Murray Hill is an

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located within portions of both Berkeley Heights and New Providence, located in Union County, in the northern portion of the U.S. state of

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. It is the longtime central location of

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, having moved there in 1941 from nearby

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.Bell Labs Research in the United States
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. 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." The first working

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was demonstrated in Bell Labs' Murray Hill facility in 1947. The neighborhood shares its ZIP Code 07974 with the neighboring borough of New Providence. 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

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. 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

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with the condition that the area be known as "Murray Hill".

Economy

Businesses and organizations based in Murray Hill include: * C. R. Bard, a manufacturer of surgical equipment. *

, 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.

Transportation

Mass transit to Murray Hill is available via the New Jersey Transit Gladstone Branch train line to the Murray Hill or

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stations. Passengers heading to Bell Labs can take the 986 bus route to shuttle between the facility and the train station.Directions to Bell Labs, Murray Hill
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. Accessed June 1, 2012.

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{{Authority control Berkeley Heights, New Jersey New Providence, New Jersey Unincorporated communities in Union County, New Jersey Unincorporated communities in New Jersey

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