Editing Long Island City (section)

== Education ==
[[File:Board of education building by Chalagi7.JPG|thumb|upright=1|[[New York City Department of Education|Department of Education]] building at 44-36 Vernon Blvd]]
Long Island City generally has a slightly higher ratio of college-educated residents than the rest of the city {{as of|2018|lc=y}}. In Community Board 1, half of residents (50%) have a college education or higher, while 16% have less than a high school education and 33% are high school graduates or have some college education. In Community Board 2, 45% of residents age 25 and older have a college education or higher, 19% have less than a high school education and 35% are high school graduates or have some college education. By contrast, 39% of Queens residents and 43% of city residents have a college education or higher.<ref name="CHP2018-1" />{{Rp|6}}<ref name="CHP2018-2" />{{Rp|6}} The percentage of Community Board 1 students excelling in math rose from 43 percent in 2000 to 65 percent in 2011, and reading achievement rose from 47% to 49% during the same time period.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://furmancenter.org/files/sotc/QN_01_11.pdf|title=Long Island City/Astoria – QN 01|date=2011|publisher=[[Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy]]|access-date=October 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130918094745/http://furmancenter.org/files/sotc/QN_01_11.pdf|archive-date=September 18, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Similarly, the percentage of Community Board 2 students excelling in math rose from 40% in to 65%, and reading achievement rose from 45% to 49%, during the same time period.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://furmancenter.org/files/sotc/QN_02_11.pdf|title=Woodside and Sunnyside – QN 02|date=2011|publisher=[[Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy]]|access-date=October 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130918205201/http://furmancenter.org/files/sotc/QN_02_11.pdf|archive-date=September 18, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

Long Island City's rate of elementary school student absenteeism is about equal to the rest of New York City. Nineteen percent of elementary school students in Community Board 1 and eleven percent in Community Board 2 missed twenty or more days per [[school year]], less than the citywide average of 20%.<ref name="CHP2018-1" />{{Rp|6}}<ref name="CHP2018-2" />{{Rp|6}}<ref name=":21" />{{Rp|24 (PDF p. 55)}} Additionally, 78% of high school students in Community Board 1 and 86% of high school students in Community Board 2 graduate on time, more than the citywide average of 75%.<ref name="CHP2018-1" />{{Rp|6}}<ref name="CHP2018-2" />{{Rp|6}}

The [[New York City Department of Education]] operates a facility in Long Island City housing the Office of School Support Services and several related departments.<ref>[http://www.opt-osfns.org/ Home page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130430044322/http://opt-osfns.org/ |date=April 30, 2013 }}. [[New York City Department of Education]] Office of School Support Services. Retrieved May 1, 2013. "2004 The Office of School Support Services 44-36 Vernon Boulevard Long Island City, NY 11101"</ref>

