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Special Interest/Noteworthy Collections at the South Jamaica Community Library include:
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Child Care / Preschools | ||
Bethel Mission Junior Academy 106-15 154th Street Jamaica New York , 11433 phone: (718) 658-2484 | Shiloh Baptist Nursery 173-70 106th Avenue Jamaica New York , 11433 phone: (214) 748-3647 | Amistad Child Cares Family Center 110-15 164th Place Jamaica New York , 11433 phone: (718) 526-3068 |
Jamaica Day Nursery 108-17 159th Street Jamaica New York , 11433 phone: (718) 526-3068 | Myrtle Jarmon Child Care Center 116-55 Guy R. Brewer Boulevard Jamaica New York , 11434 phone: (718) 528-0922 | The Originals of Jamaica DCC 108-10 Sutphin Boulevard Jamaica New York , 11435 phone: (718) 297-0343 |
Community Board | ||
Community Organizations & Services | ||
New Spirit 11 Alcohol Outpatient Clinic 162-04 South Road Jamaica New York , 11433 phone: (718) 291-484 | Queens Village Community for Mental Health 162-04 South Road Jamaica New York , 11433 phone: (718) 712-777 | Allen AME Church 111-54 Merrick Boulevard Jamaica New York , 11433 phone: (718) 723-6106 |
Calvary Baptist Church 111-10 Guy R. Brewer Boulevard Jamaica New York , 11433 phone: (718) 297-2301 | Godian Fellowship Food Center 106-01 Guy R. Brewer Boulevard Jamaica New York , 11433 phone: (718) 523-7309 | JCAP Jamaica Community 106-04 South Road Jamaica New York , 11433 |
Women of Faith 109-37 Sutphin Boulevard Jamaica New York , 11433 phone: (718) 657-5727 | Bethany Baptist 157-11 111th Avenue Jamaica New York , 11433 phone: (718) 659-6099 | Bethel Gospel Tabernacle 110-25 Guy R. Brewer Boulevard Jamaica New York , 11433 phone: (718) 291-2677 |
Burns Memorial C.O.G.I.C. 107-03 150th Street Jamaica New York , 11435 phone: (718) 523-0214 | Church of God in Christ Jesus 157-22 South Road Jamaica New York , 11433 phone: (718) 291-9281 | Burns Memorial C.O.G.I.C 107-03 150th Street Jamaica New York , 11435 phone: (718) 523-0214 |
Faith Tabernacle Baptist Church 106-45 160th Street Jamaica New York , 11433 phone: (718) 526-9242 | Gideon Fellowship Food Center 106-07 Guy R. Brewer Boulevard Jamaica New York , 11433 phone: (718) 523-7309 |
Fire Department | ||
Engine Company 275 111-36 Merrick Boulevard Jamaica New York , 11433 |
Local Hospitals | ||
Queens Health Center 97-04 Sutphin Boulevard Jamaica New York , 11435 phone: (718) 657-7088 | Jamaica Hospital Medical Center 89th Avenue and Van Wyck Expressway Jamaica New York , 11418 phone: (718) 206-6000 | Mary Immaculate 152-11 89th Avenue Jamaica New York , 11432 phone: (718) 558-2000 |
Local Newspapers | ||
Jamaica Times |
Parks and Playgrounds | ||
Liberty Park 106th Avenue, 173rd Street, Liberty Avenue and 172 Jamaica New York , | Marconi Memorial Field 109th Avenue, 157th Street, 108th Avenue and 155th Jamaica New York , | Roy Wilkins Park Merrick Boulevard and Baisley Boulevard Jamaica New York , |
IS 8 Playground 167th Street and 109th Avenue Jamaica New York , | PS 40 Playground 109th Avenue and Brinkerhoff Avenue Jamaica New York , |
Police Department | ||
103rd Precinct 168-02 P. O. Edward Byrne Avenue Jamaica New York , 11432 phone: (718) 657-8181 |
Post Office | ||
Jamaica Station 88-40 164th Street Jamaica New York , 11432 phone: (800) 275-8777 |
Private / Parochial Schools | ||
Myrtle Jarmon School 116-55 Guy R. Brewer Boulevard Jamaica New York , 11434 phone: (718) 528-0922 |
Public Elementary Schools | ||
PS 40Q Samuel Huntington School 109-20 Union Hall Street Jamaica New York , 11433 phone: (718) 526-1906 | PS 48Q William Wordsworth School 155-02 108th Avenue Jamaica New York , 11433 phone: (718) 739-4463 | PS 116 William J. Hughley School 107-25 Wren Place Jamaica New York , 11433 phone: (718) 526-4884 |
