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DAILY EAGLE Scout News Classified Advertisements SECTION Classified Advertisements NEW YORK CITY, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1931. TEN CENTS Subway Extension Impetus to Building Old Sections Old Heights Seen as Area of This Shows How Subway Transit Is Building Up Old Ridgewood Ridgewood Is Area of Active Home Building Big Projects fT Real Estate News;" BEOOKLY Described as Field for Development Projects Towering Apartments, Huge Office Buildings Include Apartments, Stores, Small Houses Many homes are under construc By VINCENT R. KIRK No section of the city will witness greater and more Important changes In business and residential aspect tion in the Ridgewood section on the easterly border of Williamsburg. Several large apartment buildings and a number of small home de during the next five years than the old Brooklyn Heights, according to those who have studied the trend of progress and development there, velopments are being conducted In the locality arxi, according to builders operating in the section thn Spring season will be a very active period of home building. Huge apartment houses and towering office buildings will figure prominently In the transformation of the locality It is predicted by well-informed realty, men and city The Ridgewood section never planners.

The utstandlng operation Is con halted in its progress from the time It began Its first forward start in the boom period of 1906, when the extension of the Myrtle Ave It brought the heart of the dlsttvt within 20 minutes of the center of the borough. The next impetus templated by the Ralph Jonas in terests for the site of the old B. M. T. Building at the corners 1 of Montague, Clinton and Remsen Sts.

and adjoining parcels, including given to Ridgewood real estate and Its home building was the opening In 1928 of the Ridgewood spur of the old Academy of Music site in Montague St. and a plot running tne new I4th District down Remsen St. for about 200 feet, subway line. This subway, the first new rapid transit line built in Several sites in Joralemon St. and two In Pierrepont St.

are mentioned Queens in 18 years, has a terminal in the future building program, and and station at Wyikoff and Myrtle Aves. and when opene'd in 1928 number of smaller parcels have been purchased in the last month more than 4,000 persons marched in celebration of the event. 1 for large apartment houses to be i built by prominent construction 1 firms when financial matters now in process of negotiation are com Ridgewood Plateau Building ITp Realty Associates, Inc. operation at Ridgewood Plateau, adjoining pleted. The entire district below Court St.

extending from Fulton St. soutn woodslde, Is one of the most remarkable home-developing to State St. is destined for recon struction in various forms, influ acnievements ever attained in ths enced by the extension of the city wide subway system now under city. This rapidly growing horns community was started in Sprlns of 1928. More than 420 of the 500 construction.

In the Orange and Pineapple Sts. houses built have been sold. In locality and other neighborhoods of this project the Realty organization sold lots to builders. The property was improved with sewer, sidewalk the Heights a movement is under way to modernise a number of old dwellings which have deteriorated and curb, paved streets from curb in the last decade to make them to curb, and shade trees. This feature instituted a beautiful and symmetrical garden appearance throughout the entire colony and more attractive to those wishing a fine, modern home within sight of their places of business in lower Manhattan and convenient to the subway, enabling them to get their midday meal at home.

At present established a high-grade character to this section. Realty Associate have spent more than $450,000 for these improvements. a large apartment hotel is being built at the corner of Pineapple and Early in 1928 John F. Avlmer Hicks St. on the site of the old purchased SO lots and erected 40 ak ifaMMfaMLtomhM ii i tjXi -ti i-" lilninni.

i 1 rn-r r-'i-iM'i i hi 1 1 -1 1: rriirr'r-ni i rrnrfiiiV i'imiiiiitxiiii' tr. 3. one-family detached six-room frame dwellings on plots approxi Weasel factory. Has Restricted Area Many of the blocks below Clinton St. are stll restricted -by zoning mately 20X1WI ieet.

Most of th houses were sold from plans and through model house on th property. law to residential purposes. An effort has been made from time to Fifteen Builders Operating In March. 1928. Rlnnirfa Si.lUsn Multiple Dwellings purchased 34 lota side of 66th St.

and erected 34 single family brick attarheri hnm. These new homes of various types are in the Ridgewood Plateau section of old Ridgewood. The building boom started with the extension of the Myrtle Ave. line. An added impetus to development was given when the Ridgewood spur of the 14th St.

Eastern District subway opened. The next step in the solution of Ridgewood's transit problem will be the construction of the Myrtle Ave. line, one of the trunks of the Rockaways, and the spur connecting this route with the Queens Boulevard now building Law Experts Compile What Home Buyer Should Know A bout Selecting Residence English design. Rennerts Builders, reajizea tne same success as John F. Avlmer and thn Hvinn- Amendment Summary ment fully established itself as an attractive home community.

