71-639: The Fisher Landau Center for Art is a private foundation in Long Island City , Queens , New York City , United States. It offered regular exhibitions of contemporary art , open to the public from 12 to 5 pm, Thursdays through Mondays, until it closed to the public in November 2017. The center, established in 1991, was accessible by appointment only until regular public hours were established in April 2003. The 25,000-square-foot (2,300 m), three-story facility
142-467: A cafeteria upstairs where the playschool children ate their lunches. Some of the downstairs activities included tap dancing, ballet, art, playing the recorder and singing, pool, knock hockey and table tennis, as well as Girl Scout and Boy Scout meetings. Residents enjoyed concerts during the hot summer months in the square central shopping area, and the Fresh Air Fund sent children on trips out to
213-414: 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
284-466: A college education or higher. 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. 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. Long Island City's rate of elementary school student absenteeism
355-622: A commercial rooftop farm run by Brooklyn Grange . 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,
426-686: 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%. The concentration of fine particulate matter , the deadliest type of air pollutant , is 0.0078 milligrams per cubic metre (7.8 × 10 oz/cu ft) in northern Long Island City and 0.0093 milligrams per cubic metre (9.3 × 10 oz/cu ft) in southern Long Island City. Nineteen percent of Community Board 1 residents and fourteen percent of Community Board 2 residents are smokers , compared to
497-479: 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
568-530: A mid-20th century designer of whose work Ms. Landau has collected some 150 examples. Emily Fisher Landau (1920-2023), the widow of Martin Fisher and who was married to Sheldon Landau, was a principal in the real estate firm of Fisher Brothers . Mrs Landau was a generous donor to other institutions, notably the Whitney Museum of American Art , where the fourth-floor galleries are named for her, and where she served on
639-465: A parachute-harness factory, the building at 38-27 30th Street in Long Island City was transformed into galleries and a library by the late English architect Max Gordon, designer of the widely admired Saatchi Collection in London, in collaboration with Bill Katz. A close friend and adviser to Ms. Landau, Mr. Katz also serves as curator for the collection. The center is appointed with furniture by Warren McArthur,
710-455: A renovation in 1986 when 1,000 of the bathrooms were renovated by Arc Plumbing. The original plans included some basic amenities, like a central shopping center, a nursery and six inner courtyards for play. In the 1950s, there were also three playschool rooms, a library, a community center with an auditorium where shows were put on, a gymnasium with a wooden floor that doubled as a wooden-wheels roller skating rink, activity rooms downstairs, and
781-533: A seven-month investigation, resulted in 59 arrests. As of 2013, Queensbridge had a total population of 6,105. The racial breakdown was 61.4% black , 2.3% white , 1.9% Asian , 1.0% American Indian and 2.4% multiracial . Hispanics and Latinos of any race were 30.1%. By 2020, the Asian population in Queensbridge rose to 11% of the development's total population. This prompted calls for better social services for
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#1733086181863852-688: A ten-member Board of Aldermen 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 elected A.D. Ditmars the first mayor; Ditmars ran as both a Democrat and a Republican . 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). The mayor and
923-681: Is 11101. Queensbridge, the largest of 26 public housing developments in Queens, is located between Vernon Boulevard, which runs along the East River , and 21st Street. It is immediately south of the Ravenswood power plant and just north of the Queensboro Bridge , for which the complex is named. The complex is the largest housing project in North America. The development is separated into two complexes,
994-647: Is a public housing development in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens , New York City . Owned by the New York City Housing Authority , the development contains 96 buildings and 3,142 units accommodating approximately 7,000 people in two separate complexes (North and South). The complex opened in 1939 and is the largest housing project in North America . Queensbridge is located in Queens Community District 1 , and its ZIP Code
1065-519: 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%. 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%. Queensbridge Houses Queensbridge Houses , also known simply as Queensbridge or QB ,
1136-399: Is considered to be high-income relative to the rest of the city and not gentrifying. 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
