On January 1, 1898, New York City absorbed East Bronx, Brooklyn, western Queens County, and Staten Island (see Timeline of Brooklyn). For Brooklyn directories that are combined with Manhattan – before and after being incorporated with New York City – see New York City directories.

Brooklyn in the middle 19th century was a commercial rival of New York City.[1]

Timeline, highlights, and creators

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1822: Alden Spooner (1783–1848), in 1822, published the first full Brooklyn city directory.[2][3][4] One of Spooner's granddaughters, Caroline Augusta Huling (1856–1941), was a notable journalist, philanthropist, editor, publisher, and reformer.[5] Also, Alden Spooner → ascending line: Judah Paddock Spooner (1748–1807), Thomas Spooner (1718–1767), John Spooner (1668–1728), John Spooner (1648–1734), William Spooner (1621–1683) — was a second cousin twice removed of Joshua Spooner (1745–1778) → ascending line: John Spooner (1696–1763), Ebenzer Spooner (1666–1717), William Spooner (1621–1683) — a wealthy farmer and husband of Bathsheba Spooner (née Bathsheba Ruggles; 1746–1778), the first woman to be executed in the United States following the Declaration of Independence.[5]
1859: The printing firm Wynkoop, Hallenbeck & Thomas was founded in 1859 as a co-partnership of (i) Matthew Bennett Wynkoop (1830–1895),[6] (ii) John Johnson Hallenbeck (1817–1891), and (iii) John Thomas. Wynkoop managed the finances. Thomas retired in 1864 and Wynkoop and Hallenbeck, between themselves, resumed a co-partnership, Wynkoop & Hallenbeck.[7] Wynkoop and Hallenbeck were members of the Typothetae of New York, a master printers union. Wynkoop was a 2nd great grand nephew of Benjamin Wynkoop (1673–1751), early American silversmith of New York City.
1873: Frederick William Beers (1839–1933), the cartographer who supervised the work of Atlas of Long Island, was one of several Beers family publishers who, after the Civil War, published state and county atlases. Frederick's father, James Botsford Beers (1811–1901), and uncle, Daniel Glover Beers (1841–1913), had their own publishing companies. Distinctive features of the Atlas of Long Island include notations of property owners, buildings, businesses, and statistical information.[8]
1883: The Brooklyn Bridge opened May 24, 1883, spanning the East River between Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan. It was the first bridge that connected Brooklyn to Manhattan – in a neighborhood that eventually became known as Two Bridges.
1909: The Manhattan Bridge opened December 31, 1909, spanning the East River between Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan. It is the second bridge that belongs to the neighborhood name, "Two Bridges".

Brooklyn (Kings County) directories

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The Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) has put Brooklyn City Directories online on a collection on the internet archive (from 1822 onward with some years missing). See also the table below.

Year Title Printer Compiler(s) Google
Books
HathiTrust Internet
Archive
Other
1796
Brooklyn Directory (3 pages, only)
John Buel (1768–1800)
John Bull
(printers)
Re-published by
John Disturnell (1801–1877)
John Low Columbia
1822 Spooner's Brooklyn Directory for the year 1822.[9] Alden Spooner (1783–1848)
(publisher)
Internet Archive (Brooklyn Public Library [BPL] microfiche scan)
1823 Spooner's Brooklyn Directory, for the Year 1823. Alden Spooner

(publisher)

British Library Internet Archive (BPL microfiche scan)
1824 Spooner's Brooklyn Directory, for 1824 Alden Spooner

(publisher)

Internet Archive (BPL microfiche scan)
1825 Spooner's Brooklyn Directory, for 1825 Alden Spooner

(publisher)

Internet Archive (BPL microfiche scan)
1826 Spooner's Brooklyn Directory, for 1826 Alden Spooner

(publisher)

Internet Archive (BPL microfiche scan)
1827 No directory published [9]
1828 No directory published [9]
1829 Spooner's Brooklyn Directory, for 1829 Internet Archive (BPL microfiche scan)
1830 Brooklyn Directory, for the year 1830 Alden Spooner

(Printer)

By Lewis Nichols [compiler?] Internet Archive (BPL microfiche scan)
1831-1832 Brooklyn Directory for 1831-32 Alden Spooner

(Printer)

By Lewis Nichols [compiler?] Internet Archive (BPL microfiche scan)
1832-1833 Brooklyn Directory for 1832-33. William Bigelow (publisher)

A. Spooner (printer)

Internet Archive (BPL microfiche scan)
1833-1834 Brooklyn Directory for 1833-34 Nichols and Dalaree (Publisher)

