New-York tribune., 1900-08-26
SOUTH MIDWOOD FOR NEW HOMES

Those who have passed through that lovely part
OF Brooklyn called Flatbush on their way to Ber-
gen Beach Flatbush-ave. trolley cars. or TO
Sheepshead Bay and Manhattan on the Marcy and
Ocean ave. cars w4l:sh run out on Rogers-ave and
past the Crow Hill Penitentiary to Vandervee-
Park. then swinging around to Ocean-ave., where
the long level stretch extends to the seashore,
could not have helped but notice the many new
and beautiful homes that have sprung up here and
there in clusters within q year or very few years
at most. South Wildwood IS Of the most at
tractive and modern Of all these groups OF houses
It is in the Prospect Park district and If super
latiVes would do injustice to any other spot II
can be said truthfuly that none of the attrac-
tive places in that part of the city surpass
in any way. 1t IS bounded by Flatbush and Ocean
aves. and the proposed extension of Foster-ave
which connects the two, and its approaches fur
nish attractive drives and walks. The site is level
perfectly severed; the streets macadamized
with cemented curbs and cutters. ornamental trees
and shrubs. gas and water. The houses are de-
tached, and have every modern feature. II IS
thirty minutes TO the New-York City Hall. The
ocean beaches are not far away. There are
churches and public schools near by, including the
famous Erasmus Hall High School. I12 years old
with its 15o0 pupils and fftyeight instructors. The
Wildwood, Cortelyou and Knickerbocker Field clubs
are convenient and available The site is historic
On It was fought the sanguinary battle OF Brook
lyn in August I776. in which ten thousand British
troops. with twoscore cannon. drove back five
number after desperate resistance.
South Wildwood courts the most careful investi-
cation as TO the following features
Soil-Sandy. with substratum OF gravel thorough
iy drained and carefully with the best Wit
riied pipe.
Air-Pure and bracing. uncontaminated by fac
tory smells or gases, this being strictly resden-
Temperature-Agreeably modified by proximity 10
tne ocean-hVe degrees warmer in winter than in
Manhattan, and twice that cooler in summer
Water-SuppLed by the Flatbush Water Company
from their artesian wells, best Of all city supplies
unlimited and unfailing and so cool in sumrneTr
as 10 render ice unnecessary.
The new property has just been opened up by
the Germania Real Estate and Improvement Com
pany Of New-YOrk and Brooklyn.
In the preparations for building at South Mid
wood nothing that either sanitary science or land
or left unaccomplished. The sewering paving
curbing asphalting and macadamizing which
usually follow the development OF city property at
additional expense 10 lot-buyers have here all been
done by private capital. although under superyi-
sion Of the city engineer More than one thousand
plant have been set out together with twenty thou
sand haFdy dec1duOus shrubs and evergreens
The lawns have been made and seeded and are
already clad with verdure. Instead OF merely va
cant area partly graded and subject to all manner
OF future manipulation and assessments, the pros-
pective buyer will find a Veritable park awaiting
him IN which nothing whatever is to be done ex-
cept 10 build the houses
Titles to all plots at South Wildwood are not only
conveyed by the warranty deed Of the Gernania
guaranteed by the New-York Title GUARANTEES and
Trust Company, with capital and surplus of IS OOO
0J0 thus positively insuring incontestabflity and
leaving no ground for future dispute litigation.