Long Island City Overview
Long Island City was its own independent city made up
of Ravenswood, Dutch Kills, Hunters Point, Astoria, and Steinway. Today Long
Island City just contains its main area and Hunters Point. Long Island City has seen many changes
over the years, it started as mostly manufacturing plants and large
industrial warehouses. Today, Long Island City has become mostly
commercial live work spaces, with a few residential brownstones. Most recently, Long Island City is experiencing a good amount of
neighborhood construction of shopping malls and residences. In Hunters point
there are plans for a 20-acre complex which consists of 15 residential
buildings, four commercial office buildings, and 225,000 square feet of
retail space. Long Island City has begun to flourish as an ideal suburb to
reside in, because of the newly planned construction and the ease of access
to Manhattan.
Long Island City Residents
& Culture
Long Island City was once heavily German influenced,
more recently the area has seen an influx of Korean, Indian, and Latin
American residents. Long Island City's proximity to mid-town is ideal for
almost all Manhattan commuters. Long Island City is home to mostly artistic
types, and Manhattan commuters who have been priced out of the rental
market, or looking for a good deal.
Long Island City Residences &
Rents
Long Island City is primarily made up commercial live work space, and few buildings that are no greater than six stories high. On few
streets along the east river there are strips of Brownstone as you would
see in the street of Manhattan. General rents for studio ranges from
$650-$975, one bedroom from $875-$1080, two bedrooms from $1050-$1650, 3 bedrooms and
lofts vary in price depending square footage.
Long Island City Transportation & Commuting
Commuting from Long Island City
leaves you with a few different options, depending on which subway
station you live close to. Using the New York City subways "7, F, E,
V, G, N, R & W" trains you can get to Midtown in 10 minutes
and Downtown in 18 minutes. Long Island City also has ferry
service, which takes about 20 minutes direct to Wall
Street. |
