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USPS splits up Queens in 5 distinct neighborhoods in their sorting. It's either Flushing, Floral Park, Far Rockaway, LIC or Jamaica. I think it has to do w/ the fact that Queens wasn't consolidated when the postal service began operations, or something along those lines. Odd thing is, when I lived in Maspeth, my mail said Flushing, NY instead of Long Island City, NY. LIC is right next to Maspeth.
If you wanted, could you technically put Queens down as your mailing address, or even New York, since it is part of New York City? If you lived in Queens, or any of the outer boroughs, if someone from another area sent you mail that had your address perfect, with the right house number, street, zipcode and everything....but put "new york, ny" instead of "Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island, or Bronx"....would you not get your mail? That seems stupid, seeing as you are a resident of New York City. Upstate its actually the opposite....I live in the town of Greece, a suburb of Rochester, yet my mailing address is for "Rochester", as it is for all of the inner ring suburbs....the towns of Greece, Gates, Brighton, Irondequoit, and even Hilton all have "Rochester" as their mailing address.
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When I was looking to get a teaching job in the city, I had just recently moved to Queens from Suffolk county on Long Island. So my cell's area code is 631, and my town was Maspeth, NY. So many principals never heard of Maspeth, so they assumed it was in Suffolk. I think that affected me not getting as many calls for a job, since I've heard they want people to live fairly close by. I had to convince them that I lived in Queens now lol
So I actually updated my resume and cover letter and just put "Queens, NY" instead of Maspeth, NY. I did that so the Principals would know I live in Queens. I don't know if it was coincidence, but like a week later I was hired.
I remember back in the early 60's when zips were just two numbers the address would be for example 125-10 XXXX St Flushing, Queens, 55 NY and then later into the 70's the zip expanded to 11355 and the "Queens" was dropped. Just a change of the times like when phone numbers were in the format LE9-1234 and now the letters are dropped in favor of all numerics.
Here's why we use our neighborhood in the address line in Queens instead of Queens, NY (and as far as I know, Staten Island mail is addressed "Staten Island, NY" and not with the specific neighborhood - Queens is the only borough that uses neighborhoods on mail):
"The United States Postal Service divides the borough into five "towns" based roughly on those in existence at the time of the consolidation of the five boroughs into New York City: Long Island City, Jamaica, Flushing, Far Rockaway, and Floral Park. These ZIP codes do not necessarily reflect actual neighborhood names and boundaries; "East Elmhurst," for example, was largely coined by the United States Postal Service and is not an official community. Most neighborhoods have no solid boundaries. The Forest Hills and Rego Park neighborhoods, for instance, overlap.
Residents of Queens often closely identify with their neighborhood rather than with the borough or city as a whole. Postal addresses are written with the neighborhood, state, and then zip code rather than the borough or city. The borough is a patchwork of dozens of unique neighborhoods, each with its own distinct identity. Howard Beach, Woodhaven, and Middle Village are home to large Italian American populations, Rockaway Beach has a large Irish American population. Astoria, in the northwest, is traditionally home to one of the largest Greek populations outside of Greece, and is home to a growing population of young professionals from Manhattan. Maspeth is home to many European immigrants, including a large Polish population, as well as a large Hispanic population."
When I was looking to get a teaching job in the city, I had just recently moved to Queens from Suffolk county on Long Island. So my cell's area code is 631, and my town was Maspeth, NY. So many principals never heard of Maspeth, so they assumed it was in Suffolk. I think that affected me not getting as many calls for a job, since I've heard they want people to live fairly close by. I had to convince them that I lived in Queens now lol
So I actually updated my resume and cover letter and just put "Queens, NY" instead of Maspeth, NY. I did that so the Principals would know I live in Queens. I don't know if it was coincidence, but like a week later I was hired.
Howcome those are the only 2 boroughs that aren't written as "Queens, NY" and "Staten Island, NY" in their addresses? I've wondered this for a while.
where did you see a neighborhood in staten island used in the address?
because they use staten island, ny.
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