Lewis Nichols (Printer)

Internet Archive (BPL microfiche scan)
1833–1834
Brooklyn Directory of 1833–34 [10]
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
(publisher)
(1934 re-print)
A – H
H – S
S – Z
(courtesy bklyn-genealogy-info.stevemorse.org)
1834-1835
1835-1836 Brooklyn Directory, for 1835-36. Lewis Nichols (publisher)

Lewis Nichols (printer)

Internet Archive (BPL microfiche scan)
1836-1837 Brooklyn Directory, for the Years 1836-37. A. Spooner & Sons (printer) By Lewis Nichols [compiler?] Internet Archive (BPL microfiche scan)
1837-1838 Brooklyn Directory, for the Years 1837-38. A. Spooner & Sons (printer) By Lewis Nichols [compiler?] Internet Archive (BPL microfiche scan)
1838-1839 Brooklyn Directory, for the Years 1838-39. A. G. Stevens & Wm. H. Marschalk

(publisher) Arnold & Van Anden (printer)

Internet Archive (BPL microfiche scan)
1839-1840
Brooklyn Directory for the Years 1839–40.
Henry Lot Ogden (1800–1888)
(publisher)
Arnold & Van Anden
(Samuel G. Arnold; 1806–1891)
(Isaac Van Anden; 1812–1875)
(printer)
Henry Lot Ogden
(compiler)
Harvard Allen County Public Library

Internet Archive (BPL microfiche scan)

1840-1841 Brooklyn Directory and Yearly Advertiser, for 1840-1. Stationers' Hall Works Thomas Leslie & John W. Leslie, & William F. Chichester

(compiler)

Internet Archive (BPL microfiche scan)
1841-1842 Brooklyn Alphabetical and Street Directory and Yearly Advertiser, for 1841-2. Thomas Leslie & John W. Leslie
(publisher)
Thomas Leslie & John W. Leslie

(compiler)

Internet Archive (BPL microfiche scan)
1842-1843 Brooklyn Directory for 1842 & 3. Internet Archive (Yale)
1843-1844
Brooklyn Alphabetical and Street Directory, and Yearly Advertiser for 1843 & 4 (Vol. 2)
Thomas Leslie
Henry R. Hearne
William J. Hearne
(co-publisher)
Stationers' Hall Works
(co-publisher)
Thomas Leslie
Henry R. Hearne
William J. Hearne
(compiler)
HathiTrust Internet Archive (Columbia)
1844-1845
Brooklyn Alphabetical and Street Directory, and Yearly Advertiser for 1844 & 5.
Henry R. Hearne
William J. Hearne

Edwin Von Nostrand
(publisher)
Stationers' Hall Works

Henry R. Hearne
William J. Hearne

Edwin Von Nostrand (compiler)

Internet Archive (BPL microfiche scan)
1845-1846 Brooklyn City Directory for 1845 and 1846. Silas H. Crowell (publisher)

Douglas (printer)

Internet Archive (BPL microfiche scan)
1845-1846 Brooklyn Alphabetical & Street Directory, and Yearly Advertiser for 1845 & 6. Henry R. Hearne

William J. Hearne (publisher) Stationers' Hall Works

Henry R. Hearne
William J. Hearne

(compiler)

Internet Archive (BPL microfiche scan)
1846-1847 Brooklyn Directory, and Yearly Advertiser for 1846 & 7 Henry R. & Edwin Van Nostrand (publisher)

Lees & Foulkes (printer)

Henry R. & Edwin Van Nostrand (compiler) Internet Archive (BPL microfiche scan)
1847-1848 Brooklyn Directory, and Yearly Advertiser for 1847-8 William J. Hearne & James E. Webb (publisher)

Lees & Foulkes (printers)

William J. Hearne & James E. Webb (compiler) Internet Archive (BPL microfiche scan)
1848-1849
[Spooner's] Brooklyn City Directory, and Annual Advertiser, for the Years 1848-9.
E.B. Spooner
(Edwin Bolton Spooner; 1808–1876)
(publisher)
F.B. Spooner
(Frances Bowman Spooner; 1798–1862)
(printer)
Thomas P. Teale
(compiler)
Google Books Internet Archive (Columbia)
1848-1849 [Hearne's] Brooklyn City Directory and Annual Advertiser, for the Years 1848-9 [...] Also, A Street Directory Henry R. & William J. Hearne (publisher)

Lees & Foulkes (printers)

Henry R. & William J. Hearne (compiler) Internet Archive (Brooklyn Public Library, Microfiche scan)
1849-1850 [Hearne's] Brooklyn City Directory and Annual Advertiser, for 1849 & '50, [...] Also, a Street Directory Henry R. & William J. Hearne (publisher)

