Brooklyn, New York City, Telephone Directory, 1938, Part 1

Author: New York Telephone Company
Publication date: 1938
Publisher: New York Telephone Company
Number of Pages: 338

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Summer 1938

BROOKLYN NEW YORK CITY TELEPHONE DIRECTORY

SUMMER

1938

7-1

OUT-OF-TOWN CALLS FROM MOOKLYN

Santion-to-Station

For fece boblet a page for

Albany, N. Y.

. . . $ .75

$145

Atlanta, Ga.

. . 2.20

1.35

Baltimore, Md.

.75

Boston, Mass. .

.30

Bufalo, N. Y.

1.25

.75

Chicago, Il.

2.20

1.35

Cleveland, Ohio . . : 1.40

Denver, Col. . . 4.50

3.00

Hartford, Conn.

Los Angeles, CaL.

6.25

4.25

Miami, Fla. 3.25

1.95

Montreal, Que., Can. . .

1.45

4, 90

New Orleans, La.

3.50

210

Philadelphia, Pa.

.45

Pittsburgh, Pa. ... 1.15

.30

San Francisco, Cal. . . . 6.50

St. Louis, Mo. . . .

2.60

1.60

Syracuse, N. Y. .

1.05

.60

Washington, D. C. . . . .

Give . Station-to-Station calla to the

Operator. Give Person-to-Person calls

to Long Distance (Dial 211). For

additional information see page 8.

. FIRE . POLICE . AMBULANCE Dial or Call the Operator

NEW YORK . TELEPHONE . COMPANY

1955

Lust numbers frequently called.

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STONES PIANO Sad

337 YMCA

Bargain Long Distance Rates to most points after 7 P. M. every night and all day Sunday

Save Money on LONG DISTANCE

If you have out-of-town friends or rwietives you'd like to talk to them now and then. You can telephone them for tech than you might guess.

Long Distance rates are lower than erer, And i don't forget the bargain rates after 7 p. m. every waing and all day Sunday ..

Thy not My "Hello" to that "somosone": tonight?

All Day Long

YOUR TELEPHONE CAN HELP YOU!

8 AM

Childisa to set of to achgol-+Appointments to make it beauty parlor or fendet. Telephone- cave wilding and disappoint sone

3 AM

Groceries to order, Let che lephone bring them !! You'll but just as good value-and no bundles to

10 AM

Too busy to go to the malet Go by telephone. Avold crowds-lave time, sorry! carfarei

Those old friends you haven't cesa for a long time. Viae chas by telephone-make plans for movies ar beldad

That's poching Ike a telephone chat with Mother or married dâucheer.

Restantand -- knit-henjoy yourself. Your tulephone has served you time and moargy today.

7 PM

Take advantage of the reduced night rates on Long Dience to talk with the folli beck home.

Useful Information about the Service

CHARGES FOR LOCAL SERVICE

Telephone service in Brooklyn is charged 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 call over that number. No charge is made in case your call is not completed because of a "Line is busy" or "Don't answer" condition, or for any other reason. If you get a wrong number, call this to the attention of the Operator.

NEW YORK CITY ZONE BOUNDARIES

ZONE

1 INCH = 10 MILES

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...

ZONE

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New York City is so large and its telephone system so complex that it has been necessary to divide the city into zones. Each call to a nearby zone counts as one call. Each call to more distant zones counts as two and in some few cases three calls. The Operator will be glad to tell you whether any call you wish to make is a one-, two- or three-call charge; or a card showing this information may be secured by calling the Business Office.

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

Flat Rate Service

If preferred, residence service can be had at a monthly charge which pays for all outgoing calls within Brooklyn. Calls to other points in New York City are charged for at 5c, 10c, or 15c for the initial 5 minute calling period. The Operator will be glad to tell you the charge for any call at any time ; or a card showing this information 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, dial 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 number; for example --

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. Remove 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 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 huzz-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."

