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List of New York City manhole cover abbreviations

This is a list of manhole cover markings found in New York City.

Markings

  • Bell System
  • BECo = Brooklyn Edison Company
  • BHRR = Brooklyn Heights Railroad
  • BMT = Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation
  • BPB = Borough President Brooklyn
  • BPM = Borough President Manhattan
  • BQT = Brooklyn and Queens Transit Corporation
  • BRT = Brooklyn Rapid Transit
  • BS = Bureau of Sewers
  • BSBQ = Bureau of Sewers, Borough of Queens
  • BSBQ = Borough Superintendent of the Borough of Queens
  • CIBRR = Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad
  • ConEdison = Consolidated Edison
  • Con Edison Co. = Consolidated Edison
  • Conrail = Consolidated Rail Corporation
  • Croton Water = Croton Aqueduct
  • CT&ES Co. = Consolidated Telegraph & Electrical Subway Company
  • CWSCo. = Citizens Water Supply Company of Newtown
  • DCW = Brooklyn Department of City Works
  • DEP = Department of Environmental Protection
  • DPW = Department of Public Works
  • DWS = Department of Water Supply
  • ECS Co. LIM = Empire City Subway Company Limited (also abbreviated as ECS Co LTD)
  • EDISON = Edison
  • EEICo. = Edison Electric Illuminating Company
  • FDNY = FDNY
  • GAS = Brooklyn Union Gas
  • HPFS = High Pressure Fire Service
  • IRT = Interborough Rapid Transit
  • JWS = Jamaica Water Supply Company of New York
  • KCEL&PC = Kings County Electric Light and Power Company
  • KCR Co. = Kings County Refrigerating Co. [Gansevoort Market area]
  • LIC = Long Island City
  • LIRR = Long Island Rail Road
  • LIWSCo. = Long Island Water Supply Company
  • MRCoNY = Manhattan Refrigerating Co. [Gansevoort Market area]
  • NY&NJTCo. = New York & New Jersey Telephone Company
  • NY&QEL&PCo = New York & Queens Electric Light & Power Company
  • NYCTA = New York City Transit Authority
  • NYCTS = New York City Transit System
  • NYC & HRRR = New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
  • NYM = New York Municipal Railway Corporation
  • NYRT = New York Rapid Transit Corporation
  • NYTCo. = New York Telephone Company
  • PSC IRT = Public Service Commission-Interborough Rapid Transit
  • PSC MRC = Public Service Commission-Metropolitan Railway Company
  • QMT = Queens Midtown Tunnel
  • RT NYC = Rapid Transit New York City
  • RT NYRT = New York Rapid Transit Corporation
  • RTS = Rapid Transit Subway Construction Company
  • RTS NYC = Rapid Transit System New York City
  • STEALTH COMM = Stealth Communications
  • WSNY = Water Supply of New York

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