Brooklyn, New York City, Telephone Directory, 1937-38, Part 1

Author: New York Telephone Company
Publication date: 1937
Publisher: New York Telephone Company
Number of Pages: 355

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1937 -

BROOKLYN NEW YORK CITY TELEPHONE DIRECTORY

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1937-38

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JONES PIANO, and FURNITURE MOYERS, INC.

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If You Have a Criticism

THE FIRST TEN PAGES contain useful information about telephone service-a service we aim f . make both helpful and pleasing.

We realize that difficulties will sometin es occur in spite of our best efforts to avoid them. When they do, we are anxious to correct them prom atly and to take steps which will prevent them fron' happening again. Below are directions for you to folle + in report-

ing . service difficulties and in obtaining assistance. If any matter is not handled to your satisfaction after you have followed these directions, please call the Business Office Manager. You will find his name-and telephone number on Page 2. No charge is made for calls from Brooklyn to the Telephone Company in New York City and suburbs, except for Time-of-Day service described on Page 7.

în An Emergency

Dial'r Call the OPERATOR and Say

"I want a policeman"

"4 want an ambulance" "I want to report a fire"

If you cannot remail" at the telephone, tell the OPERATOR where help is needed

To Make Out-of-Town Calls

From DIAL Telephones

From NON-DIAL Telephones

you will talk with anyone who answers . (Station-to-Station Call) . .

Dial the OPERATOR

. Call the OPERATOR

you want us to connect you with a partir ilar person (Person-to-Person Call) .

Diaľ 211

Call "LONG DISTANCE"

If you want to know an out-of-town number

Dial 411

Call "INFORMATION"

For typical rates and other detailed information

. See pages 8 to 10

For Repair Service, Help in Calling, etc.

From DIAL Telephones

From NON-DIAL Telephones

If your telephone is out of order

Dial 611 Call "REPAIR SERVICE"

For numbers not in the directory

Dial 411 Call INFORMATION"

If call is not completed satisfactorily

Dial the OPERATOR Call "CHIEF OPERATOR"

If you need help in making a call .

For Business Office Service

From DIAL Telephones Dial 811

From NON-DIAL Telephones . Call "BUSINESS OFFICE"

To discuss bills, make service requests, sugge criticisms, etc.

Dial 811. Ask for your representative

Call "BUSINESS OFFICE" Ask for your representative

To call the Business Office from a telephoffe other than your own

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

Call telephone niember of business office shown on page 2

Copyright, 1938, by New York Té phone Company, 101 Willoughby St., Brooklyn, N. Y .- +Printed in U. S. A. This Issue Corrected to January 4, 1938

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FOR CONVENIENCE -There's nothing 1de having an EXTENSION TELEPHONE in your home. ..

living room. In the kitchen. · Costs Jess som 2 siete'w dans

WORRIED ABOUT THE FOLKS BACK HOME?

Why hunt

one

WHO SELLS IT ?

-wtien you can find what you want in the yellow pages of the c Telephone Directoity (The Led pole),

These you'll find' under classificacions, with adde -- land telephone numberi, the pames H de deniers or shops chime by hier offer the services jor things you're looking fori

To order new service

tions or

NEW YORK TELEPHONE CO

Dial the OPERATOR' Call "CHIEF OPERATOR"

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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 your service or. to furnish information regarding bills, direc- tories, etc. From your own telephone call the Business Office (Dial 811). Front 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 yon.

The Business Offices are open week days from 9 to 5, except Saturday, when they close at noon." If, Outside these hours, an emergency arises requiring imigechiate establishment or restoration of service, dial ar call EX change 6-5100 and ask for the Manager.

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

ADDRESSES OF BROOKLYN BUSINESS OFFICES

103 Chester Street, near Pitkin Avenue 105# Greene Avenue, near Broadway

1712 King Highway, near East 17th Street

560 Nostrand Avenue, near Herkimer Street

311 Roeliling Street, near Broadway

20 Snyder Avenue, near Flatbush Avenue 95 Willoughby Street, cor. Bridge Street

JERSEY

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. New York City is so large and its tele fone system so complex that it has been necessary to o vide the city into zones. Each call to a nearby zone .! junts as one call. Each call to more distant zones cour, s as two and in 'some few cases three calls. The Op ator will be glad to tell you whether any call you wi; i to make is a one-, two- or three-call charge; or a ard showing this information may be secured by calling the Bésiness Office.

