Pomonoker, there was't any LIE when we were young kids, It came later. There may have been some adjustment of bounderies after it was built. Hard tellin.

Pomonoker, I've lived in Queens for a long time except for 2 years 80 to 82.
The Post Office caused the confusion that I still can't figure out. I grew up in Elmhurst, 11373 by Newtown High as you know and that's how the incoming mail was postmarked. One day in the 60's it changed to Flushing, 11373.
Where I live now 11366 - just north of Union Tpke. and just east of Parsons was originally Hillcrest but when my wife lived here from about 1965 her address was Flushing. Now our mail says Fresh Meadows 11366.

I found this on a website called queens.about.com
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"The Post Office says Flushing is all of central Queens from Maspeth to Whitestone. But the neighborhood of Flushing is really between Flushing Meadows Park and Utopia Parkway (Auburndale). To the north the Whitestone Expressway and Bayside Avenue separate it from College Point and Whitestone. The LIE is the southern border (Kew Gardens Hills). East of Main Street are the more suburban enclaves of Murray Hill and Flushing-Broadway (north of Northern Blvd)."
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For some reason I find it hard to believe that was the original boundaries of Flushing, I thought it was smaller, but some accounts have it even larger in the Dutch period.
Funny how Pomonok was considered Fresh Meadows, yet where I am south of Pomonok and on the east side of Parsons near Union (Jamaica border) was called Flushing in the 60's.

PS
I just found a map from 1873 but it's a link. The site is selling maps so this system most likely will kick it off. I'm still trying to figure out the map, will get back to you soon.

Jim, all accounts I've read over the years say Flushing was named by the Dutch.
Most all have the original spelling of our town Flushing as named after Vlissingen.
Does that sound right?

I guess there are just neighborhoods and postal zones, which don't have to agree, and are subject to change over time. It seems from the perspective of governing, it is what Queens Community Board are you a part of, not what "neighborhood" you live in. Does this sound correct?

Like so many towns across this country, Flushing's Identity has been lost with the emergence of one town flowing into the next with no separation in between. Just take a look what happened to the rest of Long Island.

Flushing is like a ...CHINESE CROSSWORD PUZZLE these days

I know squat about flushing . Thanks for flushing out these stats. I once ate a lot of bran and did a lot of flushing. Now I'm feeling flushed.  I've never had a straight flush, just a regular one. I did take the#7 to Shea in Flushing, but now the #6 to THE Bronx. Dr. Steve can I make an appointment please. Feeling giddy maybe because I'm leaving for Costa Rica for 2 weeks today and I'm wondering if the water when flushed circles the other way. Is there a song called "Flushing on my mind"

Last edited by paddy moore (2012-06-22 08:13:32)

Costa Rica is in the Northern Hemisphere like us. The equator goes through South America. If it seems like the water is swirling the wrong way, have one less Marguerita, lol.