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¡Bienvenidos a Queens! is an online directory for Spanish-speakers that provides community information in Spanish on health, immigration issues, housing, English classes and other topics useful for new immigrants. Maintained and updated by Queens Library's New Americans Program, this service is supported by Federal Library Services and Technology Act funds, awarded to The New York State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Use the ¡Bienvenidos a Queens! directory now.
Queens Library's New Americans Program has put together a list of outside agencies offering citizenship preparation classes and immigration services in Queens for free or for low or sliding scale fees. (These services are by referral and not sponsored by Queens Library).
View the current list for Citizenship Preparation Classes and Immigration Services in Queens
The Directory of Immigrant-Serving Agencies contains information on agencies offering low-cost or free social services to immigrants in over 50 languages. The directory presently lists over 200 agencies, primarily those agencies offering services within Queens. However, agencies outside Queens are listed when an ethnic or language group of significant size is not specifically targeted by a Queens agency. The services of the agencies outside Queens are still accessible from Queens by telephone, mail or online communication.
The Queens Library Adult Learner Program has seven Adult Learning Centers and about 50 English classes each semester to serve the borough. The Program serves over six thousand customers annually. All services are FREE of charge. Professional staff are at each center and English teachers have graduate degrees in education.
Learn more about how you can take a class to learn English at Queens Library.
Almost one of every two Queens residents hails from another country and more than half of the borough’s residents speak a language other than English at home. The City’s most ethnically diverse borough, Queens is a place in which people of more than 160 nationalities work toward common goals. Queens Library’s New Americans Program (NAP) was established in 1977 to provide special services to the area’s many new immigrants.
Find out more about the New Americans Program.
This collection of resources encompasses the most common topics of interest to immigrants new to Queens, including housing, employment, education, legal affairs, government, and health. These links include web-only resources, government agencies, and non-profit and community organizations.
In addition, a comprehensive, searchable directory of immigrant-serving agencies can be accessed on the Queens Library website here. The Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs has its own searchable directory here.
Find out more about Newcomer's Guide.
Mail-A-book services to Queens residents who are homebound and/or disabled are also available to those who prefer to read in languages other than English. Applications and requests can be made by mail or phone and the service is free of charge. Please contact our Mail-A-Book Service.