Lees & Foulkes (printers)

Henry R. & William J. Hearne (compiler) Internet Archive (Brooklyn Public Library, Microfiche scan)
1850-1851
Hearnes' Brooklyn Directory for 1850–1851 (Vol. 9)
Henry R. and William J. Hearne
(publisher)
Lees & Foulkes
(Henry A. Lees; died 1851)[11]
(printer)
Internet Archive (Columbia)
1851-1852 Hearnes' Brooklyn City Directory, for 1851-1852 (Vol. 10) Henry R. & William J. Hernes (publisher)

Lees & Foulkes (printers)

Internet Archive (Brooklyn Public Library, microfiche scan)
1852-1853
Hearnes' Brooklyn Directory for 1852–1853 (Vol. 11)
Henry R. and William J. Hearne
(publisher)
William L. Foulkes
(printer)
Internet Archive (Columbia scan)
1853-1854
Hearnes' Brooklyn Directory for 1853–1854 (Vol. 12)
Henry R. and William J. Hearne
(publisher)
William L. Foulkes
(printer)
Google Books Internet Archive (Brooklyn Public Library, microfiche scan)
1854-1855 Smith's Brooklyn City Directory, for 1854 &1855 William H. Smith
(publisher)
William H. Smith
(compiler)
Internet Archive (BPL, microfiche scan)
1855-1856 Smith's Brooklyn Directory William H. Smith
(publisher)
William H. Smith
(compiler)
Internet Archive (BPL)
1856-1857 Smith's Brooklyn Directory Charles Jenkins (publisher) William H. Smith
(compiler)
Internet Archive (BPL)
1857-1858
The Brooklyn City Directory
J. Lain & Company
(Jonathan Lain; 1813–1867)
(publisher)
Edward O. Jenkins
(printer)
J. Lain
(compiler)
Internet Archive (BPL)
1858-1859 The Brooklyn City Directory J. Lain & company (publisher) J. Lain
(compiler)
Internet Archive (Yale scan)
1859-1860
The Brooklyn City Directory
J. Lain & company (publisher)

Wynkoop, Hallenbeck & Thomas (printers)

J. Lain
(compiler)
Internet Archive (Brooklyn Public Library, microfiche scan)
1860-1861 The Brooklyn City Directory J. Lain & company (publisher)

Wynkoop, Hallenbeck & Thomas (printers)

J. Lain

(compiler)

Internet Archive (Brooklyn Public Library, microfiche scan)
1861-1862
The Brooklyn City Directory
J. Lain & Company
(publisher)
Wynkoop, Hallenbeck & Thomas
(Matthew B. Wynkoop)
(John J. Hallenbeck)
(William E. Hallenbeck)
(printers)
J. Lain
(compiler)
Internet Archive (BPL)
1862-1863
The Brooklyn City Directory
J. Lain & Company
(publisher)
Wynkoop, Hallenbeck & Thomas
(printers)
J. Lain
(compiler)
Internet Archive (BPL)
1863-1864
The Brooklyn City Directory
J. Lain & Company
(publisher)
J. Lain
(compiler)
HathiTrust Internet Archive (BPL)
1864-1865
The Brooklyn City Directory
J. Lain & Company
(publisher)
Wynkoop & Hallenbeck
(printer)
J. Lain
(compiler)
Internet Archive (BPL)
1865-1866
The Brooklyn City Directory
J. Lain & Company
(publisher)
Wynkoop & Hallenbeck
(printer)
J. Lain
(compiler)
Internet Archive (BPL)
1866-1867
The Brooklyn City Directory
J. Lain & Company
(publisher)
Wynkoop & Hallenbeck
(printer)
J. Lain
(compiler)
Internet Archive (BPL)
1867-1868
The Brooklyn City Directory
Lain & Company
George Theodore Lain (1844–1893)
(proprietor)
George Theodore Lain (1844–1893)
(compiler)
HathiTrust Internet Archive (BPL)
1868-1869
The Brooklyn City Directory
Lain & Company
George Theodore Lain (1844–1893)
(proprietor)
Internet Archive (BPL)
1869-1870
The Brooklyn City Directory
Lain & Company
George Theodore Lain (1844–1893)
(proprietor)
Google Books Internet Archive (Yale scan)
1870-1871
The Brooklyn City Directory
Lain & Company
George Theodore Lain (1844–1893)
(proprietor)
Internet Archive (BPL)
1871-1872
The Brooklyn City Directory
Lain & Company
George Theodore Lain (1844–1893)
(proprietor)
Geo. T. Lain

