# NEW YORK | Long Island City - General News, Photos & Discussion **URL:** \ **Category:** Zoning\ **Created:** [June 14, 2014, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-long-island-city-general-news-photos-discussion/241 "2014-06-14T14:39:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![streetscaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@streetscaper](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/streetscaper)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 12:04am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-long-island-city-general-news-photos-discussion/241/21 "2017-07-06T00:04:28Z")
[https://www.cityrealty.com/nyc/market-insight/features/future-nyc/north-america039s-biggest-new-co-living-building-tops-out-long-island-city/12305](https://www.cityrealty.com/nyc/market-insight/features/future-nyc/north-america039s-biggest-new-co-living-building-tops-out-long-island-city/12305) ---
**Author:** ![Tectonic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/tectonic/32/186763_2.png) [@Tectonic](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Tectonic)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2017, 11:35am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-long-island-city-general-news-photos-discussion/241/22 "2017-07-15T11:35:25Z")
Throwback to fall 2008, when the world was ending. lol ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/2/9/29d7b27d06435cce04305a8ef73e51716d2f85ff.jpeg) TECTONIC ---
**Author:** ![streetscaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@streetscaper](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/streetscaper)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2017, 2:29am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-long-island-city-general-news-photos-discussion/241/23 "2017-08-21T02:29:43Z")
![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/f/3/f37397e6cdbe5a2f62195e1d0501d5d807d72d0e.jpeg)[r\_170817011\_beat0049\_a](https://flic.kr/p/XUMHdK) by [Mitch Waxman](https://www.flickr.com/photos/mitchwaxman/), on Flickr ---
**Author:** ![arbre\_vert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/90ced4/32.png) [@arbre\_vert](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/arbre_vert)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 3:30am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-long-island-city-general-news-photos-discussion/241/24 "2017-09-08T03:30:35Z")
> **[Life in Long Island City, the Country’s Fastest-Growing Neighborhood](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/09/nyc-real-estate-living-in-long-island-city.html)** > > The neighborhood’s transition has been a long time coming. ---
**Author:** ![streetscaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@streetscaper](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/streetscaper)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-long-island-city-general-news-photos-discussion/241/25 "2017-09-23T14:23:02Z")
![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/0/2/02f2a35a3c0525c42e7e4ecc6e36c0d4e96fa9ed.jpeg)[2017-07-13 01.32.40 1](https://flic.kr/p/YYM3cM) by [noah.images](https://www.flickr.com/photos/125209038@N05/), on Flickr ---
**Author:** ![YIMHudson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/yimhudson/32/2304_2.png) [@YIMHudson](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/YIMHudson)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-long-island-city-general-news-photos-discussion/241/26 "2017-10-16T18:42:39Z")
[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/7/d/7d22cb925c72c27f4f9cbdf12e90d5181190e664.jpeg)](https://flic.kr/p/YsDfKr) [D72\_4055\_PC.JPG](https://flic.kr/p/YsDfKr) by [Richard Pockat](https://www.flickr.com/photos/richardpockat/), on Flickr [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/a/b/ab6ef3724c80b7f9c72adc67c02ffa5d0c7af7cb.jpeg)](https://flic.kr/p/ZprG3Y) [D72\_3005\_PC.JPG](https://flic.kr/p/ZprG3Y) by [Richard Pockat](https://www.flickr.com/photos/richardpockat/), on Flickr ---
**Author:** ![streetscaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@streetscaper](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/streetscaper)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 12:05am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-long-island-city-general-news-photos-discussion/241/27 "2017-10-26T00:05:44Z")
![54889E18-15EE-4126-A52F-E5285DE7E6C9](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/b/3/b38180b0679a4da2e9b2740b557b4cc94cb3b8dc.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![streetscaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@streetscaper](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/streetscaper)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2017, 7:03pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-long-island-city-general-news-photos-discussion/241/28 "2017-11-24T19:03:49Z")
![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/c/2/c20a3fce5aaabd65f23be849ece7cbf82e944b15.jpeg) [On Top Of The World](https://flic.kr/p/21H4N8r) by [pepsigirl917](https://www.flickr.com/photos/pepsigirl917/), on Flickr ---
**Author:** ![streetscaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@streetscaper](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/streetscaper)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 12:14am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-long-island-city-general-news-photos-discussion/241/29 "2018-02-27T00:14:22Z")
![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/2/1/21fa223e051fbd5ad8b5d4aed8e9265dd11846fc.jpeg) [r\_180225220\_beat0014\_a](https://flic.kr/p/GyuGWQ) by [Mitch Waxman](https://www.flickr.com/photos/mitchwaxman/), on Flickr ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/1/a/1ab21f250d89c63b0a83e3d6ff7b9573f0a60b3f.jpeg) [r\_180225213\_beat0014\_a](https://flic.kr/p/GyuFz1) by [Mitch Waxman](https://www.flickr.com/photos/mitchwaxman/), on Flickr ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/c/7/c78c2726ff42eb2485bbe29396edc6d6b9322146.jpeg) [r\_180225074\_beat0014\_a](https://flic.kr/p/Gyu8is) by [Mitch Waxman](https://www.flickr.com/photos/mitchwaxman/), on Flickr ---
