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Valentine’s Day Places in Queens
We asked Joe DiStefano, author of 111 Places in Queens That You Must Not Miss, to suggest the perfect romantic places in Queens—and, as usual, he chose some of the most unique spots in our borough.
Be sure to visit them with your special someone this Valentine's Day—or whenever ...
Traveling Shoes: Black Migrations
This Black History Month, join us for Traveling Shoes: Black Migrations, a celebration of the ways that black migrations—the movement of black populations across the world—have shaped societies and cultures.
Come to the Library for music, movies, art, and more—and take part in our exciting Passport ...
Valentine’s Day at the Library!
We hope you will celebrate Valentine's Day with us all week at the Library!
We’re hosting a concert with Broadway performers, a hands-on glass painting program, a Healthy Relationships Fair for teens, a scavenger hunt, crafts activities for kids, and more.
Make something for that special someone and show them ...
Celebrate National Library Lovers' Month!
February is National Library Lovers' Month, so here's a chance to let everyone know how much you love your library: submit a photo to the Share Your Love For Queens Library Photo Contest!
Take creative pictures that show your love for the library—at a library program, with your friends at the ...
Celebrate the Lunar New Year!
Xin Nian Kuai Le! Join us as we celebrate the Lunar New Year at Queens Library!
The Lunar New Year is a centuries-old tradition in China and several other Asian countries, and it is a time to honor deities and ancestors, as well as make way for good fortune in the upcoming year.
At Queens Library, you can attend ...
Free Tax Help at Queens Library!
It’s that time of year again!
If you need help figuring out and filing your tax return, come to Queens Library for free tax-preparation assistance if you are a low-income older adult, or earn $66,000 or less a year.
The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance and Urban Upbound are ...
Langston Hughes Library's 50th Anniversary!
This year, the Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center and its Black Heritage Reference Center will be celebrating their 50th anniversary—an important milestone for Queens Library and our borough!
Langston Hughes Library was founded in 1969 through community activism by the Library Action Committee (LAC) of ...
Free English Classes!
Are you a new American who wants to learn English or improve your English language skills?
You can learn English at Queens Library for FREE!
Join a supportive community of students and teaching professionals at our community libraries. Classes are available at Beginner and Intermediate levels.
To register, ...
Queens Library Magazine
The new issue of Queens Library Magazine is out now!
Queens Library Magazine combines great library-themed feature stories and two months' worth of information about our free programs, services, and special events, and it's available at your neighborhood library or ...
What We Bring: Immigrant Art On View at Central Library
Join us for a new art exhibit at Central Library in Jamaica from January 7 to March 2 that honors the artistic talents and cultural contributions of new immigrants.
What We Bring: New Immigrant Gifts adds to the national dialogue on immigration. Focusing on the cultural contributions of immigrants who came to the U.S. in the ...
 Feb 19 11:00AM --to-- 12:00PM Computer Class For Adults and SeniorsLocation: Rosedale Registration: Not required Adults and seniors can learn the basics of computer use such as how to navigate the web. | |||
 Feb 19 4:00PM --to-- 5:15PM Chess For AllLocation: Rosedale Registration: Not required This program is opened to all chess lovers: beginners, intermediates, and advanced players. Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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 Feb 20 11:00AM --to-- 12:00PM Picture BookLocation: Rosedale Registration: Not required Children (18 months old to 4 years) and their caretakers enjoy picture book reading, interlaced with singing, clapping, finger plays and dancing. The program ends with an age appropriate arts and crafts activity. Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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 Feb 20 4:00PM --to-- 5:00PM Traveling Shoes: Black Migrations - Jazz in Queens/Arts and CraftsLocation: Rosedale Registration: Not required Join us as we celebrate Black History Month with a craft that highlights the famous jazz musicians in Queens! For more Traveling Shoes programming, visit https://queenslib.org/travelingshoes19. | ||||||||||||||||||
