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Hurricane Sandy is causing the city to order some mandatory evacuations. Here is a list of Queens evacuation centers – there are 16 of them available to those who have been asked to leave their homes.

Astoria/LIC
Aviation High School: 45-30 36th Street, Astoria (GMAP)
Newcomers High School: 28-01 41st Avenue, LIC (GMAP)
William C. Bryant High School- 48-10 31st Avenue, LIC (GMAP)

Bayside
Bayside High School: 14 Corporal Kennedy Street, Bayside (GMAP)
Queensborough Community College: 222-05 56th Avenue, Bayside (GMAP)

Corona/Elmhurst
Newtown High School: 48-01 90th Street, Elmhurst (GMAP)
P.S. 19: 98-02 Roosevelt Avenue, Corona (GMAP)

Flushing
Flushing High School: 35-01 Union Street, Flushing (GMAP)
J.H.S. 185: 147-26 25th Drive, Flushing (GMAP)

Forest Hills/Kew Gardens Hills
Forest Hills High School: 67-01 110th Street, Forest Hills (GMAP)
Queens College: 65-30 Kissena Boulevard, Kew Gardens Hills (GMAP)

Jamaica
Hillcrest High School: 160-05 Highland Avenue, Jamaica (GMAP)
York College: 94-20 Guy R. Brewer Boulevard, Jamaica (GMAP)

Ozone Park 
John Adams High School: 101-01 Rockaway Blvd., Ozone Park (GMAP)

Ridgewood
Grover Cleveland High School: 21-27 Hinrod Street, Ridgewood (GMAP)

Just over the eastern Queens border is the Belmont Racetrack at Hempstead Turnpike and Cross Island Parkway (GMAP)

Additionally, here is the city’s Hurricane Evacuation Zone Finder.


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