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Queens Korean community services looks to open $8 million center

September 25, 2015
From left: KCS President Kim Kwang-suk, Director Annie Shin, committee members Yoon Young-jae, John Kim

From left: KCS President Kim Kwang-suk, Director Annie Shin, committee members Yoon Young-jae, John Kim

By The Korea Times New York staff

Queens Koreans may soon have a community center to call their own.

Korean Community Services of Metropolitan New York is pushing forward with its plans to install an $8 million community center for Koreans in Queens.

According to KCS President Kim Kwang-suk and committee head Yoon Young-jae, the service currently provides a range of programs to an estimated 1,200 Koreans and Korean Americans daily in five regions in Flushing, Corona, Manhattan and Brooklyn.

Still, the increasing number of Koreans every year has been overwhelming, they said.

KCS is in the process of acquiring a building located on 159th Street in Flushing.

“The new community center will be a one-stop destination for all generations and offer all of our current services, including job training, community education and after-school activities,” Kim said.

A fundraising event to benefit the planned center, featuring a classical concert, will be held Sept. 29 at 5 p.m. inside Daedong Manor in Flushing. Entrance is $10.

For more information, call 718-939-6137.