Our message rates provide for an overti ne charge on all local calls of more than five minutes. However, we do not make this charge within the one-cal range unless the time is materially in excess of five mint ies. . At most public telephones, however, the overtime cl arge is made.

Flat Rate Service

If preferred, resi lence service can be haj at a iponthly charge which pays for all outgoing calls wi in Brooklyn. Calls to other points in New York City' af i charged for at 5c, 10c, or 15c for the initial 5 minute + alling period. The Operator will be glad to tell you the i sarge for any call at any time ; or a card showing this inf irmation may be secured by calling the Business Office ..

HOW TO DIAL

If you are not sure of the number, look in the directory. If the number is not in the directory, dill 411.

For calls that you should dial direct and those you should give to the operator 'see the zone card that has-been furnished you, additional copies of which may be obtained at the Business Office.

Dial the first two letters of the central office name, the office numeral, and each figure of the line burhiber ; for example --:

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

Listen for the dial tone-a steady humining sound .: Place your finger in the opening over the letter "F"! Move the dial clockwise until you strike the finger-stop. Remove your finger and allow the dial to turn back. Do not push the dial back.

Dial the letter "Q'! (in black ) in the same way.

Then dial the figures 9, 9, 9, 7 and 0 (in red) in order, followed by party letter, if any.

When you hear a burr-burr-burr sound, the called tele- phone is ringing.

If you hear a buzz-buzz-buzz sound, the called telephone is busy.

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

BUSINESS OFFICE MANAGERS AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS

The number of the

Thì note of the

Business Menager

AM bassador 2 ... 4. Shore Road 5-Official 50 ... J. L. Bastian

IN gersoll 2

Buckminster 4-Official 50. , H. J. Mul

*JE ferson 3

. Foxcroft 9-Official 50.

E. J.

'SHore Road 5-Official 50. . H. E. Rowley MA in 2

Exchange 6-5100.

.T. J.

MA in 4 Exchange 6+5100. W. W.

MAin 5 Exchange 6,5100.4 J. W.

MA nsfield 6

. Buckminster 2-Official 50. . H. H.

At A yflower 9 Buckminster 2-Official 50. . H. H.

MI chigan 2

Foxcroft 9-Official 50 .. .E. J.

MI nnesota 9 . Buckminster 4-Official 50.E. F. B.

NA varre 8 NE vins 8

Exchange 6-5100 . T. J.

N ghtingale 4

.. Buckminster 2-Official 50 ..

11 cken. 2

PK esiclent 3 . Buckminster 4-Official 50.E.

PR esidient 4 . Buckminster 4-Official 50.2.

Prospect 9 ..

Exchange 6-5100. ....

SH cepshend 3 Buckminster 2-Official 50 .. H. H.

Si ore Road

. Shore Road 5-Official 50. R. P. Saperle

Sitore Road

. Shore Road 5-Official 50. R. P. Saferley

Si idmore 4 .. Buckminster 4-Official 50.E. F. Edvards

*EV ergreen 4

Foveroft 9-Oficial 50. .. W. F. Schlichen

SiJocum 6 ... Buckminster 4-Official 50 .... H. H. Adfe

South 8 ....

.. Exchange 6-5100 .. .. . J. W. Maryl'y

STARE 2 Foxcroft 9-Official 50. .. W. F. Striebdn

Sterling 3

Exchange 6-5100. ..

:.... J. W. Murphy

Sunset 6

Shore Rond 5-Official 50.E. F. Salerley

Tit iangle 5

Exchange 6-5100. W.W. Priwr

Windsor 6 Shore Road 5-Official 50 ... I.

Windsor 8 .. Shore Road 5-Official 50 ... J. L Pin

Useful Information about the Service.

