Brooklyn Flats Boom Draws City Home Seekers
Brooklyn real estate activity centers in Flatbush and Midwood Manor as Manhattanites flood into Brooklyn seeking owner occupied homes. Subways bridges and rapid transit push demand, with builders touting quality over price and plans for hundreds of new houses.
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Brooklyn
Manhattan
East River
Subway
Park Row
Coney Island
Borouch
Big Bridge
Bay Ridge
Prospect Park
Flatbush
North Ward
Ney
Flatbush Growth Promises Suburban Style with Modern Streets
In Flatbush near Avenue H and Broadway development surges as macadamized streets curb and concrete sidewalks go in. Two family houses gain favor and several large sales, including a $700,000 Broadway block, reflect brisk activity with buyers from nearby neighborhoods and investors.
Roosevelt Court: New West Side Apartments Open for Occupancy
Roosevelt Court at West 69th Street numbers 225 to 229 is a newly opened high class apartment house. Projectors aimed for perfect construction and modern improvements. rentals are arranged to be unusually attractive. The building’s location is superb and floor plans include one room and bath as well as two room suites.
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Flatbush
Roosevelt Court
West 69Th St
Real estate market rally sees heavy investor activity downtown
Investors dominated last week’s real estate trading with several large parcels changing hands. Key deals included the entire westerly block front on Dover street sold by the Charles F. Noyes Company for Mrs Ida M Otz and plans for a major Amsterdam avenue Broadway block with Bernard Realty worth over 5 million dollars.
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West Side
Dover Street
Charles F. Noyes
Ida
M. Otz
58Th Street
Sth
S?th
Amsterdam Avenue
Broadway
Bernard Realty Company
Newkirk Avenues Homes Sold Fast By Bedell Company
Newkirk avenues properties built for the A. B. Bedell Company sold quickly with prices from 10 700 to 11 500. Four finished concrete stuccoed two story houses offer seven rooms and bath each with twelve inch thick walls fireproof construction and separate heating. two additional houses are nearly done and foundations laid for two more.
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Newkirk Avenues
A. 8. Bedell Company
Duplex Apartments at 471 Park Ave A Fine Fireproof Building
In a prime residential district the Duplex apartment house at 471 Park Ave southeast corner of 58th St stands as a premier modern fireproof building. It offers duplex and bachelor suites occupying two floors and is near Central Park Fifth Ave entrance, social centers, hotels, libraries, and churches.
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Central Park Ave
Park Ave
58Th St
Fifth Ave
Central Park
Manhattan Building Plans Filed For Eight Story Fireproof Apartment
Plans filed with Buildings Superintendent Murphy show an eight story brick apartment house at 98th Street east of Riverside Drive for Meteor Reality Company led by president Isaac Polstein. Architects Schwartz & Gross also file to upgrade Amsterdam Opera House at 234 to 344 West 4th Street with new fire escapes and emergency passages for Katherine Schmuck owner Judson Sause lessee. A third filing redraws the street level entry for a four story office building at the corner of Sixth Avenue and 38th Street for Mrs A A Anderson owner, part of preparations for city avenue widening.
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Dennis & Preston
Broadway
82D
Heiiner & Wolf and
Kiein & Jackson
Charles T. Barney
West Side
W. E. D. Stokes
Slawson & Hooks
West End Ave
Arnold, Byrne & Baumann
Frank Jaeger
Mr. Jaeger
Otto Gendeau
West Tist St
John D. Rockefeller
Guggenheim
St. Regis
Paul M. Warburg
Robert Hager, Jr
East 82d St
S. Osgood Pell & Co
McVicker-Gaillard Company
Frank P. Mitchell
Pease & Elliman
East 48Th St
Washington
Admiral Dewey
Gem Realty Company
New Amsterdam Realty Company
Eighth Ave
Herman Reinheimer
Montgomery Maze
Central
S. B. Goodale & Son
Josephine Mullee
West 26Th Ft
Riverside Drive
Ardelle Realty Company
Ralph A. Gushee
Radcliffe & Kelly
Park Ave
Murphy
Sthave
38Th St
A. A. Anderson
Johnson Company Sells Lots For Duplexes On Manida Street
The George F. Johnson's Sons Company sold eighteen lots on the west erly side of Manida street between Lafayette and Garrison avenues to Meehan Building Company. James F. Meehan is president and will build two family houses on the plot. Johnson company will immediately erect twelve two family houses on the opposite side of the street.
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George F. Johnson's Sons Company
Meehan Building Company
James F. Meehan
Manida St
Lafayette and
Garrison Aves
Meehan
Johnson Company
Southampton Rentals and Property Transfers Noted
Alfred E. Schermerhorn sold in Southampton Long Island for the heirs of Dr. F. E. Beck four acres adjoining Sidney L. Harris property to Edward T. H. Talmage. Also rented for the season Miss Mary B Herrick cottage on Main Street to Goelet Gallatin and James Henry Pierson cottage on Main Street to Mrs. G. M. Dodge. Dr. H. Harpton Court on Ox Pasture Road rented to M. White. Holbrook Curtis his Alexander.
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Alfred E. Schermerhorn
Southampton
Long Island
F. E. Beckwith
Sidney L. Harris
Edward T. H. Talmage
Mary B Herrick
Main St
Goelet Gallatin
James Henry Pierson
Real estate sales and leases reported in city brokerage market
James W. Taylor sells 628 West End Ave dwelling for Sarah L. Taylor estate. City Real Estate Co transfers plot on 166th Street to Greenwich Mortgage Co. Duplexes, lofts, and several plots change hands through multiple brokers and buyers including Biltmore NC, Mrs Stalin, Mr Conroy, Mr Fischer, and others. Whitehall, Edenwald, and Edenwald parcels listed with multiple plots and buyers.
