An Online Tour
The queens borough president’s web site is www.queensbp.org.
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Queens On The Web
Now everything you want or need is just a click away. The internet brings the answers to all your questions and demands into your home and onto your computer screen. The following Web sites have numerous services you can find through their homepages.
Queens Tribune
www.queenstribune.com
At our Web site, not only can you find our weekly newspapers online, but also a number of other services. We have all of our glossy monthly guide editions (like this one) online as well – to the right hand side of the page. We include a resource section where you can locate the guides. In these guides you can find everything you need from government officials, immigrant services, restaurant reviews, art museums plus much, much more.
New York City
www.nyc.gov
The internet hub for all things NYC, providing links to city departments, the City Council, senior programs, parks, and the NYPD. A great way to find all elected officials and current press releases. Provides links to different hospital networks.
Queens Borough President:
www.queensbp.org
Beep Helen Marshall’s Web site provides information to many different programs and events in Queens. Has emergency information for all parts of the borough.
Queens District Attorney:
www.queensda.org
Provides updates on the biggest court cases happening in the borough, along with vital information about the Queens court system. Also has job listings and paralegal opportunities with DA Richard Brown’s office.
Queens Chamber of Commerce:
www.queenschamber.org
Offers a number of services to the borough’s businesses. The site offers helpful information for beginning business owners and a community calendar.
Queens Library:
www.queenslibrary.org
A plethora of resources about Queens and the library system, including career services, library branch locations, and access to personal accounts. More than books, this library system is a resourceful and fundamental public service of Queens.
Queens Economic
Development Corporation:
www.queensny.org
A non-profit organization that includes many notable business and community leaders in Queens. Provides broader access to economic opportunities for all Queens residents.
Dept. of Education:
www.nycenet.edu
Offers a detailed list of all Queens schools as well as new education policies and school programs. Offers an Annual School Report Card link, which rates a school based on safety, number of students in each class, and standardized test results.
Religious Links
www.queenschurches.org
Resources on all houses of worship in the borough, including many of the major religions practiced within the diverse community.
About Queens
www.queens.about.com
Thorough leisure Web site that offers many links about the borough’s top bars, restaurants, and nightlife. Has useful information on education, community organizations, real estate, and Queens history.
High Schools
Not all schools have their own Web site, but those that do certainly try to show off the accomplishments of the students and staff of some of the best places to learn in Queens.
August Martin H.S.: www.augustmartinhighschool.com
Benjamin N. Cardozo H.S.: www.cardozohigh.com
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Business, Computer Applications and Entrepreneurship Magnet:
members.aol.com/businessmagnet/main.html
Far Rockaway H.S.:
schools.nycenet.edu/region5/rockaway
Forest Hills H.S.: www.fhhsweb.org
Francis Lewis H.S.: www.francislewishs.org
Jamaica H.S.: www.jamaicahighschool.org
Martin Luther H.S.: www.martinluthernyc.org
Martin Van Buren H.S.: www.mvbhs.com
Robert F. Kennedy Community H.S.: www.rfkschools.org
Townsend Harris H.S.: www.thhs.qc.edu
Queens Vocational and Technical H.S: ww69w.qvths.net
Colleges
From adult education to continuing straight from high school, the fine colleges and universities of this borough are well represented on the Web. Check out their sites if you want to take a step ahead in your career – or if you just want to see what the kids are up to these days.
CUNY Law School: www.law.cuny.edu
Devry Institute of Technology: www.ny.devry.edu
LaGuardia Community College: www.lagcc.cuny.edu
Lander College For Men: www.touro.edu/landercollege
Plaza College: www.plazacollege.edu
Queens College: www.qc.edu
Queensborough Community College: www.qcc.cuny.edu
St. John’s University: www.stjohns.edu
Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology: www.vaughn.edu
York College: www.york.cuny.edu
Hospitals
Most of the borough’s hospitals are well represented on the Web. Learn about what services are offered, how to make appointments and where to call for help by checking out some of the Web sites.
Elmhurst Hospital: nyc.gov/html/hhc/qhn/html/ehc.html
Forest Hills Hospital: www.northshorelij.com/body.cfm?id=61
Flushing Hospital: www.flushinghospital.org
Holliswood Hospital: www.holliswoodhospital.com
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center: www.jamaicahospital.org
Long Island Jewish Medical Center: www.lij.edu
Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens: www.mshq.org
New York Foundling Hospital: www.nyfoundling.org
New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens: www.nyhq.org
Queens Hospital Center: nyc.gov/html/hhc/qhn/html/qhc.html
Schneider Children’s Hospital: www.schneiderchildrenshospital.org
St. John’s Episcopal Hospital: www.ehs.org/sshr
Community Boards
Slowly but surely, community boards are beginning to make their way onto the information superhighway, providing agendas, and enabling comments from the community.
CB 3: www.cb3qn.nyc.gov
CB 8: www.queenscb8.org
CB 9: www.nyc.gov/queenscb9
CB 11: www.littleneck.net/cb11
CB 12: www.cb12queens.org
CB 13: www.cb13q.org
Museums
The arts in Queens are abundant – and though we can’t list all of the sites to visit, check these ones out, from some of the most notable institutions in Queens.
Fisher Landau Center for Art: www.flcart.org
Isamu Noguchi Museum: www.noguchi.org
King Manor Museum: www.kingmanor.org
Museum for African Art: www.africanart.org
Museum of the Moving Image: www.movingimage.us
New York Hall of Science: www.nyhallsci.org
P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center: www.ps1.org
Queens Museum of Art: www.queensmuseum.org
Queens County Farm Museum: www.queensfarm.org
Sculpture Center in Long Island City: www.sculpture-center.org
Socrates Sculpture Park: www.socratessculpturepark.org
Shopping
Need shoes? How about the latest DVD release? Find out what’s on sale in stores at your local malls and shopping centers.
Bay Terrace Shopping Center: www.bayterrace.com
Flushing Mall: www.888flushingmall.com
Queens Center Mall: www.shopqueenscenter.com
The Shops at Atlas Park: www.theshopsatatlaspark.com
Recreation
From the biggest parks to Shea Stadium and the U.S. Tennis Center, learn about all that the borough has to offer for recreation at some of the following Web sites.
Alley Pond Park: www.alleypond.com
Aqueduct: www.nyra.com/aqueduct
Flushing Meadows Corona Park: www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/vt_flushing_meadows/vt_flushing_meadows_park.html
Forest Park: www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/vt_forest_park/vt_forest_park.html
New York Mets: www.nymets.com
Queens Botanical Garden: www.queensbotanical.org
Queens Theatre in the Park: www.queenstheatre.org
Queens Zoo: nyzoosandaquarium.com/5719193
USTA National Tennis Center: www.usta.com/nationaltenniscentern
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