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Long Island City

January 16, 2023

Long Island City (LIC) is a residential and commercial neighborhood on the extreme western tip of Queens, a borough in New York City. It is bordered by Astoria to the north; the East River to the west; New Calvary Cemetery in Sunnyside to the east; and Newtown Creek—which separates Queens from Greenpoint, Brooklyn—to the south.

Long Island City
Neighborhood of Queens
Expanding skyline of Long Island City, Queens, with One Court Square center-right, as seen from across the East River (2017)
Nickname: 
"LIC"
Location within New York City
Coordinates: 40°45′03″N 73°56′28″W / 40.7509°N 73.9411°W / 40.7509; -73.9411Coordinates: 40°45′03″N 73°56′28″W / 40.7509°N 73.9411°W / 40.7509; -73.9411
Country United States
State New York
City New York City
County/Borough Queens
Community DistrictQueens 1, Queens 2[1]
Population
 • Total63,000
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes
11101–11106, 11109, 11120
Area codes718, 347, 929, and 917

Incorporated as a city in 1870, Long Island City was originally the seat of government of the Town of Newtown, before becoming part of the City of Greater New York in 1898. In the early 21st century, Long Island City became known for its rapid and ongoing residential growth and gentrification, its waterfront parks, and its thriving arts community.[2] The area has a high concentration of art galleries, art institutions, and studio space.[3]

Long Island City is the eastern terminus of the Queensboro Bridge, the only non-tolled automotive route connecting Queens and Manhattan. Northwest of the bridge are the Queensbridge Houses, a development of the New York City Housing Authority and the largest public housing complex in the Western Hemisphere.

Long Island City is part of Queens Community District 1 to the north and Queens Community District 2 to the south.[1] It is patrolled by the New York City Police Department's 108th Precinct.[4] Politically, Long Island City is represented by the New York City Council's 26th District.[5]

History

As independent city

 
Early 1900s map of Dutch Kills, from Greater Astoria Historical Society
 
Detail of map of LIC, from Greater Astoria Historical Society

Long Island City was incorporated as a city on May 4, 1870, from the merging of the Village of Astoria and the hamlets of Ravenswood, Hunters Point, Blissville, Sunnyside, Dutch Kills, Steinway, Bowery Bay and Middleton in the Town of Newtown.[6][7] At the time of its incorporation, Long Island City had between 12,000 and 15,000 residents.[6] Its charter provided for an elected mayor and a ten-member Board of Aldermen with two representing each of the city's five wards.[6] City ordinances could be passed by a majority vote of the Board of Aldermen and the mayor's signature.[8]

Long Island City held its first election on July 5, 1870.[9] Residents elected A.D. Ditmars the first mayor; Ditmars ran as both a Democrat and a Republican.[9] The first elected Board of Aldermen was H. Rudolph and Patrick Lonirgan (Ward 1); Francis McNena and William E. Bragaw (Ward 2); George Hunter and Mr. Williams (Third Ward); James R. Bennett and John Wegart (Ward Four); and E.M. Hartshort and William Carlin (Fifth Ward).[9] The mayor and the aldermen were inaugurated on July 18, 1870.[10]

In the 1880s, Mayor De Bevoise nearly bankrupted the Long Island City government by embezzlement, of which he was convicted.[11] Many dissatisfied residents of Astoria circulated a petition to ask the New York State Legislature to allow it to secede from Long Island City and reincorporate as the Village of Astoria, as it existed prior to the incorporation of Long Island City, in 1884.[11] The petition was ultimately dropped by the citizens.[12]

Long Island City continued to exist as an incorporated city until 1898, when Queens was annexed to New York City.[13] The last mayor of Long Island City was an Irish-American named Patrick Jerome "Battle-Axe" Gleason.

The Common Council of Long Island City in 1873 adopted the coat of arms as "emblematical of the varied interest represented by Long Island City." It was designed by George H. Williams, of Ravenswood. The overall composition was inspired by New York City's coat of arms. The shield is rich in historic allusion, including Native American, Dutch, and English symbols.[14] In 1898, Long Island City became part of New York City.

Mayors of Long Island City, 1870–1897

Mayors
Mayor   Party Start year End year
A.D. Ditmars[9] Democratic and Republican[a] 1870 1873
Henry S. De Bevoise[15][b] Democratic 1873 1874
George H. Hunter (acting)[16][17][b] Democratic 1873 1874
Henry S. De Bevoise[16][17][b] Democratic 1874 1875
A.D. Ditmars[18][c] Democratic 1875 1875
John Quinn (acting)[19] Democratic 1875 1876
Henry S. De Bevoise[20][21] Democratic 1876 1883
George Petry[22] Independent Democrat, Republican[23] 1883 1887
Patrick J. Gleason[24] Democratic[25] 1887 1897

After incorporation into New York City

The city surrendered its independence in 1898 to become part of the City of Greater New York. However, Long Island City survives as ZIP Code 11101 and ZIP Code prefix 111 (with its own main post office) and was formerly a sectional center facility (SCF). The Greater Astoria Historical Society, a nonprofit cultural and historical organization documenting the Long Island City area's history, has operated since 1985.[26]

Through the 1930s, three subway tunnels, the Queens-Midtown Tunnel, and the Queensboro Bridge were built to connect the neighborhood to Manhattan. By the 1970s, the factories in Long Island City were being abandoned.

In the 1990s, Queens West on the west side of Long Island City was developed to revitalize 74 acres (30 ha) along the East River, with plans to bring in as many as 16,000 new residents in a total of 19 new buildings.[27]

 
Looking west from an apartment building near Queens Plaza

In 2001, the neighborhood was rezoned from an industrial neighborhood to a residential neighborhood, and the area underwent gentrification, with developments such as Hunter's Point South being built in the area.[28] Since then, there has been substantial commercial and residential growth in Long Island City, with 41 new residential apartment buildings being built just between 2010 and 2017.[29][30] A resident of nearby Woodside proposed establishing a Japantown in Long Island City in 2006, though this did not occur.[31] By the mid-2010s, Long Island City was one of New York City's fastest-growing neighborhoods,[32]

Historic landmarks

In addition to the Hunters Point Historic District and Queensboro Bridge, the 45th Road – Court House Square Station (Dual System IRT), Long Island City Courthouse Complex, and United States Post Office are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[33] New York City designated landmarks include the Pepsi-Cola sign along the East River;[34][35] the Fire Engine Company 258, Hook and Ladder Company 115 firehouse;[36] the Long Island City Courthouse;[37] the New York Architectural Terra Cotta Company building;[38] and the Chase Manhattan Bank Building.[39]

Demographics

Based on data from the 2010 United States Census, the population of the combined Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Long Island City neighborhood was 20,030, a decrease of 1,074 (5.1%) from the 21,104 counted in 2000. Covering an area of 540.94 acres (218.91 ha), the neighborhood had a population density of 37.0 inhabitants per acre (23,700/sq mi; 9,100/km2).[40]

The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 14.7% (2,946) White, 25.9% (5,183) African American, 0.3% (62) Native American, 15.5% (3,096) Asian, 0.0% (6) Pacific Islander, 1.2% (248) from other races, and 1.9% (385) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 40.5% (8,104) of the population.[41]

Long Island City is split between Queens Community Board 1 to the north of Queens Plaza and Queens Community Board 2 south of Queens Plaza.[42] The entirety of Queens Community Board 1, which comprises northern Long Island City and Astoria, had 199,969 inhabitants as of NYC Health's 2018 Community Health Profile, with an average life expectancy of 83.4 years.[43]: 2, 20  The entirety of Queens Community Board 2, which comprises southern Long Island City, Sunnyside and Woodside, had 135,972 inhabitants as of NYC Health's 2018 Community Health Profile, with an average life expectancy of 85.4 years.[44]: 2, 20  Both figures are higher than the median life expectancy of 81.2 for all New York City neighborhoods.[45]: 53 (PDF p. 84) [46] In both community boards, most inhabitants are middle-aged adults and youth.[43]: 2 [44]: 2 

As of 2017, the median household income was $66,382 in Community Board 1[47] and $67,359 in Community Board 2.[48] In 2018, an estimated 18% of Community Board 1 and 20% of Community Board 2 residents lived in poverty, compared to 19% in all of Queens and 20% in all of New York City. The unemployment rate was 8% in Community Board 1 and 5% in Community Board 2, compared to 8% in Queens and 9% in New York City. Rent burden, or the percentage of residents who have difficulty paying their rent, is 47% in Community Board 1 and 51% in Community Board 2, slightly lower than the citywide and boroughwide rates of 53% and 51% respectively. Based on this calculation, as of 2018, northern LIC is considered to be gentrifying, while southern LIC is considered to be high-income relative to the rest of the city and not gentrifying.[43]: 7 [44]: 7 

