From: steveo@panix.com   
      
   Peter T. Daniels  wrote:   
   >On Monday, March 6, 2017 at 11:55:08 AM UTC-5, Steven M. O'Neill wrote:   
   >   
   >> I took G train to Long Island City over the weekend. On the way   
   >> back, after we had crossed under the creek and were pulling   
   >> into the next station, the operator said, "Greenpoint Avenue,   
   >> Brooklyn, New York." I found that amusing.   
   >   
   >Some Brooklynites haven't gotten over the great act of 1898.   
      
   Did Brooklyn change states in 1898?   
      
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   Steven O'Neill                                  steveo@panix.com   
   Brooklyn, NY                        http://www.panix.com/~steveo   
      
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