Samuel Field Y

Specialties

For over 55 years, the Samuel Field Y has remained strong and vital and has continued to provide new and innovative programs to the greater Northeast Queens and Western Nassau communities.

We continue to provide life enhancing and life sustaining services to the over 30,000 people who depend on us to be their community center at each stage of their lives.

From our child care center through our comprehensive programs for older adults, we are proud of our long history of being there for our friends, neighbors and families to meet the new and complex needs created by the rapidly changing world in which we live.

By providing a full range of camping, mental health, educational and recreational activities, and through supporting individuals with special needs as well as those people beset by difficult life challenges, we have been inclusive and responsive to the needs of all who walk through our doors.

We are committed to strengthening and building our community and its resources.

History

Established in 1954.

Samuel Field created and led the very successful Adams Real Estate Corporation and was a major philanthropist within the New York community. They were involved with the Hebrew National Orphan Home in Tuckahoe and subsequently, UJA — Federation of New York, and numerous other worthy causes. In 1964, Samuel Field provided the funding to build the Samuel and Helen Field Building in Little Neck, New York. Samuel and Helen Field were the parents of two daughters, Claire Perlman and Jean Ruth. Claire acknowledges that her father, Samuel Field, firmly believed in the importance of actively contributing to the community and encouraged his family, including his daughters and their families, to continue the Field family tradition of philanthropy. Samuel and Helen Field have passed on but their legacy continues. They spent their lives giving to others and their commitment and generosity have enhanced the lives of countless individuals.