LIC Courthouse

Date Built: 1872-1876; 1904-1908
The Long Island City Courthouse is located near the corner of Thomson Avenue and Court Square.
In 1870, before the 1898 consolidation with New York City, the Queens county seat moved from Jamaica to the newly-formed township of Long Island City, which was near all of the train lines. Long Island City was made up of the towns of Astoria and Newtown.

The Long Island City Courthouse was built between 1872 and 1876, with delays, scandals and cost overruns. At two-and-a-half stories, built of brick and granite in the French Second Empire style, it became one of the most important buildings in Queens. It was designed by Massachusetts architect George Hathorne.
On the inside, a grand marble staircase rises up to wood-paneled hallways and courtrooms on three floors. A parking garage built at the rear of the courthouse in the late 1980s, replaced a jail that had been built after the 1908 reconstruction. 

The building was designated as a New York City Landmark in 1976. It is also listed on the New York State and National Registers of Historic Places.

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