Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island; New York City Telephone Directory, 1926, Part 1

Author: New York Telephone Company
Publication date: 1926
Publisher: New York Telephone Company
Number of Pages: 515

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BROOKLYN, QUEENS STATEN ISLAND

NEW YORK CITY TELEPHONE DIRECTORY

October 6, 1926

THIS INDEX will be of assistance in finding Information which will help you get the most value from your service.

. Outside Front Cover

How to call the Company on Service Matters ....

How to Transact Business with the Company- Applications for service, moving of telephones, bills, directories, etc. . Page 8.

Page 8

How to Make a Local Call From a Manual Telephone

Page: 9

How to Make Emergency Calls.

Page 10

How to Place Toll Calls-Classes of Toll Calls.

Page 10

General Information

Page 12

I ocal Service Areas.

Page 13

Fates to some Long Distance Points

Page 14'

nisiness Offices-Telephone numbers and locations

Page 15

Executive and General Offices

140 West Street (Borough of Manhattan) New York City

NEW YORK TELEPHONE COMPANY

How to Make a Local Call From a Dial Telephone

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How to Make a Local Call From a Dial Telephone : -

THE FOLLOWING PAGES contain information that will help you secure the most value from your telephone service. It is to your interest to read them carefully. AN INDEX of the information contained on these pages is shown on the preceding page.

How to Transact Business With The Company

Applications for New Serv- large number of such orders are re- begin and end several days before the ice, Changes in Location, etc. end of the calendar month.

TO arrange for new telephone ser- vice, removals, termination of contracts, directory listings, directory advertising, adjustment of accounts, etc., call the Business Office. See page 15 for list of Business Offices, with addresses, and directions for call- ing them. There is no charge for such calls.

On account of the time needed for moving telephone equipment from one location to another, notice should he given at least ten (10) days prior to the time the change is desired. A

ceived about May 1st and October 1st each year. Ample advance notice (30 days if possible) is therefore request- ed in order to enable us to make the change with the least possible inter- ruption to your service.

Bills for Service

Bills for local service will be ren- dered monthly in advance in accord- ance with the terms of the contract. Charges for tolls and long distance messages will appear on the same bill, the charges covering a period of one month; but in order to render bills on the first of the month the period will mation.

Telephone Directories

If you do not receive a current di- rectory or if directories other than' those ordinarily distributed are re- quired, call the Business Office. In order that the directory records may contain correct listing information, notifications . of changes in listings should be given at once. Subscribers are requested to report promptly any errors in their listings. Further in- formation in regard to telephone di- rectories will be found on Page 12 under the heading of General Infor-

To Help You on Your Local Calls

A LOCAL call is one to any tele- Your local service area is indicated on below. If you have a dial telephone, page 13. Local calls from manual dial the call direct, according to the instructions shown on the following

according to the instructions shown .page.

How to Make a Local Call From a Manual Telephone

BTAIN telephone numbers from If you are calling from a party line call. Make the call again a little the latest issue of the telephone message rate station, announce the later, if the connection is still desired. directory.

letter of your station, if there is one,

If you can not find the' desired after giving the number as above. number in the directory obtain it from Example, "Worth five thousand, this "Information."

is 'J' calling."

Consult the directory first, as "In- formation" does not furnish numbers listed in the directory. There is no charge for calls to "Information."

Give the number to the operator in. the following manner: CAN al 0027 |say "Canal oh-oh -- two-seven." JOH # 1933 say "John one-two-five-three." MAT n 2125-J say "Main two-one-two-five-J." HAN over 4800 say "Hanover four-eight-hundred" WOR th 5000 say "Worth five-thousand."

If the operator repeats the number, operator. If you hear the ringing sig- the repetition is incorrect, say nal, give the called party sufficient " and give the number again.

time to answer, before abandoning the

There will be no charge unless an answer is obtained from a subscriber's telephone.

Where these audible signals are not provided, reports will be given by the operator.

Other clicking sounds or tones may occasionally be heard. Such sounds, however, are incidental to the opera- tor's work and should be disregarded.

To call back the operator (from a manual telephone) move the receiver

Do not hang up the receiver until you are ready for the operator to take down the connection.

OBTAIN telephone numbers from the date t issue of the telephone directory I: you can not find the de- sired number in the directory, obtain it from Information." Consult the directory, fir: / however, as "Informa- tion" does not furnish numbers listed in the direct fy. There is no charge for calls to "} aformation."

