New York City telephone exchanges from 1910s to 1970s: 2L-5Nen-ushttp://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521180MapBuilder.Net624354Sun, 11 Feb 2007 13:19:36 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521Housed DIckens 5, EVergreen 5, and NIghtingale 9, serving Brownsville, East New York, Flatbush and Canarsie. These exchanges were introduced in 1947. 40.661814 -73.90851740.661814-73.908517583323Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:34:41 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521  (Source: Numbercard Archive) 40.75568 -73.98173940.75568-73.981739583255Sat, 27 Jan 2007 19:15:37 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521 40.60072 -73.9761240.60072-73.97612583257Sat, 27 Jan 2007 19:16:03 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521 40.68054 -73.8865240.68054-73.886521597054Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:30:00 -0400http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521 40.750930774180645 -73.976440429687540.750930774180645-73.9764404296875583222Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:19:06 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521Covered neighborhood central offices in Astoria, Hunters Point, Newtown. Main business office located at Bridge Plaza North, Long Island City. (Source: Numbercard Archive) 40.74509 -73.9507640.74509-73.95076583324Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:35:21 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521 40.68594 -73.982340.68594-73.98231597066Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:37:23 -0400http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521 40.77933906065449 -73.9547896385192940.77933906065449-73.95478963851929595941Sun, 04 Feb 2007 22:27:37 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521 Source: Opportunity: Journal of Negro Life, published by the National Urban League, 1923. Source: Commonweal, 1924. 40.83873290409694 -73.9396405220031740.83873290409694-73.93964052200317583326Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:36:35 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521Source: Survey Associates, 1952. 40.71338 -74.0111440.71338-74.01114583325Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:35:47 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521Source: American Radio Relay League, 1915 40.768219 -73.77722240.768219-73.777222583211Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:12:41 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521originally at 560 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn (1917), by the 1970s the Bedford-Stuyvesant office had moved to 503 Nostrand. Business Office, covered Central Offices Bedford & Decatur 40.678226 -73.94990540.678226-73.949905583268Sat, 27 Jan 2007 19:26:12 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521Ad from Railway Age, 1918 Ad from The Spectator Insurance Yearbook, 1951 40.71032 -74.005540.71032-74.0055583317Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:23:53 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521 (Source: Numbercard Archive) In the "Better Living Through TV" episodes of The Honeymooners, what is the phone number to call to order the Handy Housewife Helper? --Bensonhurst 0-7741 --Bensonhurst 5-6698 --Bensonhurst 7-530940.6209 -74.006840.6209-74.0068967992Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:27:33 -0400http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521From Graphic Arts Production Yearbook, 1948 BOgardus 4 is also mentioned in Three Men On A Horse, by George Abbott & John Cecil Holm40.7453 -73.988740.7453-73.9887583234Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:30:53 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/3452195 Willoughby, Brooklyn 40.691544 -73.96891540.691544-73.968915583327Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:38:54 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521 both from Air Transportation, 1970 from Popular Photography, 1955 from Nation's Business, 1912 40.7045 -74.0141640.7045-74.01416583328Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:39:36 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521You would have reached The Cotton Club, on Lenox & 143rd, by dialing BRadhurst 2-1687 The area between Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard and Edgecombe, from 139th Street through 155th, continues to be known as the "Bradhurst section." In 1991, this region was described in the New York Times as follows: "Since 1970, an exodus of residents has left behind the poor, the uneducated, the unemployed. Nearly two-thirds of the households have incomes below $10,000 a year. In a community with one of the highest crime rates in the city, garbage-strewn vacant lots and tumbledown tenements, many of them abandoned and sealed, contribute to the sense of danger and desolation that pervades much of the area." "Harlem Battles Over Development Project," Shipp, E. R.. New York Times. New York, N.Y.: Jul 31, 1991. pg. B.1 from The Negro Churchman, 197740.82532 -73.9414240.82532-73.94142583235Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:31:30 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521286 Brighton Beach Ave, Brooklyn Business Office 40.576778 -73.96455440.576778-73.964554583237Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:33:04 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521105 Chester St, Brooklyn Business Office 40.669177 -73.911440.669177-73.9114583199Sat, 27 Jan 2007 17:59:20 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521Served Bryant, Circle and Greeley neighborhood central offices.  