Brooklyn, New York City, Telephone Directory, 1936-37, Part 1

Author: New York Telephone Company
Publication date: 1936
Publisher: New York Telephone Company
Number of Pages: 355

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Winter 1935/36

WINTER 1136-37

Winter 1936-37

WINTER 1136-37

BROOKLYN I NEWYORK CITY TELEPHONE DIRECTORY

WINTER

1936-37

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NEW YORK TELEPHONE . COMPANY

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If You Have a Criticism

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TIRES

SPEED MOTS

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Shoppro Made Easy

,"I want a policeman"

In An Emergency Dial on Call the OPERATOR and Say "i want an ambulance ** "I want to report a fire" If you are no manto va telephone tell the OPERATOR a SOM ........

To Make Out-of-Town Calls

From DIAI Telephones From NON-DIAL. Telephones

Ifyou will talk with alex world's

(Persian-to Person Call) . 15a/ 211

Hí you want to know an outof-town number

/*a 411 (all' INTURMATHEN"

Fur typical rates and other detailed mformate

For Repair Service, Help in Calling, etc.

Fram DI AI. Telephones Dial 611

From NON.DIAL Telephones Call "REPAIR SERVICE"

If Pour telephone is out of order F » mmibers not in directory . Dial 411 . Call "INFORMATION" It Fall is not completed satisfactorily Phal the COPI RATOR Call "CHIFF OPERATOR" If : wat need help in making a call Pal the OPERATOR Call "CHIEF (PERATUR"

HOME, TELEPHONE

The change

a day koppà it there

Pial 811. Ask for (all' BUSINESS ( IFFRE"

your representative Ask for your representative

To call the Business Office From a tele phone then than I your own

Dial the Operator and give her the number shown on juge 2

Call telephone number of linsusess uthce shown on page 2

H you'll drop in it show you how ceny It, la to 'yaot

100 Willough y St., Brooklyn, N Y .- EXchange 6 5000

For Business Office Service

From NON-DIAL Telephones

From DtAt. Telephones Phal 811 ( all "BI SINESS OFFICE"

Taborder new service . To discuss bills, make service requests, siger tiens or criticismis, etc. .

to buy things -- beep'in Got & relatives-fer proteccicps

Ve realize that chfiske . sei ten que in te of our best efforts to read then When they We are anxious to correct them premie and to de steps to prevent them from happen again you are directions for you to follow m sporting

he pful and pleasing after you Have to thered .he's des timis, please call the Business (office Manage- You will find his name and telephone number on Page 2 No charge is made for calls from Broil Ion to the Telephone Company in New York ( ity and suburbs, except for Time-of- Day service descriled on Page 7.

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To Do Business with the Company

YOUR ACCOUNT is handled by a representative who will be glad to arrange for any changes in ybur service or to furnish information regarding bills, direc- tories, etc. When calling from your own telephone, dial 811 or ask the operator for "Business Office." From a telephone other than your own, give the operator the number of the Business Office, as shown below. In transacting business in person, use the Business Office most convenient to you.

The Business Offices are open week days from 9 to 5, except Saturday, where they clove at noon. If, outside these hours, an emergency arisi's requiring immediate establishment or restoration of service,' dial ,or , call|" EX change 6-5100 and ask for the Manager ..

When any of the procedures suggested on Page 1 have failed to satisfy your needy, your Business Office Manager would appreciate a call from you.

ADDRESSES OF BUSINESS OFFICES

1336 Broadway, near Quiney Street 105 Chester Street, near Pitkin Avenne

1712 Kings Highway, near East 17th Street

560 Nastrand Avenue, near Herkimer Street 311 Roebling Street, near Broadway

4101 Fourteenth Avenue; cor. 41st Street 5202 Fourth Avenue; cor. 52nd Street

339 Ninth Street, near 5th Avenue

BUSINESS OFFICE MANAGERS AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS

The number of your

The name of peut Business Mandyer La

If your telephone sumber begins with

The number of your Pasiness Ofire is

The name of your Business Manager is

·Jefferson 3

Foxcroft 9-Official 50 ..

