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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. SEW YORK. SUNDAY. JANUARY 17. 1900.

STRIKING ADVANTAGES OF RAPIDLY GROWING RIDGEWOOD SECTION. RIDGEWOOD'S VARIED AND SUBSTANTIAL DEVELOPMENT. Territory on Border Line of Brooklyn- in Queens Borough Has Lately Developed With Amaz-ing' Strides Fine Transit Facilities, Schools and Churches To Have New Bank Hundreds of Homes Recently Built and Projected. Low Rentals Promising Investment Opportunities Progressive Civic Organizations." ON- the borders or Breoklyn thnre la one of the most active, enterprising, thrifty and prosperous communities to be found within the entire circuit of the greater city. This is what is known as Ridgewood, or Rldgewood Heights, and which some of tie residents are comhig to call Greater Rldgewood.

It borders on the Eighteenth, Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth wards of this borough and extends chiefly In that part of the EOTdugh of Queens which was formerly known as East Williamsburg. It is traversed by the extension of the Rldgewood line of the Brooklyn elevated road, which runs on the surface from Wyckoff avenue to Metropolitan avenue, and by the Myrtle avenue trolley cars, which are operated in conjunction with the elevated trains to Richmond Hill. from Ridgewood. prospects and would be assured Of success from the opening. While already great transit facilities are in existence for the' section by reason of existing lines of travel.

It is expected that the parts not now as adequately supplied as the nst will have further facilities by the extension of existing Unas to new terminal points, which will better subserve the interests of the residents. While there are miles of paved streets, the need of more is apparent, and the extension of the work of putting down asphalt and brick Is strongly urged. As the question of assessments is one of speclaf importance, and It is felt that the cost of work dons by the city In many instances is excessive, steps have been taken by the property owners In some streets to have the paving done at their own charges, to save expense. In the matter of fire protec tion, the Ridgewood region la In a much better condition than it was a few years ago, and the appliances now available may be regarded as adequate to the present demand. But at the rate of growth now.

prevailing It will not be a matter of a great length of time before more engines and trucks will have to be provided. HJE Ji -Then Ridgewood isthe mosta.cceslb.e I taMaxm I and easily reached residence region, 1- ThT 1 'ns ar to parts sSOSCPM MBYeKOSe, fOC3T Brooklyn and Queens. Where else can lVer0 ST. such transit facilities be found? I say without hesitation that have better 1 JJt, -nt Aijm: irf I transit facilities than any other part of I faa I I I I the city. One of the prospective developments of the future is the construction of theater at which popular plays will be presented.

But the business men say that this project must be held In abeyance until after the new bank is an assured success. With property in demand, builders active, population steadily Increasing, streets properly paved, well lighted and cleaned, ample provision for the welfare of the community and all the other advantages at present enjoyed, the future of Rldgewood is assured, and its development as an Ideal home community will continue. The first settlers of the region were Germans I But it is also the terminal for a dozen other transit lines, chiefly trolley, which connect directly with the Brooklyn and Williamsburg bridges and is on the line of the Long Island with direct connection by way oj the Thirty-fourth Street Ferry with No more easily accessible section can be found within the limits jit the metropolis. A more active'Tegion in building operations it would be hard to discover In this pr any other city. Within a very tew years open fields have been transformed into streets, lined with comfortable homes, filled with the best class of industrious, self-supporting citizens.

A remarkable transformation has been effected and is still going on at a rapid rate, with prospects of even still more astonishing growth with the, settlement of pending problems relating to water supply, sewering and street paving To Promote Public Welfare. A healthy public opinion prevails and voiced by associations for the public food', and movements are on foot which ft is expected will result in local benefits lq wfiih all will share. The next institution to be established will be a national bank, to keep the funds of the community within the community and promote home interests; With a population, of 30,000 within a comparatively limited area there are now no banking facilities nearer than those Brooklyn, Williamsburg and iGreenpoint, and to thee institutions the people'f Ridgewood have to go if they desire to deposit or draw funds. A local bank, it is regarded as absolutely certain, would start with the 'brightest possible School Facilities. An increase in the.

number of schools Is also a requirement of the near future. School No. 88, at Elm avenue and Fresh Pond road, was recently completed and now has a full omplo'ment of thirty-six classes. A new building for No. 68.

at Bergen street and Rathjen avemie, In tho old Ridgewood Park, formerly a popular pleasure ground, especially for Germans, where many notable gatherings were held in former years, will soon be erected. The classes now meeting in the old Ridgewood Hotel building, In Myrtle avenue, will be transferred to It and room will be provided for additional pupils. School No. 81, at Cypress and Ralph avenues, has been relieved from overcrowding. The temporary structures put up for use while new buildings were being erected are to be torn down.

