Murray Hill, New Jersey
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Berkeley Heights, New Jersey
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and New Providence
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, located in Union County
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in northern New Jersey
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, United States
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.
Amongst other things, it is the longtime central location of Bell Labs
Bell Labs
Bell Laboratories is the research and development subsidiary of the French-owned Alcatel-Lucent and previously of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company , half-owned through its Western Electric manufacturing subsidiary.Bell Laboratories operates its...
(now part of Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent is a global telecommunications corporation, headquartered in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. It provides telecommunications solutions to service providers, enterprises, and governments around the world, enabling these customers to deliver voice, data, and video services...
) and it shares its ZIP Code
ZIP Code
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07974 with the neighboring borough of New Providence.
Local tradition has it that the area was named after the Bell Labs
Bell Labs
Bell Laboratories is the research and development subsidiary of the French-owned Alcatel-Lucent and previously of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company , half-owned through its Western Electric manufacturing subsidiary.Bell Laboratories operates its...
location there: The laboratories had been previously located in Murray Hill, Manhattan
Murray Hill, Manhattan
Murray Hill is a Midtown Manhattan neighborhood in New York City, USA. Around 1987 many real estate promoters of the neighborhood and newer residents described the boundaries as within East 34th Street, East 42nd Street, Madison Avenue, and the East River; in 1999, Frank P...
, and when the facilities moved to New Jersey in 1941, workers continued to refer to the "Murray Hill Bell Labs", giving the area a new name. In fact the old Bell Laboratories Building (Manhattan)
Bell Laboratories Building (Manhattan)
463 West Street is a 13 building complex located on the block between West Street, Washington Street, Bank Street, and Bethune Street in Manhattan, New York. It was originally the home of Bell Telephone Laboratories between 1898 and 1966. For a time, it was the largest industrial research center...
is in Greenwich Village, miles away from Murray Hill Manhattan.
Murray Hill, NJ was named and founded by Carl H. Schultz, founder of an immense mineral water business once located at 1st Avenue and 25th and 26th Streets in Murray Hill district of New York City. He purchased a large tract of land there during the 1880s where he built a residence for his family as well as a number of comfortable homes for his employees. Having moved from Murray Hill in Manhattan, Schultz decided to keep the name. His children all built homes near his estate and over the years they developed Murray Hill into a place of many attractions, although few of the original Victorian homes still stand.
Murray Hill is also the location of C. R. Bard, Inc.
C. R. Bard, Inc.
C. R. Bard, Inc. , now branded simply as Bard, is a manufacturer of medical equipment headquartered in Murray Hill, New Jersey and active worldwide. An S&P 500 company with approximately 11,000 employees as of 2009, Bard specializes in the manufacture of vascular, urology, oncology, and surgical...
, a corporation specializing in surgical equipment manufacture.
Murray Hill is home to the United States Headquarters of The Linde Group
The Linde Group
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, (Formerly The BOC Group
The BOC Group
The BOC Group plc was the official name of the multinational industrial gas and British based company more commonly known as BOC, and now a part of The Linde Group. In September 2004, BOC had over 30,000 employees on six continents, with sales of over £4.6 billion. BOC was a constituent of the...
), the world's largest Industrial Gases Company.
Transportation
Mass transit to Murray Hill is available via the New Jersey TransitNew Jersey Transit
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Gladstone Branch
Gladstone Branch
The Gladstone Branch is a branch of New Jersey Transit's Morris and Essex Lines. The Gladstone Branch primarily serves commuter trains; freight service is no longer operated...
train line to the Murray Hill
Murray Hill (NJT station)
Murray Hill Station is a New Jersey Transit station in New Providence, New Jersey along the Gladstone Branch of the Morris and Essex line. It is located on Foley Place, between Floral Avenue and Southgate Road.-History:...
or Summit
Summit (NJT station)
Summit Station is a train station located in Summit, New Jersey, which is served by New Jersey Transit's Morris & Essex Lines . The station is located between Union Place on the north and Broad Street on the south, with station access via either side, and between Summit Avenue on the east and Maple...
stations. Passengers heading to Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs can transfer to a shuttle bus.