https://phys.org/news/2018-11-queens-neighborhood-wary-amazon-town.html

The plan appears to be to split the difference on the East Coast with two new sites—one in Virginia just outside Washington and the other in Long Island City, the westernmost part of Queens just across the East River from Manhattan.

For those who don't venture across the water, Long Island City is synonymous with the giant neon red "Pepsi-Cola" sign visible from Manhattan, a relic from the beverage company's factory that shut down in 1999.