Feb 21 4:30PM --to-- 6:00PM Let's Go BowlingLocation: Rosedale Registration: Not required This game of bowling is open to all who enjoy the game. Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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 Feb 22 4:30PM --to-- 5:30PM Coding with MatprenuerLocation: Rosedale Registration: Not required This computer programming club, aims to help launch the path of future coders, data scientists, and more. | ||||||||||||||||||
Feb 23 1:45PM --to-- 3:45PM Chess With Mr. FariadLocation: Rosedale Registration: Not required Join us for Saturday chess for all chess lovers: beginners, intermediate, and advanced players. | ||||||||||||||||||
 Feb 23 2:00PM --to-- 4:00PM Family MoviesLocation: Rosedale Registration: Not required Families can enjoy a featured film in a simulated theater atmosphere. Moviegoers are encouraged to bring their snacks. | ||||||||||||||||||
 Feb 25 4:00PM --to-- 5:00PM Teen TimeLocation: Rosedale Registration: Not required Teens get together to discuss current events in the country and in other parts of the world, as well as events going on in the community in which they live. | ||||||||||||||||||
 Feb 25 4:00PM --to-- 5:00PM Traveling Shoes: Black Migrations- Recreate Jacob Lawrence's Migration Series PanelLocation: Rosedale Registration: Not required More than 75 years ago, Jacob Lawrence created The Migration Series, an epic narrative that through an ambitious 60-panel series portrays the Great Migration, the flight of over a million African Americans from the rural South to the industrial North. Lawrence’s work continues to have powerful echoes. Come learn about this monumental work and get inspired by it, recreating the panel that you admire the most. For more Traveling Shoes programming, visit https://queenslib.org/travelingshoes19. | ||||||||||||||||||
Feb 27 4:00PM --to-- 5:00PM Traveling Shoes: Black Migrations - Black Out Poetry/Arts and CraftsLocation: Rosedale Registration: Not required Join us as we celebrate Black History Month with a craft that highlights the famous words of black artists from both the past and present! For more Traveling Shoes programming, visit https://queenslib.org/travelingshoes19. | ||||||||||||||||||
 Mar 2 1:00PM --to-- 3:00PM PlaytimeLocation: Rosedale Registration: Not required Children are invited to explore educational fun toys and coloring in a relaxing atmosphere. Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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Mar 4 3:00PM --to-- 4:00PM Teen TimeLocation: Rosedale Registration: Not required Teens sit down with a librarian to discuss teen things such as current events, arts and crafts, and pop culture. Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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Mar 5 11:00AM --to-- 12:00PM Adult Computer ClassesLocation: Rosedale Registration: Not required Adults and seniors learn to navigate the Internet especially Queens Library's databases. Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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Mar 5 4:00PM --to-- 5:00PM Inspiring Women in Science: Glow in the Dark SlimeLocation: Rosedale Registration: Not required Join us as we make glow-in-the-dark slime, in honor of Marie Curie's scientific discoveries about radium! This program is part of our "Inspiring Women in Science" series, in honor of Women's History Month! | ||||||||||||||||||
Mar 6 11:00AM --to-- 12:00PM Picture Book/StorytimeLocation: Rosedale Registration: Not required Children under 5 years old and their caregivers enjoy a reading of picture books, interlaced with music, finger plays, and dancing. The program ends with age-appropriate arts and crafts session. Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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Mar 6 4:00PM --to-- 5:00PM Inspiring Women in Science: Particle Bubble PaintingLocation: Rosedale Registration: Not required Join us as we paint with bubbles, in honor of Sau Lan Wu's scientific discoveries about the Higgs Boson Particle! This program is part of our "Inspiring Women in Science" series, in honor of Women's History Month! | ||||||||||||||||||
Mar 7 4:00PM --to-- 5:30PM Let's Go BowlingLocation: Rosedale Registration: Not required All are invited to the game of bowling in a simulated bowling alley. It's a lot of fun. Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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Mar 9 2:00PM --to-- 4:30PM Family MoviesLocation: Rosedale Registration: Not required Families can enjoy an afternoon of featured movies in a simulated movie theatre. Bring your snacks. Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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Mar 12 4:00PM --to-- 5:30PM Chess for AllLocation: Rosedale Registration: Not required This program invites all chess lovers: beginners, advanced players, and those in between. Additional Program Dates/Locations This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.Additional Dates
