The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-21

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ohanios can build them. In this ward alone
there are more than q hundred buildings in
course OF construction. Practically all Of them
are homes.
Start In the trolley car from the bridge and
70 out toward Fort Hamilton and New Utrecht.
and the story Is the same. The farms are
transformed into town sites with fancy names.
and millions are being Invested in land and
new buildings. while the population 10 ~increas-
ing as fast as the houses can be built TO accom-
date the people. Dyker Meadow Park 10 out
there. and with II as a centre the country
around has blossomed with homes. In 1896
In this section there were 455 new build
inRs. nearly all OF them residences COM
pleted. In the fret four months OF the
present year 116 new buildings were
completed. and premits were Issued for 157
more. Give those figures time to digest and
you will realize what they mean. It might al
most be said that all these buildings are going
UP In sight Of one another. and you can see how
true is the statement that the noise OF the
street traffic is drowned by the clackine OF
the hammers In tho hands OF mechanics.
Borough Park is another spot out there
that is In process Of development. The farms
that It was have been cut up into 1000 city lots.
and in a years time 400 houses have been
planned and built. Dyker Heights lie another.
u ~ u Dcluk Dullt up dS luSt rs mOuty Chu
do 1t. Homewood is another. and Mapleton and
Bath Beach. The last is changing from the sum-
mer resort that II was and had been for Q hum
dred years to a populous own Of all-the-year-
round homes- Homewood Is being built UP BY
prosperous mechanics. who are building on the
rent-paying plan. and are moving their furni-
ture from the crowded tenements OF New York
to the comforts OF an individual house with q
yard for the children and with fresh air for
everybody. Homewood is another spot where
the noise Of the hammers browns the noise Of
the street traf1c.
The same story Of growth and building can
be told Of Van Pelt Manor and Bensonhurst-
by-the-Sea. It's build. build. everywhere. and
not speculative building either. Down Coney
Island way the story Ia the same. The acres
through which the half dozen steam railroads
carried the thousands Of visitors to Coney ISL
and a few years ago and which were then farms
are now feeling the effect OF the trolley devel-
opment. At Coney Island itself a new place OF
all-the-year-round homes is being built. It Is
called Sea Gate and restrictions shut out the
undesirable crowd. There Ia another town
near Sheepshead Bay called Home Crest and
it has been laid out only a few months: yet at
the present time there are fifty houses In
course OF construction. The Lindens and Oak
Crest are others.
lneb6 places tTldu uTe tOlu ABOUT are WlJnln
thlrty-ive minutes journey by trolley car from
the New York City Hall. and it costs 5 cents to
get to any Of them. There's the explanation OF
the development that they are undergoing.
They are all Of them within ten miles OF the
New York City Hall. That is to say. the ones
furthest away are AS near Ito the City Hall as
155th street on Manhattan Island. There are
others In as easy reach. such as Wildwood
Windsor Terrace. Fiske Terrace. Bay Ridge
Park. New Utrecht Park. Fort Hamilton. Rich
mond Hill. Woodside. Elmhurst. for instance.
and over in Queens county. where the develop
ment Is spreading, there are about as many.
All this development ia going on with only
one bridge over the East River. What will il
be when the two new bridges that Mayor Van
Wyck wants during his administrator are
completed 2 New bridges will bring some of
these places within fifteen minutes Of the
Manhattan side of the river. They will permit
OF the further development Of the trolley sys-
tenn. They will lessen the crush on the pres
ent bridge. They will relieve the crush OF
travel through the streets that now have to
accommodate 1t all and thus quicker time will
be possible by old routes as well as by new.
They will open new districts In Queens county.
and the fan will continue to spread in every
direction and 1t will all be one continuous
city-a city OF homes.
Any one who has any doubt about the char
acter OF the development that is going on need
only 60 to any OF the business streets in the
Borough OF Brooklyn. He will see there the
streets and the stores thronged with women.
II he counts he will probably find Atty women
to one man. Brooklyn Is the Borough OF homes
and the women own it.