From: grammatim@verizon.net   
      
   On Monday, March 6, 2017 at 6:45:37 PM UTC-5, houn...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:   
   > On 06.03.17 21:08, Steven M. O'Neill wrote:   
   > > 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?   
   >   
   > Brooklyn was a separate city until its incorporation into New York City   
   > in 1898.   
      
   well ... until the consolidation of two cities and a large number of small   
   communities into Greater New York.   
      
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