New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-30
A FINE ROADWAY DEMANDED
BROOKLYN's NEED OF A GOOD CONNEC-
TON WITH QUEENS COUNTY.
VARIOUS SOLUTIONS OF TIID QUESTION SUI
GEsTED-TAIK ABOUT RETURN PATH
FROM CONEY ISLAND.

FROM CONEY ISLAND.
The question OF providing a good ROAD lroi"
Brooklyn to the fine system OF roads IN queens
County continues 10 command attention. especial''
among the wheemen Of Brooklyn Thanks 10 the
Kings County Elevated Railroad. wheelmen can
reach Queens County without going over -FOUR or
five miles Of stone pavement. out II Is no zeal
crdit 10 the city that such a shift has 70 be made
by this large and growing class 81 Citizens AS Tor
those who drive. there Is for them no escape nom
the wearlsome pounding over granite BLOCKS anu
they should join heartily In the agitation wh'cn Is
going on.
1t is really most anomalous conlition OF things
which exists not only in the stretch OF territory
over which one must pass to reach he eastern unit
OF the city. but right at that point. Iibcrty-ave
practically ends at Elderts Lane; at least the
granite pavement stops there, and there Is sudden
change In the grade. The real city Inc Ecs MY
or sixty yards further east and I.berty-avc nctu-
ally extends into Queens County. Two Or three
rods to the left OF It begins the finely mara iamized
broadway. the western end OF which is marked. at
the line where Kings County and Queens County
begins by a barbed-w wire fence. West OF the 'ence
is a marshy place and then comes the slope up 10
the level. O. Eldert's Lane and Liberty-ave. The
situation Is strange that one who sees IL lot
the first time can scarcely suppress smile
Fortunately something Is soon to be done 10 I'M
prove II: and at the same time 10 Improve inc
existing connection between the other tw"stern)
end 81 L.berty-avc. and the Eastern BoueVard
Strangely enough. no authority existed 70 10 th's
necessary work without special appeal TO the Legis
la,ure. That body. however. passed at the recent
session a bill empowering the Commissioner OF Ci'y
Works to regulate grade and pave with such ma
,rral as he may deem best that part OF Broad
way In the Twcniy-sixth Ward lying between the
city line and Lihcrty-ave. also hat part OF LIB
erty-ave between broadway and the end OF the
granite pavement Liberty-ave.. and the
portion OF the Eastern Parkway between tn old
city line and East New-York-avc. for as much OF
the width thereof may bc necessary. also East
New-york-ave from Eastern Parkway to Doug
lass-st"
IMPROVEMENTS AUTHORIZED BY LAW
This means. In the first place. that connection
o. some sort is to be provided between the EASTERN
end o. Iiberty-ave. and what is known as the
blind end OF Broadway in the town Of Jcnai"a.
that II will no longer be necessary Tor wne'Imch
ride the sidepath beyond E.derts Lam, fnd
through sand and over hummorKs To
reach Broadway That will certainly he gain.
Then In the second place IT means that re pre-
cipious hill running down from the present ttrmi-
OF Eastern Parkway. which is dangerous riding
for any but experts. Is 10 he put In good con-
dition: and. in the third place that East Nev-i oTk-
ave viii be paved out 20 Douglass-st.. where the
granite pavcmen, now begins. and that riding on
the ioriuous sdcpath there. where experienced
be a necessity. \ number ot prcliminancs have
20 bo arranged however. before this work IN he
taken in hand II is known yet what sort
OF pavement Commissioner White VIII put down In
these places but II would seem 10 I've god place
TO try vtr.Aei brick
When all these things done some o. IN"
horrors OF the journey 70 queens County all be
mitigatcd. but tho long stretch o, Lhcrty-avo
Itself vii. remain. How can this be remedi'i'
Arainst covering the granite pavement on Liberty
ave. with asphalt or even asphalting trlp ATOMS
The side n, II. tho argument is brought forward
that a trolley railroad company has secured ne
right 20 lay tracks there. and that 1t will. IN the
near future become a railroad street That GER
,alnly is good reason FOR rot spending much
money in Improving It. What alternative 10 this
is there? Two or three have been suggested
THE EASTERN BOULEVARD EXTENSION.
