New-York tribune., 1897-08-29
OF INTEREST TO WHEELMEN
TIE HOFFMAN BOULEVARD AND FORREST
PARK AGAIN.

A DELIGHTFUL RIDE TRoI JAMAICA ID Nh"
TOWN PROGRESS or THE WORK on fNs'-
rry PARKWAY EXTENSION -FIFrEENTH
AVE AND THE OLD SOUTH ROAD.
In view Of the prevailing ignorance that appears
10 exist among Brooklyn riders regarding the hon-
man RoulevarJ recently referred TO ~ this column.
n is I'm order D make fGI cher mention OF H.
1t is as good Il road as Is 10 be found on Long
Island. and runs through an Interesting country
The traveller toward Jamaica alcng BroadWhE
comes at Dun:on. about three miles from the ''F
lire. to Van Wyck-lvc. Turning lefi on ms d d
ride OF half mile or thereabouts Drngs ie MN ~
Jamaicaa ave- few rods from one oi the & anu,hn ,hn,
tolgates. ON the opposite sid" oi T,ni,
is called the WILLIAMSBURG Road ,nacadainlz"I, dl
Forcst Park Further ON this becomes Metropol-
itan-ave. TO the east Of the tollgate a irW ions,
RomIevsSrd which is the direct route from Jamaica
TO NewtoWn II passes the terminal moran"
means NJ steep as those Oh he road from Jamaica
to Flushing This boulevard was improved Wuhln MIN
per cent grade Uhat H. a rise Of three feet in
one hundreo) took in the minds Of the respoi,-
morous evidences in the cutting down OF hills OF
the efforts made to provide easy eran',h' :,Gwn ,
without discomfort although ne upGdanes nn v Is the
in both directions Thee are me y1c"S ,, me had
The Hoffman boulevard ends ~ N,Ma",csilv NV ~ a
n,% 90 Fa m the boundary Of Long
Island City
Just before reaching New;owp the rider secs
road leading TO the lof; barred by ran
bearing the words Road closed" THIS Is Irotti"s
Course Lane. the direct road between 'hiN rss'o,
and Wcodhaven 1t is now being maca'"'n'N'" ',D
Is unriGabc for mile. When finished 1t VIII NC
the shortest smooth route between Nevfown "I,o M,
brooklyn This road passes through foIesI aiM, r
crossing MetTOp0it'n-aNc on the WAY. 5'mm r~d 10
who so out into the region mere fnIrntins
may ~ well take glanc" a. IA" ,, ~,
Of Forest Park Three Erooklyn ridctS Gr' Lr"9
last Sunday, Of them having pirFl91Hhk oI Is
there TO say that the other Two were o'i'tu'." =,
to put ii mildly. II was simple rcVcl.a,Gpn ~ ~
e he eude i Who had given hcln much rleasggre
Turning cast from Metropo!i'an,aVr.' IN mvS EASTERN
made their way to the horseshoe near IN ,;rw
end OF the new park and enjoyed nc nnr , f,,,"
which it affords Of Flushins ana frn,l frnns,rl,5mizci
road brought them back 20 Metropoian-AFe am am
irnnS n,d 10 the West and taversed the backbone OF
Long Island along which the I1'k ,nr on the
extensive views to south and east ana w. Lt,d77
nfcent but the refreshing breeze on ln. BE-
coolest place in Brooklyn From this poln' Iain9, i,
Bay il spread out at ones f""t th' "'," II,i''r
and Manhattan Reach he plainly Srcn; amd on IN
9r cesr AIR ,,c nc eye i6 rong soach a. soon For
est Park is brought within easy fo" n,nssnt The
II will bc visited by thousands. ~ Pt'i IL, H., In
road through The park is not macadamiZcd Dul IN
dry weather It can be ridden wlthou' H"'"
4 paragraph was recently pTlhieu NV
Brooklyrite who wished to take his bicycle 10 'h'
Albany dav boat. and who crossed the Roosevelt
st. ferry rode mp Roosevcltst and Park i'o"' '','
then down ChamberS-st. to reach the "SP''''
strps in IIudson-st which brought him larry c'o'
to the pier that WAS his objective point; ana the
question was asked whether he took the best route
Tho question was referred to a wcll-informed New
Yorker whose first remark was ;hat N 'he P'''
ent tine the Brooklyn might 20 up i'oose'e''
hall
since the experience mentioned But sh'n me-
your friend should not have turned on f"rk it1"
he ought to havc gone up BaXtei-st; 70 t ~ -
Points region and then taken me aap,,ai, ~ .rtrr
St which would have brought hlm OUT o, ~
St about two blocks from Chdmbefs-sl ~" '. ."'
