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Subject: [NYSUF] Lookup Request City Directory 1925-1930s
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 23:17:33 EDT

On 9/22/03 (7:03:14 PM MDT), Frederick M. Dittmar () asked,

"My father (F. Willard DITMAR) worked as a manager / trainee across the
county in the late 1925 - 1930s for W.T. Grant. Does anyone have access
to any City/Street Directories which show the year(s) he was living in
Bay Shore Long Island. I'd like copies of the page listing him and my
mother (B. Edwina DITTMAR) along with the book coverpage showing the date.
I would be will to cover the cost of xeroxing and postage."


For questions such as yours, you may want to contact the Bay
Shore-Brightwaters Public Library.

Bay Shore-Brightwaters Public Library
One South Country Road
Brightwaters, NY 11718

Tel: 631/665-4350
Fax: 631/???-????

eMail:

http://bayshore.suffolk.lib.ny.us/


The pertinent geography:

Bay Shore is a hamlet (unincorporated area) in the southwestern section of
the Town of Islip, Suffolk County. There are 4 villages (incorporated
municipalities) and 23 hamlets all or partly in the Town of Islip. There are no cities
and 10 towns in Suffolk County. There are 2 Indian reservations in Suffolk
County. (I'm including after my name a NYS Geographic Glossary with the NYS
definitions of county, city, town, village, hamlet and postal zone.)

Beginning on the north and moving in a clockwise direction, the Hamlet of Bay
Shore in the Town of Islip is bordered on the north by Hamlets of Baywood and
North Bay Shore; on the east by the Hamlet of Islip; on the south by the
Great South Bay; and, on the west by the Village of Brightwaters.

And, as occurs in every one of Suffolk County's 157 communities (0 cities, 31
villages and 126 hamlets), the Hamlet of Bay Shore has a different border
than does the "Bay Shore, NY 11706" postal zone (i.e., a place can have a Bay
Shore mailing address and not be in Bay Shore). Those places that have a "Bay
Shore, NY" mailing address that are not in the Hamlet of Bay Shore are in the
Hamlet of North Bay Shore, the Hamlet of West Bay Shore, the Hamlet of Baywood
and in the Hamlet of Islip.

For those who have their copy of the 2002 or earlier edition of the LI
Population Survey or have already downloaded the report from the Long Island Power
Authority web site (eMail me directly if you need instructions on how to access
and download the report), you'll find the Hamlet of Bay Shore in the Town of
Islip, Suffolk County on pages 14 & 20 (map) and 21 (population estimate).


I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting.

L'Shannah Tovah* & Happy 5764,

Walter Greenspan

* L'Shanah Tovah (li-SHAH-nuh TOH-vuh; li-shah-NAH toh-VAH)
Hebrew. Lit. for a good year. A common greeting during Rosh Hashanah and Days
of Awe. It is an abbreviation of L'shanah tovah tikatev v'taihatem (May you
be inscribed and sealed for a good year).

. Cities, Towns, Villages, Hamlets and Postal Zones in New York State

New York State is divided into counties.

County
A county is a municipal corporation, a subdivision of the state, created to
perform state functions; a "regional" government. All counties are divided
into cities, towns and Indian reservations.

City
A city is a unique governmental entity with its own special charter. Cities
are not sub-divided, except into neighborhoods, which are informal geographic
areas.

Town
A town is a municipal corporation and encompasses all territory within the
state except that within cities or Indian reservations. Towns can be
sub-divided into villages and hamlets.

Village
A village is a general purpose municipal corporation formed voluntarily by
the residents of an area in one or more towns to provide themselves with
municipal services. The pattern of village organization is similar to those of a
city. A village is divided into neighborhoods, which are informal geographic
areas.

Hamlet
A hamlet is an unincorporated area in one or more towns that is governed
at-large by the town(s) it is in. A hamlet is divided into neighborhoods, which
are informal geographic areas.

Postal Zone "City" and "Town"
A postal zone "City" and "Town" is an administrative district established by
the U.S. Postal Service to deliver the mail. Postal zone "City" and "Town"
may not (but are encouraged to) conform to municipal or community borders.
Thus, postal zone location does not always determine city, village or hamlet
location.


Please be aware: In many areas of New York State, the problem of
non-conforming postal zones leads to a situation where the majority of places have a
different community name in their mailing address than the community where that
place is actually located.

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