Brooklyn, New York City, Telephone Directory, 1939, Part 1

Author: New York Telephone Company
Publication date: 1939
Publisher: New York Telephone Company
Number of Pages: 350

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Summer

1939

Summer 1939

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

We realize that difficulties will sometimes occur in spite of our best efforts to avoid them. When they ido, we are anxious to correct them promptly and to take steps which will prevent them from happening again. Below are directions for you to follow 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 l'age 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.

In An Emergency Dial or Call the OPERATOR and Say

"I want a policeman"

"I want an ambulance" "I want to report a fire" If you cannot remain at the telephone, tell the OPERATOR where help is needed

To Make Out-of-Town Calls

From DIAL Telephones

rom CON-DIAL Telephones

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

Dial the OPERATOR

. Call the OPERATOR

If you want us to connect you with a particular person (Person-to-Person Call) .

Dial 211

Cia! "LONG DISTANCE"!

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

Dial 411 . ,

Coll "INFORMATION

For typical rates, overseas service and other information

See pages 8 to 10

. See- pages 8 to 10

For Repair Service, Help in Calling, etc.

From DIAL Telephones

From NON-DIAL Telephones Call "REPAIR SERVICE"

If your telephone is out of order 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 Telephoneo Dial 811 . . .

Freis NON-DIAL Telephquide Call "BUSINESS OFFICE"

To order new service To discuss bills, make service requests, suggestions or criticismns, etc.

-Dial 811. Ask for your representative

Call "BUSINESS OFFICE" Ask for your representative

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

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

Call telephone number of business office shown on page 4

In emergencies outside of regular business hours, to secure immediate establishment or restoration of telephone service, or any other Telephone Com- pany assistance .

Dial EX change 6-5100 and ask for the Manager

C'all EX change 6-5100 and ask for the Manager

New York Telephone Company, ior Willoughby St., Brooklyn, N. Y .- Prand in U. S. A. This Issue Corrected to July 5. 1939

Dial 611

. Dial the OPERATOR

Coll "CHIEF OPERATOR"

SUMMER 1939

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). 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 10 you.

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 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 needs, your Business Office Manager would appreciate a call from you.

ADDRESSES OF BROOKLYN BUSINESS OFFICES

105 Cheater Street, near Pitkin Avenne 1052 Greene Avenue, near Broadway

1712 Kings Highway, near East |17th Street 560 Nostrand Avenue, near Herkimer Street

311 Roebling Street, near Broadway

20 Suyder Avenue, near Flatbush Avenup

95 Willoughby Street, cor. Bridge Street

335 Fourteenth Street, mear 7th Avenue

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

4101 Fourteenth Avenne, cor. 41st Street

BUSINESS OFFICE MANAGERS AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS

If your telephone number begins with

The number of the Basindss Ofice is

The name of the

The number of the

The name of the Menager de

AM bassador 2 ..

. Shore Rood 5-Official 50 .. H. E. Rowley Foxcruft 9-Official $0. ... J. A. Bryson

"HE geman 3 .

. Foxcroft 9-Official 50

IN gersoll 2 .. Buckminster 4-Official 50 .. J. V. Mulvey

*JE fferson 3

. Foxcroft 9-Official Số

.. J. A. Bryson

BE achview 8

BE nsonhurst 6

.. Shore Road 5-Official 50. LA. L. Squiers

MA in 4 Exchange 6-5100.

.W. W. Driver

BU ckminster 2

.. Buckminster 4-Official 50.E. F. Edwards

BU ckminster 4

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

MA nshield 6 . Buckminster 2-Official |50. . H. H. Taylor

MA yflower 9 . Buckminster 2-Official 50.J. W. Murphy

Mil nnesota 9

Buckminster 2-Official 50.J. W. Murphy

DE fender 3

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

NI ghtingale 4

.. Buckminster 2-Oficial 50 ... ... I. Maurer

PR esident 2

Buckminster 4-Official 50 ... .H. H. Adee

PR esident 3

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

PR esident 4

Buckminster 4-Official 50 .... H. H. Adee

PR ospect 9 .

.Exchange 6-5100. .... ..... T. J. Hickey

SH eepshead 3

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

SH ore Road 5

Shore Road 5-Official 50. . H. E. Rowley

SH ore Road &

Shore Road 5-Official 50 ... A. L. Squiers

SK idmore 4

Buckminster 4-Official 50. . J. V. Mulvey

·EV engreen 4

Foxcroft 9-Official 50 ... W. F. Schlieben SO uth 8 ..