CHARGES FOR LOCAL SERVIC'E Telephone service in Brooklyn is charge I for in two ways.

Message Rate Service

The monthly rate for this service pays for all out- going local calls up to'a certain number., 'A charge is then made for each calhover that number. No charge is made in case your call is not completed ,because of a "Line is busy" or "Don't, answer" conditio'i, or for any other reason. If you get'a wrong number, call this to the attention of the Operator.

NEW YORK CITY ZONE BOUNDARIES

1 INCH = 14 MILE.

NEW

The number of the The -

number begins -tb

*AP plegate 6

.. Fexcroft 9-Official 50 ..... E. J. Moudie *AP plegate 7 ...... Foxcroit 9-Official 5Q ..... E. J. Moodie BF. achview 2 .

BE achview 8 . BE. nsonhurst 6

. ..... Shore Road 5,Official 50 .. H. E., Rowley Store Ruad 5-Official 50. . H. E. Rowley BU ckminster 2 AJ. . Buckminster 4-Official 50. . H. J. Murphy Buckminster 4-Official 50. .. . H. H. Adet BU ckminster 7 .. .. Backminster 4-Official 50. . H. J. Murphy Buckminster 2-Official 50 .... G. R. Raab Buckminster 2-Official 50. . H. H. Taylor .. F.tchange 6,5100. .. .... J. W. Murphy

CL overdale 8 CO ney island 6 CU mherland 6

Buckminster 2-Official 50 .... G. R.

DE lender 3

DE wey ?

DE wey

Buckminster 4-Official 50 .. H. J. Murphy Buckminster 2-Official 50. . H. H. Taylor Backminster 4-Official 50 ... . G. R. Raab Buckminster | 4-Official 50.E. F. Edwards Buckminster : 4- Official 50.E. F. Edwards Buckminster 2-Official 50 .. H. H, Taylor

F.S planade 2

ES planade 5

Buckminster 2-Official 50. ..... 1: Maurer

ES planade 6

Backminster 2-Official 50 ... ... i. Maurer

ES planade 7

Buckminster 2-Official 50. ... 4. 1. Maurer

·EV ergreen 2 Foxcroft 9-Official 50). .... F. 1. Carmody

·E.V ergreen 7

. Foxcroft 9-OAcial 50 ... W. F. Schlieben ·E.V ergreen 8 Foxcroft 9-Oficial 50 ... W. F. Schlichen EV ergreen 9 Stillwell 4-(fficial 50 ...... C. A., Schultz *FO xcroft 9 ....... Foxcroft 9-Official 50., ... F. J. Carmody,

*GL enmore 2 ..... Foxcroft 9-Official 50 ..... E. J. Moodie ·GL enmore 5 ..... Foxcroft 9-Dibcial 50 ..... F. J. Carmody

*HE geman 3 Foxcroft 9-Qifcial 50 ..... F. J. Carmody * Indicates Central Offices serving both Brooklyn and Queens.

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.

If you have a party line or an extension telephone and yon do not hear the dial tone when you remove the receiver to make a call, inquire if the line is in use, If there is no response, hang up for a few seconds and begin again. Listen while dialing and if you hear another party come in on the line, inforin him that it is in use and request him to please hang up his receiver. When he does so, hang up your receiver for a few seconds and begin again.

WINTER 1937-38

Ses

TheLetter is Black

The Figure'O' is Red

Di ckens 0

President 2 . Buckminster 4-Official 50. E. F

BU ckminster 4 %

335 Fourteenth Street, near 7th Avenue

512 Eighty-Sixth Street, near 5th Avenue 5202 Fourth Avenue, cor, 52nd Street

4101 Fourteenth Avenue cor. 4Ist Street

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 phone bill may be paid at any of the offices listed on the back of the bill; When paying by mail, please enclose the bill stub with your check. If the stub has been mislaid, please write your telephone number on the check,

Telephone bills cover servir charges for one month in advance of the date of your bill. They also cover charges for out-of-town calls and additional local calls made during the monthly period preceding the date of your 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 number on stationery and elsewhere just" as you do your street address.

