Thanks Walter I was born and raised in Hollis. Moved west in'60. You forget a lot in 50 years. I didn't know that a Jamaica zip was used in some areas. Pat CA ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 8:42 PM Subject: [NYQUEENS] Hollis is a neighborhood in NYC Borough/NYS County ofQueens > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: WalterGreenspan > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.queens/4224.2/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > 1. The neighborhood of Hollis is to the immediate east of the neighborhood > of Jamaica in the New York City Borough of Queens (coterminous with the > New York State County of Queens): > > A map showing the neighborhoods in the New York City Borough of Queens, > circa 1940: > > http://www.queenslibrary.org/gallery/past_exhibits/burgh/images/qlmap40.gif > > > 2. The neighborhood of Hollis was/is in the service area of the "Jamaica, > NY" post office, and places in Hollis would have a "Jamaica, NY" mailing > address. > > > I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting. > > L'Shannah Tovah* & Happy 5771, > > Walter Greenspan > Great Falls, MT & Jericho, NY > > * L'Shannah Tovah (li-SHAH-nuh TOH-vuh; li-shah-NAH toh-VAH) > Hebrew. Lit. for a good year. The common greeting during Rosh ha Shannah > and the Days of Awe. This is a shortening of "L'Shannah tovah tikatev > v'taihatem" (or, to women, "L'Shannah tovah tikatevi v'taihatemi"), which > means, "May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year." This year, the > two-day Jewish Biblical Festival of Rosh ha Shannah (Lev. 23:23-25) will > begin at sunset on Wednesday, September 8 on the civil calendar. > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message