Long Island City Long Island City Long Island City in 2015 Long Island City in 2015 Long Island City is positioned in New York City Long Island City - Long Island City Show map of New York City City New York City Long Island City (L.I.C.) is the westernmost residentiary and commercial neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queens.
Has among the highest concentration of art arcades, art establishments, and studio space of any neighborhood in New York City. It is bordered by Astoria to the north; the East River to the west; Hazen Street, 49th Street, and New Calvary Cemetery in Sunnyside to the east; and Newtown Creek which separates Queens from Greenpoint, Brooklyn to the south.
The region is part of Queens Community Board 1, positioned north of the Queensboro Bridge and Queens Plaza; it is also of Queens Community Board 2 to the south.
Long Island City is the easterly end of the Queensboro Bridge, also known as the 59th Street Bridge, which is the only non-toll automotive route connecting Queens and Manhattan.
Northwest of the bridge end are the Queensbridge Houses, a evolution of the New York City Housing Authority and the biggest enhance housing complex in North America.
Long Island City, as its name suggests, was formerly a city, created in 1870 from the consolidation 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. At time of incorporation, Long Island City had between 12,000 and 15,000 residents. Its charter provided for an propel mayor and a ten-member Board of Alderman with two representing each of the city's five wards. City ordinances could be passed by a majority vote of the Board of Aldermen and the mayor's signature. Long Island City held its first election on July 5, 1870. Residents propel A.D.
In the 1880s, Mayor De Bevoise nearly bankrupted the Long Island City government by embezzling, of which he was convicted. Many dissatisfied inhabitants 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 before to the incorporation of Long Island City, in 1884. The petition was ultimately dropped by the people. Long Island City continued to exist as an incorporated town/city until 1898, when all of Queens was took in to New York City. The last mayor of Long Island City was a notorious Irish-American titled Patrick Jerome "Battle-Axe" Gleason.
The town/city surrendered its independence in 1898 to turn into 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 chief postal service) and was formerly a sectional center facility (SCF).
Since 1985, the Greater Astoria Historical Society, a nonprofit cultural and historical organization, has been preserving the past and promoting the future of the neighborhoods that are part of historic Long Island City.
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." 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. In 1898, Long Island City became part of New York City.
By the 1970s, the factories in Long Island City were being abandoned.
In 1981, Queens West on the west side of Long Island City was advanced to revitalize the area.
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. 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 Standard Motor Products headquarters, a manufacturing site producing items like distributor caps, was once positioned in the industrialized neighborhood of Long Island City until purchased by Acuman Partners in 2008 for $40 - M.
Other former factories in Long Island City include Fisher Electronics and Chiclets Gum.
Long Island City's turn-of-the-century precinct of residentiary towers, called Queens West, is positioned along the East River, just north of the LIRR's Long Island City Station.
Redevelopment in Queens West reflects the intent to have the region as a primary residentiary region in New York City, with its high-rise residences very close to enhance transportation, making it convenient for commuters to travel to Manhattan by ferry or subway.
It is the tallest building on Long Island and in any of the New York City boroughs outside Manhattan. Socioeconomic range is very visible in Long Island City; the Queensbridge Houses are composed of over 3,000 units, making it the biggest enhance housing complex in North America.
Long Island City is presently home to the biggest fortune cookie factory in the United States, owned by Wonton Foods and producing four million fortune cookies a day.
Online grocery business Fresh - Direct serves the greater New York urbane region via bringies from a warehouse and administrative offices on Borden Avenue.
The Brooks Brothers tie manufacturing factory, which employs 122 citizens and produces more than 1.5 million ties per year, has directed in Long Island City since 1999. Long Island City is the new home of autonomous film studio Troma.
On March 22, 2010, Jet - Blue Airways announced it was moving its command posts from Forest Hills to Long Island City, also incorporating the jobs from its Darien, Connecticut, office.