According to the 2020 census data from New York City Department of City Planning, the southern portion of Long Island City south of the Queensboro Bridge had an approximate average equal population of White and Asian residents with each their populations being between 10,000 and 19,999 residents, while the Hispanic and Black populations each were under 5,000 residents. North of the Queensboro Bridge in northern Long Island City had between 10,000 and 19,999 Hispanic residents while the White, Black, and Asian populations were each between 5,000 and 9,999 residents.[49][50]

According to a New York Times article from October 18, 2021, the Asian population of Long Island City has grown fivefold since 2010 nearing 11,000 residents making up 34% of the neighborhood's population. The new Asian residents are mainly Chinese, Bengalis, Koreans, and Japanese, and the neighborhood had at least 15 Asian-owned businesses in the neighborhood. Unlike the largely working-class Asian immigrant populations in southern Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan, the growing Asian population in Long Island City tends to be second- or third-generation Americans and are largely middle or upper class. Exceptionally however, the growing Asian population in NYCHA's Queensbridge Houses section of Long Island City at 11% are mostly from immigrant working-class backgrounds and largely have limited English skills, which has presented issues when residents are unable to find interpreters to communicate with NYCHA. New York City Council member Julie Won, who represents the neighborhood, has spoken about the need for outreach to the area's Asian residents and businesses.[51][52][53][54][55]

Commerce and economy

Developments and buildings

 
Long Island City, Queens as seen across the East River from One World Trade Center, Manhattan, in 2017
 
Gantry Plaza State Park, as seen from the west
 
Gantry cranes in Gantry Plaza State Park on the Long Island City waterfront

Long Island City was once home to many factories and bakeries, some of which are finding new uses. The former Silvercup bakery is now home to Silvercup Studios, which has produced notable works such as NBC's 30 Rock and HBO's Sex and the City and The Sopranos. The Silvercup sign is visible from the IRT Flushing Line and BMT Astoria Line trains going into and out of Queensboro Plaza (7, <7>​​, N and ​W trains). The former Sunshine Bakery is now one of the buildings which houses LaGuardia Community College. Other buildings on the campus originally served as the location of the Ford Instrument Company, which was at one time a major producer of precision machines and devices. Artist Isamu Noguchi converted a photo-engraving plant into a workshop; the site is now the Noguchi Museum, a space dedicated to his work.

The Standard Motor Products headquarters, a manufacturing site producing items like distributor caps, was once located in the industrial neighborhood of Long Island City until purchased by Acuman Partners in 2008 for $40 million. The Standard Motor Products Building was put on the market by Acuman in 2014 and acquired by RXR Realty, LLC for $110 million. The former factory built in 1919 now houses the Jim Henson Company, Society Awards, and a commercial rooftop farm run by Brooklyn Grange.[56]

High-rise housing is being built on a former Pepsi-Cola site on the East River. From June 2002 to September 2004, the former Swingline Staplers plant was the temporary headquarters of the Museum of Modern Art. Other former factories in Long Island City include Fisher Electronics, Marantz and Chiclets Gum. Long Island City's turn-of-the-century district of residential towers, called Queens West, is located along the East River, just north of the LIRR's Long Island City Station. Redevelopment in Queens West reflects the intent to have the area as a major residential area in New York City, with its high-rise residences very close to public transportation, making it convenient for commuters to travel to Manhattan by ferry or subway. The first tower, the 42-floor Citylights, opened in 1998 with an elementary school at the base. Others have been completed since then and more are being planned or under construction.

Long Island City contains several of the tallest buildings in Queens. The 658-foot (201 m) One Court Square, formerly the Citicorp Building, was built in 1990 on Courthouse Square; it is the second tallest building in Queens and the third-tallest on Long Island, and was Queens' tallest building until 2019.[57] The tallest building in both Queens and Long Island, the 778-foot (237 m) Skyline Tower one block away, was architecturally topped-out in October 2019.[58][d] Yet another skyscraper, the 755-foot (230 m) Queens Plaza Park, is under construction at Queens Plaza and will become the tallest skyscraper in Queens and Long Island when complete.[60]

The Queensbridge Houses, a public-housing complex, comprises over 3,000 units, making it the largest such complex in North America.[61]

Companies

Eagle Electric, now known as Cooper Wiring Devices, was one of the last major factories in the area, before it moved to China; Plant No. 7, which was the largest of their factories and housed their corporate offices, is being converted to residential luxury lofts.[62][63]

Long Island City is currently home to the largest fortune cookie factory in the United States, owned by Wonton Foods and producing four million fortune cookies a day. Lucky numbers included on fortunes in the company's cookies led to 110 people across the United States winning $100,000 each in a May 2005 drawing for Powerball.[64][65][66]

The Brooks Brothers tie manufacturing factory, which employs 122 people and produces more than 1.5 million ties per year, has operated in Long Island City since 1999.[67]

Long Island City is the new home of independent film studio Troma.

 
Brewster Building, the JetBlue headquarters, from Queensboro Plaza

In spring 2010, JetBlue Airways announced it was moving its headquarters from Forest Hills to Long Island City, also incorporating the jobs from its Darien, Connecticut, office. The airline, which operates its largest hub at JFK Airport, also operates from LaGuardia Airport, and made the Brewster Building in Queens Plaza its home.[68][69] The airline moved there around mid-2012.[70]

In November 2018, news media claimed that Amazon.com was in final talks with the government of New York State to construct one of two campuses for its proposed Amazon HQ2 at Queens West in Long Island City. The other campus would be located at National Landing in Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia. Both campuses would have 25,000 workers.[30] The selection was confirmed by Amazon on November 13, 2018.[71][72] On February 14, 2019, Amazon announced it was pulling out, citing unexpected opposition from local lawmakers and unions.[73]

Subsections

 
North end of canalized Dutch Kills
 
Dutch Kills Green, now part of Queens Plaza

In 1870, the villages of Astoria, Ravenswood, Hunters Point, Dutch Kills, Middletown, Sunnyside, Blissville, and Bowery Bay were incorporated into Long Island City.[74]

Dutch Kills

Dutch Kills was a hamlet, named for its navigable tributary of Newtown Creek, that occupied what today is Queens Plaza. Dutch Kills was an important road hub during the American Revolutionary War, and the site of a British Army garrison from 1776 to 1783. The area supported farms during the 19th century. The tributary of the same name connected to Sunswick Creek at its north end, which facilitated commerce in the region. The canalization of Newtown Creek and the Kills at the end of the 19th century intensified industrial development of the area, which prospered until the middle of the 20th century. The neighborhood is currently undergoing a massive rezoning of mixed residential and commercial properties.[74][75]

Blissville

 
Hotel on Greenpoint Avenue, Blissville

Blissville, which has the ZIP Code 11101, is a neighborhood within Long Island City, located at 40°44′4.87″N 73°56′9.81″W / 40.7346861°N 73.9360583°W / 40.7346861; -73.9360583[76] and bordered by Calvary Cemetery to the east; the Long Island Expressway to the north; Newtown Creek to the south; and Dutch Kills, a tributary of Newtown Creek, to the west. Blissville was named after Neziah Bliss, who owned most of the land in the 1830s and 1840s.[77] Bliss built the first version of what was known for many years as the Blissville Bridge, a drawbridge over Newtown Creek, connecting Greenpoint, Brooklyn and Blissville; it was replaced in the 20th century by the Greenpoint Avenue Bridge, also called the J. J. Byrne Memorial Bridge, located slightly upstream. Blissville existed as a small village until 1870 when it was incorporated into Long Island City.[74] Historically an industrial neighborhood, it has Triangle 54, a small park with a monument at 54th Avenue and 48th Street.

Hunters Point

Hunters Point Historic District
NYC Landmark No. 0450
 
Religious procession crossing 50th Avenue, 1989
 
 
 
 
 
 
LocationAlong 45th Ave., between 21st and 23rd Sts., New York City
Coordinates40°44′40.14″N 73°57′12.71″W / 40.7444833°N 73.9535306°W / 40.7444833; -73.9535306
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleMixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)
NRHP reference No.73001251 [33]
NYCL No.0450
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 19, 1973
Designated NYCLMay 15, 1968
 
Map of industrial Hunters Point, 1891

Hunters Point is located on the south side of Long Island City, along Newtown Creek.[78][79][80][81] The area took the name Hunters Point in 1825, named after British sea captain George Hunter whose family operated the site as a 210-acre farm.[82][83]

It contains the Hunters Point Historic District, a national historic district that includes 19 contributing buildings along 45th Avenue between 21st and 23rd Streets. They are a set of townhouses built in the late 19th century.[84] The historic district was created by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1968,[82] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[33]

The modern Queens West and Hunter's Point South developments are located on the waterfront.[83]

Arts and culture

Long Island City is home to a large and dynamic artistic community.

