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Skyline Tower, previously known as Court Square City View Tower, is a residential skyscraper in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens in New York City. [1] [2] The building topped out in October 2019, surpassing One Court Square to become the tallest building in Queens at 762 feet (232 m). [3]
The skyline of Long Island City in 2015. This list ranks completed and topped out Queens skyscrapers that stand at least 300 feet (91 m) tall, based on standard architectural height measurements. An equal sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings.
Long Island has few tall buildings, in contrast to neighboring New York City. Long Island's identity as the birthplace of suburbia involves a desire to maintain the opposite of an urban landscape, with a flat landscape where high-rises are seen to be eyesores that clash with their surroundings, and even three-story buildings can provoke opposition.
The tower had been the tallest building in New York state outside of Manhattan, and the tallest building on Long Island, for 30 years. [7] In 2019, the building was surpassed by the Brooklyn Point Tower and the Skyline Tower, becoming the third tallest building on Long Island and the second tallest building in Queens.
The park is the highest point on Long Island's South Shore, and has an average altitude of around 120 feet. From this highest point, the New York City Skyline, Jones Beach, and the Oceanside landfill can be seen, along with other locations. [2] The park has many groomed trails which take visitors to the top of the hill.
The Orchard is a residential skyscraper located at 27-48 Jackson Avenue in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens, New York City.At 823 feet (251 m) tall, The Orchard is the tallest building in Queens, as well as the second-tallest building in New York City outside of Manhattan, behind the 1,066-foot (325 m) Brooklyn Tower.
Long Island City is home to a large and dynamic artistic community. Long Island City was the home of 5 Pointz, a building housing artists' studios, which was legally painted on by a number of graffiti artists and was prominently visible near the Court Square station on the 7 and <7> trains. [92]
Long Island is a densely populated continental island in southeastern New ... The Downtown Brooklyn skyline at the western end of Long Island with the Manhattan ...