Clarendon Library - Community Directory

All Brooklyn Public Library locations will be closed for Memorial Day Weekend from Saturday, May 25th through Monday, May 27th.

Good news! Coney Island and Gerritsen Beach libraries will reopen this fall after extensive renovations due to Hurricane Sandy. See our Hurricane Sandy Renovations page for updates.

Emergency Numbers:

Police

Police Precinct -67th
2820 Snyder Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11226
(718) 287-3211
Community Affairs (718) 287-3235
Community Policing (718) 287-3298
Crime Prevention (718) 287-3219
Domestic Violence (718) 287-3252
Youth Officer (718) 287-3236
Auxilary Corridnator (718) 287-3306
Detective Squad (718) 287-3249
Emergency 911
http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/pct/pct067.html

Fire Department

Fire Department:
Engine Co. 255, Ladder 157
Rogers Avenue at Flatbush Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11210
Emergency 911

Post Office

Vanderveer
2319 Nostrand Avenue,
Brooklyn, NY 11210
(718) 377-8139

Sanitation

Sanitation District - District 17
(718) 257-3795 / 257-3874
Days of Pickup -Monday, Wednesday, Friday
Recycle Pickup Days - Friday

Medical

Medical facilities:
Farragut Family Medical Center
2019 Nostrand Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11210
(718) 434-0711

Health Science Center at Brooklyn
450 Clarkson Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11203
(718) 270-1000

Kings County Hospital Center
451 Clarkson Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11203
(718) 245-3131

New York Methodist Hospital Family Health Center
1910 Nostrand Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11226
(718) 284-4440

Pharmacy

Duane Reade
1833 Nostrand Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11226
(718)693-3059

Duane Reade
2141 Nostrand Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11210
(718) 434-1211

Rite Aid Pharmacy
1559 Flatbush Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11210
718) 434-5755

Vanderveer Pharmacy
1875 Nostrand Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11226
(718) 282-2922

Laboratory

None

Schools:

Public School

PS 198
4105 Farragut Road
Brooklyn, NY 11210
(718)282-4920
Principal: Ethel Miller
Community School Board 22

PS 269
1957 Nostrand Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11210
(718)941-2800
Principal: Phyllis P. Corbin
Community School Board 22

PS 315
725 East 23rd Street
Brooklyn, NY 11210
(718)421-9560
Principal: Beverly Ffolkes-Bryant
Community School Board 22

PS 361(Formerly PS 269 Annex)
3109 Newkirk Avenue
Brooklyna, NY 11226
Asst Principal: Joanne Challenger
Community School Board 22

Private School

St. Jerome
465 East 29th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11226
(718)462-0211
Principal: Joseph Zolotowski

St. Vincent Ferrer
East 37th Street and Glenwood Road
Brooklyn, NY 11210
(718)859-5535
Principal: Jean A. Guy

St. Stephens Lutheran
2806 Newkirk Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11226
(718)469-9575
Principal: Hubert Chang

Anora Layne Educational Center Inc.
2502 Clarendon Road
Brooklyn, NY 11203
(718)287-9741
Principal: Jean Nicolas

High School:
Catherine McAuley
710 East 37th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11203
(718)462-7282
Co-Principals: Peggy Lake and Josephine Valente

Daycare/ Preschool

Family Headstart
3017 Glenwood Road
Brooklyn, NY 11210
(718)859-7705/(718)859-7720

Initial Steps Child Development Center
3003 Glenwood Road
Brooklyn, NY 11210
(718)434-2805

Kids Etc.
1331 Flatbush Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11226
(718)693-8446

Kids University
1992 Nostrand Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11210
(718)434-2360

Y.M.C.A.
1401 Flatbush Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11210
(718)469-8100

College/ University

Brooklyn College
2900 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11210
(718)951-5000
http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/
President: Christoph M. Kimmich

Adult Education

Brooklyn College Continuing Education
2900 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11210
(718)951-4141

Flatbush Bi-Lingual Center
1886 Nostrand Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11226
(718)940-4177

Social Services:

Social Services

Beacon Center (At PS 269)
1957 Nostrand Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11210
(718)462-2597
(After School Program)

Social Services

Catholic Charities Flatbush Addiction Treatment Center
1469 Flatbush Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11210
(718) 253-4477

Heartshare
East Brooklyn Prevention Program
3005 Glenwood Road
Brooklyn, NY 11210
(718) 434-7900

Social Security Administration
2250 Nostrand Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11210
(800) 772-1213

Civic and Merchant Groups:

Civic Association

Erasmus Neighborhood Federation
814 Rogers Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11226
(718)462-7700

Flatbush East Development Corporation
1814 Nostrand Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11226
(718)469-8100

Housing

Vanderveer Estates Assn Inc
1404 Brooklyn Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11210
Phone: (718) 284-0184

Community:

Community Board

Community Board 17:
Chair, Donald Payne
Dist. Mgr., Willie Scott
39 Remsen Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11212
(718) 467-3536

Polling Place

To register to vote or to find your polling place
call 212 Vote-NYC (212-868-3692)or visit http://www.vote.nyc.ny.us/index.jsp

Polling Place

To register to vote or to find your polling place
call 212 Vote-NYC (212-868-3692)or visit http://www.vote.nyc.ny.us/index.jsp

Recreation:

Park

Paerdegat Park
Farragut Road and Albany Avenue
Brooklyn, NY

Special Events:

Yearly Events

Community Board 17
Youth Happening in August
Paerdegat Park
Farragut Road and Albany Avenue
Brooklyn, NY