When consulting the directory, it will be noticed that the first three letters of the central office names are capitalized.

These three letters, then the figures and party live letter, if there is one, should be di Med.

Suppose, for example, you are call- ing JOH{ n }$075

To call the number, it is necessary to dial J-O++I-7-6-0-7 in the follow- ing marmer:

Remove the receiver, from the hook. Listen for the DIAL TONE, a steady Jumming sound, which indicate that the line is ready for you to dial. DO NOT start to dial " ntil you hear it. If you do not pear the dial tone after war ing , short time, hang up the receiver and try again a little later.

After heming the dial tone, keep the rece ver off the hook until you have fi ished with the call.

Place voar finger in the hole through which the letter "J" is seeu, and pull the dial around until pour: finger strikes the finger : op." Raise the finger and allow The dial to return to its origina position. Do not touch the dia while it is turning back.

Repeat the operation for the letter "O"ar I then for the letter "H". Yar have how dialed the first three liters of the central office name.

Repeat ti'e same operation for the figure 4 then 6, then 0 (zero) and the ~ 7.

In a ver : short time you should hear either the ringing signal, an interm tent burr-rr-ing sound accom) anying the ringing of the bell, or the busy signal, a rapid

DEF

ABC

CHI 4

JKL 3

MNO

PRS 7

WXY

TUV 8

Ready to dial "7"-The last figure given to example.

The dial pulled around to finger stop.

buzz-buzz-buzz (quicker and louder than the ringing signal).

If you do not hear either signal within half a minute, hang up the receiver, wait a few seconds and dial again. Make several such attempts if necessary and then if you still do not hear either the ringing signal or the busy signal, report the condition to the oper- ator. To reach the operator; place your finger in the hole through which the word "OPER- ATOR" is seen, turn the dial to the finger stop and release it.

Uncompleted Calls

When, for any reason, you do not obtain a connection (for example the called line is busy or does not answer, er you do not hear the ringing signal) you will usually get quicker service i. you try the call again yourself at intervals, instead of immediately call- ing the operator for assistance. No charge is made unless you obtain an answer from a subscriber's telephone.

Assistance Calls

In case you have trouble in dialing a'call, or if you wish to report service irregularities, dial the operator and explain the circumstances to her.

Dialing Cautions

On the dial all LETTERS are shown in BLACK and all: FIG- URES in RED.

The LETTER in BLACK

The FIGURE Is RED

DE ABC

The LETTER is BLACK

The FIGURE is RED

It is very important to distinguish between the black letter "O" and the red figure "0" (zero) and between the black letter "I" and the red figure 12 (one). Failure to do so will result in wrong numbers.

Always listen for the dial tone be- fore starting to dial.

. Do not dial numbers which are not included in your local service area which is indicated on page 18.

In dialing the service call numbers which are shown on the cover of this directory, do not dial any letters pre- dedling the numbers,

If the dial slips or if you have made Note; When you are through with & mistake, hang up the receiver for the call, hang up the receiver for a few seconds before dialing an- other number.

few seconds, then remove it and dial the complete number (letters ar figures) again.

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phone bearing the call number designation of a central office which telephones should be made by number is included in your local service area.

In a short time you should, in most cases, hear either the ringing signal, an intermittent burr-rr-ing sound ac- companying the ringing of the bell, or the busy signal, a rapid buzz-buzz- buzz (quicker and louder than the ringing signal). If you hear the busy signal, just hang up your receiver without waiting for a report from the hook up and down slotoly.

Do not "jiggle" the hook or touch it while dialing, while waiting for the called telephone to be answered, or while talking.

Party Line Subscribers

Before starting to dial, listen in the receiver to make sure the line is not in use. If no dial tone is heard, in- quire if the line is being held by some other subscriber. If no response is

received; hang up the receiver for a dial the operator, give her your num- few seconds and then make another ber and the number you wish to call, attempt." If, after you dial, you hear and state that it is the number of another party on your line. another party come in on the line, in- form him that the line is in use and request him to hang up his receiver. To Call an Extension Station Connected with Your Line When he does so, hang up your own receiver for a few seconds, then re- move it and dial the complete number again.

To call another party on your line,

How to Make Emergency Calls Police! Fire! Ambulance!