The Letter'O' is Black

The Figure'O" is Red

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

If you have trouble chaling 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 you do not hear the dial tone when you remove the receiver to make a cail, 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, inform 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 .;

SUMMER 1938

NEW

ZOWE 14

Palaters'

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 eljerk, If the stub has been mislaid, please write your telephone number on the check,

Telephone bills cover service charges for one month in advance of the date of your bill. They also cover charges for out-of-town calls 'and additional kcal calls made inring the monthly period preceding the date of your bill.

DISPLAYING TELEPHONE NUMBERS

It will bela convenience to those who may wish to call you, aind. will help to speed service, if you will print your telephone number on stationery and elsewhere just as you to your street address. -

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

There's.

SELLING POWER- in your- TELEPHONE NUMBER

For this 14 page booklet containing suggestions and free adverbeing helps, call the Business Office ( 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 all Brooklyn sub- dribers. A classified directory in which listings and advertisements appear nhder business headlings 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 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 gut numbers from Information (Dial 411), and ketp them on a personal list. We also furnish, free of charge, attractive booklets for listing telephone numbers.

For a free copy of this booklet, call the Business Office ( Dial 821). 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 our 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 are the property of the Com+ pany. When lost or mutilated, the Business Office will replace them. To prevent mistakes, we ask that obsolete issues 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

23450 Every employee of the Telephone Com- pany authorized to install, inspect, repair or remove the Company's apparatus car- ries a metal badge showing the Company's name and his own number. Other tele- phone employees also tarry suitable identification. We suggest that subscribers refuse access to their premises to anyone who represents himself as from this Company, but who cannot so identify himself.

ATTACHMENTS TO TELEPHONES

The Company does not sanction the use of 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 rates.

VISITS TO COMPANY BUILDINGS

We are glad to welcome telephone users at our central offices. The operation of our switchboards, the maze of wiring and cable arrangements, the delicate machinery of our dial offices, and other features of our- business, are of great interest to thousands who see them. 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- ployce, 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 delivery, or of which contents he may in any manner | become pos- sessed, * * * is punishable byra 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 or 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 device or means interfere with the action or operation of such coin telephones, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

COURTESY TO THE LISTENER

CLARITY TO THE VOICE

CLOSE TO MOUTHPIECE BEST RESULTS

ONE INCH AWAY FAIR RESULTS

THREE INCHES AWAY POOR RESULTS

SUMMER 1938

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 conweteil with a Representative who is familiar with your account,

Rates shown are subject to change without notice.

RESIDENCE SERVICE

Telephone serfice in the home saves work, energy, time and money, promotes social enjoyment and provides protection in emergencies;1

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

Additional local calls : Se for each call between 66 and 300; 4Vc for next 300; 4c for next 300 and 3%gc for all, others. Calls are charged as one, iwas, or three local calls, depend- ing on distance from your own Central Office. For typical out-of-town charges set. pages 9 and 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 roum -- 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 message rate service .. 50c

Charge to put in. I $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 electrje 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 available to business users at slightly higher rates.

Monthly charge with message rate service .. 50c

Charge to plit in each outlet .. $4.00 Flat Rate Service Charges will be furnished on request by the Business Office.

ADDITIONAL LINES

Witlr 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 lives 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, opens the door 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

Charger to put in $5.00 Arklitional local calls; Sc for each'call between 75 and 300; A/c' for next 300; 4c for next 300 and 3yic for all others. Calls are charged as one, two, or three locat calls, depend- ing on distance from your own Central Office. For typical out-of-town charges see page's 9 and 10.

