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Get 7 Train, Unisphere and Other Queens-Themed Emojis for Free

 The 12 emojis were designed by Digital Natives Group and are available for free in the iMessage app store.
The 12 emojis were designed by Digital Natives Group and are available for free in the iMessage app store.
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Screenshot/Designs by Digital Natives Group

You don't need words to express your love for Queens — you can now do it with emojis.

A Long Island City-based digital marketing firm made their own set of stickers for Apple's iMessage, featuring cartoon images inspired by the borough's popular landmarks that you can now text to friends.

The 12 emojis — designed by Digital Natives Group and available for free in the iMessage app store — include the 7 train, Queensboro Bridge, Unisphere, Citigroup building and Astoria beer garden, aptly represented by a mug of frothy beer.

There are also stickers for Sunnyside, the gantries on the Hunters Point waterfront, LaGuardia and JFK airports and the Rockaways (which features a surfboard).

"It was a lot of fun," said Digital Natives partner Ben Guttmann, who said they were inspired to make the set after seeing that Apple's latest operating system lets designers create their own stickers for iMessage.

"We saw that and we said, 'We have to do something. That's going to be a fun little Queens pride project," he said.

Queens iMessage Stickers

The company, which designs websites, mobile apps and social media campaigns, has been headquartered in Hunters Point for about four years, according to Guttmann.

All of the Queens stickers were designed in-house, and can be used on any iPhone or iPad that has the iOS 10 operating system.

Digital Natives may create more Queens emojis and add them to the collection in the future.

"We would definitely love to add more as time goes on," Guttmann said. "We'd love any suggestions."