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New York Times

Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1908

Page

11

Auction Room Records Strong Real Estate Week

Real estate activity marked by robust auction and private contracts. Hunt's Point sale limited by time. cheaper vacant lots sold better than higher grade parcels. Major downtown and Riverside Drive deals, new acquisitions by Farmers' Loan and Trust and Chatham Bank, and multiple lease agreements highlight a busy period in Manhattan real estate markets.

Riverside Drive 413Th Street 110Th Street Fort Washington Avenue 179Th Street Lackawanna Railroad Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company Imrilliam Street Exchange Place Beaver Street Chatham National Bank Broadway John Street New York City Railway New Haven Fourth Avenue Harlem

Multiple City Auction Sales Schedule For May Week

Auction notices list property across Manhattan and Brooklyn with Monday May 4 and extended dates. Addresses include Riverside Drive and 95th Street, Fort Washington, Park Avenue, Madison Avenue, West End Avenue, 189th Street, and 10th Street routes. Several properties feature apartment houses, tenements, and vacant lots with referees and amounts due. Public sale timetable spans May 4 to May 21 with voluntary and mortgagee sales by various agents.

Huntjs Bryan L. Kennelly Wakefield Williamsbridge Bronx Long Island Sikennelly W. KK. Aston Thureday Day Manhattan Brooklyn Kennelly 171St Street Fort Washington Avenue Amony Antoinette Park and Madison Avenues Riverside Drive Fifth Street Witc Street Spar Amsterdam Avenue Joseph LohHauer Park Park Av 58Th St Bsth St Tofte Madison M.S. Adler Errount Due Diabon Ay Vileant Debsin Samuel Marx Msterdam Salomon William Allen Isham St Isaac Phillips Joseph P. Day 10Th Church and Caton Avs

Real estate parcels in voluntary sale list four districts

Six two family houses each 20 by 100 and four story tenements with stores, multiple referees list amounts due and first mortgages. Also unfinished building, blocks of Forest Park North lots and various streets including Port Richmond and Edgbert Avenue with multiple property lots scheduled for auction Friday May 22.

X . Fierman Wronkow Mary Lewis Wooster Street Bieecker and Third Streets Wednworth A. J. McClure Park George Parr James L. Wells Water .St Gouverneur St M. B. Mendell J. Phillips 17Th St Ss. Luft G. W. Hurlbut

Plans Filed For New Manhattan And Bronx Structures

The building department lists multiple proposed constructions in Manhattan and the Bronx. Projects include two six story brick tenements with stores on 15th Street and West Street lofts, twelve story brick lofts on Broadway, and several three to five story brick dwellings with costs ranging from 5,000 to 250,000 dollars. Architects include Goldstone, Browne, Livingston, Weber and Schancupp among others.

Manhattan Bronx 15Th St Kittenplan & Rubinger Broadway L. Goldstone Ith St Marmac Construction Co West Suth St F. C. Browne 27Th St J. Livingston, Construction Co Nassau St Nevilte «& Bagge Janpole & Werner Construction Co Lorenz F J. J. Vreeland Valentine W's Pasquale A. Riche Morris Avy Louis Falk

Real Estate Transfers Reported Saturday May 16

Property transfers listed include Nancy Pocate and Leopoldina Domitz on Jackson Ave with a 3000 mortgage. Max Marx to John B Berry on Amsterdam Ave with an 18000 mortgage. Edward Browne referee to Salvatore Oppenheimer on 124th St with 165000 mortgage. many further transfers on 126th 127th 130th streets and Grand Boulevard. Several mortgage amounts and cash sums noted, with multiple parcels in Bronx areas including Unionport Laconia Park and Liebig Avenue.