In 1870, the villages of Astoria, Ravenswood, Hunters Point, Dutch Kills, Middletown, Sunnyside, Blissville, and Bowery Bay were incorporated into Long Island City. Blissville, which has the ZIP code 11101, is a neighborhood inside Long Island City, positioned at 40 44'4.87"N73 56'9.81"W 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 existed as a small village until 1870 when it was incorporated into Long Island City. Historically an industrialized neighborhood, it has a small park with a monument at 54th Avenue and 48th Street.
Long Island City is positioned in New York City Long Island City Show map of New York City Location Along 45th Ave., between 21st and 23rd Sts., New York, New York Hunters Point is on the south side of Long Island City. It contains the Hunters Point Historic District, a nationwide historic precinct that includes 19 contributing buildings along 45th Avenue between 21st and 23rd Streets.
Long Island City is home to a large and dynamic creative 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 <7> trains. The 5 Pointz building was painted over and demolished, starting in 2013. Sculpture - Center is New York City's only non-profit exhibition space dedicated to intact and innovative sculpture.
Sculpture - Center re-located from Manhattan's Upper East Side to a former street car repair shop in Long Island City, Queens renovated by artist/designer Maya Lin in 2002.
The Queens Library maintains two chapters in Long Island City, one on the ground floor of the Citicorp Building (the Court Square branch), and one on 21st Street.
See.me is web-based arts organization positioned in Long Island City.
City Ice Pavilion, with 33,000 square feet (3,100 m2) of skating surface, opened in Long Island City in late 2008.
Water Taxi Beach was New York City's first non-swimming urban beach, and was positioned on the East River in Long Island City.
Census, Long Island City comprises a populace that is 1% Native American Indian, 10% African American, 15% Asian or Pacific Islander, 52% White, 9% different race, and 15% of "other" demographics.
Long Island City is served by the elevated BMT Astoria Line at two stations (N W trains) and IRT Flushing Line at four stations (7 <7> trains) of the New York City Subway.
It is also served by the underground IND 63rd Street Line at one station (F train), the IND Queens Boulevard Line at two stations (E M R trains), and IND Crosstown Line at two stations (G train). The Long Island City and Hunterspoint Avenue stations of the Long Island Rail Road are also positioned inside Long Island City.
During the summer, the New York Water Taxi Company used to operate Water Taxi Beach, a enhance beach artificially created on a wharf along the East River, accessible at the corner of Second Street and Borden Avenue. It was discontinued in 2011 due to new assembly on the site of the old landing. Cars enter by the Pulaski Bridge, the Queensboro Bridge, the Queens Midtown Tunnel, and the Roosevelt Island Bridge connecting Long Island City and Astoria to Roosevelt Island.
Major thoroughfares include 21st Street, which is mostly industrialized and commercial; I-495 (Long Island Expressway); the westernmost portion of Northern Boulevard, 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.
The New York City Department of Education operates a facility in Long Island City housing the Office of School Support Services and a several related departments. Long Island City is served by the New York City Department of Education.
Long Island City is zoned to: Additionally, Long Island City is home to: Long Island City is home to various high schools, a number of which offer specializations, as pointed out below.
Long Island City High School (Q450) Numerous establishments of college studies have (or have had) a existence in Long Island City.
City University of New York School of Law is positioned at 2 Court Square.
De - Vry University - New York Metro (also known as De - Vry College of New York), maintained command posts at 3020 Thomson Avenue until March 2011, at which time New York Metro's chief campus relocated to 180 Madison Avenue in Manhattan, and DCNY relocated its Queens existence to 99-21 Queens Boulevard in Rego Park Long Island City was incorporated and had propel mayors from 1870 to 1898, when it and the rest of Queens were took in to New York City.
Seven Major League Baseball players were born in Long Island City: Two Major League Baseball players have died in Long Island City: Other famous inhabitants of Long Island City include: Zenon Konopka, ice hockey forward; lived in Long Island City amid the 2010 11 NHL season "Long Island City Art Tour".
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