I would check first at the Italiangen.org website. They have indexes to many vital records for what is now NYC and other nearby records. If you find it in there you can then order the records from LDS. Jamaica is in Queens, and in 1889 Queens was not part of NYC. Brooklyn is a borough name, but was actually the name of a part of what is now the borough, I believe - at any rate, the Borough is Brooklyn, and the County is Kings County. Queens is the same for both. Manhattan is NY County, I believe, and the Bronx I am not sure of. As for Staten Island, they have been Richmond County, and I am not sure the years on that. I believe they are Staten Island now, but not sure. Walter is the expert on all this! I hope he answers and sets us straight. Theresa