Main image photo credit: Lefrak City Pool. Long Island Daily Press, ca. 1975. How hot is your summer? What do you do to cool down? Where do you go? What do you love (or hate) about summer in the city?   Explore these “hot topics” while enjoying an exhibition of historic…
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Queens Public Library and New York Public Library Release Special Edition Library Cards at Branches on July 14 to Celebrate 50 Years of Hip-Hop The two library systems will also celebrate the birth of hip-hop in a series of special events August 3–5. For QPL, early access for…
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Historical Naturalization Records from Queens, the Bronx Now Available Online JAMAICA, NEW YORK_Queens County Clerk Audrey I. Pheffer today joined Bronx County Clerk Ischia Bravo, Queens Public Library President Dennis M. Walcott and other local officials at the Central Library…
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Tuesday, June 27, 2023 is Primary Election Day, and several of our branches will serve as polling sites. Queens residents will cast their votes at the Briarwood, Central, East Elmhurst, Elmhurst, Forest Hills, Kew Gardens Hills, Lefferts, North Forest Park, Peninsula, Richmond…
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Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery in the United States. Check out our reading lists and resources and join us for our in-person and virtual programs to learn more about this important day in U.S. history. All Queens Public Library locations will be closed on Monday, June…
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