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At 811 feet (247 m), The Orchard, a residential skyscraper in Long Island City, is the tallest building in Queens, and the second tallest building in New York City outside of Manhattan. [1] It surpassed the nearby 763-foot (233 m) Skyline Tower , which was Queens' tallest building from 2021 to 2024, and remains the tallest residential building ...
Since 1914, each of New York City's five boroughs has been coextensive with a county of New York State – unlike most U.S. cities, which lie within a single county or extend partially into another county, constitute a county in themselves, or are completely separate and independent of any county. Each borough is represented by a borough ...
EarthCam, Inc. is a company based in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, United States, that provides webcam content, technology and services. Founded in 1996, EarthCam.com is a network of webcameras offering a complete searchable database of views of places around the world.
Gantry Plaza State Park is a 12-acre (4.9 ha) state park [1] on the East River in the Hunters Point section of Long Island City, in the New York City borough of Queens.The park is located in a former dockyard and manufacturing district, and includes remnants of facilities from the area's past.
Skyline Tower, previously known as Court Square City View Tower, is a residential skyscraper in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens in New York City. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The building topped out in October 2019, surpassing One Court Square to become the tallest building in Queens at 762 feet (232 m). [ 3 ]
Maps from 1873 show portions of Queens Village (then called Inglewood and Queens) in the town of Hempstead, [10] but 1891 maps show it entirely in the town of Jamaica. [ 13 ] After the Borough of Queens became incorporated as part of the City of Greater New York in 1898, and the new county of Nassau was created in 1899, the border between the ...
Mosaic West Church and Community Center is located at 46-01 43rd Avenue. During the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, local business owner Sofia Moncayo led a volunteer-run food pantry at the church. [35] Islamic Institute of New York, located at 55-11 Queens Boulevard; Sunnyside Muslim Center, located at 39-18 47th Ave
Chris Jiashu Xu (Chinese: 徐家树; born in 1967) is a Chinese real estate developer.He is the founder and president of United Construction & Development Group, through which he developed Skyline Tower, the tallest skyscraper in Queens, New York City, and in all of New York State outside of Manhattan from 2019 until 2021.