New York City, New York Online Historical Directories
New York City, New York Online Historical Directories
Includes directories for Bronx County, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York County (Manhattan), Queens County, and Richmond County (Staten Island)
Expand your research by checking out the New York Online Historical Newspapers here.
Links to directories at Ancestry are to the images themselves, which are browsable. Non-subscribers will not be able to view these. Non-subscribers can, however, use the search engine and see a listing of possible results (but no images or further details). To search by name, directory, year, or keyword, go to Ancestry's U.S. City Directories search engine
. For more information on how to access subscription websites, read Number 5 on my FAQs page.
Links to directories at GenealogyToday are to the search engine for that particular directory, which is searchable without a subscription. Non-subscribers can use the search engine and see a listing of possible results (but no images or further details). For more information on how to access subscription websites, read Number 5 on my FAQs page.
In order to view directories at Historic Map Works, you must register (for free). This will give you 10 free credits allowing you to view 10 directories on the site. After you have used your 10 credits, you may either purchase more in increments of $10.00 each (each credit is worth 10 cents), or by purchasing a monthly subscription of $29.95 or a yearly one of $249.95. More info on rates is available here, and a list of available directories is here.
Links to directories at New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) are to the images themselves, which are browsable. Non-subscribers will not be able to view these. Non-subscribers can, however, use the search engine and see a listing of possible results (but no images or further details). To search by keyword, go to the Digital Archive & Library search engine on this page (it is the second search box). For more information on how to access subscription websites, read Number 5 on my FAQs page.
The New York Public library has digitized city directories available for free at https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/new-york-city-directories#/?tab=about. I will be adding the specific links by year to this page in the future. Enjoy!
1600s-1690s
Directory of Irish Burghers of New Amsterdam and Freeman of New York, New York Historical Society, 1680s - 1808 (published 1885) - $ (GenealogyToday)
- transcribed
1700s-1790s
Directory of Irish Burghers of New Amsterdam and Freeman of New York, New York Historical Society, 1680s - 1808 (published 1885) - $ (GenealogyToday)
- transcribed
New York City City Directory, Patterson, 1746 - Free (Internet Archive)
- 1874 reproduction
New York City City Directory, Trow, 1746 - Free (Internet Archive)
- 1889 reproduction
New York City City Directory, Winthrop Press, 1746 - Free (Internet Archive)
- 1905 reproduction
New York City City Directory, Franks, 1786 - $ (NEHGS)
- reprinted in 1874 by Patterson
Brooklyn Village Directory, unknown, 1796 - Free (Brooklyn Genealogy Information Page)
- transcribed
New York City and Brooklyn Village Directories, Buel and Bell, 1796 - $ (NEHGS)
- Part I (table of contents; Aaron-Garrison); Part II (Garrison-Pollock); Part III (Pollock-Zuntz; additional names); Part IV (militia, government officials, cartmen, Brooklyn village directory, etc.)
New York City City Directory, Longworth, 1798 - Free (Internet Archive)
1800s
Directory of Irish Burghers of New Amsterdam and Freeman of New York, New York Historical Society, 1680s - 1808 (published 1885) - $ (GenealogyToday)
- transcribed
New York City City Directory, Longworth, 1805 - $ (NEHGS)
- Part I; Part II; Part III (list of persons by trade); Part IV (list of persons by trade, continued); Part V (Aaron-Cole, John); Part VI (Cole, Joel-Gosline); Part VII (Gosman-Lownds); Part VIII (Lownsberry-Ransier); Part IX (Ransley-Sutherland, James); Part X (Sutherland, Jane-end)
New York City City Directory, Longworth, 1807 - $ (NEHGS)
- Part I (includes table of contents); Part II; Part III (Aaron-Brevoort, Abraham); Part IV (Brevoort-Delamater, Abraham); Part V (Delamater-Halstead, John); Part VI (Halstead-Lentner); Part VII (Leney-Odell, Francis); Part VIII (Odell-Shadbott); Part IX (Shaffer-Vansice, Charles); Part X (Vansice-Zuntz)
1810s
New York City City Directory, Longworth, 1813 - Free (Internet Archive)
New York City City Directory, Longworth, 1815 - $ (NEHGS)
- Part I (miscellaneous, Masonic lodges, etc.); Part II (Aaron-Godey); Part III (Godfrey-Public); Part IV (Pudney-Zuntz; additional names; list of deaths)
1820s
Brooklyn Village Directory, Spooner, 1823 - Free (Brooklyn Genealogy Information Page)
- transcribed
New York City City Directory, Longworth, 1826 - Free (Internet Archive)
New York City City Directory, Longworth, 1827 - Free (Google Books)
1830s
- $ (Ancestry)
- $ (Ancestry)
- $ (Ancestry)
Brooklyn City Directory, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1833-4 - Free (Brooklyn Genealogy Information Page)
- $ (Ancestry)
- $ (Ancestry)
New York City City Directory, Longworth, 1838 - $ (NEHGS)
- Part I (Aaron-Clark); Part II (Clark-Haughny); Part III (Haughton-Morrell); Part IV (Morrell-Swezey); Part V (Swezey-Zuckschwert; additional names)
New York City City Directory, Longworth, 1839 - Free (Internet Archive)
1840s
Brooklyn City Directory, unknown, 1840 - Free (DistantCousin)
- transcribed
Brooklyn City Directory, Spooner, 1840-1 - Free (Brooklyn Genealogy Information Page)
- transcribed
New York City City Directory, Longworth, 1840 - $ (NEHGS)
- Part I (Aaron-Clinch); Part II (Cline-Heckscher); Part III (Heckschers-Mould); Part IV (Moulin-Tellander); Part V (Telle-Zwahlen; addtional names; street list, etc.)
