New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-23
NEAR THE TRADE CENTRE.
ATTRACTIVE HOME SITES IN THE HEART
OF THE BOROUGH
WITHIN SOUND OF THE ROAR OF BUSINESS AND
FEW MINUTES OF THE BRIDGE AT REA-
sONAnI.E FIGI-REs As 10 COST.

FEW MINUTES OF THE BRIDGE AT REA-
soNABLE FIGURES AS To COST.
It is unnecessary to go to the outskirts or
suburbs OF Brooklyn TO obtain fine houses or
comfortable homes. In the heart Of the Dor
ough there many attractive residential dis
tricts. For men who have not fortune. a large
income or a good salary, inducements for home
making just as great they are for men
Of wealth. OF course. in the older parts OF the
borough outside Of what is called the fashion
able districts you may not see an army OF lv-
cried servants or we'll appointed equipages
rolling UP to the owners or occupants doors,
but you may see every element OF respectable
ty, devoid Of frippery, gold trimmings and all
evidence Of the habitations OF the children Of
leisure. There are to be sure, some Of the old
families still here who cling to their old home
steads. and, in spite of change and the lsove-
ment @! society leaders to the new abodes OF
wealth and fashion near lovely Prospect Park
and elsewhere believe that there is no home
like the old home but for the most part the
streets in the city proper are rapidly filling up
with the earnest workers OF greater New-fork'
who making homes for themselves in quiet,
respectable neighborhoods.
Such place may be found in a square bound
ed by SchermerhOrn, State. Bond and Hoyt SITS
Within the lifetime Of men still comparatively
young this district was peopled by families
who had bank accounts and a leaning toward
fashion. They moved away by and by. and
clerks. young business and professional men
Just starting in life succeeded them. The
houses in this square are mostly Of brownstone,
two or three stories high. with basement, al
though in the last five years many homes IN
brick red or white and few imposing apart
ment houses like that at Hoyt and state SITS
have been erected. In many respects this neign-
borhood resembles some OF the streets on the
West Side in Manhattan. where rows OF brown
stone houses with their high stoops ana IRON
rallied areaways form the prevailing type OF
architecture.
Many Of these houses in this part OF Brooklyn
are covered with climbing vines the streets are
asphalted and great old trees nod their kindly
heads at the windows. This district Is easier
OF access than almost any other desirable resi-
Dental section in the borough, as II Is WITHIN
five or ten minutes ride from the Bridge or the
Wall-st or Fulton ferries This OF course,
leaves the Heights out Of consideration. II lies
in the rear Of the great department stores, and
is within easy reach OF churches. places OF
amusement and all the public buildings Men
Of thrift and prudence. who Ike and know how
TO live comfortably have made their homes
here. and for such a class who contemplate
crossing from Manhattan to Brooklyn 70 take
apartments or a house this district offers un-
usual advantages.
This is also one Of the great boarding house
districts Of Brooklyn-probably the greatest
and here those who obliged by circumstances
find excellent lodgings, with or without board.
as the small signs say, at reasonable rates. This
reference 70 rates is likewise true OF rentals for
apartments or houses