Shortline Bus Posted December 15, 2009 Share #26 Posted December 15, 2009 i will. true or false? coney island is named after the dutch word which it means in english 'rabbits island?' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EE Broadway Local Posted December 15, 2009 Author Share #27 Posted December 15, 2009 i will. true or false? coney island is named after the dutch word which it means in english 'rabbits island?' That would be True. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortline Bus Posted December 15, 2009 Share #28 Posted December 15, 2009 That would be True. correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilbluefoxie Posted December 15, 2009 Share #29 Posted December 15, 2009 another Highway Question, what was the original interstate number of the Clearview Expressway, which currently is I-295 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rutgers Tube Posted December 16, 2009 Share #30 Posted December 16, 2009 another Highway Question, what was the original interstate number of the Clearview Expressway, which currently is I-295 I-78. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan05979 Posted December 17, 2009 Share #31 Posted December 17, 2009 I-78. correct; what avenue was renamed from brooklyn-newtown turnpike? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NX Express Posted December 17, 2009 Share #32 Posted December 17, 2009 Greenpoint Av Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted December 17, 2009 Share #33 Posted December 17, 2009 Why were they called turnpikes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan05979 Posted December 17, 2009 Share #34 Posted December 17, 2009 Greenpoint Av nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAA89 Posted December 17, 2009 Share #35 Posted December 17, 2009 What is the last borough to become part of NYC? I don't know whether you've accepted the other answers already, but shouldn't it be the Bronx? It was created out of Manhattan in 1914. (I am assuming date of establishment is what you are looking for, not the date it was consolidated on). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAA89 Posted December 17, 2009 Share #36 Posted December 17, 2009 1609? Henry Hudson sailed up his namesake river in 1609, but New York wasn't founded then. It became a Dutch trading post circa 1616, and was incorporated as New Amsterdam in 1624 (with the Dutch creating the position of Governor-General to oversee it). It remained as New Amsterdam, part of the larger Dutch colony of New Netherlands, until the British defeated the Dutch in battle, and renamed the city New York after the Duke of York, in 1664. New York will only celebrate the 400th anniversary of its founding in 2024, but the 400th anniversary of "New York" is another 40 years after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EE Broadway Local Posted December 19, 2009 Author Share #37 Posted December 19, 2009 What is today Queens once was individual towns. Can you name at least three of the five towns that created modern Queens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAA89 Posted December 19, 2009 Share #38 Posted December 19, 2009 What is today Queens once was individual towns. Can you name at least three of the five towns that created modern Queens? 1) Jamaica 2) Long Island City 3) Flushing (Don't know if I am right. Done from memory, no reference to Wikipedia or other resources). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeystoneRegional Posted December 19, 2009 Share #39 Posted December 19, 2009 Please, watch the Nazi Banksters Crimes Ripple Effect at http://jforjustice.co.uk/banksters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NX Express Posted December 19, 2009 Share #40 Posted December 19, 2009 Why were they called turnpikes? Instead of those things at toll booths that go up once you've paid, the older ones spun to the side to let you pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAA89 Posted December 19, 2009 Share #41 Posted December 19, 2009 1) Sunnyside. 2) Forest Hills. 3) Astoria. 4) Kew Gardens. (Rough Guesses due to the proximity of their closeness to the LIRR as well as the age of the structure.) OK, I looked up the answer on Wikipedia. The five towns are: Flushing, Hempstead, Jamaica, Newtown and Oyster Bay. I got two right, you got none. I always knew Jamaica was one of the towns; in fact it was the county seat from 1788 to 1898 (consolidation), and retained its title in a ceremonial capacity after that. I guess I was going by LIRR landmarks as well; Jamaica is the main transfer point/hub for LIRR and LIC is one of the terminals. Flushing also has LIRR service. Long Island City was an independent city for a short time, from 1870 to 1898, but not one of the original towns that comprised Queens. It is interesting that three of the five original towns are now in Nassau county, having seceded when Queens was consolidated into New York. The rest of Queens was entirely rural and composed of villages and hamlets: Astoria was a village, Sunnyside a hamlet, while Kew Gardens and Forest Hills were founded as "planned communities" in the late 1800s and early 1900s. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queens#History Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted December 19, 2009 Share #42 Posted December 19, 2009 Instead of those things at toll booths that go up once you've paid, the older ones spun to the side to let you pass. Correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeystoneRegional Posted December 20, 2009 Share #43 Posted December 20, 2009 Please, watch the Nazi Banksters Crimes Ripple Effect at http://jforjustice.co.uk/banksters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EE Broadway Local Posted December 29, 2009 Author Share #44 Posted December 29, 2009 According to my 1939 W.P.A. New York City Guide: (Page 560) "Queens was consolidated with New York City in 1898 and Long Island City, Newtown, Flushing, Janaica and the Rockaways became the five wards of the borough. The towns voting against absorption - Hempstead, North Hempstead and Oyster Bay - were organized into a new county, Nassau." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortline Bus Posted January 2, 2010 Share #45 Posted January 2, 2010 Ok next question in different area. True or False. The oringal home of the New York Mets was Yankee Stadium from 1962-64? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7LineFan Posted January 2, 2010 Share #46 Posted January 2, 2010 Ok next question in different area. True or False. The oringal home of the New York Mets was Yankee Stadium from 1962-64? False. The Polo Grounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortline Bus Posted January 2, 2010 Share #47 Posted January 2, 2010 False. The Polo Grounds. That correct:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7LineFan Posted January 2, 2010 Share #48 Posted January 2, 2010 Someone else ask a question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EE Broadway Local Posted January 3, 2010 Author Share #49 Posted January 3, 2010 (Maybe one for B35 Via Church or Sea Beach Vinny) True Or False: Brooklyn has a complete Alphabet set of twenty-six Avenues from Avenue A through Avenue Z? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NX Express Posted January 3, 2010 Share #50 Posted January 3, 2010 Which borough(s) is/are completely or partially part of the US mainland? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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