  • Long Island City was the home of 5 Pointz, a building housing artists' studios, which was legally painted on by a number of graffiti artists and was prominently visible near the Court Square station on the 7 and <7>​ trains.[85] The 5 Pointz building was painted over and demolished, starting in 2013.[86] In 2021, a pair of connected rental towers dubbed 5Pointz[87] opened.
  • Culture Lab LIC, operating out of The Plaxall Gallery, is a new nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the development of visual art, theater, music, and art of all disciplines in Western Queens, and providing much-needed community space. The 12,000-square-foot converted waterfront warehouse is donated by Plaxall Inc. and is home to three art galleries, a 90-seat theatre, outdoor event space and is located on the Anable Basin in Long Island City and over the years has become an important institution for the surrounding artistic community.
  • The Fisher Landau Center for Art is a private foundation that offers regular exhibitions of contemporary art that closed to the public in November 2017.[88]
  • Across the street from Socrates Sculpture Park is the Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Museum, founded in 1985 by Japanese-American sculptor Isamu Noguchi.[89] After undergoing a two-and-a-half-year renovation completed at a cost of $13.5 million, the museum reopened in 2004 with newer and advanced facilities.[90]
  • MoMA PS1, an affiliate of the Museum of Modern Art, is the oldest and second-largest non-profit arts center in the United States solely devoted to contemporary art. It is named after the former public school in which it is housed.
  • SculptureCenter is New York City's only non-profit exhibition space dedicated to contemporary and innovative sculpture. SculptureCenter re-located from Manhattan's Upper East Side to a former trolley repair shop in Long Island City, Queens renovated by artist/designer Maya Lin in 2002. Founded by artists in 1928, SculptureCenter has undergone much evolution and growth, and continues to expand and challenge the definition of sculpture. SculptureCenter commissions new work and presents exhibits by emerging and established, national and international artists. The museum also hosts a diverse range of public programs including lectures, dialogues, and performances.
  • Socrates Sculpture Park is an outdoor sculpture park located one block from the Noguchi Museum at the intersection of Broadway and Vernon Boulevard.[91]
  • See.me is web-based arts organization located in Long Island City. The organization is dedicated to supporting artistic talent, harnessing online creative communities, and promoting artists' work.

Police and crime

Woodside, Sunnyside, and Long Island City are patrolled by the 108th Precinct of the NYPD, located at 5-47 50th Avenue.[4] The 108th Precinct ranked 25th safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010.[92] As of 2018, with a non-fatal assault rate of 19 per 100,000 people, Sunnyside and Woodside's rate of violent crimes per capita is less than that of the city as a whole. The incarceration rate of 163 per 100,000 people is lower than that of the city as a whole.[44]: 8 

The 108th Precinct has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 88.2% between 1990 and 2018. The precinct reported 2 murders, 12 rapes, 90 robberies, 108 felony assaults, 109 burglaries, 490 grand larcenies, and 114 grand larcenies auto in 2018.[93]

Fire safety

Long Island City is served by the following New York City Fire Department (FDNY) fire stations:[94]

  • Engine Company 258/Ladder Company 115 – 10-40 47th Avenue[95]
  • Engine Company 259/Ladder Company 128/Battalion 45 – 33-51 Greenpoint Avenue[96]

Formerly, Engine Company 261/Ladder Company 116 was located at 37-20 29th Street, until it was closed in 2003 as a cost-saving measure.[97]

Health

As of 2018, preterm births are more common in southern Long Island City than in other places citywide, but are less common in northern Long Island City; births to teenage mothers are less common than citywide in both areas.[43]: 11 [44]: 11  In northern Long Island City, there were 84 preterm births per 1,000 live births (compared to 87 per 1,000 citywide), and 15.1 births to teenage mothers per 1,000 live births (compared to 19.3 per 1,000 citywide).[43]: 11  In southern Long Island City, there were 90 preterm births per 1,000 live births, and 14.9 births to teenage mothers per 1,000 live births.[44]: 11  Long Island City has a high population of residents who are uninsured. In 2018, this population of uninsured residents was estimated to be 12% in Community Board 1 and 16% in Community Board 2, compared to the citywide rate of 12%.[44]: 14 

The concentration of fine particulate matter, the deadliest type of air pollutant, is 0.0078 milligrams per cubic metre (7.8×10−9 oz/cu ft) in northern Long Island City and 0.0093 milligrams per cubic metre (9.3×10−9 oz/cu ft) in southern Long Island City.[43]: 9  Nineteen percent of Community Board 1 residents and fourteen percent of Community Board 2 residents are smokers, compared to the city average of 14% of residents being smokers.[43]: 13 [44]: 13  In Community Board 1, 19% of residents are obese, 11% are diabetic, and 29% have high blood pressure—compared to the citywide averages of 24%, 11%, and 28% respectively.[43]: 16  In Community Board 2, 20% of residents are obese, 9% are diabetic, and 23% have high blood pressure.[44]: 16  In addition, 22% of children in northern Long Island City and 19% of children in southern Long Island City are obese, compared to the citywide average of 20%.[43]: 12 [44]: 12 

Eighty-nine percent of Community Board 1 residents and ninety-two percent of Community Board 2 residents eat some fruits and vegetables every day, which is higher than the city's average of 87%. In 2018, 79% of residents in both areas described their health as "good", "very good", or "excellent", slightly higher than the city's average of 78%.[43]: 13 [44]: 13  For every supermarket, there are 17 bodegas in southern Long Island City and 10 in northern Long Island City.[43]: 10 [44]: 10 

The nearest large hospitals in the area are the Elmhurst Hospital Center in Elmhurst and the Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens in Astoria.[98]

Post office and ZIP Code

Long Island City is covered by ZIP Code 11101.[99] The United States Post Office operates the Long Island City Station at 46-02 21st Street.[100]

Education

 
Department of Education building at 44-36 Vernon Blvd

Long Island City generally has a slightly higher ratio of college-educated residents than the rest of the city as of 2018. In Community Board 1, half of residents (50%) have a college education or higher, while 16% have less than a high school education and 33% are high school graduates or have some college education. In Community Board 2, 45% of residents age 25 and older have a college education or higher, 19% have less than a high school education and 35% are high school graduates or have some college education. By contrast, 39% of Queens residents and 43% of city residents have a college education or higher.[43]: 6 [44]: 6  The percentage of Community Board 1 students excelling in math rose from 43 percent in 2000 to 65 percent in 2011, and reading achievement rose from 47% to 49% during the same time period.[101] Similarly, the percentage of Community Board 2 students excelling in math rose from 40% in to 65%, and reading achievement rose from 45% to 49%, during the same time period.[102]

Long Island City's rate of elementary school student absenteeism is about equal to the rest of New York City. Nineteen percent of elementary school students in Community Board 1 and eleven percent in Community Board 2 missed twenty or more days per school year, less than the citywide average of 20%.[43]: 6 [44]: 6 [45]: 24 (PDF p. 55)  Additionally, 78% of high school students in Community Board 1 and 86% of high school students in Community Board 2 graduate on time, more than the citywide average of 75%.[43]: 6 [44]: 6 

The New York City Department of Education operates a facility in Long Island City housing the Office of School Support Services and several related departments.[103]

Schools

 
PS 17
 
PS 111
 
PS 166, the Gradstein School

K-12

Long Island City is served by the New York City Department of Education. Long Island City is zoned to:

  • PS 17 Henry David Thoreau School[104]
  • PS 70[105]
  • PS 76 William Hallet School[106]
  • PS/IS 78Q[107]
  • PS 85 Judge Charles Vallone[108]
  • PS 111 Jacob Blackwell School[109]
  • PS 112 Dutch Kills School[110]
  • PS 150[111]
  • PS 166 Henry Gradstein School[112]
  • PS 171 Peter G. Van Alst School[113]
  • PS 199 Maurice A. Fitzgerald School[114]
  • PS 384 Hunters Point Elementary[115]
  • IS 10 Horace Greeley School[116]
  • IS 126 Albert Shanker School For Visual And Performing Arts[117]
  • IS 141 The Steinway School[118]
  • IS 204 Oliver W. Holmes[119]


Additionally, Long Island City is home to:

High schools offering specializations

Long Island City is home to numerous high schools, some of which offer specializations, as indicated below. These specialized schools are not to be confused with the elite specialized high schools. Rather, these schools offer programs that are included at specialized high schools.

