Branch Detailed Info | Queens Library

Free computer access is available at all the libraries.

The Community Library has:

14 public access computers
Free Internet access
Microsoft Office software
Limited free printing

Queens Library Public Internet Use Policy.

TBD

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

An extensive collection of African-American materials
Large DVD collection

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
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 Board District #12 90-28 161st Street Jamaica New York , 11432 phone: (718) 658-3308

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	Queens Chronicle

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
Allen Christian School 171-10 Linden Boulevard Jamaica New York , 11434 phone: (718) 657-1676	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., 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

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 20^th, 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.

Special Services

Queens Library HealthLink

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.