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Digitized Brooklyn City Directories

Brooklyn Public Library has digitized Brooklyn city and business directories, and telephone books for the period 1856-1967. This collection is accessible via Internet Archive and allows for full-text searching within each volume.

All Branch LibrariesBronx Library CenterSchomburg Center for Research in Black CultureSt. George Library CenterStavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)Stephen A. Schwarzman BuildingThe New York Public Library for the Performing ArtsThomas Yoseloff Business Center
Genealogy, New York City History
English