Higher education

Numerous institutions of higher education have (or have had) a presence in Long Island City.

  • Briarcliffe College has a campus on Thomson Avenue.
  • City University of New York School of Law is located at 2 Court Square.
  • Columbia University's Depression Project is located at 3718 34th Street.
  • DeVry University – New York Metro (also known as DeVry College of New York), maintained headquarters at 3020 Thomson Avenue until March 2011, at which time New York Metro's main campus relocated to 180 Madison Avenue in Manhattan, and DCNY relocated its Queens presence to 99–21 Queens Boulevard in Rego Park[135]
  • LaGuardia Community College is located at 3110 Thomson Avenue.
  • Middle College National Consortium is located at 27–28 Thomson Avenue, #331
  • Touro College is located at 2511 49th Avenue.
  • Calvary Chapel Bible College New York City is located at 31-10 47th Street.

Libraries

 
Exterior of the Hunters Point Library
 
Interior of the Hunters Point Library

The Queens Public Library operates two branches in Long Island City. The Hunters Point Community Library is located at 47-40 Center Boulevard[136] on the bank of the East River.[137] Designed by Steven Holl Architects in 2010 and opened on September 24, 2019, the library has a floor area of 22,000 sq ft (2,000 m2) and is 82 feet (25 m) tall, measuring 168 feet (51 m) along the New York City waterfront.[138] Features include an art installation by Julianne Swartz, designer furniture by Eames and Jean Prouvé, and a reading garden surrounded by ginkgo trees and designed by Michael Van Valkenburgh.[137][138] The branch cost $40 million to construct because the site had to undergo pollution remediation, since it was previously used by a factory that processed asphalt and other bituminous products.[139] The Hunters Point Library includes over 50,000 books with Spanish and Chinese language collections, as well as an environmental education center, a section for young children, and a teenagers' space equipped with a video game area.[137] Though the building is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, its stepped terraces and single elevator have been criticized for being inaccessible to the disabled.[140] The fourth floor where the cyber center is has a curved wooden element in the design of the interior atrium.

The Long Island City branch is located at 37-44 21st Street.[141]

A third branch, the Court Square branch, opened in 1989 and was located on the ground floor of One Court Square.[142] One Court Square's former owner, Citigroup, leased the space to the library for $1 per month. After the tower's new owner Savanna failed to renew the Court Square branch's lease, the location was closed in February 2020, and the branch would either move to a new location or be closed permanently.[143][144] As of 24 February 2020, the Court Square branch had closed and a mobile branch had opened nearby.[145]

Parks and recreation

There are several waterfront parks in Long Island City. These include or have included:

Other parks include:

  • Andrews Grove, on 49th Avenue between Fifth Street and Vernon Boulevard[150]
  • Bridge and Tunnel Park, between the Pulaski Bridge, 50th Avenue, 11th Place, and the Queens–Midtown Tunnel entrance ramp[151]
  • City Ice Pavilion, with 33,000 square feet (3,100 m2) of skating surface, opened in Long Island City in late 2008. The ice skating rink is on the roof of a two-story storage facility.[152]
  • Hunters Point Community Park, a 600-by-60-foot (183 by 18 m) linear park located on the south side of 48th Avenue between Fifth Street and Vernon Boulevard[153]
  • Murray Playground, between 45th Avenue, 45th Road, and 11th and 21st Streets[154]
  • Old Hickory Playground, at Jackson Avenue and 51st Avenue[155]

Transportation

Public transportation

 
Ferry dock

The following New York City Subway stations serve Long Island City:[156]

The following MTA Regional Bus Operations bus routes serve Long Island City:[157]

The Long Island City and Hunterspoint Avenue stations of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) are also located within Long Island City. The US$11.1 billion East Side Access project, which will bring LIRR trains to Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan, is under construction and is scheduled to open in 2022; this project will create a new train tunnel beneath the East River, connecting Long Island City and Queens with the East Side of Manhattan.[158][159]

During the summer, the New York Water Taxi Company used to operate Water Taxi Beach, a public beach artificially created on a wharf along the East River, accessible at the corner of Second Street and Borden Avenue.[160] It was discontinued in 2011 due to new construction on the site of the old landing.[161]

In June 2011, NY Waterway started service to points along the East River.[162] On May 1, 2017, that route became part of the NYC Ferry's East River route, which runs between Pier 11/Wall Street in Manhattan's Financial District and the East 34th Street Ferry Landing in Murray Hill, Manhattan, with five intermediate stops in Brooklyn and Queens.[163][164] One NYC Ferry stop for the East River route is located at Hunters Point South,[165] while another NYC Ferry stop for a route to Astoria is located at Gantry Plaza State Park.[166]

There are plans to build the Brooklyn–Queens Connector (BQX), a light rail system that would run along the waterfront from Red Hook in Brooklyn through Long Island City to Astoria. However, the system is projected to cost $2.7 billion, and the projected opening has been delayed until at least 2029.[167][168]

Road

Cars enter from Brooklyn by the Pulaski Bridge from Brooklyn; from Manhattan by the Queensboro Bridge and the Queens–Midtown Tunnel; and from Roosevelt Island by the Roosevelt Island Bridge. Major thoroughfares include 21st Street, which is mostly industrial and commercial; I-495 (Long Island Expressway); the westernmost portion of Northern Boulevard (New York State Route 25A), which becomes Jackson Avenue (the former name of Northern Boulevard) south of Queens Plaza; and Queens Boulevard, which leads westward to the bridge and eastward follows New York State Route 25 through Long Island; and Vernon Boulevard.

Notable people

Seven Major League Baseball players were born in Long Island City (LIC), and two have died there:

The NBA's Metta World Peace and filmmaker Julie Dash[171] both grew up in the Queensbridge Houses, as did hip-hop producer Marley Marl, and rappers MC Shan, Mobb Deep, Nas, and Roxanne Shante.

Other notable residents of Long Island City include:

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  1. ^ Ditmars' candidacy was endorsed by the Democratic and Republican parties.[9] In 1873, Ditmars unsuccessfully ran for reelection as an Independent Democrat.
  2. ^ a b c Mayor Debevoise was temporarily removed from office following accusations of embezzlement in September 1873.[16] George H. Hunter served as acting mayor until the Board of Aldermen withdrew the articles of impeachment in April 1874.[16][17]
  3. ^ Mayor Ditmars resigned due to financial embarrassments, ill health, and intention to move south.[19]
  4. ^ The second-tallest building on Long Island is the 720-foot (220 m) City Point complex in Downtown Brooklyn.[59]

