Editing Long Island City (section)

===Companies===
[[File:Silvercup Studios and Citicorp Building from Queensboro Bridge.jpg|thumb|upright=1|[[Citigroup Building]] and [[Silvercup Studios]] from the [[Queensboro Bridge]]]]
[[File:Brewster Building from Queensboro Plaza Platform.jpg|thumb|upright=1|[[Brewster Building (Queens)|Brewster Building]] and the [[JetBlue]] headquarters as seen from [[Queensboro Plaza (New York City Subway)|Queensboro Plaza]]]]
[[Eagle Electric]], now known as Cooper Wiring Devices, was one of the last major factories in the area, before it moved to [[Economy of China|China]]; Plant No. 7, which was the largest of their factories and housed their corporate offices, is being converted to residential luxury [[loft]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.astorialic.org/topics/industry/lirr/volume4/volume4_p.php |title=Greater Astoria Historical Society – Industries Served by LIRR – Eagle Electric #7 |website=astorialic.org |access-date=September 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114004617/http://www.astorialic.org/topics/industry/lirr/volume4/volume4_p.php |archive-date=January 14, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2014/06/20/inside_a_tobeconverted_long_island_city_warehouse.php|title=Inside a To-Be-Converted Long Island City Warehouse|last=Kensinger|first=Nathan|date=June 20, 2014|website=Curbed NY|access-date=September 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113204603/http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2014/06/20/inside_a_tobeconverted_long_island_city_warehouse.php|archive-date=January 13, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

Long Island City is currently home to the largest [[fortune cookie]] factory in the United States, owned by Wonton Foods and producing four million fortune cookies a day. [[Lucky number]]s included on fortunes in the company's cookies led to 110 people across the United States winning $100,000 each in a May 2005 drawing for [[Powerball]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/11/nyregion/11fortune.html |title=Who Needs Giacomo? Bet on the Fortune Cookie |date=May 11, 2005 |last=Lee |first=Jennifer 8. |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=January 17, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111226121908/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/11/nyregion/11fortune.html |archive-date=December 26, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Cookies Contain Fortunes for Powerball Winners |first=Mary |last=Snow |url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/05/12/fortune.cookies/ |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=May 12, 2005 |access-date=March 10, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815090708/http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/05/12/fortune.cookies/ |archive-date=August 15, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Cookie Master |first=Jeremy |last=Olshan |url=http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/06/06/050606ta_talk_olshan |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |date=June 6, 2005 |access-date=March 10, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100401133926/http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/06/06/050606ta_talk_olshan |archive-date=April 1, 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Brooks Brothers]] tie manufacturing factory, which employs 122 people and produces more than 1.5&nbsp;million ties per year, has operated in Long Island City since 1999.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Behind The Knot: A Quick Tour of Brooks Bros. NYC Tie Factory |first=Adam |last=Tschorn |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/alltherage/2009/09/behind-the-knot-a-quick-tour-of-brooks-bros-nyc-tie-factory.html |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=September 10, 2009 |access-date=January 17, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924015206/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/alltherage/2009/09/behind-the-knot-a-quick-tour-of-brooks-bros-nyc-tie-factory.html |archive-date=September 24, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Other companies headquartered in Long Island City include independent film studio [[Troma]] and [[Standard Motor Products]].

In spring 2010, [[JetBlue Airways]] announced it was moving its headquarters from [[Forest Hills, Queens|Forest Hills]] to Long Island City, also incorporating the jobs from its [[Darien, Connecticut]], office. The airline, which operates its largest hub at JFK Airport, also operates from LaGuardia Airport, and made the [[Brewster Building (Queens)|Brewster Building]] in [[Queens Plaza, Queens|Queens Plaza]] its home.<ref>{{cite news |title=JetBlue to Remain 'New York's Hometown Airline' |url=http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/22/jetblue-headquarters-to-stay-in-new-york/ |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=March 22, 2010 |access-date=March 5, 2011 |first=Patrick |last=McGeehan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920135439/http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/22/jetblue-headquarters-to-stay-in-new-york/ |archive-date=September 20, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/23/nyregion/23jetblue.html |title=JetBlue to Move West Within Queens, Not South to Orlando |first=Patrick |last=McGeehan |date=March 22, 2010 |access-date=March 5, 2011 |work=The New York Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100326130505/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/23/nyregion/23jetblue.html |archive-date=March 26, 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> The airline moved there around mid-2012.<ref>{{cite press release |publisher=[[JetBlue Airways]] |date=March 22, 2010 |title=JetBlue Plants Its Flag in New York City with New Headquarters Location |url=http://investor.jetblue.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=131045&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1404544 |access-date=March 5, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718235652/http://investor.jetblue.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=131045&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1404544 |archive-date=July 18, 2014 }}</ref>

In November 2018, news media claimed that [[Amazon.com]] was in final talks with the [[government of New York State]] to construct one of two campuses for its proposed [[Amazon HQ2]] at [[Queens West]] in Long Island City. The other campus would be located at [[National Landing]] in [[Crystal City, Virginia]]. Both campuses would have 25,000 workers.<ref name="NYTimes-HQ2forQueens-2018">{{cite web |title=Amazon's HQ2? Make That Q for Queens |website=The New York Times |last=Goodman |first=J. David |date=November 5, 2018 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/05/nyregion/amazon-hq2-long-island-city.html |access-date=November 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106045857/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/05/nyregion/amazon-hq2-long-island-city.html |archive-date=November 6, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> The selection was confirmed by Amazon on November 13, 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://press.aboutamazon.com/news-releases/news-release-details/amazon-selects-new-york-city-and-northern-virginia-new |title=Amazon Selects New York City and Northern Virginia for New Headquarters |publisher=Amazon |date=November 13, 2018 |access-date=November 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210040248/https://press.aboutamazon.com/news-releases/news-release-details/amazon-selects-new-york-city-and-northern-virginia-new |archive-date=December 10, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Amazon's Grand Search For 2nd Headquarters Ends With Split: NYC And D.C. Suburb |publisher=[[NPR]] |last=Selyukh |first=Alina |date=November 13, 2018 |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/13/665646050/amazons-grand-search-for-2nd-headquarters-ends-with-split-nyc-and-d-c-suburb |access-date=November 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113150150/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/13/665646050/amazons-grand-search-for-2nd-headquarters-ends-with-split-nyc-and-d-c-suburb |archive-date=November 13, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> On February 14, 2019, Amazon announced it was pulling out, citing unexpected opposition from local lawmakers and unions.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/amazon-drops-plan-to-build-headquarters-in-new-york-city/2019/02/14/b7457efa-3078-11e9-86ab-5d02109aeb01_story.html|title=Amazon Drops Plan For New York City Headquarters|date=February 14, 2019|newspaper=The Washington Post|last1=McCartney|first1=Robert|last2=O'Connell|first2=Jonathan|access-date=February 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215050555/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/amazon-drops-plan-to-build-headquarters-in-new-york-city/2019/02/14/b7457efa-3078-11e9-86ab-5d02109aeb01_story.html|archive-date=February 15, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>