Obviously the most important Is the extension
OF Eastern Boulevard 10 and beyond Highland
Park This work Is In charge o. the Park Commls-
sioncr bu, by OF lack o. funds 81 not "Hc.v
10 be taken IN hand az once. ~ tho best u would
require several years 70 complete H. The plan -
10 extend the boulevard from ~ present terminus
on a line nearly parallel With East Nea-York ave.
gradually curvlng northwar1. as FAR as stone ave .
20 go up Sionc-ave. ncnriy 20 Fulion-si. ard ihen
10 cut across 10 Vandervcer-si. which leads INTO
Bushaick-avc the line Of Hushwick cave Viii next
be followed IN order to cncircic The southeastern
end or Evergreen 'fnfl'iFf hii'i "H'H Wv ''''''-
vard-here called Highland boulevard on the now
est maps-will gradually ascend the hill 10 Highland
Park From Highland Park as already toll In
these columns. Two road~ays VIII lead through
Cypress HIS Cemetery 10 connect with the drives
IN the new park 10 the eastward. which. by the
way. is in all probability 10 bear the name -
Brooklyn Forest.
The scheme Is undenlably an attractive one. But
II is a long look ahead. a look OF a. least several
years Meartlne. what IL % be done; CIV Works
Commissioner White has suggested the possibility
Of making a good dirt road along tho street known
a. Eastern Parkway IA the Twrniy-siSth Ward.
cThis name - misleading Tho street Is tn a sense
or viii be wnen fully laid out. a continuation OF
the Eastern Parkway Boulevard. but there ~ no
intention OF preserving II as PARK roaI, ana ~
by the Kings county Elevated Railroad The
Aldermen might wsy 's ,Se name o this street.
Nr Whites suggestion is not without, merit. ana
he elevated railroad structure would be no serious
ohicc.ion from ,ac whcclman's point OF view
'WE ia rrho nerasionaliv drives out upon
six'h ms't, au "1,,y rosIs has another siir-
re mon 70 submit lie says that Gienmore,avc..
srhich lies between Tiheriy-ave and Eastern Park
way. nigh, be opened all nc way paved IN -, a
suitable manner. KEEP; free from railroad 'rackS
perpe,ualiy and maintained permanently as drye-
wav and whceiway 10 the eastern boundary o. the
city II there is any objection 10 ,n.s , ~ ~, ,h.
be made known. THAT something Oh VIC h''' ""S"'
TO be done is undcniaDlo.
Is A RETURN PATH FROM CONEy ISLAND
NEEDED?
Park Commissioner S4ucr has determined not
TO lay a brick pavement on the western roadway
Of the Coney Island Boulevard but TO put do"h
Arst-c mncalam. so AZ 10 make SURFACE s''.''
70 that on the west drive Of Prospect fark. ms
u,u ne admirable so far the wh"elmen are con-
ccrncd but will there not be great danger OF inc
road being injured In case heavy trucks are driven
on IT? A good macaiam roadway here VIII SOW"
tho question Of return path from the ISLAM II
n can be KEEP, I'm good condition, and reserved Tot
the use Of wheemen on Saturdays. SUNDAYS ana
holidays a member OF one OF he Oldest cN'i's
cluhs In Brook,yn who talking on this subject
n day or two ago, made these om'n"ntS ,,,
IL am not in sympathy with this IDEA OF puiliins
return cycle pain The properiy-oWners liohs tne
parkway and the people generally nave s"'le
,irhts On the boulevard. These rights were guar
aneed 10 them by law. one OF The sidewaiks r., ,hs
now becn surrendered 20 the exclusive use 81 IN"
whoelmen and vet they are not satisfied say
that the people who walk have some rights. as wei
W. W" ~ ,eonie cho ride Take the poor man who
goes out on Sunday for walk. ana goes down
the boulevard see the hne horses; ~ Is thc oniy
onnorfunity he has. | am convinced thnt IN" Walk
on the east side OF the mai drive shou'd ne Mp'