A site for another new school, to be known as No. 96, has been purchased by tho Board of Education for $27,600 In Forest avenue, between Woodbine street and Putnam avenue, and will provide accommodations for the children in that section, where long rows of new houses are going up. New church facilities are to be provided for the rapidly growing population of Rldgewood and plans for the erection of new edifices have been made and new enterprises are contemplated, wblch will lead to the development of additional organizations. and their descendants and others of the Fully Fourteen Car Lines. "No less than fourteen elevated and surface lines center here, connecting with all parts of the three chief borough.

From the Park row end of the Brooklyn Bridge we ha'e not only the Brooklyn Elevated direct, with frequent' trains, stopping at three stations in tho Rldgewood district, but also the DeKalb avenue. Myrtle avenue, Greene and Gates avenues, Putnam avenue and Halsey street and Flushing avenue trolley With their connections and transfers they link the entire Brooklyn Rapid Transit system withRidgewood. The elevated connects directly with the Broadway lin over the Williamsburg Bridge and the trolley lines with all those which run over that structure to Delancey street, Manhattan. From that terminus, the Bushwick avenue, the Hamburg avenue and the Wyckoff avenue lines run directly I ffDG-ZWOOO SCTtOf. WW I 3 I -rr 1 1 same nationality compose a large proportion of the residents.

They are thrifty, industrious, peaceable, hard-working, intelligent and prosperous citizens who wish to maintain their own standards and ideals and keep their community la tho same satisfactory condition which they have been able to maintain thus far. Property Owners' Organizations. For the purpose of promoting the best Interests of the section there are a number of organizations of property owners. The Ridgewood Board of Trade holds monthly meetings In the Palm Gardep at Greene and Hamburg avenues. Paul A.

AJas, who has been' first vice president of the organization, has just been made president, succeeding Albert Baerenklau. All citizens of the Ridgewood and Bushwick sections are invited to attend the meetings, held on the second Wednesday of each month. The Ridgewood Heights Improvement Association meets on the first Monday of each month at Onderdonk avenu? and Bleecker street. At the first meeting of the year Herman Gohlinghorst, of the real estate firm of Merk Gohlinghorst, was elected president to succeed Charles Hummel. The other officers are Albert C.

Pfost, first vice president; C. Schmidt, second vice president; Charles J. Werner, financial secretary; Henry Bolde, recording secretary; Frederick Schwargwaelder, corresponding secretary; Nicholas Wlssensee, treasurer. There are a number of German here. Then we have the Union avenue line from Greenpoint.

the Myrtle avenue extension to Richmond Hill, the line in Cypress avenue to Cypress Hills, the elev vated extension on tho surface to avenue in Middle Village, thb Bowery Bay line and the Flushing Una. By way of Richmond Hill we have direct connection with Jamaica over th? trolley in Jamaica avenue. "Tho Manhattan Beach line of the'Lorig Island Railroad connects directly with the Thirty-fourth Street Ferry to Manhattan. With the completion of the Pennsylvania tunnels and adequate train 1 I fi 5S- I i 'i'Kft' flPIitii ifiiiiiii I 1 II singing Societies and other organizations for social and other purposes, which embrace a large membership In Rldgewood and serve to promote good fellowship and community of interests. What Louis Berger Says of the Section.

Louis Berger of Louis Berger Company, architects, of S00 St. Nicholas avenue, one of the best informed men (n regard to the Rldgewood section, asked by a representative of tho Eagle in regard to the advantages Ridgewood possesses as a place of residence, replied with enthusiasm; "You can get here the cheapest rent to be found anywhere in the city for tho same class of houses. On an average the amounts paid here are from $4 to less a month than in any other part of the city for the same sort of accommodations. This region is building up rapidly with the most desirable houses and aa fast as built they are filling up .1.. flll, i o.

