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ZIP Codes and Politics: How Redrawing Borough Lines Redefined Bushwick and Ridgewood

Ridgewood and Bushwick were not always in separate boroughs like they are now.

By John Dereszewski

Sept. 6, 2017 · 5 min read

ZIP Codes and Politics: How Redrawing Borough Lines Redefined Bushwick and Ridgewood
Long Reads

ZIP Codes and Politics: How Redrawing Borough Lines Redefined Bushwick and Ridgewood

Ridgewood and Bushwick were not always in separate boroughs like they are now.

· 5 min read
ZIP Codes and Politics: How Redrawing Borough Lines Redefined Bushwick and Ridgewood

If you ever look across Wyckoff Avenue from the subway station near Myrtle Avenue, you will see Planet Fitness with a barely noticeable Greek-like arch at its pinnacle. This was the site of a movie palace called the Parthenon, which had its gala opening in 1921. 

When, four years later, the county line was re-drawn, the Parthenon, which was previously located in Brooklyn, “migrated” into Queens. While this move obviously muddled the Parthenon’s borough of residence…

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