New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-20
WHERE IS YOUR HOME!
MORE HINTS ABOUT THE HOUSE PROBLEM.
SUGGESTIONS ABOUT THIS CITY AND ATTRACTIVE
SUBURBS.

| SUGGESTIONS ABOUT THIS CITY AND ATTRACTIVE
| SUBURBS.
Folsom brothers, real estate and insurance brokers
at No. 500 Broadway. say that the real estate
kct is not specially brilliant at present but tina, they
doing considerable business in certain lines Of
| the trade. 1--WE find lots OF good tenants for
~ 900 flats. but there are not enough such places
to supply such demand We have plenty Of
81 800 TO $4,000 flats In the central part the city,
but people do not seem TO 10 pay such price.
Money Is not tight, but for other
the people have suddenly become economical, and
refuse to lease high priced apartment But people
will live in NewYork For the price paid for two
rooms IN Ncw-NOrk family could get whole house
in Brooklyn, but they will not 90 across the river.
| Near Central Park, the West side, there
are many desirable flats in modern apartment houses
where there steam heat, elevators, and hall
| boy service, for only $50 month, but tenants are
! not coming along fnst they ought to to grab
them up. some people i'll New-lorlI don't know OF
the good things they can get ont near Central Park
The rents for the summer this year are cs
pecially low in some Of the new apartment houses
Folsom Brothers are also handling some suburban
property. and they speak highly of the advantages OF
some suburban towns 1t is an error said Mr.
! Folsom. for some people to say tina. none OF the
| suburbs supply the best that the land affords The
pulpts there are filled with scholarly and we'll known
men; the most thoroughly equipped and mod
| ern schools are situated there and in fact all
|
disposal of all who can afford them. one Of the
! most important advantages Of suburban life, TOO
city life, to those Of moderate means Is mat Oh
Identity. 1t is a wcllknown fact that unless you arc
Il man Of considerable wealth in New->o ORR III! you
have especial identity, particularly II you I've III
nat or apartment where OF the hundreds who pass anu
repass daily perhaps not one knows OIL your
This Is matter Of considerable Importance ho' Oily -
the wife and family Of every man, but TO tDc ma"
himself If You own or rent house III some des'I"Ol'
town like Nutley Heights in Essex County, New-JcrseS
| or at other places could name. man can at once
establish his identity. Your house there, no matter
how modest. syOur castle, and You have an indVidn
atty. Every one in the neighborhood knows who you
| and takes an interest in you and yours WHO"
being recprOcatcd establishes delightful social circle
| that makes life worth living and distinguishes II rom
mere existence. The almost impossible barrier be
| tween the rich man and the man Of moderate means
docs not exist in suburban towns as In large cues
! and many a young man has made acquaintance who
have given him start the road to prosperity that
! he could have made in n large city where lil'
social opportunities restricted by his Income
| Every young married Of moderate means who is
Just starting in life should take advantage Of what
suburban life affords Most desirable houses and lois
can be bought on easy payments at Nutley Heights,
which is only a short ride from New YORK. Nutlcy
Heights forms Of the foothills Of The Orange Noun
tans. 1t lies between the Pasaic and Third Rivers,
and is only miles from the City Hall. People
city affords and the pleasures Of the suburbs com
| biued."
Winant GOadby, real estate and loans, at No. 800
Madisonavc., say that the sales Of residence property
fair, and that the time to purchase lots for build
ing purposes the side OF Central Park Is the
present. The firm Of Winant d Goldby has handled
considerable property for sale in that district from
sixty irsst up between Filth and Madison ayes for
about real estate there any other firm in the city.
but line s PP s Gr fsT ae there Il he'd a. Mr. h %a
yesterday Property there Is rapidly advancing. That
TSe 6n % the N Se a Gf s peop viii H ever
live there No one can make All error IN buying resi-
Charles Buck & Co.. the real estate dealers at
Columhu.-ave and Seventy second 81 ~ay that there
that ' ihe s are r SS fynd ter ' sxpecadn. for
this time Of the year. The Oyerpiu, 81 houses and
apartments has been cut down. said Mr. Buch yc,eI-
day. and the vacant building, rapidly hnlng mp.
There has not been much building in This locality for
the last six months and that makes the difference.
There is su crying need f,r rapid transit far
out as one hnndedtlist. and beyond"
firm and that business this year Will De active.
They are renewing al the old lease, on about the
same terms, and are finding tenants for the unOccupcd
places.
me number, Of actual sales "a the rcal estate
market have been compaIatvelY few during the
week, owing, say the brokers. to the weather. bur.
nevertheless The tone Of the market has been g9od
and many Important negotiations are pending when
were simply DELAYED and kept of the weeks record.
Of william simpson. in mo Annexed District showed
tie confidence Of small investors there for they Ouihd
n We're 1rS @d at IN H9dG figure aSs s 9%oT Of n% 2
west corner Of 1hrdave. and one hundcdand-f forty
sixtl-st., 19.0X1CO brought S:!9jOO. John T..
Brodsby on Wedne-day bought seyenstory brick
Nat, G6.2 feet in Fourhst. 508 feet In Christopher,
81 feet in Grove and 10 on the Inside line. i)r
100000: and fvc-story hat. 2Gxs2 2x97x7G1O.
Nos ~ Christopher and 90 Grove st.. for $4,000.
story building at the southwest corner Of Broadway
ard ii -penard-St for $40 David l.. ElnSt"n
has purchased Of Ravens Winter the sXstOry brick
warehouse. 0sX10O on the wcst side Of Woo,tcrst.
north OF Houston for about $1,000. II pur-
l Dr Il ~
price i an advance of SIG,OOO what II odd for
Two years ago. The owners Of Puck" have bought
four houses on plot 7JXG7 the north side Of
Icrsey-st Mulberry. adjoining property already
| Owned BY item John Williams has pun ella ed tho
| northwest corner Of BrOOmc ard Crosby st~. for
800 900 Francis p. Burke has sold for $4,000 four
lots on the north side Of ntv-,econd ST. east Of
| west End ave-: and T. \. Libby has sold 10 Is. u.
WalIacl Nos. 42 u 124 East Eighty ,ythst.. seven
four story brick terements @3X1oo each, for 100000