Brooklyn is on Long Island

Well, duh. It's stating the obvious for people that know a little geography. In other news, Manhattan is an island! What's the media's point? Trying to make a mountain out of a mole hill?

You might be surprised how many Brooklyn and Queens residents bristle at the suggestion that their boroughs are located on Long Island. After much consternation a Brooklyn or Queens resident MIGHT concede that he/she lives on the _island_ of Long Island, but never the _cultural region_ known as Long Island.

Islanders moving to Bklyn is a great idea! They are finished with LI and the idiotic politics. Nassau is the biggest bunch of dysfunctional dicknocrates that ever lived. There was a promise on the table going back 8 years for significant impronements in the Uniondale arena and the surrounding area. On monday they are calling for an envirnmental impact study. Where the heck have they been for 8 years. Nassau does not deserve a national sports team. Brooklyn on the other hand could use a little boost to go along with the mets. Now all we got to do is invent warm ice and we will have the greatest hockey team that ever lived!!!
GO ISLANDERS!!!

improvments
environmental
not mets/ nets
sorry folks...it's late

whatever happened to the NY Sets?

"Well, duh. It's stating the obvious for people that know a little geography. In other news, Manhattan is an island! What's the media's point? Trying to make a mountain out of a mole hill?"

Proper, this is actually just the follow up on a much older conversation. There are a number of people here who disagree....

I'm not sure what there is to disagree with. Physically, it's obviously a part of Long Island. But when people refer to Brooklyn or Queens, they say Brooklyn or Queens.

There are political bounderies, geographical bounderies and sociological bounderies. I am 3rd generation NYer origially from Brooklyn, moved to Long Island (that was a policial and sociolgical move but not a geographical move) and now live on Manhattan Island in NY County (which by the way is only mostly on Manhattan Island). To the people who grew up in the various boros or on Long Island, discussing geographic bounderies is absurd. Brooklyn pride exists, Queens pride exists, even Long Island pride exists(not so sure about Staten Island). The geographic bounderies are irrelevant. Brooklyn is NOT "in Lon Guy Land"

the old joke is actually... "Lawn Guy Land"..

This thread is without doubt the dumbest, most irrelevant ever started, and is even low for nyc10022.

In other revealing news of the day, the City of New York is in the State of New York.

You found somebody who didn't think that was the case?

"u might be surprised how many Brooklyn and Queens residents bristle at the suggestion that their boroughs are located on Long Island."

I'm not. A good bunch of folks were arguing that here just a few weeks ago.

This is, of course abusrd. The breakdown goes far beyond the boros to neighborhoods and even blocks. "Brooklyn is the best. Brooklyn can whip the Bronx's ass" etc. However, geopraphcially, there can be no dispute. The geographical discussion is not worth the time but here it is. The Boro of Brooklyn (Kings County) is located on Long Island. The Boro of Queens (Queens County) is located on Long Island. The Boro of Manhattan (New York County) is located on Manhattan Island and the the North American Mainland. The Boro of the Bronx (Bronx County) is located on the North American Mainland. The Borough of Staten Island (Richmond County) is located on Staten Island. That's all there is.

leasinglawyer, I just hope that puts this to rest.

When people in Brooqueens want to say they're going to New York, the way they word it is "I'm going to New York." What more proof do you want? Okeh, in the Rockaways (Queens), you get two choices of direction on the A train: Far Rockaway, and New York.

By the way, all of you people (or whatever) from Brooqueens, if you're inclined to write that no, you always said "yada yada yada", save it ... it's not so.

"When people in Brooqueens want to say they're going to New York, the way they word it is "I'm going to New York."

Actually, they say they're going to "the city". Never in my life heard anyone in Brooklyn say they're going to "New York".

"leasinglawyer, I just hope that puts this to rest."

Well, it certainly puts this claim to rest...
"I'm not sure what there is to disagree with."

denied

No, nyc, I am still not sure what there is to disagree with. Contentious much?

Denied.

nyc - You are correct, it is and always has been "the city". The rest is beaten to death already. no more.

> No, nyc, I am still not sure what there is to disagree with. Contentious much?

YES, PAY NO ATTENTION TO ALL THE PEOPLE DISAGREEING! STREETEASY, PLEASE REMOVE THEM SO BJW CAN FINALLY BE RIGHT FOR ONCE.

Oh my fing lord...

> Denied.

Dude, seriously... medication.

> Contentious much?

rotfl...

thanks for the great morning laugh, hypobjw!

Until maybe the 1970s, the way you addressed an envelope going to Queens included something like this:
Jamaica, LI
or Sunnyside, LI

So people in Queens not only don't think they're in the City of New York, they don't even think they're in New York State.

People from New Jersey say they're going to "the city" if they get to go to Manhattan. Right, Alpine?

There have been disagreements on this for as long as I remember....

You're the kid in the sandbox watching everyone else playing but thinking he's the only one having fun. The all caps hyperventilating is so hilariously hypocritical, it brings me even more joy on this great Friday.

"Until maybe the 1970s, the way you addressed an envelope going to Queens included something like this:
Jamaica, LI
or Sunnyside, LI"

But not to Brooklyn....

The subway signs in Brooklyn read "Manhattan" when I was a kid. On the LIRR, they still read "New York"... but, of course, some of those go to Brooklyn.