Long Island City, where glass towers and million-dollar views sit next to warehouses and taxi garages, and soon, also Amazon’s new headquarters. So, what’s going on in Long Island City? Locals typically refer to it as LIC, and it sits on the western edge of Queens. It has gone from industrial to corporate chic to somewhere in between all of that. In the next 15 years, Amazon could occupy as much as eight million square feet here. The company will also take about one million square feet in the Citicorp building at Court Square. Citigroup planted LIC’s first high-rise tower here in the 1990s. Since then, low-lying warehouses and auto shops have been replaced by new office buildings and apartment complexes at a dizzying speed. Five Pointz was once a mecca for graffiti artists from around the globe. But it was demolished in 2014 to make space for new development. Last year, more new apartments were built in LIC than anywhere else in New York City. The neighborhood is also home to North America’s largest public housing project. What does the neighborhood have to offer? It is well-connected. Eight subway lines serve the area. You can be in Times Square in as little as 10 minutes — Grand Central, in about five. You can also ride the ferry or catch the Long Island Railroad. The neighborhood has its share of cultural offerings. There’s contemporary art at MoMA P.S. 1., the SculptureCenter and there’s the Queens Library at Court Square. There are large parks on the East River, as well as lots of restaurants. And the local schools? They overperform in comparison to the rest of the city. New York City recently announced $180 million in new spending on bolstering the neighborhood’s transit and fixing the sewer system, among other things. But what does Amazon have to offer in return? Jobs, jobs and more jobs. Amazon promised to hire 25,000 full-time employees at its New York headquarters. “This city, now, that tech ecosystem’s just got a huge boost from Amazon’s decision to come here. But we know that’s only going to spark a lot more growth.” Other major tech companies like Twitter, Facebook and Google already have hubs in New York. But with Amazon now moving here, too, many point to San Francisco’s affordable housing crisis as a cautionary tale. Critics fear the tech giant will benefit from up to $1.7 billion of state economic incentives and city tax breaks and give back little to the community.