Industrial Long Island City, Manhattan Skyline behind.

Long Island City (often abbreviated L.I.C.) is the western-most neighborhood of the borough of Queens in New York City. It is bounded on the north and west by the East River; on the east by Hazen Street, 49th Street, and New Calvary Cemetery, and on the south by Newtown Creek which separates Queens from Greenpoint, Brooklyn. It originally was the seat of government of Newtown Township, and remains the largest neighborhood in Queens Borough. The area is part of Queens Community Board 1 north of the Queensboro Bridge and Queens Community Board 2 south of the Bridge. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x768, 239 KB) Summary Industrial Long Island City, on a background of New York City Skyline Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x768, 239 KB) Summary Industrial Long Island City, on a background of New York City Skyline Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU... The Five Boroughs redirects here. ... Queens County, often referred to as simply Queens, is the largest in area of the five boroughs of New York City, USA. It is home to New York Citys two major airports (John F. Kennedy and LaGuardia), the New York Mets baseball team, the USTA National Tennis Center, Silvercup... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... New York City waterways: 1. ... Newtown Creek and its tributaries: Maspeth Creek, English Kills, and Dutch Kills Newtown Creek is a tributary of the East River, approximately 3. ... Landmark 19th-century rowhouses on tree-lined street in the Greenpoint Historic District Greenpoint is the northernmost neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. ... Elmhurst is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. ... The Queens Community Board 1 is a local governement unit of the city of New York, encompassing the neighborhoods of Astoria, Old Astoria, Long Island City, Queensbridge, Ditmars, Ravenswood, Steinway, Garden Bay, and Woodside, in the borough of Queens. ...

History

View of gantry cranes in Gantry Plaza State Park, on the Long Island City waterfront.

Long Island City was created in 1870 from the communities of Astoria, Hunters Point, Blissville, Ravenswood, Dutch Kills, Bowery Bay, Steinway, and Sunnyside. The neighborhood of Middleton was dissolved because the U.S. post office refused to recognize two locations with that name in the same state, and there existed a town of that name in Orange County. Long Island City was one of the three cities whose approval was necessary to create the City of Greater New York in 1898. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Aerial view of the Triborough Bridge (left) and the Hell Gate Bridge (right) spanning Astoria Park and the Astoria Pool Astoria is a neighborhood in the northwestern corner of the borough of Queens in New York City. ... Hunters Point is a neighborhood in Long Island City, New York. ... Blissvile is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. ... Ravenswood is the name for the strip of land bordering the East River in Long Island City. ... Dutch Kills is a sub-division of the larger neighborhood of Long Island City in the New York City Borough of Queens. ... Sunnyside is a neighborhood in the western portion of the New York City borough of Queens. ... The Orange County Government Center in Goshen, N.Y., designed by Paul Rudolph. ... The City of Greater New York, both commonly and (since the new City Charter of 1938) corporately described simply as the City of New York or New York City, describes the expanded city created on January 1, 1898 by the incorporation into the city of Richmond County, Kings County, the...

The term LIC is now mostly used for the south-western part of the former city (ZIP code 11101). The border with Astoria is very vague; in ZIP codes 11106, 11102 and 11105 some locals prefer the term "Astoria" (for the convenience or the status), while others (esp. long-time residents and artists) prefer to be associated with the long history of Long Island City. Mr. ...

Mayors of Long Island City:^[1]

1. Abram D. Ditmars (1870-72)
2. Henry S. DeBevoise (1872-75)
3. Abram D. Ditmars (1875)
4. John Quinn (1876)
5. Henry S. DeBevoise (1876-83)
6. George Petry (1883-86)
7. Patrick J. Gleason (1887-92)
8. Horatio S. Sanford (1893-95)
9. Patrick J. Gleason (1896-97)

John Quinn or Jack Quinn can refer to: John Quinn (1839-1903), a Congressman from New York. ...

Revitalization

Avalon Riverview, one of several new luxury developments in Long Island City.

In recent years, Long Island City has become an increasingly popular place of residence for commuters working in Manhattan. Because of this newfound reputation, the neighborhood has begun to attract a number of real estate development projects, including the construction of Avalon Riverview North, a luxury apartment complex opened by AvalonBay Communities in 2007. Avalon Riverview was developed six years prior in 2001. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 399 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (780 × 1172 pixel, file size: 199 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Image of Avalon Riverview, taken from in front of the building. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 399 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (780 × 1172 pixel, file size: 199 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Image of Avalon Riverview, taken from in front of the building. ... Manhattan is a borough of New York City, New York, USA, coterminous with New York County. ... AvalonBay Communities, Inc. ...

