Current Public Art
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Bee Present (2025)
Bee Present, located beneath the Queensboro Bridge beside Queensbridge Park, brings new vibrancy to a vital neighborhood connector and highlights a site central to the recent One LIC rezoning effort. The mural, by local artist Mon Iker, features a dandelion—symbolizing resilience and renewal—thriving among seasonal Japanese knotweed, as a bumblebee pollinates a red clover. Drawing inspiration from the local flora and fauna of Queensbridge Park and traditional Huichol pattern-making, Bee Present celebrates nature’s persistence and interconnectedness. This project was made possible through the NYC Department of Transportation’s Community Commissions program.
Las Estrellas Briallarán (2023)
Las Estrellas Briallarán, located at P4 Skillman School (24-30 Skillman Ave), represents LIC’s great attributes such as its fast growing skyline, film industry, railroad and Queens Borough bridge. The mural consists of over 15,000 metal tiles, designed by Lina Montoya and fabricated by Boyce Technologies. Scores of volunteers from JetBlue, Tishman Speyer, LaGuardia Community College and the LIC community at large came together throughout July and August 2023 to help assemble the project. The installation helps to enliven an area previously lacking of color, and showcases how schools, BIDs and companies can come together to create a more harmonious, attractive community for all.
LIC is a Galaxy
This unique and evolving installation celebrates the idea that Long Island City is a galaxy, both diverse and unified. Whether you live and work in LIC, or are just visiting our galaxy, we encourage you to travel to all eighteen “planets” placed in tree pits throughout the district.
Twenty fiberglass spheres were manufactured by LIC-based fabricator, Sculpture House NYC. Five Queens-based artists were selected through an open call from Culture Lab LIC and commissioned to design and paint four planets each, with twenty total spheres representing our galaxy. Click on each artist below to read more about their work and the planets they created and find the location of all the artworks below! Follow along on social media with the hashtag #LICisaGalaxy