Murray Hill, New Jersey Explained

Murray Hill is an unincorporated community located within portions of both Berkeley Heights and New Providence, located in Union County, in the northern portion of the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[1]

It is the longtime central location of Bell Labs, having moved there in 1941 from nearby New York City.^[2] The first working transistor was demonstrated in Bell Labs' Murray Hill facility in 1947.^[3]

The neighborhood shares its ZIP Code 07974^[4] with the neighboring borough of New Providence.^[5]

Murray Hill was named and founded by Carl H. Schultz, founder of a mineral water business once located on First Avenue between 25th and 26th Streets in the Murray Hill district of Manhattan.^[6] Schultz purchased a large tract of land there during the 1880s where he built a residence for his family and donated land to be used for a train station with the condition that the area be known as "Murray Hill".^[7]

Economy

Businesses and organizations based in Murray Hill include:

• C. R. Bard, a manufacturer of surgical equipment.^[8]
• Bell Labs, pioneering research center that's had nine Nobel Prizes awarded to its work.
• The Linde Group's (formerly The BOC Group) United States headquarters, the world's largest industrial gases company.^[9]

Transportation

Mass transit to Murray Hill is available via the New Jersey Transit Gladstone Branch train line to the Murray Hill or Summit stations. Passengers heading to Bell Labs can take the 986 bus route to shuttle between the facility and the train station.^[10]

See also

• Passaic River Parkway

Notes and References

1. http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search
2. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/wps/portal/!ut/p/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLd4x3NwsGSYGYRq6m-pEoYgbxjggRX4_83FT9IH1v_QD9gtzQiHJHR0UACIO6Jw!!/delta/base64xml/L3dJdyEvd0ZNQUFzQUMvNElVRS82X0FfNDNV Bell Labs Research in the United States
3. Ganapati, Priya. "Dec. 23, 1947: Transistor Opens Door to Digital Future", Wired (magazine), December 23, 2009. Accessed December 22, 2019. "1947: John Bardeen and Walter Brattain, with support from colleague William Shockley, demonstrate the transistor at Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey."
4. http://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupResultsAction!input.action?resultMode=0&city=murray%20hill&state=NJ Look Up a ZIP Code for Murray Hill, NJ
5. http://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupResultsAction!input.action?resultMode=2&postalCode=07974 Look Up City by ZIP Code for 07974
6. Staff. "CARL H. SCHULTZ DEAD; The Noted Manufacturer of Mineral Waters Expires at His Home After a Short Illness. PNEUMONIA FOLLOWS A COLD Career of the Poor German Boy Who by His Own Efforts Became One of the Leading Business Men of New York.", The New York Times, May 30, 1897. Accessed June 1, 2012. "Carl H. Schultz died yesterday morning in his home at Murray Hill, N.J., after a short illness."
7. Cheslow, Jerry. "If You're Thinking of Living In/New Providence; A Commuter's Delight, With 2 Stations", The New York Times, July 17, 1994. Accessed June 1, 2012. "The first railroad station was built in New Providence in 1884 on land donated to the township by Carl Schultz, a businessman known as the Seltzer King of New York. 'Mr. Schultz, who built his country home in New Providence, made one stipulation when he donated the land,' Mrs. Chovan said. He wanted the section to be known as Murray Hill, after the Manhattan neighborhood where he had his regular home."
8. http://www.hoovers.com/company/C_R_Bard_Inc/rfthyi-1.html C. R. Bard, Inc. company profile
9. http://www.bocjobs.com/us/ US careers
10. http://cm.bell-labs.com/where/ Directions to Bell Labs, Murray Hill