1207-660: Is devoted to the exhibition and study of the contemporary art collection of Emily Fisher Landau. The core of the 1,500-work collection is art from 1960 to the 2000s, and contained key works by artists who had shaped the most significant art of the prior 50 years, including Ellsworth Kelly , Cy Twombly , Andy Warhol , Susan Rothenberg , Barbara Kruger , Annette Lemieux , Matthew Barney , Richard Artschwager , Donald Baechler , John Baldessari , Jenny Holzer , Alfredo Jaar , Neil Jenney , Jasper Johns , Donald Judd , Sherrie Levine , Glenn Ligon , Agnes Martin , Robert Rauschenberg , Ed Ruscha , Kiki Smith and Mark Tansey . Once
1278-454: 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. 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. Long Island City
1349-585: 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
1420-553: 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,
1491-834: Is served by the following New York City Fire Department (FDNY) fire stations: 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. 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. 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). 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. Long Island City has
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#17330861818631562-422: Is well known for its contributions to hip hop and rap music, and has been home to some of the most influential musicians in the genre. Marley Marl Williams was the first in a long succession of acclaimed artists from "The Bridge", which came to be one of the most famous hip hop neighborhoods in the country. Its rappers and producers helped to put it on the map. The Juice Crew collective, hugely influential in
1633-696: 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. The historic district was created by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1968, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The modern Queens West and Hunter's Point South developments are located on
1704-558: The New York City Council 's 26th District. 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. At the time of its incorporation, Long Island City had between 12,000 and 15,000 residents. Its charter provided for an elected mayor and
1775-554: The New York City borough of Queens . It is bordered by Astoria to the north; the East River to the west; Sunnyside to the east; and Newtown Creek , which separates Queens from Greenpoint, Brooklyn , to the south. 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
1846-556: 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 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
1917-511: 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, Virginia . Both campuses would have 25,000 workers. The selection was confirmed by Amazon on November 13, 2018. On February 14, 2019, Amazon announced it was pulling out, citing unexpected opposition from local lawmakers and unions. In 1870,
1988-457: The 1980s, New York City’s Queensbridge Housing Project has been documented perhaps better than any other geographic location. Starting with super producer Marley Marl’s dominant Juice Crew in the ’80s all the way through ’90s mainstays like Nas, Cormega and Capone, the Bridge has produced the highest per-capita talent of any ’hood. By the 1970s, Queensbridge experienced a rise in crime with the rest of
2059-611: The 1980s, featured among its members Queensbridge rappers MC Shan , Roxanne Shanté , Nas and Craig G . While the Boogie Down Productions-MC Shan dispute had already put "The Bridge" on the rap map in the 1980s, the new crop of Queensbridge rappers like Nas and Mobb Deep made frequent references to the Queensbridge Houses that cemented its reputation as a dystopian vision of poverty, drugs, and violence just as New York City's problems with crack cocaine and
2130-431: 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. 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
2201-502: 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. Blissville, which has
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2272-481: The BID's size and budget be doubled, and the BID was again expanded in 2024. 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 . Long Island City is currently home to the largest fortune cookie factory in
2343-490: The East River waterfront. Long Island City is home to a large and dynamic artistic community. Woodside, Sunnyside, and Long Island City are patrolled by the 108th Precinct of the NYPD , located at 5-47 50th Avenue. The 108th Precinct ranked 25th safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010. 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
2414-550: 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. 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
2485-599: 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 . New York City designated landmarks include the Pepsi-Cola sign along the East River; the Fire Engine Company 258, Hook and Ladder Company 115 firehouse;
2556-624: The Long Island City Courthouse; the New York Architectural Terra-Cotta Company building; and the Chase Manhattan Bank Building . 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),
