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Dutch Kills, New York City — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Dutch Kills is a small neighbourhood in the Long Island City section of Queens, in New York City.
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Where to stay in Dutch Kills
The practical side of choosing where to sleep.
Dutch Kills works as a low-key base a few subway stops from Midtown. Rooms cluster tight here. Many of the hotels rise along Northern Boulevard and the blocks around Queens Plaza, where the E, M and R trains and the elevated 7 line pull travellers across the East River in minutes.
Book close to the tracks and you trade a bit of quiet for a fast run into Manhattan.
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Queens Plaza
Queens Plaza gathers the E, M, R and elevated 7 trains under the old Queensboro Bridge approach, the fastest single interchange out of Dutch Kills toward Manhattan.Find hotels in Queens Plazabudget-minded guests happy to swap river views for a plain, practical baseNorthern Boulevard
Northern Boulevard carries most of the neighbourhood's hotel blocks and its late-opening diners, a workaday commercial spine rather than a scenic one.Find hotels in Northern Boulevardwalkers who want a patch of green a short stroll from the subwayDutch Kills Green
Dutch Kills Green threads a slim ribbon of lawn and paths beside Queens Plaza.Find hotels in Dutch Kills GreenHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
Things to do in and around New York City
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Museums & Galleries
3- Mount Vernon Hotel Museum Heritage
- Fisher Landau Center
- Noguchi Museum
Churches & Religious Sites
3- Church of St. Vincent Ferrer Heritage
- First Hungarian Reformed Church of New York Heritage
- St. Vartan Cathedral
Parks & Gardens
1- Magic Towne House
Landmarks & Notable Places
3- Pepsi-Cola sign Heritage
- Blackwell House Heritage
- William and Helen Martin Murphy Ziegler, Jr. House Heritage
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About Dutch Kills
What are the main landmarks in Dutch Kills?
Dutch Kills has few set pieces of its own. The neighbourhood sits within Long Island City, so its best-known sights lie just beyond the immediate streets, among them the Museum of the Moving Image, the Noguchi Museum and the waterfront Socrates Sculpture Park. Above the rail approaches, the red Pepsi-Cola sign marks the skyline that travellers glimpse from the platforms around Queens Plaza.
The green ribbon of Dutch Kills Green sits closer to hand.
What is the history of Dutch Kills?
A tidal creek named this place. The word kill is Dutch for a small watercourse. Early Dutch and English farmers settled the marshy flats along that creek, and the name outlasted the water once the arms of the stream were filled and built over during the industrial growth of Long Island City.
Rail yards, factories and the elevated approaches to the Queensboro Bridge reshaped the ground around Queens Plaza.
Where is Dutch Kills?
Dutch Kills lies in western Queens, set among the elevated lines of Long Island City just east of the East River and the Queensboro Bridge.
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What is the best area to stay in Dutch Kills?
Queens Plaza: travellers who want a one-transfer subway hop into Midtown from the door. Northern Boulevard: budget-minded guests happy to swap river views for a plain, practical base. Dutch Kills Green: walkers who want a patch of green a short stroll from the subway.
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Updated October 2026