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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Long Island City Post Office
The Long Island City Post Office in Hunters Point is a historic Post office building located at 4602 21st St in Long Island City. It's design can be described as colonial revival architecture and was built in 1928.
The building is a two story, symmetrically massed bluff brick building with limestone accents. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
For everyone living in zip codes 11101 to 11109 it is an easily location to walk to from our homes.
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MoMA PS1
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Facts about the Landmark building locate at 21st and 46th Rd in Long Island City. Today know as MoMA PS1.
This building was built in 1892 and served as the first public elementary school in Long Island City. In 1963, it was closed due to low attendance as the surrounding neighborhood had over time changed to become largely a manufacturing neighborhood. The school, following the city naming convention, was called P.S.1.
It has continued to use its historic name PS1 and became art studios in 1971 lead by Alanna Heiss. MoMA PS1 continues to be one of the largest art institutions in the United States dedicated solely to showing contemporary art.
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Long Island City neighborhood profile 1940
In 1943, 4 Newspapers published a 'NYC Market Analysis" with photos,maps, data & a profile of Long Island City,NY. Thanks to CUNY Graduate Center for recovering this document, it offers a unique window into Long Island City from another era.
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1943 Statistics
Total Population-58,158 (larger than York, Pennsylvania, at that time)
Native white-41,798
Foreign-born white-15,835
Black-485
other races-67
2010 Statistics
Total Population-56,911 (a change of only 1,274 people in 70 years)
Native white-17,841
Foreign-born white-10,722
Black-7,405
other races- 15,082
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- 36 Avenue looking west toward 30th Street
- Crescent Street between 33rd Av and 33rd road
- 29th Street looking north from 34th Ave.
- Freight yards looking north of 49th Avenue
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