New York City City Directory, Doggett, 1845-6 - Free (Internet Archive)
- $ (Ancestry)
New York City City Directory Supplement, Doggett, 1845 - Free (Google Books)
New York City City Directory, Doggett, 1846-7 - Free (Internet Archive)
New York City City Directory, Doggett, 1847-8 - Free (Internet Archive)
Brooklyn City Directory, Spooner, 1848 - Free* (Historic Map Works)
New York City City Directory, Doggett, 1848-9 - Free (Internet Archive)
1850s
Williamsburg(h) Village Directory, Reynolds, 1851 - $ (NEHGS)
- Part I (Aalt-Patterson); Part II (Patterson-Zoller; plus additions)
Brooklyn City Directory, Smith, 1856 - Free (Brooklyn Public Library)
Brooklyn City Directory, Smith, 1857 - Free (Brooklyn Public Library)
- $ (Ancestry)
Brooklyn City Directory, Lain, 1858 - Free (Brooklyn Public Library)
New York City City Directory, unknown, 1858-9 - Free (DistantCousin)
New York State Business Directory, unknown (Adams, Sampson & Co.?), 1859
- $ (Ancestry)
1860s
New York City Trade Directory, Gobright and Dawes, 1861 - Free (Don's List)
Brooklyn City Directory, Lain, 1862 - Free (Brooklyn Public Library)
New York City City Directory, Trow, 1865 - Free (Google Books)
Brooklyn City Directory, Lain, 1863 - Free (Brooklyn Public Library)
Brooklyn City Directory, Lain, 1864 - Free (Brooklyn Public Library)
Brooklyn City Directory, Lain, 1865 - Free (Brooklyn Public Library)
Brooklyn City Directory, Lain, 1866 - Free (Brooklyn Public Library)
Brooklyn City Directory, Lain, 1867 - Free (Brooklyn Public Library)
New York City Church Directory, Jackson, 1867 - Free (Internet Archive)
Brooklyn City Directory, Lain, 1868 - Free (Brooklyn Public Library)
Long Island Community Directories, Curtin, 1868 - Free (Longwood Genealogy Group)
- includes Canarsie (Brooklyn); Flatbush (Brooklyn) (A-F, G-O, P-Z); Greenpoint (Brooklyn) (A-K, L-Z); Jamaica (Queens) (A-D, E-J, K-P, Q-Z); Long Island City (Queens) (A-F, G-M, N-Z); Newtown (Queens) (A-L, M-Z); and Woodhaven (Queens)
- transcribed
- $ (Ancestry)
Brooklyn City Directory, Lain, 1869 - Free (Brooklyn Public Library)
1870s
- $ (Ancestry)
Bronx City Directory, Morrisania & Tremont, 1871-2 - Free (Don's List)
Brooklyn City Directory, Lain, 1871 - Free (Brooklyn Public Library)
- $ (Ancestry)
New York City City Directory, Trow, 1872 - Free (Google Books)
Brooklyn Business Directory, unknown, 1873 - Free (Brooklyn Genealogy Information Page)
- transcribed
Brooklyn City Directory, Boyd, 1873 - Free (Brooklyn Genealogy Information Page)
- A-Cox, Cox-Gaven, Gaven-Kavangh, Kavannagh-Murphy, Murphy-Smith J. & Son, Smith-Zwilling
- $ (Ancestry)
Brooklyn City Directory, Lain, 1875 - Free (Brooklyn Public Library)
- $ (Ancestry)
- $ (Ancestry)
- $ (Ancestry)
Long Island Business Directory, Lain, 1878-9 - Free (Internet Archive)
- Part I, Part II (another copy of Part II)
- Includes 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;
- General directory of Bay Ridge, Bay Side, College Point, East Williamsburgh, Flatbush, Flushing, Fort Hamilton, Jamaica, Maspeth, Newtown (now Elmhurst), Parkville, Queens, Rockaway, Springfield (Gardens), Whitestone, Winfield (now Woodside), and Woodhaven
- $ (Ancestry)
Brooklyn City Directory, Lain, 1879 - Free (Brooklyn Genealogy Information Page)
- transcribed
- images on this page are not working, but the links ARE
- $ (Ancestry)
1880s
Brooklyn City Directory, Lain, 1880 - Free (Brooklyn Public Library)
- $ (Ancestry)
Brooklyn Street Directory, Griffith, 1881 - Free (Internet Archive)
New York City Business Directory, Phillips, 1881-2 - Free (Internet Archive)
- $ (Ancestry)
Brooklyn City Directory, Lain, 1883 - Free (Brooklyn Public Library)
- $ (Ancestry)
