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