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International Language Collections at the Rochdale Village Community Library include:
Special Interest/Noteworthy Collections at the Rochdale Village Community Library include:
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Child Care / Preschools | ||
CCS Montessori Center 165-21 Baisley Blvd. Jamaica NY , 11434 phone: (718) 276-9538 | D’s Sunshine DC Pre-School 121-07 Sutphin Blvd. Jamaica NY , 11434 phone: (718) 659-3855 | First Star Day Care Learning Center 145-88 Guy R Brewer Blvd Jamaica NY , 11434 phone: (718) 528-3363 |
Herbert Birch Early Childhood 145-02 Farmers Blvd. Jamaica NY , 11434 phone: (718) 527-5220 | Holy Unit7 Dare Care 167-10 137th Ave Jamaica NY , 11434 phone: (718) 528-3794 | Myrtle Pl Jarmon E.C.E. Center 116-55 Guy Brewer Blvd Jamaica NY , 11434 phone: (718) 528-0922 |
New World Education Center 137-37 Farmers Blvd. Jamaica NY , 11434 phone: (718) 52808751 | Rochdale Village Kinder Garden 170-10 130th Ave Jamaica NY , 11434 phone: (718) 723-2224 | Rochdale Village Kinder Nursery School 170-20 130th Ave Jamaica NY , 11434 phone: (718) 723-2224 |
Yahweh Day Care 115-13A Merrick Blvd. Jamaica NY , 11434 phone: (718) 206-1922 |
Community Board | ||
Community Board District # 12 90-28 161st Street Jamaica NY , 11432 phone: (718) 658-3308 fax: (718) 739-6997 |
Community Organizations & Services | ||
Rochdale Village Civic Association P.O. Box 340881 Rochdale Village Station Jamaica NY , 11434 phone: (718) 528-7588 or (718) 723-5390 fax: RochVillCivAssoc@aol.com | Rochdale Village Board 169-65 137th Ave Jamaica NY , 11434 phone: (718) 276-5700 ext. 336 | Rochdale Village Community Center 169-65 137th Ave Jamaica NY , 11434 phone: (718) 276-5700 ext. 339 |
Girl Scouts 169-65 137th Ave Jamaica NY , 11434 phone: (718) 276-5700 ext. 336 | Boy Scouts 169-65 137th Ave Jamaica NY , 11434 phone: (718) 276-5700 ext. 336 | Little League (Baseball) |
RVCC Defensive Drivers Class 169-65 137th Ave Jamaica NY , 11434 phone: (718) 276-5700 ext. 338 | Sign Language Class 169-65 137th Ave Jamaica NY , 11434 phone: (718) 276-5700 ext. 338 | Toastmasters Club 169-65 137th Ave Jamaica NY , 11434 phone: (718) 276-5700 ext. 338 |
Math Tutorial Classes 169-65 137th Ave Jamaica NY , 11434 phone: (718) 276-5700 ext. 338 |
Fire Department | ||
Engine 275/Ladder 133 111-36 Merrick Blvd. | Engine 311/Ladder 158 145-50 Springfield Blvd |
Local Hospitals | ||
South Queens Community Health Center 114-02 Guy R Brewer Blvd. Jamaica NY , 11434 phone: 718) 883-5262 | Friendship Center Clinic 145-06 Farmers Blvd. Jamaica NY , phone: (718) 657-6648 | |
HIP Center 169-59 137th Avenue Jamaica NY , 11434 phone: (718) 525-5600 |
Local Newspapers | ||
Rochdale Village Bulletin | Southeast Queens Press | |
Jamaica Times |
Parks and Playgrounds | ||
Baisley Pond Park N Conduit Ave Baisley Boulevard | Rochdale Park Guy Brewer Boulevard, 134 Avenue | Roy Wilkins - Southern Queens Park Baisley and Merrick Boulevard, 115 Avenue |
North Rochdale Playground (PS 30) Baisley Blvd and Bedell Street Jamaica NY , 11434 | South Rochdale Playground (PS 80) 173 Street, 137 Avenue, 134 Road Jamaica NY , 11434 |
Police Department | ||
Post Office | ||
Rochdale Village Post Office 165-100 Baisley Blvd Jamaica NY , 11434 phone: (800)275-8777 fax: (718) 978-2765 |
Private / Parochial Schools | ||
Allen Christian School 171-10 Linden Blvd Jamaica NY , 11434 phone: (718) 657-1676 | Gil-Blu Nursery-Kinder Garden (PreK-K) 120-02 Merrick Blvd. Jamaica NY , 11434 phone: (718) 723-8454 | New World Education Center (K-2) 137-37 Farmers Blvd. Springfield Gardens NY , 11434 phone: (718) 528-8751 |
Public Elementary Schools | ||
PS 080 Thurgood Marshall Magnet 171-05 137 Avenue Jamaica NY , 11434 phone: (718) 528-7070 fax: (718) 949-0963 | ||
PS 223 Lyndon B Johnson 125-20 Sutphin Boulevard Jamaica NY , 11434 phone: (718) 558-2900 fax: (718) 925-9020 | Cynthia Jenkins School 179-37 137 Avenue Jamaica NY , 11434 phone: (718) 528-5399 fax: (718) 949-0887 |
Public High Schools | ||
HS For Law Enforcement & Public Safe 116-25 Guy R Brewer Boulevard Jamaica NY , 11434 phone: (718) 977-4800 fax: (718) 977-4802 | August Martin HS 156-10 Baisley Boulevard Jamaica NY , 11434 phone: (718) 528-2920 fax: (718) 276-1846 |
Public Intermediate / Junior High Schools | ||
JHS 072 Catherine & Count Basie 133-25 Guy R Brewer Boulevard Jamaica NY , 11434 phone: (718) 723-6200 fax: (718) 527-1675 |
Senior Centers | ||
JSPOA Friendship Nutrition Center 145-06 Farmers Blvd Jamaica NY , 11434 phone: (718) 657-6660 | Rochdale Village Senior Center 169-65 137 Ave Jamaica NY , 11434 phone: (718) 276-5700 | Robert Couche Senior Citizens' Center 137-57 Farmers Blvd. Springfield Gardens NY , 11434 phone: (718) 978-8352 |
Elected Officials | |
NYC Council Hon. Adrienne E. Adams AAdams@council.nyc.gov | |
