ZIP 11101 is Long Island City, Court Square, Hunters Point, Queensbridge, the high-rise waterfront that has gone from warehouse district to skyline-defining residential zone in fifteen years. Terp Bros dispatches LIC delivery from the Astoria depot two miles north on Ditmars Blvd.
Two LIC moods: the gleaming Hunters Point + Gantry Park towers on the Newtown Creek + East River waterfront, and the older Court Square / Jackson Avenue blocks with PS1 and the converted factory loft buildings. Queensbridge Houses sits in the northwest corner of the ZIP, one of the largest public housing developments in North America. Restaurant rows on Vernon Boulevard and Center Boulevard cater to the commuter + waterfront crowd.
Court Square is the major transit hub, E, M, G, and 7 trains all converge. Hunters Point Avenue + 21st Street-Queensbridge serve the southern + northern edges. Drivers cross to LIC from Astoria via 21st Street or Vernon Blvd in 15-20 minutes off-peak.
The 12-acre waterfront park at the foot of 49th Avenue, the iconic "Long Island" Pepsi-Cola sign and the gantry cranes preserved from the Pennsylvania Railroad terminal.
The contemporary art museum at 22-25 Jackson Avenue, the Warm Up summer DJ series and rotating large-scale installations.
The transit hub at the intersection of Jackson, Thomson, and 23rd Street, anchor of the Citigroup tower complex.
