New-York tribune., 1899-06-10
BROOKLYN NEWS.
IN THE BEDFORD DISTRICT,
A SECTION WITH STATELY HOMES AMID
LUXURIOUS SURROUNDINGS.
ST. MARK's-AvE. AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WEALTH
AND CULTURE CAN ACCoMPL1sH-wELL-
KNOWN PEOPLE WHO HAVE THEIR
ABoDEs THERE.

KNOWN PEOPLE WHO HAVE THEIR
ABoDEs THERE.
There is a close relation between dollars and
politics The former have made many infiuen-
tal politicians and the latter have made many
dollars. Combined. they have won noteworthy
victories in city. State and Nation. With the
accumulation of wealth man almost Invariably
improves his surroundings. builds or rents
better home for himself and sometimes, even
at the cost OF losing his pull in his old dis
trict the politician who has become wealthy
moves into a more fashionable residential dis
trict. This is especially true of the Bedford
section. which lies within the boundaries OF the
Twenty third and Twenty-fourth wards Nearly
all Of the wealthier and many of the more prom
inent Democratic and Republican politicians In
Kings County live in the Bedford section as
well as a large number OF merchant princes ana
men celebrated in the professions.
In this section there are many stately man
sions and splendid homes. surrounded by great
shade trees and fine gardens in spacious
grounds. with fountains and statues. and the
bloom and beauty OF the Conservatives There
Is hardly any limit to the cost OF houses mere
They are valued at from So. 900 to 100000 and
upward. These fine detached homes are In ST.
Mark's-ave., and extend probably for mile.
from Bedford-ave. to Albany-ave. They have
an average frontage Of one hundred feet or
more. and are mostly in the Queen Anne style
OF architecture although many suggest the
solid and stately colonial type. They are built
on ground two or three feet or more above the
grade of the street and surrounded by
stone copngs. fancy iron fences. or a single
railing in iron or bronze. with fine entrances TO
paths winding through lawns or carefully tend
Ou-ar these
houses are OF brownstone or white marble
Abraham Abraham Of Abraham q Straus'
drygoods merchants has fine house at No
500 St Mark's-ave. other beautiful homes in
St Mark's-ave. are those OF J. E. Sesrles. jr,
Charles B. Hobbs. Sheriff Frank d. Creamer
ex-Postmaster Andrew T. Sullivan. Henry
Hentz and Adolph, Schwarzman. Indeed. all
houses in the avenue, in furnishings and archi-
lecture are on a magnificent scale-splendld
monuments TO the head and hand OF man ana
the mark -
In this district there are probably more public
institutions than in any other OF the same area
in the country. Here are the Brooklyn orphan
Asylum, ST. Johns Hospital St Johns Roman
Catholic Home St Mary's Hospital. the How
ard Home the Brooklyn Nursery the training
School for Girls. and other institutions the
trustees or managers of these institutions
bought land in the Bedford section when II
was wilderness, and this accounts for the
number Of hospitals and homes there, and Is
tribute TO their foresight Since then land has
doubled and trebled in value. great deal or
the land In this district is held by wealthy men
who are awaiting the initiation Of the long-con-
templated Atlantic-ave Improvements.
They have some hope OF living To see the sur
face steam railroad removed from Atlantic-ave
and it's place taken by underground railroad
or an elevated railroad or both.
In the Twenty fourth Ward part of this dis
trict there are a great number of fine and COM
Portable homes. especially in Hancock. Balm
bridge and McDonough SITS. and Stuyvesant-
ave. They are generally in rows Of brownstone
Land is so valuable there now. and the locality
is so desirable and in such great demand. that
builders and land owners prefer for business
reasons to build rows instead Of detached houses.