Branch Detailed Info | Queens Library

Free computer access is available at all the libraries.

The South Hollis Community Library has:

18 public computers
6 laptops (Teens and Children only) with a wireless internet connection
Customers can bring their own laptops to access out wireless connection.
Free internet access
Microsoft Office software
Limited free printing
Homework help online through Tutor.com. Please contact the library for more details.

Queens Library Public Internet Use Policy.

TBD

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International Language Collections at the South Hollis Community Library include:

French
Haitian Creole
Spanish (books and CDs only)

Special Interest/Noteworthy Collections at the South Hollis Community Library include:

Black Experience

Child Care / Preschools
Community Board
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
Blanche Community Program. DDC #1 109-60 202nd Street Queens NY , 11412	Charles R. Drew DDC 109-45 207th St. Queens NY , 11429	Elishama Children’s Prep School 206-18 Hollis Avenue Queens NY , 11429
Step by Step Academy 11209 Francis Lewis Blvd. Queens NY , 11429	Stepping Stone Pre-Sch.-Kindergarten (I-IV) 114-38 Frances Lewis Boulevard Queens NY , 11411	Early Childhood Institute 113-53 Springfield Boulevard Jamaica NY ,

Community Board
Community Board #12 90-28 161 Street Jamaica NY , 11432 phone: (718)658-3308

Fire Department
Engine 301, Ladder 150 91-02 197th Street Queens NY , 11423

Local Hospitals
Holliswood Hospital (Psychiatric) 87-37 Palermo Street\| Holliswood NY , 11423 phone: (800) 486-3005 fax: (718) 776-8181	Veterans Administration St. Albans Primary and Extended Care Center 179th St. and Linden Blvd. St. Albans NY , 11425 phone: (718) 526-1000

Local Newspapers
Southeast Queens Press 174-15 Horance Harding Expressway Fresh Meadows NY , 11365

Parks and Playgrounds
Daniel M. O’connell Playground 113th Avenue & 196th Avenue	Gladys Warren Triangle between Hollis Ave, 104th Ave. & 194 St.	JHS 192 Playground 205th and Hollis Avenue
Liberty Triangle Farmer's Boulevard & Liberty Avenue at 109th Road

Police Department
103rd Precinct 168-02 P.O. Edward Byrne Avenue Queens NY , 11423	113th Precinct 167-02 Baisley Boulevard Jamaica NY , 11434

Post Office
Holliswood Post Office 197-33 hillside Ave Hollis NY , 11423-9993 phone: (800) 275-8777 fax: (718) 217-0927	Archie Spigner Post Office 195-04 Linden Blvd Saint Albans NY , 11412-9997 phone: (800) 275-8777 fax: (718) 278-2956

Private / Parochial Schools
Merrick Academy 207-01 Jamaica Avenue Jamaica NY ,	St. Joachim & Anne 218-26 105th Avenue Jamaica NY ,	Incarnation School 89-15 Francis Lewis Boulevard Jamaica NY , 11427
St. Joseph's Parish Day School 217-55 100th Avenue Jamaica NY ,	Montessori Progressive Learn 195-03 Linden Boulevard Jamaica NY ,	St. Gerald's School 91st Avenue & 188 Street Jamaica NY ,

Public Elementary Schools
PS 136 Roy Wilkins 201-15 115 Avenue St. Albans NY , 11412 phone: (718) 464-0040 fax: (718) 465-3939	PS 36 St. Albans School 191-90th Avenue Hollis NY , 11423 phone: (718) 528-1862 fax: (718) 464-7779	PS 36 Mini (Q836) 187-01 Foch Boulevard Queens NY , 11412
PS 118 Lorraine Hansberry 190-20 109th Road Hollis NY , 11412 phone: (718) 465-5538 fax: (718) 264-9178	PS 134 Hollis 203-02 109th Avenue Hollis NY , 11412 phone: (718) 464-5544 fax: (718) 464-7779	PS 233Q @ 827 203-02 109th Avenue St. Albans NY , 11412 phone: (718) 465-1000 fax: (718) 465-3939

Public High Schools
Business, Computer Applications & Entrepreneurship High School (Q 496) 207-01 116th Avenue Cambria Heights NY , 11411	Humanities & Arts Magnet HS 207-01 116th Avenue Cambria Heights NY , 11411	Law, Government and Community Service High School (Q 494) 207-01 116th Avenue Cambria Heights NY , 11411
Mathematics, Science Research and Technology Magnet High School 207-01 116th Avenue Cambria Heights NY , 11411

Public Intermediate / Junior High Schools
IS 192 Renaissance School 109-89 204th Street St. Albans NY , 11412	Pathways College Preparatory 109-89 204th St St. Albans NY , 11412

Senior Centers
Police Athletic Senior Center 199-10 112th Avenue Queens NY , 11412

Elected Officials
NYC Council Hon. I. Daneek Miller IDMiller@council.nyc.gov
District Office 172-12 Linden Boulevard St. Albans NY, 11434 phone: (718) 776-3700 fax: (718) 487-3580	Manhattan Office 250 Broadway, Suite 1810 New York NY , 10007 phone: (212) 788-7084 fax: (212) 788-7093
NYS Assembly Hon. Barbara M. Clark Clarkb@assembly.state.ny.us
District Office 97-01 Springfield Boulevard Queens Village NY, 11429 phone: (718) 479-2333 fax: (718) 464-7128	Albany Office LOB, Room 547 Albany NY, 12248 phone: (518) 455-4711 fax: (518) 455-3740
NYS Senate Hon. Leroy Comrie Comrie@nysenate.gov
District Office 205-20 Jamaica Avenue, 2nd Floor Hollis NY , 11423 phone: (718) 454-0162 fax: (718) 454-0186	Albany Office Room 918, Legislative Office Building Albany NY, 12247 phone: (518) 455-2701 fax: (518) 455-2816
US Congress Hon. Gregory W. Meeks
District Office 153-01 Jamaica Ave., 2nd Floor Jamaica NY , 11432 phone: (718) 725-6000 fax: (718) 725-9868	Legislative Office 2234 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC, 20515 phone: (202) 225-3461 fax: (202) 226-4169
Boro President Hon. Melinda Katz Info@queensbp.org

Mayor Hon. Bill de Blasio

History

The community referred to as South Hollis is actually situated with the northern tip of the St. Albans community boundaries. However, it is called the South Hollis community because it is directly south of the Hollis. The South Hollis Branch opened its doors in 1974. The community of Hollis wherein the branch takes its name was founded in 1885 by Frederick Denton. Frederick Denton intended to name the community Woodhull in honor of General Woodhull captured by the British in1776. The name Hollis was picked to honor his place of birth in New Hampshire.

Hollis landscape gradually changed as trolley service was extended into the area in 1897. Middle class houses gradually appeared around Victorian homes. In 1921, Row house construction further changes the community’s infrastructure. By World War II the residents primarily commuted to work. Taking advantage of the nearby LI Rail Road service.

The ethnic transformation of the Hollis community occurred after 1955. South of the Long Island Rail Road (South Hollis) residents were eighty percent African-American and Latin American by 1980. In the last twenty years, people from the countries of Guyana, Haiti, China, India, Columbia and Jamaica added to the community’s ethnic mix.

Source:

Seyfried, Vincent. “Hollis.” Encyclopedia of New York City. Yale University Press, 1995: 551

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