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At 811 feet (247 m), The Orchard, a residential skyscraper in Long Island City, is the tallest building in Queens, and the second tallest building in New York City outside of Manhattan. [1] It surpassed the nearby 763-foot (233 m) Skyline Tower , which was Queens' tallest building from 2021 to 2024, and remains the tallest residential building ...
Sven (originally known as Queens Plaza Park) is a residential building located at 29-59 Northern Boulevard (next to Queens Plaza) in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens, New York City. At 762 feet (232 m) tall, Sven is the third-tallest building in Queens behind Skyline Tower and The Orchard , as well as one of the tallest buildings in ...
Lumen is a residential skyscraper located at 43-30 24th Street in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens, New York City. At 731 feet (223 m) tall, Lumen is the fourth-tallest building in Queens , as well as the fifth-tallest building in New York City outside of Manhattan .
Hunterspoint Avenue is a station on the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road, within the City Terminal Zone. It is located at 49th Avenue (formerly Hunters Point Avenue) between 21st Street and Skillman Avenue in the Hunters Point and Long Island City neighborhoods of Queens , New York City .
Queens Directories – of New York City – were, before 1898, an assortment of village directories, Queens County directories, Long Island Directories, and add-ins or partial inclusions to New York City directories. In 1898, 30% of the western part of the old Queens County was absorbed into New York City.
Third Avenue, Queensboro Bridge, Queens Boulevard, Jewel Avenue (QM44 Eastbound) Third Avenue, Midtown Tunnel, Long Island Expressway, Queens Boulevard (QM44 Westbound) End: Forest Hills, Queens – Queens Boulevard and 71st Avenue, Forest Hills–71st Avenue station (Q64) Midtown Manhattan –Sixth Avenue and 36th Street (QM4 First Stop to Queens)
[3] [4] [8]: 139 Queens Plaza came to be characterized as a "a new downtown", supplanting the Hunters Point section of Long Island City in that regard. [8]: 138 In 1933, the Queens Plaza station, an underground subway station on the Independent Subway System's Queens Boulevard Line, opened at the southeast corner of the plaza. [9] [10] [11]
Fifth Avenue was unusual in that its residents opposed the installation of railway track for streetcars and was the only avenue in Manhattan to never see streetcar service. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The company was declared bankrupt of the earlier operator in 1896, and was succeeded by the Fifth Avenue Coach Company [ 3 ]