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 May 24 4:00PM Arts and CraftsChildren age 4 and up are invited to participate in weekly arts and crafts sessions Friday afternoons. Preregistration is required prior to the start of class, preferably in person with the instructor. Location: East Flushing Registration: Not required Additional Event Dates/Locations This is a recurring event. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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May 29 4:00PM Craftivities |
| East Flushing | Wed, Jun 5, 2013 | 4:00PM |
| East Flushing | Wed, Jun 12, 2013 | 4:00PM |
| East Flushing | Wed, Jun 19, 2013 | 4:00PM |
| East Flushing | Wed, Jun 26, 2013 | 4:00PM |
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Magic Show with Prestino
Prepare to be dazzled by the thrilling illusions of magician Prestino in this special event, part of our Summer Reading program, for children age 6 and up. Space is limited and available first come, first served.
Location: East Flushing
Registration: Not required
Free computer access is available at all the libraries. The East Flushing Community Library has:
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International Language Collections at the East Flushing Community Library include:
Special Interest/Noteworthy Collections at the East Flushing Community Library include:
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| Child Care / Preschools | ||
Crayon Box Preschool 4410 192nd Street Flushing NY , 11358 phone: (718) 888-9341 | Sensational Kids 4550 195th Street Flushing NY , 11358 phone: (718) 631-5942 | St. Nicholas Preschool 196-20 Northern Blvd. Flushing NY , 11358 phone: (718)357-0800 |
| Community Board | ||
Queens Community Board #11 46-21 Little Neck Parkway Little Neck NY , 11377 phone: (718) 225-1054 fax: (718) 225-4514 | ||
| Community Organizations & Services | ||
46 Avenue Beautification Comm 45-67 194th Street Flushing NY , 11358 | Auburndale Improv. Assoc P.O. Box 331 – Station A Flushing NY , 11358 | |
| Fire Department | ||
Engine 320/Ladder 167 36-18 Francis Lewis Blvd Flushing NY , 11358 | ||
| Local Hospitals | ||
| Local Newspapers | ||
Queens Gazette | ||
| Parks and Playgrounds | ||
Kissena Park Rose and Oak Avenues on the north, Kissena Boulev NY , | P.S. 130 Playground 42nd Avenue & Francis Lewis Boulevard NY , | |
| Police Department | ||
| Post Office | ||
Station A 40-03 164th Street Flushing NY , 11358 | ||
| Private / Parochial Schools | ||
St. Kevin’s School (PreK-8) 45-50 195th Street Flushing NY , 11358 phone: (718) 357-8110 | ||
| Public Elementary Schools | ||
PS 130 (PK-3) 200-01 42nd Avenue Bayside NY , 11361 phone: (718) 357-6606 | PS 233 @ PS 130 (SP) 200-01 42nd Avenue Bayside NY , 11361 phone: (718) 224-0490 | |
| Public High Schools | ||
HS 495 Bayside High School (9-12) 208th Street & 32nd Avenue Bayside NY , 11361 phone: (718) 229-7600 | ||
| Public Intermediate / Junior High Schools | ||
| Senior Centers | ||
Self Help Clearview Senior Center 208-11 26th Avenue Bayside NY , 11360 phone: (718) 224-7888 | ||
| 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 |
| NYS Senate Tony Avella avella@nysenate.gov | |
District Office38-50 Bell Boulevard Suite C Bayside NY , 11361 phone: (718) 747-2137 fax: (718) 747-3105 | |
| 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 Matinecock Indians sold Flushing to the Dutch Colonists in the 1620s at the rate of one ax per 50 acres. The Dutch named it “Vlissingen,” after a port in Holland. It meant “flowing water.”
In 1657, the document called the Flushing Remonstrance, was signed by the Dutch colonists giving the Quakers and others the right to worship as they chose. The principles stipulated in the Remonstrance foresaw the freedom of religion in the U.S. Constitution. The English began ruling in 1664 and changed the name to Flushing.
Because of the abundance of trees in Flushing, the first commercial nurseries in America were organized here in the 1700s. A town hall was built in 1864 and it has been used as an opera house, police station, jail, and a dinner theater.
There have been two World’s Fairs in Flushing, one in 1939 and the other in 1964.
In the early to mid-1900s Irish, Germans and Italians resided in Flushing; but after 1965, Greeks, Chinese, Korean, and Hispanic immigrants started moving in. The formerly tree-lined pastoral town has become an important international residential and commercial center.
At first the new East Flushing Branch of the Queens Borough Public Library was set to open on November 1, 1975; but due to budget cuts it was unachievable to staff the additional branch. In 1977 a recent influx of federally financed CETA employees made it attainable for the East Flushing Branch to open for service on Monday, September 19, 1977 at 1:00pm. Previously this community had no library service, except for weekly visits by a bookmobile.
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