.Exchange 6-5100 ... ... J. F. O'Brien

·EV ergreen 7

Foxcroft 9-Official 50 ... W. F. Schlieben "ST agg 2 .. Foxcroft 9-Official 50 ... W. F. Schlieben

*EV ergreen 8

Foxcroit 9-Official 50 ... W. F. Schlieben ST erling 3

Exchange 6-5100 .......... .. J. F. O'Brien

EV Ergreen 9

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

*FO xcroft 9 .Foxcroft 9-Official 50 ..... F. J. Carmody

*GL enmore 2 ..... Foxcroft 9-Official 50. J. A. Bryson

WI ndsor 6 ... Shore Road 5-Official 50 .. R. P. Satterley

W1 ndsor 9

.Shore Road 5-Official 50, .H. E. Rowley

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

ZONY DONE

NSW

ZONE

.......

New York City is so large and its telephone system so complex that it has been necessary to divide die city into zones. Each call to a nearby zone counts as one call. Each call to more distant zones counts as tiro 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-,|tivo- 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 calls 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 ad 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 Offive.

HOW TO DIAL

If you are not sure of the number, look in the director :!. If the number is not in the directory, dial 411.

For.calls thal you shoukl 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 hununing sound.

Place your finger in the opening ow'r the letter "F".

Move the dial clockwise until you s rike 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 suund, the called tele- phone is ringing.

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

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

TheLetter" is Black

The Figure'O' is Red

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

If you have trouble dinling 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 call, inquire ii the line is in use, It there is no response, hang up for a few seconds and begin again. Listen while dia ing 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 cheriver. When he does so, hang up your receiver for A few seconds and. begin again.

* Indicates Central Offices| serving both Brooklyn and Queens.

number begins jeità

Menager ie

*AP plegate 6 .....

*AP plegate 7 ...... Foxcroft 9-Official.50 ...... ]. A. Bryson

BE achview 2

Shore Road 5-Official 50 .. H. E. Rowley .. Shore Road 5-Official 50. ... A. L. Squiers

MA in 2 . Exchange 6-5100.

.. T. J. Hickey

MA in 5 . Exchange 6-5100.

.. J. F. O'Brien

BU ckminster 7

. Buckminster 4-Official 50. . H. J. Murphy .Buckminster 2-Official 50 .. .1. Maurer Buckprinster 2-Official 50.J. W. Murphy Exchange 6-5100 .... ... J. F. O'Brien

MI chigan 2 . Foxcroft 9-Official 50 ...... J. A. Bryson . Buckminster 4-Official 50.E. F. Edwards

NA varre 8 NE vins 8

Exchange 6-5100 .... T. J. Hickey

DE wey 2 .. Buckminster 2-Official 50. . H. H. Taylor

DE wey 6

Buckminster 2-Official 50. H. H. Taylor

DE wey 9

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

DI ckens 2 DI ckens 6

Buckminster 4-Official 50.E. F. Edwards

Buckminster 4-Official 50 .. ]. V. Mulvey

ES planade 2

Buckminster 2-Official 50.J. W. Murphy

ES planade 5

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

ES planade 6

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

ES planade 7

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

*EV ergreen 2 Foxcroft 9-Official 50 ..... F. J. Carmody SLocum 5

. Buckminster 4-Official 50. ... H. H. Adee

ST erling 8

.Exchange 6-5100. ........ W. W. Driver TR iangle 5 Exchange 6-5100 .. .. W. W. Driver

W1 ndsor 5 Shore Road S-Official 50 .. R. P. Satterley

*GL enmore 5 ..... Foxcroft 9-Official 50. .... . F. J. Carmody +

HA vemeyer 8 .Foxcroft 9-Official $0 ..... F. J. Carmody

Windsor 8 .... Shore Road 5-Official 50 .. R. P. Satterley

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CL overdale 8

CO ney Island 6 CU mberland 6

.... F. J. Carmody

Summer 1939

Useful Information about the Service (Continued)

BILLS

Telephone bill are rendered onde 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 numljer 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 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. When a number is changed, we give as much advance notice as possible.