PS 140 Edward K. Ellington School 116-00 166th Street Jamaica New York , 11434 phone: (718) 657-4760 | PS 160 Walter Francis Bishop School 109-59 Inwood Street Jamaica New York , 11435 phone: (718) 526-5523 |
Public High Schools | ||
High School for Law Enforcement and Public Safety 116-25 Guy R. Brewer Boulevard Jamaica New York , 11434 | Queens High School for Science at York College 94-50 159th Street Jamaica New York , 11433 |
Public Intermediate / Junior High Schools | ||
MS 8 New Prepatory Middle School 108-35 167th Street Jamaica New York , 11433 phone: (718) 739-6883 |
Senior Centers | ||
Allen Community Senior Citizens Center 166-01 Linden Boulevard Jamaica New York , 11434 phone: (718) 658-0980 | South Jamaica Senior Center 107-60 159th Street Jamaica New York , 11433 phone: (718) 657-6410 |
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. 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. Leroy Comrie Comrie@nysenate.gov | |
District Office 113-43 Farmers Boulevard St. Albans NY , 11412 phone: (718) 454-0162 fax: (718) 454-0186 | Albany Office Room 617, 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., 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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Jamaica Avenue was once an ancient trail used by Native American tribes, from as far away as the Ohio River and the Great Lakes, coming to the area to trade skins and furs for wampum. It was in 1655 that the first settlers paid the Native Americans two guns, a coat and some gunpowder for the land lying between the old trail and “Beaver Pond,” which would later become Baisley Pond. Dutch Governor Peter Stuyvesant dubbed the area Rustdorp, meaning Quiet Village, when granting the patent for the area. Taken over by the English, in 1664, the area was renamed Jameco, which would eventually become Jamaica, because it was first inhabited by the Jameco, or Yamecah Indians, whose name means beaver in Algonquian. South Jamaica, which consisted of an area of scattered farms, in the mid nineteenth century, quickly became its own entity with the 1913 completion of the Long Island Railroad Station, nearby.
South Jamaica, which has the largest African-American population in the borough of Queens, fought long and hard to become the home of the fiftieth branch of the Queens Borough Public Library. Library service in the area began in the form of a bookmobile which made five weekly stops, bringing a variety of materials to eager residents. While making do with the bookmobile service, community leaders battled for almost twenty years for a neighborhood library to service residents who had to travel by bus or car to reach the main branch, in Jamaica, or the Queens Village Branch. Finally, in October 1961, the South Jamaica Branch opened for business at 110-36 New York Boulevard, in a building owned by Bethel Gospel Tabernacle.
As the South Jamaica community continued to grow and demands on library resources increased dramatically the branch clearly needed a new home. On December 20th, 1999, after months of preparation the branch opened for business in its spanking new, environmentally controlled building at 108-41 Guy R. Brewer Boulevard, two blocks from its previous location. The state-of-the-art “green architecture” structure was the first of its kind in New York City, using optimal natural lighting to control the internal environment. The Community Library’s present location is approximately two-and-a half times as large as the former site with its own children’s room and a meeting room which can accommodate up to fifty people.
In 2007 the South Jamaica Community Library was renovated to include a full service Teen Area, with its own computers. The library is now fully automated with self check out stations and an automatic book return.
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