JUST give your number to the operator and say, "I want a policeman," "I want to re- port a fire," ""I want an ambulance." If you have to leave the telephone before the desired station answers, tell the operator where help is required. These calls are free. From dial tele- phones the Police and Fire Departments may also be reached by dialing directly the numbers shown at the right. Police Department num- bers should be dialed in case an ambulance is wanted.

Location

Police Headquarters

Manhattan

Bronx

Brooklyn Queens (other than L. I. C. and Rockaways) Long Island City The Rockaways

SPR ing 3100 TRE mont 6800 STE rling 6200 JAM aica 1700

Fire Headquarters RHI nindr 1000 TRE mont 4800 PRO spect 1800

JAM aica 8080

JAM aica 1700 .. JAM aica 1700

PRO spect 1800 BEL Harbr 3000

To Help You on Your Toll Calls Manual and Dial Telephones

A TOLL call is one to any tele- phone bearing the call number designation of a central office which is not included in your local service area. Your local service area is indi- cated on page 13.

Classes of Toll Calls

There are four classes of toll calls: Station-to-station toll calls, person- to-person toll calls, appointment toll calls, and messenger toll calls.

Station-to-Station Toll Calls

A station-to-station toll call is a call on which the calling party does not specify that a particular person or a particular Private Branch Ex- change extension station is to be reached. Station-to-station toll calls are handled more rapidly and at lower rates than person-to-person toll calls. Charge is made if anyone at the called station answers beginning at the time "at connection is completed between alling and called stations.

How to Place Toll Calls

On toll calls to points covered by the New York City Directory or by the Suburban Directory give the details of the call to the operator. If the telephone number cannot be found in the directory, obtain it from "Information."

On calls to all points other than those mentioned above give the de- tails of the call to the Long Dis- tance operator, including the num- ber if it is known.

Exception : On calls by number to Bridgeport, New Haven and Norwalk, Conn., Camden and Trenton, N. J., and Philadelphia, Pa., give first the name of the city and then the number to the opera- tor; e. g., "Philadelphia, Walnut 1234." If the number is not known, obtain it from "Information."

Note: If you are in doubt as to whether a call should be given to your operator or to the Long Distance operator, give the call to your operator.

Whenever possible the telephone number of - the desired telephone should be given. If, however, you give the name and address of the sub- seriber whose station you wish to reach, you should at the same time state that you will talk with anyone who answers at that telephone.

Evening and Night rates

On station-to-station calls between points both of which are within New York State, where the station-to-sta- tion day rate is more than 25c, re- duced rates are in effect between 8:30 P. M. and 12:00 Midnight when Eve- ning rates apply and between 12:00 Midnight and 4:30 A. M. when Night rates apply ..

For rates see "Rate Schedules'' fol- lowing

On station-to-station calls between New York State and other states (in- cluding Canada ) where the station-to- station day rate is more than 35c re- duced rates are in effect between 7:00 P. M. and 8:30 P. M. when Evening

rates apply miși between 8:30 P. M. tion is to take place, The Company and 4:30 L. N . when Night rates ap- cannot guarantee the completion of dules" following.

the connection at the exact time specified.

For rates see |"Rate Schedules" following.

Messenger Toll Calls

Messenger calls are person-to-per- son toll calls requiring the use of a messenger at the called station. The charge made by the messenger is added to the Company's charge for the call.

For rates see: "Rate Schedules". following.

Report Charges

Person-to-person toll calls includ- ing appointment and messenger calls and all calls on which the charges are reversed are accepted only under the condition that a limited charge (ap- proximately 1/4 of the station-to-sta- Toll calls betweeni nearby points must be, ma e ns station-to-station tion day rate) will be made if the call .is not completed after the called sta- calls, no person-to-person calls being tion is reached and a report to this accepted bett ben such points.

effect is given the calling station with- in one hour from the time the call is placed or, when calls are being accept- ed subject to delay, within one hour beyond the delay reported. No re-

On station-to-station calls from New York City to points outside of New York State, where the rate is less than 35c, or from New York City to port charge will be made if failure to all points within New York State, if establish the connection is due to a "busy," "don't answer," "out of or- which the ca ing party has specified . der" or similar condition of the called a definite tin at which the conversa- station.

request is made to reverse the charges, the calls are classed as person-to-per- son calls and are charged for accord- ingly.

