New-York tribune., 1901-05-26
THE WEEK IN REALTY,
THE CHIEF FEATURES WERE THE SALE
OF THE CROCKER PROPERTY AND
THAT OF THE BROOKLYN
LIFE BUILDING.

While there were several sales OF general in
terest reported in the course of last week. there
was none indicating the opening of new lines or de-
veopment Taking into consideration the season
of the year, the weeks business was reasonably
good.
The chief transfers of property were below CITY
Hall Among them were the Manhattan life IN
surance Company's purchase of the low building
adjoining big office structure. No 40 broadway
from Mr.. Crocker who had Just won suit against
the company for encroachment. By the purchase
the insurance company obtained a release from the
execution Of the Judgment of the court. and room
for a sixteen story addition to its own building
The sale of the Brooklyn Life building. al the
corner of Nassau and Liberty sls through fslchlI1
Al Non lSntttS 10 er nf the mystery thrown
mucn u attei,IIIs'' IRIS sale taken in conjunction
with the purchase by Frank d. Allen of nearly all
Life InHTrance Company building, Is aTordng
nut for the real estate men TO craCK III - ousi Us
this property Mr.. Allen has been sald 70 Te~PTTSe ~
he Mutual Life Insurance Company the 11;aMyer
Title Insurance Company ana NliIln NliIf -. tt tbe
has been asserted by good aulhoILIy b1 tiiE ' hv
Brookiyn Life building mas S1 been J paenwhieS
"S ID is believed that the brooklyn tunnel will
Cbarles r Barney continued his purchases yes
terJay the upper Vest SIDE, obg % TstbeTieI
p Bailey property between the Harlem liver Ian, 4Ri
sisbi6-st and Kingsbridge Road. This property.
when contains GO lots was to have been sold at
Man NIorx has sold through William NJ. Ryan, 10
the American Real Estate Company. me plot IoeS
hedemys M RI yns and thronsh David stewart John
hs Bsf xf$ on us rs fsstn s east ss Of
Ans L.. Mestaniz viii build seven story apartment
house on the plot 1Ooxo0 on the northeast corner
of One hundred-and hftieth,St and Bradhurst-aVe''
which he has bought from Myer HeLmah "a, -
IIoli j. How & co have sold the plot 5oxl49 10, OF OF
hSrGe5 the Gast siqe for q Marcos Nathan G
Marcus Nathan has sold through g; Frankel No; No
To xg stG1Ss and No rs 'T East d't
St. six story Tenement nous % hares on lps M Rosen
thai. plot of eight lots in kingsbridge Road be-
daniel Birdsail & Co. have sold for the Mccoy
estate No $40 West One hundred thirty-eishth-
The four story house on lot 2OS9SS No. s West
IT,, aGSnhhs Rrah bdes 5nG bousR 5 by the
Republican Club, has been bought by the club for
Joshua Jones has sold for John J. I Pound 6dns. to
Max May M Hzs 81 9hs eges story @T s PTsa
Peter Axelrod has sold for Jeanette Manne 70 E r.
Woln the lot, 25xlOO. No So5 East one-hundred-
Christian Hamnel has sold to H. Muller Nos AS AIS
420 and 40 East Eighty -frst-st three nVe STORY
Kr has sold the Eve story cy athSuse ss das No
on Tuesday No 81 vesey-st: No 81 wooster-st:
third, thu IS St No 2S7 chnrch;st., No 1S9 Eighth-aye
a estate V Of owen Jones' will be sold al auction by
Bryan L. Kennel; & Co. On "Wednesday the same
No si4 West Eighty -fourth-st.. No. 142 West
No 5lg West Prod2n
on that day MIR. Kennedy will sell fof the estate
of Eugene Kelly No. 13l West FIFTY -IrSt-st
twenty-three lots at West New-Brighton. Borough
of Richmond; the house and 34-lOO acres OF land
South Orange, n. j.. and fourteen acres or land
at MamaroneCk, n. Y. -.
The owners OF skyscrapers in this city have not
felt the necessity for doing the owners OF Duld-
ings Of that character in Chicago have done-uhlte
for the purpose of obtaining better rents Good
rents are already obtained for offices here, as there
is a steady demand for office room: -
on Tuesday, at noon William Nj. Ryan VIII sell
the New-York Real Estate Salesroom. No. III
Broadway, a five story brick tenement mousse with
lot 25xfGOl1 at No. 21T East e-hundred-and-sec-
ond-st Each floor is divided into four apartments
Of three large rooms. and each apartment is light
and well ventilated Running water and washtubs
in each apartment Inc properly Is al"aSs wen
Three valuable parcels of city real estate will be
sold at pubc auction next Tuesday noon at No. Ill
broadway by II. V. Harnett. auctoneer by di-
rortion Of Wiber Mcbride. referee in the proceed
ipgs of John c. Boyle against Eliza Murphy. The
1ment house four floors. with store on the
street All tenanted. and having all modern i'm
proyen1ents The single apartment house, No. 16O
TTast Seventieth-st.. has store and the apart
ments are all occupied. The third parcel Is pri-
vate dwelling house at No. 657 LeXingt gton-ave. IL
is of brownstone three stories in height. with
every Improvement, and in good condition. and
has a tenant
The new store to be built by r. Fl Macy & Co
a broadway and Thirty-fourth-St. is to stand
leased ground. The five estates owning the prop
erty, the Palmer. Hegeman Grnnell Fuller and
AycTigg. have leased the ground for twenty-ene
years. with the privilege of three renewals. making
ground owned by Mr. Pel, at the northwest corner
of Broadway and Thirty -fourth-st, has been