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James W. Taylor
Sterling Realty Company
West End Ave
Sarah L. Taylor
Smith & Phelps
City Real Estate Company
Greenwich Mortgage Company
166Th St
Union Ave
Duross Company
Warren St
Charles Koransky
Tucker Fruit Company
Produce Packing and Shipping Company
Biltmore
N. C
H. C. Senior & Co
George B. Baford
Findlay Ave
O'Hara
Conroy
Hackel
Marion Ave
Sutorowski
230Th St
Barnes Ave
Suttie
188Th St
Link
van Courtlandt and
Rochambeau Aves
Fischer
H. B. Roach
Perry Ave
Backus Brothers
Grand Boulevard
Concourse
200Th St
Whitehall Realty Company
Edson
Pitman Aves
Baychester Ave
Pitman Ave
Edenwald Land Companies
Monticello Ave
Randall Ave
Samuel Isaac
Murdock Ave
Jefferson Ave
Harris Marcus
Samuel Brenner
Jones Ave
Philip Price
Pratt Ave
Nelson Ave
Thomas Kennedy
Wright Ave
Thomas F. Conklin, Jr
Construction bids listed for multiple Bronx properties
A list of proposed builds on Rh Jnelander Avenue Eastchester Road and adjacent blocks includes a one brick stable 14 by 14 for George Rion with architect J Keily. a 25 by 22 one story dwelling for Joseph Lynish with Jelly as architect. a two story dwelling by Carmel Counatella. three four story brick tenement houses by John J Tully Company. and a three story frame tenement on St George's Crescent for Maria Del Gaizo with architect Robert Glenn. Estimated costs appear as 1 800 3 000 and 45 000.
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Eastchester Road
George Rion
Mothy J Keily
COME
Seee-Ee Specie
de Decgerers Mead St
Garfield St
Joseph Lynish
Ae Jelly
Vee Needham
Maria del Gaizo
Robert Glenn
Real Estate Auction List Offers City Blocks and Hotels
Real Estate Exchange Salesrooms at Vesey Street list varied properties for sale this week led by a Madison Avenue hotel slated for Wednesday. Listings include multiple tenement houses, stores, and vacant lots across Manhattan with detailed taxes and mortgage notes and sheriff sale notices scattered through the schedule.
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Real Estate Exchange
Vesey St
Madison Ave
Trial testimony on murder plot involving Dr. Frederick Austin
Mrs. Abbie B. Rice testified about plans by Dr. Frederick Austin and Charles Edward Davis to shoot the physician and then commit suicide. The lengthy legal battles over questions showed many points of law as the state seeks first degree murder conviction for Davis. Proceedings adjourned with cross examination deferred to Monday.
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Omaha
Abbie B. Rice
Frederick Austin
Charles Edward Davis
Davis
Fire Losses Reach 2 999 Front Fond du Lac Churches
A fire in Fond du Lac Wisconsin caused extensive damage including three principal churches an automobile garage and seven cars plus the former mayor Mayhams house and many roofs with an estimated loss of 2 999. The blaze began with a gasoline explosion at the Crescent garage and spread quickly aided by high winds with brands igniting homes within ten blocks.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Mayham
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Congregational Church
Crescent
St. Peter's Lutheran Church
Grant Publc
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Bay Parkway
Coney Island Avenue
Avenue J
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Fork Row
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W. E. Harmon
Avenue H
Newkirk Avenue
Ocean and Newkirk Avenues
Foster and Bedford Avenues
Harlem
Bronx
New Jersey
East 12Th Street
Foster
F. H. Medbury
Caton Ave
George Plympton
David Stewart
New York and Long Island Realty Company
Wadsworth Ave
William C. Trull
Hudson
Fort George
Weser St
Oakdale
Bryan L. Kennelly
Oakdale Boulevard
Oakwood Road
Wth ST
Park Avenue
Manhattan Building Projects
Douglas
East 16Th St
Union Square
Lorimer
West 50Th St
Pocher & CO
West 112Th
Lenox Ave
West
St. Nicholas Ave
Inlet
THE
Englewood
N. J
Engle
Birtwhistle & Stainton Company
Englewood Realty
Hudson Terminal
Depot Square
Madison Avenue
Samuel Marx
49Th St
Caroline Hares
David Lena Co Et al
Bernsteim
Attys Adam Wiener
Amit Due
Joseph P
St. S
Lenamave
Silververg
Felicia Schapira
William Bondy
W Lock
Hofman St
R H Macdonald
Ween
Central Park West
Opdycke
WA Stryker
J C Levi
D & N. Attys
Lok Ward
Gouverneur St. S
Cherry St
J Buck
Minnie Riordan
T Hull
Prom Park Ave
177Th St
Loxise
Cuddeback
E J Bennett
Davison
Ave
75Th St
Ten & Ome
Teresie Zika
Abraham Nevins
Kenneson
Attys
Alexander Brougt
Charles A Berman
West Broadway
Lispenard St
Truet Co Agt Conveyancer’s Realty
A & Lattys
A J Cohen
Bryan & Kennelly
West Ave
Long Island City
Hugh Smyth
H A Knox
J T Brady
Joseph P Day
Cathedral Parkway
Harry Lehr
Arnstein & L
Suppes
Morris Ave
14Th St
Mutual Life Ins
Crakow
James McKeen
T W Knight
D P. Ingraham & Co
J P Markham
James McMullan
Cheney
S H Cohen
J B Ireland
Forster
H & K. Attys
Sheriff's
Jaco Tropp
Il Offi Tocetes
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Nassau St
City Hall Park
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