Scan 2
Brooklyn, New York City, Classified Telephone Directory, 1940
70 lines. Read by computer on 13 September 2026. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.
A town on its own line is one of the directory's headings. That is where the town on a maker's page comes from.
1BROOKLYN
2"New York City's Greatest Borough"
4The facts and statistics of Brooklyn's industrial and commercial development, as well as its community of homes, well justify its slogan of "New York City's Greatest Borough". Besides including the geographical center of the city, Brooklyn is also the most populous of all the boroughs.
6Originally, Brooklyn was a group of small Dutch settlements which survived despite frequent attacks by Indians. It was largely agricultural until permanent means of transportation and communication were established across the East River. The borough played a prominent part in the American Revolution and in other wars in which this country was engaged.
8Today, Brooklyn, besides being known as a city of homes, is the nation's foreign trade center, one of its largest and most varied industrial communities, and a commercial establishment outranking all but a few of the country's cities. Yet, despite its huge size, its position entitles it to look forward to a greater and even more important growth in the future.
10Salient Facts About Brooklyn
11Population 2,821,160
12Area 47,660 acres
13Greatest Altitude 216.5 feet
14Assessed Valuation $3,458,083,590
15Gainful Workers (1930) 710,100
16Parks 12
17Hospitals 45
18Churches 800
19Schools 450
20Colleges 12
21Manufactures (1937) 4,127
22Value of Manufactured Product (1937) $83,543,873
23Retail Stores (1931) 17,932
24Retail Sales (1931) $677,258,000
25Telephones 370,598
27PLACES TO SEE and VISIT in BROOKLYN
28Belt Parkway (Shore Drive)
29Borough Hall
30Brooklyn Bridge
31Brooklyn Navy Yard
32Brooklyn Botanic Garden
33Brooklyn Museum of Arts & Sciences
34Brooklyn Children's Museum
35Brooklyn Central Library
36Brooklyn College
37Bush Terminal
38Coney Island
39Dutch Reformed Church
40Dyker Beach Park
41Ebbets Field
42Floyd Bennett Airport
43Fort Greene Park and Martyr's Monument
44Fort Hamilton
45Grand Army Plaza and Soldiers' Monument
46Manhattan Bridge
47Marine Park
48Old Lefferts Mansion
49Old Schenk Homestead
50Old Stone House, Greenpoint
51Plymouth Church
52Prospect Park
53Williamsburgh Bridge
55THE BROOKLYN CHAMBER of COMMERCE
56[address hidden], BROOKLYN
57TRIangle 3-1000
59CITY OF NEW YORK—BOARD OF TRANSPORTATION
60NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT SYSTEM—BMT DIVISION
61NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1940
63BMT LINES
64RAPID TRANSIT DIVISION
65ELEVATED LINES
66SUBWAY LINES
67LOCAL TRANSFER STATION
68EXPRESS TRANSFER STATION
69OPERATED BY NEW YORK RAPID TRANSIT CORPORATION
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