Originally Posted by
Often1
The current passport application does require both city and state of birth. For Flushing, Brooklyn, and Queens, the answer would be "New York" as to city. Flushing is a neighborhood and both Brooklyn & Queens are Boroughs. Neither are cities.
If you were to list any of the latter three on your application, the application.
As others note, the State Department only lists the state and country of birth on the passport book itself.
I have zero doubt that people list neighborhoods and boroughs on their applications all the time, and that it's totally not an issue. That said, if I were to make a recommendation, I would have the application match your birth certificate, as I said upthread, since it's the birth certificate that's submitted as proof of place of birth.