Fifteen additional building organizations purchased lots from Realtv An. time to extend the business area in this section. Steadily enhancement of land values is creating a situation where a one-family dwelling with its limited Income from rental is considered an Illogical improvement from an Investment point of view. Ideal Walk-to-Work Section Commenting on the Heights and its possibilities, Hevlyn D. Benson, well-known city planner, has this to say: "The problem of selecting walk-to-work areas in the congested sections of the city of New York usually entails planning on a compromise basis except in the case of Brooklyn Heights.

Here is a section," he continued, "that is as complete as if it had been made to order, though it is by chance elates for house and store construc Outstanding Features of Joint City Bill Now in Before Deciding on Place or Locality Many tion. The most outstanding feature of the home demand In this vicinity is the fact that out. nf IS hllllrW Things Should Be Considered for the Per- liCgislature Changes Made Necessary hy Unprecedented Scope' of New Law operating in this property 11 made additional purchases of lots to continue their buildliur nneratlnns Al maiiaent Residence, Sexton Advises By ROBERT H. SEXTON Having decided to build a home, the next step in order Is What will prove, it is believed, to be the last extensive bert Singer purchased five dlfferenl series of amendments of the Multiple Dwelling Law for many parcels over a period of 18 months, a convincing lndlratlnn nf thph the selection of the home site. The selection of a plot or lot years to come was this last week introduced in the Legislature under the aegis of the Multiple Dwelling Law Committee ready made.

This Brooklyn Heights on which to build is comparatively easy for those who live in the smaller cities, but to people whose livelihood is gained in section has a stability guaranteed by the topographical shape of the and of the City Administra-f selling success In this development. During the Spring of 1929 Williairt Levine 5s Isa ac Glass, famous Jackson Heights apartment operators, purchased a plot on th northeast corner of 64th fit. anil sm tion. The statute setting up the great metropolitan cen- city of New York, while growth of Here's a Genuine Thrill For 100,000 Small Taxpayers In his article on condemnation proceedings and taxation published on this page of The Eagle Dec. 28, 1930, Sig Cederstrom, real estate appraiser, stated that over 100,000 small taxpayers, now partially exempt from taxation, will have to pay on the full valuation of their property, commencing in 1932, as will be shown Oct.

1, 1931, when the books will be open for inspection. A note of encouragement to these taxpayers was sounded by James J. Sexton, president of the Department of Taxes and Assessments, on Jan. 27, in his talk to the members of the Brooklyn Real Estate Board at the brokers' monthly luncheon meeting in the Elks Club when he said: "There is one class of builcjiijg that will need considerable attention, the tax exempt building. These buildings at the present time are getting an exemption of over $900,000,000.

I am sure these assessments will be reduced in the field, not on protest or anything else, to approximately 700,000,000, so that, you will notice, Is quite a reduction that will have to be made in the field." modern housing standards for Apartment for Site of 8th Ave. Drive and erected a four-story Brooklyn enhances that stability in price and unique unexcelled natural advantages. "There can be no change by chance to alter the fixation of the City of New York was enacted in 1929. At that time the State Commis apartment house consisting- or 44 ters, each of them surrounded as they are By a great number of suburban communities, the selection of a place for the future home presents a. real problem.

Before deciding on the place, or locality for a permanent residence there are many things to consider. apartments, and this buUding has been 100 Dercent renter) fnr irrhi tion with a location and benefiting or suffering from its advantages or disadvantages. It means building up acquaintance and establishing social relations with the neighbors and participating with them in the affairs of the community. Then there is the question of accessibility. The newer subdivisions or building developments are usually adja sion to Revise the Tenement Houre Brooklyn Heights permanency be-caus of the layout of the borough residences months.

Louis Princlne. nreslrimt. nf th Law passed into history. But the many civic, professional and trade Hyatt Realties. nurcha.sri The seat of government is fixed and built at the Borough Hall section, a stone's throw from the Heights.

This fact alone is sufficient to warrant organizations whose well-organized Flatbuh Builder Will Home ownership means identiflca. plot 125x100 feet at the corner 65th Place (Hyatt and 53d Ave. and is now breaking co-operation made the passage of Erect 12-Slory Struc a complete and profound exploita PROMOTED the measure possible foresaw that for the construction of a. alx.stnr tion of the region, but added to this by reason of its unprecedented elevator apartment containing ITS are two other important and per scope, changes dictated by practical cent to larger residential communities along main arteries of highway or rail transportation. These developments should be laid out in keeping with a harmonious plan of city or suburban development along scientific city planning lines, with proper restrictions and ture at Berkeley Place The -outstanding deal In the Park Slope section during the past week manency factors.