The VOICE WITH a SMILE

You AND YOUR TELEPHONE

your 4 Companyx VOICE

Copies of these three interesting and instructive booklets 'may be obtained free by calling 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- scriber's. A classified directory in which listings and advertisements appear 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 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 from Information (Dial 411), and keep 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 811). 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 recorjis 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.

Useful Information about the Service

FREE ADVISORY SERVICES

Telephone Service Requierenis. The telephone service requirements of subscribers change from time to time because of changes in volume of business handled, in methods of operation, in organization plans, etc. We therefore maintain a Customers' Service Bureau for the purpose of determining for our subscribers, upon request, the type and amount of telephone equipment best adapted to their current needs. This service is furnished without charge and may be secured by just calling the Business Office (Dial 811) ..

Architects' and Builders' Service. |When building or remodeling, you may arrange for conduits and con- cealed telephone wiring. A telephone engineer will assist you, without charge, in planning up-to-date arrange- ments. For information, call the Business Office (Dial 811) and ask for "Architects' and Builders' Service."

IDENTIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES

23456 - 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 carry 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.

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 mach nery 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.

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. .

PRIVACY OF TELEPHONE SERVICE (Extract from) Penal Law.)

A person who wrongfully, obtains, or a tempts'to obtain, any knowledge of a telegra hic or te ephonic message by connivance with a clefs, operater, messenger .or other employee of a telegraph or telephone company, or being such clerk, operater, messenger or other em- ployee, 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 for delivery, on of which' contents he may in any manner 'become pos- sessed, * * * is punishable by a fine of not more han 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 af sended March 24, 1933, that any person who shall prevent or contrive to prevent the return of coins a> the users of coin teleph:ben, or cause such coins to be imlawfully 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 > FARR RESULTS

THREE INCHES I.WAY POOR RESULTS

Summer 1939

Principal Telephone Services and What They Cost

These services will wiet the needs of telephone users in Brooklyn in nearly all cases. Other special services to niech 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 showem 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.

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

. Additional local calls: 5c for each call between 66 and 300; 4!sc for next 300; Ac for next 300 and 3}4c for all others. 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.

Party Line and Flat Rate service are also available.

EXTENSION TELEPHONES IN THE HOME

The bedroomh, the kitchen, the den, the library, the guest roont-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. Charge to put in .. ..

$2.00

Flat Katie| 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 jnot like electric lamps wherever needed. They not only save steps, but are in keeping with the up-to-date modern furnishings of any honje. Portable telephones are also available to business users at slightly higher rates. Moothly charge with message rate service. . 50 Charge to put in each outlet ... $4.00

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 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.

INTERCEPTING EQUIPMENT

This ninkes possible the answering at one point of any number of teleph nes 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.

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

$5.00 $5.00

Charge to put in Additional local calls: 5c for each call between 75 and 300; 41/2c for next 300; 4c for next 300 and 3y4c for all others. Calls are charged as one, two or three local calls depend- ing on distance from your own Central Office, Fo 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 Onnected to the switchboard, and trunk lines from the swachboard to the central office.

Monthly charges for message service Switchboard

Depend on size

Extension telephones, each .. ...

180c

Ist trunk, including 75

outgoing local calls. . Additional trunks, each.

$6.00

฿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 .. Charge to put in. 80c $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 jave typewritten copies of each message and as many is six copies can be made by 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 system 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. 1 Intercommunication, Occasions often arise when it is desired to telephone others on the same promises, .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 of 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.

WEATHER FORECASTS FOR NEW YORK CITY

The latest weather forecasts for New York City repeated by an announcing system, may be obtained by dialing or calling WE ather 6-1212 at any time during the day or night. The charge from message rate telephones is- one local call. From all other telephones the charge is five cents.

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 telephones is one local Call. From all other telephones 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 . ... $1.25

Charge for changing telephone . .. $1:50 Similar equipment is available for use without addi- tional charge in Brooklyn at the 'ollowing attended public telephone locations when operators ar: on duty : Central Couris Bldg ... Schermerhorn and Smith Sts. Long Island R. R. Term, .. Flatbuth Ave.

Supreme Court Bldg. ....... Jpralemon St.

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Brooklyn, New York City, Telephone Directory, 1939, Part 1

Author: New York Telephone Company Publication date: 1939 Publisher: New York Telephone Company Number of Pages: 350

Author: New York Telephone Company
Publication date: 1939
Publisher: New York Telephone Company
Number of Pages: 350