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long, island, city, residential, commercial, neighborhood, extreme, western, queens, borough, york, city, bordered, astoria, north, east, river, west, calvary, cemetery, sunnyside, east, newtown, creek, which, separates, queens, from, greenpoint, brooklyn, sou. Long Island City LIC is a residential and commercial neighborhood on the extreme western tip of Queens a borough in New York City It is bordered by Astoria to the north the East River to the west New Calvary Cemetery in Sunnyside to the east and Newtown Creek which separates Queens from Greenpoint Brooklyn to the south Long Island CityNeighborhood of QueensExpanding skyline of Long Island City Queens with One Court Square center right as seen from across the East River 2017 Nickname LIC Location within New York CityCoordinates 40 45 03 N 73 56 28 W 40 7509 N 73 9411 W 40 7509 73 9411 Coordinates 40 45 03 N 73 56 28 W 40 7509 N 73 9411 W 40 7509 73 9411Country United StatesState New YorkCityNew York CityCounty BoroughQueensCommunity DistrictQueens 1 Queens 2 1 Population Total63 000Time zoneUTC 5 EST Summer DST UTC 4 EDT ZIP Codes11101 11106 11109 11120Area codes718 347 929 and 917Incorporated as a city in 1870 Long Island City was originally the seat of government of the Town of Newtown before becoming part of the City of Greater New York in 1898 In the early 21st century Long Island City became known for its rapid and ongoing residential growth and gentrification its waterfront parks and its thriving arts community 2 The area has a high concentration of art galleries art institutions and studio space 3 Long Island City is the eastern terminus of the Queensboro Bridge the only non tolled automotive route connecting Queens and Manhattan Northwest of the bridge are the Queensbridge Houses a development of the New York City Housing Authority and the largest public housing complex in the Western Hemisphere Long Island City is part of Queens Community District 1 to the north and Queens Community District 2 to the south 1 It is patrolled by the New York City Police Department s 108th Precinct 4 Politically Long Island City is represented by the New York City Council s 26th District 5 Contents 1 History 1 1 As independent city 1 1 1 Mayors of Long Island City 1870 1897 1 2 After incorporation into New York City 1 3 Historic landmarks 2 Demographics 3 Commerce and economy 3 1 Developments and buildings 3 2 Companies 4 Subsections 4 1 Dutch Kills 4 2 Blissville 4 3 Hunters Point 5 Arts and culture 6 Police and crime 7 Fire safety 8 Health 9 Post office and ZIP Code 10 Education 10 1 Schools 10 1 1 K 12 10 1 2 High schools offering specializations 10 2 Higher education 10 3 Libraries 11 Parks and recreation 12 Transportation 12 1 Public transportation 12 2 Road 13 Notable people 14 References 14 1 Notes 14 2 Citations 14 3 Further reading 15 External linksHistory EditAs independent city Edit Early 1900s map of Dutch Kills from Greater Astoria Historical Society Detail of map of LIC from Greater Astoria Historical Society Long Island City was incorporated as a city on May 4 1870 from the merging of the Village of Astoria and the hamlets of Ravenswood Hunters Point Blissville Sunnyside Dutch Kills Steinway Bowery Bay and Middleton in the Town of Newtown 6 7 At the time of its incorporation Long Island City had between 12 000 and 15 000 residents 6 Its charter provided for an elected mayor and a ten member Board of Aldermen with two representing each of the city s five wards 6 City ordinances could be passed by a majority vote of the Board of Aldermen and the mayor s signature 8 Long Island City held its first election on July 5 1870 9 Residents elected A D Ditmars the first mayor Ditmars ran as both a Democrat and a Republican 9 The first elected Board of Aldermen was H Rudolph and Patrick Lonirgan Ward 1 Francis McNena and William E Bragaw Ward 2 George Hunter and Mr Williams Third Ward James R Bennett and John Wegart Ward Four and E M Hartshort and William Carlin Fifth Ward 9 The mayor and the aldermen were inaugurated on July 18 1870 10 In the 1880s Mayor De Bevoise nearly bankrupted the Long Island City government by embezzlement of which he was convicted 11 Many dissatisfied residents of Astoria circulated a petition to ask the New York State Legislature to allow it to secede from Long Island City and reincorporate as the Village of Astoria as it existed prior to the incorporation of Long Island City in 1884 11 The petition was ultimately dropped by the citizens 12 Long Island City continued to exist as an incorporated city until 1898 when Queens was annexed to New York City 13 The last mayor of Long Island City was an Irish American named Patrick Jerome Battle Axe Gleason The Common Council of Long Island City in 1873 adopted the coat of arms as emblematical of the varied interest represented by Long Island City It was designed by George H Williams of Ravenswood The overall composition was inspired by New York City s coat of arms The shield is rich in historic allusion including Native American Dutch and English symbols 14 In 1898 Long Island City became part of New York City Mayors of Long Island City 1870 1897 Edit Mayors Mayor Party Start year End yearA D Ditmars 9 Democratic and Republican a 1870 1873Henry S De Bevoise 15 b Democratic 1873 1874George H Hunter acting 16 17 b Democratic 1873 1874Henry S De Bevoise 16 17 b Democratic 1874 1875A D Ditmars 18 c Democratic 1875 1875John Quinn acting 19 Democratic 1875 1876Henry S De Bevoise 20 21 Democratic 1876 1883George Petry 22 Independent Democrat Republican 23 1883 1887Patrick J Gleason 24 Democratic 25 1887 1897 After incorporation into New York City Edit Ancient boulder a glacial erratic partly blocking 12th Street 40 45 02 N 73 56 53 W 40 750421 N 73 948135 W 40 750421 73 948135 The city surrendered its independence in 1898 to become part of the City of Greater New York However Long Island City survives as ZIP Code 11101 and ZIP Code prefix 111 with its own main post office and was formerly a sectional center facility SCF The Greater Astoria Historical Society a nonprofit cultural and historical organization documenting the Long Island City area s history has operated since 1985 26 Through the 1930s three subway tunnels the Queens Midtown Tunnel and the Queensboro Bridge were built to connect the neighborhood to Manhattan By the 1970s the factories in Long Island City were being abandoned In the 1990s Queens West on the west side of Long Island City was developed to revitalize 74 acres 30 ha along the East River with plans to bring in as many as 16 000 new residents in a total of 19 new buildings 27 Looking west from an apartment building near Queens Plaza In 2001 the neighborhood was rezoned from an industrial neighborhood to a residential neighborhood and the area underwent gentrification with developments such as Hunter s Point South being built in the area 28 Since then there has been substantial commercial and residential growth in Long Island City with 41 new residential apartment buildings being built just between 2010 and 2017 29 30 A resident of nearby Woodside proposed establishing a Japantown in Long Island City in 2006 though this did not occur 31 By the mid 2010s Long Island City was one of New York City s fastest growing neighborhoods 32 Historic landmarks Edit In addition to the Hunters Point Historic District and Queensboro Bridge the 45th Road Court House Square Station Dual System IRT Long Island City Courthouse Complex and United States Post Office are listed on the National Register of Historic Places 33 New York City designated landmarks include the Pepsi Cola sign along the East River 34 35 the Fire Engine Company 258 Hook and Ladder Company 115 firehouse 36 the Long Island City Courthouse 37 the New York Architectural Terra Cotta Company building 38 and the Chase Manhattan Bank Building 39 Demographics EditBased on data from the 2010 United States Census the population of the combined Queensbridge Ravenswood Long Island City neighborhood was 20 030 a decrease of 1 074 5 1 from the 21 104 counted in 2000 Covering an area of 540 94 acres 218 91 ha the neighborhood had a population density of 37 0 inhabitants per acre 23 700 sq mi 9 100 km2 40 The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 14 7 2 946 White 25 9 5 183 African American 0 3 62 Native American 15 5 3 096 Asian 0 0 6 Pacific Islander 1 2 248 from other races and 1 9 385 from two or more races Hispanic or Latino of any race were 40 5 8 104 of the population 41 Long Island City is split between Queens Community Board 1 to the north of Queens Plaza and Queens Community Board 2 south of Queens Plaza 42 The entirety of Queens Community Board 1 which comprises northern Long Island City and Astoria had 199 969 inhabitants as of NYC Health s 2018 Community Health Profile with an average life expectancy of 83 4 years 43 2 20 The entirety of Queens Community Board 2 which comprises southern Long Island City Sunnyside and Woodside had 135 972 inhabitants as of NYC Health s 2018 Community Health Profile with an average life expectancy of 85 4 years 44 2 20 Both figures are higher than the median life expectancy of 81 2 for all New York City neighborhoods 45 53 PDF p 84 46 In both community boards most inhabitants are middle aged adults and youth 43 2 44 2 As of 2017 the median household income was 66 382 in Community Board 1 47 and 67 359 in Community Board 2 48 In 2018 an estimated 18 of Community Board 1 and 20 of Community Board 2 residents lived in poverty compared to 19 in all of Queens and 20 in all of New York City The unemployment rate was 8 in Community Board 1 and 5 in Community Board 2 compared to 8 in Queens and 9 in New York City Rent burden or the percentage of residents who have difficulty paying their rent is 47 in Community Board 1 and 51 in Community Board 2 slightly lower than the citywide and boroughwide rates of 53 and 51 respectively Based on this calculation as of 2018 update northern LIC is considered to be gentrifying while southern LIC is considered