FRESH MEADOWS FACT SHEET

Take a look at Fresh Meadows

Community Organizations^[1]

Fresh Meadows Homeowners Civic Association President Jim Gallagher address a crowd at a rally^[2]

Community Board #8
197-15 Hillside Avenue Hollis, NY 11423
Phone: (718) 264-7895
Email: qn08@cb.nyc.gov

Fresh Meadows Homeowners Civic Association
194 15B 64th Circle, #3B Fresh Meadows, NY 11365

Jamaica Estates Association
P.O. Box 656534 Fresh Meadows, NY 11365
Phone: (718) 657-2224

West Cunningham Park Civic Association
73-59 192nd Street Fresh Meadows, NY 11366
Phone: (718) 468-4298

Schools^[3]

Public Schools

P.S. 26 Rufus King School^[4]

P.S. 26 Rufus King School (K-5)
195-02 69th Avenue Fresh Meadows, NY 11365
Phone: (718) 464-4505

P.S. 162 John Golden School (K-5)
201-02 53rd Avenue Fresh Meadows, NY 11365
Phone: (718) 423-8621

P.S. 173 Fresh Meadow School (K-5)
174-10 67th Ave Fresh Meadows, NY 11365
Phone: (718) 358-2243

P.S. 177 @ William Prince (Special Education)
56-37 188th Street Fresh Meadows, NY 11365

J.H.S. 216 George J. Ryan Middle School (5-8)
64-20 175th Street Fresh Meadows, NY 11365
Phone: (718) 358-2005

Francis Lewis High School (9-12)
58-20 Utopia Parkway Fresh Meadows, NY 11365
Phone: (718) 281-8200

Private Schools

St. Francis Preparatory School^[5]

Bais Yaakov-Ohel Simcha (9-12)
64-41 Utopia Pkwy Fresh Meadows, NY 11365

Herbert G. Birch School for Exceptional Children (Special Education)
71-64 168th Street Fresh Meadows, NY 11365
Phone: (718) 591-8100

Highland Elementary School (K-8)
193-10 Peck Avenue Fresh Meadows, NY 11365
Phone: (718) 357-4747

Saint Francis Preparatory School (9-12)
6100 Francis Lewis Blvd. Fresh Meadows,NY 11365
Phone: (718) 423-8810

Parks and Playgrounds^[6]

Recently renovated Utopia Playground^[7]

Farm Playground – P.S. 26
73rd Ave, 195th St & 96 PL Fresh Meadows, NY 11365

Fresh Meadows Park
Horace Harding Boulevard Bet 188 & 190 Streets Fresh Meadows, NY 11365

Holy Cow Playground
Peck Ave & Harding Boulevard Fresh Meadows, NY 11365

Kissena Corridor Park
Peck & Underhill Aves Flushing, NY 11365

Kissena Park
Oak Ave, to Hempstead Turnpike Flushing, NY 11365

Utopia Playground
Utopia Pkwy & 73rd Avenue Fresh Meadows, NY 11365

Elected Officials^[8]

NYC Councilman David Weprin^[9]

NYS Assemblyman Mark Weprin^[10]

US Congressman Anthony Weiner^[11]

References

1. ↑ "Fresh Meadows Community History." Queens Library. 2 Mar. 2009 <http://www.queenslibrary.org/index.aspx?page_nm=CL-Communityinfo&branch_id=FM&#clhistory>.
2. ↑ "Fresh Meadows rally report." Queens Crap. 20 Apr. 2009 <http://queenscrap.blogspot.com/2007/04/fresh-meadows-rally-report.html>.
3. ↑ "Fresh Meadows Community History." Queens Library. 2 Mar. 2009 <http://www.queenslibrary.org/index.aspx?page_nm=CL-Communityinfo&branch_id=FM&#clhistory>.
4. ↑ "Welcome - P.S. 026 Rufus King - Q026 - New York City Department of Education." 24 Apr. 2009 <http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolPortals/26/Q026/default.htm>.
5. ↑ "Freshmeadows." Forgotten NY. 2 Apr. 2009 <http://www.forgotten-ny.com/NEIGHBORHOODS/freshmeadows/freshmeadows2.html>.
6. ↑ "Fresh Meadows Community History." Queens Library. 2 Mar. 2009 <http://www.queenslibrary.org/index.aspx?page_nm=CL-Communityinfo&branch_id=FM&#clhistory>.
7. ↑ Daniel Bacharach
8. ↑ "Fresh Meadows Community History." Queens Library. 2 Mar. 2009 <http://www.queenslibrary.org/index.aspx?page_nm=CL-Communityinfo&branch_id=FM&#clhistory>.
9. ↑ http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/05/14/anti-pricing-council-member-has-pro-parking-industry-fans/
10. ↑ "Mark Weprin | Facebook." 20 Apr. 2009 <http://www.facebook.com/people/Mark-Weprin/529241823>.
11. ↑ "Spin Cycle: February 2009 Archives." 20 Apr. 2009 <http://weblogs.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/politics/blog/2009/02/>.