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Queens goes by the Continental Street numbering system. Because Queens has numbered streets and avenues that intersect on the grid, the Continental numbering system actually helps you to know what street or avenue the address is near.
Avenues/Roads/Drives in Queens run from north to south, the numbers increase as you go south. So in Whitestone you have 3rd Avenue, St. Albans you have 114th Drive, Laurelton you have 141st Road and in Howard Beach you have 165th Avenue.
Streets/Places/Terraces in Queens run from west to east, the numbers increase as you go east. So you have 12th Street in Long Island City, 81st Street in Jackson Heights, 150th Street in Jamaica and 262nd Place in Rosedale.
So a fictional address like 134-19 128th Street would let you know that the address is near 134th Avenue. A fictional address such as 134-83 128th Street would let you know that the address is close to 135th Avenue.
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.
My first seven years of life were lived in Riverdale. We almost wrote out our address as 5545 Henry Hudson Parkway, Riverdale 71, New York. With the Zone Improvement Plan or "ZIP" my then old neighorhood was "Riverdale, NY 10471." I don't know of anyone who used "Bronx" in the address including my grandmother, who lived there until being pt in a nursing home.
My first seven years of life were lived in Riverdale. We almost wrote out our address as 5545 Henry Hudson Parkway, Riverdale 71, New York. With the Zone Improvement Plan or "ZIP" my then old neighorhood was "Riverdale, NY 10471." I don't know of anyone who used "Bronx" in the address including my grandmother, who lived there until being pt in a nursing home.
So what is the reasoning for anybody using Riverdale, NY instead of Bronx, NY?
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You're right about Queens but I have not seen that for Staten Island. Another anomaly for Queens are that most addresses are hyphenated. Ex. 134-87 Queens Blvd. Why is that?
Just to annoy people trying to navigate Queens. OY, and all those Streets, Avenues, Roads, Boulevards, and Terraces...like navigating Bedlam.
So what is the reasoning for anybody using Riverdale, NY instead of Bronx, NY?
I guess the Riverdalians, as we called ourselves, were a bit snobbish and didn't want too much association with the rest of the Bronx. There is a sharp difference noticeable when you go down the steep hill from Fieldston Academy and Horace Mann, both hoity-toity private schools,to Broadway. The area becomes much more "down to earth" at Broadway despite Van Cortland Park's presence. The Riverdale-Yonkers line is a rare case where the neighborhood on the Westchester side is generally less desirable. I will note that my grandparents lived just into Yonkers on the one collection of a few streets, Fanshor Avenue, which was nice. They weren't above walking into the Bronx during the 1947 telephone operator's strike to use dial payphones, though. We did have a phone exchange from a grittier area, KIngsbridge 3 and 8.
A similar phenomena exists were I live right now. Before the Village of Rye Brook was formed, occupying the unincorporated part of Rye Town, the people used to say they lived in the Town of Rye. This was snobbism. The zip code was Port Chester. The police and fire was Port Chester. The telephone exchange, WEstmore 7 and 9 was Port Chester, but before Rye Brook was formed in 1982 they wanted no part of Port Chester.
I guess the Riverdalians, as we called ourselves, were a bit snobbish and didn't want too much association with the rest of the Bronx. There is a sharp difference noticeable when you go down the steep hill from Fieldston Academy and Horace Mann, both hoity-toity private schools,to Broadway. The area becomes much more "down to earth" at Broadway despite Van Cortland Park's presence. The Riverdale-Yonkers line is a rare case where the neighborhood on the Westchester side is generally less desirable. I will note that my grandparents lived just into Yonkers on the one collection of a few streets, Fanshor Avenue, which was nice. They weren't above walking into the Bronx during the 1947 telephone operator's strike to use dial payphones, though. We did have a phone exchange from a grittier area, KIngsbridge 3 and 8.
A similar phenomena exists were I live right now. Before the Village of Rye Brook was formed, occupying the unincorporated part of Rye Town, the people used to say they lived in the Town of Rye. This was snobbism. The zip code was Port Chester. The police and fire was Port Chester. The telephone exchange, WEstmore 7 and 9 was Port Chester, but before Rye Brook was formed in 1982 they wanted no part of Port Chester.
In short it had nothing to do with realtors.
The Bronx has had one of the worst reputations of any area in the country. Back in the 70s and 80s it was famous even internationally as the prime example of America's urban crisis. It's hardly rocket science to figure out why people in the nicer areas of the borough would try to put as much mental space between themselves and what was happening specifically in the South Bronx.
The Bronx has had one of the worst reputations of any area in the country. Back in the 70s and 80s it was famous even internationally as the prime example of America's urban crisis. It's hardly rocket science to figure out why people in the nicer areas of the borough would try to put as much mental space between themselves and what was happening specifically in the South Bronx.
I was describing Riverdale circa 1963-4. The South Bronx was lower middle-class then. We evacuated my father's aunt and uncle from the South Bronx (near Yankee Stadium) to Queens around 1968 or 1969.
I guess the Riverdalians, as we called ourselves, were a bit snobbish and didn't want too much association with the rest of the Bronx. There is a sharp difference noticeable when you go down the steep hill from Fieldston Academy and Horace Mann, both hoity-toity private schools,to Broadway. The area becomes much more "down to earth" at Broadway despite Van Cortland Park's presence. The Riverdale-Yonkers line is a rare case where the neighborhood on the Westchester side is generally less desirable. I will note that my grandparents lived just into Yonkers on the one collection of a few streets, Fanshor Avenue, which was nice. They weren't above walking into the Bronx during the 1947 telephone operator's strike to use dial payphones, though. We did have a phone exchange from a grittier area, KIngsbridge 3 and 8.
A similar phenomena exists were I live right now. Before the Village of Rye Brook was formed, occupying the unincorporated part of Rye Town, the people used to say they lived in the Town of Rye. This was snobbism. The zip code was Port Chester. The police and fire was Port Chester. The telephone exchange, WEstmore 7 and 9 was Port Chester, but before Rye Brook was formed in 1982 they wanted no part of Port Chester.
In short it had nothing to do with realtors.
Well that's even a worse reason to not want to put your address as Bronx, NY in my opinion. Wonder why Riverdale never petitioned to become part of Westchester County.
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Technically you can write the addresses however you feel but it's the zipcode that matters the most.
I've seen addresses listed as Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx, NY but the zipcode is what really counts.
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