‘Queens Week of Service’ begins Monday

/
QUEENS BOROUGH HALL is just one of the many locations in Queens that will host a donation drive as part of the Queens Week of Service. EAGLE PHOTO BY CHRISTINA CARREGA.

QUEENS BOROUGH HALL is just one of the many locations in Queens that will host a donation drive as part of the Queens Week of Service. EAGLE PHOTO BY CHRISTINA CARREGA.

By David Brand

Queens’ 14 community boards will collect toiletry and sock donations during a “week of service” at locations around the borough next week.

All week long, community boards will collect new pairs of socks to give to homeless Queens residents, as well as toothpaste, body lotion, body wash, zippered hooded sweatshirts and sweatpants with drawstrings for patients at the St. Albans Veterans Administration Medical Center. 

The donation drive was organized by the Queens Borough President’s Office and the 14 community boards.

Donation locations include: 

  • Queens Borough Hall: 120-55 Queens Boulevard in Kew Gardens

  • Community Board 1: 45-02 Ditmas Boulevard, Suite 1025, in Astoria

  • Community Board 2: 43-22 50th Street in Woodside

  • Community Board 3: 82-11 37th Avenue, Suite 606, in Jackson Heights

  • Community Board 4: 46-11 104th Street in Corona

  • Community Board 5: 61-23 Myrtle Avenue in Glendale

  • Community Board 6: 104-01 Metropolitan Avenue in Forest Hills

  • Community Board 7: 133-32 41st Road in Flushing

  • Community Board 8: 197-15 Hillside Avenue in Hollis

  • Community Board 9: 120-55 Queens Boulevard, Room 310A, in Kew Gardens

  • Community Board 10: 115-01 Lefferts Boulevard in South Ozone Park

  • Community Board 11: 46-21 Little Neck Parkway in Little Neck

  • Community Board 12: 90-28 161st Street in Jamaica

  • Community Board 13: 219-41 Jamaica Avenue in Queens Village

  • Community Board 14: 1931 Mott Avenue in Far Rockaway