Near Department Store Center rooms, wnn every modem Improvement. Benjamin Drlesler architect for Realty Associates, rip- experience under the law, would be come necessary. Pioneer Flatbush Realtor Rather than leave this process of was the purchase by Oscar Palm signed this building, which is now correction in hands that were hos leaf, Flatbush builder, of the two renting irom plans at the Realty; Associates. show house 6334' tile or inexperienced, these agencies zoning laws to prevent depreciation of property by the encroachment four-story and basement brown- Is 77 Years 'Young9 Today 65th Place. Ridgewood Plateau.

Thta urged the members of the State Commission to continue as a volun "These are the great downtown retail dry goods district and the theater district. This combination offers a place to market, a place for the residents of the Heights to work and a place for amusement seekers. Here, then, is fulfilled the law that to be contented one must have work and play. Along with stone residences, 46 and 50 8th from Mrs. Naomi Hopkins and structure will be completed on June tary citizens committee to act as a of factory and business in residen tial sections.

Building for 'Posterity Arthur D. Wellbrock. ivji. From the present retnlng demand in this locality there William H. Ooldey, prominent Mr.

Paimieai, who has built a clearing house for proposed changes and In an advisory capacity to the Brooklyn realty broker and pioneer every indication that this bnilrlirta hiKrtnrsa man Ol J'latDUSn is II number of fine apartment houses In the borough, will demolish the public, the Legislature and the Gov will be a success and further the de wArm of aee today. His ac It has been' well said that when a man builds a home he builds for posterity, and therefore he should have definite assurance that his Park Slope dwellings and erect on ernor. Thus tne Multiple Dwelling Law Committee came into existence miaintanrx will be astonished to their site a 12-story apartment these amazing factors Is added the esthetic side to the home on the Heights. A dweller in this section has ever before him a view of the most magnificent harbor in the velopment of large garden aparU ment houses at Ridgewood Plateau. This tract is located on one of the hlffhest DnlntJt In Queens rVinntv learn this, for there is nothing in house, estimated to cost about his appearanca, manner or energy investment will be protected after $800,000.

The property is located at to indicate it. Mr. Uroiaey naa oeen the original owners or developers with a distinguished membership consisting of Lawson Purdy, chairman; H. H. Murdock, secretary; Darwin R.

James, Raymond V. In-gersoll, Hubert F. Breltwieser and L. C. L.

Smith, who was subse the northwest corner of Berkeley world, whose natural beauty does secretary of the Brooklyn Real Es-tau Rnarri for many years and he is Place, and Is near the Montauk Club. have passed out of the picture. It should be remembered that the properly planned subdivision or building operation of today may be one of the most industrious officials as high in some parts as 120 feel above sea level, overlooking the entire Manhattan skyline. Transportation has been greatly improved in this section during the past few vears bv a bus line nnerabvt hv the quently succeeded by John J. Hal- leran.

Harold Rlegelman, who was Authorize Razing. of the organization. He visits ine board room in the Brooklyn Cham-ber of Commerce Building four or flv times a week to chat with Ar come the suburban city of tomorrow. Building restrictions should provide counsel to the State Commission, Woodslde Astoria Transportation Of Elevated Road continued as voluntary counsel to for a minimum size and type of thur Gelston, executive secretary, company, running through the Dronertv tn thn subway Wnndsfda the committee. The Commissioners of the Sink fade with the setting sun but takes on new values of picturizatlon as the thousands of electric lighted cathedrals of finance of lower Manhattan blaze out into the night.

Considering this casually one might be inclined to dismiss it as superficial, but if one studies the problem one sees this combination of natural' and artificial beauty gives variety to the life of the Heights, and variety of conditions means inspiration. As a city planner," concluded Mr. Benson, "I defy any one to show an equal in any part of the whole city to Brooklyn Heights." station whir.h 1s a sta-minut ride. wwaai home, with definite requirements as to good architecture. Provision should be made requiring all houses and to keep in touch with the affairs of the board.

