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 May 15 4:00PM CrafternoonsJoin us for crafts for ages 6-12. Preregistration is required; ask the Children's Librarian for details. Location: Ridgewood Registration: Registration is not yet open for this event. Please check back closer to the event date. | ||||||
 May 16 11:30AM Toddler PlayToddlers ages 18-36 months, with a parent or caregiver, enjoy free play with educational and fun toys. Location: Ridgewood Registration: Not required Additional Event Dates/Locations This is a recurring event. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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 May 16 4:00PM A Reptile "Edventure" with Erik Callender |
 May 17 11:15AM Mother Goose TimeInfants ages 6-17 months and their caregivers enjoy songs and nursery rhymes together. The program is approximately 15-20 minutes long. Location: Ridgewood Registration: Not required Additional Event Dates/Locations This is a recurring event. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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 May 17 4:00PM GamesWe offer board games or Wii for children ages 6 and up. Location: Ridgewood Registration: Not required Additional Event Dates/Locations This is a recurring event. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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 May 18 10:30AM Picture Book TimeChildren ages 3-5 and their parents or other adult caregivers hear stories and rhymes, sing songs, learn fingerplays and do movement activities. Preschoolers develop language, early literacy and school-readiness skills while having fun and making new friends at the library. Location: Ridgewood Registration: Not required Additional Event Dates/Locations This is a recurring event. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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 May 18 2:00PM What's That Sound? Strings Attached | ||||||
May 18 2:00PM What's That Sound? WoodwindsQueens Symphony Orchestra explores orchestral instrument families in a five-session performance and hands-on instrument-making workshop for children age 6 and up accompanied by a parent or other adult caregiver. Materials are provided on a first-come, first-served basis. May 18: Woodwinds. June 1: Sign up to play in the orchestra and perform with your handmade instrument. Location: Ridgewood Registration: Not required | ||||||
May 20 11:45AM Toddler TimeWe offer songs, rhymes and fingerplays for toddlers ages 18-36 months accompanied by a parent or other adult caregiver. Location: Ridgewood Registration: Not required | ||||||
 May 21 5:00PM Computers for KidsThis is a course in basic computer skills for children ages 6-12, with an introduction to educational and fun Internet resources available through the library. Space is limited and preregistration is required. Location: Ridgewood Registration: Registration is not yet open for this event. Please check back closer to the event date. Additional Event Dates/Locations This is a recurring event. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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 May 22 3:30PM Stories from Around the World with Carl Gussin | ||||||
 May 23 4:00PM Robotics Workshop |
| Ridgewood | Thu, May 30, 2013 | 4:00PM |
Jun
6
11:30AM
Bilingual Birdies Concert: Songs in English and Spanish for Young Children
Young children up to age five along with their parents or other adult caregivers will learn new vocabulary at this live, interactive concert of movement and songs in Spanish and English. Space is limited and available first come, first served.
Location: Ridgewood
Registration: Not required
Jun
12
11:30AM
Irv Plastock Presents: Sing Along with Irv!
Singer Irv Plastock entertains children ages 2-5 and their families in this sing-along of more than 30 songs that have delighted young people through the decades. Space is limited and seating will be first come, first served.
Location: Ridgewood
Registration: Not required
Jun
21
4:00PM
Summer Reading Kick-Off Celebration
There will be a clown, balloon-making and face-painting at our Summer Reading Kick-Off. Sign up and have fun!
Location: Ridgewood
Registration: Not required
Jun
26
3:00PM
Kids "Dig" Animals with Jason Reilly
Children of all ages are invited to meet and pet various live animals in this hands on, minds on interactive program, led by Jason Reilly, about creatures that live beneath the surface and dig up bugs and worms. Space is limited and available first come, first served.
