| Last updated on April 1, 2008 |
The Queens Community House is a diverse, multi-service organization offering a variety of services to individuals and families throughout Queens. Our program participants include children, teens, adults and the elderly.
Description:
The Queens Community House (formerly Forest Hills Community House) is a settlement house founded in 1975 to assist, strengthen, and help improve the quality of life of individuals, families, and communities. Today, our 17 program areas reach over 20,000 people throughout Queens. Our 18 sites serve as centers for community gathering, organizing, and social service activity, and our activities work to promote inter-generational and cross-cultural cooperation and exchange. The Queens Community House also works with other organizations in networks and coalitions to advocate for and provide services borough-wide.
Our programs include an early childhood center; after school, teen leadership, and youth development centers; ESOL and job preparation; housing assistance and homelessness prevention; meals-on-wheels, adult day care and case management; and 4 senior centers.
History:
In the spring of 1975, the Queens Community House opened its doors with three staff members. From the beginning, our mission included bringing together the economically, ethnically and racially diverse residents of our community. The center was to be a place where all residents could come together to enhance the capacity of the neighbors to help each other. Today, The Queens Community House has over 400 full and part-time staff, runs 38 programs on 18 sites, and serves over 20,000 people a year.
Contact person: Dennis Redmond, Director of Community Building, (718) 592-5757, (email)
Office fax number: 718-592-2933
Address:
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108-25 62 Drive
Forest Hills, NY 11375
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Web Site: http://www.queenscommunityhouse.org
Directions:
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From Manhattan �� Take the Long Island Expressway to 108th Street exit. Go to the first light (108th Street) and make a right. Go two blocks and make a left at 62nd Drive.
From other points, take the Grand Central Parkway to the Long Island Expressway Westbound to the Midtown Tunnel exit. Stay on the service road (Horace Harding) to 108th Street. At the first light make a left onto 108th Street. Go two blocks to 62nd Drive, make a left. Forest Hills Community House is in the middle of the block on the left side of the street between 108th & 110th Streets.
TRAIN/BUS: Take the E, F, G, or R train to 71st Street/Continental Avenue. Ride the front of the train and exit on the South side of Queens Blvd. Take the Q23 bus (by the newsstand) to 62nd Drive. Forest Hills Community House is on 62nd Drive between 108th and 110th Streets.
Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: 71 & Continental Aves/E,F,R,
Walk distance (in minutes): 20
Nearest Bus Stop: Q23 62nd Drive, 1 minute walk |
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