Fun Fact is that even after it became a borough, Queens even kept its original borders for some time before Hempstead, North Hempstead, and Oyster Bay split from it to become today's Nassau County!
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Earlier this year I ordered from a company based in Germany. I have the package delivered to my address in Queens. When I opened the package, it contained a note written in both English and German. It starts with “Greetings to Astoria”. I found it funny.
I live in Brooklyn and I feel like I knew this, but in passing. Like I remember seeing Flushing, NY or Jamaica, NY on some addresses and thought that looked a little strange but I couldn't figure out why it looked strange so I just took it for granted. Now it all makes so much! Thank you for the interesting tidbit.
Not "City Boroughs." Central Library(CL?*)/Jamaica(JM?), Forest Hills(FH*), Queens Village(QV*), Ridgewood(RW*), and Kew Gardens (KG*) are "neighborhoods" in Queens county AKA the borough of Queens. They are all in the borough of Queens 👑. * If I remembered correctly, except for the these were abbreviated forms I think were used when I used to work in the Queensborough Public Library (they have changed their name to Queens Library after the COVID-19 pandemic.) I just don't remember what was used for the Central Library in Jamaica, Queens on Merrick Blvd.
I actually did not know that, it seems I grew up in hardmode of addresses. I thought the other boroughs would also write out their specific address in post. Having worked in logistics/a warehouse with deliveries, the address written out also reflected this but did not notice it until you pointed out.
If I'm not mistaken I remember people in Coney Island (Brooklyn) writing Coney Island in the address instead of Brooklyn. Not related to this subject: most people forget that Brooklyn is in Kings County, and Staten Island in Richmound County. Non-Newyorkers' idea of New York City is actually Manhattan, which is in New York County. "Newyorkers living in other boroughs say I'm going to Manhattan" and not "I'm going to New York". And for a Newyorker "New York City" (NYC) is all the city including the 5 boroughs.
There are also people at least in Queens who use "the city" to mean Manhattan. As in, "I work in the city." And "the Island" is always Nassau or Suffolk counties.
Sometimes native New Yorkers living in the outer boroughs will call Manhattan "the city" instead of just saying Manhattan. So they'll be like, "I'm going to the city this weekend."
@@professional.commentatorWhen some people from the outer boroughs said they are going to "The City" they are usually talking about Manhattan below 110th Street. When it comes to places above 110th Street like Harlem, they will say "I'm going to Harlem" (at least black and brown folks do this). The same thing with Roosevelt Island (which is also part of Manhattan).
Neat video. Thank you! There are some odd quirks with USPS electronic address correction services. I'd bed I mentioned on your last video they always suggest removing the dash. Of course I always put it back in! But also it will sometimes suggest multiple "City" aka neighborhood names for some addresses. And I have heard of people who have received mail addressed to them as being in Flushing when they aren't. I enjoy all these quirks!
Im From Ridgewood Queens 👑 I love my Borough. I always noticed Why Queens is the only borough that uses mostly numbers and uses the neighborhoods for it's addresses. Also driving we mainly use stop signs then traffic lights because we have so many one ways. But Thank you for your video 😊
I remember once when I worked for a company in Queens and I was speaking to someone from across the country. "Is Glendale near New York?" I had to explain the history of Queens.
Even the ZIP Codes are weird across NYC. Manhattan's begins with 100-102, Staten Island, 103 and Bronx, 104. So, Brooklyn or Queens should start with 105, right? Bzzt! Wrong. For some reason, Brooklyn's ZIP codes jump to 112, and for Queens, it can be 110, 111, 113, 114 or even 116.
All of the addresses on Long Island start with 11. And Brooklyn and Queens technically are on Long Island. If ZIP codes were invented today, they might have done done what you suggest.
@@queens.dee.223 I guess that makes sense. 105-109 continues north through the Hudson River Valley, and then 110 brings you back to Long Island and the numbers increase going east. It still makes more sense than NJ, which only got 07xxx-08xxx because they were literally out of numbers to assign other than the 0's that weren't already used in New England.
