Editing Long Island City (section)

===After incorporation into New York City===
[[File:12 St 43 Rd boulder jeh.jpg|thumb|upright=1|[[Ancient Glacier Rock|Ancient boulder]], a [[glacial erratic]], partly blocking 12th Street]]
[[File:Long Island City (20190306141621).jpg|thumb|upright=1|Looking west from an apartment building near [[Queens Plaza (Queens)|Queens Plaza]]]]
The city surrendered its independence in 1898 to become part of the [[City of Greater New York]]. However, Long Island City survives as [[ZIP Code]] 11101 and ZIP Code prefix 111 (with its own main post office) and was formerly a [[sectional center facility]] (SCF). The [[Greater Astoria Historical Society]], a [[nonprofit organization|nonprofit cultural and historical organization]] documenting the Long Island City area's history, has operated since 1985.<ref>[https://astorialic.org/about/ About] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117144239/https://astorialic.org/about/ |date=November 17, 2021 }}, [[Greater Astoria Historical Society]]. Accessed November 17, 2021. "Greater Astoria Historical Society, founded in 1985 is the place to learn and celebrate Long Island City and its neighborhoods."</ref>

Through the 1930s, three subway tunnels, the [[Queens-Midtown Tunnel]], and the [[Queensboro Bridge]] were built to connect the neighborhood to Manhattan. By the 1970s, the factories in Long Island City were being abandoned.

In the 1990s, [[Queens West]] on the west side of Long Island City was developed to revitalize {{convert|74|acres}} along the [[East River]], with plans to bring in as many as 16,000 new residents in a total of 19 new buildings.<ref>Cohen, Joyce. [https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/27/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-living-long-island-city-queens-industrial-places-but.html "If You're Thinking of Living In /Long Island City, Queens; Industrial in Places, but Residential Too"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117144236/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/27/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-living-long-island-city-queens-industrial-places-but.html |date=November 17, 2021 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', February 27, 2000. Accessed November 17, 2021. "Years of discussion about the future of the Long Island City waterfront -- which benefits from radiant views of Manhattan, directly across the East River -- have had their first major concrete results in the Queens West development. What is planned as a 19-building development will eventually encompass 74 acres on the East River south of the Queensboro Bridge.... When built out in about 15 years, Queens West is expected to add about 16,000 people to Long Island City's population, said Carolyn C. Bachan, president of the Queens West Development Corporation."</ref>

In 2001, the neighborhood was rezoned from an industrial neighborhood to a residential neighborhood, and the area underwent [[gentrification]], with developments such as [[Hunter's Point South]] being built in the area.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.queenswestvillager.com/about/detail/history_of_long_island_city |title=Queens West Villager |publisher=Queens West Villager |access-date=June 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222011708/http://www.queenswestvillager.com/about/detail/history_of_long_island_city |archive-date=February 22, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Since then, there has been substantial commercial and residential growth in Long Island City, with 41 new residential apartment buildings being built just between 2010 and 2017.<ref>{{cite web |author=<!--not stated--> |title=Long Island City's unstoppable development boom, mapped |website=Curbed NY |date=June 28, 2017 |url=https://ny.curbed.com/maps/long-island-city-development-boom-construction-map |access-date=November 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106045900/https://ny.curbed.com/maps/long-island-city-development-boom-construction-map |archive-date=November 6, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="NYTimes-HQ2forQueens-2018"/>  A resident of nearby [[Woodside, Queens|Woodside]] proposed establishing a [[Japantown]] in Long Island City in 2006, though this did not occur.<ref>Gill, John Freeman. "[https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/05/nyregion/thecity/05japa.html?_r=0 For a Big Dreamer, a Little Tokyo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222201158/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/05/nyregion/thecity/05japa.html?_r=0 |date=December 22, 2014 }}." ''[[The New York Times]]''. February 5, 2006. Retrieved September 5, 2013.</ref> By the mid-2010s, Long Island City was one of New York City's fastest-growing neighborhoods.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-30/nyc-s-fastest-growing-neighborhood-gets-180-million-investment?srnd=premium |title=NYC's Fastest-Growing Neighborhood Gets $180 Million Investment |first=Henry |last=Goldman |publisher=Bloomberg, L.P |date=October 30, 2018 |access-date=October 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031005321/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-30/nyc-s-fastest-growing-neighborhood-gets-180-million-investment?srnd=premium |archive-date=October 31, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>