===Schools===
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====K-12====
Long Island City is served by the [[New York City Department of Education]]. Long Island City is zoned to:
* PS 17 Henry David Thoreau School<ref>[https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q017 P.S. 017 Henry David Thoreau] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028233609/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q017 |date=October 28, 2020 }} [[New York City Department of Education]]. Accessed September 29, 2020.</ref>
* PS 70<ref>[https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q070 P.S. 070] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021113932/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q070 |date=October 21, 2020 }} [[New York City Department of Education]]. Accessed September 29, 2020.</ref>
* PS 76 William Hallet School<ref>[https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q076 P.S. 076 William Hallet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029093020/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q076 |date=October 29, 2020 }} [[New York City Department of Education]]. Accessed September 29, 2020.</ref>
* PS/IS 78Q<ref>[https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q078 P.S./I.S. 78Q] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029151502/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q078 |date=October 29, 2020 }} [[New York City Department of Education]]. Accessed September 29, 2020.</ref>
* PS 85 Judge Charles Vallone<ref>[https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q085 P.S. 085 Judge Charles Vallone] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029090632/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q085 |date=October 29, 2020 }} [[New York City Department of Education]]. Accessed September 29, 2020.</ref>
* PS 111 Jacob Blackwell School<ref>[https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q111 P.S. 111 Jacob Blackwell] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031143052/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q111 |date=October 31, 2020 }} [[New York City Department of Education]]. Accessed September 29, 2020.</ref>
* PS 112 Dutch Kills School<ref>[https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q112 P.S. 112 Dutch Kills] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030022446/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q112 |date=October 30, 2020 }} [[New York City Department of Education]]. Accessed September 29, 2020.</ref>
* PS 150<ref>[https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q150 P.S. 150 Queens] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021172219/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q150 |date=October 21, 2020 }} [[New York City Department of Education]]. Accessed September 29, 2020.</ref>
* PS 166 Henry Gradstein School<ref>[https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q166 P.S. 166 Henry Gradstein] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029091523/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q166 |date=October 29, 2020 }} [[New York City Department of Education]]. Accessed September 29, 2020.</ref>
* PS 171 Peter G. Van Alst School<ref>[https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q171 P.S. 171 Peter G. Van Alst] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029211516/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q171 |date=October 29, 2020 }} [[New York City Department of Education]]. Accessed September 29, 2020.</ref>
* PS 199 Maurice A. Fitzgerald School<ref>[https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q199 P.S. 199 Maurice A. Fitzgerald] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029213322/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q199 |date=October 29, 2020 }} [[New York City Department of Education]]. Accessed September 29, 2020.</ref>
* PS 384 Hunters Point Elementary<ref>[https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q384 P.S. 384 Hunters Point Elementary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026212758/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q384 |date=October 26, 2022 }} [[New York City Department of Education]]. Accessed October 29, 2022.</ref>
* IS 10 Horace Greeley School<ref>[https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q010 I.S. 010 Horace Greeley] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026050556/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q010 |date=October 26, 2020 }} [[New York City Department of Education]]. Accessed September 29, 2020.</ref>
* IS 126 Albert Shanker School For Visual And Performing Arts<ref>[https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q126 Albert Shanker School for Visual and Performing Arts] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030023519/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q126 |date=October 30, 2020 }} [[New York City Department of Education]]. Accessed September 29, 2020.</ref>
* IS 141 The Steinway School<ref>[https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q141 I.S. 141 The Steinway] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029144338/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q141 |date=October 29, 2020 }} [[New York City Department of Education]]. Accessed September 29, 2020.</ref>
* IS 204 Oliver W. Holmes<ref>[https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q204 I.S. 204 Oliver W. Holmes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021171355/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q204 |date=October 21, 2020 }} [[New York City Department of Education]]. Accessed September 29, 2020.</ref>

Additionally, Long Island City is home to:
* [[Baccalaureate School for Global Education]], a 7–12 school
* Gantry View School, an independent progressive school that offers personalized learning and group activities for its mixed-age student body, K-5
* [[St. Raphael School]]'s campus

