Editing Long Island City (section)

=== Public transportation ===
[[File:Long Island City Steinway Railway Company c 1894.png|thumb|Long Island City Steinway Railway Company c 1894]]
[[File:Court Square skylight vc.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Entrance to [[Court Square-23rd Street]]]]
[[File:LIC dock NY Waterway jeh.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Ferry dock]]
The following [[New York City Subway]] stations serve Long Island City:<ref>{{NYCS const|map}}</ref>
* {{stn|21st Street–Queensbridge}} ({{NYCS trains|63rd IND}})
* {{stn|21st Street||IND Crosstown Line}} ({{NYCS trains|Crosstown}})
* {{stn|39th Avenue||BMT Astoria Line}} ({{NYCS trains|Astoria local}})
* {{stn|Court Square–23rd Street}} ({{NYCS trains|Court Square}})
* {{stn|Hunters Point Avenue}} ({{NYCS trains|Flushing}})
* {{stn|Queens Plaza}} ({{NYCS trains|Queens Plaza}})
* {{stn|Queensboro Plaza}} ({{NYCS trains|Queensboro}})
* {{stn|Vernon Boulevard–Jackson Avenue}} ({{NYCS trains|Flushing}})

The following [[MTA Regional Bus Operations]] bus routes serve Long Island City:<ref name=busqns>{{cite NYC bus map|Q}}</ref>
* [[Q32 (New York City bus)|Q32]]: to [[Pennsylvania Station (New York City)|Pennsylvania Station]] (Manhattan) or [[Jackson Heights, Queens|Jackson Heights]] via Queens Plaza and Queens Boulevard
* [[Q39 (New York City bus)|Q39]]: to [[Glendale, Queens|Glendale]] via Thomson Avenue
* [[Q60 (New York City bus)|Q60]]: to [[East Midtown]] (Manhattan) or [[Jamaica, Queens|Jamaica]] via Queens Plaza and Queens Boulevard
* [[Q66 (New York City bus)|Q66]]: to {{stn|Flushing–Main Street||IRT Flushing Line}} ({{NYCS trains|Flushing}}) via 21st Street
* [[Q67 (New York City bus)|Q67]]: to [[Middle Village, Queens|Middle Village]] via Borden Avenue
* [[Q69 (New York City bus)|Q69]]: to [[Astoria Heights]] via 21st Street
* [[Q100 (New York City bus)|Q100]]: to [[Rikers Island]] (Bronx) via 21st Street
* [[Q101 (New York City bus)|Q101]]: to [[East Midtown]] (Manhattan) or Astoria Heights via Queens Plaza and Northern Boulevard
* [[Q102 (New York City bus)|Q102]]: to [[Roosevelt Island]] (Manhattan) or [[Astoria, Queens|Astoria]] via Vernon Boulevard, 41st Avenue, and 31st Street
* [[Q103 (New York City bus)|Q103]]: to [[Astoria, Queens|Astoria]] via Vernon Boulevard
* [[B32 (New York City bus)|B32]]: to [[Williamsburg Bridge Plaza Bus Terminal]] via 11th/21st Streets
* [[B62 (New York City bus)|B62]]: to [[Downtown Brooklyn]] via Jackson Avenue

The [[Long Island City (LIRR station)|Long Island City]] and [[Hunterspoint Avenue (LIRR station)|Hunterspoint Avenue]] stations of the [[Long Island Rail Road]] (LIRR) are also located within Long Island City. The US$11.1&nbsp;billion [[East Side Access]] project, which brought LIRR trains to [[Grand Central Terminal]] in [[Manhattan]], opened in 2023; this project created a new train tunnel beneath the [[East River]], connecting Long Island City and Queens with the [[East Side (Manhattan)|East Side]] of Manhattan.<ref>{{cite web |last=Siff |first=Andrew |title=MTA Megaproject to Cost Almost $1B More Than Prior Estimate |website=NBC New York |date=April 16, 2018 |url=http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/East-Side-Access-MTA-Project-Cost-Infrastructure-479628223.html |access-date=November 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417024310/https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/East-Side-Access-MTA-Project-Cost-Infrastructure-479628223.html |archive-date=April 17, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Castillo |first=Alfonso A. |title=East Side Access price tag now stands at $11.2B |website=Newsday |date=April 15, 2018 |url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/east-side-access-tour-1.18020231 |access-date=November 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180415065109/https://www.newsday.com/long-island/east-side-access-tour-1.18020231 |archive-date=April 15, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

