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International Language Collections at the Steinway Community Library include: For Adults
For Children
Special Interest/Noteworthy Collections at the Steinway Community Library include:
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Child Care / Preschools | ||
Grace D. Delgado 18-29 21st. Drive, Apartment 2, 2nd Floor Astoria NY , 11105 phone: (718) 956-9333 | HANAC P.S. 84 22-45 41Street Astoria NY , 11105 phone: (718) 278-1915 | Rita Morresi Mittone 20-26 28th Street, 1st Floor Astoria NY , 11105 phone: (718) 956-3367 |
Gabriel Marin 23-66 21 Street, 1st Floor Astoria NY , 11105 phone: (718) 956-3367 | Yasmin Monir 21-16 35 Street, Apartment 5D Astoria NY , 11105 phone: (718) 721-5628 | Aracely Sanchez 21-68 35 Street, Apartment 4C Astoria NY , 11105 phone: (718) 721-3990 |
Community Board | ||
Queens Community Board 1 36-01 35th Avenue Astoria NY , 11106 phone: (718) 786-3335 fax: (718)786-3368 |
Community Organizations & Services | ||
Greater Astoria Historical Society Quinn Building 35-20 Broadway, 4th floor Long Island City NY , 11106 |
Fire Department | ||
Engine 262 30-89 21 St Queens NY , 11102 | Engine 263 Ladder 117 42-06 Astoria Blvd South Queens NY , 11105 | Engine 312 22-63 35 Street Queens NY , 11103 |
Local Hospitals | ||
Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens 25-10 30th Avenue Queens NY , 11102 |
Local Newspapers | ||
Western Queens Gazette | Northwest Courier | Queens Tribune |
Queens Chronicle |
Parks and Playgrounds | ||
Ralph Demarco Park Shore Blvd Bet. Ditmars Boulevard & 20 Avenue | Triborough Bridge Playground A Hoyt Avenue, 19 to 21 Streets | Paul Raimonda Playground 47 to 48 Streets, 20 Avenue |
Woodtree Playground 20 Avenue, 37 Street, 38 Street | Ditmars Park 23 Avenue To Ditmars Boulevard | Steinway Playground 20 Road-20 Avenue, 37-38 Streets |
Police Department | ||
Post Office | ||
Grand Post Office 4508 30th Avenue Long Island City NY , 11103 |
Public Elementary Schools | ||
PS 084 Steinway (Q084) 22-45 41 Street Astoria NY , 11105 phone: (718)278-1915 fax: (718) 932-4649 | PS 085 Judge Charles Vallone (Q085) 23-70 31 Street Long Island City NY , 11105 phone: (718) 278-3630 fax: (718) 278-8312 | PS 122 Mamie Fay (Q122) 21-21 Ditmars Boulevard Astoria NY , 11105 phone: (718)721-6410 fax: (718)726-0016 |
Public Intermediate / Junior High Schools | ||
IS 141 The Steinway (Q141) 37-11 21 Avenue Long Island City NY , 11105 phone: (718)278-6403 fax: (718)278-2884 |
Senior Centers | ||
Astoria Senior Residence 21-05 30th Drive Long Island City NY , 11102 phone: (718) 747-8700 | Bffy Dellamonica Senior Center 23-56 Broadway Long Island City NY , 11106 phone: (718) 626-1500 | Bffy Steinway Senior Center 20-43 Steinway Street Long Island City NY , 11105 phone: (718) 728-8472 |
Central Astoria Dev Norc 28-27 Steinway Street Long Island City NY , 11103 phone: (718) 728-7820 |
Elected Officials | |
NYC Council Hon. Costa Constantinides CConstantinides@council.nyc.gov | |
District Office 31-09 Newtown Avenue, Suite 209 Astoria NY, 11102 phone: (718) 274-4500 fax: (646) 661-4500 | Manhattan Office 250 Broadway, Suite 1808 New York NY, 10007 phone: (212) 788-6963 |
NYS Assembly Hon. Aravella Simotas SimotasA@nyassembly.gov | |
District Office 31-19 Newtown Avenue, Suite 401 Astoria NY, 11102 phone: (718) 545-3889 fax: (718) 545-3607 | Albany Office LOB, Room 652 Albany NY, 12248 phone: (518) 455-5014 fax: (518) 455-4044 |
NYS Senate Hon. José Peralta JPeralta@nysenate.gov | |
District Office 32-37 Junction Boulevard East Elmhurst NY , 11369 phone: (718) 205-3881 fax: (718) 205-4145 | Albany Office Room 415, Legislative Office Building Albany NY , 12247 phone: (518) 455-2529 fax: (518) 426-6909 |
US Congress Hon. Joseph Crowley | |
District Office 82-11 37th Avenue, Suite 402 Astoria NY , 11372 phone: (718) 779-1400 fax: (718) 505-0156 | Legislative Office 1035 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC, 20515 phone: (202) 225-3965 fax: (202) 225-1909 |
Boro President Hon. Melinda Katz Info@queensbp.org | |
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Mayor Hon. Bill de Blasio | |
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The area of Queens comprising Steinway and Astoria was formerly known by the Algonquian name of Sunswick, derived from the word Sunkisq, meaning "woman chief." In 1839 developer Stephen A. Halsey incorporated the village of Astoria, which he named in honor of fur trader and landowner John Jacob Astor. Within a few decades, the area was home to a number of wealthy merchants, a substantial German-American community, and the Steinway piano company. As the name of the neighborhood suggests, it began as home to Steinway & Sons, the legendary piano maker and transit magnate in the early days of the trolley car. In 1870 William Steinway, son of the original company founder Henry Steinway, (nee Steinweg) bought 400 acres of land in northwest Queens and moved the operations from their original headquarters in Manhattan, to their new home, which continues its production in the same area today. Along with the factory, he also built Steinway Village, a company town with its own post office, park for recreation, housing for employees, and with a church, library, kindergarten school, and public trolley line. Unlike many other factory towns of the time, Steinway Village was not built exclusively for workers (employees only accounted for about one third of the inhabitants) since they treated the property as a real- estate investment, selling land and houses. On May 4, 1870, Astoria, Hunter’s Point, Steinway, and Ravenswood consolidated to become Long Island City.
Even though the ease of a commute from Steinway into Manhattan has transformed the neighborhood into a bustling mix of ethnicities and styles, vestiges of old Steinway still survive even today. Two-story brick houses continue to stand on 20th Avenue and 41st Street. They boast stone window lintels and recessed entrances. Built before 1880 as housing for factory employees, they are Landmark quality homes. And the Steinway mansion built by William Steinway is still a private residence on 41 Street, originally Albert Street, named for one of his sons. 42 Street was also formerly named Theodore Street, for another one of William Steinway’s sons.