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Leo Kearns Funeral Homes – Lefferts Blvd Station – Ozone Park, Queens

Apr 28th, 2009
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Posted in: Funeral Services, Old Telephone Exchanges, Ozone Park, Subway Stations.

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  1. Bruce R. Gilson says:
    June 13, 2009 at 2:46 pm

    Sort of strange that the sign has VIR.3 6308 on it; the three-letter prefixes preceded the use of the extra digit so it would have normally been VIR 6308 oe VI 3 6308. I wonder if the sign was painter in the very early 1930s, when people were still used to 3-letter prefixes.

    In fact, VIR 6308 would have become VI 7 6308 in December 1930. The VIrginia 3 exchange did start in early 1931, so the sign may have been from about that time.

  2. fadingad says:
    June 13, 2009 at 7:07 pm

    I grew up with the VI 8 exchange in Howard Beach. Prior to that we had the LA exchange out in Laurelton Queens.

  3. mike says:
    December 11, 2009 at 12:11 am

    mine was vi3-3102