Reply To: New Brooklyn Eruv: Time to Accept?

DaMoshe,
“I was told that R’ Moshe’s reason for allowing Eruvin in Queens but not in Brooklyn is because of the way the boroughs are viewed. If you mail a letter to someone in Brooklyn, you address it to “Brooklyn, NY”, no matter which area in Brooklyn it is. Nobody writes “Boro Park”, “Midwood”, etc.
In Queens, the common practice is to write the name of the area – it will be addressed to “Kew Gardens”, “Kew Garden Hills”, etc.
So R’ Moshe allowed eruvin in Queens, but each section has its own, and they also have to make eruvin to allow for crossing from one area to another. That is indeed how it’s done in Queens.”
Explain how this follows Rav Moshe’s shitos in eruvin. An area of 12 mil by 12 mil which contains a population of 3 millions, is classified as a reshus harabbim. If Brooklyn does not contain such a population then it is no different than Queens.