You are correct. However, both Flushing and Corona are relevant in this context. While the 11368 Zip code technically corresponds to Corona, it is also associated with Flushing because that is where the main post office is located. Similarly, Forest Hills has a Zip code of 11375, but Flushing serves as its main post office as well. This association dates back to a time before Queens County became a borough when it was made up of various towns and villages. A comparable example can be found in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, such as the village of Rockville Centre, which is located within the town of Hempstead. All Zip codes starting with 113 will be associated with Flushing.
I remember my relatives from upstate was trying to come to queens but since it’s not saying queens ny. They thought we live outside of the city and asking why they need to take the Whitestone bridge to our place if it’s not queens ny.
There is an important reason for this practice. Street names are or were repeated in Queens. I just checked with Bing: It is common for neighborhoods in different parts of Queens to have a street by the same name. According to a 1921 book published by the Queens Chamber of Commerce, there were 23 streets named “Washington” and the same number of others named “Lincoln” within the borough1. However, the old alphabetical street names were replaced with a grid of numerical streets and avenues in the 1910s and 1920s2. The Queens street nomenclature is simple - one set of numbered streets and avenues
BTW, the reason I know is that this is really a problem in Boston because people use "Boston" often rather than neighborhood names, and it can be very confusing - especially to nav problems that want the zip code rather than the village name. And it gets even quirkier when a street with one name in another town changes the name at a border because the name belongs to a different street. Then we have streets that change their name on a traffic light change.
Hi, some neighborhood borders are unknown to most people where most people who do or don't live in Queens will get the neighborhood names incorrect or they also do not know the borderline between one neighborhood and the next one. One more thing: I always see people write Flushing but the zip code has nothing to do with the neighborhood of Flushing (which actually has either 11354 or 11355 as its zip code.) And what used to be called Bayside is now 5 zip code neighborhoods with different names: 11360 is Bayside , 11361 is 11362 is Little Neck, 11363 is Douglaston, 11364 is Oakland Gardens or rarely some people do call it Hollis Hills, not to be confused with the neighborhood of Hollis where the zip code is 11423. But then again, Queens from 200+ years ago only had 4.5 Neighborhoods: Flushing(was from College Point Blvd to Union Tpke, north to south: the street called Kissena Blvd, today, used to be called Merrick Blvd., Currently Merrick Blvd is from neighborhood Jamaica (zip code 11432, & 11433) all the way into Long Island in Hempstead, Nassau County: south of Union Turnpike was all called Jamaica before you reach Long Island 200+ years ago. Merrick Blvd. went from Flushing into Long Island.), Jamaica, Long Island City, Newtown (later renamed Elmhurst) and northern part of Hempstead on Long Island. 😮😅
The funny thing is that some zip code addresses in Queens go across neighborhoods, so sometimes the wrong neighborhood shows up when u search for addresses. For example, Citi Field is under the Corona zipcode of 11368, but it is commonly referred to being in Flushing. Even though it's address should be 11368 Flushing NY, sometimes maps show it as 11368 Corona NY (you can see this on google maps). Sometimes, this will be super misleading. For example, 11375 is mostly in Forest Hills. However, it technically overlaps with flushing meadows corona park, so a lot of maps will just say that all addresses in 11375 are in Flushing NY, when really almost all of the addresses in the zipcode are in Forest Hills. So if you're going to a restaurant that is listed as 11375 Flushing NY and you go to Flushing and start looking for it, you will never find it since the restaurant is actually in Forest Hills.
You are correct. However, both Flushing and Corona are relevant in this context. While the 11368 Zip code technically corresponds to Corona, it is also associated with Flushing because that is where the main post office is located. Similarly, Forest Hills has a Zip code of 11375, but Flushing serves as its main post office as well. This association dates back to a time before Queens County became a borough when it was made up of various towns and villages. A comparable example can be found in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, such as the village of Rockville Centre, which is located within the town of Hempstead. All Zip codes starting with 113 will be associated with Flushing.
