Long Island City (Images of America) - Softcover

Long Island City captures the unique flavor of a former city (1870-1898) nestled between Manhattan and Queens that retains its 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 piano factory, the movie industry, the Information Age, and a growing list of museums and galleries. Minutes from midtown Manhattan, it is again a magnet for new generations seeking the charms of a small town with the advantages of a great city.

The Greater Astoria Historical Society is a dynamic group known throughout New York for its vigorous efforts in community preservation, lively programming, and imaginative history articles featured in many publications. Board members Thomas Jackson and Richard Melnick successfully create the defining book on New York's Other City.