(compiler)

Internet Archive (Yale scan)
1872-1873
1873-1874
1874-1875
The Brooklyn City Directory
Lain & Company
George Theodore Lain (1844–1893)
(proprietor)
Internet Archive (BPL)
1875-1876
The Brooklyn City Directory
Lain & Company
George Theodore Lain (1844–1893)
(proprietor)
Internet Archive (BPL)
1876-1877
The Brooklyn City Directory
Lain & Company
George Theodore Lain (1844–1893)
(proprietor)
Internet Archive (Yale scan)
1877-1878 The Brooklyn City Directory Lain & Company
George Theodore Lain (1844–1893)
(proprietor)
George Theodore Lain (1844–1893)
(compiler)
Internet Archive (BPL)
1878-1879 The Brooklyn City Directory Lain & Company
George Theodore Lain (1844–1893)
(proprietor)
George Theodore Lain (1844–1893)
(compiler)
Internet Archive (BPL)
1879-1880 The Brooklyn City Directory Internet Archive (BPL)
1880-1881 The Brooklyn City Directory
1881-1882 The Brooklyn City Directory
1882-1883 The Brooklyn City Directory Lain & Company
George Theodore Lain (1844–1893)
(proprietor)
George Theodore Lain (1844–1893)
(compiler)
Charles J. Healy (1857–1933)
(assistant compiler)
Internet Archive (BPL)
1883-1884 The Brooklyn City Directory Lain & Company
George Theodore Lain (1844–1893)
(proprietor)
George Theodore Lain (1844–1893)
(compiler)
Charles J. Healy (1857–1933)
(assistant compiler)
Internet Archive (BPL)
1884–1885 The Brooklyn City Directory Lain & Company Internet Archive (BPL)
1885-1886 The Brooklyn City Directory Lain & Company
George Theodore Lain (1844–1893)
(proprietor)
George Theodore Lain (1844–1893)
(compiler)
Charles J. Healy (1857–1933)
(assistant compiler)
Internet Archive (BPL)
1886-1887 The Brooklyn City Directory Lain & Company
George Theodore Lain (1844–1893)
(proprietor)
George Theodore Lain (1844–1893)
(compiler)
Charles J. Healy (1857–1933)
(assistant compiler)
Internet Archive (BPL)
1887-1888 Lain
1888-1889 The Brooklyn City Directory Lain & Company
George Theodore Lain (1844–1893)
Charles J. Healy (1857–1933)
(proprietors)
Internet Archive (BPL)
1889-1890 Lain
1890-1891 Lain
1891-1892 Lain
1892-1893 Lain
1893-1894 Lain
1894-1895 Lain
1895-1896 Lain
1896-1897 The Brooklyn City Directory Lain & Company
K.C. Lain
Charles J. Healy (1857–1933)
(proprietors)
Internet Archive (BPL)
1897-1898 Lain
1898-1899 The Brooklyn City Directory Lain & Company
K.C. Lain
Charles J. Healy (1857–1933)
(proprietors)
Internet Archive (BPL)
1899-1900 Lain
1901 Upington's General Directory of Brooklyn
1902
Upington's General Directory Borough of Brooklyn (Vol. 79)
George Paul Upington (1850–1910)[12]
(publisher)
George Paul Upington (1850–1910)
(compiler)
Internet Archive (BPL)
1903
Upington's General Directory Borough of Brooklyn (Vol. 80)
George Paul Upington (1850–1910)[12]
(publisher)
George Paul Upington (1850–1910)
(compiler)
Internet Archive (BPL)
1904
Upington's General Directory Borough of Brooklyn (Vol. 81)
George Paul Upington (1850–1910)[12]
(publisher)
George Paul Upington (1850–1910)
(compiler)
Internet Archive (BPL)
1905
Upington's General Directory Borough of Brooklyn (Vol. 82)
George Paul Upington (1850–1910)[12]
(publisher)
George Paul Upington (1850–1910)
(compiler)
Internet Archive (Allen County Public Library)

Part 1 (A-K)

Part 2 (K-Z)

