New-York tribune., 1899-06-08
BROOKLYN NEWS.
BOROUGH PARK BEAUTIES
A CHARMING HOME SITE FOR MEN OF
MODERATE MEANS.
ONLY ONE OF THE MANY ATTRACTIVE PLACES
WHICH HAVE BEEN CREATED FROM THE
oLDTIME WASTE AND FARM LAM


WHICH HAVE BEEN CREATED FROM THE
oLDTIMB WASTE AND FARM LANDS.
There are so many inviting residential sections
and places open for settlement in Brooklyn that
the question Of selection assumes the dignity
and perplexty Of problem. Stretching ocean
ward vast tracts Of land which up TO few
years ago had retained their primitive appear
ance. The fields and forests and hills were then
as nature had fashioned them. but since then
mans labor and genius and the inveterate, In
quisitive and ubiquitous trolley car have changed
the scene, and the old fields and waste lands
have been made beautiful with an ever-ncreas-
ing home life and contrasts in architecture
which are pleasing to the eye and gratifying to
the taste.
one of the most charming Of these districts is
that which includes Borough Park and lies
within the territory stretching from Forteth-st.
TO Sixty -fourth-st., and from New-Utrecht-ave.
to Eighteenth-ave.
This district has been artstcally laid out with
lawns. gardens squares, shade trees. shrubberies
and hedges. The streets have been graded
curbed and tagged. Water and gas have been
provided and work on an excellent sewerage
system will soon be under way. when conteh-
plated improvements have been made all the
streets VIII be mdCdOdfllIeu lHcSt Stitt'' 9"
broad and in time each side will be lined with
shade trees. BY a wise system or restriction
and an intelligent policy OF exclusion the main
tenance OF the present social STANDARD IN tniS
district is assured. No saloons are permitted
stores are restricted to a certain avenue. two
family houses are prohibited, houses must De SET
back twenty feet from the street line ana sldDles
sixty feet to the rear OF the houses' the latter
must not fall below certain standard IN size
and architecture.
The ground is between seventy ana elghty
feet above the level Of the sea. the air is pure
and bracing, and the Views OF Manhattan. the
harbor and the ocean vary in their maghih-
cence and beauty
There is club which has membership of
1870 and n comfortable home in the Queen Anne
style Of architecture: several athletic ana soclal
clubs and in the winter season many enter
tainments are given. There is also a choral
union and n Masonic lodge Is in the early stages
of formation. Both the Methodists and Episco-
palians have parishes and churches, ana the
public school at Thirteenth-ave ana Forty
eighth-st. gives accommodation to one thou-
sand pupils
Within the last year more than two hundred
houses have been erected in the district and
one thousand lots sold to residents OF the city
For lots $25 Is required on deposit and the bal.
ance must he paid in monthly instalments OF
$40 Five per cent discount is allowed for cash
II the purchaser desires he may after he has
paid one-half of the purchase price. take a
deed Of the premises and give mortgage Tor
three years for the other half at per cent per
annum. Every deed Is guaranteed by one OF
the strongest title guarantee and trust com
panies in the country. Property here mas
doubled and trebled In value in few
years. and everything indicates that II Is certain
10 go up by leaps and bounds while prosperity
lasts and men Of moderate means are desrous
OF owning their own homes in a country dis
trict close to the city and near all the popular
seaside resorts.
II the dream Of equality becomes possible Of
realization. its advocates will find in this charm
ing part Of Brooklyn that health and comfort
and uniform system Of economic and social con-
dtions. with ownership in land and OF homes
which they desire 10 the world over