Glen Oaks, Queens - Institutions

Institutions

Long Island Jewish Medical Center is mostly located in Glen Oaks and is one of the largest medical facilities on Long Island.

Several institutions on or near Union Turnpike are associated with Glen Oaks though they are not actually in Glen Oaks. For example, Bellerose Jewish Center, the Glen Oaks branch of the Queens library, and Glen Oaks School (P.S. 115) are all in the Floral Park neighborhood. So are M.S. 172 and Our Lady of the Snows. In contrast, P.S. 186 is in the center of Glen Oaks, but is named Castlewood School. The Queens County Farm is also in the center of Glen Oaks (and has the Glen Oaks/Floral Park zip code) but the group that operates it is the Colonial Farmhouse Restoration Society of Bellerose.

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