New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-10
RENTS IN BROOhLYN.
~ EMPLOYE.

NO GENERAL REDUCTION ANTICiPATED-CoNCEs-
s,ovs pROBtBIE WHERE HIGH RENTS ARE PAID
pRIcrs MUCH CHEAPER THAN IN THIS CITY
RATES N DIFFERENT PORTIONS OF THE CITY.
Tie subject of house rents in Brooklyn is of
interest 60 Workers who desire 10 live comfortably
on a moderate Income. To Who has never lived Ia
Hrookln the morning ard evening crossing in ferry
boat NAV seem far more annoying than ride OF m hour
or more in NcYOr car hu! residents OF Brook
lyp claim thoy find this annoyance OF few minutes
dnraon moro than compensated by the home adyan-
3aes which 70 sidcRce there affords. The encIncnhouse
system is almost wholly unknown and the percentage OF
Inhabitants to houses is considerably less than in this
civ being IN fact about midway between
tbe percentage IN New-York and in Philadelphia.
EIooiyn is some ines called the great doi9tory OF
W-York and tire j. not wholly inappropriate. II
l. pmphatitally city 81 home although more usually
spoken Of the City OF Churches " Has few hotels or
to.ters and while factories ANA warehouses border its
river front ard abound it, suburbs the greater part 0f
its extensive territory either bUilt with residences
or cut into civ lots upon which IL Is expected that
houses will time he erected The real estate market
there here feels the depression c0nfeque' uon
the hard tne but the real brokers generally
confident that better tunes are in prospect taid
ono pr0mincn broker, whose Office is IN Muatague-St,
10 a TRIBUNE reporter last week: believe that we
have "a acbcd the lowest point certainly expect to do
a good business this Spring, although II Is little early
10 predict how market viii stand. II ~ mistake 10
surp,se that good houses be rented anywhere IN
BROOKLYN at low figures. Now here on the flights
don't know Of any houses TO rent, cNcep, few old
fashioned oncs perhaps In the lower part Of Hcks-st,
and tucrc are not many for sale And the Hill.
Further ont there many vacant houses; pco
ulc have built houses in ANTICIPATION 81 rapid growth
! II the city. For instance around Prospect Park
ana in streets like Macon-s aud McDoEoueht. and in
Putnainayc there houses in abundance, but in the
more solid portions Of tne cy not 10 I've had in
good locations. ! don't anticipate any reductions IN
rents for next yca-. In few where there are
GOOD t,nonts there llay be small Revolutionary OF $50
or so-bat ~ general thing don't ezpcc rents to Ire
any lower. believe that II puts 100000 in prop
crty here using Of course he will realize good deal
The next four i've years. With the completion Of the
bridge there H. 10 he great activity the real estate
| market here. 4 great many people have prejudice
n.dust Terry boats, hut when the bridge Is finished
civ Hall will be az convenient 30 the NcwY0rk CITY
Eal as Canas. IS and all the. difficulty about crossing
FatbuslaYe. Will he cut through 10 tho rid 90 terminus
making at tnoroushfare the PRINCIPAL approach to the
bridge. EvCu now property on that avenue commands
good prices and when tho bridge Is completed people
! ing in Prospect and rark-paces. ST. MARKS SIXTH
and syen;aycs andthercahcuts expect that portion Of
tae ciIy become OF the most fashionable Cor
Rcnts here are certainly mach lover than across
ID, river and the ASSESSED valuations a. property
rot 20 h: ard these things tend To induce people TO
couaTCd with other parts OF Ito city, hut general
thing doesn't like 10 go there un'cs he is going
simply 0g low rents 10 he cure III fiisipiace and that
eiborEood rents are hS but II Is not so nearer TO
Anoihcr soriSgl.st broker said that houses on tho
Highs for rental were very scarce; the rents varied
from 81 900 10 $4,000 The best streets m the city
P,crrtront EcnIstn, and Columbia H;ht9, but houses
on them were hard to fad. He dad not expect
ducon in rcnts generally. There might be, however, in
! certain localities "a reduction of high rents. Houses
which ,;Cre 900 might 10 rented for 81 600, but
| in lower 7, nts there would he change. On the H
| rents RANGED from 1900 10 Sl.)oO aud 5000. For
$1,000 good browIsione honsc With y rooms could
hc had about 20 or % miuutc- ride from tc Fulton
Ferry Further out, in New YOrEaye. and that neigh
burhoud, rents were much cheaper
!, broker doing large business in The Eastern District
gayo lis opinion that rents il that portion OF the
CITY would not he much reduced lie thought that prices
hal GOT about low possible lssi year reductions
were made In order 10 secure euanis aud in
portions of houses were rciet 10 other fan
hes However, BE said harc might he a general ieduc-
ton. The best portion OF the Eastern District included
the Nineteenth and TLrteen wards ana III those limits
houses could be rented from 800 and 800 10 81 800
800 the latter rents being for fonr-story brown
stOnn FROM hUlscs In the very best localities. In good
nolcberhOOds ne had twostory brink honses, WITH all
tho modern Improvements, ~ as Low cure Us 800
or $40 Flats in Bcdford-aye could be obrined
for from e-yJ S35 "a month. This purt of Brooklyn
was very Convenient OF access 10 New by Of
th EooseyrJt street ana Grand Street Felres: all the
ie.t narts OF the Eastern District were within IS or 20
minutes walking. distance nom tho ferries, ana every
part also accessible by the numerous car lines which
| passed tho foot Of Broadway or terminated there.
south Brooklyn the best quarter l. not far from tho
intersection Of Fiithave aud NnIhst., rorgh both OF
which thoYoughfares lines run 90 the Hamilton,
South, Wall STREET Fulton aid Catailne Ferries From
this point the Hamilton Ferry IA distant about IL min
utes and the ride TO the Fulton Ferry occupies about
half Here rents are found cheaper than In other
parts ~ the city which more easily accessible. Mr.
KIN ball real estate broker, whose office Is AT Faye
and Snthst, snid that he anticipated no reduction In
re:s rur the Coming year. although IL too
determine whether or not tenants would continue 10
cupy their houses Few houses In that part Of the city
| rented for over $500. A brpwnstone front on
Mini ST. 10 be let for 5000 and ihreestory brown
He had recently offered to gentleman paying rent Of
~ 500 In tho upper part OF New-fOik brownst0no
house equally good IN South Brooklyn for $500 One Of
| Of residence it, convenience " the numerous
| lines running to Conoy Island