... F. J. Carmody

Ambassador 2 |M

Buckminster 4-Official.50. . . H. J. Murphy President 3-Official 50. .... E. J. Moodie

*Applegate 6

*Applegate 7

President 3-Official 50 ... E. J. Mendie Shore Road 5-Official 50 ..... H. C. Miles

Atlantic 5

Beachview 2 ..

Bensonhurst 6

Buckminster 2

Buckminster 4

Shore Road 5-Official 50. .... A. C. Miles Shore Road 5-Official 50 .. R. P. Satterley Buckminster 4-Official 50 ... H. J. Murphy Buckminster 4-Official 50 .... J. L. Bastian

Michigan 2 Minnesota 9

President 3-Oficial 50 ..... ]. W. Murphy

Cloverdale 8 . Cumney Island 6. Cumberland 6

Buckminster 2-Official 50 .. E. S. Johnson Buckminster 2-Official 50 .. R. C. Fingado Main 4-Official 50 .. ... J. F. Mangan

Navarre 8 Nevins 8 Nightingale 4

Bockeninster 2-Official 50 .. E. S. Johnson Main-4-Official 50 .. V. . R. Pogue

Buck minster 2-Official 50 ..... . I. Maurer

Defender 3

Dewey 9 ,

Dickens 2 ..

Dickens 6

Esplanade 2 Esplanade 5

Buckminster 2-Official 50 .. R. C: Fingado . Buckminster 2-Official 50 ..... 1. Maurer Buckminster 2-Official 50 ...... I. Maurer

Shore Road 8.

Skidmore | 4

Slocum 6

*Stagg 2

Sterling 3

Sunset 6

Triangle $

Main 4-Official 50. .W. W. Driver

*Hegeman 3 Foxcroft 9-Official 50 ..... F. J. Carinody

Ingersoll 2 Buckminster 4-Official 50 ... H. J. Murphy

* Indicates Central Offices serving both Brooklyn and . Qucens.

Useful Information about the Service

CHARGES FOR LOCAL SERV'CE There are two general methods of charge ig for tele- ph me service in Brooklyn-

Message Rate Service

The monthly rate for this service pays ur all out- going local calls up to a certain number. \ charge is them made for each call over that number, No charge is imade in case your call is not completed lecause of a "Fine is busy" or "Don't answer" conditior or for any . ot;ier reason. If you get a wrong number. call this to. thy attention of the Operator.

NEW YORK CITY ZONE. BOUNDARIES

JERSEY

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ZONE

New York City is so large and its telepl nie system s: complex that it has been necessary to div fle the city into zones. Each call to a nearby zone co: hts as one call. Each call to more distant zones coutts is two and it; some few cases three calls. The Opera br will be, glad to tell you whether any call you wish o make is a ¿me-, two- or three-call charge.

Dur message rates provide for'an overtime charge on a)l local calls of more than five minutes. However, we do not make this charge within the one-call range unless this time is materially in excess of five minutes At most pasblic telephones, however, the overtime char je is made Ou all calls.

Flat Rate Service

*The monthly charge for this service, which is fur- nished on a residence basis in Brooklyn, pays for an uslimited number of outgoing calls to poin's in a re- stracted area .. The Operator will be glad to tell you :| whether any call you wish to make is within this area.

HOW TO DIAL

If you are not sure of the number, look in the directory. If the number is not in the directory, dial 411. Dial the first two letters of the central. office name, the office numeral, and each figure of the line number.

Let's say the number is FO xcroft 9-9970. " Remove the receiver.

Listen for the dial tone-a steady humming sound. Place your finger in the opening over the letter "F". Move the dial clockwise until you strike the finger stop.

Remwwe your finger and allow the dial to turn back. Do not push the dial back.

"Dial the letter "O" (in black ) in the same way. Then 'dial the figures 9, 9, 9, 7 and 0 (in redl) in order, followed by party letter, if any, of called party.