ard West Broadway Is pretty rouen. re .o".u
SIyG HGen 2'2aea an up py TO E2osdway thcn north
short block 20 Dey-st.. ana down tndu uU.I ~ hot,
Hromghi him om the Hgdson-st strips with riding
on granite bio ks ony between i,uahg anu & -
seems to me that il were going to this point from
Brooklyn / should cross the Twenty-third-sl i@"rrS @
down Eich;h-ave and Hudson-st. Still, this W9uid
not make 50 short ride and that understand Is
the point Of the inquiry.
The people who have been putting up complaints
about the condition Of Glenmore lave. may rejoice
in the prospect that the Eastern Parkway hN'eh-
sion is rapidly approaching completion. Both the
macaGamizing and the aspha.ting on the western
trouble it is possible now TO ride over the new
parkway from Pitkin-avc. to Bushwick-ave. East
OF Bushwick-ave large quantities OF brick nave
been delivered. and the setting OF the curhs'ohes
was begun last week one of the drawbacks 10 TINS
route foi biryclists Is that the fairoad ud'hS u!
Atlantic-ave. will have to be crossed at grade Hut
Brooklynitcs living in hopes that In two or three
years the railroad Will be removed from inc sur
face Of that avenue. and then TINS nuisahGe VIII ~.
done away with there as well as ~ BcdiGrd-4vt Nv Al
the same time 1t should he femenbei'u tn't ~ ~
more-aVc. il is necessary TO cross the Hafd OF me
railroad company and the tracks of The Manhatian
Beach division and the Canarsie kailroau' ana
these almost as great a nuisance as the At
lantic-ave. railroad itself
one OF the disaSreeabIe tnihgs that tnost ldhins
the route viii escape i the BrownsVllle dis
rict. which is depressing and unpleasant In the *
treme. In year or two II viii be seen that me
G'cnmOl e-ave. Improvement was only temporary
nakeshifi ana II VII ia ln,o dShs' nr 11. W
poor road to be built where good one was de-
manded.
Work on the 1Iarway-ave. bridge has AZ last been
started and the contractors declare that they will
lose no time in getting the bridge completed Tina,
Is good news for the cyclists OF the metropolitan
district Furthermore the proceedings for grading
and i looks as i he two Iie,es ot work would 80
late in thc lail. Thi~ route cannot be used TO any
large extent before next spring bat 1t is certain 10
be popular as soon as opened.
Every one who has ridden up Ff;eenih-ave from
Gravesend Bay has noticed. reaching Forty
sevcnth-st.. that beyond that point the avenue il
scarcely used at all. and II be has felt curiosity
orough 20 TO the end or. rather. the begin
ming a few hundred yards from Forty y-soyenth-st..
he must have wondered on what principle the work
Of macadamIzng done tAcIc. The avenue
starts in the middle OF field. ana there is lat
oral street until Forty-scVcnh-st. IS reached. Near
the starting point there is farmhouse. and from
the Ian" leading In 10 u there are evidences thdt
the macaddm has been driven owe" 10 small ex-
tent although IL is little worn down. For the few
rods between the lane and the place whore the
macaddm begins IL may he described virgin soil
as there is scarcely sign that vehicle Of any
kind has passed over H. II Is 4 curious illus
ira tion of the WY things were done under the town
ro1crnmont OF Newt 'r"chf. when the contract for
this work vas made. Some time in TIE future the
now unused mlcadam win be OF advantage to the
neichbOrhoo and probably u will hc carried stlll
IA no ror,n Efffe.nfh-uy. l.. 4 nt