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Transport

Water Taxi Beach is located in LIC and is a public private partnership between the PANJNY and NY Water Taxi. I'm going to provide an external link to the WTB web site and mention it and the ferry service in the article..

I'm going to create a transportation sub-head as transportation and and out of LIC is often a problem. Hhawk 17:34, 9 March 2007 (UTC)hawk[reply]

LIC and PRC

How delightful; is a Wikipedia Cold War underway over whether factories are moving to China or to the Peoples Republic of China? Jim.henderson 14:20, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Trivia

There is a note that says Trivia sections are NOT recommended by Wikipedia, but having notes about local facts seems very appropriate for an entry about an area. Is there some other name that can be used? --Hhawk (talk) 01:29, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

-- John Broughton (♫♫) 17:24, 29 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Demographics section

A demographic section would be a good add. Seems standard in articles on Queens neighborhoods.--Aichik (talk) 13:08, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Aichik:

Done. I added a sentence about that. Epicgenius (talk) 17:54, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Great, thanks. What about Latinos? Standard in any US demographic breakup. --Aichik (talk) 23:24, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I can't find it in the source. Seems to be under "Mixed-race" or "Other", though. Epicgenius (talk) 19:59, 15 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Missing histories

1998 to 1985 and beyond. Who lived here? Why are they no longer there? --Aichik (talk) 23:26, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Gantry Park

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Jackymark (talk • contribs) 01:33, 30 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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300 Years of Long Island City by Vincent F Seyfried

This is a pretty good book for anyone that want to expand any of the history related sections on this page. --Voidvector (talk) 23:10, 16 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Notable person

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Jessica Valenti (born 1978), feminist writer, founder of the website Feministing and columnist for The Guardian^[1]

I would've tagged the IP user too, but they seem to be a dynamic IP. I think this person should be included as well since she has an article and reliable source. epicgenius (talk) 20:45, 12 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Wood, Gaby. "The interview: Jessica Valenti", The Guardian, May 10, 2009. Accessed December 13, 2018. "She and her younger sister, Vanessa, who also works at Feministing, are part of a large Italian-American family, who all lived on the same block in Long Island City."

Feedback on article

It was a pleasure to read this article, it is informative and full of practical information abou the Long Island City, pictures, tables and maps are making it easier to imagine what is it like. Great job! — Preceding unsigned comment added by OlyaAlex.SPbPU (talk • contribs) 15:32, 25 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I think this is a great article. It is very colorful and quite informative. There is no big overload of information, I really liked it! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Liza.SPbSTU (talk • contribs) 15:38, 25 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Long Island City is a residential and commercial neighborhood located on the extreme western tip of Queens, New York City, on the western edge of Long Island. Incorporated as a separate city in 1870, it was originally the seat of government of the town of Newtown before becoming part of New York City in 1898. Long Island City was once home to many factories and bakeries, some of which are finding new uses, and starting in the early 21st century, it became known for its rapid and ongoing residential growth and gentrification, its waterfront parks, and its thriving arts community. The area has a high concentration of art galleries, art institutions, and studio spaces.

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Delmars or Ditmars?

The first mayor of Long Island City was listed in the cited 1870 New York Times election story as "Albert Delmars", which is the named used in the section about LIC's independent history.

However, The Encyclopedia of New York City and a couple of other sources give "Ditmars", which would accord with the name of Ditmars Boulevard, formerly Ditmars Avenue, in Astoria. Accordingly, that's the spelling I've used for the table of mayors.

I suspect that the Times staffer just got the name wrong (in which case we should correct our text accordingly), but does anyone have any other thoughts or sources? Thanks, —— Shakescene (talk) 04:59, 28 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Demographics: ethnicity numbers don’t add up

The numbers don’t add up. “ The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 14.7% (2,946) White, 25.9% (5,183) African American, 0.3% (62) Native American, 15.5% (3,096) Asian, 0.0% (6) Pacific Islander, 1.2% (248) from other races, and 1.9% (385) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 40.5% (8,104) of the population.”

Text says Hispanic/Latino can be any race. But the racial breakdown doesn’t add up to 100%. Ishu (talk) 05:06, 27 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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[1] Wood, Gaby. "The interview: Jessica Valenti", The Guardian, May 10, 2009. Accessed December 13, 2018. "She and her younger sister, Vanessa, who also works at Feministing, are part of a large Italian-American family, who all lived on the same block in Long Island City."

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