New York City directories

The New-York Directory, published in 1786, was the first extant directory for New York City and the third published in the United States. It listed 846 names. A year earlier, the first two in the country were published in Philadelphia – the first, compiled by Francis White, was initially printed October 27, 1785, and the second, compiled by John Macpherson, was initially printed November 22, 1785.

Selected New York City (Manhattan) directories (online)

Charities, social services, and church directories

Public education directories

Year	Title	Printer	Compiler	Google Books	HathiTrust	Internet Archive	Other
1874	Directory of the Board of Education for the City and County of New York	Evening Post Steam Presses
1876	Directory of the Board of Education for the City and County of New York	Cushing & Bardua
1877	Map of the County of New York: Showing the School Districts and the Locality of the Public Schools	Cushing & Bardua
1879	Directory of the Board of Education for the City and County of New York	Wynkoop & Hallenbeck Matthew Bennett Wynkoop John J. Hallenbeck
1884	Directory of the Board of Education for the City and County of New York	Wynkoop & Hallenbeck
1888	Directory of the Board of Education of the City of New York	De Leeuw, Oppenheimer & Myers
1890	Directory of the Board of Education of the City of New York	De Leeuw & Oppenheimer
1892	Directory of the Board of Education of the City of New York	De Leeuw, Oppenheimer & Co.
1903		Board of Education of the City of New York

Directories of directors

Year	Title	Printer	Compiler	Google Books	HathiTrust	Internet Archive	Other
1899	Directory of Directors in the City of New York	Audit Company of New York, The The Winthrop Press
1901	Directory of Directors in the City of New York	Audit Company of New York, The The Winthrop Press
1902	Directory of Directors in the City of New York	Audit Company of New York, The The Winthrop Press
1903	Directory of Directors in the City of New York	Audit Company of New York, The The Winthrop Press
1904	Directory of Directors in the City of New York	Audit Company of New York, The The Winthrop Press
1905	Directory of Directors in the City of New York	Audit Company of New York, The The Winthrop Press
1906	Directory of Directors in the City of New York	Audit Company of New York, The The Winthrop Press
1907	Directory of Directors in the City of New York	Audit Company of New York, The
1909–1910	Directory of Directors in the City of New York	Audit Company of New York, The
1911–1912	Directory of Directors in the City of New York	Audit Company of New York, The
1913–1914	Directory of Directors in the City of New York	Audit Company of New York, The
1915–1916	Directory of Directors in the City of New York	Directory of Directories Company
1917–1918	Directory of Directors in the City of New York	Directory of Directories Company
1919–1920	Directory of Directors in the City of New York	Directory of Directories Company

New York City directories

Selected New York City (Manhattan) directories (online)

Charities, social services, and church directories

Public education directories

Directories of directors

Society directories, including social registers

State lawyer directories

New York history bibliography and biographical references

Selected New York City directories not found online