Kings County (est. November 1, 1683, an original county) Nineteenth Century Post Offices Bath Beach (see New Utrecht) Bath Beach Junction Blythebourne Established : May 15, 1888 Name changed to Blythebourne : June 5, 1888 Discontinued : March 6, effective April 30, 1896, became Station K of Brooklyn Notes Berton A. Ballard (Henry C. Smith) William E. Kay Robert B. Sedgwick Charles P. Pennington Albert P. Stewart 15 May 1888 Blythbourne (5 June 1888) (20 December 1889) 31 December 1889 18 May 1892 5 May 1893 1 February 1895 (not comm.) Bay Ridge Established : January 21, 1858 Discontinued : October 13, 1860 (12, per Kay) Reestablished : June 21, 1862 Spelling changed (one word) : December 1, 1895 Discontinued : March 6, effective April 30, 1896, became Station 51 of Brooklyn John Pope 21 January 1858 19.85 George Self John Pope Sivil Wardell William Wakefield William B. Wakefield 21 June 1862 5 February 1864 27 March 1872 30 September 1879 12 May 1891 18.50 45.07 130.00 65.00 10.89
Bensonhurst Established : May 22, 1889 Discontinued : March 6, effective April 30, 1896, became Station 55 of Brooklyn James H. Donahue Joseph Elliott, Jr. Charles C. Anderson Peter A.E. Boetzkes 22 May 1889 15 January 1889 14 January 1892 26 January 1894 Blythebourne (see Bath Beach Junction) Brighton Beach Established : July 23, 1878 Discontinued : October 13, 1879, service from Brooklyn Thomas Harper 23 July 1878
Brooklyn (ch) (Flatbush also listed as a ch until 1874) (presidential office noted from August 27, 1850) Established : April 23, 1803 (per Stets) (*July 1, 1803, per Kay) P. Buffit 24 April 1803 Joel Bunce 11 March 1806 Thomas W. Birdsall George L. Birch Thomas Kirk Erastus Worthington Samuel E. Clements Joseph Mosier Adrian Hegeman George Hall Henry C. Conkling Gold S. Silliman Daniel Van Voorhis William H. Peck George B. Lincoln Thomas Kinsella Samuel H. Roberts Joseph M. Simonson Anthony F. Campbell Samuel Booth Charles C. Talbot James McLeer Joseph C. Hendrix Andrew D. Baird George J. Collins Andrew T. Sullivan Francis H. Wilson 23 September 1819 31 December 1821 18 May 1825 25 March 1826 19 January 1831 28 October 1831 12 May 1832 4 May 1841 6 May 1845 2 May 1849 8 August 14 August (eff. Sept. 30) 9 May 25 August 1866 20 April 6 May 1868 17 July 1868 16 April 11 September 1873 14 December 1877 7 July 1886 10 June 1890 23 June 1890 26 April 1893 21 September 1897 1816 1817 1819 1821 1823 1825 1827 1829 1831 1833 1835 1837 1839 1841 1843 1845 1847 1849 1851 (rej by Sen.) 63.59 80.15 89.75 131.53 218.50 141.20 423.46 546.60 602.85 921.85 995.94 1,409.31 1,499.00 1,519.72 no split 3,662.68 1,791.89 197.80 1,833.90 1,835.16 123.22 1,999.71 1,500.00 192.31 3,400.00 1,000.00 670.33 3,114.08 505.00 5,010.25 12,241.92 6,039.57 720.27 6,688.18 8,207.06 865.98 14,919.42 16,064.29 16,993.11 17,520.49 20,541.84 21,072.99 3,595.71 56,521.28 55,145.04 12,991.73 7,850.23 4,106.45 35,996.96 7,196.35
George H. Roberts, Jr. Edmund W. Voorhies 17 December 1901 25 January 1910
Canarsie Established : September 29, 1852 Discontinued : October 11, Reestablished : March 18, Discontinued : March 6, effective April 30, 1896, became Station L of Brooklyn Owen L. Jones 29 September 1852 Andrew A. Myers 3 February 5.74 3.15 no return no return 7.31 1.28 Isaac Skidmore, Jr. Charles Lehmann Richard V. Remson Charles Lehmann Martin Morrison, Jr. Charles Lehmann 18 March 14 January 1879 17 November 1886 7 February 1889 21 May 1889 17 August 1893 7.43 57.26 29.00 18.00 18.31 91.00 3.16 19.10 Coney Island Established : January 18, 1886 Spelling changed (one word) : December 1, 1895 Discontinued : March 6, effective April 30, 1896, became Station M of Brooklyn Albert Chambers John O.F. Hill 18 January 1886 8 May 1893
