Brooklyn directories
On January 1, 1898, New York City absorbed East Bronx, Brooklyn, western Queens County, and Staten Island. 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
Brooklyn (Kings County) directories
The Brooklyn Public Library has put Brooklyn City Directories online on . See also the table below.| Year | Title | Printer | Compiler | Google Books | HathiTrust | Internet Archive | Other |
| 1796 | John Buel John Bull Re-published by John Disturnell | John Low | |||||
| 1822 | Spooner's Brooklyn Directory for the year 1822. | Alden Spooner | iarchive:micro_IABROOKLYN_0001/micro_IABROOKLYN_0001/page/n2/mode/1up|Internet Archive | ||||
| 1823 | Spooner's Brooklyn Directory, for the Year 1823. | Alden Spooner | Internet Archive (BPL microfiche scan) | ||||
| 1824 | Spooner's Brooklyn Directory, for 1824 | Alden Spooner | Internet Archive (BPL microfiche scan) | ||||
| 1825 | Spooner's Brooklyn Directory, for 1825 | Alden Spooner | Internet Archive (BPL microfiche scan) | ||||
| 1826 | Spooner's Brooklyn Directory, for 1826 | Alden Spooner | 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 | By Lewis Nichols | Internet Archive (BPL microfiche scan) | |||
| 1831-1832 | Brooklyn Directory for 1831-32 | Alden Spooner | By Lewis Nichols | Internet Archive (BPL microfiche scan) | |||
| 1832-1833 | Brooklyn Directory for 1832-33. | William Bigelow A. Spooner | Internet Archive (BPL microfiche scan) | ||||
| 1833-1834 | Brooklyn Directory for 1833-34 | Nichols and Dalaree Lewis Nichols | Internet Archive (BPL microfiche scan) | ||||
| 1833–1834 | Brooklyn Daily Eagle | ||||||
| 1834-1835 | |||||||
| 1835-1836 | Brooklyn Directory, for 1835-36. | Lewis Nichols Lewis Nichols | Internet Archive (BPL microfiche scan) | ||||
| 1836-1837 | Brooklyn Directory, for the Years 1836-37. | A. Spooner & Sons | By Lewis Nichols | Internet Archive (BPL microfiche scan) | |||
| 1837-1838 | Brooklyn Directory, for the Years 1837-38. | A. Spooner & Sons | By Lewis Nichols | Internet Archive (BPL microfiche scan) | |||
| 1838-1839 | Brooklyn Directory, for the Years 1838-39. | A. G. Stevens & Wm. H. Marschalk Arnold & Van Anden | Internet Archive (BPL microfiche scan) | ||||
| 1839-1840 | Henry Lot Ogden Arnold & Van Anden | Henry Lot Ogden | 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 | Internet Archive (BPL microfiche scan) | |||
| 1841-1842 | Brooklyn Alphabetical and Street Directory and Yearly Advertiser, for 1841-2. | Thomas Leslie & John W. Leslie | Thomas Leslie & John W. Leslie | Internet Archive (BPL microfiche scan) | |||
| 1842-1843 | Brooklyn Directory for 1842 & 3. | Internet Archive (Yale) | |||||
| 1843-1844 | Thomas Leslie Henry R. Hearne William J. Hearne Stationers' Hall Works | Thomas Leslie Henry R. Hearne William J. Hearne | |||||
| 1844-1845 | Henry R. Hearne William J. Hearne Edwin Von Nostrand Stationers' Hall Works | Henry R. Hearne William J. Hearne Edwin Von Nostrand | Internet Archive (BPL microfiche scan) | ||||
| 1845-1846 | Brooklyn City Directory for 1845 and 1846. | Silas H. Crowell Douglas | Internet Archive (BPL microfiche scan) | ||||
| 1845-1846 | Brooklyn Alphabetical & Street Directory, and Yearly Advertiser for 1845 & 6. | Henry R. Hearne William J. Hearne Stationers' Hall Works | Henry R. Hearne William J. Hearne | Internet Archive (BPL microfiche scan) | |||
| 1846-1847 | Brooklyn Directory, and Yearly Advertiser for 1846 & 7 | Henry R. & Edwin Van Nostrand Lees & Foulkes | Henry R. & Edwin Van Nostrand | Internet Archive (BPL microfiche scan) | |||
| 1847-1848 | Brooklyn Directory, and Yearly Advertiser for 1847-8 | William J. Hearne & James E. Webb Lees & Foulkes | William J. Hearne & James E. Webb | Internet Archive (BPL microfiche scan) | |||
| 1848-1849 | E.B. Spooner F.B. Spooner | Thomas P. Teale | |||||
| 1848-1849 | ''Brooklyn City Directory and Annual Advertiser, for the Years 1848-9 Also, A Street Directory | Henry R. & William J. Hearne Lees & Foulkes | Henry R. & William J. Hearne | Internet Archive (Brooklyn Public Library, Microfiche scan) | |||
| 1849-1850 | Brooklyn City Directory and Annual Advertiser, for 1849 & '50, Also, a Street Directory | Henry R. & William J. Hearne Lees & Foulkes | Henry R. & William J. Hearne | Internet Archive (Brooklyn Public Library, Microfiche scan) | |||
