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=== 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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