Long Island City-Hunters Point

Neighborhood · Queens

Long Island City-Hunters Point lies on the East River across from Midtown Manhattan, with Newtown Creek along its southern edge.

  • 0.99 square miles
  • 32,216 residents, 2020 Census
  • 212 street corners
  • 6 subway stations
  • 19 bus routes

The point took the name Hunters Point in 1825, after British sea captain George Hunter, whose family farmed the land, and in 1870 it joined Astoria and neighboring hamlets to form the city of Long Island City, part of New York City since 1898. Late 19th-century town houses on 45th Avenue make up the Hunters Point Historic District, designated in 1968, and restored rail-car float gantries stand in Gantry Plaza State Park, opened in 1998.

Sources: Hunters Point Historic District, Borough of Queens (designation report, May 15, 1968) (NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission); Long Island City (Wikipedia); Gantry Plaza State Park (New York State Parks); Gantry Plaza State Park (Wikipedia).

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Long Island City-Hunters Point borders three areas, and Jackson Avenue holds more of its corners than any other street, 26 of 212.

Street map of Long Island City-Hunters Point, Queens, outlined among Sunnyside Yards (South), Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills and Sunnyside, with its six subway stations and Hunter's Point South Park.Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch KillsSunnyside Yards (South)Sunnyside
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  • Park
  • A station in the list
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Neighborhood areas and streets: NYC Department of City Planning. Parks: NYC Parks. Stations: MTA.

Neighboring areas

Subway stations

  • Queensboro Plaza lines 7 N W accessible
  • Queens Plaza lines E F R accessible
  • Court Sq / Court Sq-23 St lines 7 E F G
  • 21 St lines G
  • Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av lines 7
  • Hunters Point Av lines 7

Getting around

Six subway stations and buses on 19 routes stop in or at the edge of Long Island City-Hunters Point.

  • 6 subway stations
  • 2 of them listed by the MTA as fully accessible
  • 19 local bus routes

Local bus routes

  • B32
  • B62
  • B94
  • Q32
  • Q39
  • Q60
  • Q63
  • Q66
  • Q67
  • Q69
  • Q96
  • Q100
  • Q101
  • Q102
  • Q103
  • Q108
  • T320
  • T323
  • T403

Safety record

Between 2021 and 2025, its corners averaged more police-reported crashes than the average Queens corner.

  • 1,573 police-reported crashes at its corners
  • 7.4 a corner, on average
  • 5.2 the average Queens corner
  • 29 corners with a clean record

Signal or safety changes on City record, at 29 of its corners

Leading pedestrian intervals
19
Accessible pedestrian signals
14
Turn calming
4
Safety Improvement Projects
4
Enhanced crossings
1

Camera tickets

In 2025 its corners had more school-zone speed camera tickets than red-light or bus-lane tickets.

  • 0 red-light camera tickets
  • 445 school-zone speed camera tickets at two corners
  • 0 bus-lane camera tickets
Most speed tickets
44th Avenue & 11th Street, 421

People and homes

The 2020 Census counted 32,216 residents in Long Island City-Hunters Point, about 32,500 per square mile.

  • 19,084 homes, 2020 Census
  • 23,092 homes added since April 2010, net, by City Planning's count

Half of its 663 residential lots hold buildings from 1931 or earlier, and 66% of them date from before 1940, by the City's tax lot records.

Parks and landmarks

Parkland
16.7 acres of NYC Parks property
The largest pieces
Hunter's Point South Park (12.1 acres), Murray Playground (2.5 acres) and Andrews Grove (0.5 acre)
Designated landmarks
The Fire Engine Company 258, Hook and Ladder Company 115; the Long Island City Courthouse; the New York Architectural Terra Cotta Works; and the Pepsi-Cola Sign
Historic district
Hunters Point Historic District, wholly or partly within Long Island City-Hunters Point

Streets and trees

Trees
2,476 in NYC Parks' records, most often thornless honeylocust, Japanese zelkova and Callery pear
Street with the most corners
Jackson Avenue, with 26 of the area's 212
Height above sea level
From 4 feet at 54th Avenue & 2nd Street to 32 feet at Skillman Avenue & Thomson Avenue
Honorary street names
14 at its corners, enacted by local law

Schools and libraries

The City lists eight schools and one library in Long Island City-Hunters Point.

Public schools
6
Charter and private schools
2
Library
Hunters Point Library

Bike share and public art

By the station list of October 3, 2026, 26 bike-share stations stand in Long Island City-Hunters Point. The City's public art inventory lists four works in the area, among them Capt. Malcolm A. Rafferty (1937), Tetherball Monument (2015) and Sunbather (2016).

  • 26 bike-share stations
  • 4 works of public art

Public safety

How complaints are counted

In 2025 the NYPD recorded 527 major felonies at places in Long Island City-Hunters Point.

Recorded by the NYPD at places in Long Island City-Hunters Point

  • 463 major felonies in 2024
  • 1,454 other felonies, misdemeanors and violations in 2025

In 2025, on the streets along the edge of Long Island City-Hunters Point, the NYPD recorded another nine major felonies. Counting the streets along its edge, in 2025 the NYPD recorded 16.6 major felonies for every thousand residents the 2020 Census counted in Long Island City-Hunters Point.

Police precinct
108th
Major felonies recorded at places in Long Island City-Hunters Point, 2021 to 2025

From January to June 2026 the NYPD recorded 274 major felonies at places in Long Island City-Hunters Point, against 228 in the same months of 2025.

Sources: the NYPD's Complaint Data Historic, updated April 28, 2026, and Complaint Data Current (Year To Date), updated July 27, 2026, on NYC Open Data. Figures to June 30, 2026.

Street corners

How the figures above are measured: Methodology.