Queens North Services

More than 165 ethnic groups live in northern Queens, making it probably the most diverse community on the globe. And more people come. So, events such as our Immigration Forum are popular ways for newcomers to find accurate information about citizenship and other issues.

Health care needs, childcare, homebound seniors, housing, and educational programs cut across ethnic boundaries. Our family center is a starting point for information and referrals, advocacy, emergency needs, counseling, and parish outreach.

With more than 3,000 households using some form of service in Queens North, Catholic Charities is keeping the door open.

Find out more by visiting the area regional center, calling Catholic Charities, or going to the Catholic Charities Web site .

Queens North Family Center
23-40 Astoria Blvd.
Astoria, NY 11102
Phone: (718) 726-9790
Fax: (718) 728-8817
Hours: 9-5 M-F

Queens North service areas include:
Early Childhood--3
Developmentally Disabled--2
Family Center--1
Aging--9
Senior Housing--3
Mental Health--8
Citizenship--1

Poor nutrition can be the major obstacle to seniors staying well or recovering from illness or surgery. Every day St. Mary's Senior Center in Long Island City serves more than 160 seniors a hot, nutritious lunch as well as a modified breakfast. For those unable to get to the center, the same meal is delivered, hot, to their home.

St. Mary's was the first senior center opened by Catholic Charities. It offers counseling, referral, and information. The typical health screening and flu shots are offered. But, the programs also include a wide range of recreational, educational, and social activities that break into the isolation many seniors can feel.

As society's perception of aging has changed, Catholic Charities' centers have changed with them, offering programs that meet seniors where they are. Immigrants can be old as well as young, so some centers offer citizenship and English as a Second Language classes along with the more traditional programs.

Members of the Catherine Sheridan Senior Center in Jackson Heights have reached back to their cultural traditions to share arts and crafts, music, and cooking of many lands and peoples.

When we call upon our seniors to share with us as well as to offer assistance, we are a richer community of caring.