| 1850-1851 | Henry R. and William J. Hearne Lees & Foulkes | ||||||
| 1851-1852 | Hearnes' Brooklyn City Directory, for 1851-1852 | Henry R. & William J. Hernes Lees & Foulkes | Internet Archive (Brooklyn Public Library, microfiche scan) | ||||
| 1852-1853 | Henry R. and William J. Hearne William L. Foulkes | ||||||
| 1853-1854 | Henry R. and William J. Hearne William L. Foulkes | Internet Archive (Brooklyn Public Library, microfiche scan) | |||||
| 1854-1855 | Smith's Brooklyn City Directory, for 1854 &1855 | William H. Smith | William H. Smith | Internet Archive (BPL, microfiche scan) | |||
| 1855-1856 | Smith's Brooklyn Directory | William H. Smith | William H. Smith | Internet Archive (BPL) | |||
| 1856-1857 | Smith's Brooklyn Directory | Charles Jenkins | William H. Smith | Internet Archive (BPL) | |||
| 1857-1858 | J. Lain & Company Edward O. Jenkins | J. Lain | |||||
| 1858-1859 | The Brooklyn City Directory | J. Lain & company | J. Lain | Internet Archive (Yale scan) | |||
| 1859-1860 | J. Lain & company Wynkoop, Hallenbeck & Thomas | J. Lain | Internet Archive (Brooklyn Public Library, microfiche scan) | ||||
| 1860-1861 | The Brooklyn City Directory | J. Lain & company Wynkoop, Hallenbeck & Thomas | J. Lain | Internet Archive (Brooklyn Public Library, microfiche scan) | |||
| 1861-1862 | J. Lain & Company Wynkoop, Hallenbeck & Thomas | J. Lain | |||||
| 1862-1863 | J. Lain & Company Wynkoop, Hallenbeck & Thomas | J. Lain | |||||
| 1863-1864 | J. Lain & Company | J. Lain | |||||
| 1864-1865 | J. Lain & Company Wynkoop & Hallenbeck | J. Lain | |||||
| 1865-1866 | J. Lain & Company Wynkoop & Hallenbeck | J. Lain | |||||
| 1866-1867 | J. Lain & Company Wynkoop & Hallenbeck | J. Lain | |||||
| 1867-1868 | Lain & Company George Theodore Lain | George Theodore Lain | |||||
| 1868-1869 | Lain & Company George Theodore Lain | Internet Archive (BPL) | |||||
| 1869-1870 | Lain & Company George Theodore Lain | Internet Archive (Yale scan) | |||||
| 1870-1871 | Lain & Company George Theodore Lain | Internet Archive (BPL) | |||||
| 1871-1872 | Lain & Company George Theodore Lain | Geo. T. Lain | Internet Archive (Yale scan) | ||||
| 1872-1873 | |||||||
| 1873-1874 | |||||||
| 1874-1875 | Lain & Company George Theodore Lain | Internet Archive (BPL) | |||||
| 1875-1876 | Lain & Company George Theodore Lain | Internet Archive (BPL) | |||||
| 1876-1877 | Lain & Company George Theodore Lain | Internet Archive (Yale scan) | |||||
| 1877-1878 | The Brooklyn City Directory | Lain & Company George Theodore Lain | George Theodore Lain | ||||
| 1878-1879 | The Brooklyn City Directory | Lain & Company George Theodore Lain | George Theodore Lain | ||||
| 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 | George Theodore Lain Charles J. Healy | ||||
| 1883-1884 | The Brooklyn City Directory | Lain & Company George Theodore Lain | George Theodore Lain Charles J. Healy | 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 | George Theodore Lain Charles J. Healy | Internet Archive (BPL) | |||
| 1886-1887 | The Brooklyn City Directory | Lain & Company George Theodore Lain | George Theodore Lain Charles J. Healy | Internet Archive (BPL) | |||
| 1887-1888 | Lain | ||||||
| 1888-1889 | The Brooklyn City Directory | Lain & Company George Theodore Lain Charles J. Healy | 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 | Internet Archive (BPL) | ||||
| 1897-1898 | Lain | ||||||
| 1898-1899 | The Brooklyn City Directory | Lain & Company K.C. Lain Charles J. Healy | |||||
| 1899-1900 | Lain | ||||||
| 1901 | Upington's General Directory of Brooklyn | ||||||
| 1902 | George Paul Upington | George Paul Upington | |||||
| 1903 | George Paul Upington | George Paul Upington | |||||
| 1904 | George Paul Upington | George Paul Upington | |||||
| 1905 | George Paul Upington | George Paul Upington | Internet Archive Part 1 (A-K) | ||||
| 1906 | George Paul Upington | George Paul Upington | |||||
| 1907 | George Paul Upington | George Paul Upington | |||||
| 1908 | George Paul Upington | George Paul Upington | |||||
| 1909 | George Paul Upington | George Paul Upington | Internet Archive Part 2 (L-Z) | ||||
| 1910 | Upington's General Directory of the Borough of Brooklyn'' | George Upington | Internet Archive Part 1 (A-L) Part 2 (L-Z) | ||||
| 1912 | Brooklyn Directory Co. | Internet Archive Part 2 (H-R) Part 3 (R-Z) |