Community

Long Island City surrendered its independence in 1898 to become part of New York City. However, Long Island City is still one of the four main post offices in Queens (ZIP Code 11101 and 11109) and was formerly a Sectional center facility (SCF). It is the eastern terminus of the Queensboro Bridge, also known as the 59th Street Bridge, which is the only non-toll automotive route connecting Queens and Manhattan. A Destination Sectional Center Facility (SCF) is a Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC) of the United States Postal Service (USPS) that serves a designated geographical area defined by one or more three-digit ZIP Code prefixes. ... The Queensboro Bridge, also known as the 59th Street Bridge, is a cantilever bridge over the East River in New York City. ... Manhattan is a borough of New York City, New York, USA, coterminous with New York County. ...

Northwest of the bridge terminus are the Queensbridge development of the New York City Housing Authority. Major thoroughfares include 21st Street, which is mostly industrial and commercial; Queens Boulevard, which leads westward to the bridge and eastward follows New York State Route 25 through Long Island; and the western-most portion of Northern Boulevard, which becomes Jackson Avenue (the former name of Northern Boulevard) west of Queens Plaza. The most prominent feature aside from the bridge is the community's green skyscraper, the 658-foot Citicorp Building built in 1989 on Courthouse Square, which is the tallest building on Long Island and in New York City outside Manhattan.^[2] Queensbridge Houses as seen from the Queensboro Bridge. ... NYCHA, Sheepshead Houses The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) provides housing for low and moderate income residents throughout the five boroughs of New York City. ... A view down Queens Boulevard in Forest Hills. ... New York State Route 25 is a major east-west road running from the Queensboro Bridge on the East River in Queens, New York City to the Orient Point Ferry terminal on the end of the North Fork of Long Island. ... New York State Route 25A is a New York State highway and the main East-West route for most of the North Shore of Long Island, New York running from the Queens-Midtown Tunnel at its Western terminus to Calverton at its Eastern end. ... Citicorp Building is a 50 story (201 metres or 658 feet) office tower in Long Island City, Queens just outside of Manhattan. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...

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 produces notable works such as HBO's The Sopranos. The Silvercup sign is visible from the 7 Train going into and out of Queensboro Plaza. The former Sunshine Bakery is now one of the buildings housing LaGuardia Community College. Other buildings in the LaGuardia College complex originally served as the location of the Ford Instrument Company, 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 a museum dedicated to his work. High-rise housing is being built on a former Pepsi-Cola site, and from June 2002 to September 2004 the former Swingline Staplers plant was the temporary headquarters of the Museum of Modern Art. Other factories included Fisher Electronics and Chiclets Gum. Silvercup Studios is the largest film and television production facility in New York City. ... HBO (Home Box Office) is the premium television programming subsidiary of Time Warner. ... The Sopranos is an American television drama series created by David Chase and originally broadcast on the HBO network. ... Services that use the IRT Flushing Line through midtown have been colored purple since 1979. ... Former and current track configurations Queensboro Plaza is an elevated station over Queensboro Plaza, at the east (Queens) end of the Queensboro Bridge, with Queens Boulevard running east from the plaza. ... LaGuardia Community College is a City University of New York (CUNY) community college located in Long Island City in Queens, New York. ... Isamu Noguchi , November 17, 1904 - December 30, 1988) was a prominent Japanese -American artist and landscape architect whose artistic career spanned six decades, from the 1920s onward. ... The Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum displays a comprehensive collection of artwork by the Japanese-American sculptor Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988). ... Swingline is a brand of the American Clip Company (ACCO) that specializes in manufacturing staplers and hole punchers and is headquartered in Lincolnshire, Illinois. ... View across garden, in new MoMA building by Yoshio Taniguchi. ... Fisher Electronics is a US based subsidiary company of Japanese electronics conglomerate Sanyo specialising in the field of hi-fi electronics. ... Chiclets are a brand of candy coated chewing gum made by Cadbury Adams. ...

P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, 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. The P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center is one of the largest and oldest museums in the United States dedicated solely to contemporary art. ...

Facade of SculptureCenter, 2003.

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. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... SculptureCenter is a contemporary art museum that is located in Long Island City in the borough of Queens in New York City. ...

