Schoharie County, New York is comprised of 16 towns, each one is served by
at least 4 post offices, quite a few from outside the county. My favorite is
the town of Carlisle - serviced by 8, Carlisle is one, and one is Sprakers,
Montgomery County. The Town of Gilboa has a post office, but gets mail from
2 inside the county and one Stamford, Deleware county. Neighboring
Conesville has no post office and all but a small partion of the town is
served by Gilboa, the rest Preston Hollow, Albany County. I work in the
Board of Elections and new residents are really confused. I can see why.
Anne Hendrix

-----Original Message-----
From: Walter Greenspan <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Friday, April 21, 2000 2:04 PM
Subject: Looking To Add To Collection Of Postal Confusions


>Dear NY Historians, etc.,
>
>
>I am looking to add to my collection of New York State postal confusions
and
>would greatly appreciate any input from anywhere in NYS.
>
>A postal confusion is the result of a non-coforming postal zone, whereby a
>place has a different community name in its mailing address than the
>community where that place is actually located.
>
>I'm including a partial list of such postal confusions from Long Island
>(mostly Nassau County) after my name.
>
>Thanking you in advance for your assistance,
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Walter Greenspan
>
>This is a preliminary and partial listing of famous Long Island places that
>are Not Where You Think They Are—It's somewhat incredulous that the
majority
>of places in Nassau and Suffolk Counties have a different community name in
>their mailing address than the community they are actually in,
>
>
>.            You Ain't Where You Think You Are
>.               Place, Community (Postal Zone)
>
>Cold Spring Harbor Lab, Village of Laurel Hollow (Cold Spring Harbor, NY)
>
>C.W. Post University, Village of Brookville (Greenvale, NY)
>
>Fishers Island, Hamlet of Fishers Island (Fishers Island, CT)
>
>Hofstra University Dorms, Hamlet of East Garden City (Hempstead, NY)
>
>Jericho Cider Mill, Village of Muttontown (Jericho, NY)
>
>Leonard's of Great Neck, Hamlet of University Gardens (Great Neck, NY)
>
>Long Island Jewish Hospital, Village of Lake Success (New Hyde Park, NY)
>
>Long Island RR Station, Village of Great Neck Plaza (   Great Neck, NY)
>
>Long Island RR Station,  Hamlet of East Northport (Northport, NY)
>
>Nassau Executive Building, Village of Garden City (Mineola, NY)
>
>Nassau County Community College, Hamlet of East Garden City (Garden City,
NY)
>
>Nassau County Supreme Court, Village of Garden City (Mineola, NY)
>
>Planting Fields Arboretum, Village of Upper Brookville (Oyster Bay, NY)
>
>Republic Airport, Hamlet of East Farmingdale     (Farmingdale, NY)
>
>Roosevelt Field, Hamlet of East Garden City (Westbury, NY)
>
>Sagamore Hill, Village of Cove Neck (Oyster Bay, NY)
>
>St. Francis Hospital, Village of Flower Hill (Roslyn, NY)
>
>SUNY Farmingdale, Hamlet of East Farmingdale (Farmingdale, NY)
>
>Suffolk Old County Seat, Hamlet of Riverside (Riverhead, NY)
>
>Sunrise Mall, Hamlet of East Massapequa (Massapequa, NY)
>
>Tilles Center, Village of Brookville (Greenvale, NY)
>
>Troop L, NYS Police, Hamlet of East Farmingdale (Farmingdale, NY)
>
>Veteran's Memorial Coliseum, Hamlet of East Garden City (Uniondale, NY)
>
>Walt Whitman House, Hamlet of West Hills (Huntington Station, NY)
>
>Walt Whitman Mall, Hamlet of South Huntington (Huntington Station, NY)
>
>Westbury Music Fair, Hamlet of Jericho (Westbury, NY)
>