basketball head coach at the University of Louisville Lillian Roberts (born 1928), labor leader who served from 2002 through 2014 as the Executive Director of District Council 37 (DC37), the largest municipal union in New York City. Jackie Robinson (1919-1972), baseball player Barbara Rubin (1945–1980), filmmaker Maggie Van Ostrand, writer Dennis Walcott (born 1951), Deputy Mayor for Education and Community Development in administration of Michael Bloomberg; before that, President and CEO of New York Urban League Mary Weiss (born 1948), lead singer of the Shangri-Las References External links Cambria Heights, NY Home Town Locator Cambria Heights, Homebuyers, NYC Housing Preservation and Development Neighborhoods in Queens, New York