Bronx

Board of Elections, Bronx
1780 Grand Concourse
Bronx, NY 10457
(718) 299-9017, ext 228
Fax: (718) 299-2140

Bronx County Historical Society, Research Library and Archives
3309 Bainbridge Avenue (between East 208th and 210th Streets)
Bronx, NY 10467
(718) 881-8900
Fax: (718) 881-4827
E-mail: peterderrick@bronxhistoricalsociety.org
Open Monday to Friday by appointment only

Brooklyn

Office of Parent Outreach
110 Livingston Street, Room 106
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Attention: School Records
(718) 935-4320
Fax: (718) 935-3041
Mail requests only; or write directly to the local elementary or high school
Attention:  Record Secretary; Re: Old Pupil Records

NOTE: This office is planning to move to 49 Chambers Street, New York, NY 10007 in 2003.

Manhattan

New York City Department of Records and Information Services, Municipal Archives
One Bowling Green, Room 328
New York, NY 10004

Phone:  212-401-1620

Toll-free: 1-866-840-1752

Fax:  212-401-1638


Monday-Thursday, 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Friday, 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
New York City (five boroughs) 19th and 20th century birth, marriage, and death records and indexes; state censuses for New York City; town records; assessed valuations of real estate; Potter's Field burials; voter registrations; records of criminal court, district attorney's office, coroner's office, municipal almshouse, workhouse, city home, city hospitals.

ID Requirements: Photo ID required to enter building.

Queens

Board of Elections, Queens
126-06 Queens Boulevard
Kew Gardens, NY 11415
Tel: 1.718.730.6730
Fax: 1.718.459.3384
Hours of Operation – 9A.M.– 5 P.M.

City Clerk's Office - Queens, Marriage License Bureau 
(See City Clerk’s Office - Manhattan, Marriage License Bureau)

Staten Island

Board of Elections, Staten Island (Richmond).
1 Edgewater Plaza, 4th Floor (between Willow Avenue & Bay Street)
Staten Island, NY 10305-9945
(718) 876-0079
Fax: (718) 876-0912
E-mail: bkett@boe.nyc.ny.us
Open Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

City Clerk's Office - Staten Island (Richmond), Marriage License Bureau
(See City Clerk’s Office - Manhattan, Marriage License Bureau)

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