Long Island City is a neighborhood within 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 separ
The skyline of Long Island City in Queens seen from 40th Street–Lowery Street station in January 2025
Religious procession crossing 50th Avenue, 1989
Ancient boulder, a glacial erratic, partly blocking 12th Street
Looking west from an apartment building near Queens Plaza
Queensbridge Houses, also known simply as Queensbridge or QB, is a public housing development in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens, New York City. Owned by the New York City Housing Authorit
Long Island City
…the eastern terminus of the Queensboro Bridge, the only non-tolled automotive route connecting Queens and Manhattan. Northeast of 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…
Queensbridge (right), Queensbridge Park (left), and Ravenswood Generating Station (background)