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Mar 13 4:00PM --to-- 5:00PM Inspiring Women in Science: Launch a Rocket!Location: Rosedale Registration: Not required Join us as we launch rockets, in honor of Annie Easley's contributions to launching the first rocket ships! This program is part of our "Inspiring Women in Science" series, in honor of Women's History Month! | ||||||||||||||||||
Mar 18 4:00PM --to-- 5:00PM Jewelry WorkshopLocation: Rosedale Registration: Not required Make your own piece of jewelry to keep or to give as a gift. All supplies will be included. | ||||||||||||||||||
Mar 20 4:00PM --to-- 5:00PM Frogs, Bugs, & Animal Show with Jason ReillyLocation: Rosedale Registration: Not required This program features frogs, bugs, chinchillas, and a chicken. Learn about where these animals are from, what they eat, when they sleep, and how they protect themselves. This program is for ages 6 to 12. | ||||||||||||||||||
Mar 27 4:00PM --to-- 5:00PM Inspiring Women in Science: Before Cell-Phones?!Location: Rosedale Registration: Not required Join us as we create "phones," in honor of Hedy Lamarr's contributions to how we communicate today! This program is part of our "Inspiring Women in Science" series, in honor of Women's History Month! | ||||||||||||||||||
Apr 1 3:00PM --to-- 5:00PM Easter Hunt!Location: Rosedale Registration: Not required Come join us as we celebrate Easter by holding a scavenger hunt among the books! The more things you find, the more chances to win a prize! Teen session will be at 3PM, and the children's session will begin at 4PM! | ||||||||||||||||||
Apr 2 10:00AM --to-- 11:00AM April is Poetry Time!Location: Rosedale Registration: Not required Explore your feelings through poetry. Feelings are in poems and poetry can give us big new feelings that make us proud! | ||||||||||||||||||
Apr 3 4:00PM --to-- 5:00PM Poetry Month: Poem In Your Pocket WallLocation: Rosedale Registration: Not required Come join us as we celebrate National Poetry Month and create pockets that we’ll stick to a wall. In each pocket, participants will hide a hidden poem for future customers to find! | ||||||||||||||||||
Apr 5 4:00PM --to-- 5:00PM April is Poetry Time!Location: Rosedale Registration: Not required In this exciting, interactive class children ages 6-12 begin to learn what poetry truly is and how it shows that the world can be honestly liked. Space is limited. Preregistration is required. | ||||||||||||||||||
Apr 10 4:00PM --to-- 5:00PM CrafternoonLocation: Rosedale Registration: Not required Come join us as we make arts and crafts for you to take home! | ||||||||||||||||||
Apr 17 4:00PM --to-- 5:00PM Bookmark BunniesLocation: Rosedale Registration: Not required Come join us as we celebrate Easter and create Easter bunnies from clothespins! | ||||||||||||||||||
 Apr 20 1:00PM --to-- 4:00PM Rosedale Spell-A-ThonLocation: Rosedale Registration: Not required Children from 1-8 grade are invited to explore their spelling talents. Prizes will be awarded followed by refreshments. | ||||||||||||||||||
Apr 22 3:00PM --to-- 5:00PM Earth Day: Paper Your Walls!Location: Rosedale Registration: Not required Come join us as we celebrate Earth Day and create silhouette masterpieces from magazines and newspapers! Teen session will be at 3PM, and children's session will be at 4PM. | ||||||||||||||||||
Apr 24 4:00PM --to-- 5:00PM Poetry Month: String Your WordsLocation: Rosedale Registration: Not required Come join us as we celebrate National Poetry Month, and create bracelets and keychains of our favorite words! | ||||||||||||||||||
 May 8 3:30PM --to-- 4:30PM Mysteries in the Midnight ZoneLocation: Rosedale Registration: Registration is not yet open for this program. Please check back closer to the program date. Dive deep into the midnight zone as we explore this hidden ocean habitat and the mysterious animals that live there. We start our journey almost 100 years ago when explorers boarded the Bathysphere to descend 3,028 feet into the deep. Following their expedition, we examine microscopic animal adaptations and create our own deep sea inspired works of art that glow in the dark! | ||||||||||||||||||
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Special Interest/Noteworthy Collections at the Rosedale Community Library include:
