Hunters Point
Long Island City is a neighborhood within the New York City borough of Queens. It is bordered by Astoria to the north; the East River to the west; Sunnyside to the east; and Newtown Creek, which separates Queens from Greenpoint, Brooklyn, to the south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: neighborhood and historic district in New York City
- Also known as: “Hunters Point, Queens”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Long Island City station and United Nations Headquarters.
Long Island City station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Long Island City station is a rail terminal of the Long Island Rail Road in the Hunters Point and Long Island City neighborhoods of Queens, New York City.
United Nations Headquarters
Photo: Superbass, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The headquarters of the United Nations is on 17 to 18 acres of grounds in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It borders First Avenue to the west, 42nd Street to the south, 48th Street to the north, and the East River to the east.
Vernon Boulevard–Jackson Avenue station
Metro station
Photo: Tdorante10, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Vernon Boulevard–Jackson Avenue station is a local station on the IRT Flushing Line of the New York City Subway, and the westernmost station on the Queens portion of the line.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Long Island City and Astoria and Tudor City.
Long Island City and Astoria
Tudor City
Neighborhood
Photo: Niklem, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tudor City is an apartment complex on the East Side of Manhattan in New York City, bordering the Turtle Bay and Murray Hill neighborhoods. It lies on a low cliff east of Second Avenue, between 40th and 43rd Streets, and overlooks First Avenue to the east.
Kips Bay
Neighborhood
Photo: jim.henderson, GFDL.
Kips Bay, or Kip's Bay, is a neighborhood on the east side of the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is roughly bounded by 34th Street to the north, the East River to the east, 23rd Street to the south, and Third Avenue to the west.
Hunters Point
- Categories: historic district and locality
- Location: New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.74254° or 40° 44′ 33″ northLongitude
-73.95664° or 73° 57′ 24″ westElevation
13 feet (4 metres)Open location code
87G8P2VV+28OpenStreetMap ID
node 8680776069OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Hunters Point” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Hunters Point”
- French: “Hunters Point”
- German: “Hunters Point”
- Spanish: “Hunters Point”
- Urdu: “ہنٹرز پوئنٹ، کوئینز”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Hunters Point”. Photo: GeorgeLouis, CC BY-SA 3.0.