This behavior is not entirely unique to Queens, some people do it for neighborhoods of other boroughs of NYC, e.g. 10471 (Riverdale, NY vs. Bronx NY). However the USPS says Riverdale is a "city name to avoid" and to use Bronx instead. I do wonder why Queens is the other way 'round and the historical path to becoming a borough doesn't really answer that question.
I think because there was opposition to becoming part of the city. 70% of the county became Nassau County when Queens became a borough not everyone was happy. Also, town and village names were well established.
Unnecessary & confusing, Queens is in NYC all that matters is the correct zipcode regardless of borough. New York, NY followed by your zipcode is valid throughout the 5 boroughs.
Nope. Queens County was 70% larger until Nassau County succeeded. These were well-established towns and villages before becoming a borough of the City of New York. Only the Borough of Manhattan goes by N.Y., N.Y per the USPS. Brooklyn is Kings County, Staten Island is Richmond County and the Bronx is Bronx County which was part of Westchester County.
Please don't say it is OK to address the mail as Queens, NY. It is cringeworthy when someone only says in Queens, rather than using the neighborhood names, which were the village names before it became part of the city, like Jackson Heights, Flushing, Sunnyside, Forest Hills, or Astoria. Queens has a rich history dating back to the 1600s. Most residents identify with their neighborhood. No one ever said they lived in Queens until Hollywood came along and blanketed the whole borough rather than using the neighborhood names.
Imagine if this gets pinned though…
Urban Caffeine pinned your comment. : )
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@@osagiee.guobadia-secondytc4624that was he's goal attention
Fun Fact is that even after it became a borough, Queens even kept its original borders for some time before Hempstead, North Hempstead, and Oyster Bay split from it to become today's Nassau County!
super fun fact
I love how concise dis video is. Salute. Thank you🫡
Thanks Thea. I remember that you once told us that you won't upload every single week.
I appreciate you for making videos about NYC, no matter how often you upload. We support you!
Earlier this year I ordered from a company based in Germany. I have the package delivered to my address in Queens. When I opened the package, it contained a note written in both English and German. It starts with “Greetings to Astoria”. I found it funny.
That's hilarious! 😂
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I live in Brooklyn and I feel like I knew this, but in passing. Like I remember seeing Flushing, NY or Jamaica, NY on some addresses and thought that looked a little strange but I couldn't figure out why it looked strange so I just took it for granted. Now it all makes so much! Thank you for the interesting tidbit.
Nice for Queens to have different City boroughs including Jamaica, Forest Hills, Queens Village, Ridgewood, and on Kew Gardens. : )
Not "City Boroughs." Central Library(CL?*)/Jamaica(JM?), Forest Hills(FH*), Queens Village(QV*), Ridgewood(RW*), and Kew Gardens (KG*) are "neighborhoods" in Queens county AKA the borough of Queens. They are all in the borough of Queens 👑.
* If I remembered correctly, except for the these were abbreviated forms I think were used when I used to work in the Queensborough Public Library (they have changed their name to Queens Library after the COVID-19 pandemic.) I just don't remember what was used for the Central Library in Jamaica, Queens on Merrick Blvd.
@@trien30 OK. : )
I actually did not know that, it seems I grew up in hardmode of addresses. I thought the other boroughs would also write out their specific address in post. Having worked in logistics/a warehouse with deliveries, the address written out also reflected this but did not notice it until you pointed out.
If I'm not mistaken I remember people in Coney Island (Brooklyn) writing Coney Island in the address instead of Brooklyn.
Not related to this subject: most people forget that Brooklyn is in Kings County, and Staten Island in Richmound County. Non-Newyorkers' idea of New York City is actually Manhattan, which is in New York County. "Newyorkers living in other boroughs say I'm going to Manhattan" and not "I'm going to New York". And for a Newyorker "New York City" (NYC) is all the city including the 5 boroughs.
There are also people at least in Queens who use "the city" to mean Manhattan. As in, "I work in the city." And "the Island" is always Nassau or Suffolk counties.