Long Island City is also home to several special high schools: Academy of American Studies (a history high school), Aviation High School, Information Technology, International High School, Frank Sinatra School of the Arts, Middle College High School, Newcomers High School, and Robert F. Wagner HS. Not to be confused with SHSAT-based high schools, these schools offer programs that are included at those schools. Aviation High School, officially known as Q610: Aviation Career and Technical High School, is a taxpayer-supported public high school owned and operated by the New York City Department of Education. ...

Eagle Electric, now known as Cooper Wiring Devices, was one of the last major factories in the area. They have moved production to the People's Republic of China, and Plant #1, which was the largest of their factories and housed their corporate offices, is being converted to residential luxury lofts. Eagle Electric Manufacturing Company, founded in 1920 was a maker of electrical devices, switches and circuit units based in Long Island City, New York, in the borough of Queens. ...

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. This article is about the cookie associated with Chinese American restaurants. ... A lucky number is a natural number in a set which is generated by a sieve similar to the Sieve of Eratosthenes that generates the primes. ... Powerball logo Powerball is an American lottery operated by the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL), a consortium of lottery commissions in 29 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. ...

Long Island City was featured in Steven Spielberg's film Munich. The final scene was shot on location in 2005 at the East River pier at Gantry Park in Hunter's Point. The pier and Pepsi-Cola sign are visible in this scene. Munich is a 2005 drama film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Tony Kushner and Eric Roth which depicts the 1972 Munich massacre of Israeli Olympic athletes by Black September gunmen, and the Israeli governments secret retaliation assassinations. ... Gantry Plaza State Park is a state park in New York, USA. The park is located in New York City in Queens County at the waterfront of Long Island City. ...

Long Island City was featured in The Interpreter (starring Sean Penn and Nicole Kidman). It is the final scene where Nicole's character says goodbye to Sean Penn's character, who is sitting on a fence by Gantry Park. The Pepsi-Cola sign is visible in the scene as well.

Long Island City was also featured prominently in the 1997 film, Sunday, with David Suchet and Lisa Harrow, which was filmed on location. Sunday is a 1996 feature film directed and co-written by Jonathan Nossiter (along with Signs & Wonders collaborator James Lasdun) won the 1997 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury prize for Best Film and Best Screenplay. ... David Suchet OBE (born May 2, 1946) is an English actor best known for his television portrayal of Agatha Christies Hercule Poirot in the television series Agatha Christies Poirot. ... Lisa Harrow is a New Zealand-born actress, noted for her various roles in British films and television. ...

Long Island City is the home of 5 Pointz, a building housing artists' studios, which has been (legally) painted by a number of graffiti artists and is visible near the Court House Square station on the 7 train. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Main Street to Times Square An R36 7 local northbound at 33rd Street–Rawson Street. ...

Long Island City is home to Water Taxi Beach, NYC's first urban beach, located within Queens West on the East River Wharf. NYC plans to build 5,000 moderate income apartments in this area.

Education

Long Island City is served by the New York City Department of Education. The Official Seal of the City of New York The New York City Department of Education is the branch of municipal government in New York City that manages the citys public school system. ...

Long Island City is zoned to:

• P.S. 17 Henry David Thoreau School
• P.S. 70
• P.S. 76 William Hallet School
• P.S. 78
• P.S. 80 Judge Charles Vallone
• P.S. 111 Jacob Blackwell School
• P.S. 112 Dutch Kills School
• P.S. 150
• P.S. 166 Henry Gradstein School
• P.S. 171 Peter G. Van Alst School
• P.S. 199 Maurice A. Fitzgerald School

Long Island City is zoned to:

• I.S. 10 H. Greeley School
• I.S. 141 The Steinway School
• I.S. 204 Oliver W. Holmes

• I.S. 126 Albert Shanker School For Visual And Performing Arts

A 7-12 school called Baccalaureate School Of Global Education is in LIC.

9-12 high schools include:

• Long Island City High School
• Frank Sinatra School of the Arts
• International High School At Laguardia
• High School For Information Technology
• Middle College High School
• Aviation Career And Technical High School
• Academy of American Studies
• Newcomers High School - Academy for New Americans
• Queens Vocational High School
• Robert F. Wagner Jr. Institute For Arts & Technology
• William Cullen Bryant High School

Long Island City High School is a public high school in New York City, located in Long Island City in the borough of Queens. ... The Frank Sinatra School of the Arts is an art high school located in Long Island City Queens, New York. ... Middle College High School (MCHS) is located right on Santa Ana College. ... Aviation High School, officially known as Q610: Aviation Career and Technical High School, is a taxpayer-supported public high school owned and operated by the New York City Department of Education. ... The Academy of American Studies is a selective public high school in Long Island City, Queens, New York, which was founded in 1996 by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History With roughly 620 students according to Insideschools. ... William Cullen Bryant High School, or Bryant High School for short, is a secondary school located in Queens, New York City, New York which educates grades 9 through 12. ...

