City mailing addresses and ZIP codes was: All You Can Eat Buffet

(Added nyc.general, since I think this is interesting beyond the realm of restaurants.)

I always buttumed that these addresses had some history behind them, owing to the way that people saw the city 120 years ago, when the five boroughs were incorporated.

Mission Accomplished! Bush Declares Evacuation Victory 1235 On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 02:00:50 -0500, "Chris" Yeah... Bush says again "It's not about race!" Like this is not the 12,502nd time we're hearing that old tired line. It's a line they've been trotting...

As a postal destination, New York, NY, is Manhattan. The Bronx and Brooklyn are Bronx, NY, and Brooklyn, NY, respectively. I'm not sure if Staten Island is treated as one big address unit or not, since I've never needed to mail anyone there. Queens is the off borough. It retains its individual neighborhood names when addressing mail, such as Forest Hills, Elmhurst, Astoria, etc. These are generally tied to specific ZIP codes. This may have to do with the fact that much of what is now Queens was relatively undeveloped until this century, whereas Brooklyn and the Bronx were much more established urban areas. Regardless of the "city" name used in addressing mail in NYC, what Mr. Imber pointed out is correct: the US Postal Service breaks down its mail handling by sectional centers or zones, as indicated by the first three digits of the ZIP code. And unlike most cities, there are multiple zones not only within the city, but even within some boroughs. Here's a quick table of what each NYC ZIP code zone ZIP Code Location Main Office ===== =============================== ====================================== 100xx Manhattan (all) J.A. Farley Post Office, 421 8th Ave. 10128 Manhattan (Yorkville) 10280 Manhattan (N Battery Park City) 10281 Manhattan (World Financial Ctr) 10282 Manhattan (S Battery Park City) 103xx Staten Island General Post Office, 550 Manor Road 104xx Bronx (all) 558 Grand Concourse 10463 Bronx-Manhattan (Kingsbridge & Marble Hill) Mission Accomplished! Bush Declares Evacuation Victory 1236 Kurtz They were interfering. They wanted to ride out with the rescurers to take photos. They would be taking space up that would and could be used for their the relief and rescuse operations. If... 112xx Brooklyn (all) General Post Office, 271 Cadman Plaza E. Mission Accomplished! Bush Declares Evacuation Victory 1238 Kurtz Perhaps but you have to remember the breakdown was at the State level. The failed to follow the plans they had set forth. Maybe... 110xx Queens (Floral Park) General Delivery, 35 Tulip Ave. 1110x Queens (Long Island City) General Post Office, 46-02 21st St. 113xx Queens (Flushing) Flushing (Main Office), 41-65 Main St. 114xx Queens (Jamaica) Jamaica (Main Office), 88-40 164th St. 116xx Queens (Far Rockaway) General Post Office, 18-36 Mott Ave. These are USPS administrative districts, and don't necessarily represent the "city" name used to address mail. 11372, for example, is Jackson Heights, NY, and this is how you would address mail. But it's part of the Flushing postal zone.

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