to be high income relative to the rest of the city and not gentrifying 43 7 44 7 According to the 2020 census data from New York City Department of City Planning the southern portion of Long Island City south of the Queensboro Bridge had an approximate average equal population of White and Asian residents with each their populations being between 10 000 and 19 999 residents while the Hispanic and Black populations each were under 5 000 residents North of the Queensboro Bridge in northern Long Island City had between 10 000 and 19 999 Hispanic residents while the White Black and Asian populations were each between 5 000 and 9 999 residents 49 50 According to a New York Times article from October 18 2021 the Asian population of Long Island City has grown fivefold since 2010 nearing 11 000 residents making up 34 of the neighborhood s population The new Asian residents are mainly Chinese Bengalis Koreans and Japanese and the neighborhood had at least 15 Asian owned businesses in the neighborhood Unlike the largely working class Asian immigrant populations in southern Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan the growing Asian population in Long Island City tends to be second or third generation Americans and are largely middle or upper class Exceptionally however the growing Asian population in NYCHA s Queensbridge Houses section of Long Island City at 11 are mostly from immigrant working class backgrounds and largely have limited English skills which has presented issues when residents are unable to find interpreters to communicate with NYCHA New York City Council member Julie Won who represents the neighborhood has spoken about the need for outreach to the area s Asian residents and businesses 51 52 53 54 55 Commerce and economy EditDevelopments and buildings Edit Long Island City Queens as seen across the East River from One World Trade Center Manhattan in 2017 Gantry Plaza State Park as seen from the west Gantry cranes in Gantry Plaza State Park on the Long Island City waterfront Long Island City was once home to many factories and bakeries some of which are finding new uses The former Silvercup bakery is now home to Silvercup Studios which has produced notable works such as NBC s 30 Rock and HBO s Sex and the City and The Sopranos The Silvercup sign is visible from the IRT Flushing Line and BMT Astoria Line trains going into and out of Queensboro Plaza 7 lt 7 gt N and W trains The former Sunshine Bakery is now one of the buildings which houses LaGuardia Community College Other buildings on the campus originally served as the location of the Ford Instrument Company which was at one time a major producer of precision machines and devices Artist Isamu Noguchi converted a photo engraving plant into a workshop the site is now the Noguchi Museum a space dedicated to his work The Standard Motor Products headquarters a manufacturing site producing items like distributor caps was once located in the industrial neighborhood of Long Island City until purchased by Acuman Partners in 2008 for 40 million The Standard Motor Products Building was put on the market by Acuman in 2014 and acquired by RXR Realty LLC for 110 million The former factory built in 1919 now houses the Jim Henson Company Society Awards and a commercial rooftop farm run by Brooklyn Grange 56 High rise housing is being built on a former Pepsi Cola site on the East River From June 2002 to September 2004 the former Swingline Staplers plant was the temporary headquarters of the Museum of Modern Art Other former factories in Long Island City include Fisher Electronics Marantz and Chiclets Gum Long Island City s turn of the century district of residential towers called Queens West is located along the East River just north of the LIRR s Long Island City Station Redevelopment in Queens West reflects the intent to have the area as a major residential area in New York City with its high rise residences very close to public transportation making it convenient for commuters to travel to Manhattan by ferry or subway The first tower the 42 floor Citylights opened in 1998 with an elementary school at the base Others have been completed since then and more are being planned or under construction Long Island City contains several of the tallest buildings in Queens The 658 foot 201 m One Court Square formerly the Citicorp Building was built in 1990 on Courthouse Square it is the second tallest building in Queens and the third tallest on Long Island and was Queens tallest building until 2019 57 The tallest building in both Queens and Long Island the 778 foot 237 m Skyline Tower one block away was architecturally topped out in October 2019 58 d Yet another skyscraper the 755 foot 230 m Queens Plaza Park is under construction at Queens Plaza and will become the tallest skyscraper in Queens and Long Island when complete 60 The Queensbridge Houses a public housing complex comprises over 3 000 units making it the largest such complex in North America 61 Companies Edit Citigroup Building and Silvercup Studios from the Queensboro Bridge Eagle Electric now known as Cooper Wiring Devices was one of the last major factories in the area before it moved to China Plant No 7 which was the largest of their factories and housed their corporate offices is being converted to residential luxury lofts 62 63 Long Island City is currently home to the largest fortune cookie factory in the United States owned by Wonton Foods and producing four million fortune cookies a day Lucky numbers included on fortunes in the company s cookies led to 110 people across the United States winning 100 000 each in a May 2005 drawing for Powerball 64 65 66 The Brooks Brothers tie manufacturing factory which employs 122 people and produces more than 1 5 million ties per year has operated in Long Island City since 1999 67 Long Island City is the new home of independent film studio Troma Brewster Building the JetBlue headquarters from Queensboro Plaza In spring 2010 JetBlue Airways announced it was moving its headquarters from Forest Hills to Long Island City also incorporating the jobs from its Darien Connecticut office The airline which operates its largest hub at JFK Airport also operates from LaGuardia Airport and made the Brewster Building in Queens Plaza its home 68 69 The airline moved there around mid 2012 70 In November 2018 news media claimed that Amazon com was in final talks with the government of New York State to construct one of two campuses for its proposed Amazon HQ2 at Queens West in Long Island City The other campus would be located at National Landing in Crystal City Arlington Virginia Both campuses would have 25 000 workers 30 The selection was confirmed by Amazon on November 13 2018 71 72 On February 14 2019 Amazon announced it was pulling out citing unexpected opposition from local lawmakers and unions 73 Subsections Edit North end of canalized Dutch Kills Dutch Kills Green now part of Queens Plaza In 1870 the villages of Astoria Ravenswood Hunters Point Dutch Kills Middletown Sunnyside Blissville and Bowery Bay were incorporated into Long Island City 74 Dutch Kills Edit Dutch Kills was a hamlet named for its navigable tributary of Newtown Creek that occupied what today is Queens Plaza Dutch Kills was an important road hub during the American Revolutionary War and the site of a British Army garrison from 1776 to 1783 The area supported farms during the 19th century The tributary of the same name connected to Sunswick Creek at its north end which facilitated commerce in the region The canalization of Newtown Creek and the Kills at the end of the 19th century intensified industrial development of the area which prospered until the middle of the 20th century The neighborhood is currently undergoing a massive rezoning of mixed residential and commercial properties 74 75 Blissville Edit Hotel on Greenpoint Avenue Blissville Blissville which has the ZIP Code 11101 is a neighborhood within Long Island City located at 40 44 4 87 N 73 56 9 81 W 40 7346861 N 73 9360583 W 40 7346861 73 9360583 76 and bordered by Calvary Cemetery to the east the Long Island Expressway to the north Newtown Creek to the south and Dutch Kills a tributary of Newtown Creek to the west Blissville was named after Neziah Bliss who owned most of the land in the 1830s and 1840s 77 Bliss built the first version of what was known for many years as the Blissville Bridge a drawbridge over Newtown Creek connecting Greenpoint Brooklyn and Blissville it was replaced in the 20th century by the Greenpoint Avenue Bridge also called the J J Byrne Memorial Bridge located slightly upstream Blissville existed as a small village until 1870 when it was incorporated into Long Island City 74 Historically an industrial neighborhood it has Triangle 54 a small park with a monument at 54th Avenue and 48th Street Hunters Point Edit Hunters Point Historic DistrictU S National Register of Historic PlacesU S Historic districtNYC Landmark No 0450 Religious procession crossing 50th Avenue 1989 Show map of New York City Show map of New York Show map of the United StatesLocationAlong 45th Ave between 21st and 23rd Sts New York CityCoordinates40 44 40 14 N 73 57 12 71 W 40 7444833 N 73 9535306 W 40 7444833 73 9535306Area1 5 acres 0 61 ha ArchitectMultipleArchitectural styleMixed More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods NRHP reference No 73001251 33 NYCL No 0450Significant datesAdded to NRHPSeptember 19 1973Designated NYCLMay 15 1968 Map of industrial Hunters Point 1891 Hunters Point is located on the south side of Long Island City along Newtown Creek 78 79 80 81 The area took the name Hunters Point in 1825 named after British sea captain George Hunter whose family operated the site as a 210 acre farm 82 83 It contains the Hunters Point Historic District a national historic district that includes 19 contributing buildings along 45th Avenue between 21st and 23rd Streets They are a set of townhouses built in the late 19th century 84 The historic district was created by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1968 82 