It is the longtime central location of
Bell Labs, having moved there in 1941 from New York City.[3] The first working
transistor was demonstrated in Bell Labs' Murray Hill facility in 1947.[4]
The neighborhood shares its
ZIP Code 07974[5] with the neighboring borough of New Providence.[6]
Murray Hill was named and founded by Carl H. Schultz, founder of a mineral water business once located at First Avenue between 25th and 26th Streets in the
Murray Hill district of
Manhattan.[7] 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".[8]
Economy
Businesses and organizations based in Murray Hill include:
C. R. Bard, a manufacturer of surgical equipment.[9]
Bell Labs, pioneering research center that's had nine Nobel Prizes awarded to its work.[3]
Mass transit to Murray Hill is available via the
New Jersey TransitGladstone 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.[11]
^
abBell Labs Research in the United StatesArchived 2014-11-02 at the
Wayback Machine,
Alcatel-Lucent. Accessed June 1, 2012. "Bell Labs has been in operation in the United States since 1925, originally as part of Western Electric, and later, AT&T. Today, Bell Labs is part of the innovation engine for Alcatel-Lucent. Headquarters was in New York until 1941, when the world headquarters for Bell Labs moved to Murray Hill, N.J., where it remains today."
^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."
^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."
^US careers,
The Linde Group. Accessed June 1, 2012. "Linde North America region is comprised of the US, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean with an employee population of approximately 4,000 people. The North America Headquarters is located in Murray Hill, NJ."