Flushing Business, Community, and Farmers' Directory, Boyd, 1885-6 - Free (Internet Archive)
- $ (Ancestry)
- listed incorrectly as 1884
New York City Ladies Guide (Business) Directory, unknown, 1885 - Free (Don's List)
- $ (Ancestry)
Brooklyn City Directory, unknown, 1888-90 - Free* (Historic Map Works)
New Jersey and New York City City Telephone Directory, New York & New Jersey Telephone Company, 1888 - Free (Internet Archive)
- includes Long Island
- $ (Ancestry)
- $ (Ancestry)
Brooklyn and New York City Business Directories, Curtin, 1889 - Free (Don's List)
- Part I (through page 489)
- contains Newark, New Jersey
Brooklyn and New York City Business Directories, Curtin, 1889 - Free (Internet Archive)
- Part I (through page 489)
- contains Newark, New Jersey
1890s
Flushing Village Directory, Flushing Journal, 1890 - Free (Internet Archive)
New York City Charities Directory, Charity Organization Society, 1890 - Free (Google Books)
New York City CoPartner and Corporation Directory, Trow, 1890 - Free (Google Books)
Flushing Community Directory, Boyd, 1891-2 - Free (Internet Archive)
- $ (Ancestry)
- $ (Ancestry)
- $ (Ancestry)
- $ (Ancestry)
- $ (Ancestry)
Brooklyn City Directory, Lain, 1897 - Free (Brooklyn Genealogy Information Page)
- transcribed
- images on this page are not working, but the links ARE
- $ (Ancestry)
- $ (Ancestry)
Manhattan and Bronx Directory, Trow, 1907 - Free (Don's List)
Manhattan and Bronx Business Directory, Trow, 1909 - Free (Google Books)
Manhattan and Bronx Business Directory, Trow, 1909 - Free (Don's List)
- Part I (beginning through Hall, Geo. E)
Manhattan and Bronx Business Directory, Trow, 1909 - Free (Internet Archive)
- Part I (beginning through Hall, Geo. E)
1910s
Manhattan and Bronx Borough Directories, Trow, 1910 - Free (Don's List)
1910 - $ (Ancestry)
1911 - $ (Ancestry)
Brooklyn City Directory, Brooklyn Directory Company, 1912 - Free (Don's List)
- Part III (page 1912 through end)
Brooklyn City Directory, Brooklyn Directory Company, 1912 - Free (Internet Archive)
- Part III (page 1912 through end)
1912 - $ (Ancestry)
New York City Jewish Communal Directory, Jewish Community (Kehillah) of New York City, 1912 - Free (Don's List)
Bronx and Manhattan Business Directories, Trow, 1913 - Free (Don's List)
1913 - $ (Ancestry)
Bronx and Manhattan Borough Directories, Trow, 1914 - Free (Don's List)
1914 - $ (Ancestry)
1915 - $ (Ancestry)
1916 - $ (Ancestry)
Tremont Baptist Church Directory, Tremont Baptist Church, 1916 - Free (HeritageQuest)
1917 - $ (Ancestry)
New York City Directors Directory, Directory of Directors Company, 1917-8 - Free (Google Books)
1918 - $ (Ancestry)
1920s
1920 - $ (Ancestry)
1922 - $ (Ancestry)
1925 - $ (Ancestry)
1926 - $ (Ancestry)
1927 - $ (Ancestry)
1928 - $ (Ancestry)
1929 - $ (Ancestry)
New York Stock Exchange Directory, New York Stock Exchange, 1929 - Free (Internet Archive)
1930s
1931 - $ (Ancestry)
1932 - $ (Ancestry)
1933 - $ (Ancestry)
Bronx Telephone Directory, New York Telephone Company, 1939-40 - Free (New York Public Library)
Brooklyn Telephone Directory, New York Telephone Company, 1939-40 - Free (New York Public Library)
Queens Telephone Directory, New York Telephone Company, 1939-40 - Free (New York Public Library)
Staten Island Telephone Directory, New York Telephone Company, 1939-40 - Free (New York Public Library)
1940s - 1950s
Manhattan Telephone Directory, New York Telephone Company, 1940 - Free (New York Public Library)
Manhattan Telephone Directory, New York Telephone Company, 1946 - Free (Don's List)
1948 - $ (Ancestry)
1953 - $ (Ancestry)
Created 25 May 2009.
Last updated 31 September 2020.
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