Long Island City Movers, Based Right Here in LIC
Our office and our storage facility are both in Long Island City. Most of the LIC moves we run stay inside the neighborhood or come over from Manhattan.
Two addresses are enough to start. The quote comes back with the questions to ask each building.
We are based in Long Island City, at 30-10 41st Ave, and our storage facility is at the same address. That makes us Long Island City movers in the plain sense of the words: when your move starts or ends in LIC, it starts or ends a short drive from our own door. We move everywhere in the neighborhood, from the towers on Center Boulevard to walk-ups on the side streets. The two jobs we run most here are moves within LIC and moves from Manhattan to LIC. We are NYC movers for all five boroughs, but this page is about the neighborhood we work out of. For a number on yours, send both addresses.
Moving Within Long Island City
A move from one LIC address to another is a short drive and a lot of building. When both ends are elevator buildings, each one wants its own certificate of insurance and each one sets its own move hours. The job runs on two calendars, and the date has to fit both of them.
We issue the COI for each building within one business day of booking. Ask each management office to email its requirements to you with us copied, and we send the certificate back on that same thread. Get their move rules in writing too, and we plan the crew and the truck around whatever they allow.
Moves inside the same building count too, from one apartment to another a few floors away. They follow the building’s rules like any other move: the COI, the elevator booking, the permitted hours.
For a walk-up at either end, we need the floor number and the shape of the staircase. That decides how many people we send, and on a short local move the crew is most of the price.
Manhattan to Long Island City
The other move we run all the time is Manhattan into LIC, across the East River.
On the Manhattan side, a managed building usually wants the same things an LIC tower does: a COI that names the building and its managing agent, and a reserved service elevator. So the paperwork is double, one set for each end, and both sets have to be in place before anyone lifts a box.
The dates do not always line up. If your Manhattan lease ends before the LIC one starts, your things can wait in our storage facility here in LIC and come out when the new apartment is ready, moved in and out by the same crew.
Going somewhere else? We go anywhere in the city, and our NYC to NJ movers page covers the trip across to New Jersey.
What Long Island City Buildings Ask For
Every elevator building in LIC requires a certificate of insurance. Plan on it from the first phone call.
Each building also writes its own rules for the move itself: which hours are allowed, when the service elevator can be booked and for how long, whether the walls and the cab get padded first. Ask the management office for all of it in writing, because a rule you hear about on the day is a rule that costs you the day.
On Center Boulevard, buildings usually allow moves until 8 p.m. Usually is the important word. Check with your building every time before you plan around it.
If your building has no elevator, there may be nothing to book at all, and the questions become the stairs, the doorways and where the truck can stand.
Parking and Loading in LIC
There is no curb permit to file for a move in LIC. NYC DOT does not issue permits that reserve curb space for a commercial vehicle’s pick-up or delivery.
So the truck goes where the building and the street allow. If your building has a loading dock and lets movers use it, that is where we load. If not, the truck takes the closest legal space we can find, and the distance from there to your door becomes part of the job.
Tell us what is outside the door when you book: a hydrant, a bus stop, a bike lane, a driveway. It takes a minute to describe, and it is the difference between a short carry and a long one.
Storage in Long Island City, Minutes from Your Building
Our storage facility is in LIC, at the same address as our office, and our own crews move things in and out of it. For an LIC customer that puts storage minutes away instead of across the city.
It covers short-term storage between leases and long-term storage when you need it, for household and business items. You can get to your things with at least 24 hours’ notice. The rate depends on how much you store and how long you stay, with discounts for long-term storage. Packing supplies are available as well.
The common case is the gap between leases: out of Manhattan at the end of one month, into LIC a few weeks later. The same crew loads your things into storage and brings them to the new apartment. The details are on our storage page.
What Long Island City Movers Charge
Local moves in Long Island City start at $295. Where yours lands above that depends on things we can see before the day:
- How much you are moving, and whether we pack it.
- Access at both ends: stairs, elevators and the walk from the truck.
- The date. The last days of the month are the busiest, and a local move then can cost close to double.
The cheapest time to move in NYC has the calendar, and how much movers cost in NYC explains the rest of the pricing.
Neighborhoods We Serve from Long Island City
- Hunters Point, including the Center Boulevard towers
- Court Square and Queens Plaza
- Dutch Kills, Ravenswood and Blissville
- Astoria, Sunnyside and Woodside, next door and part of our work as Queens movers
- Greenpoint, across the Pulaski Bridge in Brooklyn
The Building Decides the Slot, Not Us
Here is the honest part. On most LIC moves our schedule is not what decides the date. The building is. Every elevator building needs the COI in hand first and sets its own move hours, so the date and the hour follow its rules. If the building has one slot left this month, that is the slot.
What we can do is get the COI out within one business day and plan around whatever the building gives you. What we cannot do is talk a management office into a slot it does not offer.
Long Island City Moving Questions
Do Long Island City buildings need a COI?
Every elevator building in LIC does. We issue it within one business day of booking. Ask your management office to send its COI requirements to you with us copied, and we reply with the certificate on the same email.
Until what hour can I move on Center Boulevard?
Buildings there usually allow moves until 8 p.m., but it is not something to count on. Check with your building every time.
Can you store my things in LIC between leases?
Yes. Our facility is in LIC, and our own crews move things in and out. Give us at least 24 hours’ notice when you want to get to something.
Do I need a parking permit for the moving truck in LIC?
No. NYC DOT does not issue permits that reserve curb space for commercial pick-up and delivery, so the truck uses the building’s loading dock where one is available, or the closest legal space.
Do you move within the same building?
Yes, from one apartment to another in the same building. The building’s rules still apply: the COI, the elevator booking and its move hours.
How much does a local move in Long Island City cost?
From $295. The size of the move, packing, the stairs and elevators at both ends, and the date decide where it lands.
Moving in or out of Long Island City? Start with two addresses
Local LIC moves from $295, a COI for every elevator building, and storage a few minutes away in our own facility. Call (212) 933-9959. 900+ five-star Google reviews.
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Magical Moving & Storage, 30-10 41st Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101. Licensed and insured. USDOT 4144902, MC 1589978, NYSDOT 42311.