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 33 The modern Queens West and Hunter s Point South developments are located on the waterfront 83 Arts and culture EditLong Island City is home to a large and dynamic artistic community Long Island City was the home of 5 Pointz a building housing artists studios which was legally painted on by a number of graffiti artists and was prominently visible near the Court Square station on the 7 and lt 7 gt trains 85 The 5 Pointz building was painted over and demolished starting in 2013 86 In 2021 a pair of connected rental towers dubbed 5Pointz 87 opened Culture Lab LIC operating out of The Plaxall Gallery is a new nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the development of visual art theater music and art of all disciplines in Western Queens and providing much needed community space The 12 000 square foot converted waterfront warehouse is donated by Plaxall Inc and is home to three art galleries a 90 seat theatre outdoor event space and is located on the Anable Basin in Long Island City and over the years has become an important institution for the surrounding artistic community The Fisher Landau Center for Art is a private foundation that offers regular exhibitions of contemporary art that closed to the public in November 2017 88 Across the street from Socrates Sculpture Park is the Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Museum founded in 1985 by Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi 89 After undergoing a two and a half year renovation completed at a cost of 13 5 million the museum reopened in 2004 with newer and advanced facilities 90 MoMA PS1 an affiliate of the Museum of Modern Art is the oldest and second largest non profit arts center in the United States solely devoted to contemporary art It is named after the former public school in which it is housed SculptureCenter is New York City s only non profit exhibition space dedicated to contemporary and innovative sculpture SculptureCenter re located from Manhattan s Upper East Side to a former trolley repair shop in Long Island City Queens renovated by artist designer Maya Lin in 2002 Founded by artists in 1928 SculptureCenter has undergone much evolution and growth and continues to expand and challenge the definition of sculpture SculptureCenter commissions new work and presents exhibits by emerging and established national and international artists The museum also hosts a diverse range of public programs including lectures dialogues and performances Socrates Sculpture Park is an outdoor sculpture park located one block from the Noguchi Museum at the intersection of Broadway and Vernon Boulevard 91 See me is web based arts organization located in Long Island City The organization is dedicated to supporting artistic talent harnessing online creative communities and promoting artists work Police and crime EditWoodside Sunnyside and Long Island City are patrolled by the 108th Precinct of the NYPD located at 5 47 50th Avenue 4 The 108th Precinct ranked 25th safest out of 69 patrol areas for per capita crime in 2010 92 As of 2018 update with a non fatal assault rate of 19 per 100 000 people Sunnyside and Woodside s rate of violent crimes per capita is less than that of the city as a whole The incarceration rate of 163 per 100 000 people is lower than that of the city as a whole 44 8 The 108th Precinct has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s with crimes across all categories having decreased by 88 2 between 1990 and 2018 The precinct reported 2 murders 12 rapes 90 robberies 108 felony assaults 109 burglaries 490 grand larcenies and 114 grand larcenies auto in 2018 93 Fire safety EditLong Island City is served by the following New York City Fire Department FDNY fire stations 94 Engine Company 258 Ladder Company 115 10 40 47th Avenue 95 Engine Company 259 Ladder Company 128 Battalion 45 33 51 Greenpoint Avenue 96 Formerly Engine Company 261 Ladder Company 116 was located at 37 20 29th Street until it was closed in 2003 as a cost saving measure 97 Health EditAs of 2018 update preterm births are more common in southern Long Island City than in other places citywide but are less common in northern Long Island City births to teenage mothers are less common than citywide in both areas 43 11 44 11 In northern Long Island City there were 84 preterm births per 1 000 live births compared to 87 per 1 000 citywide and 15 1 births to teenage mothers per 1 000 live births compared to 19 3 per 1 000 citywide 43 11 In southern Long Island City there were 90 preterm births per 1 000 live births and 14 9 births to teenage mothers per 1 000 live births 44 11 Long Island City has a high population of residents who are uninsured In 2018 this population of uninsured residents was estimated to be 12 in Community Board 1 and 16 in Community Board 2 compared to the citywide rate of 12 44 14 The concentration of fine particulate matter the deadliest type of air pollutant is 0 0078 milligrams per cubic metre 7 8 10 9 oz cu ft in northern Long Island City and 0 0093 milligrams per cubic metre 9 3 10 9 oz cu ft in southern Long Island City 43 9 Nineteen percent of Community Board 1 residents and fourteen percent of Community Board 2 residents are smokers compared to the city average of 14 of residents being smokers 43 13 44 13 In Community Board 1 19 of residents are obese 11 are diabetic and 29 have high blood pressure compared to the citywide averages of 24 11 and 28 respectively 43 16 In Community Board 2 20 of residents are obese 9 are diabetic and 23 have high blood pressure 44 16 In addition 22 of children in northern Long Island City and 19 of children in southern Long Island City are obese compared to the citywide average of 20 43 12 44 12 Eighty nine percent of Community Board 1 residents and ninety two percent of Community Board 2 residents eat some fruits and vegetables every day which is higher than the city s average of 87 In 2018 79 of residents in both areas described their health as good very good or excellent slightly higher than the city s average of 78 43 13 44 13 For every supermarket there are 17 bodegas in southern Long Island City and 10 in northern Long Island City 43 10 44 10 The nearest large hospitals in the area are the Elmhurst Hospital Center in Elmhurst and the Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens in Astoria 98 Post office and ZIP Code EditLong Island City is covered by ZIP Code 11101 99 The United States Post Office operates the Long Island City Station at 46 02 21st Street 100 Education Edit Department of Education building at 44 36 Vernon Blvd Long Island City generally has a slightly higher ratio of college educated residents than the rest of the city as of 2018 update In Community Board 1 half of residents 50 have a college education or higher while 16 have less than a high school education and 33 are high school graduates or have some college education In Community Board 2 45 of residents age 25 and older have a college education or higher 19 have less than a high school education and 35 are high school graduates or have some college education By contrast 39 of Queens residents and 43 of city residents have a college education or higher 43 6 44 6 The percentage of Community Board 1 students excelling in math rose from 43 percent in 2000 to 65 percent in 2011 and reading achievement rose from 47 to 49 during the same time period 101 Similarly the percentage of Community Board 2 students excelling in math rose from 40 in to 65 and reading achievement rose from 45 to 49 during the same time period 102 Long Island City s rate of elementary school student absenteeism is about equal to the rest of New York City Nineteen percent of elementary school students in Community Board 1 and eleven percent in Community Board 2 missed twenty or more days per school year less than the citywide average of 20 43 6 44 6 45 24 PDF p 55 Additionally 78 of high school students in Community Board 1 and 86 of high school students in Community Board 2 graduate on time more than the citywide average of 75 43 6 44 6 The New York City Department of Education operates a facility in Long Island City housing the Office of School Support Services and several related departments 103 Schools Edit PS 17 PS 111 PS 166 the Gradstein School K 12 Edit Long Island City is served by the New York City Department of Education Long Island City is zoned to PS 17 Henry David Thoreau School 104 PS 70 105 PS 76 William Hallet School 106 PS IS 78Q 107 PS 85 Judge Charles Vallone 108 PS 111 Jacob Blackwell School 109 PS 112 Dutch Kills School 110 PS 150 111 PS 166 Henry Gradstein School 112 PS 171 Peter G Van Alst School 113 PS 199 Maurice A Fitzgerald School 114 PS 384 Hunters Point Elementary 115 IS 10 Horace Greeley School 116 IS 126 Albert Shanker School For Visual And Performing Arts 117 IS 141 The Steinway School 118 IS 204 Oliver W Holmes 119 Additionally Long Island City is home to Baccalaureate School for Global Education a 7 12 school Queens Paideia School an independent progressive school that offers personalized learning and group activities for its mixed age student body K 8 St Raphael School s campusHigh schools offering specializations Edit Long Island City is home to numerous high schools some of which offer specializations as indicated below These specialized schools are not to be confused with the elite specialized high schools Rather these schools offer programs that are included at specialized high schools Academy of American Studies Q575 a history high school 120 Academy for Careers in Television amp Film Q301 121 Academy of Finance and Enterprise Q264 122 Aviation Career and Technical High School Q610 123 Bard High School Early College II Q299 124 Frank Sinatra School of the Arts Q501 125 High School of Applied Communication Q267 126 Information Technology High School Q502 127 The International High School Queens at LaGuardia Community College Q530 128 Long Island City High School Q450 129 Middle College High School at LaGuardia Community College Q520 130 Newcomers