When you hear a burr-burr-borr send, the called telephone is ringing.

If you hear a buzz-buzz-buzz wand, thaj called tele- phone is busy.

If you hear a Imzz-buzz -- buzz-buzz sound, you have made an error in dialing. Hang up for a few seconds anıl begin again.

TheLetter O is Black

The Figure'er is Red

If you make a mistake in dialing hang up for a few seconds and begin again.

If you have trouble dialing a number, hang up for a few seconds. Then dial the opening where the word "Operator" appears, and she will help. you. , 1

Dial direct all calls to central offices within your direct dialing area as shown on the dialing area card that has been furnished you, copies of which may be obtained at the business office. Dial "Operator" for all other calls.

Main 2

Main 4-Official. 50. ::. V. R. Pogue

Main '4

Stain 4-Oficial.50. .. W. W. Driver

Mansfield 6

Buck 'ninsjer 2-4)fficial 50 .. R. C. Fingado Buckminster 2 Official 50 .. R. C. Fingado

Mayflower 9

President' 3-Official 50 .. ... J. W. Murphy

Prospett 9

*Pulaski 5

Foxcroft 94Official 50 .... W. F. Schlieben

Sheepshead 3 Shore Road 5.

Esplanade 7

"Evergreen 2 .

Foxcroft 9-Official 50 ...... F. J. Carmody

*Evergreen 7

Foxcroft' 9-Official 50 ... W. F. Schlieben Foxcroft 9-Official 50 .... W. F. Schlieben South 8

"Evergreen 8

Evergreen 9

Stillwell 4-Official 50. .... C. A. Schultz

Burkininster 2-Official 50. . R. C. Fingado Shore Road 5-@official 50. . R. P: Satterley Shore Road 5-( official 50 .. R. P: Satterley .J. F. Mangan President 3-Official 50 ..... J. W. Murphy President 3-Official 50 ...... H. H. Adee . Main 4-Official 50 .. J. F. Mangan . Foxcroft 9-Official 50 .... W. F. Schlieben Main 4-Official .50. ... Shore Road 5-Official 50. ... . H. C. Miles

*Faxcroft 9 Foxcroft 9-Official 50 ..... F. J. Carmody

*Glenmore 5 Foxcroft 9-Official 50 ..... F. J. Carmody

Windsor 6 Buckminster 4-Official 50 .... J. L. Bastian . Buckminster 4-Official 50 .... ]. L. Bastian

Windsor 8

President 3-Ofjcial 50. H. H. Adee

President 3 President 4 President 3-Official 50 ...... E. J. Moodie Main 4-Official 50 .. V. R. Pogue

Buckminster 4-Official 50. . . H. J. Murphy Buckminster 2-Official 50 ... E. S. Johnson President 3-Official 50 ..... J. W. Murphy President 3-Official 50 ..... J. W. Murphy

20 Snyder Avenue, near Flatbush Avenue

95 Willoughby Street," cor, Bridge Street

512 Eighty-Sixth Street wear 5th nvenue

DJ your telephone oumber begins wish

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Useful Information about the Service (Continued)

BILLS

Telephone bills are rendered once a month and are due on presentation. When paying in person, please have the bill with you. Any tele- plione bill may be paid at any of the 'offices listed, on the back of the bill. When paying by mail, please send payment to the P. O. Box Number shown on the return envelope ac- companying the bill, or to the Business Office. Pay- ment should be accompanied by the stub. If the stub has been mislaid, please write your telephone number on the check:

Service charges are billed for one month in advance of the billing date. 'Out-of-town calls and additional local calls are hilled for one month prior to the tate of the bill.

DISPLAYING TELEPHONE NUMBERS

It will be a convenience to those who may wish to call you, and will help to speed service, if you will print . your telephone munber-on stationery and elsewhere Just as you do your street address.

Allungh we cannot guarantee that any number will be permanent, we make no changes in numbers except when the needs of the telephone system itself make it essential to du so. When a number is changed, we give as nmch advance notice as possible.