Main business office at 1454 Broadway, New York. From American Radio Relay League QST, 1915 - note the WWI comment "we'll find it for you as fast as wartime conditions permit." You'd reach the New York Public Library by dialing Bryant 9-1500. 40.755193 -73.98636640.755193-73.986366583219Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:16:47 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521Served neighborhood offices of Bushwick & Evergreen. Main business office located at 1030 Gates Ave, Brooklyn 40.689261 -73.92305340.689261-73.9230531597052Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:27:30 -0400http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521 40.74712691266428 -73.981482982635540.74712691266428-73.9814829826355624237Sun, 11 Feb 2007 09:49:23 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521 40.73093368341445 -73.9860963821411140.73093368341445-73.986096382141111597047Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:06:10 -0400http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521 40.747086271943395 -74.0027797222137540.747086271943395-74.00277972221375967762Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:10:50 -0400http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521From New York Port Handbook, 1958 From Boating Industry Waterway Guide, 1963 40.85322816443016 -73.7901020050048840.85322816443016-73.79010200500488588509Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:45:43 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521 40.6562 -73.9372640.6562-73.93726624356Sun, 11 Feb 2007 13:21:09 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521This exhange was introduced in 1947. (Source: Numbercard Archive) However, this book was published in 1930. Who knows? Ḳaidan: a Zamel bukh, 1900-1930, by Hyman J. Epstein, Josef Chrust, Bernard Cassel, Keidaner Association 40.6186 -73.998540.6186-73.9985968509Wed, 08 Aug 2007 18:11:27 -0400http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521The first central telephone office in New York City.  Founded June 18, 1896, it was known as the New York Telephone Company.  At its start, it served about 15,000 telephones in Manhattan and the Bronx.  Cortlandt remained the biggest and busiest central office for many years. Source: A Half-Century of Service, by New York Telephone Co., published 1946, 48 pp.40.710069 -74.01020740.710069-74.010207583193Sat, 27 Jan 2007 17:53:14 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521Served neighborhood Central Offices Barclay, Beekman, Bowling Green, Broad, Cortlandt, Hanover, John & Rector. The main business office was located at 15 Dey Street, NY. 40.710655 -74.00970140.710655-74.009701583331Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:45:39 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521 40.6871 -73.9726440.6871-73.97264583259Sat, 27 Jan 2007 19:17:44 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521 40.67768 -73.9182240.67768-73.91822968204Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:33:08 -0400http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521 From Air Transportation, 1970 40.704045 -74.00775940.704045-74.007759583213Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:13:38 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521Covered neighborhood Central Offices Canarsie, Cypress, & East N.Y.  Main business office located at 1640 Pitkin Ave, Brooklyn. Formerly the GLenmore exchange. 40.669234 -73.91286840.669234-73.912868583333Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:48:47 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521from Five Plays, by Langston Hughes Survey Graphics, 1948 40.8288 -73.9401240.8288-73.940121597051Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:14:20 -0400http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521 40.77958278630628 -73.9838218688964840.77958278630628-73.98382186889648967787Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:15:09 -0400http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521From the Brooklyn Public Library Annual Report, 1939 (Source: Numbercard Archive) 40.6249 -73.964240.6249-73.9642583223Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:20:28 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521Served neighborhood offices of Far Rockaway, Hammels, and Woodmere.  Main business office was on Central Ave, Far Rockaway, Queens. from Modern Plastics Encyclopedia, 1949 from Jewish Life, Vol. 2, no. 2-3 (fall, winter 1977-78)40.60774 -73.7488840.60774-73.74888583210Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:11:34 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521Served neighborhood offices in Flatbush, Kenmore, & Midwood.  Main business office was at 897 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn. Later moved to 943 Flatbush. 40.65003865742191 -73.9584589004516640.65003865742191-73.95845890045166583224Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:21:14 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521Served neighborhoods offices in Bayside & Flushing.  