Editing Long Island City (section)

==Subsections==
[[File:Harbor at north end of Dutch Kills, Queens jeh.jpg|thumb|upright=1|North end of canalized Dutch Kills]]
In 1870, the villages of [[Astoria, Queens|Astoria]], [[Ravenswood, Queens|Ravenswood]], Hunters Point, Dutch Kills, Middletown, [[Sunnyside, Queens|Sunnyside]], Blissville, and Bowery Bay were incorporated into Long Island City.<ref name="Long Island City">{{cite book |last1=Greater Astoria Historical Society |last2=Jackson |first2=Thomas |last3=Melnick |first3=Richard |author-link1=Greater Astoria Historical Society |title=Long Island City |series=Images of America |year=2004 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |location=Charleston, SC |isbn=0-7385-3666-0 |page=10}}</ref>

===Dutch Kills===
[[File:Dutch Kills Green west jeh.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Dutch Kills Green, now part of Queens Plaza]]
Dutch Kills was a [[hamlet (place)|hamlet]], named for its navigable tributary of Newtown Creek, that occupied what today is [[Queens Plaza (Queens)|Queens Plaza]]. Dutch Kills was an important road hub during the [[American Revolutionary War]], and the site of a British Army garrison from 1776 to 1783. The area supported farms during the 19th century. The tributary of the same name connected to [[Sunswick Creek]] at its north end, which facilitated commerce in the region. The canalization of Newtown Creek and the Kills at the end of the 19th century intensified industrial development of the area, which prospered until the middle of the 20th century.  The neighborhood is currently undergoing a massive rezoning of mixed residential and commercial properties.<ref name="Long Island City"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.astorialic.org/neighborhoods/dk_p.php |title=Greater Astoria Historical Society – Neighborhoods |website=astorialic.org |access-date=October 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625060835/http://www.astorialic.org/neighborhoods/dk_p.php |archive-date=June 25, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== Blissville ===
[[File:City View Inn jeh.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Hotel on [[Greenpoint Avenue]] in Blissville]]
Blissville, which has the [[ZIP Code]] 11101, is a neighborhood within Long Island City, located at {{coord|40|44|4.87|N|73|56|9.81|W|display=inline}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.astorialic.org/topics/people/bliss_p.php |title=Greater Astoria Historical Society – Biographies – Neziah Bliss |website=astorialic.org |access-date=October 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923175547/http://www.astorialic.org/topics/people/bliss_p.php |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and bordered by [[Calvary Cemetery, Queens|Calvary Cemetery]] to the east; the [[Long Island Expressway]] to the north; [[Newtown Creek]] to the south; and Dutch Kills, a tributary of Newtown Creek, to the west. Blissville was named after Neziah Bliss, who owned most of the land in the 1830s and 1840s.<ref>{{cite book |author=Walsh, Kevin |title=Forgotten New York: Views of a lost metropolis |publisher=HarperCollins |location=New York |year=2006}}</ref> Bliss built the first version of what was known for many years as the Blissville Bridge, a [[drawbridge]] over Newtown Creek, connecting [[Greenpoint, Brooklyn]] and Blissville; it was replaced in the 20th century by the [[Greenpoint Avenue Bridge]], also called the J. J. Byrne Memorial Bridge, located slightly upstream. Blissville existed as a small village until 1870 when it was incorporated into Long Island City.<ref name="Long Island City" /> Historically an industrial neighborhood, it has [[Triangle 54]], a small park with a monument at 54th Avenue and 48th Street.

=== Hunters Point ===
{{Infobox NRHP
| name                     = Hunters Point Historic District
| nrhp_type                = hd
| nocat                    = yes
| image                    = Religious procession at 50th Avenue, Hunters Point, Queens, NYC, 1989.jpg
| caption                  = Religious procession crossing 50th Avenue, 1989
| location                 = Along 45th Ave., between 21st and 23rd Sts., New York City
| coordinates              = {{coord|40|44|40.14|N|73|57|12.71|W|region:US-NY_type:landmark|display=inline}}
| locmapin                 = New York City#New York#USA
| architect                = Multiple
| architecture             = Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)
| added                    = September 19, 1973
| area                     = {{convert|1.5|acre}}
| refnum                   = 73001251
<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2009a}}</ref>
| designated_other2_name   = NYC Landmark
| designated_other2_date   = May 15, 1968
| designated_other2_abbr   = NYCL
| designated_other2_link   = New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
| designated_other2_number = 0450
| designated_other2_color  = #ffe978
}}
[[File:LIRR 1891 Long Island City.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Map of industrial Hunters Point in 1891]]
Hunters Point is located on the south side of Long Island City, along [[Newtown Creek]].<ref>[http://queens.about.com/od/neighborhoods/p/hunters_point.htm Hunters Point, Queens: Neighborhood Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017085901/http://queens.about.com/od/neighborhoods/p/hunters_point.htm |date=October 17, 2014 }} at About.com</ref><ref>[http://www.preserve.org/queens/huntersp.htm Queensmark Comes To Hunters Point] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924081313/http://www.preserve.org/queens/huntersp.htm |date=September 24, 2015 }}, Queens Historical Society</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.astorialic.org/neighborhoods/hp_p.php |title=Greater Astoria Historical Society – Neighborhoods |website=astorialic.org |access-date=October 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523001356/http://www.astorialic.org/neighborhoods/hp_p.php |archive-date=May 23, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://forgotten-ny.com/2007/08/hunters-point-queens/ |title=HUNTERS POINT, Queens – Forgotten New York |website=forgotten-ny.com |date=August 30, 2007 |access-date=October 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701065707/http://forgotten-ny.com/2007/08/hunters-point-queens/ |archive-date=July 1, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> The area took the name Hunters Point in 1825, named after British sea captain George Hunter whose family operated the site as a 210-acre farm.<ref name="LPC-HP">{{cite web |title=Designation Report: Hunters Point Historic District |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0450.pdf |publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] |access-date=24 January 2022 |date=May 15, 1968}}</ref><ref name="NYCPk-HPSouth">{{cite web|title=Hunter's Point South Park: Highlights|url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/hunters-point-south-park/highlights/19770|publisher=[[New York City Department of Parks and Recreation]]|access-date=24 January 2022}}</ref>

It contains the '''Hunters Point Historic District''', a national [[Historic district (United States)|historic district]] that includes 19 contributing buildings along 45th Avenue between 21st and 23rd Streets.<ref>[https://hdc.org/hdc-across-nyc/queens/queens-landmarked/dil-q-hunters-point/ Queens Landmarks-Hunters Point], Historic Districts Council. Accessed March 27, 2023. "This district features a row of forty-seven townhouses built between 1871 and 1890 in the Italianate, French Second Empire and Neo-Grec styles. Original stoops, lintels, pediments, and other details can still be found on many of the homes. Designated May 15, 1968."</ref> They are a set of townhouses built in the late 19th century.<ref name="nrhpinv_ny">{{cite web |url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=7333 |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Hunters Point Historic District |date=January 1973 |access-date=January 16, 2011 |author=Stephen S. Lash and Betty J. Ezequelle |publisher=[[New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018234800/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=7333 |archive-date=October 18, 2012}} ''See also:'' {{cite web |url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=7349 |title=Accompanying photo |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924145840/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=7349 |archive-date=September 24, 2015}}</ref> The historic district was created by the [[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] in 1968,<ref name="LPC-HP"/> and was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1973.<ref name="nris"/>

The modern [[Queens West]] and [[Hunter's Point South]] developments are located on the East River waterfront.<ref name="NYCPk-HPSouth"/>

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