Although 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 do so. Vhen a number is changed, we give as much advance notice as possible ..

There's

SELLING POWER

in your TELEPHONE NUMBER

For this 14-page booklet containing suggestions and free advertising helps, call the Business Ofice : (Dial 811).

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 al! Brooklyn suf- scribers. A classified directory listing all business sul- scribers under business headings is also furnished as a convenient shopping and service aid.

Directories are also available for Manhattan The Bronx, Queens, Staten Island and suburban points. To give these books to all Brooklyn subscribers 'would LE an inconvenience to most subscribers and a needless ex- pinse to the Company. In cases where they are requireri, they are furnished upon request. Otherwise it is better to get numbers from Information (Dial 411), and keep then on a personal list. We also furnish, free of charge, attractive booklets for listing telephone numbers.

For a free copy of this booklet, sal the Business Office (Dal 811). It's a handy pace to list the number's you frequently call.

When you get a new directory, please check your; own listings, and if incorrect notify the Business Office at unce so that we may adjust our rofords 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 are the property of the Con- pany. When lost or mutilated, the Business CHfire wall replace them. To prevent mistakes, we ask that obsolete isques be returned when later ones are delivered.

The Company is not liable for damages 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.

Useful Information about the Service (Continued)

IDENTIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES

Every employee of the Telephone Com- pany authorized to install, !i spect, sepair or remove the Company's seiparatus car- 2345 ries a metal badge showing 1 e Company's name and his own number. Other' tele- phone employees also carry suitable identi ication. We suggest that subscribers refuse access to their premises to anyone who represents himself as from i tis Company, but who cannot so identify himself.

ATTACHMENTS TO TELEPHO IFS

The Company does not sanction the use ( 2 any devices except those furnished by it. This is in The interest of good service, since many of the devices offered for sale which are claimed to improve the service actually inter- fere with the service. Where ordinary equipment does ; not meet any particular need, the Company is ready to furnish special equipment at reasonable ra' s.

VISITS TO COMPANY BUILDINGS

We are glad to welcome telephone users tour central offices. The operation of our switchboard , the maze of wiring and cable arrangements, the delici de machinery of our dial offices, and other features of' our business, are of great interest to thousands who"s & them .; Ask the Business Office (Dial 811) to arrange. br your visit.

PRIVACY OF TELEPHONE SERVICE (Extract from Penal Law.)

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

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 or contrive to prevent the return of coins to the users of coin telephones, or cause such coins to be unlawfully returned, or wlio shall by any device or means interfere with the action of operation of such coin telephones, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

COURTESY TO THE LISTENER.

CLARITY TO THE VOICE

CLOSE TO MOUTHPIS CE BEST RESULTS

OYE INCH AWAY FAIR RESULTS

THREE INCHES AWAY POOR RESULTS.

WINTER 1937-38

Principal Telephone Services and What They Cost

These services will meet the 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, call the Business Office (Dial 811). You will be connected with a Representative who is familiar with your account.

Rates shown are subject to change without notice.

RESIDENCE SERVICE

Telephone service in the home saves work, energy, time and money, promotes social enjoyment and provides 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 local calls: 5c for each call between 66 and 300; 41/2c for nekt 300; 4c for next 30) and 3yic for all others. Calls are charged as one, Two, or three local calls, depend- ing on distance from your own Criarat Office. For typical out-of-towit charges see pages. 9 amil 10.

Party Line and Flat Rate service are also available.

EXTENSION TELEPHONES IN THE HOME

The bedroom, the kitchen, the den, the library, the guest room-none is quite complete without a telephone. Ex- tensions save time in household work, afford added con- venience, and permit complete privacy.

Monthly charge with messige rate service .. 50c

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 telephones can be carried about and plugged in just like electric lamps wherever needed. They not only save steps, but are in keeping with the up-to-date modern furnishings of any home. Portable telephones are also availalile to business users at slightly higher rates.

Monthly charge with message rate service .. 50€ Charge to put in each outlet. .. $4.00

Flat Rate Service Charges will be furnished on request liy 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 one line, the other line is available for calls also, Additional lines in the home are furnished at some: what lower rates, Charges for additional lines will be furnished on request by the Business Office ..

