Why is NYC the only US city subdivided into boroughs?

[nybbler]

Originally Posted by LTA1992

Can I ask as quick question?

Why do people refer to Long Island like Bklyn and Qns aren't sitting on Long Island?

Convention. No one wants to say "Long Island excluding the parts contained in NYC" or even "Nassau and Suffolk Counties" all the time.

[BugsyPal]

Originally Posted by LTA1992

Can I ask as quick question?

Why do people refer to Long Island like Bklyn and Qns aren't sitting on Long Island?

Forget how it came to pass but Queens by any stretch should have been part of Long Island, you just have to look at any map.

[SeventhFloor]

Originally Posted by LTA1992

Can I ask as quick question?

Why do people refer to Long Island like Bklyn and Qns aren't sitting on Long Island?

Same reason why people say I'm going to Harlem instead of I'm going to Manhattan.

[ShirlMastic Beach]

Queens is part of Long Island. Brooklyn is not. Culturally speaking.

[SeventhFloor]

Originally Posted by G-Dale

Queens is part of Long Island. Brooklyn is not. Culturally speaking.

You think so? Why is this?

[Astorian31]

Originally Posted by BugsyPal

Forget how it came to pass but Queens by any stretch should have been part of Long Island, you just have to look at any map.

Have you looked at the map?

I can understand why some people may feel that way about the eastern edges of Queens, but western Queens is closer to Manhattan (specifically Midtown) than most of Brooklyn is.

[Astorian31]

Originally Posted by G-Dale

Queens is part of Long Island. Brooklyn is not. Culturally speaking.

Not Really. Queens is extremely the diverse. The western and central neighborhoods feel nothing like Long Island. Neither do most of the southern neighborhoods. Only the outer lying eastern neighborhoods have something of a Long Island feel.