Rate Schedules' Schedules of Initial Period Toll Rates Referred to in the Preceding Page

FOR CALLS FROM NEW YORK CITY TO POINTS WITHIN NEW YORK STATE

When Stathar-

Datich DAT RATE Is

The

EVENING RATE (8:30 P. M .. to 12:00 P. M.) is NIGHT RATE (12:00 P. M. 10 8:30 A. M.) Is

PRIMAON-CO-PERSON RATE Is

APPOINT. REPORT

and MESSENGER RATE is VARGE IN

25% of the day rate, epided to the next bighier multiple

Abd thereafter to fasing in 5 cout steps.

all thete fter 55 ) at the day rate. When the day rate jo

mot wenig Grill by 5, 50% of the day rate, computed to

and thereafter 35% Jo addition to the Biation-to-Biatlon dny ratel.

and thereafter > for calls on which the dig' rate Is mot over $1.09: when the day rate Is over $1.00, 25% of the day rates: When; the day rate is not evenly divisible by .4.

ani |thereafter 50% lo metitio to the Statije-to-Station day

Fate. When the station-to-Btathe day raid Grisible by 2, 50% in addition to the Matige to-datien jte, computed to the next liver multiple of " det. thereafter 35% of the Batine-to-Machine When the Station-to-Station day mite in got predly 4. 25% of the Statlos-te-Station day inte the ast higher multiple of 5 cesta; will ceceed 12.00.

FOR CALLS FROM NEW YORK CITY TO POINTS OUTSIDE OF NEW YORK STATE

When Stallsti-to Vation DAY RATE Is

EVENING RATE (7:00 P. M. In 4:30. P. M.) is NIGHT RATE (8:30 P. M. to 4:30 A. M.) 1

.35

REPORT / LARGE Ia

thereafter 25% In

bedtien le the Station-to-Statipa

rate.

(e)

the day rate.

day rale.

thereafter 250%

Station-to-Bration, dar rate

with matinum of $2.00.

und therpafter 8% of the day rate.

fot quoted on enlis between New York Cy M

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For report charges see "Rate Sche-

Reversal of Charges

Upon request of the calling party the charges on all person-to-person calls (including report charges) and on certain station-to-station calls (as explained below) will be collected at the called telephone if such charges are accepted at the called station. Re- quests to have the charges collected in this way must be made at the time the call is given to the operator. If the call is not completed because of the failure of the called party to ac- cept the charges, a report charge will be made against the calling party.

Charges on station-to-station calla fran New York City to points out- side of New York State, where the rate is 35c or more, may be collected at the called station. The regular station-to-station 'day, evening or night) rates apply, except that the rate for a reversed 85c station-to- station day call is 40c.

For rates see "Rate Schedules" following.

Appoin ment Toll Calls

Appointm' at _calls are person-to- person toll Fills in connection with'

.25

25 30

.35

Atiphi of & Ptnts.

the Stationto-Citation diy rate is not erealy divisible by 4. 25% in addition to the Station-te-Station day rate, computed to the next Jewer multiple of 5 cooks.

.75

82788

1.05

"NOTE: thêm thẻ computed rate àr met ne:are

and therjafter

thereafter 50% in addition to the Station-to-Biatlon

1.35

PERSON -- PERSON RATE APPOINTE ENT and MESSENGER RATE is

.30°

ply. Reduce rates do not apply on calls to Cuba.A.

For rates si "Rate Schedules" fol- lowing.

Dial the operator, give her your number and ask her to ring the ex- tension station connected with your line.

Person to Person Toll Calls (Evening andlight Ratesdonot Apply)

A person-t -person toll call is one which is made for a particular person or a particular Private Branch Ex- change exten on station. The rates are somewhat higher than station-to- station rates Fit no charge other than a report charge (approximately 1/4 of the station-t \station day rate) is made unless the desired person or ex- tension station is reached. Charge is made from the time that conversation with the par icular person or with someone at t's designated extension station starts

General Information

TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES

This telephone directory issued by the New York Telephone Company to subscribers, free of cost, is and remains the property of the Telephone Com- puny. It shall not be mutilated and is to be sur- rendered to the carrier who delivers the subsequent issue. No binder, holder, or auxiliary cover, ex- cept such as may be furnished by the Telephone Company shall be used in connection with any tele- phone directory furnished by the Telephone Company.

Many call numbers are changed and new num- bers listed in every issue of the directory. It is in the subscribers' interest as well as the Telephone Company's that all old directories be collected by the carrier, as the use of obsolete telephone books results in wrong number calls, which are an annoy- ance both to subscribers and to the Company.