==== High schools offering specializations ====
Long Island City is home to numerous high schools, some of which offer specializations, as indicated below. These specialized schools are not to be confused with the elite [[Specialized high schools in New York City|specialized high schools]]. Rather, these schools offer programs that are included at specialized high schools.
* [[Academy of American Studies]] (Q575), a history high school<ref>[https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q575 Academy of American Studies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615090723/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q575 |date=June 15, 2022 }} [[New York City Department of Education]]. Accessed September 29, 2020.</ref>
* [[Academy for Careers in Television & Film]] (Q301)<ref>[https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q301 Academy for Careers in Television and Film] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506220628/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q301 |date=May 6, 2021 }} [[New York City Department of Education]]. Accessed September 29, 2020.</ref>
* [[Academy of Finance and Enterprise]] (Q264)<ref>[https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q264 Academy of Finance and Enterprise] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029143755/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q264 |date=October 29, 2020 }} [[New York City Department of Education]]. Accessed September 29, 2020.</ref>
* [[Aviation High School (Queens)|Aviation Career and Technical High School]] (Q610)<ref>[https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q610 Aviation Career & Technical Education High School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026054025/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q610 |date=October 26, 2020 }} [[New York City Department of Education]]. Accessed September 29, 2020.</ref>
* [[Bard High School Early College]] II (Q299)<ref>[https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q299 Bard High School Early College Queens] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025115518/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q299 |date=October 25, 2020 }} [[New York City Department of Education]]. Accessed September 29, 2020.</ref>
* [[Frank Sinatra School of the Arts]] (Q501)<ref>[https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q501 Frank Sinatra School of the Arts High School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026172648/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q501 |date=October 26, 2020 }} [[New York City Department of Education]]. Accessed September 29, 2020.</ref>
* [[High School of Applied Communication]] (Q267)<ref>[https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q267 High School of Applied Communication] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027101222/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q267 |date=October 27, 2020 }} [[New York City Department of Education]]. Accessed September 29, 2020.</ref>
* [[Information Technology High School]] (Q502)<ref>[https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q502 Information Technology High School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815211530/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q502 |date=August 15, 2020 }} [[New York City Department of Education]]. Accessed September 29, 2020.</ref>
* [[The International High School (Queens)]] at LaGuardia Community College (Q530)<ref>[https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q530 International High School at LaGuardia Community College] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615094929/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q530 |date=June 15, 2022 }} [[New York City Department of Education]]. Accessed September 29, 2020.</ref>
* [[Long Island City High School]] (Q450)<ref>[https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q450 Long Island City High School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021084051/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q450 |date=October 21, 2020 }} [[New York City Department of Education]]. Accessed September 29, 2020.</ref>
* [[Middle College High School at LaGuardia Community College]] (Q520)<ref>[https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q520 Middle College High School at LaGuardia Community College] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029213007/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q520 |date=October 29, 2020 }} [[New York City Department of Education]]. Accessed September 29, 2020.</ref>
* [[Newcomers High School - Academy for New Americans]] (Q555)<ref>[https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q555 Newcomers High School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619222652/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q555 |date=June 19, 2022 }} [[New York City Department of Education]]. Accessed September 29, 2020.</ref>
* [[Queens Vocational and Technical High School]] (Q600)<ref>[https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q600 Queens Technical High School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922163401/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q600 |date=September 22, 2019 }} [[New York City Department of Education]]. Accessed September 29, 2020.</ref>
* [[Robert F. Wagner Jr. Institute For Arts & Technology]] (Q560)<ref>[https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q560 Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Secondary School for Arts and Technology] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815211848/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q560 |date=August 15, 2020 }} [[New York City Department of Education]]. Accessed September 29, 2020.</ref>
* [[William Cullen Bryant High School]] (Q445)<ref>[https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q445 William Cullen Bryant High School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029092625/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/Q445 |date=October 29, 2020 }} [[New York City Department of Education]]. Accessed September 29, 2020.</ref>

===Higher education===
Numerous institutions of higher education have (or have had) a presence in Long Island City.
* [[Briarcliffe College]] has a campus on Thomson Avenue.
* [[City University of New York School of Law]] is located at 2 Court Square.
* [[Columbia University]]'s Depression Project is located at 3718 34th Street.
* [[DeVry University]] – New York Metro (also known as DeVry College of New York), maintained headquarters at 3020 Thomson Avenue until March 2011, at which time New York Metro's main campus relocated to 180 Madison Avenue in Manhattan, and DCNY relocated its Queens presence to 99–21 Queens Boulevard in [[Rego Park]]<ref>{{cite web |title=DeVry College of New York Campus Community Homepage |access-date=June 16, 2011 |url=http://ny.devry.edu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613080506/http://www.ny.devry.edu/ |archive-date=June 13, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[LaGuardia Community College]] is located at 3110 Thomson Avenue.
* Middle College National Consortium is located at 27–28 Thomson Avenue, #331
* [[Touro College]] is located at 2511 49th Avenue.
* [[Calvary Chapel Bible College New York City]] is located at 31-10 47th Street.

