New-York tribune., 1899-06-05
vANDERVEER PARK HOMES.
OWNED. AS RULE BY THE
WHO OCCUPY THEM

"A PLACE WHERE THRIFT is ENCOURAGED %
RESULTS AND THERE ARE NEITHER
M11IJoNAIREs NOR PAuPERs
yonderveer Park is an ideal spot Tor ho'"e'
waking by men of moderate means Oh '
No man there is either a millionaire or paN
All live in comfort own their own ho,ne' -
haya "e,how room" In land, a garden pio'' o'e"-
s,rsb,ne and pure air. The old idea aoou'
non,s house being his castle is splenoid' "'u'
,ra,ed IN yanderveer Park ownership 10 w
k,ngshp Of man, and possession means Nv, o'
nine points in law. but also spirit Oh iee,.'
nride and independence what is equN"
the socalled middle class IN England uuooeu ~
Iabouchere az the backbone OF that eo'S'"''
80. 10 found within the environment OF pct
uresque Vanderveer Park Inere 'o"''
s,rg common sense in living the rule anu
everybody is happy. Thrift Is 'ne sp"' .h
ownership the spirit that sends men 10 sucN
- voraarveer Park Real estate agents
ON, that way say that the park can be reacheu
<ro,, efteen 10 twenty minutes earlier from the
CIV Hall than similar localities In Mahna''a"'
II ,s their belief that after ntercommunicatioh
has heen increased between the boroughs oi
Manhattan and Brooklyn by means OF ne"
bridges. tunnels and better surface rairoau
,ransportation all the unoccupied terr'tor! Vi
this borough will soon be taken up py perso"e
anxious TO own their own homes ana 10 ee'
away from the heat and turmoil res'ricleo ao
commodations and congested districts OF the
heart Of Greater New-York
cuch nersons are focking to Vanderveer PARK
hecause II is easy of access. splendidly situated
IN the old town of Flatbush. and oners 10 set
tiers all modern Improvements. The park mas
been in the possession Of the VanderVeer lainh9
for more than two hundred years the lana Ies
within the boundaries of the Twenty ninth,
Thrtieth and Thirty second wards wi'hih
"s,one's throw" Of Prospect Park. In five years
Il has increased 800 per cent in value Pur-
ohasers OF property in Vanderveer Park VINO re-
oeyed only 31h per cent on deposits in savings
banks have realized as much as lOo per cent on
their investments in the park lands
Frank Girard. one of the most popular real
estate agents of Vanderveer Park said yester-
dav that man who three months ago had
bought several lots in the park for S32oo re-
csntiv received an offer of 5000 for them. Mr..
Girard said that then he had only few lois for
sale While the land was practically ursettled
The acreage lot costs from S275 upward, but the
terms of payment are easy Monthly .jayments
OF S. or so are required and for casf down
discount Of 10 per cent is allowed: While even
better ARRANGEMENTS may be made with the
agents or spectators. ,.
Water. gas. perfect drainage. stone walks
shade trees and every modern accommodation
titled free Of charge. TO guaranteed titles by tne
Title Guarantee and Trust Company OF New
York, which has capitalized surplus Oh
S3.000.GU. -.
The Germania Real Estate and Improvement
COMPANY which is in charge OF VanderVeer
Park offers the following terms OF payment
Ten per cent Of the purchase price payapie
on signing Of contract. and balance payapie III
monthly instalments. or when 90 per cent Oh
purchase money has been paid by instaiments
the balance Of 20 per cent may be secured py
bond and mortgage at per cent for three year. .
Cash purchase insures a rebate OF lO per cent.
In the last three years 5SJ2 lots nave peen
sold and four hundred houses costing from
50 200 TO $4,000. have been erected IN tne pa n
For a single fare this fine SUBURBAN ois'lict
may he reached by the troley-car from the
CITY Hall in forty minutes: from the local po,
ouch Hall in twenty-five minutes; from broao-
way and the Twenty thrd-st. ferries IN tnHN
minutes and In fifteen minutes from the Ihr'y
ninth.st ferry. Vanderveer fark may De
reached by the Flatbush- ave. troley-car me
from Fulton Ferry and Brooklyn Bridge ana
from the Grand-st. and Roosevelt ST ierries u!
wsy OF Marcy-ave.. or Nostrand- ave trolley
lines: from Greenpoint by way or Lorlmer-s'.
from the Thirty -ninth-st. ferry ny the NASSAU =.
Railroad and all trolley lines leading 10 frospeo'