Branch Detailed Info | Queens Library

Free computer access is available at all the libraries.

The Jackson Heights Community Library has:

25 public access computers
8 computers each available for an hour in the cyber center
4 additional computers each available in the adult room for use for half an hour
1 X :15 express adult PC
4 X :30 PCs in Young Adult area
8 computers in the children's room, also available for half an hour
Free Internet access
Microsoft Office software
Limited free printing

Queens Library Public Internet Use Policy.

TBD

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International Language Collections at the Jackson Heights Community Library include:

Spanish
Korean
Chinese
Russian
Hindi

Special Interest/Noteworthy Collections at the Jackson Heights Community Library include:

Classics section
Young Adult Collection
Student Assignment center
Test Preparation center
Extensive Citizenship Preparation
Language Collection with videotapes and audiotapes

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
Children’s Big Apple Nursery & Kindergarten II 41-26 Case Street Queens NY , 11372 phone: (718) 565-5311	Garden School 33-16 79th Street Queens NY , 11372 phone: (718) 335-6363	Rainbowland Nursery School 33-11 77th Street Queens NY , 11372 phone: (718) 803-1728

Community Board
Queens Community Board # 3 82-11 37th Avenue - Suite 606 Jackson Heights NY , 11372 phone: (718) 458-2707 fax: (718) 458-3316

Community Organizations & Services
Jackson Heights Beautification Group P.O. Box 720253 Jackson Heights NY , 11372 phone: (718) 565-5344	Jewish Center of Jackson Heights 37-06 77th Street Flushing NY , 11372 phone: (718) 429-1150	Queens Chamber of Commerce 75-20 Astoria Boulevard, Suite 140 Jackson Heights NY , 11370-1131 phone: (718) 898-8500 fax: (718) 898-8599
Jackson Heights Business & Professional Association P.O. Box 36 77-10 34 Avenue, Apt A74 Jackson Heights NY , 11372 phone: (718) 476-3173 fax: (718) 476-0671

Fire Department
Engine 307, Ladder 154 81-17 Northern Boulevard Jackson Heights NY , 11372

Local Hospitals
Elmhurst Hospital Center 79-01 Broadway Elmhurst NY , 11373 phone: (718) 334-4000

Local Newspapers
Queens Chronicle	Queens Tribune	Times Ledger

Parks and Playgrounds
Travers Park 78th Street, South of Northern Boulevard	Frank O’Connor Playground 78th street & Broadway

Police Department
115th Precinct 92-15 Northern Boulevard Jackson Heights NY , 11372 phone: (718) 533-2002

Post Office
Jackson Heights Post Office 78-02 37th Avenue Jackson Heights NY , 11372-9997 phone: (800) 275-8777

Private / Parochial Schools
Blessed Sacrament Church - School (K-6) 3443 93rd Street Jackson Heights NY , 11372 phone: (718) 446-4449	Garden School (K-12) 33-16 79th Street Jackson Heights NY , 11372 phone: (718)335-6363 fax: (718) 565-1169	St Joan of Arc Parochial School (K-6) 8202 35th Avenue Flushing NY , 11372 phone: (718) 639-9020
Msgr. McClancy Memorial High School 71-06 31st Avenue East Elmhurst NY , 11370 phone: (718)898-3800

Public Elementary Schools
PS 69 (K-5) 77-02 37 Avenue Jackson Heights NY , 11372 phone: (718) 424-7700 fax: (718) 458-6567	PS 149 Christa McAuliffe (K-5) 93-11 34 Avenue Jackson Heights NY , 11372 phone: (718) 898-3630 fax: (718) 476-1976	PS 212 34-25 82 Street Jackson Heights NY , 11372 phone: (718) 898-6973 fax: (718) 898-7068
F F Christopher A Santora K-5) 86-15 37 Avenue Jackson Heights NY , 11372 phone: (718) 429-2563 fax: (718) 429-3484

Public High Schools
Renaissance Charter School 35-59 81 Street Jackson Heights NY , 11372	Newtown High School 48-01 90 Street Elmhurst NY , 11373 phone: (718) 595-8400 fax: (718) 699-8584	William Cullen Bryant High School 48-10 31 Avenue Long Island City NY , 11103 phone: (718) 721-5404 fax: (718) 728-3478
Aviation Career and Technical Education High School 45-30 36 Street Long Island City NY , 11101 phone: (718) 361-2032 fax: (718) 784-8654

Public Intermediate / Junior High Schools
IS 145 Joseph Pulitzer (6-8) 33-34 80 Street Jackson Heights NY , 11372 phone: (718) 457-1242 fax: (718) 335-0601	I.S. 230 (6-8) 73-10 34 Avenue Jackson Heights NY , 11372 phone: (718) 335-7648 fax: (718) 335-7513	I.S. 235 (6-8) 30-14 30th Street Jackson Heights NY , 11103 phone: (718) 932-5876 fax: (718) 932-5990
Lexington School for the Deaf 30 Avenue & 75th Street Jackson Heights NY , 11370 phone: (718)350-3300 fax: (718)899-9846