Jackson Nancy Pecate Leopoldina Domitz Amsterdam 169Th St Max Marx John B. Berry George Iudwig Frederick W. Gerlich Flatiron Realty Co Mary Corduke N-S Bet 6Th Tilden Avs Laconia Park A. Shatzkin & Sons Salvatore Imperato s_s Valentine Av John F. Fetzer Christian Leonard Unionport Rachel Ruocco Salvatore Brucco William’ A. Taylor Caroline L. Iselin Grand’ Boulevard Concoerse Ayer Av Harry W. Davis Mary S. Frost Liebig Av Alice O'K Fitzgerald Et al Mary O’ Keefe Guitelaim Liebig William P. O’keefe Alice O'K. Fitzgerald Gquitclaim Schieffelin Estate Bronx Bertha Keating Helmer B. Soderberg ST. Lawrence AV Merrill St Johanna. Birnheupt Edward Keil Leroy B. Crane Frances Bernstein Madison AV William A. Eg Haass George F Michele Biemonte Es Penfold Suburban Place Jacob Frees Mathias Haffen Wise Jennings St Emma ‘A. Hoffman Esther Bellows James G. Mulcahy Amsterdam _Av Solomon Oppenheimer Eliza Guggenheimer Avene A Vincenzo Perniciaro Salvatore Zuccato Lawrence J. Osborne

Real estate transfers and mortgages listed in Manhattan area

A compilation of property transactions. Names such as KEIL Edward, ARTHUR FE SILYVERMAN, and LINCK John M. appear as grantors or grantees with various street addresses in Manhattan and nearby streets. Amounts range from several thousand to over ten thousand dollars with terms like prior mortgages and installments. The document references many properties along St Nicholas, Amsterdam and related cross streets with dates and conditions.

Rebell Against Owners and Contractors Across City Blocks

A fragmentary listing shows multiple disputes over property and contracts. Names include Cornell J, Battista Tucc, Weet Matthews Malloy, M. M. Lesser, W. Lasser, George Beinert, Henry L. Yoseli, Michael Goldman, and T r n M Languta. Monetary amounts cited range from $45 to $553. Locations cited include 85th Street, East 246 and 348, Church Street, Cortlarst Street, Broadway, and nearby blocks.

Broadway M. Languta Broadway-Cortlarst Co Alon Mertin

Property suits listed on Riverside and 99th Street blocks

Court docket entries show multiple actions including Richard A Tahibaut Inc versus Monomoy Co and Hul Crippen Co against New York Cab Co with March dates in 1808 and 1958, plus Ike Anseloff v Gussig Albert and Frank W Herter v Leo Loewenthal with dates in 1808 and 1907. Amounts cited reach 288.40, 100, 357, and 2000 dollars.

Riverside Drive 97Th St Richard A. Tahibaut

Queens Court Growth Tied to Brookyn Subway Link

Queens Court, a Long Island suburb near Belmont Park, benefits from the Brooklyn Subway connection at Flatbush Avenue. The area gains 100 trains daily, with proximity to Hempstead and Jamaica Road trolley lines and a Belmont tunnel through Forty-second Street. The Queens Court Realty Company has enhanced streetscapes, planted trees, and defined strict lot size and use restrictions.

Queens Court Long Island Brooklyn Flatbush Avenue Belmont Park Queens Hempstead Jamaica Road Forty-second Street Manhattan Queens Court Realty Company

Building at Douglas Manor Brings Rapid Growth on L I

The Spring building movement at Douglas Manor Long Island, a Rickert Finlay Realty project, has spent over 250000 on dwellings under many architects. A $20000 English style house is planned for Charles A Schubert on Park Lane 45 feet west of Central Drive designed by William K Benedict. The 42 by 50 foot, 2.5 story, 15 room home begins construction this week.

Hermann Cohen E. Milius Ray Polstein 109Th Riverside Drive Pease & Elliman Gustav Schwab West Seventyfourth William ¢. Casey West With Street Bronaway Re Casey Douglas Manor L. I Rickert- Finlay Realty Company Charles A. Schubert Park Lane Central Drive William K. Benedict

Evening Post Publishes Real Estate Transfers Volume

The Evening Post releases a compact volume compiling all property transfers from the past four and a half years. It lists executors deeds conveyances after auctions sales and recorded contracts where considerations were stated for Manhattan owners.

