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What are the visiting hours at Queensboro Correctional Facility?
1:00 PM to 3:45 PM on weekends and weekday holidays. General population gets one visiting day a week, set by the last digit of the DIN: 0 to 4 or 5 to 9.
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Updated September 28, 2026
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Queensboro Correctional Facility, NY
Physical Address
47-04 Van Dam Street, Long Island City, NY 11101-3081
A minimum security state prison for men on Van Dam Street in Long Island City, Queens, one of the few New York prisons inside the city itself. General population gets one visiting day a week, a weekend afternoon from 1:00 PM set by the last digit of the DIN, and up to five visitors can come at once.
Queensboro Correctional Facility
City
Long Island City
County
Queens County
State
NY
Facility Type
state prison
Gender
Adult male
Custody Levels
Minimum
Operator
New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
Address
47-04 Van Dam Street, Long Island City, NY 11101-3081
Phone
718-361-8920
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Quick Facts
One Afternoon a Week
- 1 General population gets one visiting day a week.
- 2 Visits run 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM.
- 3 Weekend days split DIN 0 to 4 and 5 to 9.
- 4 Holidays are open to all.
Five Visitors
- 1 Up to five visitors can come at once.
- 2 Most New York prisons allow three plus a child under five.
- 3 Temporary release participants get no visits, with rare exceptions.
- 4 Weekends and weekday holidays.
47-04 Van Dam Street
- 1 Letters go to 47-04 Van Dam Street, Long Island City, NY 11101-3081.
- 2 Queensboro publishes no P.O. Box.
- 3 Keep the full ZIP, 11101-3081.
- 4 Full name and DIN on the envelope, your address in the top left.
A State Prison in the City
- 1 Queensboro is run by NYSDOCCS, not New York City.
- 2 Rikers Island and the city jails are a separate system.
- 3 The state lookup covers Queensboro, not Rikers.
- 4 It is minimum security, for men.
Getting There
- 1 Queensboro is in Long Island City, Queens.
- 2 It is reachable by public transit from across the city.
- 3 No free state visitor bus is needed or offered.
- 4 Arrive by 1:00 PM, when visits begin.
Calls Cost Nothing
- 1 Free from every New York state prison since August 1, 2025.
- 2 Three calls of up to fifteen minutes a week, credited Saturdays.
- 3 Calling window 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM.
- 4 Fifteen approved numbers, added from the inside.
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Articles for This Facility
Visitation
One Afternoon a Week, by the DIN
The DIN split, five visitors, and the 1:00 PM start.
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47-04 Van Dam Street, No Box
The street address letters go to, with the full ZIP.
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Six Routes, and Only Two Are Free
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Verified from NYSDOCCS: Queensboro Correctional Facility
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General population gets one visiting day a week, a weekend afternoon from 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM set by the last digit of the DIN, 0 to 4 or 5 to 9. Holidays are open to all, and up to five visitors can come. People on temporary release generally get no visits.
See the full breakdown Verified from NYSDOCCS: Queensboro Correctional Facility
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Letters go to 47-04 Van Dam Street, Long Island City, NY 11101-3081. Queensboro publishes no post box, so the street address with the full ZIP is the whole address. Mail is opened and inspected at the prison and the paper is handed over.
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One statewide tool covers every New York state prison, Queensboro included, and takes a DIN or a last name and first name. It does not cover Rikers Island or the other New York City jails, which run their own search.
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Six routes in, and the two free ones are a money order by post and the visitor lockbox at the prison. Online, the JPay app and the phone all carry a fee and post faster. Every deposit is matched to the DIN in Miami, so being close by in Queens changes nothing about the money.
See the full breakdown Verified from NYSDOCCS telephone calls
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Free since August 1, 2025, with no account for a family to open or fund. Three calls of up to fifteen minutes credited every Saturday, thirty minutes on anything after that, between 7:00 AM and 11:00 PM, across fifteen numbers the person inside manages.
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How many visitors can come?
Up to five, which is the maximum NYSDOCCS publishes for Queensboro.
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What is the mailing address?
47-04 Van Dam Street, Long Island City, NY 11101-3081, with the person's full name and DIN on the first line and your return address in the top left corner. Queensboro publishes no P.O. Box.
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Is Queensboro part of Rikers Island?
No. Queensboro is a New York State prison run by NYSDOCCS. Rikers Island is run by the New York City Department of Correction, with its own search and rules.
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Can someone on temporary release have visits?
Generally no. NYSDOCCS states that temporary release individuals at Queensboro are not permitted visits except under exceptional circumstances.
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Is Queensboro minimum security?
Yes. NYSDOCCS lists Queensboro as a minimum security facility for men.
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How much do phone calls cost?
Nothing. New York made every call from a state prison free to families on August 1, 2025. Three calls of up to fifteen minutes are credited each Saturday, calls after those run to thirty minutes, and the window is 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM across fifteen approved numbers.
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Where does money go?
To the JPay lockbox at PO Box 531190, Miami, Florida 33153, with a deposit slip, free by post and capped at $999.99 per money order. There is also a visitor lockbox at the prison taking up to $50 cash a day in total. Money never goes in the envelope.
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