Long Island City Courthouse Complex

The Long Island City Courthouse is located at 25-10 Court Square in Long Island City, Queens, in New York City. It formerly housed Criminal Court, County Court, the District Attorney staff, and the county sheriff's office. Today the Courthouse is another home to the Civil Term of Supreme Court, Queens County. (Civil Term also sits in Jamaica). The courthouse was designed by the architect George Hathorne. It was considered to be one of the most important buildings in Queens County. It was built in 1874, but remodeled and enlarged in 1904 after a fire destroyed a portion of it. The building was raised from two stories to four stories in order to accommodate the needs of the court. The courthouse is designed in what has been variously...