BUSINESS SERVICE

Telephone service speeds up business transactions,.opeas the floor for telephone orders, aids in selling and buying. The progressive business is known to its customers by the adequacy of its telephone service.

Individual Line Service

Monthly charge which pays for 75 outgoing local calls

$6.00 $5.00

Charge to put in. Additional local calls ; 5c for each call between 75 and 300 4ze for |next 300; 4c for next 300 and 3Hic for all other Calls are charged as one, two, or three local calls, depend. ing on distance from your own Central Office. For typical out-of-town charges see pages 9 and 10.

Private Branch Exchange Service

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

Monthly charges for message service :

Switchboard Depends on sine Extension telephones, each 80€

Ist trunk, including 75 outgoing local calls .. $6.00

Additional trunks, each $2.50

Charge to put in

On application

EXTENSION TELEPHONES IN BUSINESS

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

DIRECT LINES

Where frequent communication is required with brat hes or important customers, private wires. afford instant direct communication without going through our central offices. They frequently cost less than the regular service.

TELETYPEWRITER SERVICE

This service trasismits the written word jus as the tele- phone transmits the spoken word. You an be ton- nected with anyone in the United States har ag the same service. You can transmit rush orders and information to factories, branches, warehouses, or to " ifferent- de- partments of the business. Both the sender and receiver have typewritten copies of each message and as many as six copies can be made by each teletypew :lter. Fele- typewriters can be operated by anyone who can operate a typewriter. |Charges are made for local and out-of -; town messages depending on the distance and the length of period the service is used.

Private line teletypewriter service which is not con -. nected to the general system is also-availa dr.

; For further information call the Bus ness Office (Dial 811).

WIRING PLANS

Wiring plans are special arrangements that tive services not available with the usual main and extens in, telephone services. There is no charge to install to the services, and monthly charges vary. Wiring plans are kasy to operate and have some or all of the follow ag features : Privacy. When you want to use your ez sehsion tele- phone without being overheard by someor else on the fine, a cut-off arrangement will insure pri acy.

Intercommunication. Occasions often aris : when it is desired to telephone others on the same renrises? A proprietor may desire to give instruction, to his em -. ployee. A housewife may wish to talk to her servants. A wiring plan makes it possible to talk dir ctly between main and extension telephones without calling! the operator.

Pick-up. Calls ran be made or received over: more than one line from tlje same telephone. It is he pful in cases where one person uses more than one lineror when one person answers calls for a second person who is absent. Holding. The holding feature is of great; alue sinte it permits you to have somicone wait on one į he while you make or receive another call at the same t lephone over à second line. ..

INTERCEPTING EQUIPMENT

This makes possible the answering at one point of any number of telephones while employees afc! away from their desks or talking on other lines, the' tby reducing custortier annoyance and congestion of y ur telephone jines. The change varies with the requireny ats to be met.

TIME-OF-DAY SERVICE

The correct time may be obtained by dial ng or calling MEridian 7-1212 at any time during the lay or night The charge from message rate stations is . ne local mesh sage. From all other stations the charge ik 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. Persous whose 'hearing is normal thay also use the instrument without difficulty.

Monthly charge $1.25

Charge for changing telephone $1.50

Similar equipment is available for use without addi- tional charge in Brooklyn at the following attended publid, telephone locations: Central Court Bldg ... Schermerhorn and Smith Sts. Long Island R. R. Term. Flatbush Ave.

Supreme Court, Bldg. . Joralemon St.

TELEGRAM5 BY TELEPHONE

You may telephone telegrams, 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, call Long Dis- tance (Dial 211) and ask for the Conference Operator,

SEQUENCE CALLING

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Brooklyn, New York City, Telephone Directory, 1937-38, Part 1

Author: New York Telephone Company Publication date: 1937 Publisher: New York Telephone Company Number of Pages: 355

Author: New York Telephone Company
Publication date: 1937
Publisher: New York Telephone Company
Number of Pages: 355