Long Island City

by Richard Melnick, Greater Astoria Historical Society, Thomas Jackson

Book Overview

Long Island City captures the unique flavor of a former city (1870-1898) nestled between Manhattan and Queens that retains its unique identity to this day.

Created by consolidating Old Astoria Village, Steinway, Ravenswood, Dutch Kills, Blissville, Sunnyside, and the Long Island Rail Road terminal in Hunters Point, it has been an industrial dynamo since the Civil War. It is home to creative people and innovative ideas, the Steinway...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738536660
• ISBN13: 9780738536668
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.2"