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Recent capital project milestones and library renovations
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Dennis Walcott highlights several recent capital project milestones and library renovations completed by Queens Public Library.
- Opening of the new Far Rockaway Library with nearly 2,000 visits on its first day
- Reopening of Broadway Library after renovation of its lower level
- Reopening of Hillcrest and Laurelton Libraries after vital infrastructure replacement
- Reopening of Bay Terrace Library with a separate entrance for a community room
- Ongoing complex capital projects at Flushing Library, including a new elevator and upcoming auditorium renovation
Dennis Walcott
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We opened our brand new, and I'm looking at you, Silvina Brooks Powers, our new Far Rockaway Library with nearly 2,000 visits on its first day alone.
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It is a magnificent library serving the Far Rockaway community.
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We've opened a number of libraries.
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The Broadway Library has reopened after a complete renovation of its lower level, which now offers a computer center and updated meeting rooms.
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As matter of fact, just recently they had a program down there where they had lizards and all the animals, and there was a waiting list of kids to get in there because it was just truly outstanding and engaging.
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Both our Hillcrest and Laurelton Libraries reopened to the public after vital infrastructure replacement, and we ended the year with reopening our Bay Terrace Library with a separate entrance for a community room, so that way we do not have to be open as a library, but the community can take advantage of our community room and the borough president of Queens was up there around three weeks ago holding a community meeting.
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I think one of our most complicated capital project which talks about the partnership of both the DDC dollars available, but also our private dollars available is at the Flushing Library.
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We probably have five projects going on at the same time at the Flushing Library.
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We just opened their brand new elevator.
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Soon we'll be working on our auditorium where that'll be opening soon at some point, and we'll give you an update on that, councilwoman, soon about when that will reopen.
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And that's because we just can't close Flushing.
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Flushing would be without a major source of services and books and materials, and Flushing is very unique in that, like all of our libraries, Flushing has one of the largest actual paper reader users I think in our library system where people from the community come in to look at papers from their homeland to see what's happening.