Main business office located at 70 Main Street, Flushing, Queens. (Source: Numbercard Archive) Proceedings, by New York (N.Y.). Board of Transportation, 1929 Private Independent Schools - A guide to NYC private schools from 1943 from Journal of Housing, 1969 40.75636 -73.828740.75636-73.8287624349Sun, 11 Feb 2007 13:08:02 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521Prior to 1920, the Glenmore exchange was known as the East New York exchange. (Source: Numbercard Archive) 40.67302 -73.89740.67302-73.897583334Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:50:46 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521 (Source: Numbercard Archive) 40.73826 -73.9858440.73826-73.98584583335Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:51:34 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521 40.73054 -73.9503240.73054-73.95032583269Sat, 27 Jan 2007 19:27:01 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521 40.7059 -74.0088640.7059-74.00886583261Sat, 27 Jan 2007 19:20:44 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521 40.668 -73.872840.668-73.8728583336Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:54:01 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521 40.7065 -73.7604240.7065-73.76042583338Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:57:21 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521 40.73882 -73.9326440.73882-73.93264583207Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:08:37 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/345211106 Hoe Ave, the Bronx Business Office, covered Central Offices City Island, Intervale, and Westchester 40.825694 -73.8906540.825694-73.89065583227Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:22:36 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521Covered neighborhood Central Offices in Forest Hills, Hollis, Jamaica & Springfield. Business office located at 8 Hardenbrook Ave, Jamaica, Queens 40.691528 -73.80567940.691528-73.805679624350Sun, 11 Feb 2007 13:09:15 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521 40.68606 -73.9260440.68606-73.92604583322Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:33:57 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521 40.83654 -73.9217440.83654-73.92174583339Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:59:22 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521 40.70814 -74.006440.70814-74.0064966623Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:01:17 -0400http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521From Arthur Miller's After the Fall 40.76263359864368 -73.9833068847656240.76263359864368-73.98330688476562583236Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:32:01 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/345211717 Kings Highway, Brooklyn Business Office 40.609733 -73.95633340.609733-73.9563331597055Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:31:54 -0400http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521 40.75904170081737 -73.9852809906005940.75904170081737-73.985280990600591597061Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:35:46 -0400http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521 40.7572700598272 -73.9898085594177240.7572700598272-73.98980855941772583250Sat, 27 Jan 2007 19:12:21 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521 40.65130848480564 -73.8900947570800840.65130848480564-73.89009475708008583198Sat, 27 Jan 2007 17:58:14 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/3452123 East 26th St, New York Business Office, covered Chelsea, Farragut, Gramercy, Madison Square, and Stuyvesant Central Offices 40.74319 -73.98722740.74319-73.987227583209Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:10:40 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/3452181 Willoughby Ave, Brooklyn Business Office, covered Central Offices Hamilton, Main, Prospect and Sterling 40.6916 -73.96971440.6916-73.969714583206Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:07:36 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521373 East 119th Street, New York Business Office 40.798317 -73.93458940.798317-73.934589583254Sat, 27 Jan 2007 19:14:32 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/345214602 13th Ave, Brooklyn 40.636685 -73.99066140.636685-73.990661583205Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:06:34 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521109 West 125th Street, New York Business Office, covered Central Offices Audobon, Cathedral, Harlem, Morningside, and St. Nicholas. 40.808076 -73.94588840.808076-73.945888583201Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:03:15 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521The MUrray Hill exchanged served the neighborhoods of Murray Hill & Vanderbilt.  The main business office was located at 23 East 32nd Street, New York.  This exchange was formerly known as AShland 4. from Opera News, 1936. 40.746737 -73.98407240.746737-73.984072583196Sat, 27 Jan 2007 17:56:28 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521130 Orchard St, New York. Business Office, covered Forsyth & Orchard Central Offices. 