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International Language Collections at the Woodside Community Library include:
Special Interest/Noteworthy Collections at the Woodside Community Library include:
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Child Care / Preschools | ||
Bright Beginnings 49-22 30th Avenue Woodside NY , 11377 phone: (718) 777-6664 | Maspeth Town Hall PS 229 67-25 51st Road Woodside NY , 11377 phone: (718) 446-2120 | NYCHA Woodside Community Center 50-19 Broadway Woodside NY , 11377 phone: (718) 932-0771 Rainbow Christian |
Rainbow Christian Pre-School & Kindergarten 72-01 43rd Avenue Woodside NY , 11377 phone: (718) 335-3361 | Rainbowland Nursery School 39-60 54th Street Woodside NY , 11377 phone: (718) 899-7590 | Sports & Arts in School Foundation IS 125 46-02 47th Avenue Woodside NY , 11377 phone: (718) 752-9210 |
YMCA Virtual Y P.S. 229 67-25 51st Road Woodside NY , 11377 phone: (718) 392-7932 | Woodside Children’s Center 50-37 Broadway Woodside NY , 11377 phone: (718)-278-3616 | Woodside’s Montessori 39-04 61st Street Woodside NY , 11377 phone: (718) 205-7570 |
Towers Play-N-Learn 60-10A 47th Avenue Woodside NY , 11377 phone: (718) 478-3885 |
Community Board | ||
Community Organizations & Services | ||
Queens Child Guidance Center 60-02 Queens Boulevard Woodside NY , 11377 phone: (718)-651-7770 ext. 202 fax: (718)-651-5029 | Woodside on the Move 39-42 59th Street Woodside NY , 11377 phone: (718) 476-8449 fax: (718) 476-6946 | Anoroc Democratic Club 45-25 47th Street Woodside NY , 11377 phone: (718) 784-2193 |
VFW Post 2813 51-27 Queens Boulevard Woodside NY , 11377 phone: (718) 335-0700 | Catholic War Veterans Post 870 39-46 61st Street Woodside NY , 11377 phone: (718) 476-8539 | Kiwanis Club of Sunnyside 45-25 47th Street Woodside NY , 11377 phone: (718) 784-2468 |
United Forties Civic Association 45th Street and 50th Avenue Woodside NY , 11377 phone: (917) 650-7776 | Sunnyside/Woodside Lions Club 42-09 47th Avenue 1B) Woodside NY , 11377 phone: (718) 784-8437 |
Fire Department | ||
Engine 325 / Ladder 163 41-24 51st Street Woodside NY , 11377 |
Local Hospitals | ||
Queens Blvd Ext Care Facility 61 - 11 Queens Boulevard Woodside NY , 11377 phone: (718) 205-0288 | Family Health Center 57-18 Woodside Avenue Woodside NY , 11377 phone: (718) 898-9494 fax: (718) 898-5023 | |
Western Queens Alcoholism Center 62-07 Woodside Avenue NY , phone: (718) 898-5085 | Woodside Clinic 67-14 41st Avenue Woodside NY , 11377 phone: (718) 458-4243 fax: (718)-458-4481 |
Local Newspapers | ||
Woodside Herald 43-11 Greenpoint Avenue Sunnyside NY , 11104 phone: (718) 729-3772 fax: (718) 729-8614 | Woodside times |
Parks and Playgrounds | ||
Bush Park 61st Street, N/S Brooklyn-Queens Expressway | Dough Boy Park Woodside Ave, Between 54th and 56th Street | Windmuller Park 52nd to 54th Street, Woodside Ave, 39th Road, 39th |
Brig Gen Jos T. Hart Memorial Playground 65th to 69th Streets, 37th Avenue, Broadway | Carl R Sohncke Square Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside Avenue, 58th Street | Winfield Plaza Woodside Avenue, E/S Brooklyn-Queens Expressway |
Woodside Park Roosevelt Avenue, 60th Street, Woodside Avenue |
Police Department | ||
108th Precinct 5-47 50th Avenue Long Island City NY , 11105 phone: (718) 784 -5411 |
Post Office | ||
Woodside Station 39-25 61st Street Woodside NY , 11377-9997 phone: (800) 275-8777 |
Private / Parochial Schools | ||
Razi School (PK-12) 55-11 Queens Blvd Wodside NY , 11377 phone: (718) 429-4700 | St. Illuminator's Armenian Day (PK-6) 69-23 47th Ave Woodside NY , 11377 phone: (718) 478-4073 | |
ABC Child Care 66-26 Laurel Hill Boulevard Woodside NY , 11377 phone: (718) 672-2292 | B V M Help Of Christians School (PK-8) 70-20 47th Avenue Woodside NY , 11377 phone: (718) 639-8042 | |
Corpus Christi School (PK-8) 31-29 60th Street Woodside NY , 11377 phone: (718) 721-2484 | Greater Ny Sda Academy (9-12) 41-32 58th Street Woodside NY , 11377 phone: (718) 639-1752 | Jackson Heights School Sda (K-8) 72-25 Woodside Avenue Woodside NY , 11377 phone: (718) 426-5729 |
St Teresa School (PK-8) 50-15 44th Street Woodside NY , 11377 phone: (718) 784-0178 |
Public Elementary Schools | ||
P.S. 011 Kathryn Phelan (K-6) 54-25 Skillman Avenue Woodside NY , 11377 phone: (718)-779-2090 fax: (718) 458-6362 | P.S. 012 James B. Colgate (K-5) 42-00 72nd Street Woodside NY , 11377 phone: (718) 424-5905 fax: (718) 424-0207 | P.S. 151 Mary D. Carter School 50-05 31 Avenue Woodside NY , 11377 phone: (718)728-2676 fax: (718) 545-2028(718) 545-2028 |
