Incorporated as a city in 1870, Long Island City was originally the seat of government of theTown of Newtown, before becoming part of theCity of Greater New York in 1898. In the early 21st century, Long Island City became known for its rapid and ongoing residential growth andgentrification, 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 theQueensboro Bridge, the only non-tolled automotive route connecting Queens andManhattan. Northeast of the bridge are theQueensbridge Houses, a development of theNew York City Housing Authority and the largest public housing complex in theWestern Hemisphere.
Map of Long Island City from Greater Astoria Historical Society
Long Island City was incorporated as a city on May 4, 1870, from the merging of thevillage ofAstoria and the hamlets ofRavenswood,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-memberBoard 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 aDemocrat and aRepublican.[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]
The Common Council of Long Island City in 1873 adopted thecoat of arms as "emblematical of the varied interest represented by Long Island City." It was designed by George H. Williams, ofRavenswood. 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.[11]
In the 1880s, Mayor De Bevoise nearly bankrupted the Long Island City government byembezzlement, of which he was convicted.[12] 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.[12] The petition was ultimately dropped by the citizens.[13]
Long Island City continued to exist as an incorporated city until 1898, when the city, the rest of the Town of Newtown (today known asElmhurst, Queens) and other Towns in Queens were consolidated into New York City.[14] The last mayor of Long Island City was an Irish-American namedPatrick Jerome "Battle-Axe" Gleason.
Through the 1930s, three subway tunnels, theQueens-Midtown Tunnel, and theQueensboro 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 theEast River, with plans to bring in as many as 16,000 new residents in a total of 19 new buildings.[27]
In 2001, the neighborhood was rezoned from an industrial neighborhood to a residential neighborhood, and the area underwentgentrification, with developments such asHunter'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 nearbyWoodside proposed establishing aJapantown 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]
Based on data from the2010 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 in2000. 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]
Long Island City is split betweenQueens Community Board 1 to the north of Queens Plaza andQueens 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 ofNYC 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 ofNYC 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 medianhousehold 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 begentrifying, 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 fromNew York City Department of City Planning, the southern portion of Long Island City south of theQueensboro 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 theQueensboro 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 aNew 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 inNYCHA'sQueensbridge 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 memberJulie 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]
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 toSilvercup Studios, which has produced notable works such asNBC's30 Rock andHBO'sSex and the City andThe Sopranos. The Silvercup sign is visible from theIRT Flushing Line andBMT Astoria Line trains going into and out ofQueensboro Plaza (7, <7>, N and W trains). The former Sunshine Bakery is now one of the buildings which housesLaGuardia 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. ArtistIsamu Noguchi converted a photo-engraving plant into a workshop; the site is now theNoguchi Museum, a space dedicated to his work.
TheStandard 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 byRXR Realty, LLC for $110 million. The former factory built in 1919 now housesthe Jim Henson Company,Society Awards, and a commercial rooftop farm run byBrooklyn 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 formerSwingline Staplers plant was the temporary headquarters of theMuseum of Modern Art. Other former factories in Long Island City includeFisher Electronics,Marantz andChiclets 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'sLong 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 thetallest buildings in Queens. The 658-foot (201 m)One Court Square, formerly the Citicorp Building, was built in 1990 inCourthouse Square; it is currently the fourth tallest building in Queens and the fifth-tallest on Long Island, and was Queens' tallest building until 2019.[57] The tallest building in the borough and second tallest on Long Island, the 811-foot (247 m)Orchard residential tower, was architecturallytopped-out in July 2024.[58] Yet another skyscraper, the 755-foot (230 m) tower namedSven, completed construction atQueens Plaza and became the third tallest building in the borough.[59]
TheQueensbridge Houses, a public-housing complex, comprises over 3,000 units, making it the largest such complex in North America.[60]
Since 2005, part of the neighborhood has been maintained by the LIC Partnership as part of the Long Island City Business Improvement District.[61][62] Initially, thebusiness improvement district comprised 84 properties on either side of Queens Plaza.[62] The BID was expanded in 2017 to cover several other major roads in Long Island City.[63][64] The LIC Partnership requested in 2022 that the BID's size and budget be doubled,[65] and the BID was again expanded in 2024.[66][67]
Eagle Electric, now known as Cooper Wiring Devices, was one of the last major factories in the area, before it moved toChina; Plant No. 7, which was the largest of their factories and housed their corporate offices, is being converted to residential luxurylofts.[68][69]
Long Island City is currently home to the largestfortune 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 forPowerball.[70][71][72]
TheBrooks 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.[73]
Other companies headquartered in Long Island City include independent film studioTroma andStandard Motor Products.
