New-York tribune., 1909-04-04

Connecting Railway Bridge and also the lighter
age service between Bay Ridge and Greenvilie
! REALTY STRENGTH OF VARIOUS TOWNS.
All the towns in the suburban region Of LonG
Island are within easy reach OF the business and
| shopping zones Of Manhattan Island. One of the
| most rapidly growing towns and one whose realty
| strength present appeals to large numbers OF
| wideaw wake investors is Jamaica, which is nov
| one Of the principal central business zones or the
entire island. Between the Flatbush avenue sta
ton, Brooklyn. and jamaica there are number OF
| splendid suburban districts possessing rural
! charms. among them being Morris Park and Rich
| mond Hill Builders have been prominent at those
| places for many years, and recently their opera
there have attracted the attention that they
merit Hundreds Of modern dwelling houses
/ have been built there in the last few years, and
| most OF them have been marketed from the plans
| on what is known the easy payment system
Values there are within the reach OF thousands OF
small home seekers. and il one desires to get away
from the couEestcd districts of the greater city.
these places furnish the necessary avenues. Many
large tracts land IN these places have been laid
out along the best lines, which means that the
property has been highly developed and has many
city convenicnCes.
Those who prefer ideal suburban homes with
frontagcs on or near the seashore win have no
difficulty finding many such enhancing home
sites along the Rockaway and Far Rockaway di-
visions OF the Long iSiAllu fta!liOA' anu many "
the improved and vacant properties which are for
sale on these rapid transit routes are within the
reach OF the masses Moreover. there are large
numbers of properties that will meet the needs or
! persons in comfortable crcums tances. on the
Rockaway division is Aqueduct. a small town
we'll located where the homeseeker Of small means
VIII have little trouble In successfully carrying out
his plans TIE Aqueduct settlement, however. IS
some miles north Of the shore line ana Tor u4t
reason its popularity is not extensive as that or
raanv other places IN easier reach OF the SPLENDID
beach front which the island possesses
Before reaching the terminal Of this line is Rock
away Beach. the fame OF which as summer re-
sort Is we'll known Just west Of it is RockaTay
park and bevond is Bell Harbor two Of the finest
seashore Developments within the boundaries OF
the greater city ON the Far RockaWay dFisi'h
are FIev.lett's Woodmere, Cedarhurst Lawrence
Far Rockaway. Edgemere and ArverHe' most OF
which have large beach frontages or great tracts
of land facing the bays and nIets Of the southery
waters OF the Island. At Woodmere. Cedarhurst'
Far Rockaway. Edgemere and ArVerne are ''o
b,s NJ ,srsons prominent in the business and So
c,,l circles of this city. only have the natural
l-arrns Of these high class suburban settlements
been well preserved. but vast sums OF money nave
been spent adding 10 the attractlveness OF theSe
places Many fortunes have been made IN opera
,fons in realty in those towns The demand lor
nrooerties there both vacant and improved Is
rrobshlv larger than in any other section or the
sIa nd and as demand creates values the increase
in valuations there is much greater than IN most
OF the other districts "lthlh the Supui Jan '' Va
the island.
o Tho uontauk division of the railroad and
zyirbin easv reach OF the city are Valley Stream
Tvubrook Rockville Centrs. BALDWIN Freepor''
Nfarrfcl. PelImorc. Wantagh. Massapequa. Amlty-
Vile IAndenhurst. Babylon. Bayshore. Islip and
Oakdale The most rapidly growing towns on TINS
1yisou are Tvnbr Ok. Rockville Centre, Freeport,
AntvyiIe Merrick Massapequa, Babylon and Bay
shore.
south Tvubrook is on the Long Beach division OF
the railroad the terminal of which is. as the name
implies Long Beach The present development OF
Long Beach was begun few years ago by the
Long Beach Estates. and this splendid body OF
land is destined to become rival OF Atlantic CITY
Already several millions have been spent there TOR
the erection of n boardwalk many miles long. for
tho hulIdjnr Of a big a-year hotel. FOR the cree
1ior of many cottages, and for water. gas and
sewer system of the best type II is the aim OF
this development company To make the oeach not
only one of the most popular places in the summer
time but a far famed winter resort 1t is said that
Long Reach is the coolest place in the summer
within easy reach OF this city, and the warmest
place in winter, and this assertion is borne out
by the rapidly growing popularity as high class
summer and winter colony OF this fine section
OF shore front within less than an hours ride of
the Wall Street section OF the greater city
ON THE MAIN LINE
On the main line division OF the Long Island
Railroad arc the charming towns of Hollis Queens.
Floral park. Hyde Park and Mincola. On the
Garden CITY branch. Garden City and Hampstead;
on the oyster Bay branch, East Williston. Albert
son. Roslyn Greenvale, Glen Head. Glen Cove,
Locust Valley. MIL Neck and Oyster Bay. and on
the North side division Elmhurst Corona Flush
Ing Auburndale Fay Side Dougle ston. Little Neck,
Great Neck. ManhasSet and Port Washington. and
on the Whitestone division. Whitestone Junction,
College Point Whitestone and Whltestone Landing.
According many medical men the shines
brightly more days in the year Long Island than
at any other point along the Atlantic Coast at
which statistics this subject have been kept. in
describing the climatic conditions of the island DIR.
William H. Ross. of Brentwood, Long Island, said
in an address before the Medical Society the
State of New York few years ago:
Though Long Island is of the oldest settled
narts of the United States. little seems be
known of its healthfulness by the medical profess
sion IN general. Medical men who have been every
where and know everything have never been on
Long Island know anything about it, II is
often thought abound in marshes. malaria and
mosquitoes Practically he opposite is II is
for the part dry, sandy plain, rising gently
in a bluff, with beautiful bits OF scenery on land
and ma gnifcent views To the north the |
distant hills Of Connecticut and 20 the west the |
Palisades Of the Hudson be and the |
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