Press Releases

Here is the Library's holiday schedule for the end of December 2019. (Please pay special attention to our opening hours on December 24 and 31. Happy Holidays!) All Queens Public Library locations will close at 1PM on Tuesday, December 24.* Central Library and Flushing Library…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, October 28, 2019 Council Member Adrienne Adams Celebrates South Ozone Park Library Reopening South Ozone Park, New York—On Friday, October 25th, Council Member Adrienne Adams, in conjunction with the Queens Public Library, celebrated the reopening…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, October 23, 2019 OATH Resource Fair Coming to Central Library on October 30, 2019 QUEENS, NEW YORK - On Wednesday October 30, 2019 the NYC Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH), which is the City’s independent administrative law…
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OCTOBER 4, 2019—The following is a statement from Queens Public Library President and CEO Dennis M. Walcott about Hunters Point Library: Our goal is to be inclusive and provide access and opportunity to all. We will move the books to another location in the library and provide…
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For the past three years, the Queens Public Library Foundation has invited QPL staff members to submit ideas for new and innovative programs that address the specific needs of their communities. This October, the 2019 Innovation Fund awarded grants of up to $10,000 each to…
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