2627-633: The North Houses on 40th Avenue and the South Houses on 41st Avenue. The namesake station of the New York City Subway 's IND 63rd Street Line ( F and <F> train) is on the eastern side of the complex on 21st Street. The 96-unit, six-story buildings are distinctive due to their shape of two Y's connecting at the base. This shape was used as the architects hoped it would give residents more access to privacy and sunlight than
2698-528: The Peekskill mountains. The buildings in the complex are divided by a series of paths and small lawns. Also in the complex are several basketball courts and play areas lined with benches. Across Vernon Boulevard lies Queensbridge Park , the primary place of recreation for tenants of the project. There was also a smaller park placed conveniently right under the Queensboro Bridge called "Baby Park". Baby Park
2769-455: The Queensbridge music scene, XXL columnist Brendan Frederick wrote: At a time when you can buy screwed & chopped albums at Circuit City in Brooklyn , it’s easy to lose sight of the fact that hip-hop was once a local phenomenon. More than just a voice of the ghetto, hip-hop at its best is the voice of specific blocks, capturing the distinct tone and timbre of an artist’s environment. Since
2840-664: 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 . 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. Other companies headquartered in Long Island City include independent film studio Troma and Standard Motor Products . In spring 2010, JetBlue Airways announced it
2911-570: The aldermen were inaugurated on July 18, 1870. In the 1880s, Mayor De Bevoise nearly bankrupted the Long Island City government by embezzlement , of which he was convicted. 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. The petition
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2982-730: The area are the Elmhurst Hospital Center in Elmhurst and the Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens in Astoria . Long Island City is covered by ZIP Code 11101. The United States Post Office operates the Long Island City Station at 46-02 21st Street. 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
3053-680: The area's Asian residents and businesses. 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
3124-427: The area. 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. A resident of nearby Woodside proposed establishing a Japantown in Long Island City in 2006, though this did not occur. By the mid-2010s, Long Island City was one of New York City's fastest-growing neighborhoods. In addition to
3195-572: 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 in Courthouse Square ; it is currently the fourth tallest building in Queens and the fifth-tallest on Long Island, and was Queens' tallest building until 2019. The tallest building in
3266-567: The board of trustees. She also served on the Painting and Sculpture Committee of the Museum of Modern Art , New York, and the Board of Trustees of the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe . 40°45′12.47″N 73°55′59.25″W / 40.7534639°N 73.9331250°W / 40.7534639; -73.9331250 Long Island City Long Island City ( LIC ) is a neighborhood on the western tip of
3337-455: The borough and second tallest on Long Island, the 811-foot (247 m) Orchard residential tower, was architecturally topped-out in July 2024. Yet another skyscraper, the 755-foot (230 m) tower named Sven , completed construction at Queens Plaza and became the third tallest building in the borough. The Queensbridge Houses , a public-housing complex, comprises over 3,000 units, making it
3408-604: 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. It is patrolled by the New York City Police Department 's 108th Precinct. Politically, Long Island City is represented by
3479-472: The city average of 14% of residents being smokers. 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. In Community Board 2, 20% of residents are obese , 9% are diabetic , and 23% have high blood pressure . In addition, 22% of children in northern Long Island City and 19% of children in southern Long Island City are obese, compared to
3550-457: The city. During the height of the crack epidemic in 1986, Queensbridge experienced more murders than any NYCHA complex in New York City. However, in the 2000s, crime went down. For many years Queensbridge has had a problem with drug dealers and drug users. An 11-month police investigation led to the arrest of 37 people during a drug bust in February 2005. Another raid in February 2009, following
3621-533: The citywide average of 20%. 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%. For every supermarket, there are 17 bodegas in southern Long Island City and 10 in northern Long Island City. The nearest large hospitals in
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#17330861818633692-419: 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. The area has a high concentration of art galleries, art institutions, and studio space. Long Island City is the eastern terminus of the Queensboro Bridge , the only non-tolled automotive route connecting Queens and Manhattan . Northeast of
