New-York tribune., 1899-06-13
BROOKLYN NEWS.
STUYVESANT HEIGHTS.
A DISTRICT GIVEN UP TO HOMES OF A
FINE GRADE
SOME OF rHB ATTRACTIONS OFFERED BY BUILD
ERs TO THOSE SEEKING BEAUTIFUL DWELL

SOME OF THE ATTRACTIONS OFFERED By BUILD
ERs TO THOSE SEEKING BEAUTIFUL DWELL
ING PLACES AT REASONABLE COST.
Everybody cannot live in the country. OF
course. and, indeed. were II not for extensive
systems of transportation az cheap rates. few
would be able 20 go there. even for day or
on short visit Circumstances social con-
ditions. business relations, the exigencies and
responsibilities OF our highly complex civiliza-
tion practically restrict men In their movements
and to a certain limited environment. The Trib-
une has told something about the beauties OF
the suburbs of Brooklyn. and OF the new homes
that are being built day by day beyond the
old city lines.
In the city proper. however. there are many
fine residential sections Among these is that
attractive district known as stuyvesant Heights
Its heart lies within the territory bounded by
Sumner and Reid aves. and Madison-ave and
Chauncey-st. within the confines OF the Twenty
third Ward. In these avenues and streets and
those which intersect them there are rows OF
stately houses In brownstone red and white
brick, with trimmings OF graystone, great broad
stoops and entrances artistically carved and ar
ranged. with stone copings winding around the
areaways. II is an admirable neighborhood
The ground is high. the streets are broad and
asphalted, and as clean as 1t is possible TO make
them; they are we'll lighted, tree lined, nearly
troleyless, and in every way are IN an excel
lent condition.
Take the northerly and southerly sides OF De-
catur-st in the best part Of this district 10
illustrate the class of houses open to rental or
for sale. All Of them have been built within
the last ten years. Then stuyvesant Heights,
now such beautiful residential district con-
sisted mostly OF vacant lots and a few houses
Of the old style Shrewd investors. real estate
agents and builders perceiving that Brooklyn
was bound to grow rapidly. bought the land.
erected houses with the best system OF santa
ton and having all modern accommodations.
In ten years one well-known builder has in
vested 100000 in building houses stuy-
vesant Heights Only recently he erected thirty
houses in Decatur-st.. between Lewis and Stuy
vesant aves These are equal in design. archi-
tectural detail and finish to any houses not in
the mansion class, in either Brooklyn or Man
haitian. These houses range in price from s11,
800 to $1,000 They are built Of carved Lake
Superior redstone. Connecticut brownstone and
Indiana limestone. They have octagonal bay
fronts. with box stoops. and are trimmed
throughout with hardwood. consisting OF quar-
tered sycamore, curly and straight birch and
and straight and quartered oak There are foy-
ers and regulation halls with or without ex-
tension dining rooms. The cellars paved
with artificial stone. the walls are OF buestone.
and by ingenious arrangement Of the win
dows each cellar is as bright II the walls
were Of glass instead OF stone and brick The
cellars contain wine closets for cold larder or
wine cellar. and are separated from the main
cellar by glass doors.
There is a dining-room in the basement, with
parquet floor; quartered oak wainscoting. man
tel. with tiled fireplace and gas CRATE, and there
are many closets dressers and a refrigerator.
with a altering apparatus.
In the kitchen there is range with a 40
rooms laundry with three porcelain tubs.
shute for soiled linen from the bathroom to the
tubs. and a laundry range.
There is a great entrance hall on the parlor
floor. which is done in quartered oak panelling
nine feet high. This floor has front and back
parlors. and a music room, divided from the
other rooms by covered screens. The back par
lor is octagona in shape, and has a closet book
case. mantel and an onyx fireplace and gas
logs. The whole floor has panelled base two
feet high, and is carved in cabinet trim. The
floors are inlaid; there is a dome ceiling, and the
chandeliers are OF the richest designs.
On the second floor there are two large bed
floor has bay windows. in which there semi
circular seats. The dressing saloons have pan
elled celllngS full-length dressing ana trlpncate
mirrors marble basins with oval decorated
bowls wardrobes. dressers, and on. The
bathroom is finished in white enamel and gold
The third floor contains four bedrooms, with
dressing rooms, closets. mirrors and mantels.
In the Stuyvesant Heights district rents for a
floor or apartments run from S25 to S75 a month.
according TO location and accommodations.
Some Of the steam heated apartment houses in
this section imposing and beautiful build
ings, with an eastern exposure. Apartments In
one OF the finest Of these houses, consisting OF
seven rooms and bathroom, all comfortably and
beautifully arranged and carved in oak, having
fine mantels. decorations and grill work, are
rented 10 adult families for from $40 10 $50 a
month.
There is no more desirable residential district
than Stuyvesant Heights. 1t is easy Of access,
and is in every way a most attractive neighbor
hood.