1906
Upington's General Directory Borough of Brooklyn (Vol. 83)
George Paul Upington (1850–1910)
(publisher)
George Paul Upington (1850–1910)
(compiler)
Internet Archive (BPL)
1907
Upington's General Directory Borough of Brooklyn (Vol. 84)
George Paul Upington (1850–1910)
(publisher)
George Paul Upington (1850–1910)
(compiler)
Internet Archive (BPL)
1908
Upington's General Directory Borough of Brooklyn (Vol. 85)
George Paul Upington (1850–1910)
(publisher)
George Paul Upington (1850–1910)
(compiler)
Internet Archive (BPL) (includes A-Z, despite cover page)
1909
Upington's General Directory of the Borough of Brooklyn (Vol. 86)
George Paul Upington (1850–1910)
(publisher)
George Paul Upington (1850–1910)
(compiler)
HathiTrust Internet Archive (Allen County Public Library)

Part 1 (A-L)
Part 2 (L-Z)

1910 Upington's General Directory of the Borough of Brooklyn George Upington (estate of)

(publisher)

Internet Archive (Allen County Public Library)

Part 1 (A-L)

Part 2 (L-Z)

1912
The Brooklyn City Directory (Vol. 88)
Brooklyn Directory Co.
(publisher)
Internet Archive (Allen County Public Library)

Part 1 (A-H) Part 2 (H-R) Part 3 (R-Z)

Business directories: Brooklyn (Kings County)

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Year Title Printer Compiler(s) Google
Books
HathiTrust Internet
Archive
Other
1869
The Brooklyn City and Business Directory
Lain & Company
(publisher)
Wynkoop & Hallenbeck
(printer)
George Theodore Lain (1844–1893)
(compiler)
Internet Archive
1870
The Brooklyn City and Business Directory
Lain & Company
(publisher)
Wynkoop & Hallenbeck
(printer)
George Theodore Lain (1844–1893)
(compiler)
Google Books HathiTrust
1871
The Brooklyn City and Business Directory
Lain & Company
(publisher)
George Theodore Lain (1844–1893)
(compiler)
Internet Archive
1872–1873
Curtin's Brooklyn Business Directory
D. Curtin
(publisher)
Internet Archive
1873–1874
Curtin's Brooklyn Business Directory
D. Curtin
(publisher)
Internet Archive
1875
For Goulding's 1875 business directory, see → New York City directories § Business directories
1875
The Brooklyn City and Business Directory
Lain & Company
(publisher)
George Theodore Lain (1844–1893)
(compiler)
Internet Archive
1876
The Brooklyn City and Business Directory
Lain & Company
(publisher)
George Theodore Lain (1844–1893)
(compiler)
Internet Archive
1878–1879
Lain's Directory of Long Island – Including a Business Directory of Brooklyn, Long Island City, and the Towns of Kings County, Bath, Bay Ridge, Canarsie, Coney Island, East New York, Flatbush, Flatlands, Fort Hamilton, Gravesend, Guntherville, New Utrecht, Parkville, Sheepshead Bay, and Unionville;
Lain & Company
(publisher)
George Theodore Lain (1844–1893)
(compiler)
Allen County
1880
The Brooklyn City and Business Directory
Lain & Company
(publisher)
George Theodore Lain (1844–1893)
(compiler)
Internet Archive
1883
The Brooklyn Directory – A Business Directory
Lain & Company Internet Archive
1890–1991 Lain & Company
George Theodore Lain (1844–1893)
Charles J. Healy (1857–1933)
(proprietors)
Google Books
1899
Trow's Business Directory of the Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York
Trow Directory, Printing & Bookbinding Co.
(printer & Publisher)
Google Books

Copartnership directories: Brooklyn and Queens

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Year Title Printer Compiler(s) Google
Books
HathiTrust Internet
Archive
Other
1913–1914
Corporation and Copartnership Directory of the Boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, City of New York
Brooklyn Directory Co. (publisher) Brooklyn Directory Co. (compiler) Allen County, Fort Wayne
1922
Polk's 1922 Copartnership and Corporation Directory – Boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens
R.L. Polk & Co. (publisher) R.L. Polk & Co. (compiler) Allen County, Fort Wayne
(part 1)

Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce

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Year Title Printer Compiler(s) Google
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1921–1922
Brooklyn Register, 1921–1922 – Classified Membership List of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce[13]
Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce Bulletin U. Illinois

Elite directories: Brooklyn

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Year Title Printer Compiler(s) Google
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1890–1891 Lain & Co. (publisher)
George Theodore Lain (1844–1893)
Charles J. Healy (1857–1933)
(proprietors)
U. Wisconsin, Madison
1894
Lain's Elite Directory of Brooklyn
Lain & Healy (publisher)
William J. Richardson
Charles J. Healy (1857–1933)
(proprietors)
Columbia

Brooklyn street directories

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Year Title Printer Compiler(s) Google
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1881
Street Directory of Brooklyn
J.F. Oltrogge & Co.
(printer)
(John Frederick Oltrogge; 1853–1918)
E.T. Griffith
(compiler)
Internet Archive

