberg, rector of St. George Episcopal Church in Flushing, founded St. Paul’s College on the site of what is now MacNeil Park. This institution lasted less than a decade, but its name became permanently stamped on the entire community of College Point.
In the 1850’s, a German immigrant named Conrad Poppenhusen arrived in College Point and changed it forever. The process known as Vulcanization – the process of treating rubber to give it strength and durability – had recently been discovered, and Poppenhusen saw the economic potential. He was able to use hard rubber to replace whalebone (which was the standard at the time) in everything from ladies corsets to scientific equipment. Poppenhusen built a large factory in the area, employing hundreds of immigrant workers and constructed a model community with schools, water and sewage systems, a branch of the Long Island Railroad, and a cobblestone road to Flushing. The very first free Kindergarten in the United States was established by Conrad Poppenhusen at the Poppenhusen Institute, an edifice he created for the education and enlightenment of his workers. The original core collection of what would become the Library was housed within the Poppenhusen Institute.
In the year 1904, when Theodore Roosevelt was President of the United States, the Poppenhusen Branch of the Queens Borough Public Library opened its doors to an enthusiastic community. It was constructed of brick and stone in the Classical Revival style by Heins and LaFarge, and was one of the original Carnegie buildings in the Queens system. Only six of these remain in the borough. While the building itself was financed by railroad magnate Andrew Carnegie, the land was donated by the citizens of the College Point community. The core of the original collection was donated by Conrad Poppenhusen and family, comprised of the books that had originally been housed at the Poppenhusen Institute. In addition to achieving Landmark status, the branch has gone through a complete interior renovation which preserves its stately appearance while enhancing library service with modern technology. The library celebrated its official Centennial in October of 2004. The Poppenhusen branch proudly bears the name of the historic benefactor of College Point.
While College Point had become known during the latter part of the 19th Century as the hard rubber capital of the Northeast, plastics would eventually take over and replace hard rubber as a component in the manufacture of small consumer goods. The rubber company Mr. Poppenhusen had established at College Point moved to New Jersey in the 1930’s, and the last of the College Point rubber factories closed in the 1970’s. College Point is still home to a number of small businesses and factories, and its community remains vital and involved, solidified by long-time residents and merchants, and revitalized by new immigrant families. College Point, with its many changes over time, still maintains a waterside, small-town feel.