# Brooklyn directories

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.

## Timeline, highlights, and creators

| 1822: | Alden Spooner (1783–1848), in 1822, published the first full Brooklyn city directory. One of Spooner's granddaughters, Caroline Augusta Huling (1856–1941), was a notable journalist, philanthropist, editor, publisher, and reformer. 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. |
| 1859: | The printing firm Wynkoop, Hallenbeck & Thomas was founded in 1859 as a co-partnership of (i) Matthew Bennett Wynkoop (1830–1895), (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. 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. |
| 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

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. | 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 | | | | | | |
| 1828 | No directory published | | | | | | |
| 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 | 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) (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) (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) (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) (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) (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)

| 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 | For Goulding's 1875 business directory, see → New York City directories § Business directories | For Goulding's 1875 business directory, see → New York City directories § Business directories | For Goulding's 1875 business directory, see → New York City directories § Business directories | For Goulding's 1875 business directory, see → New York City directories § Business directories | For Goulding's 1875 business directory, see → New York City directories § Business directories | 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; Together With a General Directory of Amityville, Babylon, Bay Ridge, Bay Side, Breslau, Bridgehampton, College Point, East Hampton, East Williamsburgh, Farmingdale, Flatbush, Flushing, Fort Hamilton, Freeport, Garden City, Glen Cove, Greenport, Hempstead, Hicksville, Huntington, Islip, Jamaica, Jericho, Locust Valley, Maspeth, Mattituck, Mineola, Newtown, Northport, Oyster Bay, Parkville, Patchogue, Pearsalls, Port Jefferson, Queens, Riverhead, Rockaway, Rockville Centre, Roslyn, Sag Harbor, Sayville, Shelter Island, Southampton, Southold, Springfield, Stoney Brook, Valley Stream, West Hampton, Whitestone, Winfield, Woodhaven, Woodsburgh | 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's Business Directory of Brooklyn, Kings County, Long Island City, Jamaica, Far Rockaway, Flushing, College Point, Hempstead, Newtown and Whitestone | 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

| 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

| Year | Title | Printer | Compiler(s) | Google Books | HathiTrust | Internet Archive | Other |
| 1921–1922 | Brooklyn Register, 1921–1922 – Classified Membership List of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce | Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce Bulletin | | U. Illinois | | | |

### Elite directories: Brooklyn

| Year | Title | Printer | Compiler(s) | Google Books | HathiTrust | Internet Archive | Other |
| 1890–1891 | Lain's Elite Directory of Brooklyn, Kings County, Long Island City, Jamaica, Far Rockaway, Flushing, College Point, Hempstead, Newtown and Whitestone | 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

| Year | Title | Printer | Compiler(s) | Google Books | HathiTrust | Internet Archive | Other |
| 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

| Year | Title | Printer | Compiler(s) | Google Books | HathiTrust | Internet Archive | Other |
| 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) | 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

| Year | Title | Printer | Google Books | Internet Archive |
| 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

| Year | Title | Printer | Compiler(s) | Google Books | HathiTrust |
| 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 (publisher) | | 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

| Year | Title | Printer | Internet Archive |
| 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

| Year | Title | Printer | Compiler(s) | Google Books | HathiTrust | Internet Archive | Other |
| 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

| Year | Title | Printer | Compiler(s) | Google Books | HathiTrust | Internet Archive | Other |
| 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 (printer) | | Princeton | Princeton | | |

### Maritime directories

| Year | Title | Printer | Compiler(s) | Google Books | HathiTrust | Internet Archive | Other |
| 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

| Year | Title | Printer | Compiler(s) | Google Books | HathiTrust | Internet Archive |
| 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

| Year | Title | Printer | Compiler(s) | Google Books | HathiTrust | Internet Archive |
| 1824 | Notes, Geographical and Historical, Relating to the Town of Brooklyn, in Kings County, on Long-Island (re-print) | A. Spooner (printer) | 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) printer | 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 | All Souls Universalist Church (publisher) | Herbert Foster Gunnison (1858–1932) (editor) | Harvard | Harvard | Harvard |

### Brooklyn maps

| Year | Title | Printer | Compiler(s) | Google Books | HathiTrust | Internet Archive | Other |
| 1873 | New Utrecht, Kings Co. – Bath, Town of New Utrecht, Kings Co. | 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

| Year | Title | Printer | Compiler(s) | Google Books | HathiTrust | Internet Archive | Other |
| 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

    Hope & Henderson's
* 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).

## Map gallery

* 1873 maps of bygone Brooklyn community names
* New Utrecht and Bath
* Gravesend, Flatlands, New Utrecht, and Unionville
* Gravesend, Flatlands, New Utrecht, Unionville, and Guntherville