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Free meals for children to be offered at Queens Library locations

By Gabrielle Prusak

This summer, 22 Queens Library locations will provide meals for children and teens 18 and under every Monday through Friday from June 27 to Aug. 29.

Children will not be required to provide any application or qualification of ID to receive the meals.

Bagged lunches will be available for children and teens as long as supplies last at their community library. The city Department of Education will provide the meals.

Libraries that will be participating in the Summer Meals in Queens are:

• 312 Beach 54th St., Arverne

• 14-01 Astoria Blvd., Astoria

• 117-11 Sutphin Blvd., Baisley Park

• 218-13 Linden Blvd., Cambria Heights

• 16-37 Central Ave., Far Rockaway

• 41-17 Main St., Flushing

• 202-05 Hillside Ave., Hollis

• 89-11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica

• 134-26 225th St., Laurelton

• 98-30 57th Ave., Lefrak City

• 37-44 21st St., Long Island City

• 40-20 Broadway, Long Island City

• 92-24 Rockaway Blvd., Ozone Park

• 158-21 Jewel Ave., Pomonok (Flushing)

• 103-34 Lefferts Blvd., Richmond Hill

• 169-09 137th Ave., Rochdale Village

• 116-15 Rockaway Beach Blvd., Rockaway Park

• 204-01 Hollis Ave., South Hollis

• 108-41 Guy R. Brewer Blvd., South Jamaica

• 43-06 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside

• 85-41 Forest Parkway, Woodhaven

• 54-22 Skillman Ave., Woodside

Queens Library is an independent, nonprofit corporation that serves 2.3 million people. It has the highest circulation of any pubic library system in the world.

For more information, visit queenslibrary.org or call 718-990-0700.