fti Hi service in connection therewith we will be able to reach the heart of the retail shopping district In less than half an hour, the time now taken to reacH the Park raw-end of the old bridge from here, so that all part's of Manhattan will be equally accessible to those who live in Ridgewood. The contemplated extension of the DeKalb avenue street car line to Elm avenue will give a closer connection with Covert Avenue and Cornelia Street. Three-story double flats; located on one of Ridgewood's busiest streets; De Kalb avenue cars pass the door; Myrtle avenue trolley and 'Elevated one block, away modern and up-to-date in every respect five rooms and bath in each apartment tiled baths and other modern improvements; enamel sinks and bath tubs; wash tubs of Alberine stone. We -also have some two-family brick houses, corner of Cornelia street and Prospect place; 11 rooms, 2 tiled baths. These are a good bargain at with the most desirable sort of persons to make up a substantial, thrifty, home-loving population, who compose the best class of citizens and do the most for the upbuilding of the community in which they live.

1 -u a. The Handsome New Building of the ncr $4,900. GERMAN EVANGELJCAL LUTHERAN TRINITY CHURCH, MARTIN, Located in Lutheran Cemetery, Middle Village, Was Erected by the If You Contemplate Buying Property or Investing' Money IN Ridgewood Heights O.NSfl.T Merk Gohlinghorst BECAUSE Mr. Mrk has lived in this action for After years and is thoroughly acquainted with the romlltlont, to the extent that he can advise you right. BECAUSE Mr.

Oohllnghnrst was for two years In charge if the lexiftraphlrnl Index department of the KlnKS County Heglflter'n Office and for fllx years chief clerk nf the Howard Avenue Court. Hl knowlediro of conditions and wide acquaintance enable him to (rhe Bound advice as to investment pro populous. WnoiliTfirrl At, lVenr fireene. Apply on premises or to HENILY SCHLACHTER, BUILDER, COVERT AVENUE AND CORNELIA STREET. rt, ana Builder And Real Estate Operator, 738 CORNELIA ST.

Telephone, 1998 Bushwick. Over 140 lots sold to- builders for development within the past four months. I still have a number of plots which I can dispose of at reason Construction go. Ornamental and Plain Concrete Building Stones COPING, LINTELS, SILLS, STEPS, ETC. Builders and General Contractors HERE IS A BARGAIN Four family frame houses; Ridgewood Heights section; half block from Forest avenue station of the Myrtle avenue 4 rooms and hath in each apartment; modern sanitary plumbing; all improvements.

PRICE, Terms to Suit. See These Before Buying Elsewhere. RLB1E33B; Office and Factory, 417 Fresh Pond Road. HOUSES FOR SALE ON EASY TERMS. able rates.

lift if 53 Telephone 27'0 Bnahwtck. O. GOE.WEWICH SOV, MKnl r.niiur nna i Miirance, nre, jgewood I 203 Forest Avenue JppoMte Myrtlo nv atatlon, Ridge FRED A. GRENELL, REAL KSTATK BilOKEIt. 1650 MYRTLE COR.

COVERT. TEL. 1177 BUSHWICK, Broker fur REALTY ASSOCIATES (Lots and Plots). MYRTLE AV. REALTY CO.

(Lots and Plots). BURKART SCHMIDT (Houses). THE ONLY SEMI-DETACHED 2-FAMILY HOUSES IN THE RIDGE- PETER J. KERNER, 339 WOODWARD One Block From Forest Ave. Station, Myrtle Ave.

L. INSURANCE Agency of Continental Insurance Company of New York and German-American Insurance Company of New York. NOTARY PUBLIC. wuuu Mbiunrs SECTION. $5,500 You Want a Home and You Want to Save Money HERE IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY.

on. to -M lil-AVOol Aveimo. Tltrep fnniily liminciM hrnwn ridI HitifMtone front (tlx room nn1 lintli on rncli nil littrnt tniproveiiien two IiIocUm from Htntitii murt- himmelreicher, stamm ami it n. 10 avkme. BliOKEHS PROTECTED.

2 sfory and collar brirk. bay window. 11 rooms ami '2 Hll Hsht ronnm; lot 2 ftrry and rrilnr brirk, bay window, with drtvewav; A 2 but b9; lot Ii7xri7x90. $6,200 RIDGEV00D PARK PROPERTY 1 REICHERT WEISSENBEHGER, Builder, Special attention given to the drawing of legal papers, contracts, etc Hancock St, Sicnr Doencher Av..