Manhattan The Evening Post

Auctions Continue for Famous Bronx Resort Lohbauer Park

A two day sale at Vesey Street Salesroom auctions 700 Lohbauer Park lots once part of a day resort. Buyers face mortgages at five and a half percent for three years. deeds extend to abutting street centers with some lots on public highways. Subways and streetcar routes link to Pelham Bay area.

Bronx Lokbauer Pelham Bay Country Club Vesey Street Lohbauer Park

Eldean Building Rising in Thirties Business Strip

The Eldean Building at 35 and 37 West Thirty-third Street near Broadway is developed by Eldean Realty and Construction Company led by Jacob Neadle president and Benjamin Natkins treasurer. The 68 foot frontage mercantile structure offers stores and five floors of lofts with top floor skylights for studios and is equipped with two Otis elevators and electric power wiring. Plans by Oscar Lewinson. Keystone Construction Company erected the building.

Pennsylvania Station Fifth Sixth Avenues Eldean Building West Thirty-third Street Broadway Eldean Realty and Construction Company Jacob Neadle Benjamin Natkins Oscar Lewinson Keystone Construction Company

Jamaica and North Shore Property Sales Report

Frank L. Ferguson lists numerous Long Island purchases selling Jamaica tracts to R M Helmer B M S Andrews Charles Hicks James McLaughlin Paul Nagle Frederick Biss and others Garden City Estates parcels bought by Susan R Williams Martha Fichel John Stewart and Elgin E Mott include Euston Road plots Broadway Flushing and Westbury area sales by Rickert Finlay Realty and broader transfers in Westmoreland Douglas Manor and Floral Park with buyers Dr John P Brannen Anna Merry George W Barnett and Amelia Glock among others

Frank L. Ferguson Jamaica R. M. Helmer Desmond and Garden City Estates Susan R. Williams Nassau Boulevard Salisbury Avenue Martha Fichel Brixton Road Stratford Avenue John Stewart Wellington Road Newmarket Road Elgin E. Mott Euston Road Chester Avenue Rickert-Finlay Realty Company Broadway-Flushing Arnold D’pagnin Broadway Twenty-seventh Twenty-eighth Street John Andrews Twenty-ninth Street Franconia Avenue Harry Boas Twentyninth Street Albert Gondeck Thirtieth Street Cypress Avenue Friedrich Schoenebaum Westmoreland John P. Brannen Glenwood Avenue Summit Avenue Anna Merry Bayview Avenue Cutter Avenue George W. Barnett Wassau Road Douglas Manor Frank Rorun Circle Road Hillside Avenue McCormack Real Estate Company Floral Park Amelia Glock Arthur Brunderle B. Montrose

McCormack Co Sells Six Plots at Valley Stream

At Valley Stream the McCormack Company has sold to various buyers six plots ranging in size from 40 by 100 to 80 by 100.

Valley Stream McCormack Company

Jersey Real Estate Exchange inspection trips announced

The New Jersey New York Real Estate Exchange schedules an inspection trip next Saturday covering Paterson and surrounding areas. Marshals E H Lambert and Louis A Piaget will lead, with luncheon at the Hamilton Club and a Paterson reception by Mayor McBride. A May 26 Plainfield trip includes Westfield Cranford Roselle Rahway and Elizabeth starting from Alb erty Street at noon.