40.719751 -73.98917940.719751-73.989179967340Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:54:37 -0400http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521From Wikipedia: PEnnsylvania 6-5000 is said to be the oldest continuing phone number in New York City, New York. It belongs to the Hotel Pennsylvania and has been in continuous use since 1919[1]. The telephone number is based on the old telephone exchange name system. The first two letters "PE" in PE6-5000 stand for the rotary dial numbers 7 and 3, making the number (with Manhattan's area code) +1 (212) 736-5000.The number is the inspiration for the Glenn Miller song of the same name, and the title of the film Transylvania 6-5000. Many big band names played in the Hotel Pennsylvania's Cafe Rouge including the Dorsey Brothers, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, and the Glenn Miller Orchestra. The phone number was requested in the film Breakfast at Tiffany's.In 1969, the PE6 telephone exchange was the first in Manhattan to be transferred from panel switch to 1ESS switch, temporarily making it a significant part of New York Telephone's service crisis. From The New Yorker, Feb. 28, 1925 edition: 40.749796 -73.99130540.749796-73.991305583202Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:04:25 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/345219 East 59th Street, New York Business Office, covered Central Offices Lenox, Plaza and Rhinelander 40.764229 -73.97247440.764229-73.972474624353Sun, 11 Feb 2007 13:14:44 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521 40.6332 -74.136740.6332-74.13671597059Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:35:02 -0400http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521 40.77846164090355 -73.953008651733440.77846164090355-73.9530086517334583228Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:23:58 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521634 Napier Ave, Richmond Hill, Queens Business Office 40.69981 -73.83191740.69981-73.831917583203Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:05:29 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/345212087 Broadway, New York Business Office, covered Central Offices Academy, Columbus, Riverside & Schuylor 40.779151 -73.98215540.779151-73.982155595825Sun, 04 Feb 2007 17:01:48 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521 40.62646 -74.0783240.62646-74.07832583262Sat, 27 Jan 2007 19:22:32 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521 40.6315 -73.8900440.6315-73.89004583263Sat, 27 Jan 2007 19:22:50 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521 40.64182 -73.9681240.64182-73.96812583216Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:15:16 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521325 9th Street, Brooklyn Business Offic,e covered Central Offices Coney Island & South. 40.668986 -73.9855440.668986-73.98554583195Sat, 27 Jan 2007 17:55:40 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521430 Broadway, New York Business Office, covered Canal, Franklin, Spring, & Worth Central Offices 40.719667 -74.00140440.719667-74.001404583214Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:14:31 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/345215110 Fifth Ave, Brooklyn. Later at 4202 Fourth Ave? Business Office, covered Central Offices Bath Beach, Borough Park, Bay Ridge & Sunset 40.644461 -74.0111940.644461-74.01119624344Sun, 11 Feb 2007 12:55:30 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521This exchange was discontinued in 1937. 40.72649448951005 -73.9817404747009340.72649448951005-73.98174047470093583230Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:25:34 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521444 St. Marks Place, Staten Island Business Office, covered Central Offices New Dorp & Tomkinsville 40.639069 -74.07748240.639069-74.077482583208Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:09:39 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521453 East Tremont Ave, the Bronx Business Office, covered Central Offices Fordham, Kingsbridge, Marble, Tremont, Williamsbridge, and Woodlawn. 40.847295 -73.89868540.847295-73.898685624336Sun, 11 Feb 2007 12:35:20 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521 40.690596066925 -73.9852809906005940.690596066925-73.98528099060059595944Sun, 04 Feb 2007 22:30:09 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521 40.8475473091837 -73.938331604003940.8475473091837-73.9383316040039583231Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:27:35 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/3452170 Richmond Ave, Staten Island Business Office 40.5322 -74.213940.5322-74.2139624346Sun, 11 Feb 2007 12:56:54 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521This exchange was introduced in 1937. 40.70302 -74.0129840.70302-74.01298583265Sat, 27 Jan 2007 19:23:24 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521 40.65932 -73.9799440.65932-73.97994583217Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:16:06 -0500http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521223 Havemeyer St, Brooklyn Business Office, covered Central Offices Greenpoint, Stagg & Wmsburg 40.709142 -73.95896440.709142-73.9589641597046Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:02:31 -0400http://www.mapbuilder.net/users/sonja/34521 40.7376000483119 -74.0038204193115240.7376000483119-74.00382041931152