Since this comes up every now and then and derails the topic of the thread it's in, I'm creating this thread so everytime it does come up I'm dumping the posts here.
My opinion, yes geographically Queens and Brooklyn are on Long Island. There isn't a water barrier separating them, the Queens/Nassau border isn't a river.
But when people say they "are from Long Island" or "live out on Long Island" it is generally accepted that they are referring to Nassau or Suffolk.
My opinion, yes geographically Queens and Brooklyn are on Long Island. There isn't a water barrier separating them, the Queens/Nassau border isn't a river.
But when people say they "are from Long Island" or "live out on Long Island" it is generally accepted that they are referring to Nassau or Suffolk.