Sometimes native New Yorkers living in the outer boroughs will call Manhattan "the city" instead of just saying Manhattan. So they'll be like, "I'm going to the city this weekend."
@@professional.commentatorWhen some people from the outer boroughs said they are going to "The City" they are usually talking about Manhattan below 110th Street. When it comes to places above 110th Street like Harlem, they will say "I'm going to Harlem" (at least black and brown folks do this). The same thing with Roosevelt Island (which is also part of Manhattan).
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Neat video. Thank you! There are some odd quirks with USPS electronic address correction services. I'd bed I mentioned on your last video they always suggest removing the dash. Of course I always put it back in! But also it will sometimes suggest multiple "City" aka neighborhood names for some addresses. And I have heard of people who have received mail addressed to them as being in Flushing when they aren't. I enjoy all these quirks!
Im From Ridgewood Queens 👑 I love my Borough. I always noticed Why Queens is the only borough that uses mostly numbers and uses the neighborhoods for it's addresses. Also driving we mainly use stop signs then traffic lights because we have so many one ways. But Thank you for your video 😊
Have a good break!
Never really thought about this...
Oh this is a good video‼️
I remember once when I worked for a company in Queens and I was speaking to someone from across the country. "Is Glendale near New York?" I had to explain the history of Queens.
I am a former resident of Kew Gardens, 11415...Rgds from Brazil
yay!!!!! you made the video :)
Even the ZIP Codes are weird across NYC. Manhattan's begins with 100-102, Staten Island, 103 and Bronx, 104. So, Brooklyn or Queens should start with 105, right? Bzzt! Wrong. For some reason, Brooklyn's ZIP codes jump to 112, and for Queens, it can be 110, 111, 113, 114 or even 116.
All of the addresses on Long Island start with 11. And Brooklyn and Queens technically are on Long Island. If ZIP codes were invented today, they might have done done what you suggest.
@@queens.dee.223 I guess that makes sense. 105-109 continues north through the Hudson River Valley, and then 110 brings you back to Long Island and the numbers increase going east.
It still makes more sense than NJ, which only got 07xxx-08xxx because they were literally out of numbers to assign other than the 0's that weren't already used in New England.
Just did a quick search: there are 87 zip codes but 91 neighborhoods in Queens!
I remember the earlier Queens address video. “Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy” 😛
You are correct. However, both Flushing and Corona are relevant in this context. While the 11368 Zip code technically corresponds to Corona, it is also associated with Flushing because that is where the main post office is located. Similarly, Forest Hills has a Zip code of 11375, but Flushing serves as its main post office as well. This association dates back to a time before Queens County became a borough when it was made up of various towns and villages. A comparable example can be found in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, such as the village of Rockville Centre, which is located within the town of Hempstead. All Zip codes starting with 113 will be associated with Flushing.
Can you make a video on the best or worst subway lines.
I remember my relatives from upstate was trying to come to queens but since it’s not saying queens ny. They thought we live outside of the city and asking why they need to take the Whitestone bridge to our place if it’s not queens ny.
There is an important reason for this practice. Street names are or were repeated in Queens. I just checked with Bing:
It is common for neighborhoods in different parts of Queens to have a street by the same name. According to a 1921 book published by the Queens Chamber of Commerce, there were 23 streets named “Washington” and the same number of others named “Lincoln” within the borough1. However, the old alphabetical street names were replaced with a grid of numerical streets and avenues in the 1910s and 1920s2. The Queens street nomenclature is simple - one set of numbered streets and avenues
BTW, the reason I know is that this is really a problem in Boston because people use "Boston" often rather than neighborhood names, and it can be very confusing - especially to nav problems that want the zip code rather than the village name. And it gets even quirkier when a street with one name in another town changes the name at a border because the name belongs to a different street. Then we have streets that change their name on a traffic light change.
