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Long Island City, New York

Long Island City
Neighborhood of Queens
Long Island City in 2015
Long Island City in 2015
Nickname(s): "LIC"
Long Island City is located in New York City
Long Island City
Long Island City
Long Island City is located in New York
Long Island City
Long Island City
Long Island City is located in the US
Long Island City
Long Island City
Coordinates: Coordinates: 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
Population
 • Total 68,117
ZIP code 11101–11106, 11109, 11120
Area code(s) 718, 347, 917
Hunters Point Historic District
Religious procession at 50th Avenue, Hunters Point, Queens, NYC, 1989.jpg
Religious procession crossing 50th Avenue, 1989.
Church at rear is undergoing repair.
Long Island City is located in New York City
Long Island City
Long Island City is located in New York
Long Island City
Long Island City is located in the US
Long Island City
Location Along 45th Ave., between 21st and 23rd Sts., New York, New York
Coordinates 40°44′40.14″N 73°57′12.71″W / 40.7444833°N 73.9535306°W / 40.7444833; -73.9535306
Area 1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Architect Multiple
Architectural style Mixed (more Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)
NRHP Reference #

73001251

Added to NRHP September 19, 1973

Long Island City (L.I.C.) is the westernmost residential and commercial neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queens. L.I.C. is noted for its rapid and ongoing residential growth and gentrification, its waterfront parks, and its thriving arts community. L.I.C. has among the highest concentration of art galleries, art institutions, 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. It originally was the seat of government of the Town of Newtown, and remains the largest neighborhood in Queens. The area is part of Queens Community Board 1, located north of the Queensboro Bridge and Queens Plaza; it is also of Queens Community Board 2 to the south.

Long Island City 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. Northwest of the bridge terminus are the Queensbridge Houses, a development of the New York City Housing Authority and the largest public housing complex in North America.

Long Island City, as its name suggests, was formerly a city, created in 1870 from the merger 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 elected 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.


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