Citizens and strangers' guides

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Year Title Printer Compiler(s) Google
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1837
New-York As It Is, in 1837; Containing, a General Description of the City of New-York, List of Officers, Public Instituteions, and Other Useful Information – Including the Public Officers, &c. of the City of Brooklyn, Accompanied by a Correct Map (Vol. 4)
John Disturnell (1801–1877)
(publisher)
J.W. Bell
(printer)
Columbia NYPL
Library of Congress
Harvard
1854
Francis's New Guide to the Cities of New-York and Brooklyn, and the Vicinity
C.S. Francis & Co.
(Charles Spencer Francis; 1853–1911)
(publisher)
Harvard LOC
1856
Francis's New Guide to the Cities of New-York and Brooklyn, and the Vicinity
C.S. Francis & Co.
(Charles Spencer Francis; 1853–1911)
(publisher)
Columbia Columbia
1859
Miller's New York as It Is; Or, Stranger's Guide-Book to the Cities of New York, Brooklyn, and Adjacent Places
James Miller
(publisher)
(died 1883)
NYPL NYPL
1863
Miller's New York as It Is; Or, Stranger's Guide-Book to the Cities of New York, Brooklyn, and Adjacent Places
James Miller
(publisher)
(died 1883)
Chicago
1865
Miller's New York as It Is; Or, Stranger's Guide-Book to the Cities of New York, Brooklyn, and Adjacent Places
James Miller
(publisher)
(died 1883)
Harvard
1866
Miller's New York as It Is; Or, Stranger's Guide-Book to the Cities of New York, Brooklyn, and Adjacent Places
James Miller
(publisher)
(died 1883)
Harvard
Michigan
Bavarian State Library
1867
Miller's New York as It Is; Or, Stranger's Guide-Book to the Cities of New York, Brooklyn, and Adjacent Places
James Miller
(publisher)
Harvard
UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley
1870
Miller's New York as It Is; Or, Stranger's Guide-Book to the Cities of New York, Brooklyn, and Adjacent Places
James Miller
(publisher)
Harvard
1871
Miller's New York as It Is; Or, Stranger's Guide-Book to the Cities of New York, Brooklyn, and Adjacent Places
James Miller
(publisher)
Harvard
1872
Miller's New York as It Is; Or, Stranger's Guide-Book to the Cities of New York, Brooklyn, and Adjacent Places
James Miller
(publisher)
Harvard Library of Congress Library of Congress
1876
New York as It Was and as It Is: Giving an Account of the City From Its Settlement to the Present Time; Forming a Complete Guide to the Great Metropolis of the Nation, Including the City of Brooklyn and the Surrounding Cities and Villages; Together With a Classified Business Directory; With Map and Illustrations
David Van Nostrand
(publisher)
John Polhemus (1826–1894)
(printer)[14][15]
John Disturnell
(1801–1877)
NYPL NYPL
Library of Congress
Cornell
1880
Miller's New York as It Is; Or, Stranger's Guide-Book to the Cities of New York, Brooklyn, and Adjacent Places
James Miller
(publisher)
Harvard
1893
The Citizen Guide to Brooklyn and Long Island
R. Wayne Wilson and Company
(publisher)
(Guide and Almanac Department of the Brooklyn Citizen)
The Jersey City Printy Company
(printer)
Richard Wayne Wilson (1844–1919)
W.R. Turner
Colin H. Livingstone
Library of Congress
Library of Congress
LOC via Wikipedia Commons

Blue books

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Year Title Printer Compiler(s) Google
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1902
Brooklyn Blue Book and Long Island ... Society Register – 1903
Brooklyn Life Publishing Company
(publisher)
(George Herbert Henshaw; 1862–1937)
NYPL
1904
Brooklyn Blue Book and Long Island ... Society Register – 1905
Brooklyn Life Publishing Company
(publisher)
NYPL
1908
Brooklyn Blue Book and Long Island ... Society Register – 1909
Brooklyn Life Publishing Company
(publisher)
NYPL NYPL
1910
Brooklyn Blue Book and Long Island ... Society Register – 1911
Brooklyn Life Publishing Company
(publisher)
NYPL
1912
Brooklyn Blue Book and Long Island Society Register – 1912
Brooklyn Life Publishing Company
(publisher)
NYPL
1914
Brooklyn Blue Book and Long Island Society Register – 1914
Brooklyn Life Publishing Company
(publisher)
NYPL
1916
Brooklyn Blue Book and Long Island Society Register – 1916
Brooklyn Life Publishing Company
(publisher)
NYPL
1917
Brooklyn Blue Book and Long Island Society Register – 1917
Brooklyn Life Publishing Company
(publisher)
NYPL
1919
Brooklyn Blue Book and Long Island Society Register – 1919
Brooklyn Life Publishing Company
(publisher)
NYPL
1921
Brooklyn Blue Book and Long Island Society Register – 1921
Rugby Press, Inc.
(publisher)
(George Herbert Henshaw; 1862–1937)
NYPL
1922
Brooklyn Blue Book and Long Island Society Register – 1922
Rugby Press, Inc.
(publisher)
NYPL