There's

SELLING POWER

in your- TELEPHONE NUMBER

For this 14-page booklet containing suggestions and free advertising helps, dial 8It or call the Business Office.

DIRECTORY AND INFORMATION SERVICES

It is important to your service that you first know the number and then that you dial it or give it to the Oper- ator accurately:

For this reason every subscriber in Brooklyn is given a directory every six months listing all Brooklyn sub- scribers. A classified directory listing all business sub- scribers under business headings is also furnished as a convenient shopping and service aid.

Directories are also available for Manhattan, The Bronx; Queens, Richmond and suburban points. To give these books to all Brooklyn subscribers would be an inconvenience to most subscribers and a needless ex- pense to the Company. In cases where they are required, they are furnished upon request. | Otherwise it is better to get numbers fromp Information, and keep them on a personal list. We also furnish, free of charge, attractive booklets for listing telephone nunibers.

For a free copy of this booklet, dial 8t1 or call the Business Office. It's a handy place to list the numbers you frequently call.

When you get a new directory, please check your own listings, and if incorrect notify the Business Office at once so that we may adjust ony records for the next issue and protect your service in the meantime.

Additional listings and advertising may be arranged for by calling the Business Office:

All telephone directories ate the property of the Com- pany. When lost or mutilated, the Business Office will replace thein. To prevent mistakej, we ask that obsolete issues be returned when later ones are delivered. /

The Company is not liable for lamages arising from errors or omissions in free listings. Its liability in the case of paid listings shall not exceed the charge for such listings during the life of this directory.

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Useful Information about the Service (Continued)

IDENTIFICATION OF EMPLOYERS

Every employee of the Teleph he Com- 456 pany authorized to install, inspe 1, repair or remove the Company's apparatus car- ries a metal badge showing the Company's name and his own number .. W. suggest that subscribers refuse access to their premises fi anyone who represents hinself as from this Company, but who cuynot identify himself in this way.

ATTACHMENTS TO TELEPHONE

The Company does not sanction the use of an: devices e scept those furnished by it. This is in the is erest of gyod service, since many of the devices offeres for sale which are claimed to improve the service actuar y inter- fire with the service. Where ordinary equipnant does nyt meet any particular need, the Company is eady to fårnish special equipment at reasonable rates,

VISITS TO COMPANY BUILDING!

l'e are glad to welcome telephone users at out central offices. The operation of our switchboards, the haze of wfring and cable arrangements, the delicate m thinery of our dial offices, and other features of our bash sss, are of great interest to thousands who have seen thei . Ask' the Business Office ( Dial 811) to arrange for your visit.

PRIVACY OF TELEPHONE SERVICE (Extract from Penal Law.)

A person who wrongfully obtains, or attempts to obtain, any knowledge of a telegraphic or telephonic message by connivance with a clerk, operator, messenger or other employee of a telegraph or telephone company, or being such clerk, operator, messenger or other em -* ployed, willfully divulges to anyone but the persons for whom it was intended, the contents or the nature thereof of a telegraphic or telephonic message or dispatch en- trusted to him for the transmission or delivety, or of which contents he may in any manner become pos- sessed, * * * is punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two years, or by both such fine and imprisonment. -

OBSTRUCTING COIN TELEPHONES (Penal Law, Section 1432-a.)

It is provided by the Penal Law as amended March 24, 1933, that any person who shall prevent ér contrive to prevent the return of coins to the users of coin telephones. or cause such coins to be/unlawfully returned, or who shall by any ilevice or uneans interfere with the action or operation of such coin telephones, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

COURTESY TO THE LISTENER

CLARITY TO THE VOICE

3 4

2 3 4

CLOSE TO MOUTHPIECE BEST RESULTS

ONE INCH AWAY FAIR RESULTS

THREE INCHES AWAY POOR RESULTS

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Principal Telephone Services and What They Cost

These services will meet tlie needs of telephone users in Brooklyn in nearly all cases. Other special services to meet special needs are available in great variety. If you wish any of these services, or if you want more information, dial 811 or ask the Operator for the Business Office. You will be connected with a Representative who is familiar with your account. Rater-shown are subject to change withiput notice.

