Long Island City Queens (LIC New York)

Long Island City in Queens is an ideal walkable community. It has access to several New York subway lines, two NYC Ferry stations, and an LIRR station. It’s got a culture and art scene, plus the ultimate duo – a Trader Joe’s and a Target. Sadly it’s slowly pricing out a lot of people since it’s so desirable. Learn more about LIC in this video.

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[pcongre]

06:03 (Hbf / HB = central station : ) )

[nah_]

I love how much transport is around L.I.C.

[frednich]

as a tourist I stayed in LIC once last year and plan on staying there twice this year. There are some nice hotels well connected to the subway, and by New York standards they are afforable

[MichaelCusanelli]

As someone who works in the LIC Trader Joe's, I can confirm that all the residents here take full advantage of it, on some days its practically as busy as any of the Manhattan stores.

[amazing]

Side Note: Long Island City was a independent city in Queens County until 1898, when Long Island City (and the western half of Queens County} was annexed into New York City to become The Borough of Queens. The eastern half of Queens County became Nassau County in 1899.

[philpots]

I moved to LIC in 1986, it was nothing but warehouses and a few small apartment buildings. Then Citibank built the first skyscraper. I moved out in 1998 and across the street from where I lived, the vacant lot is now the 14 floor Hilton.

[queensmum]

Great video! Used to live in LIC, it was a fun place to live even before before Trader Joe’s and Target. We got priced out of the neighborhood and moved further into Queens, it’s sad people are getting pushed further away by high rents. But love our new neighborhood too feels more like neighbors are open to getting to know each other. The lottery exists but it still requires two adults making good salaries to be “affordable” - if it’s still the same, you get priority if you work for the city (teacher, firefighter, etc). Don’t know if it’s still a problem but there were not sufficient school seats for all the kids coming into / being born into the neighborhood. If you have kids and are thinking of moving there, maybe visit some of the playgrounds and ask the locals about the schools.

[IIAOPSW]

LIC basically got started because of the LIRR (and the New York and Flushing RR, which eventually became the Port Washington Branch). Before there was any tunnel, every train went to Hunters Point and a ferry service took you the rest of the way to Manhattan. This was how all the railroads ran on LI until 1902. The place existed by and for the railroad customers.

[skillman]

Astoria, Steinway and Sunnnyside were part of LIC., Any zip code beginning with 111 denotes a LIC neighborhood. Zip codes starting with 113 denote the old town of Flushing and 114 signifies neighborhoods that were part of the municipality of Jamaica.

[paulortega]

I would say another good reason for the gentrification (other than the fact that there's not enough AFFORDABLE space in Manhattan) is like Dumbo, lots of profitable companies move their offices away from Manhattan to obtain cheaper property. Everytime I wait for the at Queensborough Plaza I see an office for JetBlue. It's quite remarkable how fast these condominiums are built. There's an entire massive block that is waiting to be built into a condo but there's one small townhouse that won't refuse to move which is quite funny but also sad to see how things turn out for people who worked hard to keep their homes and then get displaced.

[sleepy]

Amazing video. I love the production and information quality.

[terrybear]

My hood. I grew up in LIC. What a change in just 10 years.

[zengseng]

I recently moved to NYC Jackson Heights on the border with Corona and my roommate was just recommending that I go to LIC to walk around. Thanks for the reminder!

[MTAFan]

I’ve always noticed that it’s very close to Roosevelt Island which where my cousin lives on the island. I’ve passed by a few times on the 7 train but never seem to get off at Queensboro Plaza or Queens Plaza on the R train. Great neighborhood, it’s like similar to Downtown Brooklyn when all of the buildings start to rise

[joecastagna]

Love your stuff keep making it. I can tell you are really passionate about the videos you make and you're doing a fantastic job. You managed to teach me a great deal about the subway system and the city I love so much. Your graphics are top notch too. I can tell that you're conscious of balancing breath and depth which is not an easy task. Get some Merch goining I'd buy some!!

[yo_ronin]

Thanks for this . I'm moving out there soon and doing research

[playboymaxim]

Graduated from Long Island City HS in 1984. Used to commute from Cambria Heights, Q4 and E or F trains

[davidfrischknecht]

I absolutely refuse to step one foot inside Target.

[a.j.]

Great video. Can't wait to visit LIC

[Ron_Berimbolo]

New subscriber. Great vid. I work in LIC off of Jackson Ave.