Almanacs

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1848
The Brooklyn City Register, Or, Guide for 1848: Containing General Information, Respecting the City of Brooklyn and County of Kings, With a Complete List of City and County Officers, Also, the Most Practical Method of Keeping a Diary or Journal – An Almanac for 1848, the New Constitution of the State, Abstract of City Charter, List of Attornies, Commissioners, Public Schools, Societies, Fire Department, Election Returns, &c., &c.
C.H. Sprague
(printer)
Samuel H. Cornwell (1825–1895) NYPL
1855
The Brooklyn City and Kings County Record: Budget of General Information; With a Map of the City, an Almanac, and an Appendix Containing the New City Charter
William H. Smith
(publisher)
John F. Trow
(printer)
William H. Smith
(compiler)
Harvard
1890
Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac – A Book of Information, General of the World, and Special of New York City and Long Island
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
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NYPL
1891
Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac – A Book of Information, General of the World, and Special of New York City and Long Island
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
(publisher)
Michigan
1893
Citizen's Almanac – A Compendium of Statistics Concerning Brooklyn, Its People, Its Institutions, and Its Neighbors
The Brooklyn Citizen
(publisher)
Princeton
1894
Citizen's Almanac – A Compendium of Statistics Concerning Brooklyn, Its People, Its Institutions, and Its Neighbors
The Brooklyn Citizen
(publisher)
Princeton
1895
Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac – A Book of Information, General of the World, and Special of New York City and Long Island (Vol. 10; 1st ed.)
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
(publisher)
Michigan Michigan
1897
Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac – A Book of Information, General of the World, and Special of New York City and Long Island (Vol. 12; 1st ed.)
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
(publisher)
NYPL
1898
Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac – A Book of Information, General of the World, and Special of New York City and Long Island (Vol. 13; 2nd ed.)
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
(publisher)
NYPL
1899
Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac – A Book of Information, General of the World, and Special of New York City and Long Island (Vol. 14; 2nd ed.)
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
(publisher)
NYPL
1900
Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac – A Book of Information, General of the World, and Special of New York City and Long Island (Vol. 15; 1st ed.)
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
(publisher)
Library of Congress
1902
Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac – A Book of Information, General of the World, and Special of New York City and Long Island (Vol. 17; 1st ed.)
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
(publisher)
Michigan
1904
Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac – A Book of Information, General of the World, and Special of New York City and Long Island (Vol. 19; 1st ed.)
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
(publisher)
Michigan
1906
Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac – A Book of Information, General of the World, and Special of New York City and Long Island (Vol. 21; 1st ed.)
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
(publisher)
University of Minnesota
1921
Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac – A Book of Information, General of the World, and Special of New York City and Long Island (Vol. 36)
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
(publisher)
Harvard

Telephone directories

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September 1949
Brooklyn Telephone Directory
New York Telephone Company Internet Archive
1958
Brooklyn Telephone Directory
New York Telephone Company Internet Archive
1965
Brooklyn Telephone Directory
New York Telephone Company Internet Archive

Public schools

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1892
Souvenir of Our Public Schools, Brooklyn, N.Y.
E.J. Whitlock
(publisher)
L'Artiste Publishing Co.
(publisher)
Columbia Columbia
Columbia
Columbia

Charities, social services, and church directories

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1895
Nickerson's Illustrated Church Musical and School Directory of New York and Brooklyn
Nickerson & Young
(Edwin Nickerson)
(William S. Young)
(publisher)
Fless & Ridge Printing Company
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Princeton Princeton

Maritime directories

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1896
Bradley's Reminiscences of New York Harbor – And Complete Waterfront Directory – New York, Brooklyn and Jersey City
David L. Bradley Library of Congress Library of Congress LCCN 01-14765