High School Academy for New Americans Q555 131 Queens Vocational and Technical High School Q600 132 Robert F Wagner Jr Institute For Arts amp Technology Q560 133 William Cullen Bryant High School Q445 134 Higher education Edit Numerous institutions of higher education have or have had a presence in Long Island City Briarcliffe College has a campus on Thomson Avenue City University of New York School of Law is located at 2 Court Square Columbia University s Depression Project is located at 3718 34th Street DeVry University New York Metro also known as DeVry College of New York maintained headquarters at 3020 Thomson Avenue until March 2011 at which time New York Metro s main campus relocated to 180 Madison Avenue in Manhattan and DCNY relocated its Queens presence to 99 21 Queens Boulevard in Rego Park 135 LaGuardia Community College is located at 3110 Thomson Avenue Middle College National Consortium is located at 27 28 Thomson Avenue 331 Touro College is located at 2511 49th Avenue Calvary Chapel Bible College New York City is located at 31 10 47th Street Libraries Edit Exterior of the Hunters Point Library Interior of the Hunters Point Library The Queens Public Library operates two branches in Long Island City The Hunters Point Community Library is located at 47 40 Center Boulevard 136 on the bank of the East River 137 Designed by Steven Holl Architects in 2010 and opened on September 24 2019 the library has a floor area of 22 000 sq ft 2 000 m2 and is 82 feet 25 m tall measuring 168 feet 51 m along the New York City waterfront 138 Features include an art installation by Julianne Swartz designer furniture by Eames and Jean Prouve and a reading garden surrounded by ginkgo trees and designed by Michael Van Valkenburgh 137 138 The branch cost 40 million to construct because the site had to undergo pollution remediation since it was previously used by a factory that processed asphalt and other bituminous products 139 The Hunters Point Library includes over 50 000 books with Spanish and Chinese language collections as well as an environmental education center a section for young children and a teenagers space equipped with a video game area 137 Though the building is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 its stepped terraces and single elevator have been criticized for being inaccessible to the disabled 140 The fourth floor where the cyber center is has a curved wooden element in the design of the interior atrium The Long Island City branch is located at 37 44 21st Street 141 A third branch the Court Square branch opened in 1989 and was located on the ground floor of One Court Square 142 One Court Square s former owner Citigroup leased the space to the library for 1 per month After the tower s new owner Savanna failed to renew the Court Square branch s lease the location was closed in February 2020 and the branch would either move to a new location or be closed permanently 143 144 As of 24 February 2020 update the Court Square branch had closed and a mobile branch had opened nearby 145 Parks and recreation EditThere are several waterfront parks in Long Island City These include or have included Gantry Plaza State Park a 12 acre 4 9 ha park on the East River waterfront between Anable Basin to the north and 50th Avenue to the south 146 Hunters Point South Park a 10 acre 4 0 ha park on the East River waterfront at Hunter s Point South near Newtown Creek 147 Queensbridge Park a park on the East River waterfront north of Queensboro Bridge within the Queensbridge Houses 148 Water Taxi Beach was New York City s first non swimming urban beach and was located on the East River in Long Island City City Hall planned to build 5 000 moderate income apartments in this area a 30 acre 12 ha development called Hunter s Point South 149 The beach later closed and the apartments have been constructed Other parks include Andrews Grove on 49th Avenue between Fifth Street and Vernon Boulevard 150 Bridge and Tunnel Park between the Pulaski Bridge 50th Avenue 11th Place and the Queens Midtown Tunnel entrance ramp 151 City Ice Pavilion with 33 000 square feet 3 100 m2 of skating surface opened in Long Island City in late 2008 The ice skating rink is on the roof of a two story storage facility 152 Hunters Point Community Park a 600 by 60 foot 183 by 18 m linear park located on the south side of 48th Avenue between Fifth Street and Vernon Boulevard 153 Murray Playground between 45th Avenue 45th Road and 11th and 21st Streets 154 Old Hickory Playground at Jackson Avenue and 51st Avenue 155 Transportation EditPublic transportation Edit Entrance to Court Square 23rd Street Ferry dock The following New York City Subway stations serve Long Island City 156 21st Street Queensbridge F and lt F gt trains 21st Street G train 39th Avenue N and W trains Court Square 23rd Street 7 lt 7 gt E G and M trains Hunters Point Avenue 7 and lt 7 gt trains Queens Plaza E M and R trains Queensboro Plaza 7 lt 7 gt N and W trains Vernon Boulevard Jackson Avenue 7 and lt 7 gt trains The following MTA Regional Bus Operations bus routes serve Long Island City 157 Q32 to Pennsylvania Station Manhattan or Jackson Heights via Queens Plaza and Queens Boulevard Q39 to Glendale via Thomson Avenue Q60 to East Midtown Manhattan or Jamaica via Queens Plaza and Queens Boulevard Q66 to Flushing Main Street 7 and lt 7 gt trains via 21st Street Q67 to Middle Village via Borden Avenue Q69 to Astoria Heights via 21st Street Q100 to Rikers Island Bronx via 21st Street Q101 to East Midtown Manhattan or Astoria Heights via Queens Plaza and Northern Boulevard Q102 to Roosevelt Island Manhattan or Astoria via Vernon Boulevard 41st Avenue and 31st Street Q103 to Astoria via Vernon Boulevard B32 to Williamsburg Bridge Plaza Bus Terminal via 11th 21st Streets B62 to Downtown Brooklyn via Jackson AvenueThe Long Island City and Hunterspoint Avenue stations of the Long Island Rail Road LIRR are also located within Long Island City The US 11 1 billion East Side Access project which will bring LIRR trains to Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan is under construction and is scheduled to open in 2022 this project will create a new train tunnel beneath the East River connecting Long Island City and Queens with the East Side of Manhattan 158 159 During the summer the New York Water Taxi Company used to operate Water Taxi Beach a public beach artificially created on a wharf along the East River accessible at the corner of Second Street and Borden Avenue 160 It was discontinued in 2011 due to new construction on the site of the old landing 161 In June 2011 NY Waterway started service to points along the East River 162 On May 1 2017 that route became part of the NYC Ferry s East River route which runs between Pier 11 Wall Street in Manhattan s Financial District and the East 34th Street Ferry Landing in Murray Hill Manhattan with five intermediate stops in Brooklyn and Queens 163 164 One NYC Ferry stop for the East River route is located at Hunters Point South 165 while another NYC Ferry stop for a route to Astoria is located at Gantry Plaza State Park 166 There are plans to build the Brooklyn Queens Connector BQX a light rail system that would run along the waterfront from Red Hook in Brooklyn through Long Island City to Astoria However the system is projected to cost 2 7 billion and the projected opening has been delayed until at least 2029 167 168 Road Edit Cars enter from Brooklyn by the Pulaski Bridge from Brooklyn from Manhattan by the Queensboro Bridge and the Queens Midtown Tunnel and from Roosevelt Island by the Roosevelt Island Bridge Major thoroughfares include 21st Street which is mostly industrial and commercial I 495 Long Island Expressway the westernmost portion of Northern Boulevard New York State Route 25A which becomes Jackson Avenue the former name of Northern Boulevard south of Queens Plaza and Queens Boulevard which leads westward to the bridge and eastward follows New York State Route 25 through Long Island and Vernon Boulevard Notable people EditSeven Major League Baseball players were born in Long Island City LIC and two have died there Joe Benes 1901 1975 born in LIC 169 Ed Boland 1908 1993 born in LIC Al Cuccinello 1914 2004 born in LIC Tony Cuccinello 1907 1995 born in LIC John Hatfield 1847 1909 died in LIC Billy Loes 1929 2010 right handed pitcher who spent eleven seasons in Major League Baseball with the Brooklyn Dodgers Baltimore Orioles and San Francisco Giants 170 Gus Sandberg 1895 1930 born in LIC Dike Varney 1880 1950 died in LIC Billy Zitzmann 1895 1985 born in LIC The NBA s Metta World Peace and filmmaker Julie Dash 171 both grew up in the Queensbridge Houses as did hip hop producer Marley Marl and rappers MC Shan Mobb Deep Nas and Roxanne Shante Other notable residents of Long Island City include Mike Baxter born 1984 outfielder who played for the New York Mets 172 Richard Bellamy 1927 1998 art dealer 173 Jane Bolin 1908 2007 first black woman to serve as a judge in the United States when she was sworn into the bench of the New York City Domestic Relations Court in 1939 174 Sonam Dolma Brauen born 1953 Swiss Tibetan sculptor and painter 175 Mario J Cariello 1907 1985 politician who served as Borough President of Queens and as a New York Supreme Court Justice 176 Richard Christy born 1974 musician and writer on The Howard Stern Show 177 John T Clancy 1903 1985 lawyer politician and surrogate judge from Queens 178 Florence Finney 1903 1994 politician and first woman president pro tempore of the Connecticut State Senate born in Long Island City 179 Roy Gussow 1918 2011 abstract sculptor 180 Steve Hofstetter born 1979 actor and comedian operates the Laughing Devil Comedy Club in the area Zenon Konopka born 1981 ice hockey forward lived in Long Island City during the 2010 11 NHL season Murray Lerner 1927 2017 documentary and experimental film director and producer 181 Blanche Merrill 1883 1966 songwriter Mollie Moon 1912 1990 founder and president of the National Urban League Guild 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