Cresco Parkville Established : May 24, 1854 Name changed to Parkville : May 1, 1868 Discontinued : July 14, effective August 1, 1894, became station Y of Brooklyn Alonzo G. Hammond 24 May 1854 Teunis Bergen Charles F. Stevenson William H. Hudson Charles A. Hampstead Charles H. Severs Johan F. Adicks William F. Stevenson 23 April 1860 14 May 1860 Parkville (1 May 1868) 28 February 1870 20 July 1872 10 August 1874 28 June 1882 6 September 1882 6.54 5.76 15.06 17.98 27.52 29.72 34.00 43.00 3.18 2.67 8.41 12.80 18.90 26.69 33.93 29.45
East New York (presidential office from April 16, ) Established : January 23, 1838 Discontinued : October 7, 1886, service from Brooklyn Edwin M. Strong 23 January 1838 1839 1841 Ransom Smith 2 February 1841 1843 Edwin M. Strong 26 October 1842 1845 1847 1849 1851 Benjamin Romaine John C. Middendorf Philip H. Reid Samuel Waggoner Philip H. Reid Miles A. Brown Richard R. Wheeler C.F. Colyer 26 December 1849 2 April 1851 5 May 10 March 1860 20 August 1866 16 April 8 January 1884 6 August 1886 13.56 25.68 no split 33.18 10.70 23.09 21.44 24.43 45.03 15.10 79.65 16.58 146.75 151.93 169.12 209.15 944.72 552.81 836.96 1,163.04 898.35 101.65 48.24 59.20 19.94 35.42 26.50 36.70 63.88 21.45 106.24 15.16 86.47 128.05 116.72 211.09 307.39 6,000.03 2,010.68 1,748.88 3,109.08 121.56
Flatbush (listed as ch until 1874 appointment register) (presidential office from August 29, 1889) Established : August 16, 1814 (two words in early o.r.) Discontinued : February 9, effective February 28,1894, became station F of Brooklyn Abraham Van Deveer 16 August 1814 1816 1817 1819 John Lefferts 19 June 1819 1821 1823 1825 1827 1829 Michael Schoonmaker 5 October 1829 1831 1833 1835 1837 1839 1841 1843 1845 Richard L. Schoonmaker 15 December 1845 1847 1849 1851 Miss Phebe J. Case 13 April Gilbert Hicks Henry Paton Thomas A. Moorhead John Sammon John J. Byrne Charles L.H. Zellinsky 16 May 1870 26 June 1882 6 February 1885 22 May 1885 14 July 1887 29 August 1889 4.48 7.75 10.26 11.48 16.82 11.25 15.00 29.54 35.07 53.24 51.05 67.47 91.44 92.86 221.00 95.22 100.37 154.96 134.01 121.41 183.18 166.19 135.42 163.70 226.00 197.01 41.90 240.00 280.00 178.92 430.60 183.56 168.61 214.93 184.90 105.10 63.48 126.56 111.10 153.30 210.85 155.40 18.78 553.57 281.20
Flatlands Established : June 10, 1847 Discontinued : March 6, effective April 30, 1896, became station 59 of Brooklyn John B. Hendrickson 10 June 1847 1847 1849 1851 John Jennings Mathews Julia Sheppard Elias Hendrickson 16 August 188-18 August 1885 6 June 1888 16.12 26.95 30.10 31.41 30.86 31.40 28.94 56.47 65.73 57.00 48.00 21.65 37.73 38.08 20.70 2.89 0.98 0.20 0.74 11.08 74.40 62.13
Fort Hamilton (presidential office July 25, to October 19, 1866) Established : February 16, 1833 Discontinued : March 6, effective April 30, 1896, became Station N of Brooklyn Benjamin R. Pierce 16 February 1833 James C. Church 2 May 1833 Joseph Crocker Francis Finch Mrs. R.D. Lynde Francis Finch Robert S. Hulse Mrs H. Louise Gates William J. Cropsey Richard F. Connell Adrian M. Stillwell Francis Baptiste John F. Mayo 17 February 1848 21 February 1862 19 October 1866 2 April 12 April 24 May 8 November 1875 1 September 1882 29 June 1885 22 May 1889 7 August 1893 1833 1835 1837 1839 1841 1843 1845 1847 1849 1851 155.15 93.46 59.76 35.87 249.93 167.33 138.28 201.06 200.86 139.10 151.49 178.92 173.87 192.94 1,079.22 1,200.00 820.00 not separate 644.01 135.99 68.69 487.33 347.23 120.12 266.68 268.40 115.62 58.36 96.50 86.26 89.15 888.00 90.43 100.11 59.79 72.47