RESIDENCE SERVICE

Telephone service in the home saves work, energy, time and money, promotes social enjoyment and provide> protection in emergencies.

Monthly charge for individual line service which pays for 66 outgoing local calls .. $4.25 Charge to put in. $3.50

Additional focal calls : 5c for each call between 66 and 300; 41/c for next 300: 4c for next 300 and 334c for all others. Calls are charged as one, two, or three local calls, depert- ing on distance from your own Central Office. For typicat out-of-town charges see page, 9 and 10.

Party Lige and Flat Rate service are also available.

EXTENSION TELEPHONES IN THE HOME

The bedroom, the kitchen, the den, the library, the quest room-none is quite complete without a telephone. Ex- tension> save time in household work, afford addled con- venience, and perntit complete privacy.

Monthly charge with message rate service ..

Charge to put in .. . $2.00 Flat Rate Service Charges will be furnished on request by the Business Office.

PORTABLE EXTENSIONS IN THE HOME

Portable teleplumes can be carried about and plugged in just like electric lanıps wherever needed. They not only save steps, but are in keeping with the up-to-date modern furnishings of any home.

Montlay charge with message rate service. . 50

Charge to put in each outlet. $4.00

Portable telephones are also available to business users at slightly higher rates. -- Flat Rate Service Charges will be furnished on request by the Business Office.

ADDITIONAL LINES

With an added line the smaller business has an extra, doorway for telephone calls, With enough lines, the business is made as accessible by telephone as. It is through personal visits. While calls are being "made over cor ling, the other line is available for calls also. Acklitional lines in the home are furnished at some- what lower rates. Charges for additional lines will be furnished, on request by Business Office.

BUSINESS SERVICE

Telephone service speeds up business transactions, opens the door fyr telephone orders, aids in selling and buying. The progressive business is knowit to its customers by the adequacy of "its telephone; service.

Individanl Line Service

Monthly charge which pays for 75 outgoing/ local çalış . . $6.00 $5.00

Charge .. to put in. Additional local calls : Sc for each call between 75 and-300; 4º/c for hext 300; 4c for next j00 ail 344c for all others. Calls are charged as one, two, or three local calls; depend- ing on di lance from your own Central Office. For typicat out-of-toqui charges see pages 9 and tor

Private Branch Exchange Service

This consists of a switchboard of surtable size located on the subscriber's premises, extension telephones connected to the switchboard, and trunk lines from the switchboard to the central office.

Monthly charges for message service: : Switchboard Depends on size

Extension telephones, each ... 80c

1st trunk, including 75 outgoing local calls. Additional trunks, each $2.50

ndividual line rate

Charge to put in . .. On application

EXTENSION TELEPHONES IN BUSINESS

Conveniently placed telephones connected to your main line save delay in answering juuf making calls. They save energy, 'eliminate confusion, and assure privacy. Monthly charge with message rate service .. 80c Charge to put in $2.50

DIRECT LINES

Where frequent communication is required with branches or important customers, private wires afford instant direct corpmunication without going through our central offices! : They frequently cost less than service con- nected to the central office. .

TELETYPEWRITER SERVICE

This service transmits the written word just as he tele- phone transmits the spoken word. You can e con- Fected with anyone in the U'nited States having fie same service, You can transmit rush orders and infelmation factories, branches, warehouses, or to diffe vnt det artments uf the business. Both the sender and tceiver, ave typewritten copies of each message and : " hany. & six copies can be made by each teletypewriter Tele- pewriters can be operated by anyone who canseperate #typewriter. Charges are made for focal and out-of- rown messages depending on the distance and th length if period the service is used, with a minimum gi rantee af $10 a month. No charge is made to put in the machines.

