Howcome Queens and SI are not reffered to by "Queens, NY"?

[SeventhFloor]

Originally Posted by Moth

Actually, Riverdale is Riverdale, NY although it is in the Bronx.

Anyway, I asked this many moons ago and the answer was that Queens is a conglomeration of what used to be a whole bunch of little towns. That is why they have retained their own addresses.

It is not exclusive though, as I have seen addresses just for Queens, NY.

wrong.
i used to mess with a girl in riverdale and she wrote her address as bronx ny
u can thank greedy real estate angents for the riverdale, ny.
they do that thinkin it will separate it from the bronx to throw people off
even the tony private schools (riverdale, fieldston, horace mann) write their address as bronx, ny.

[SeventhFloor]

and to be completely honest, as long as you have the zip code right, you can write the address anyway you want. if you write far rockaway ny or queens ny you will still get your mail. as long as the zip code is right. and i live in far rockaway so i know.

[roseba]

I haven't seen anyone answer this question to my satifaction.

1) Historically, NYC was Manhattan island.
2) Brooklyn was a city unto itself, competing with NYC. That is why Brooklyn tends to be built up, and has its own downtown.
3) Queens, up until pretty recently, was a collection of many villages and townships. For instance, in the 1950's, Flushing was still a bunch of farms.

That is why Queens retained unique neighborhood identifiers.

Another easy tidbit for consumptions:

Zipcodes that start:

10xxx = Manhattan (mostly)
112xx = Brooklyn
113xx = Queens

[neonwattagelimit]

I'm originally from Staten Island. The mailing address is Staten Island, NY. I've never see anybody, or any piece of mail, with a neighborhood mailing address.

I have always wondered that about Queens, though. Funyun's explanation seems to make a lot of sense. However, if you have the zip code right, you can address mail to "Queens, NY"; I've done it before.

[bx718]

Originally Posted by roseba

Another easy tidbit for consumptions:

Zipcodes that start:

10xxx = Manhattan (mostly)
112xx = Brooklyn
113xx = Queens

LIC has 11101 11103 etc so there goes teh 113xx prefix for queens

we all know the mighty bronx has 104..

[DonnaReed]

Originally Posted by roseba

I haven't seen anyone answer this question to my satifaction.

1) Historically, NYC was Manhattan island.
2) Brooklyn was a city unto itself, competing with NYC. That is why Brooklyn tends to be built up, and has its own downtown.
3) Queens, up until pretty recently, was a collection of many villages and townships. For instance, in the 1950's, Flushing was still a bunch of farms.

That is why Queens retained unique neighborhood identifiers.

Another easy tidbit for consumptions:

Zipcodes that start:

10xxx = Manhattan (mostly)
112xx = Brooklyn
113xx = Queens

Queens is also

114xx

[roseba]

Originally Posted by DonnaReed

Queens is also

114xx

OK Perhaps 111xx represents the LIC zone, 113 is the Flushing Zone, 114 is the Jamaica zone.

[oc200]

Here are the Queens zip codes.

http://www.transalt.org/crashmaps/qu.../image_map.gif

[SeventhFloor]

110 = floral park p.o.
111 = lic p.o.
113 = flushing p.o.
114 = jamaica p.o.
116 = far rockaway p.o.

[roseba]

Originally Posted by SeventhFloor

110 = floral park p.o.
111 = lic p.o.
113 = flushing p.o.
114 = jamaica p.o.
116 = far rockaway p.o.

So I was right. I just didn't fill in the 116 cause I didn't know about it.