Private Branch Exchange Service

This consists of a switchboard of suitable size located on the subscriber's premises, extension telephones connectel 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

Ist trunk, including 75 ontgoing'local calls. $6.00

Additional trunks, cach. $2.50

Charge to put in. On application

EXTENSION TELEPHONES IN BUSINESS

Conveniently placed telephones connected to your main line save, delay in answering and 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 communication without going through our central offices. They frequently cost less than the regular service,

TELETYPEWRITER SERVICE

This service transmits the written word .just as the tele- phone transmits the spoken word. You can be con- nected with anyone in the United States having the same service. You can transmit rush orders and information to factories, branches, warehouses, or to different de- partments of the business. Both the sender and receiver have typewritten copies of each. tuessage and as many as six copies can be made hy each teletypewriter. Tele- 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 systent is also available.

For further information call the Business Office Dial 811).

WIRING PLANS

Wiring plans are special arrangements that give services not available with the usual main and extension telephone services. There is no charge to install these services, , and monthly, charges vary. Wiring plans are easy to operate and have some or all of the following features": Privacy. When you want to use your extension tele- phone without being overheard by someone else on the line, a cut-off arrangement will insure privacy.

Intercommunication. "Occasions often arise when it is desired to telephone others on the same premises. A proprietor may desire to give instructions to his em- ployee. A housewife may wish to talk to her servants. A wiring plan makes it possible to talk directly between main and extension telephones without calling the operator.

Pick-up. Calls can be made or received over more than one line from the same telephone. It is helpful in cases where one person uses more than one line or when one person answers calls for a second person who is absent. Holding. The holding feature is of great value since it permits you to have someone wait'on one line while you make or receive another call at the same telephone over a second line.

INTERCEPTING EQUIPMENT

This makes possible the answering at one point of any number of telephones, while employees are away from their desks or talking on other lines, thereby reducing customer annoyance and congestion of your telephone lines. The charge varies with the requirements to be met.

TIME-OF-DAY SERVICE

The correct time may be obtained by dialing or calling MEridian 7-1212 at any time during the day or night. The charge from message rate stations is one local 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 voire heard in the receiver. Persons whose hearing is normal may 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 public telephone locations :

Central Court Bldg ... . Schermerhorn and Smith Sts. Long Island R. R. Term. .. Flatbuslı Ave. Supreme Court Bidg Joralenton St.

TELEGRAMS 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 tahle. 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

If you wish to make a large number of out-of-town calls in rapid succession with little waiting between calls, you may file with the Company a number of calls at one time, preferably in writing. The operator will put through each 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 ate 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-closed service; key-town selling and other aids to economical out-of- town telephoning ; and many others.

SUMMER 1938

Out-of-Town Calls

From your telephone in New York City you can be connected with millions of telephones in the United States and Candda, Central and South America, the British Isles and Europe, Africe,: Asia, Australia, ; Howail and other island groups, and with ships at sea.

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

-If you do not know the number, call Information (Dial 411).'

STATION-TO-STATION CALLS. When you want us to do nothing more than connect you with the desired telephone, dial or call the Operator and tell her the city and the telephone numbet.

FERSON-TO-PERSON CALLS. When you want to be connected with some particular person or a particular telephone connected to a private switchboard, call Long Distance (Dial 211). Tell the Operator who answers the name of the person, the city and the telephone number. A small report charge is made if the telephone is reached but not-the person,

If you are not sure of the exact whereabouts of the one you wish to reach, Long Distance will try to find him for you.

APPOINTMENT AND MESSENGER CALLS. , The Long Distance Operator will arrange an appointment to be sure the called party will be at the telephone when you call. The charge is the same as for a person-to-person call. A messenger will be sent on any person- to-person call for a small additional charge.

COLLECT CALLS. If you want the charge for an out-of-town call to be put on the bill of the called party, tell the Operator when you make the call that it is a "Collect Call." If someone at the called telephone agrees to accept the charges, you will be connected. Other- wise there will be a small report charge.

Charges are the same as for other out-of-town calls, except that for station-to-station Falls of; 20c or less they are higher.

Collect calls cannot be made to ships at sea or to foreign countries except Canada and Cuba.