P.S. 152 Gwendoline Alleyne (K-6) 33-52 62nd Street Woodside NY , 11377 phone: (718) 429-3141 fax: (718) 779-7532 | P.S. 229 Emanuel Kaplan (PK-7) 67-25 51 Road Woodside NY , 11377 phone: (718) 446-2120 fax: (718) 672-3117 |
Public Intermediate / Junior High Schools | ||
I.S. 125 Thomas J. McCann (5-8) 46-02 47 Avenue Woodside NY , 11377 phone: (718) 937-0320 fax: (718) 361-2451 |
Senior Centers | ||
Woodside Senior Center 50 - 37 Newtown Road Building 19 Woodside NY , 11377 phone: (718) 932-6916 | Woodside Senior Assistance Program 61-20 Woodside Ave Woodside NY , 11377 phone: (718) 779-1234 |
Elected Officials | |
NYC Council Hon. Jimmy Van Bramer JVanBramer@council.nyc.gov | |
District Office Address 47-01 Queens Boulevard, Suite 205 Sunnyside NY, 11104 phone: (718) 383-9566 fax: (718) 383-9076 | Manhattan Office Address 250 Broadway, Suite 1833 New York NY , 10007 phone: (212) 788-7370 fax: (212) 513-7195 |
NYS Assembly Hon. Brian Barnwell BarnwellB@nyassembly.gov | |
District Office 55-19 69th Street Maspeth NY, 11378 phone: (718) 651-3185 fax: (718) 651-3027 | Albany Office LOB, Room 921 Albany NY, 12248 phone: (518) 455-4755 fax: (518) 455-5032 |
NYS Senate Hon. Michael Gianaris Gianaris@nysenate.gov | |
District Office 31-19 Newtown Avenue, Suite 402 Astoria NY , 11102 phone: (718) 728-0960 fax: (718) 728-0963 | Albany Office Capitol Building, Room 413 Albany NY, 12247 phone: (518) 455-3486 fax: (518) 426-6929 |
Boro President Hon. Melinda Katz Info@queensbp.org | |
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Mayor Hon. Bill de Blasio | |
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US Congress Hon. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | |
District Office | Legislative Office229 Cannon HOB Washington DC, 20515 phone: (202) 225-3965 |
Woodside is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Queens. Although it was inhabited by European settlers in the early years, it did not grow substantially until the 1800s because it was a dangerous and isolated area of snake-infested swamps and wolf-inhabited woods. In the1860’s, the first developers, Benjamin W. Hitchcock and John Andrew Kelly, moved in and the Community of Woodside was formed. Kelly built a home that he called “Woodside” after the nearby forests. The name also became popular from a series of newspaper articles he wrote from his home. In 1869, more than one thousand lots were laid out by Benjamin Hitchcock, generating the first massive building of the new village Woodside.
The completion of the Queensboro Bridge and subway tracks allowed more people to migrate into Woodside and the population reached 6000 by 1910. Eventually the city of New York and other developers began building in the area to accommodate the influx of people. Woodside has since grown as a mixed residential, commercial, and manufacturing suburb for working class people.
Public library service didn’t arrive in Woodside until 1908 when the Woodside Improvement Association succeeded in converting Mr. H. Wikters’ General Store into a public library, known as a “traveling library station”. On June 19, 1910, the city-funded branch library opened to the public with Anna Burns as librarian. The library was housed on the first floor of a two-story frame building on the southwest corner of Roosevelt Avenue and 58th Street. During World War I, the library served as a community activity center. The branch later temporarily relocated to a newly built store at 59-12 Woodside Avenue until 1932 when it moved to its permanent location on the southwest corner of 55th Street and Skillman Avenue. In 1963, after the building underwent extensive renovation and rehabilitation, it reopened to the public with a new entrance on Skillman Avenue. The branch building was again updated in 1999, improving access to the building for those with disabilities. The Woodside Community Library primarily serves the area bounded by Northern Boulevard to the north, Maurice Ave to the south, 50th St. to the east, and Brooklyn–Queens Expressway to the west. Among the residents of Woodside, most are immigrants. Chinese immigrants are the largest group. Ecuadorians are the second largest group. Koreans, Colombians, Bangladesh, Filipinos, Asian Indians, Guyanese, Peruvians and Irish are also well represented in Woodside.
More information about the Woodside community is available from the following sources:
Woodside at a glance:www.maxhome.netfirms.com/
Woodside: a tour through the past, present, and culture of a historic urban community:http://users.bestweb.net/~brouwer/
Catherine Gregory: Woodside, Queens County, New York : a historical perspective, 1652-1994.
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