Trivia

• Seven Major League Baseball players were born in Long Island City...Gus Sandberg (1895), Billy Zitzmann (1895), Joe Benes (1901), Tony Cuccinello (1907), Ed Boland (1908), Al Cuccinello (1914), and Billy Loes (1929).
• Only two Major League Baseball players have died in Long Island City...John Hatfield (1909) and Dike Varney (1950).
• Ron Artest (NBA) is also from Long Island City

This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Anthony Francis (Tony) Cuccinello (November 8, 1907 - September 21, 1995) was a second baseman in Major League Baseball. ... Alfred Edward Cuccinello (August 26, 1914 - March 29, 2004) was a second baseman in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the New York Giants during the 1935 season. ... William Loes (born 12-13-1929), a native New Yorker, known to his friends as Billy, was a pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers and several other teams during the 1950s and into the early 1960s. ... John Van Buskirk Hatfield (July 20, 1847 – February 20, 1909) was an American professional baseball player in the 1860s and 1870s. ... Lawrence Delano Dike Varney (August 9, 1880 - April 23, 1950) was a Major League Baseball pitcher during part of the 1902 season. ... Ronald (Ron) William Artest Jr. ...

Transportation

Long Island City is served by the New York City Subway 7, E, F, G, N, W and R trains. The Long Island City Long Island Rail Road station is here, and a commuter ferry service operated by NY Water Taxi at the East River Wharf. Cars enter by way of the Queensboro Bridge, the Queens Midtown Tunnel and the Pulaski Bridge. The Roosevelt Island Bridge also connects Long Island City to Roosevelt Island. Queens Boulevard, Northern Boulevard and the Long Island Expressway all pass through the area. Times Square–42nd Street station entrance The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, an affiliate of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority as MTA New York City Transit. ... Main Street to Times Square An R36 7 local northbound at 33rd Street–Rawson Street. ... The E Eighth Avenue Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The F Sixth Avenue Local and V Sixth Avenue Local are two services of the New York City Subway. ... The G Brooklyn-Queens Crosstown Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The N Broadway Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The W Broadway Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ... Current and former R services The R Broadway Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ... Long Island City is a rail terminal of the Long Island Rail Road in Long Island City, Queens. ... The Long Island Rail Road or LIRR (often referred to as the L-I-double-R) is a commuter rail system serving the length of Long Island, New York, United States. ... The Queensboro Bridge, also known as the 59th Street Bridge, is a cantilever bridge over the East River in New York City. ... The Queens Midtown Tunnel is a toll road in New York City. ... The Pulaski Bridge in New York City connects Long Island City in Queens to Greenpoint in Brooklyn over Newtown Creek. ... The Roosevelt Island Bridge connects Roosevelt Island to Long Island City in Queens. ... Main Street on Roosevelt Island Roosevelt Island, formerly known as Welfare Island, and before that Blackwells Island, is a narrow island in the East River of New York City. ... A view down Queens Boulevard in Forest Hills. ... New York State Route 25A is a New York State highway and the main East-West route for most of the North Shore of Long Island, New York running from the Queens-Midtown Tunnel at its Western terminus to Calverton at its Eastern end. ... This Interstate Highway article needs to be cleaned up to conform to both a higher standard of article quality and accepted design standards outlined in the WikiProject U.S. Interstate Highways. ...

References

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External links

• Greater Astoria Historical Society
• Long Island City Business Development Corporation
• LIC Community Boathouse
• LIC Cultural Alliance
• P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center
• SculptureCenter
• Forgotten NY: Long Island City
• 1911 Britannica article
• 108th and 114th Precincts of the NYC Police, including weekly crime statistics
• Cookies contain fortunes for Powerball winners, a May 2005 article from CNN
• Cookie Master, a June 2005 article from The New Yorker
• LICNYC, site about culture and events in Long Island City
• Destination:LIC Long Island City's online community guide to culture and events
• Queens West & Long Island City Community
• Queensbridge Houses, NYCHA project
• Long Island City and Astoria NY Community Events Calendar and Discussion Board
• New York Photography - Long Island City Photographs of Long Island City

• Water Taxi Beach

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