Pepsi-Cola sign

The Pepsi-Cola sign is a neon sign at Gantry Plaza State Park in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens in New York City. The sign, visible from Manhattan and the East River, was built in 1940 and originally installed atop PepsiCo 's bottling factory nearby.

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Type: Tourist attraction
Description: sign in Queens, New York
Also known as: “Pepsi-Cola Sign”
Address: 4-09 47th Road, Long Island City, NY 11109

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include United Nations Headquarters and Gantry Plaza State Park.

United Nations Headquarters

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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, United States. United Nations Headquarters is situated 2,800 feet west of Pepsi-Cola sign.

Gantry Plaza State Park

Park

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Gantry Plaza State Park is a 12-acre state park on the East River in the Hunters Point section of Long Island City, in the New York City borough of Queens.

Belmont Island

Islet

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U Thant Island is a small artificial island or islet in New York City's East River, within the borough of Manhattan. The 100-by-200-foot island, created during the construction of the Steinway Tunnel directly underneath, is the smallest island in Manhattan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Long Island City and Astoria and Tudor City.

Long Island City and Astoria

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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.

Tudor City

Neighborhood

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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.

Murray Hill

Neighborhood

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Murray Hill is a neighborhood on the east side of Manhattan in New York City. Murray Hill is generally bordered to the east by the East River or Kips Bay and to the west by Midtown Manhattan, though the exact boundaries are disputed.

Pepsi-Cola sign

Categories: neon sign, billboard, architectural landmark, and tourism
Location: Queens, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.74748° or 40° 44′ 51″ north

Longitude

-73.9577° or 73° 57′ 28″ west

Inception

1940

Named after

PepsiCo

Open location code

87G8P2WR+XW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 238974585

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

Wikidata ID

Q97883006

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Japanese—“Pepsi-Cola sign” goes by many names.

Chinese: “百事可樂標誌”
Japanese: “ペプシコーラの看板”

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Highlights include Queens West Sports Field and Anable Basin.

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