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Long Island City: Art and High-Rises on the Queens Waterfront

Long Island City in Queens offers modern high-rises and artistic gems like MoMA PS1.

Published July 2026Written with AI, reviewed by a human

Long Island City, in Queens, is an emerging neighborhood of modern high-rises, art galleries, and waterfront parks, served by the 7, E, G, M, and R trains.

Its best-known attraction is MoMA PS1, one of the country's leading contemporary-art spaces, housed in a former public school building from 1892 and open since 1976. On the waterfront, Gantry Plaza State Park preserves two railcar transfer gantries from 1925 — relics of LIC's industrial dock era kept standing along the river.

How this was made. This post was drafted with AI (openai-compat:command-r:latest) and reviewed by a person before publishing — see how we handle AI-assisted writing. It was written only from the facts below; nothing was invented beyond them. Grounded on: Neighborhood — Long Island City; Borough — Queens; Subway lines — 7, E, G, M, R; Known for — Long Island City is an emerging neighborhood with modern high-rises, art galleries, and waterfront parks. MoMA PS1, opened in 1976 inside a former 1892 public school building, is one of the country's leading contemporary-art spaces; at the waterfront, Gantry Plaza State Park preserves two 1925 railcar transfer gantries from LIC's industrial docks..