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| Child Care / Preschools | ||
Rosa’s Toddler & Family Day Care 259-10 147th Avenue Rosedale NY , 11422 phone: (718) 525-9534 | Rosedale Child Development Center 241-08 140th Avenue Rosedale NY , 11422 phone: (718) 978-3996 | Throop Memorial Day Care 140-17 243rd Street Rosedale NY , 11422 phone: (718) 528-0936 |
| Community Board | ||
| Community Organizations & Services | ||
American Legion Post 483 240-02 135th Avenue Rosedale NY , 11422 | Rosedale Civic Association P.O. BOX 220-116 Rosedale NY , 11422-0116 | Rosedale Civilian Patrol |
Rosedale Sports Association 138-10 Brookville Boulevard Rosedale NY , 11422 phone: (718) 527-5302 | Rosedale Soccer Club P.O. BOX 0158 Rosedale NY , 11422 | |
| Local Hospitals | ||
Springfield Gardens (Community Medical Center) 134-64 Springfield Boulevard Springfield Gardens NY , 11413 phone: (718) 883-6800 fax: (718) 883-6820 | ||
| Local Newspapers | ||
| Parks and Playgrounds | ||
Brookvill Park 149 Ave, 235 St., Brookville Blvd, South Conduit | IDLEWILD Park Rockaway Blvd., Springfield Blvd., 149 Avenue | Springfield Park 149 Ave., Springfield Blvd., 145 Road, 148 St. |
PS 195 Playground (Hook Creek) 149 Road, Weller Lane, 149 Avenue, 253 Street | ||
| Police Department | ||
| Post Office | ||
Rosedale Station 145-06 243rd Street Rosedale NY , 11422 phone: (718)528-4358 | ||
| Private / Parochial Schools | ||
Christ Lutheran School (K-8) 248-01 Francis Lewis Boulevard Rosedale NY , 11422 phone: (718) 525-6884 | St Clare’s Roman Catholic School (Pre K-8) 137-25 Brookville Boulevard Rosedale NY , 11422 phone: (718) 528-7174 | St Pius X - Roman Catholic School (Pre K- 8) 147-65 249TH Street Rosedale NY , 11422 phone: (718) 525-7171 |
| Public Elementary Schools | ||
P.S. 38 Rosedale School (K-6) 135-21 241 Street Rosedale NY , 11422 phone: (718) 528-2276 fax: (718) 712-1598 | P.S. 181 Brookfield School (K-6) 148 Avenue & 230 Street Springfield Garden NY , 11413 phone: (718) 528-5807 fax: (718) 723-7825 | P.S. 138 Sunrise School (K-6) 251-11 Weller Avenue Rosedale NY , 11422 phone: (718) 528-9053 fax: (718) 528-9053 |
P.S. 251 144-51 Arthur St. Springfield Gardens NY , 11413 phone: (718) 276-2745 fax: (718) 723-7822 | ||
| Public Intermediate / Junior High Schools | ||
I.S. 231 Magnetech 2000 145-00 Springfield Boulevard Laurelton NY , 11413 | ||
| Senior Centers | ||
Rosedale Senior Citizens Club, Inc. Brookville Boulevard and 135th Avenue phone: (718) 525-8899 | ||
| Elected Officials | |
| NYC Council Hon. Donovan Richards DRichards@council.nyc.gov | |
District Office Address 1931 Mott Avenue, Suite 410 Far Rockaway NY , 11691 phone: (718) 471-7014 fax: (718) 327-4794 | Legislative Office Address 250 Broadway, Suite 1731 New York NY, 10007 phone: (212) 788-7216 fax: (212) 227-1210 |
| NYS Assembly Hon. Alicia Hyndman HyndmanA@nyassembly.gov | |
District Office 232-06A Merrick Boulevard Jamaica NY, 11413 phone: (718) 723-5412 fax: (718) 723-5465 | Albany Office LOB, Room 820 Albany NY, 12248 phone: (518) 455-4451 fax: (518) 455-5522 |
| NYS Assembly Hon. Michele R. Titus TitusM@nyassembly.gov | |
District Office 19-31 Mott Avenue, Room 301 Far Rockaway NY, 11691 phone: (718) 327-1845 fax: (718) 327-1878 | Albany Office LOB, Room 522 Albany NY, 12248 phone: (518) 455-5668 fax: (518) 455-3892 |
| NYS Senate Hon. James Sanders, Jr. Sanders@nysenate.gov | |
District Office Address 142-01 Rockaway Boulevard South Ozone Park NY , 11436 phone: (718) 523-3069 fax: (718) 523-3670 | Albany Office Room 508, Legislative Office Building Albany NY , 12247 phone: 518-455-3531 fax: 518-426-0529 |
| 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 | |
| Mayor Hon. Bill de Blasio | |
History
The Rosedale community was established in 1888 and named Foster’s Meadow. In 1894, the area was divided into building lots and the present name was established. In 1919, the Women’s Club asked the library for service. A collection staffed by volunteers was begun and by November a station was established. In 1920, rent-free quarters were found for the library. The Branch was relocated a number of times over the years. In May 1962 the Rosedale Public Library was opened in the rented building that it presently occupies. This was overseen by the Board of Trustees with Cornelius B. Hermann as president and Chief Librarian Harold W. Tucker.
Friends Group
Hours & Locations
144-20 243 Street
Rosedale, NY 11422
(718) 528 8490 
| Mon | 12:00 PM | - | 8:00 PM |
| Tue | 1:00 PM | - | 6:00 PM |
| Wed | 10:00 AM | - | 6:00 PM |
| Thu | 12:00 PM | - | 8:00 PM |
| Fri | 10:00 AM | - | 6:00 PM |
| Sat | 10:00 AM | - | 5:00 PM |
| Sun | Closed | ||
