Branch Detailed Info | Queens Library

Free computer access is available at all the libraries.

The Queensboro Hill Community Library has:

13 public computers
Free Internet access
Microsoft Office software
Limited free printing. Please contact the library for more details.

Queens Library Public Internet Use Policy.

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International Language Collections at the Queensboro Hill Community Library include:

Chinese
Hindi
Russian
Spanish
Urdu

Special Interest/Noteworthy Collections at the Queensboro Hill Community Library include:

Black Experience

Child Care / Preschools
Community Board
Community Organizations & Services
Fire Department
Local Hospitals
Local Newspapers

Parks and Playgrounds
Police Department
Post Office
Private / Parochial Schools
Public Elementary Schools
Public High Schools

Public Intermediate / Junior High Schools
Senior Centers
Elected Officials
History
Special Services

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
The New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens 56-45 Main Street Flushing NY ,

Local Newspapers
Flushing Times	Courier	Queens Tribune

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
109th Precinct 37-05 Union Street Flushing NY , 11354 phone: (718) 321-2250

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
H.S. 425 John Bowne High School 63-25 Main Street Flushing NY , 11355 phone: (718) 353- 6464

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 1847 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 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

Mayor Hon. Bill de Blasio

History

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.