Mr. Goldey is full of the enthusi ing Fund have authorized Controller ii i Joint City Bill Introduced In January, 1930, the City Ad This property is located less than Charles W. Berry to advertise the sale and removal of the elevated asm and spirit of youth and no 2D minutes irom Mimes square oy bus and subway. ArrnrrHnc tn rtlnns nf the Rnard of railroad spur In E. 34th St.

between to set well back from the street. There should be in evidence a weU thought out plan of landscaping for each development. It should 3d Ave. and the East River, Man battan. Transportation of the City of New ministration launched a program of amendments intended to break down generally the restrictions upon the freedom of the city to set up standards substantially under those fixed by the State law.

Of all the amendments proposed in the 1930 Legls- This action was taken by the include parks, playgrounds, well paved streets, good drainage and xorx, a suDway wui oe duui airecuy through 65th Place (Hyatt Platoon fmm the ter Sinking Fund Commissioners after matter how dull the times are he detects prosperity Just around the corner. He is especially Interested In the affairs of the young members of the realty board and is always ready to give them the benefit of his long experience in the real estate business. He is still active in his brokerage business and, while a plea for early dismantling of this structure was made by J. J. Hackett plenty of shade trees, with sucn general conditions favorrfble, indi minal of the new Queens subway at secretary of the First Avenue lature, only those became law which I had the approval of the Multiple Dwelling Law Committee.

A similar Harry A. Cotter The New York Title i Mortgage Company has promoted Harry A. Cotter, now in charge ctf mortgage sales in Brooklyn, to the position of assistant to the head of the company's Jamaica office. A native of Brooklyn, Mr. Cotter has been connected with the New Yorjc Title Mortgage Company for 18 years.

As assistant secretary he has been in the mortgage sales dtipartment for several years. He is well known vidual landscaping of the home grounds is encouraged. Association, who said that a large- Broadway and Roosevelt Aves, Jackson Heights to the Fresh Pond Road station of the Rldzewood sec scale building program on 34th St. The foregoing refers to tne newer east of 3d Ave. is being held in his favorite section Flatbush, he is an authority on the realty values throughout the borough.

tion of Brooklyn. and more modern residential sections. Many of the larger suburban abeyance pending demolition of this spur. The First Avenue Association ATLANTIC BEACH DEALS Mr. Ooldey is deeply religious and cities that sprang up before tne has been advocating its removal for Paul D.

Stewart, as broker, sold very broadminaea ana Deiieves in the brotherhood of man. He has over a year. January Sales Ahead of 1930 Brady, Cryan Sc Colleran, developers of Massapequa Park, L. announced yesterday that sales for the month of January were 22 percent ahead of total sales in January, 1930. "Despite weather or season," said Mr.

Brady, "activity at Massapequa Park has been kept at a high level." Another home at Massapequa Park was sold last week. The buyer was Miss Margaret Mary Riley of llanhattaa. for William Helna to James J. Carroll a house on Fulton At helped the advancement of churches of all denominations in Flatbush situation seemed likely to recur this year, but the committee, through its counsel and its secretary, exerted every effort to Induce the City Administration to submit a program which, so far as possible, would have the joint support of the Administration and of the committee. A high degree of success attended this effort, the fruits whereof are embodied in the so-called Joint-City bill, introduced by Senator Bernard Please turn to Page I present era of city planning and zoning laws became popular, and before the streets and main highways were taken over by automobiles, are undergoing the throes of traffic congestion from evil effects RIDGEWOOD LEASE William H.

Goldey move to the district and aiding them in their efforts to find a home in a section he believes to be the finest in the city. When he first came to Flatbush the population of the district was less than 10,000. Today the population is about 600,000, and and watched their churAes growj Tankoos, Smith St Co. have leased lantic Beach. L.

I. The property is in he restricted section and is valued at $15,000. Mr. Stewart also In athletic and social circles, is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Brooklyn Reaa Estate Board and the Rotary Club. Mr.

Cotter's duties In Jamaica will be to assist the vice president, James for a client to the Glendale Fame front small frame places of worship to handsome, huge stone or brick edifices. For 42 years Mr. Goldey House Dress Manufacturing Company, Joseph Radin, president, of improper city planning. As a rule the difficulty Is encountered chiefly sold for Lorraine Hartshorn two lots tn "-prt O. Bull, who nreviously purchased through Mr.

Stewart on of the Atlantic Beach residences. has been an active Flatbush real he says he hopes to live to see it G. DeBfvoUe, specializing tin sales 1 the large store at 54-29 Myrtle i Please tura to Page I estate broker, encouraging people to each 1,000,000. Ridgewood. promotion activities, i.