I see a lot of mailings from NYC saying New York, New York. What is the name officially?

Question

Everytime I see an address from NYC, I see New York, New York.

Is New York City just slang or is New York slang?

Which is the proper way to call NYC, New York or New York City?

Answer 1

The state is New York, the name of the city of the state is New york...so it is New York, New York. Like Seattle, Washington. If you are talking about New York state then you just say New york but if you mean manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens or Staten Island then you say New York City. Although its funny, actual new yorkers that live in one of the 5 boroughs refer only to manhattan as "the city".

Answer 2

New York city is a city in the state of New York.
Most people just refer to New York, meaning the city.

Answer 3

New York, New York refers to Manhattan. The second NY refers to the State of New York. The first New York is Manhattan (called New York County). The other New York City addresses put the borough first, ie, Bronx, New York; Brooklyn, New York (which is called Kings County, not Brooklyn County); Staten Island, New York (Richmond County). And, to confuse us further, the addresses in Queens often use the neighborhood, and don't say Queens in the address at all - Forest Hills, NY; Flushing, NY; Jamaica, NY. So, New York, NY is Manhattan.

Answer 4

Officially, It's New York, New York. People use "City" to distinguish the city from the State.

Answer 5

New York, New York is the official name. they say City to let people know it is in the city and are not referring to the state in general

Answer 6

It is New York, New York. If you're mailing something it is NEW YORK, NY. The first New York names the city and the second New York, or NY, names the state. People say "New York city" for clarity to distinguish it from "New York state".

Answer 7

The Official Address format is New York, New York 100__
However some people abbreviate
Then some name borough names.

Answer 8

No one in New York City calls it New York City. People there seperate it into five sections, called burroughs.

The 5 burroughs of NYC are: Manhatten, Staten Island, Queens, Brooklyn, and Bronx.

The section that everyone thinks of as New York City is the Manhatten burrough.

But if you are addressing an envelope, you do not have to put "City". You can simply put "New York, NY".

Answer 9

Well officially the city is named "New York" But you must remember, that "New York" is also the name of the state. Therefore for mailing purposes..it's usually written "city, state"..therefore..if written correctly..the mailing must be "New York, New York". However...because they both have the same name..to help distinguish the two since it's VERY easy for people to get confused when just saying "New York" in conversation..ppl often add the work "City" or "State" to the conversation to make things easier...such as..my brother goes to school at Hofstra in New York State...but my big brother lives in New York City... Hope this helps.

~G

Answer 10

New York City is in New York state...get it.
I.E. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma