Chapter XXII

STATIONS of the POST OFFICE, NEW YORK, N. Y.

CARRIER STATIONS.

=Designation= =Location=.

=A=--126 Greene street, corner Prince street.

=B=--Grand street, southeast corner Attorney street.

=C=--West 13th street and Ninth avenue.

=D=--103-105 East 12th street.

=E=--110-114 West 32d street, near Sixth avenue.

=F=--149-155 East 34th street, between Lexington and Third avenues.

=G=--217-225 West 51st street, near Broadway.

=H=--178-180 West 102d street, near Amsterdam avenue.

=I=--232-234 West 116th street, between Seventh and Eighth avenues.

=J=--2309-2311 Eighth avenue, corner 124th street.

*=K=--202-204 East 88th street, near Third avenue.

*=L=--147 East 125th street, corner Lexington avenue.

=M=--2088 Amsterdam avenue, near 163d street.

=N=--Broadway, corner 69th street.

=O=--112-114-116 West 18th street, between Sixth and Seventh
avenues.

=P=--Custom House Building

*=R=--378-380 East 149th street, between Third and Cortland avenues.

=S=--Broadway, corner Howard street.

=T=--507-509 East 165th street, between Third and Washington
avenues.

*=U=--Third avenue, corner 103d street.

=V=--Northwest corner of West Broadway and Beach street.

*=W=--160-162 West 83d street, near Amsterdam avenue.

=X=--373-375 East 138th street, near Willis avenue.

*=Y=--1160-1162 Third avenue, near 68th street.

=City Island=--Southwest corner Main and Adams streets.

=College=--305-307 West 140th street, near Eighth avenue.

=Fordham=--2519 Webster avenue, near Fordham road.

=Foreign=--West street, corner Morton street.

=Fox Street=--Fox street, between 167th and 169th streets.

*=Grand Central Station=--110 East 45th street, between Lexington
avenue and Depew place.

=Hamilton Grange=--521-523 West 146th street.

=High Bridge=--Lind street and Summit avenue.

=Hudson Terminal=--Cortland Building, 30 Church street, between
Cortlandt and Dey streets.

=Jay Street=--Jay and Greenwich streets (not a carrier station).

=Kings Bridge=--5233 Broadway, between 225th and 227th streets.

=Madison Square=--310-316 Fourth avenue, between 23d and 24th
streets.

=Morris Heights=--West 177th street, near Cedar avenue.

=Pelham Branch.=

=Pelham Manor Branch.=

*=Times Square=--231-241 West 39th street.

=Tompkins Square=--12th street and Avenue B.

=Tremont=--1931 Washington avenue, between 177th and 178th streets.

=Wall Street=--60 Wall street.

=Washington Bridge=--Amsterdam avenue, near 180th street.

=Westchester=--1471 Williamsbridge road, near Eastchester road.

=Williamsbridge=--3455 White Plains avenue, near Gun Hill road.

* Postal Savings Depository.

Brooklyn.

=Station= =Location=

=A=--661 Broadway.

=B=--1266-1268 Fulton street.

=C=--5316-5318 Fifth avenue.

=D=--1915-1917 Fulton street.

=E=--2634 Atlantic avenue.

=Flatbush=--830 Flatbush avenue.

=G=--860 Manhattan avenue.

=Bath Beach=--1848 Bath avenue, near 19th street.

=J=--Myrtle avenue, near Wyckoff avenue.

=Blythebourne=--13th avenue and 55th street.

=L=--Flatbush avenue, L. I. R. R. Depot.

=Coney Island=--Surf avenue, opp. West 17th street.

=Fort Hamilton=--9110 Fifth avenue.

=Sheepshead Bay=--1780 Shore Road.

=P=--1731 Pitkin avenue.

=Vanderveer=--Flatbush avenue, near Nostrand avenue.

=S=--1262-1264 Broadway.

=T=--170-172 Hamilton avenue.

=V=--Fifth avenue and 9th street.

=Y=--S. W. cor., 47th street and Gravesend avenue.

=W=--Broadway and South 8th street.

=Barren Island=--Barren Island.

=Navy Yard=--Navy Yard.

INDEX

ADDRESSES-- Page
Reading of 50

APPLICATIONS--
Questions to be Filled Out In 30
Where and How to Obtain 20

APPOINTMENTS AND SALARIES 15

ARITHMETIC 46, 54, 60, 69

BONDED--
Clerks and Carriers are 14, 132

BROOKLYN--
Carrier Stations In 196

CANDIDATES--
What is Required of Them 11

CAPITAL LETTERS--
Use of 84

CARRIERS--
Delivery and Collection of Mail by 145
Hours of Service 140
Moral Responsibility of 18
Performance of Service of 138
Rules for 129
“Stars” for 137
“Subbing” of 139
Uniform of 133

CRADLE DAYS OF THE P. O. SERVICE 5

CLERKS--
Promotion of 15, 24
Bonded 14
Resignation of 17
“Subs” 18

COMPETITORS--
How Judged 86

CONSTITUTION OF THE U. S. 163
Amendments to 187

COPYING--
From Plain Copy 49

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 156

DECIMALS--
Operation of 54

DISTRICT REGULATIONS 95

EDUCATIONAL TEST 43

EXAMINATIONS--
In Far East 126
Problems, In Earlier 47
Subjects of 44

ELIGIBLE REGISTER 88

FRANKLIN--
First Postmaster General 8

FINES FOR VIOLATING RULES 17

INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF 156

INSTRUCTION--
Courses of 52

LABOR--
Hours of 16

LAW AND GOSPEL OF P. O. SERVICE 154

LETTER WRITING 48

MEDICAL CERTIFICATES 39

MESSENGER--
Special Delivery 150

MORGAN, EDWARD M. (Frontispiece) 6

NEW YORK--
Carrier Stations In 193

NEW YORK’S POST OFFICE--
First Post Office 7
History of 6
State Offices In 25

PENMANSHIP 49

POSTAL SERVICE--
History of N. Y. 7
Law and Gospel of 154

PHYSICAL CONDITIONS 12

PROMOTION--
For Good Clerks 14, 24

PUNCTUATION--
Rules of 80

QUESTIONS--
Earlier Examination 43, 47
To be Filled Out in Application 30

RATING--
Rules for 90

REINSTATEMENT 17, 130

REGULATIONS, DISTRICT 95

RESIGNATIONS 132

RULES--
Violations of 17
For Letter Carriers 129

SALARIES AND APPOINTMENTS 15

“STARS” FOR CARRIERS 137

SERVICE--
Performance of 138

SPELLING 45

SPECIAL DELIVERY MESSENGERS 150

“SUBS” 18, 139

TRANSFERS 24, 131

UNIFORM OF LETTER CARRIERS 133

VACANCIES 130

VOUCHERS 36

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE

Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been
corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within
the text and consultation of external sources.

Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text,
and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained, for example,
subserved; employe; inclosed; efulgent; sufferable; repassed.

Pg 7: ‘inhabitants. The’ replaced by ‘inhabitants, the’.
Pg 8: ‘the recipts for’ replaced by ‘the receipts for’.
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Pg 30: ‘sworn statments’ replaced by ‘sworn statements’.
Pg 32: ‘different braches’ replaced by ‘different branches’.
Pg 40: ‘any deformiy’ replaced by ‘any deformity’.
Pg 49: ‘by legability’ replaced by ‘by legibility’.
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Pg 63: ‘Generally MXm = p’ replaced by ‘Generally M × m = p’.
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Pg 66: ‘divisable by 8’ replaced by ‘divisible by 8’.
Pg 79: ‘tens collumn’ replaced by ‘tens column’.
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Pg 101: Two lines were transposed. The line ‘kers, N. Y.’ has been
moved to the correct place.
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Pg 109: ‘Meridan, Miss.’ replaced by ‘Meridian, Miss.’.
Pg 118: ‘Witchita, Kans.’ replaced by ‘Wichita, Kans.’.
Pg 145: ‘adressees unless’ replaced by ‘addressees unless’.
Pg 146: ‘at the sidwalk’ replaced by ‘at the sidewalk’.
Pg 151: ‘total permissable’ replaced by ‘total permissible’.
Pg 154: ‘abstruce problems’ replaced by ‘abstruse problems’.
Pg 160: ‘death, desolution’ replaced by ‘death, desolation’.
Pg 164: ‘Deleware, one’ replaced by ‘Delaware, one’.
Pg 177: ‘But person’ replaced by ‘But no person’.
Pg 195: ‘5233 Boardway’ replaced by ‘5233 Broadway’.

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