Private line 'teletypewriter service, not conty ted to tie general system, is also available,

WIRING PLANS

Wiring plans are special arrangements that give ervices At available with the usual main and extension te -phone . services. There is no charge to install these f rvices, tad monthly charges vary. . Wiring plans are asy to "perate and have some or all of the following features: Privacy. When you want to use your extensi: + tele- ' phone without being overheard by someone else m the ' line, a cut-off arrangement will insure privacy. .

Intercommunication. Occasions often arise w! mi is desired to telephone others on the sune premi? . s. A proprietor may, desire to give instructions to I's cin- M'loyee. A housewife may wish to talk to her sh vants .. . « wiring plan makes it possible to talk directly F 'tween I ain and extension telephones without calli g the ‹ perator.

Pick-up. Calls can be made or received over me e than Grie line from the sante telephone. It is helpful " cases where one person usps thore than one line or when one person answers calls for a second person who is' 'bsent. Holding. The holling feature is of great value ince it permits you to have someone want on one line wI. le you make or receive another call at the same felephore over a second line.

INTERCEPTING EQUIPMENT

This makes possible the answering at one point if any rainber of telephones while employees are awa from tieir desks or talking on other lines, thereby re having customer annoyance and congestion of your tel phone kies. The charge varies with the requirements to e met.

TIME-OF-DAY SERVICE

The correct tinie may be obtained by dialing or afling Af Eridian 7-1212 at any time during the day or night. The charge from message rate stations is one loct mes- sage. From all other stations the charge is five cents.

EQUIPMENT FOR THE HARD-OF-HEARING

People who have difficulty in hearing over the telephone may have a service that amplifies the voice heard in the receiver, : Persons whose hearing is normal may also use the instrument without difficulty.

Monthly charge $1.75

Charge for changing telephone $1.50

Similar equipment is available to all customers in Brooklyn at the following attended public telephone locations :

Long Island R. R. Term. Flatbush .We. Supreme Court Bldg ... .Joralemon St.

TELEGRAMS BY TELEPHONE

You may telephone telegram's, cablegrams, or. radiograms to the Postal Telegraph Cable Company or the Western Union Telegraph Company following the instructions shown under its listing in this directory. The telegraph charges will appear on your telephone bill. You may also telephone your telegrams from public telephones, paying as you would for a telephone call.

CONFERENCE TELEPHONE SERVICE

A number of people, in the same city or in different cities, can talk together by telephone as if around a table. To place a conference call, or to secure the rate or other information regarding the service, dial 211 or call Lamg Distance and ask for the Conference Operator.

SEQUENCE CALLING

If you wish to make a large number of ont-of-town calls in rapid succession with little waiting between calls, you may file with the Company a member of calls at one time, preferably in writing. 'The operator will put through cach succeeding call as soon as the previous one is com- pleted. Printed forms for convenience in making up these lists will be furnished by the Business Office (Dial 811).

TOLL CREDIT PLAN

Credit identification cards are furnished, to |travelling representatives of business concerns, Telephone calls can then be made from any Telephone Company business office in the United States and the charges billed to the home office. Representatives do not need to carry cash for telephone calls, and the home office has information as to the telephone selling activities of its representatives.

OTHER SERVICES

Other services which can be readily supplied by the busi- ness office include hand telephones, black or in color, of the desk or hang-up type; extension bells and gongs : signal lamps; 'head receivers ; chest transmitters; out- door telephones ; paging systems ; house-closerl service : key-town selling and other aids to economical out-of- town telephoning ; and many others.

WINTER 1936-37

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LENT

Out-of-Town Calls

From your Telephone in New York City you can be connected with millions of telephones in the United States and Canada. Central and South America, the British Isles and Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, Hawaii and other Gland groups, and with ships at sea.

OUT-OF-TOWN CALLS are as easy to make as local caffs, ail in most cases they go; through while you hold the line.

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Brooklyn, New York City, Telephone Directory, 1936-37, Part 1

Author: New York Telephone Company Publication date: 1936 Publisher: New York Telephone Company Number of Pages: 355

Author: New York Telephone Company
Publication date: 1936
Publisher: New York Telephone Company
Number of Pages: 355