[CQ-Contest] NYC Boroughs, etc.

[Rich K2WR]

The NYC Borough names given by K5RC are actually the county names.  The
county names are only important as regards court system administration and
for the entry on your tax return (and for county hunters).  Here is the
translation between Borough names and County names (both are official):

Borough of Manhattan:            New York County
Borough of the Bronx:             Bronx County
Borough of Brooklyn:              Kings County
Borough of Queens:                 Queens County
Borough of Staten Island:        Richmond County

The former Borough of Richmond (located geographically on Staten Island) was
renamed the Borough of Staten Island in 1975.  It has always been Richmond
County as well, at least since well before NYC Unification in 1898.  To find
a Borough of Richmond, you must go to London.

The Bronx is named for Jonas Bronck, a Swedish seafarer by way of the
Netherlands, who settled in the Bronx in 1639.  There was a "Bronck's River"
well before a name was needed for the entire area; the use of "the" is a
remnant of the connection with the name of the river.  The Bronx is ALWAYS
referred to with "the".

The ARRL Section "NLI" consists of seven counties: New York City, plus
Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island.  Long Island is 118 miles long;
the furthest point, Montauk Point, is almost directly south of the
Connecticut-Rhode Island border.  Many residents of the eastern part of
Suffolk County have been agitating for years to secede from Suffolk County
and form a new county, which would probably be called Peconic County and
would be the 63rd county in New York State.

Long Island (Nassau and Suffolk Counties, plus Queens and Brooklyn) is
NA-026 for the IOTA program.  Manhattan and Staten Islands do not meet the
IOTA qualifications for "islands".  The Bronx is geographically part of the
mainland.

Rich, K2WR
A resident and native of the Borough of Manhattan, although much of what I
see from my window is New Jersey.
No, I have no problem with that.