**Author:** ![streetscaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@streetscaper](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/streetscaper)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 12:22am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-long-island-city-general-news-photos-discussion/241/30 "2018-03-02T00:22:43Z")
![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/4/b/4b61e9dc9db0c3d434b4573ad11a23c277d973c4.jpeg)[r\_180301034\_beat0015\_a](https://flic.kr/p/23HFVZo) by [Mitch Waxman](https://www.flickr.com/photos/mitchwaxman/), on Flickr ---
**Author:** ![baronson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/baronson/32/190290_2.png) [@baronson](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/baronson)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 12:40am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-long-island-city-general-news-photos-discussion/241/31 "2018-03-02T00:40:52Z")
If Sunnyside Yards goes through… that would be borough changing and defining. I would love to see the LIC/Sunnyside/Astoria trifecta flourish. ---
**Author:** ![streetscaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@streetscaper](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/streetscaper)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 10:03pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-long-island-city-general-news-photos-discussion/241/32 "2018-03-21T22:03:30Z")
[https://instagram.com/p/BglnAsogLPH/](https://instagram.com/p/BglnAsogLPH/) @yishen\_h ---
**Author:** ![baronson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/baronson/32/190290_2.png) [@baronson](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/baronson)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-long-island-city-general-news-photos-discussion/241/33 "2018-05-16T21:58:09Z")
This is the most general LIC thread we have. [https://www.instagram.com/p/Bi1j3M5lk4P/?taken-by=adamwhittaker.nyc](https://www.instagram.com/p/Bi1j3M5lk4P/?taken-by=adamwhittaker.nyc) ---
**Author:** ![YIMHudson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/yimhudson/32/2304_2.png) [@YIMHudson](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/YIMHudson)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-long-island-city-general-news-photos-discussion/241/34 "2018-05-16T22:24:33Z")
agreed. I renamed the thread, the rezoning itself is ancient news, its been fulfilled and the purpose of the thread has more or less shifted to posting photos of the results. There is also a separate thread for Sunnyside Yards, which will be the next big venture for the neighborhood > [@NEW YORK I Sunnyside Yards](http://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-i-sunnyside-yards/1432): > > [Amtrak weighing development of massive Queens rail yard](http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/city-hall/2014/10/8555270/amtrak-weighing-development-massive-queens-rail-yard)[[image] ](http://www.capitalnewyork.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/big_article_pic/a-Queens%20station_0.png) By Ryan Hutchins on October 23, 2014 Amtrak is considering developing Sunnyside Yards in Queens as part of a nationwide evaluation of its real estate portfolio and could turn to investors as early as next spring to find partners willing to explore potential uses for those properties, the company’s chairman, Anthony Coscia, said Thursday. Executives have been in talks with the de Bl… ---
**Author:** ![josh85](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/josh85/32/136595_2.png) [@josh85](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/josh85)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-long-island-city-general-news-photos-discussion/241/35 "2018-05-16T22:27:01Z")
LIC just needs one defining super tall with a great design. I’m optimistic it’ll happen eventually. ---
**Author:** ![baronson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/baronson/32/190290_2.png) [@baronson](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/baronson)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 10:32pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-long-island-city-general-news-photos-discussion/241/36 "2018-05-16T22:32:53Z")
Is there a place for them to put it that is safe from the FAA lol ---
**Author:** ![baronson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/baronson/32/190290_2.png) [@baronson](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/baronson)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-long-island-city-general-news-photos-discussion/241/37 "2018-05-20T17:08:20Z")
Taken just now from Sunnyside. Notice 1MW and 30 HY. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/0/9/09bdda15f54d34087a54a1ff59c51e058c06dd82.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Tectonic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/tectonic/32/186763_2.png) [@Tectonic](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Tectonic)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-long-island-city-general-news-photos-discussion/241/38 "2018-06-20T18:24:08Z")
![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/b/2/b29419080a57b3bbc579efdf2e0ab8cc706d74d2.jpeg) Tec ---
**Author:** ![baronson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/baronson/32/190290_2.png) [@baronson](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/baronson)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2018, 11:03pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-long-island-city-general-news-photos-discussion/241/39 "2018-08-04T23:03:35Z")
I think this is my fav view of LIC from Queensboro Plaza. Looks like Citigroup has a lot of new friends. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/e/1/e141a659b03feef7db74cb292b4cb7b28b5da621.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![tone99loc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/tone99loc/32/18833_2.png) [@tone99loc](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/tone99loc)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2018, 11:58pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-long-island-city-general-news-photos-discussion/241/40 "2018-08-04T23:58:47Z")
That’s a great view, looks like Miami or Chicago or ? [Previous page](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-long-island-city-general-news-photos-discussion/241.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-long-island-city-general-news-photos-discussion/241.md?page=3)