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International Language Collections at the Queensboro Hill Community Library include:
Special Interest/Noteworthy Collections at the Queensboro Hill Community Library include:
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Child Care / Preschools | ||
Annette Berrien 137-40 45th Avenue, Floor Ground Flushing NY , 11355 phone: (718) 461-3251 | BO-RAM After School 140-30 Sanford Avenue Flushing NY , 11355 phone: (718) 359-4476 fax: (718) 888-3331 | Boon Church Chinese 43-72 Bowne Street Flushing NY , 11355 phone: (718) 445-7640 fax: (718) 445-5323 |
Beaco 189 Tasc Program 144-80 Barclay Avenue Flushing NY , 11355 phone: (718) 961-6014 fax: (718) 961-6030 |
Community Board | ||
Community Board District # 7 133-32 41st Road - Suite 3B Flushing NY , 11355 phone: (718)359-2800 fax: (718) 463-3891 |
Community Organizations & Services | ||
Queensboro Hill Jewish Center 156-03 Horace Harding Boulevard Flushing NY , 11367 phone: (718) 445-4141 | Bowne House 37-01 Bowne Street Flushing NY , 11355 phone: (718) 539-05128 | Chinese Cultural Center 41-61 Kissena Boulevard Flushing NY , 11355 phone: (718) 886-7770 |
Godwin-Ternbach Museum 65-30 Kissena Boulevard Flushing NY , 11355 phone: (718) 997-4747 | Tung Ching Chinese Center for the Arts 147-17 45th Avenue Flushing NY , 11355 phone: (718) 539-4682 | Angela Banks 133-24 Sandford Avenue, Apartment 1C Flushing NY , 11355 phone: (718) 886-1024 |
Fire Department | ||
Engine 273 / Ladder 129 40-18 Union Street Flushing NY , 11355 |
Local Hospitals | ||
Local Newspapers | ||
Parks and Playgrounds | ||
Queens Botanical Garden 43-50 Main Street Flushing NY , 11355 phone: (718) 886-3800 | Crocheron Park 215th Place and 33rd Road NY , | Alley Pond Environmental center 228-06 Northern Boulevard NY , phone: (718) 229-4000 |
Police Department | ||
Post Office | ||
Post Office 4165 Main Street Flushing NY , 11355 phone: (800) 275-8777 |
Private / Parochial Schools | ||
Townsend Harris High School 149-11 Melbourne Avenue Flushing NY , 11367 phone: (718) 263-1919 fax: (718) 575-4069 |
Public Elementary Schools | ||
PS 163 Flushing Heights 159-01 59 Avenue Flushing NY , 11365 phone: (718) 353-2514 | PS 024 Andrew Jackson 141-11 Holly Avenue Flushing NY , 11355 phone: (718) 359-2288 fax: (718) 460-3251 | PS 201 Kissena School 65-11 155 Street Flushing NY , 11367 phone: (718) 359-0620 |
Queens College School 65-30 Kissena Boulevard Flushing NY , 11367 phone: (718) 461-7462 |
Public High Schools | ||
Public Intermediate / Junior High Schools | ||
JHS 237 46-21 Colden Street Flushing NY , 11355 phone: (718) 353- 6464 |
Senior Centers | ||
CPC Queens Nan Shan 136-65 37th Avenue Flushing NY , 11354 phone: (718)358-3030 | Selfhelp Latimer Gardens Senior Center 34-30 137th Street Flushing NY , 11354 phone: (718) 961-3660 | Selfhelp Benjamin Rosenthal Senior Center 45-25 Kissena Boulevard Flushing NY , 11355 phone: (718) 886-5777 |
Selfhelp Prince St Senior Center 36-12 Prince Street Flushing NY , 11354 phone: (718 )961-4550 |
Elected Officials | |
NYC Council Hon. Peter Koo PKoo@council.nyc.gov | |
District Office Address 135-27 38th Avenue, Suite 388 Flushing NY, 11354 phone: (718) 888-8747 fax: (718) 888-0331 | Legislative Office Address 250 Broadway, Suite 1749 New York NY, 10007 phone: (212) 788-7022 |
NYS Assembly Hon. Nily D. Rozic RozicN@nyassembly.gov | |
District Office 159-16 Union Turnpike, Suite 210 Flushing NY , 11366 phone: (718) 820-0241 fax: (718) 820-0414 | Albany Office LOB, Room 547 Albany NY , 12248 phone: (518) 455-5172 fax: (518) 455-5479 |
NYS Senate Hon. Toby Ann Stavisky Stavisky@nysenate.gov | |
District Office 142-29 37th Avenue, Suite 1 Flushing NY, 11354 phone: (718) 445-0004 fax: (718) 445-8398 | Albany Office Room 706, Legislative Office Building Albany NY, 12247 phone: (518) 455-3461 fax: (518) 426-6857 |
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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Queensboro Hill is a relatively small and ethnically diverse residential community situated on the main line between Flushing and Jamaica. In the past, it was a section composed of large farms. The esteemed names of Whitson, Bowne and Elliot are part of the history of Queensboro Hill. The site now occupied by the library was once called “Ireland Hill” after a grist mill on Flushing Creek. Wheat or corn grown on the hill was carted down the hill to be ground at the mill. Later the neighborhood changed its name to Spring Hill, most likely after the well-known Spring Hill residence of Gov. Cadwallader Colden.
The name Queensboro Hill was adopted around 1900. In 1930, Queensboro Hill was described in the yearly report of the Book Bus as “a small community entirely cut off from any other community – the school (P.S. 120) is the center of activity." That center was soon to be replaced by the new Queensboro Hill Library.
The history of book borrowing in Queensboro Hill goes back to 1930 when the Book Bus began to operate in Queens and Queensboro Hill was one of its original stops. At the end of the first year the circulation had reached 2,680 items and there were 146 borrowers, only 3 of whom were adults. The circulation continued to grow with the community and when a small building erected by the city for the comfort of World’s Fair visitors was found to be impracticable it was offered to the QBPL. The building was solidly built, spacious and located in an attractively landscaped plot. Alterations were completed from funds allotted by the Works Progress Administration and $1,000 was allowed from corporate funds for furniture and equipment. Shelves were installed to accommodate 4,500 volumes and $3,000 was allocated by the Board of Trustees for the purchase of books. In November 1940 Queensboro Hill branch opened in the presence of the Borough President and several members of the Board of Trustees. The new building boasted a separate children’s room, sturdy Library Bureau furniture and an oil burner. During the first 8 months the branch circulated 17,444 volumes and registered 739 new customers. By the end of 1944 Queensboro Hill library had 1,254 registered borrowers.
On June 14, 1982, a modern, city-owned, library building opened for service.