===Libraries===
[[File:Gantry Plaza td (2019-09-24) 021 - Peninsula Park, Hunters Point Community Library.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Exterior of the Hunters Point Library]]
[[File:Hunters Point Library td (2019-09-24) 012.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Interior of the Hunters Point Library]]
The [[Queens Public Library]] operates two branches in Long Island City. The Hunters Point Community Library is located at 47-40 Center Boulevard<ref>{{cite web | title=Branch Detailed Info: Hunters Point | website=Queens Public Library | url=https://www.queenslibrary.org/about-us/locations/hunters-point | access-date=October 17, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191016213709/https://www.queenslibrary.org/about-us/locations/hunters-point | archive-date=October 16, 2019 | url-status=live }}</ref>  on the bank of the [[East River]].<ref name="Timeout HP Library" />  Designed by [[Steven Holl]] Architects in 2010 and opened on September 24, 2019, the library has a floor area of {{cvt|22000|ft2|m2}} and is {{convert|82|ft|m}} tall, measuring {{convert|168|ft}} along the New York City waterfront.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/18/arts/design/hunters-point-community-library.html|title=Why Can't New York City Build More Gems Like This Queens Library?|last=Kimmelman|first=Michael|date=September 18, 2019|work=The New York Times|access-date=October 17, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926173622/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/18/arts/design/hunters-point-community-library.html|archive-date=September 26, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Features include an art installation by [[Julianne Swartz]], designer furniture by [[Eames Lounge Chair|Eames]] and [[Jean Prouvé]], and a reading garden surrounded by [[Ginkgo biloba|ginkgo trees]] and designed by [[Michael Van Valkenburgh]].<ref name="Timeout HP Library" /><ref name=":0" /> The branch cost $40&nbsp;million to construct because the site had to undergo pollution remediation, since it was previously used by a factory that processed asphalt and other bituminous products.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/project-gallery/hunters-point-community-library|title=Hunters Point Community Library |website=architectmagazine.com|date=May 21, 2015 |access-date=October 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423202512/https://www.architectmagazine.com/project-gallery/hunters-point-community-library|archive-date=April 23, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The Hunters Point Library includes over 50,000 books with Spanish and Chinese language collections, as well as an environmental education center, a section for young children, and a teenagers' space equipped with a video game area.<ref name="Timeout HP Library">{{Cite web|last=Gleason|first=Will|date=September 24, 2019|url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/the-hunters-point-library-is-a-gorgeous-addition-to-the-queens-waterfront-092419|title=The Hunters Point Library is a gorgeous addition to the Queens waterfront|website=Time Out New York|language=en|access-date=October 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017164239/https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/the-hunters-point-library-is-a-gorgeous-addition-to-the-queens-waterfront-092419|archive-date=October 17, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Though the building is compliant with the [[Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990]], its stepped terraces and single elevator have been criticized for being inaccessible to the disabled.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/05/nyregion/long-island-city-library.html|title=New Library Is a $41.5 Million Masterpiece. But About Those Stairs.|last=Otterman|first=Sharon|date=November 5, 2019|work=The New York Times|access-date=November 8, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108030707/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/05/nyregion/long-island-city-library.html|archive-date=November 8, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The fourth floor where the cyber center is has a curved wooden element in the design of the interior atrium.

The Long Island City branch is located at 37-44 21st Street.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.queenslibrary.org/about-us/locations/long-island-city|title=Branch Detailed Info: Long Island City|website=Queens Public Library|access-date=March 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191016214124/https://www.queenslibrary.org/about-us/locations/long-island-city|archive-date=October 16, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

A third branch, the Court Square branch, opened in 1989 and was located on the ground floor of One Court Square.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.queenslibrary.org/about-us/locations/court-square|title=Branch Detailed Info: Court Square|website=Queens Public Library|access-date=April 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319154651/https://www.queenslibrary.org/about-us/locations/court-square|archive-date=March 19, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> One Court Square's former owner, [[Citigroup]], leased the space to the library for $1 per month. After the tower's new owner Savanna failed to renew the Court Square branch's lease, the location was closed in February 2020, and the branch would either move to a new location or be closed permanently.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://qns.com/story/2020/01/07/despite-court-square-librarys-impending-closure-queens-public-library-is-committed-to-staying-in-long-island-city/|title=Despite Court Square Library's impending closure, Queens Public Library is 'committed' to staying in Long Island City|last=Parry|first=Bill|date=January 7, 2020|website=QNS.com|access-date=January 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111021700/https://qns.com/story/2020/01/07/despite-court-square-librarys-impending-closure-queens-public-library-is-committed-to-staying-in-long-island-city/|archive-date=January 11, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/01/03/one-court-square-queens-public-library-closing/|title=Small But Beloved Public Library Closing In Queens|date=January 3, 2020|website=CBS New York|access-date=January 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111021657/https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/01/03/one-court-square-queens-public-library-closing/|archive-date=January 11, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> A mobile branch opened nearby,<ref>{{cite web | title=Court Square Library Likely to Have New Home by End of Year: Queens Public Library | website=LIC Post  | last=Griffin | first=Allie | date=February 20, 2020 | url=https://licpost.com/court-square-library-likely-to-have-new-home-by-end-of-year-queens-public-library | access-date=April 28, 2020}}</ref> and Queens Public Library agreed in 2024 to open a new branch at the [[5 Pointz]] development.<ref>{{cite web | title=Queens Public Library tentatively agrees deal to open new Court Square branch | website=Queens Post | date=September 16, 2024 | url=https://queenspost.com/queens-public-library-court-square-branch | access-date=September 17, 2024}}</ref>