Variety Boys & Girls Club of Queens is a nonprofit youth development organization serving the Astoria and Long Island City community. The Club provides out-of-school and enrichment services for children and teens, and serves youth across a broad age range (the site cites programming for ages 6–18).
Variety Boys & Girls Club of Queens is a nonprofit youth organization established in 1955 that operates a large community clubhouse in Astoria/Long Island City. The organization serves thousands of young people annually and focuses on out-of-school youth development rather than infant or preschool child care.
The Club operates a multi‑space facility with an indoor pool, makerspace lab, computer room, teaching kitchen, gym, auditorium, art and dance studios, film studio, and an outdoor playground. The site describes the clubhouse as a roughly 30,000 square‑foot facility that is open to the community seven days a week.
Programming is organized around core areas including Academic Enhancement, STEM, Healthy Living, and the Arts. The Club maintains formal safety policies and practices such as criminal background checks for staff and volunteers, regular staff training (including CPR and first aid), mandatory reporting procedures, annual safety assessments, a local safety committee, and partnerships with local and national safety experts and agencies to guide policy and oversight.
An afternoon program offered on weekdays that provides homework help, STEM activities, arts, sports and other enrichment designed to support school success and social development; locations include Long Island City, Astoria and Woodside.
An afterschool site that runs every school day offering homework help, tutoring, STEM clubs, sports and multiple enrichment activities for students.
A community school partnership serving P.S. 112 students that provides daytime residencies, social‑emotional supports and family services alongside academic and wellness programming.
A multi‑week summer program; the site lists a 6‑week session running from July 6 to August 14, 2026, with daily hours Monday–Friday 9:00 AM–6:00 PM and meal service included.
Structured aquatics instruction has been part of the Club’s offerings; the site notes that Learn to Swim and Family Swim are temporarily unavailable while the aquatics center is under construction.
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