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From emergency numbers to attractions, you'll find them here.
The Benjamin L. Hooks Library at 3030 Poplar Avenue. 415-2700
Help!
Emergencies: 911
Alcoholics Anonymous: 726-6750, memphis-aa.org
Better Business Bureau: 759-1300, midsouth.bbb.org
Child abuse hotline: 543-7120
Community services information: 211
Crime Stoppers: 525-5122, crimestopmem.org
Non-emergency police calls: 545-COPS (2677)
Poison emergency: 528-6048
Suicide intervention: 274-7477
Time and temperature: 526-5261
Car and Driver
Pay traffic tickets: 545-5400, epayments.cityofmemphis.org/traffic/
Vehicle registration and renewal: 545-4244
County Clerk's office: 545-4252, 150 Washington Avenue
Home Sweet Home
Building permits and inspections: 576-6601, dpdgov.com
Pay property taxes: 521-1829, shelbycountytrustee.com
Property values: 379-7333, assessor.shelby.tn.us
Legal Ease
Birth and death certificates: Health Department, 544-7600
Marriage licenses: (You must apply in person, no less than 30 days before the ceremony) 150 Washington Avenue, 7930 Nelson Road (Millington Town Hall), 1075 Mullins Station Road
Passports: Main post office, 521-2559, 555 S. 3rd Street
Shelby County Register of Deeds: 379-7500, 160 N. Main Street, register.shelby.tn.us
Voter information: 545-4136, shelbyvote.com
Mass Transit
Airport: 922-8000, memphisairport.org
Bus and trolley schedules: Memphis Area Transit Authority 722-7100, matatransit.com
Train travel: Amtrak, 526-0052, amtrak.com
Public Works
Downed power lines, gas leaks, burst water pipes: MLGW, 544-6549
Fire hydrant repairs: Memphis Fire Department, 320-5351
Recycling: 576-6851, extension 1
Sanitation: Solid Waste Management, 576-6722
Utilities
Cable: Comcast 259-1400, comcast.com; DirecTV 730-4462, directv.com
Memphis Light, Gas and Water: 820-7878, mlgw.com
Telephone/Internet: BellSouth (888) 757-6500, bellsouth.com; Comcast 259-1400, comcast.com
Attractions
Childrens Museum of Memphis: 2525 Central Avenue, 458-2678, cmom.com
Chucalissa Museum: 1987 Indian Village Drive, 785-3160, chucalissa.memphis.edu
Cotton Museum: 65 Union Avenue, 531-7826, memphiscottonmuseum.org
Fire Museum of Memphis: 118 Adams Avenue, 320-5650, firemuseum.com
Graceland: 3734 Elvis Presley Boulevard, 332-3322, elvis.com
Lichterman Nature Center: 5992 Quince Road, 767-7322
Memphis Botanic Garden: 750 Cherry Road, 576-4100, memphisbotanicgarden.com
Memphis Rock 'n' Soul Museum: 191 Beale Street, Suite 100, 205-2533, memphisrocknsoul.org
Mud Island River Park: 125 North Front, 576-7241, mudisland.com
Memphis Zoo: 2000 Prentiss Place (Overton Park), 276-9453, memphiszoo.org
National Civil Rights Museum: 450 Mulberry Street, 521-9699, civilrightsmuseum.org
Pink Palace Museum: 3050 Central Avenue, 320-6362, memphismuseums.org
Shelby Farms Park: 500 North Pine Lake Drive, 767-7275, shelbyfarmspark.org
Stax Museum of American Soul Music: 926 East McLemore, 946-2535, staxmuseum.com
Sun Studio: 706 Union Avenue, 521-0664, sunstudio.com
W.C. Handy House & Museum: 352 Beale Street, 527-3427, heritagetoursmemphis.com
Woodruff-Fontaine House Museum: 680 Adams Avenue, 526-1469, woodruff-fontaine.com
