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 May 17 11:30AM The Big Read: "Fahrenheit 451" Book Discussion |
 Jun 21 11:30AM Book Discussion GroupWe'll discuss David Baldacci's "The Forgotten." Books are available at the branch. Location: Bay Terrace Registration: Not required |
Free computer access is available at all the libraries The Bay Terrace Community Library has:
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International Language Collections at the Bay Terrace Community Library include:
Special Interest/Noteworthy Collections at the Bay Terrace Community Library include:
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| Child Care / Preschools | ||
Bay Terrace YM & YWHA 212-00 23rd Avenue Bayside NY , 11360 phone: (718) 423-6111 | Chabad of Bayside 26-06 213th Street Bayside NY , 11360 phone: (718) 279-1457 | Happy Time Nursery School 42-36 209th Street Bayside NY , 11361 phone: (718) 224-2220 |
Kids Kampus 45-63 Bell Blvd Bayside NY , 11361 phone: (718) 229-8310 | Noah's Ark Progressive Learning Center
38-20 Bell Blvd 38-20 Bell Blvd Bayside NY , 11361 phone: (718) 279-4251 | |
| Community Board | ||
Community Board District # 7 133-32 41st Road, 3rd Floor Flushing NY , 11355 phone: (718) 359-2800 fax: (718) 463-3891 | ||
| Community Organizations & Services | ||
Bay Terrace Community Alliance P.O Box 604076 Bayside NY , 11360 | Bayside Business Association PO Box 241 Fort Totten NY , 11361 phone: (718) 229-2277 | Bayside Historical Society
Officers Club PO Box 133 Bayside NY , 11359 phone: (718) 352-1548 |
| Emergency Services | ||
The Bay Community Volunteer Ambulance Corps P.O. Box 610540 Bayside NY , phone: (718) 352- 2080 Emergency phone: (718) 352-1133 fax: (718) 352-2080 | ||
| Fire Department | ||
Engine 306 40-18 214th Place Bayside NY , 11361 | ||
| Local Hospitals | ||
Flushing Hospital Medical Center 45th Avenue at Parsons Blvd Flushing NY , 11355 phone: (718) 670-5000 | New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens 56-45 Main Street Flushing NY , 11355 phone: (718) 670-1231 | St Mary's Hospital for Children 29-01 216th Street Bayside NY , 11360 phone: (718) 281-8500 |
| Local Newspapers | ||
| Parks and Playgrounds | ||
Fort Totten Park Cross Island Parkway, Totten to 15th Roads NY , | Clearview Park and Golf Course 22nd Ave & Little Bay, Willetts Point Blvd, 202nd NY , | Crocheron Park 33rd to 35th Avenues, Little Neck Bay NY , |
Bay Terrace Playground 23rd Avenue, 212 Street NY , | ||
| Police Department | ||
| Post Office | ||
Bay Terrace Post Office 212-71 26th Ave Bayside NY , 11360 phone: (800) 275-8777 | ||
| Private / Parochial Schools | ||
Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Church - School 34-45 202nd Street Bayside NY , 11361 phone: (718) 229-4434 | ||
| Public Elementary Schools | ||
| Public High Schools | ||
| Public Intermediate / Junior High Schools | ||
| Senior Centers | ||
Selfhelp Clearview Senior Center 208-11 26th Ave Bayside NY , 11360 phone: (718) 224-7888 | Bayside Senior Center 221-15 Horace Harding Expressway Bayside NY , 11364 phone: (718) 225-1144 | |
| Elected Officials | |
| NYC Council Daniel J. Halloran dhalloran@council.nyc.gov | |
District Office Address 166-08 24th Rd. Whitestone NY , 11357 phone: (718) 631-6703 fax: (718) 631-6707 | Manhattan Office Address 250 Broadway, Suite 1545 New York NY , 10007 phone: (212) 788-7250 fax: (212) 442-6420 |
| NYS Assembly Edward Braunstein | |
District Office213-33 39th Avenue Bayside NY , 11361 phone: (718) 357-3588 | Albany OfficeLOB 656 Albany NY , 12248 phone: (518) 455-5425 |
| US Congress Gary L. Ackerman | |
District Office218-14 Northern Boulevard Bayside NY , 11361 phone: (718) 423-2154 fax: (718) 423-5053 | Legislative Office2243 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC , 20515 phone: (202) 225-2601 fax: (202) 225-1589 |
History
The earliest known inhabitants of Bay Terrace were the Matinecock Native Americans, a tribe of the Algonquin nation. The tribal name Matinecock, meaning "hilly country", described the surrounding landscape, an area that may have been given to the tribe by the neighboring Lenapes.
In 1639, Dutch Governor Willem Kieft purchased the land from the Matinecock that today encompasses Queens County. William Lawrence, who served as a magistrate under the Dutch and English administrations, was granted a parcel of land by King Charles II in 1645 that included a large portion of what is today the areas of Bayside, Whitestone, Fort Totten and College Point. Bayside developed from an agricultural community to a suburb when the North Shore Railroad was extended in 1866. During the following several decades, the Bayside Land Association purchased farms for development. Bay Terrace, originally included within the bounds of Bayside, remained composed of farms and large estates until the 1950s, when Cord and Charles Meyer sold their 225-acre farm for development.
Bay Terrace was the name given in 1953 to the cooperative housing development built by the Norman K. Winston-Holzer Associates, because of its proximity to Little Neck Bay.
On February 20, 1981, the Bay Terrace library opened in the modern city-owned building at the present site.
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