Cemeteries

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1847
Green-Wood Illustrated in Highly Finished Line Engraving, From Drawings Taken on the Spot
Robert Martin
(publisher)
James Smillie (1807–1885)
Descriptive notices by
Nehemiah Cleaveland (1796–1877)
University of Michigan UC Berkeley Library of Congress
1881
The Cemeteries of New York, and How to Reach Them
G.H. Burton
(George H. Burton; 1847–1915)
(printer)
Selden C. Judson
(Selden C. Judson; 1842–1920)
Library of Congress Library of Congress
1895
The Leonard Manual of the Cemeteries of New York and Vicinity
J.H. Leonard
(John Henry Leonard)
(publisher)
J.H. Leonard
(John Henry Leonard)
(compiler)
Library of Congress Library of Congress
1901
The Leonard Manual of the Cemeteries of New York and Vicinity
J.H. Leonard
(John Henry Leonard)
(publisher)
J.H. Leonard
(John Henry Leonard)
(compiler)
Library of Congress Library of Congress

Brooklyn history

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1824
Notes, Geographical and Historical, Relating to the Town of Brooklyn, in Kings County, on Long-Island (re-print)
A. Spooner
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Gabriel Furman (1800–1854) Harvard
1864
Notes, Geographical and Historical, Relating to the Town of Brooklyn, in Kings County, on Long-Island (re-print)
Gabriel Furman (1800–1854) Cornell
1865
Notes, Geographical and Historical, Relating to the Town of Brooklyn, on Long-Island (re-print)
Edwin Bolton Spooner (1808–1876)
(printer)
Wisconsin
1867
A History of the City of Brooklyn, Including the Old Town and Village of Brooklyn, the Town of Bushwick, and the Village and City of Williamsburgh (Vol. 1)
© David Williams Patterson (1824–1892)
Joel Munsell (1808–1880)
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Henry Reed Stiles (1832–1909) Michigan Harvard Allen County
1869
A History of the City of Brooklyn, Including the Old Town and Village of Brooklyn, the Town of Bushwick, and the Village and City of Williamsburgh (Vol. 2)
© David Williams Patterson (1824–1892) Henry Reed Stiles (1832–1909) Michigan Cornell Allen County
1870
A History of the City of Brooklyn, Including the Old Town and Village of Brooklyn, the Town of Bushwick, and the Village and City of Williamsburgh (Vol. 3)
© David Williams Patterson (1824–1892)
Joel Munsell (1808–1880)
(printer)
Henry Reed Stiles (1832–1909) Michigan Harvard
1908
Flatbush of To-Day: The Realm of Light and Air – Published on the Occasion of the Tri-Centennial Celebration of the Coming of the Dutch to Flatbush and the Dutch Festival Held the Week of April 27 to May 2[16]
All Souls Universalist Church
(publisher)
Herbert Foster Gunnison (1858–1932)
(editor)
Harvard Harvard Harvard

Brooklyn maps

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1873
New Utrecht, Kings Co. – Bath, Town of New Utrecht, Kings Co.[17]
Beers, Comstock & Cline
(William T. Comstock)
(John A. Cline)
(publisher)
Charles Hart (1824–1914)
(printer)
Louis E. Neuman (1835–1902)
(engraver)
Under the Superintendence of
Frederick William Beers (1839–1933)
NYPL
(c:Category:Beers maps of Long Island published in 1873)

State directories

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1912
First Annual Industrial Directory of New York State, 1912
John Williams (1865–1944)
(Commissioner of Labor)
New York State Department of Labor
(publisher)
John Williams
(compiler)
UC Berkeley
Michigan

Selected Brooklyn directories not found online

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Hope & Henderson's
  1. Hope & Henderson's (consolidated) Brooklyn City Directory for 1856–7, With a General Business Directory Combined; Also a Complete Street and Avenue Guide, and an Appendix, Etc., Etc (this publication ran from 1856–1857 thru 1867–1868). LCCN 01-15253; OCLC 733562060 (all editions).[18]
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(1873)[19]

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References

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    1. "East New York". p. 58.
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  • Gunnison, Herbert Foster (1858–1932) (1908). Flatbush of To-Day: The Realm of Light and Air – Published on the Occasion of the Tri-Centennial Celebration of the Coming of the Dutch to Flatbush and the Dutch Festival Held the Week of April 27 to May 2. Vol. 2. Brooklyn: All Souls Universalist Church (publisher). ©Benjamin T. Butterworth (1870–1953). Retrieved September 7, 2021.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: postscript (link) LCCN 08-14523; OCLC 11367764 (all editions), 475844818.
    1. Via Google Books (Harvard).
    2. Via HathiTrust (Harvard). Realm of light and air. 1908.