Hi, some neighborhood borders are unknown to most people where most people who do or don't live in Queens will get the neighborhood names incorrect or they also do not know the borderline between one neighborhood and the next one. One more thing: I always see people write Flushing but the zip code has nothing to do with the neighborhood of Flushing (which actually has either 11354 or 11355 as its zip code.) And what used to be called Bayside is now 5 zip code neighborhoods with different names: 11360 is Bayside , 11361 is 11362 is Little Neck, 11363 is Douglaston, 11364 is Oakland Gardens or rarely some people do call it Hollis Hills, not to be confused with the neighborhood of Hollis where the zip code is 11423. But then again, Queens from 200+ years ago only had 4.5 Neighborhoods: Flushing(was from College Point Blvd to Union Tpke, north to south: the street called Kissena Blvd, today, used to be called Merrick Blvd., Currently Merrick Blvd is from neighborhood Jamaica (zip code 11432, & 11433) all the way into Long Island in Hempstead, Nassau County: south of Union Turnpike was all called Jamaica before you reach Long Island 200+ years ago. Merrick Blvd. went from Flushing into Long Island.), Jamaica, Long Island City, Newtown (later renamed Elmhurst) and northern part of Hempstead on Long Island. 😮😅
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I think USPS uses Zip exclusively, they resort to a written city and state if the Zip is not readable.
The funny thing is that some zip code addresses in Queens go across neighborhoods, so sometimes the wrong neighborhood shows up when u search for addresses. For example, Citi Field is under the Corona zipcode of 11368, but it is commonly referred to being in Flushing. Even though it's address should be 11368 Flushing NY, sometimes maps show it as 11368 Corona NY (you can see this on google maps). Sometimes, this will be super misleading. For example, 11375 is mostly in Forest Hills. However, it technically overlaps with flushing meadows corona park, so a lot of maps will just say that all addresses in 11375 are in Flushing NY, when really almost all of the addresses in the zipcode are in Forest Hills. So if you're going to a restaurant that is listed as 11375 Flushing NY and you go to Flushing and start looking for it, you will never find it since the restaurant is actually in Forest Hills.
You are correct. However, both Flushing and Corona are relevant in this context. While the 11368 Zip code technically corresponds to Corona, it is also associated with Flushing because that is where the main post office is located. Similarly, Forest Hills has a Zip code of 11375, but Flushing serves as its main post office as well. This association dates back to a time before Queens County became a borough when it was made up of various towns and villages. A comparable example can be found in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, such as the village of Rockville Centre, which is located within the town of Hempstead. All Zip codes starting with 113 will be associated with Flushing.
This behavior is not entirely unique to Queens, some people do it for neighborhoods of other boroughs of NYC, e.g. 10471 (Riverdale, NY vs. Bronx NY). However the USPS says Riverdale is a "city name to avoid" and to use Bronx instead. I do wonder why Queens is the other way 'round and the historical path to becoming a borough doesn't really answer that question.
Yes, the people of Riverdale in The Bronx doing what they do best SMH!
I think because there was opposition to becoming part of the city. 70% of the county became Nassau County when Queens became a borough not everyone was happy. Also, town and village names were well established.
FOREST HILLS ON TOP!!!!
Unnecessary & confusing, Queens is in NYC all that matters is the correct zipcode regardless of borough. New York, NY followed by your zipcode is valid throughout the 5 boroughs.
Nope.
Queens County was 70% larger until Nassau County succeeded. These were well-established towns and villages before becoming a borough of the City of New York. Only the Borough of Manhattan goes by N.Y., N.Y per the USPS. Brooklyn is Kings County, Staten Island is Richmond County and the Bronx is Bronx County which was part of Westchester County.
@ didn’t need a history lesson you can literally put New York, NY & the correct zip code.
Please don't say it is OK to address the mail as Queens, NY. It is cringeworthy when someone only says in Queens, rather than using the neighborhood names, which were the village names before it became part of the city, like Jackson Heights, Flushing, Sunnyside, Forest Hills, or Astoria. Queens has a rich history dating back to the 1600s. Most residents identify with their neighborhood. No one ever said they lived in Queens until Hollywood came along and blanketed the whole borough rather than using the neighborhood names.
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