Gravesend Established : December 20, 1845 Discontinued : March 6, effective April 30, 1896, became station 57 of Brooklyn Martin Schoonmaker 20 December 1845 1847 1849 1851 Gilbert Hicks 12 July 1854 John Bergen 3 January Richard L. Van Kleek John Bentis Anthony Waring James Cropsly Richard L. Van Kleek Henry A. Johnston Charles L. Stillwell Henry S. Johnston Frances A. Shekey 24 June 23 October 1885 11 November 1885 12 February 1886 5 August 1886 29 October 1888 20 February 1890 10 June 1893 28 January 1896 23.76 47.29 52.24 39.32 4.73 56.08 46.81 21.14 17.53 42.58 57.04 72.88 82.00 72.00 36.86 62.91 73.50 44.64 3.34 38.69 25.15 24.98 14.75 37.65 32.19 74.08 64.96 75.41 Gravesend Beach Established : January 20, 1887 Discontinued : March 6, effective April 30, 1896, became station 56 of Brooklyn Isaac G. Ring Jeremiah H. Ahern 20 January 1887 26 April 1894
Green Point (presidential office from July 25, ) Established : July 14, 1849 Discontinued : September 2, 1873, became station G of Brooklyn James H. Harris 14 July 1849 Lewis Duhain 19 March 1850 1851 James W. Dean 19 February 1851 Isaac K. Snell 15 July Peter C. Provost 30 October Charles McCartie Samuel S. Free, Jr. William H. Sturgis 13 April 5 October 1866 24 June 61.95 43.25 198.05 398.59 354.84 453.92 507.39 73.30 1,404.42 1,500.00 489.13 1,010.80 89.86 61.38 238.05 321.36 245.97 320.42 433.67 68.54 1,125.65 2,147.19 545.51 1,242.22 1,014.81 Lawn Wood (see Woodlawn (2))
New Utrecht Bath Beach (presidential office from July 18, 1892) Established : January 21, 1839 Name changed to Bath Beach : March 18, 1886 Spelling changed (one word) : December 1, 1895 Discontinued : March 6, effective April 30, 1896, became station H of Brooklyn William W. Cropsey 21 January 1839 1839 1841 1843 1845 1847 1849 1851 Englebert L. Barre 9 September 1854 Stedman Wright 28 August Stedman Wright, Jr. William H. Wright Jacob C. Moore William H. Wright 11 December 1874 14 December 1874 29 June 1885 Bath Beach (18 March 1886) 22 May 1889 8.56 31.66 53.99 28.85 27.52 34.49 48.11 39.65 40.12 39.39 70.19 76.48 70.98 115.56 138.07 130.00 85.00 62.70 108.87 57.37 31.72 46.80 65.30 43.46 17.25 17.27 68.86 57.32 Parkville (see Cresco) Sheepshead Bay Established : July 10, 1882 Discontinued : March 6, effective April 30, 1896, became station O of Brooklyn James F. Morgan John Burtis William W. Treadwell Daniel J. Heffner 10 July 1882 12 November 1885 29 May 1889 23 April 1891
Van Pelt Manor Established : August 20, 1890 Spelling changed (Vanpelt) : December 1, 1895 Discontinued : March 6, effective April 30, 1896, became station 54 of Brooklyn Peter A. Monfort 20 August 1890 West Brooklyn Established : January 2, 1892 Discontinued : March 6, effective April 30, 1896, became station 52 of Brooklyn Allen N. Spence 2 January 1892
Williamsburgh (presidential office from March 6, 1851) Established : February 10, 1829 Discontinued : September 2, 1873, became station of Brooklyn Lewis Sanford 10 February 1829 1829 1831 1833 1835 Hiram Ross 23 May 1836 1837 1839 Chauncey L. Cook 10 September 1838 1841 1843 1845 1847 John T. Runcie (139 Grand St.) Octavius Longworth John T. Runcie James Murphy Thomas P. Godwin Thomas Goodwin John S. Allen Levi Darbee James Semboor Charles C. Talbot 18 February 1847 2 May 1849 22 June 19 May 1854 24 April 1858 15 May 1858 28 May 19 September 1866 16 April 2 December 1870 1849 1851 24.68 284.93 (28.49) 62.62 124.81 160.24 163.85 393.07 233.82 199.78 150.32 701.77 166.10 1,679.38 1,648.70 1,715.33 1,928.57 71.43 1,650.00 1,801.63 2,285.71 314.29 359.27 879.42 536.60 470.45 279.73 1,288.71 297.24 3,319.08 4,414.35 4,371.79 4,506.12 4,642.21 7,040.41 279.80 20,237.74 12,839.31 15,289.77 15,026.76 Windsor Terrace Established : December 12, 1881 Discontinued : September 27, 1882, service from Flatbush Peter Miles 12 December 1881
Woodlawn (2) Lawn Wood Established : May 14, 1890 Name changed to Lawn Wood : May 17, 1892 Spelling changed (one word) : December 1, 1895 Discontinued : March 6, effective April 30, 1896, became station 58 of Brooklyn Alvah F. Weed Felix J. Quinn 14 May 1890 Lawn Wood (17 May 1892) 5 May 1893