On 07.03.17 15:00, Steven M. O'Neill wrote:   
   > hounslow3@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.   
   >   
   > No kidding. You can learn the darnedest things in these   
   > newsgroups.   
      
   That is indeed the case, and you can find out quite a bit of news as well.   
      
   > But when will someone explain to me what this has to   
   > do with the State of New York and the G train operator?   
      
   That I can't answer. Maybe it just rolled off of his tongue or maybe he   
   was just stating that the Brooklyn is a part of New York City  / New   
   York State -- not some colony that the hipsters have tried to create at   
   the expense and exclusion of others.   
      
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