New Jersey-New York Real Estate Exchange Paterson Erie Railroad Chambers Street H. Lambert Louis A. Piaget Hamilton Club McBride Haseen Plainfield Westfield Cranford Roselle Rahway Elizabeth Alberty Street Histon M. French F. M. Welles Charles Hand Edmund Rushmore

Foreclosure and partition notices on Manhattan properties

Multiple foreclosure of mortgage actions and an amended partition filing listed for Lexington Avenue at 107th and surrounding blocks, Amsterdam Avenue, 118th and 119th streets, and Broadway near West End Avenue. Cases name Gustav Busch, Mary A. Henshaw, Charles E. Hess, Kathleen Walsh, Sydney Hersch, Samuel Makransky, Grace R. Johnson, Justine Aleshire and others with attorneys noted.

Lexington AV Amsterdam Charles E. Hess Abraham Felt Heisman, Levy, Corn & Lewine Amsterdam AV Levi, Com & Wine 111Th ST State Bank Samuel Makransky W. T. Kahn 119Th ST 10Th Av Caroline E. Wetmore Sydney Hersch G. Nathan Broadway 91St St West End Riverside Grace R. Johnson Justine Aleshire J. A. Deering

Long Island church colony to be established at Stony Brook

The Stony Brook Association plans a summer colony on Long Island modeled after Ocean Grove and Chautauqua. A 23 acre shore park will be set aside for lot owners with an auditorium tent in place this season. The association will own streets and fund park maintenance from lot sales. Officials include Rev. Dr. John F. Carson as president and Rev. Dr. James M Farrar as secretary.

Stony Brook Association Brooklyn Stony Brook Long Island Ocean Grove Chautauqua Northfield John F. Carson Central Presbyterian Church Donald D. MacLaurin Robert T. Stokes James M Farrar Benjamin F. Krowles T. W. Carmpbell Connecticut Sound Brooklin Association Montague Street

Four-Track Electric Trolley Planned West of the Palisades

A franchise is granted for a four track electric trolley line running west of the Palisades from Couttesville to Homestead. It will connect with the 6th Street Ferry and the Manhattan Subway, plus the McAlloo tunnels uptown and downtown. The project, backed by ample capital, aims for rapid completion and will run via Central Avenue Leonia with two local and two express tracks.

Palisades Couttesville Homestead 6Th Street Manhattan Subway McAlloo Amph c Capital Central Avenue Leonia

Trask Estate to be Sold at Auction in Bronx Westchester Area

The Trask estate near Westchester Avenue and Classon s Point Road, intact since Benjamin I H Trask died, goes to auction May 26 and 27. The 64 lots suit small investors and home builders as Bronx expansion grows along subway routes and trolley plans. Mortgage terms offer 70 percent at 5 percent, or 3 percent with 4.4 percent, or 40 percent at 4 percent per year.

Benjamin I. H. Trask Trask Westchester Avenue Classon's Point Road Jouseph 'Pav Bronx Classon Astors

Forest Park Lots at Auction in Queens

Next Saturday at 2 P M T F Archer will sell twenty acres about 300 lots at Forest Park North in the Queens Borough Real Estate Exchange Auction. The property fronts Metropolitan Avenue and the Long Island Railroad near Trotting Course Lane and is also known as Forest Park Terrace.

Queens Borough T. F. Archer Forest Park North Metropolitan Avenue Long Island Railroad Forest Park Terrace

Bond Issue Granted for North Ward Realty at 45 John Street

The Charles F Nores Company negotiates a ten year mortgage bond for North Ward Realty covering the Frankel Building at 45 John Street corner of Dutch Street. Interest set at 5 percent. Title Guarantee and Trust Company acts as trustee for bondholders.

Charles F. Nores Company North Ward Realty Company Frankel John Street Dutch Street Title Guarantee ‘and Trust Company

New Residences Rise At Park Hill Yonkers

Park Hill in Yonkers shows rapid spring construction including Alfred D Flinn’s cement Spanish style home on Glenbrook Avenue and plans by the American Real Estate Company for bungalow buildings. The area preserves trees and gardens while offering macadam roads sewers water mains and police and fire protection. Transit includes the Subway to 22nd Street a 10 minute trolley ride and access to the Putnam division elevated road nearby and the New York Central line to Yonkers with a five minute trolley ride.

