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Links
Here are some links that may be of interest. Please let us know about dead links by emailing info@jhbg.org. We also very much appreciate feedback, including suggestions for other links. Please note that the JHBG is not responsible for the content of any outside websites.
Animals
Local vets include: Dr. Louis
Alvarez at Heights Veterinary Hospital (71-02 35th Avenue); Dr. Cesar
Tello at Noah's Ark Pet Clinic
(85-05 37th Avenue); and Dr. Matthew Nebel, who no longer lives locally
but still does house calls on certain days (800-753-0771).
Animal Haven, located
at 35-22 Prince Street in Flushing, is a no-kill animal shelter. Their
mission: "to carefully place cats and dogs in loving homes, as well
as give lifetime care for those who cannot be placed."
Arts, Music, Theater...
The Jackson Heights Art Club
offers a variety of classes for both adults and children. For more information,
call 718-899-0065.
The Queens Council on the Arts has an exhibition calendar covering a number of Queens institutions.
The Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts at Town Hall has a variety of music and arts programs, including the popular Jazz Trail.
The Long
Island City Cultural Alliance has information about (and a map for)
LIC-area arts organizations, including:
American Museum of the
Moving Image
Museum
for African Art
PS1/MOMA
Socrates
Sculpture Park
SculptureCenter
Thalia
Spanish Theatre
Some other Queens-based organizations:
Alliance
of Queens Artists
Louis Armstrong House
New
York Hall of Science
Queens Museum of the Arts
General Jackson Heights and Queens Info
There are several blogs covering
news, gossip, and events in Jackson Heights. Check out Jackson
Heights NYC, Jackson Heights
Life, and Jackson Heights
Blog.
John Roleke maintains borough-wide listings, tips, and links (and has
a good profile of Jackson Heights) on the About.com
site he hosts.
Although it's written for visitors, the NYC&Company
page about Queens has some good basic info and links.
Government
The official New
York City website has links to every city agency. You can check the
trash pickup schedule for your block, learn how to bid on city contracts,
pay a parking ticket, and so on.
Community Board 3 is the place
to go for street closing permits. It also serves as a voice for the community,
through monthly meetings, communication with city agencies, and so on.
Who
Represents Me? Enter an address to find out who represents you at
the city, state, and federal level.
Green Space/Outdoors/Parks
Community
Greens: Shared Parks in Urban Blocks works to encourage the development
of community greens in residential neighborhoods across the United States.
New
Yorkers for Parks is a "policy action center" that released
a very well put together study of park resources in 2005. The study highlights
the two-tiered system that pours resources into parks in Manhattan and
leaves the rest of the city's parks underfunded.
Partnerships for Parks works to
promote involvement in parks (including through "It's My Park!"
Day) so people will join in efforts to restore and preserve them.
National
Tennis Center/United States Tennis Association
Queens
County Farm Museum
Queens Wildlife
Center/Wildlife Conservation Society
Other Local Nonprofit Groups
Farm Spot is a volunteer group that brings wonderful food to the neighborhood. They describe their Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program this way: "Members of Farm Spot pay our farmers an annual membership fee to cover the production costs of the farm. In turn, members receive a weekly share of the freshest local produce during the local growing season. The arrangement guarantees the farmer financial support and enables many small- to moderate-scale organic family farms to remain in business." The program runs for 27 weeks, from the end of May through November. The food is distributed on Thursday afternoons from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. at St. Mark's Church (33-50 82nd Street). Stop by to meet neighbors and check out Farm Spot. Even if you're not a Farm Spot member, you can purchase excellent food from the following vendors on Thursdays: Ambrosia Bakery (baked goods), Bierkraft (cheese and bread), and Dine's Farms (natural meats, including chicken, beef, and pork).
Jackson Heights Parents Group is a terrific resource for the neighborhood. Parents, caregivers, and others share advice and resources, meet other families, and discuss neighborhood issues. (You have to become a Yahoo member to sign up, but that's easy to do and free.)
Lexington School for the Deaf is home to a thriving universal Pre-K
program serving hearing children, as well as a daycare program and the
state-of-the-art 427-seat Ralph and Ricky Lauren Center for the Performing
Arts.
New Immigrant Community Empowerment (NICE) is a crosscultural, grassroots nonprofit organization that uses advocacy and public education to ensure that new immigrants are influential in civic, governmental, and public affairs.
Queens Lesbian and Gay Pride Committee sponsors an annual parade and festival every June in Jackson Heights.
Safe Horizon is the nation’s leading nonprofit victim assistance,
advocacy, and violence prevention organization. The Queens office includes
the Solace Program for Survivors of Torture and Refugee Trauma. Solace
provides clients with group and individual counseling, home visits, information
and referrals, accompaniment, and evaluations for political asylum.
Transportation Alternatives worked
with the Coaltion for a Quieter Jackson Heights to draft some thought-provoking
proposals
to "reduce roadway noise, improve safety, and increase livability"
in Jackson Heights.
The Western Jackson Heights Alliance
is focused on the 73rd to 74th Street area, but the issues they have brought
up effect many people throughout our neighborhood, and indeed much of
the city: traffic, noise, overdevelopment, and poor enforcement of existing
laws (double parking, horn honking, and sanitation-related).
Recycled Building Materials
Build It Green NYC! is a nonprofit
building material reuse center in Astoria. Doing a house or apartment
rehab? Check them out as a possible place to donate old cabinets and appliances
to (and get a tax deduction) or a source for these items and more, at
prices half of retail.
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