What are the major streets in Queens NY?

Why do the neighborhoods of Queens, NY get special mention while the other boro's are simply BK, BX, NY, or SI?

• Why does Queens get Richmond Hill, NY or Corona, NY or Jamaica, NY while the other 4 are just Brooklyn, NY, Bronx, NY , New York, NY or Staten Island, NY? I, for one, wouldn't mind a Gerritsen Beach, NY.

• Answer:

  its because the original QUEENS county (which was founded in 1683) couldn't decide whether to join NYC as part of a huge city in 1875. the voting in queens county was split, some of the towns said yes to joining nyc, others seceeded and decided to became nassau county. the post office had to deliver the mail somewhere, and because queens as a whole couldn't make up its mind, the post office instead relied on the town name instead of the county name. ---------------- In 1894 a vote was taken in New York, Westchester, Kings, Queens and Richmond counties on a proposal to combine New York City with Brooklyn, the eastern Bronx, part of Queens County, and all of Richmond County, to form the second largest city in the world (after London). There was a large majority for the proposal, but only because of the vote in New York County. Only 50.1% of Kings County voters were in favor, and some towns, such as Flushing in Queens County, were solidly opposed. Nevertheless, the overall majority ruled, and consolidation went ahead. In 1895 New York City annexed the eastern Bronx. On January 1, 1898, the City of Brooklyn, Long Island City, and the towns and villages of western Queens and all of Richmond were replaced by the Boroughs of Brooklyn (Kings County), Queens (Queens County), and Richmond (Richmond County). With the Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx (New York County) they formed a new City of New York, briefly called "Greater New York." http://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/modules.php?name=sections&op=viewarticle&artid=45 1898 The western-quarter of Queens County (the City of Long Island City, the Towns of Newtown, Flushing and Jamaica and the Rockaway peninsula of the Town of Hempstead) are annexed by the new New York City. The eastern three-quarters (the Towns of North Hempstead, Hempstead and Oyster Bay) remained part of Queens County, but is not part of New York City. Thus, for one year, part of Queens County is in New York City and part is not in New York City. http://www.city-data.com/forum/new-york-city/214288-geographic-history-queens.html