The Company assumes no liability for damages arising from errors or othissigns in the making up or printing of its directories, except in the case of charge listings in connection with which its liability shall be limited to a refund at the monthly rate . for each listing for the time an error or omission continues after reasonable notice in writing to the Company. The Company does not guarantee the permanency of call numbers assigned or to be as- signed. Subscribers are, therefore, advised not to print telephone numbers on stationery, etc, but to we the phrase "Telephone Connection."

TELEGRAMS BY TELEPHONE

To facilitate sending telegrams and cablegrams, patrons having manual telephones should call by paque for the Postal Telegraph-Cable Company or the Western Union Telegraph Company.

To send a Postal telegram or cablegram, call "Postal."

To send a Western Union telegram or cable- grata, call "Western Union."

In either case you will be connected with an office of the designated telegraph company lo- cated within your local calling ares, if there is such an office. If there is no office so lo- cateti, or if the office is closed, and you desire further information, ask "Information" to assist you.

Patrons having machine switching |telephones should dial the number shown in the directory for the Postal |Telegraph-Cable Company or the Western Union Telegraph Company.

Telephone charges for such call from subscribers' stations will appear on regular monthly bills. Charges from public telephones will be collected at public telephone stations in the usual manner.

By arrangement with the Postal Telegraph- Cable Company and the Western Union Telegraph Company, the telegraph charges for messages filed by telephone will be billed by the Telephone Com- piny on telephone bills as rendered, or collected at public telephone stations, in the usual manner.

Patrons calling telegraph companies for any other purpose than to send a telegram or cable- grams should call by number,

OVERTIME CHARGES ON LOCAL CALLS

In Accordance with contract and tariff provi- sions 's "local message" is a connection on a local Pasit five minutes or less in duration. Although "We not the Company's general practice to time messages as it is to time all toll messages,

overtime charges will be applied whenever local messages from public telephones or subscribers' message rate stations are found to exceed materi- ally five minutes in duration.

TERMINATION OF CONTRACTS

Contracts covering service or facilities (other than those providing for season service), which have been in force one month may be terminated without cost 'by giving ten (10) days' notice'in writing.

SUSPENSION OF RESIDENCE SERVICE

When a residence is to be closed for any con- siderable period, the telephone service may be tem- porarily suspended without termination of con- tract or removal of telephone instruments, and under certain conditions, if arranged for in ad- vance, a partial allowance will be made for a period not exceeding four months in any calendar year; the allowance for suspended service on party lines will be made for only one (1) period of four- months or less in aby calendar year. Bills will be rendered regularly while service is suspended, anil the total allowance credited to the subscriber when service is resumed. This suspended servire does not apply to business telephones.

IDENTIFICATION OF EMPLOYES

Every employe of the Telephone Company au- thorized to inspect, repair or remove the Company's apparatus carries a metal badge showing the Con- pany's name and his own number. Subscribers are earnestly requested to refuse access to their premi- ises to anyone who cannot in this way identify him- self.

FREE CALLS

Calls from any telephone, in the Metropolitan Division way be made to any Department of the Telephone Company in that Division without charge.

The Metropolitan Division includes the five Boroughs of the City of New York-Manhattan, The Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Richmond (Staten Idand), the New York Counties of Nassau, Suffolk (Long Island), Westchester, Putpam, Rockland, the towns of Tuxedo and Greenwood Lake in Orange County and Greenwich, Conn .; also the New Jersey Counties of Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex," Monmouth, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Union and a part of Ocean County.

POLICEMEN and FIREMEN will be allowed Free Service on local calls providing that at the time the connection is asked for, the policeman or fireman making the call gives the operator his badge number and states that the call is made in the performance of his official duties, Local service areas in New York City are indicated n page 13.

On all free calls made from doin box stations, the coin deposited in order to call the operator will be returned,

CRITICISMS OF SERVICE

Operators are required to be courteous in their dealings with subscribers but are not expected to engage in, conversation beyond that necessary to complete connections.

The Company values the prompt reporting of faulty service, Criticisms of the service should al-

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Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island; New York City Telephone Directory, 1926, Part 1

Author: New York Telephone Company Publication date: 1926 Publisher: New York Telephone Company Number of Pages: 515

Author: New York Telephone Company
Publication date: 1926
Publisher: New York Telephone Company
Number of Pages: 515