Private company

New York Telephone Company

Logo: Verizon Communications, Turner Duckworth, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Telephone company in the mid-Atlantic US

Verizon New York, Inc., formerly the New York Telephone Company (NYTel), was organized in 1896, taking over the New York City operations of the American Bell Telephone Company.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1896Founded1
  • Industrytelecommunications1

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Verizon New York, Inc., formerly the New York Telephone Company (NYTel), was organized in 1896, taking over the New York City operations of the American Bell Telephone Company.2

Corporate structure

New York Telephone Company is part of a group headed by AT&T Corporation. 9 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

  • plain old telephone service

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Timeline

  1. 1896Acquired Acquired by Bell Telephone Company1
  2. 1896Founded Founded1

Sources

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