In spring 2010,JetBlue Airways announced it was moving its headquarters fromForest Hills to Long Island City, also incorporating the jobs from itsDarien, Connecticut, office. The airline, which operates its largest hub at JFK Airport, also operates from LaGuardia Airport, and made theBrewster Building inQueens Plaza its home.[74][75] The airline moved there around mid-2012.[76]
In November 2018, news media claimed thatAmazon.com was in final talks with thegovernment of New York State to construct one of two campuses for its proposedAmazon HQ2 atQueens West in Long Island City. The other campus would be located atNational Landing inCrystal City, Virginia. Both campuses would have 25,000 workers.[30] The selection was confirmed by Amazon on November 13, 2018.[77][78] On February 14, 2019, Amazon announced it was pulling out, citing unexpected opposition from local lawmakers and unions.[79]
In 1870, the villages ofAstoria,Ravenswood, Hunters Point, Dutch Kills, Middletown,Sunnyside, Blissville, and Bowery Bay were incorporated into Long Island City.[80]
Dutch Kills was ahamlet, named for its navigable tributary of Newtown Creek, that occupied what today isQueens Plaza. Dutch Kills was an important road hub during theAmerican 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 toSunswick 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.[80][81]
Blissville, which has theZIP Code 11101, is a neighborhood within Long Island City, located at40°44′4.87″N73°56′9.81″W / 40.7346861°N 73.9360583°W /40.7346861; -73.9360583[82] and bordered byCalvary Cemetery to the east; theLong 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.[83] Bliss built the first version of what was known for many years as the Blissville Bridge, adrawbridge over Newtown Creek, connectingGreenpoint, Brooklyn and Blissville; it was replaced in the 20th century by theGreenpoint 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.[80] Historically an industrial neighborhood, it hasTriangle 54, a small park with a monument at 54th Avenue and 48th Street.
Hunters Point is located on the south side of Long Island City, alongNewtown Creek.[84][85][86][87] 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.[88][89]
Long Island City is home to a large and dynamic artistic community.
Long Island City was the home of5 Pointz, a building housing artists' studios, which was legally painted on by a number ofgraffiti artists and was prominently visible near theCourt Square station on the7 and <7> trains.[92] The 5 Pointz building was painted over and demolished by the property owner, starting in 2013.[93] The owner was ordered to pay $6.75 million to artists as compensation.[94] In 2021, a pair of connected rental towers dubbed 5Pointz[95] opened.
TheFisher Landau Center for Art is a private foundation that offers regular exhibitions of contemporary art that closed to the public in November 2017.[96]
MoMA PS1, an affiliate of theMuseum 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/designerMaya 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.[99] 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.[100]
Woodside, Sunnyside, and Long Island City are patrolled by the 108th Precinct of theNYPD, located at 5-47 50th Avenue.[4] The 108th Precinct ranked 25th safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010.[101] As of 2018[update], with a non-fatal assault rate of 19 per 100,000 people, Sunnyside and Woodside's rate ofviolent 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.[102]
As 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 areuninsured. 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 offine particulate matter, the deadliest type ofair 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 aresmokers, compared to the city average of 14% of residents being smokers.[43]: 13 [44]: 13 In Community Board 1, 19% of residents areobese, 11% arediabetic, and 29% havehigh blood pressure—compared to the citywide averages of 24%, 11%, and 28% respectively.[43]: 16 In Community Board 2, 20% of residents areobese, 9% arediabetic, and 23% havehigh 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 17bodegas in southern Long Island City and 10 in northern Long Island City.[43]: 10 [44]: 10
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.[110] 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.[111]
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 perschool 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
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 elitespecialized high schools. Rather, these schools offer programs that are included at specialized high schools.
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 inRego Park[144]
Exterior of the Hunters Point LibraryInterior of the Hunters Point Library
TheQueens Public Library operates two branches in Long Island City. The Hunters Point Community Library is located at 47-40 Center Boulevard[145] on the bank of theEast River.[146] Designed bySteven 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.[147] Features include an art installation byJulianne Swartz, designer furniture byEames andJean Prouvé, and a reading garden surrounded byginkgo trees and designed byMichael Van Valkenburgh.[146][147] 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.[148] 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.[146] Though the building is compliant with theAmericans with Disabilities Act of 1990, its stepped terraces and single elevator have been criticized for being inaccessible to the disabled.[149] 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.[150]
A third branch, the Court Square branch, opened in 1989 and was located on the ground floor of One Court Square.[151] 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.[152][153] A mobile branch opened nearby,[154] and Queens Public Library agreed in 2024 to open a new branch at the5 Pointz development.[155]
Malt Drive Park, a 3.5-acre (1.4 ha) park just south of Hunters Point South Park. The park includes native plantings, and it slopes down from the neighboring buildings toward Newtown Creek.[158]
Water Taxi Beach was New York City's first non-swimmingurban 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 calledHunter's Point South.[160] The beach later closed and the apartments have been constructed.
Other parks include:
Andrews Grove, on 49th Avenue between Fifth Street and Vernon Boulevard[161]
City Ice Pavilion, with 33,000 square feet (3,100 m2) of skating surface, opened in Long Island City in late 2008. Theice skating rink is on the roof of a two-story storage facility.[163]
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[164]
Murray Playground, between 45th Avenue, 45th Road, and 11th and 21st Streets[165]
Old Hickory Playground, at Jackson Avenue and 51st Avenue[166]
During the summer, the New York Water Taxi Company used to operateWater Taxi Beach, a public beach artificially created on a wharf along the East River, accessible at the corner of Second Street and Borden Avenue.[171] It was discontinued in 2011 due to new construction on the site of the old landing.[172]
There are plans to build theBrooklyn–Queens Connector (BQX), a light rail system that would run along the waterfront fromRed Hook inBrooklyn 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.[178][179]
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.[185]
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