Senior Centers
Catherine Sheridan Senior Center 35-24 83rd Street Jackson Heights NY , 11372 phone: (718) 458-4600	Elmhurst Jackson Heights Senior Center 87-11 Whitney Avenue Jackson Heights NY , 11373 phone: (718) 478-7171

Elected Officials
NYC Council Hon. Daniel Dromm DDromm@council.nyc.gov
District Office Address 37-32 75th Street, 1st Floor Jackson Heights NY, 11372 phone: (718) 803-6373 fax: (718) 803-9832	Manhattan Office Address 250 Broadway, Suite 1826 New York NY, 10007 phone: (212) 788-7066
NYS Assembly Hon. Michael G. DenDekker DenDekkerM@nyassembly.gov
District Office 75-35 31st Avenue, Suite 206B East Elmhurst NY , 11370 phone: (718) 457-0384 fax: (718) 335-8254	Albany Office LOB, Room 841 Albany NY , 12248 phone: (518) 455-4545 fax: (518) 455-4547
Boro President Hon. Melinda Katz Info@queensbp.org

Mayor Hon. Bill de Blasio

NYS Assembly Hon. Catalina Cruz
District Office82-11 37th Avenue, Suite 607 Jackson Heights NY, 11372 phone: 718-458-5367 fax: 718-478-2371	Albany Office
US Congress Hon. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
District Office	Legislative Office229 Cannon HOB Washington DC, 20515 phone: (202) 225-3965
NYS Senate Hon. Jessica Ramos ramos@nysenate.gov
District Office32-37 Junction Boulevard East Elmhurst NY, 11369 phone: 718-205-3881 fax: 718-205-4145	Legislative OfficeLegislative Office Building, Room 946 Albany NY, 12247 phone: 518-455-2529 fax: 518-426-6909

History

Jackson Heights, where the land was somewhat higher than in the surrounding towns, was named after the Jackson family, a prominent family who lived in the area of Northern Boulevard. When the Queensborough Bridge opened in 1908, connecting Manhattan to Queens, Edward MacDougall's Queensborough Corporation began purchasing local farms. In 1909 it purchased a 325-acre parcel of land and continued purchasing land through 1918 with the vision of creating a viable commuter suburb. In 1915 Interborough Rapid Transit (the IRT) built a subway line connecting Queens to Manhattan, and many apartment buildings were built in Jackson Heights. These garden style apartments were designed after garden apartments that were popular in London at the time. Rustic-looking houses were built around spacious courtyards, and these buildings remain some of the most beautiful housing in the city. The City Landmark Preservation Commission designated Jackson Heights a historic district in 1994.

In the 1965 the Hart-Celler Act increased immigration and waves of Asians and Latin Americans entered the United States via New York City. Many of these new Americans settled in Jackson Heights and built communities here. Jackson Heights is now one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the New York City.

A traveling station library opened on April 17, 1917 to serve what had been mostly farmland, but was becoming more urbanized. During the 1920s and 1930s temporary branches were established in a number of storefronts along 37th avenue. The Jackson Heights Community Federation led an effort to have a library built after World War II, but building restrictions and a lack of funds hindered these efforts, and the Jackson Heights branch would not be finished until 1954. The Jackson Heights Branch of the Queens Borough Public Library opened at its present location on October 26, 1954. Extensive renovations occurred in 1970 and again in 1985. An elevator was built and the adult bathrooms were made handicapped accessible in 1999. The branch is now 17,100 square feet in area.

A multi-year initiative has been launched for the design and construction of a 50,000 square foot new library facility on the current site. This will eventually allow the Jackson Heights Library to greatly expand and enhance the services it provides to its diverse and vibrant community.

The Jackson Heights northern border is the Grand Central Parkway, and the western border of the neighborhood is the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. Roosevelt Avenue is along the southern edge of Jackson Heights and the eastern border is Junction Boulevard.

Special Services

Video Relay Service for the Deaf – Free!

Queens Library at Jackson Heights provides a video interpreting sign language relay service that allows interpreters who sign ASL to speak in English and Spanish. All in real time through LifeLinks.

It is an easy, convenient way to call friends or family, make a doctor's appointment, call a utility, or even talk to a librarian! Our friendly video interpreters will respond within seconds to assist you in placing your call. The service is available in English and Spanish.

Making a call using sign language has never been easier or faster!

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For additional information: 718-990-0746 (voice) 718-990-0809 (TTY)

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