District Office Address 165-90 Baisley Boulevard, Suite 5 Jamaica NY, 11434 phone: 718-206-2068 fax: | Manhattan Office Address 250 Broadway, Suite 1877 New York NY , 10007 phone: (212) 788-6850 fax: (212) 442-2729 |
NYS Assembly Hon. Vivian E. Cook CookV@nyassembly.gov | |
District Office 142-15 Rockaway Blvd Jamaica NY , 11436 phone: (718) 322-3975 fax: (718) 322-4085 | Albany Office LOB, Room 939 Albany NY , 12248 phone: (518) 455-4203 fax: (518) 455-3606 |
NYS Senate Hon. James Sanders, Jr. Sanders@nysenate.gov | |
District Office Address 142-01 Rockaway Boulevard South Ozone Park NY , 11436 phone: (718) 523-3069 fax: (718) 523-3670 | Albany Office Room 508, Legislative Office Building Albany NY , 12247 phone: 518-455-3531 fax: 518-426-0529 |
US Congress Hon. Gregory W. Meeks | |
District Office 153-01 Jamaica Ave., Suite 204 Jamaica NY , 11432 phone: (718) 725-6000 fax: (718) 725-9868 | Legislative Office 2234 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC, 20516 phone: (202) 225-3461 fax: (202) 226-4169 |
Boro President Hon. Melinda Katz Info@queensbp.org | |
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Mayor Hon. Bill de Blasio | |
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For more than fifty-five years the air in a comparatively quiet but progressively decaying area of Queens just outside Jamaica, reverberated to the thunder of horse’s hooves as they beat around an elliptical course known as the Jamaica Race Track. Then progress in the form of a population-explosion out stripped the facilities of the Jamaica track, and on August 1, 1959 the last race was run at Jamaica. The possibilities of erecting a large housing development on the 170 acre site of the Jamaica track was the vision of Robert Moses, the then Chairman of the Slum Clearance Committee and City Construction Coordinator. The Jamaica Race Track was demolished in 1960 to make way for the complex, which was built for $ 86 million as a middle income cooperative.
Since Rochdale Village was to be the largest single cooperative housing community ever to be undertaken at that time, considerable thought was given to endowing it with an appropriate name. Because it was expected that the development would set a precedent for establishment of future “cooperative villages” around the country, the name most fitting seemed to be that of the little English village of Rochdale which gave birth to the Cooperative movement in 1844. This lead to the Rochdale Principles of Cooperation. Thus did Rochdale Village derive its name.
The architect’s concept for Rochdale Village was an attractive community covering 122 city blocks, that would provide the residents with the park-like setting and facilities of suburbia within the limits of the urban Jamaica area.
Rochdale Village in southeast Queens opened in 1963 ( pop. over 25,000), lying within South Jamaica and bounded to the north by Baisley Boulevard and Bedell Street, to the east by Bedell Street, to the south by 137th Avenue, and to the west by Guy R. Brewer Boulevard. When the village first opened in 1963 it was the largest private housing complex in the world (later surpassed by Co-op City). The population was at first heavily Jewish but became mostly black in the early 1970s.
Rochdale Village is composed of 20 buildings, each with 3 sections, 13 floors. In addition, there are two shopping malls with parking lots, 11 cooperator parking lots (3,200 spaces) and a community center. This complex has its own power plant, its own post office, police precinct, 3 schools and is surrounded by other stores on Guy R.Brewer Boulevard.
Rochdale Village library was built to serve the Rochdale Village-Springfield Gardens area . The library was planned for the north side of 137th Avenue and the west side of 173th Street. In 1965, Mayor Robert Wagner approved preliminary plans for the proposed library branch. The nearest libraries are the South Jamaica branch and the Baisley Park branch. The library was dedicated on April 21, 1969 and invited then mayor John Lindsay, Municipal Service Administrator John G. Duba, Borough President Sidney Leviss, and trustees of the Queens library board. The Rochdale Village library is the 55th branch of the Queens system.
In 1985, the Rochdale Village branch opened its new Adult Learning Center to serve adults who wanted to improve their basic reading skills. Now it has been expanded to a full-fledged center, with computer-assisted instruction and a full range of instructional materials both for learners and teachers of Adult Basic Education.
Excerpts from: Rochdale Village: A New Concept In Community Living United Housing Foundation. 1967
Book: The Encyclopedia of New York City edited by Kenneth T. Jackson
Queens Borough Public Library News July-August 1969.
Rochdale Village Bulletin December, 2004