3763-698: The early nineties, are simply orange and blue, with the newer signs featuring graphics, like those of many other projects. Access to buildings in the complex is by key or via an intercom system . The halls of Queensbridge's buildings are comparable to most municipal buildings, and are dilapidated and lined with worn light blue tiles. Apartments are painted white and are fairly small, even by New York City standards. Elevators have been rebuilt and now stop at floors 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 and kitchens have been completely renovated and now have frost-free refrigerators. Three thousand bathrooms were renovated with new tubs, toilets, vanities, floor tile and lighting in 2000. This followed
3834-618: The era. They are a worn grayish brown which now suffers noticeable deterioration and weathering. Each building is painted red to about four feet up from the ground, giving a united feel to the entire complex as a uniform red "layer" is always close, throughout the complex. On each of the corners in Queensbridge, the New York City Housing Authority has posted signs indicating the project's name and management: "Queensbridge North (or South) NYCHA." These signs come in several varieties depending on their age. The oldest signs, erected in
3905-458: 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
3976-533: The land in the 1830s and 1840s. 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
4047-571: The largest such complex in North America. Since 2005, part of the neighborhood has been maintained by the LIC Partnership as part of the Long Island City Business Improvement District. Initially, the business improvement district comprised 84 properties on either side of Queens Plaza. The BID was expanded in 2017 to cover several other major roads in Long Island City. The LIC Partnership requested in 2022 that
4118-460: The median life expectancy of 81.2 for all New York City neighborhoods. In both community boards, most inhabitants are middle-aged adults and youth. As of 2017, the median household income was $ 66,382 in Community Board 1 and $ 67,359 in Community Board 2. 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
4189-412: The neighborhood had a population density of 37.0 inhabitants per acre (23,700/sq mi; 9,100/km ). 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
4260-452: 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,
4331-648: The population. 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. 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. 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. Both figures are higher than
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#17330861818634402-476: The traditional cross-shape. The design was said to be cost-efficient, and they reduced the cost even further by using elevators that only stopped at the 1st, 3rd, and 5th floors. Political pressure to keep costs down was a key reason for the use of cheap designs. W.F.R. Ballard, Henry S. Churchill, Frederick G. Frost, and Burnett Turner designed Queensbridge. In many aspects, the buildings of Queensbridge are very similar to most government-built housing projects of
4473-399: The unprecedented carnage it had brought to places like Queensbridge reached a peak. Nas' 1994 album Illmatic , often regarded as the greatest hip-hop album of all time, concerns his experiences in Queensbridge. Other notable artists associated with the Queensbridge hip hop scene include Blaq Poet , Cormega , Tragedy Khadafi , Nature , Screwball , Capone , and Big Noyd . Regarding
4544-526: The villages of Astoria , Ravenswood , Hunters Point, Dutch Kills, Middletown, Sunnyside , Blissville, and Bowery Bay were incorporated into Long Island City. 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
4615-438: 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
4686-726: Was closed due to debris falling from the bridge during maintenance work in the late 2000s. Baby Park was replaced by a new playground for the same age range, between 40th-41st Avenues, within Queensbridge Park itself. Queensbridge opened in 1939. During the 1950s, the management changed the racial balance of Queensbridge by transferring all families whose income was more than $ 3,000/year, a majority of whom were White , to middle-income housing projects, and replacing most of these tenants with African-American and Latino families. This policy provided safe and sanitary housing to many low-income African-American and Latino families. Queensbridge
4757-490: 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. In 1898, Long Island City became part of 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
4828-508: 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. 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
4899-472: Was incorporated into Long Island City. Historically an industrial neighborhood, it has Triangle 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, along Newtown Creek . 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. It contains
4970-533: 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. The airline moved there around mid-2012. In November 2018, news media claimed that Amazon.com was in final talks with
5041-412: Was ultimately dropped by the citizens. Long Island City continued to exist as an incorporated city until 1898, when Queens was annexed to New York City. 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
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