Location: Ridgewood
Registration: Not required
Free computer access is available at all the libraries. The Ridgewood Community Library has:
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| Child Care / Preschools | ||
Caltapa YMCA Pre-Kindergarten/Early Childhood Education 69-02 64th Street Ridgewood NY , 11385 phone: (718) 456-1776 | ||
| Community Board | ||
Queens Community Board # 5 61-23 Myrtle Avenue Glendale NY , 11385 phone: (718)366-1834 fax: (718) 417-5799 | ||
| Community Organizations & Services | ||
Greater Ridgewood Historical Society 1820 Flushing Ave Ridgewood NY , 11385 phone: (718) 456-1776 | ||
| Fire Department | ||
Engine 291 Ladder 140 56-07 Metropolitan Avenue Queens NY , 11385 | Engine 286 Ladder 135 66-44 Myrtle Avenue Queens NY , 11385 | |
| Local Hospitals | ||
Wycoff Heights Medical Center 374 Stockholm Street Brooklyn NY , phone: (718) 963-7272 | ||
| Local Newspapers | ||
| Parks and Playgrounds | ||
Rosemary’s Playground Woodward Avenue, Fairview Avenue, Woodbine Street Ridgewood NY , 11385 | Joseph F Mafera Park 65 Pl & Caltapa Avenue & 68 Avenue Ridgewood NY , 11385 phone: (800) 275-8777 | |
| Police Department | ||
104th Precinct 64-02 Catalpa Avenue Ridgewood NY , 11385 phone: (718) 386-3004 | ||
| Post Office | ||
Fresh Pond Post Office 6080 Woodbine Street Ridgewood NY , 11385 phone: (800) 275-8777 | Ridgewood Post Office 6060 Myrtle Avenue Ridgewood NY , 11385 phone: (800) 275-8777 | |
| Private / Parochial Schools | ||
Our Lady of Miraculous Medal 61 Bleecker Street Ridgewood NY , 11385 phone: (718) 821-2221 | St Matthias RC School 5815 Catalpa Avenue Ridgewood NY , 11385 phone: (718) 381-8003 | |
| Public Elementary Schools | ||
PS 71 Forest School (K-5) 62-85 Forest Avenue Ridgewood NY , 11385 phone: (718) 821-7772 fax: (718)386-7088 | ||
PS 239 (PK-5) 17-15 Weirfield Street Ridgewood NY , 11385 phone: (718) 381-4009 | ||
| Public High Schools | ||
| Public Intermediate / Junior High Schools | ||
IS 77 976 Seneca Avenue Ridgewood NY , 11385 phone: (718) 366-7120 | IS 93 66-56 Forest Avenue Ridgewood NY , 11385 phone: (718) 821-4882 | |
| Senior Centers | ||
Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Center 319 Stanhope Street Brooklyn NY , 11237 phone: (718) 366-3038 | Ridgewood Older Adult Center 59-14 70th Avenue Ridgewood NY , 11385 phone: (718) 456-2000 | |
| Elected Officials | |
| NYC Council Elizabeth Crowley ecrowley@council.nyc.gov | |
District Office6477 Dry Harbor Rd. Middle Village NY , 11379 phone: (718) 366-3900 fax: (718) 326-3549 | Manhattan Office Address 250 Broadway, 1765 New York NY , 10007 phone: (212) 788-7381 fax: (718) 326-3549 |
| NYC Council Diana Reyna | |
District Office Address 217 Havemeyer Street, 2nd FL. Brooklyn NY , 11211 phone: (718) 963-3141 fax: (718) 963-4527 | Legislative Office 250 Broadway, 17th Floor New York NY , 10007 phone: (212) 788-7095 fax: (212) 788-7296 |
| NYS Assembly Catherine Nolan | |
District Office41-02 Queens Blvd., Suite 2Bt Sunnyside NY , 11377 phone: (718) 784-3194 | Albany OfficeLOB 836 Albany NY , 12248 phone: (518) 455-4851 |
| NYS Senate Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. | |
District Office 815 Legislative Office Building159-53 102nd St Howard Beach NY , 11414 phone: (718) 738-1111 fax: (718) 322-5760 | Albany Office815 Legislative Office Building Albany NY, 12247 phone: (518) 455-2322 fax: ( 518) 426-6875 |
| US Congress Nydia M. Velasquez | |
District Office266 Broadway, Suite 201 Brooklyn NY , 11211 phone: (718) 599-3658 | Legislative Office2302 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC, 20515 phone: (202) 225-2361 |
History
The earliest recorded inhabitants of the Ridgewood area were Native Americans of the Mespachtes Tribe. During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Dutch settlers arrived and tilled the land as farmers. Eventually, in the early eighteenth century, English settlers named the area Ridgewood for its dense wooded geography. The population began to swell as transportation to and from Brooklyn improved, namely with the elevated transit lines in 1879 and with trolley lines built along Myrtle and Wyckoff Avenues in 1881. By this time the population was largely a German middle class which supported many local businesses, including several large breweries. The remaining farmlands were acquired by Gustav Mathews in 1906 who turned them into residential areas named the “Mathews Flats”, a large complex of over 800 six-family brick row houses.
After World War II came a wave of immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe, in particular from Poland and the former Yugoslavia. The latest census also reveals a growing overall population largely due to an increase of the local Hispanic population.
By the time of Ridgewood’s change from a rural to an urban area and, ironically, the same year as the grand opening of the large 42nd Street library in Manhattan, the Ridgewood Library was opened in 1911. At the time only a homely storefront with 2,000 books and no children’s room, it blossomed in only 18 years into a block long building used by residents ever since. Today the library is being expanded by a major renovation to provide local residents with more space for improved customer service.
Special Services
According to the American Cancer Society, approximately one of two American men and one of three American women will have some type of cancer at some point during their lifetime. Queens Library HealthLink seeks to increase access to cancer screening and cancer treatment among medically underserved communities in Queens. Queens Library HealthLink is a partnership between Queens Library, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Queens Cancer Center of Queens Hospital and the American Cancer Society.
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