Park Hill Yonkers Alfred D. Flinn Glenbrook Avenue Lab California American Pait New York 22Th Street Putnam Division New York Central 235Th Street

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Daniel E. Seybei E. A. Tinker Seventy-eighth Street Hunt Biotel St. Charles In Rew Handa John H. Fife St. Charles West Forty-ninth Street M. P. Meehan Fifth Avenue O. G. Connfelt Farmers' Loan and Trust Company Vredenburgh & Brooks Gorman H. Lenney al Hayman Mme. Yovin West Forty-fifth Street Pocher & Co East Twenty-eighth Street MM. R. Wiliams B. Rosendale H. Wolfe H. C. Senior & Co West Forty-eighth Street Salvation Army West Sixty-fourth Street Harrie Johnston Sixty- Fourth Street Paula Gethe West Sixtieth Street James Burns McVickar-Gaillard Realty Company West Seventieth Street Alfred Jaros Mr. Hollander He Charlies F. Noyés Company New York Diamond Cutting Company Stacey Publishing and Masonic Supply Company Noves Company Fulton Street Kanan & Son BE. N. Murphy, Hatter Denzer Brothers Daniel Appleton Greene Street West 29Th Street Purchase Joseph Burke West Twenty-ninth Street Clarence E. Dunham Greenwich Street Henry Street Salomon Oppenheimer & Co Jacob Levine Scammel Street Third Avenue R. I. Brown Charles William H. Kurtz I Pisa & Johns Louis Leseco East 154Th Street Hertz & Co A. J Saufman East 17Th Street Mr. Stahl Mohegan Avenue 170Th Street Ernestus Gutick Company St. Mark's ‘Avenue Flrtbush Carlton Avenues C.J. Harris John P. Mailon Sterling Place Fifth and A. M. Williams J. A. Dunne White Plains E. Nielson Ehrhart Ridgeview Avenue White ‘Plains Ralph Waldo Gifford Richard GB. Arrington Hame Lewis Cole W.S. Phillips Estate Hoboken Frederick J. Brown Adams Cristo & Herrick Seventeenth Street Good Pell & Co George W. Wetmore Island Oyster Bay Isaac Untermy George A Cedar Street Parker Bond & Mortgage CO Tel Tol Hanover Wall St Boerett Side Pri Bronx Money Aga O. A. Jenks Scop Whitehall ST OOE Oasis M. Morgenthau, Jr., & Co Winans Coresco Broadway Lal Anarrowte Luis L. Wells 24Th St Harold Bryan L. Kennelly Fort Washington Aly 205Th St AL Wpellisey W. B 1Stith St J. McClure Hugh D. Smyth Duffy Amount FL Duffy Amonas Praia Story William Alarmonrat Longwood Hoek Zezacunt Aea North Washington St Algonquin Realty Company Port Richmond Ae H. J. Sharrett Edgbert’ Av Grant St Palmer, Lexington Franklin Grand View the Building Department Fulton St J. E. Cothout H.C. Smith Hester Keil Edward William Eters St Lawrence Merrill Itt Arthur FE. Silyverman Building CO Willam M. G.watson Cathedral Parkway Man M. Dennerheim St. Ws Willow John M Gebise S. Runk Warm Joseph Golalug Eri Kleinschmidt Frederick Jacob Ilebmann Arnold Annall John W. Wefer Fricke Emma W. Wiregete Annie A. Weis Latchey Thomas G Jacob Frosters Leonottina Nanny Prival Lawrence J John F. Conwey Mechenien City Brooklyn Subway Handy Farm Westchester Country Club Huntington Lehbauer Park 140Th Street Simpson Street Tremont Avenue 177Th Street Thesday Houlewelland Town Dock Road Thirty-third Street New Eldaen Building Garden City North Shore Jersey Realty “Exchange Lis Pendens Long Island Church Colony the Palisades Forest Park
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