CALLS TO OVERSEAS POINTS AND TO SHIPS AT SEA. Just call Long Distance (Dial - 211) and ask for the Overseas Operator.

You get faster service when you call by number. Keep a handy list for your out-of-town numbers.

" REDUCED RATES to points in the United States, Canada and Cuba are in effect from 7 p. m. to| 4:30 a. m. and all day Sunday : and to certain International points between 5.p. m. and 5 a. m. and all day Sunday-,

CHARGES BEGIN on station-to-station calls when the called telephone answers; on person;to-person calls when conversation begins with the desired person.'

MINIMUM CHARGES are for 3 minutes except on station-to-station charges of 25c or less, when they are for 5 minutes. Rates for additional minutes may be ob- tained by dialing or calling Operator.

U. S. GOVERNMENT TAX applies on all calls of 50c or more, as follows : 50c to 99c, 10c each ; $1.00 to $1.99, 15c cach ; $2.00 or more, 20c each.

Typical Rates from Brooklyn to Out-of-Town Points (From Certain Sections o/ Brpoklyn the Rates May Be Somewhat Difereik from These Sh

Station to Station

W'ect-

Nights &/ "Week- Nigko &

Week- Days

Nights & Sundays

Week-

Days

Sundays

Days

Sundays

Akron, Ohio

$ 85

$1.85

:45

1.05

75 H

Albuquerque,' N. Mex ...

5.00

1.25

6,75

4.75

Garden City. L. L.

Glen Cove, L. I ....

Amityville, L. I ..

125/

115

Grand Rapids, Mich .. ...

1.90

Great Neck. L. 1 ..

.15

.15 35

Asheville, N. G .. ..

1 80

2.40

1.20

Greenport, L' I ..

.60

Atlanta, Ga ..:

2.20

1.35

2.95

2.10

Greensboro, N. C.

1.45

Greenwich, Conn.

.30

.40

130

Baltimore, Md.

.45

1.05

Bayonne, N. J .....

.15

Harrisburg, Pa ..

.45

1.00

Bay Shore. L. I ...

3.5

1.50

1.00

3.25

225

5.75 .

35 25

Boston, Mass.f

Houston, Texas ...

4.00

2.50

5.25 T

Bridgeport. Coun .;

.15

1.15

Islip, E. I .....

Jackson, Mint. ...

4.00

$75

Camden, N.

3.5

1.45

1.95

1.40

1.60

Kansas Gly, Moi. K++ 8

Chicago. III.".

2.20

2.95

2.10

1.70

Lakewood., N. J .... ...

Cold Spring Harbor, LI

2.45

200

1.40

Linden. N. J ... ...

Little Rock. Ark .. .

Long Beach, L. I ....

1.25

5.50

Dayton, Ohio

125

Mamaroneck, N. Y .....

Manchester. N. H.

„ Manhasset, L. L ....

Elizabeth, N.

1.25

.60

Miami, Fla.

3.25

.90

Englewood, N. J.

,30

30 Milwaukee, Wis.

2.3

Fall River, Mass.

Minneapolis, Minn. ...

2.9€

Falloburgh, N. Y.

Montclair, N. J .. .

Fargo. N .. Dak. ..

210

4.50

1.00

Monticello; N. Y ...

Farmingdale. L. I.

.35 25

30 35

Fort Lee, N. J .... 20

Mt. Pogono, Pa .....

"From May 25 to Sept. 10 inclusive, reduced rates apply only from 4:30 a.m. Sunday to 4:30 a.m. Monday-

FOR RATES TO OTHER POINTS CALL- LONG DISTANCE (DIAL !)

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Brooklyn, New York City, Telephone Directory, 1938, Part 1

Author: New York Telephone Company Publication date: 1938 Publisher: New York Telephone Company Number of Pages: 338

Author: New York Telephone Company
Publication date: 1938
Publisher: New York Telephone Company
Number of Pages: 338