From: grammatim@verizon.net   
      
   On Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at 10:00:54 AM UTC-5, 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. But when will someone explain to me what this has to   
   > do with the State of New York and the G train operator?   
      
   Look at it this way. When I lived in Spuyten Duyvil, my address was in Bronx,   
   New York 10463. That didn't assert that the Bronx is part of New York City; it   
   asserts that the Bronx is in New York State. Similarly, when someone says   
   "Brooklyn, New York," they are not referring to membership in New York City,   
   but to (a wished-for) autonomy in New York State. (There's no "Queens, NY"   
   address, because Queens has several postal districts reflecting the pre-1898   
   situation, including L.I.C., Flushing, and Jamaica.)   
      
   Even now, my post office is Hudson City Station, because until 1873 Hudson City   
   was a separate municipality. (Now it's a part of Jersey City known as Jersey   
   City Heights. But my address isn't Hudson City, it's Jersey City.)   
      
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