During the summer, the New York Water Taxi Company used to operate [[Water Taxi Beach]], a public beach artificially created on a wharf along the East River, accessible at the corner of Second Street and Borden Avenue.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/11/opinion/11thu4.html?pagewanted=print |title="Imagination on The Waterfront" in Queens |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 11, 2005 |access-date=July 6, 2013 |first=Francis |last=Cline}}</ref> It was discontinued in 2011 due to new construction on the site of the old landing.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://watertaxibeach.com/long_island_city |title=Water Taxi Beach Long Island City |work=watertaxibeach.com |access-date=November 15, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117210556/http://www.watertaxibeach.com/long_island_city |archive-date=November 17, 2011}}</ref>

In June 2011, [[NY Waterway]] started service to points along the East River.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/14/nyregion/east-river-ferry-service-begins-with-7-stops.html |title=East River Ferry Service Begins |last1=Grynbaum |first1=Michael M. |date=June 13, 2011 |last2=Quinlan |first2=Adriane |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=September 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151009122006/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/14/nyregion/east-river-ferry-service-begins-with-7-stops.html |archive-date=October 9, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> On May 1, 2017, that route became part of the [[NYC Ferry]]'s East River route, which runs between [[Pier 11/Wall Street]] in Manhattan's [[Financial District, Manhattan|Financial District]] and the [[East 34th Street Ferry Landing]] in [[Murray Hill, Manhattan]], with five intermediate stops in Brooklyn and Queens.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/newswires/new-york/nyc-launches-ferry-service-queens-east-river-routes-article-1.3122046 |title=NYC launches ferry service with Queens, East River routes |date=May 1, 2017 |website=Daily News |location=New York |agency=Associated Press |access-date=May 1, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501154444/http://www.nydailynews.com/newswires/new-york/nyc-launches-ferry-service-queens-east-river-routes-article-1.3122046 |archive-date=May 1, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/01/nyregion/new-york-today-citywide-ferry-service-begins.html |title=New York Today: Our City's New Ferry |last1=Levine |first1=Alexandra S. |date=May 1, 2017 |work=The New York Times |access-date=May 1, 2017 |last2=Wolfe |first2=Jonathan |issn=0362-4331 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501105006/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/01/nyregion/new-york-today-citywide-ferry-service-begins.html |archive-date=May 1, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> One NYC Ferry stop for the East River route is located at Hunters Point South,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ferry.nyc/routes-and-schedules/route/east-river/ |title=Routes and Schedules: East River |publisher=NYC Ferry |access-date=May 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170508212009/https://www.ferry.nyc/routes-and-schedules/route/east-river/ |archive-date=May 8, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> while another NYC Ferry stop for a route to Astoria is located at [[Gantry Plaza State Park]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ferry.nyc/routes-and-schedules/route/astoria/ |title=Routes and Schedules: Astoria |publisher=NYC Ferry |access-date=May 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170502092119/https://www.ferry.nyc/routes-and-schedules/route/astoria/ |archive-date=May 2, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>

There are plans to build the [[Brooklyn–Queens Connector]] (BQX), a light rail system that would run along the waterfront from [[Red Hook, Brooklyn|Red Hook]] in [[Brooklyn]] through Long Island City to Astoria. However, the system is projected to cost $2.7&nbsp;billion, and the projected opening has been delayed until at least 2029.<ref>{{cite web | title=New Plan for City Streetcar: Shorter, Pricier and Not Coming Soon | website=The New York Times | last=Newman | first=Andy | date=August 30, 2018 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/30/nyregion/nyc-streetcar-brooklyn-queens.html | access-date=August 1, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830183040/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/30/nyregion/nyc-streetcar-brooklyn-queens.html | archive-date=August 30, 2018 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=George | first=Michael | title=Brooklyn-Queens Connector Streetcar Would Cost $2.7 Billion | website=NBC New York | date=August 30, 2018 | url=http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Brooklyn-Queens-Streetcar-Proposal-Mayor-de-Blasio-BQX-492119811.html | access-date=August 1, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831115504/https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Brooklyn-Queens-Streetcar-Proposal-Mayor-de-Blasio-BQX-492119811.html | archive-date=August 31, 2018 | url-status=live }}</ref>