New-York tribune., 1909-10-08
BRONX BLOCK FRONT SOLD
SITE IN CLAY AVENUE BETWEEN 166TH And 1e7TH
STREETS-AP4RTMENT HOUSE TO BE BUILT THERE
Deal Near Manhattan 4pprOoch QueensborO Bdge-De
Esta.s C0rR0raL0m Takes Title to Fourth Azenue Parce

----4,,r IN Tire real estate market yesterday WAS
+s,lv scattered. many kinds OF property being in
s.-ors For the first time in about a week the
.-o,,e- Of the business transacted in The Bronx
e.,-s-,ed widespread attention. The focusing OF
-. on rhat alIuring borough was due 10 the
-. sr r. r Browns sons for Mrs Augusta Nor
= - I,egstev Of block frcnt on the easterly side
!, 5fav avenue. from l66th TO 18th street
~ pa~ce, has a frontage on the avenue OF SIS
.,st II is 20 be Immediately improved with a
- ~ Eve story apartment houses This section
~ tse borough is apparently destined 70 become
Az. Of the strongest as Wen as one Of the finest
.sflsntsI and store centres Of The Bronx The
transaction perfected BY r. T. Browns Sons plain
I foreshad5ws the type Of structure that VIII con-
dane 10 be most popular there among speculative
h-8ssrs and operators
T. Is & long time since that part Of Manhattan
rsa- the approach 10 the Queensboro Bridge has
furnished an interesting news item. II got out OF
as sonlnoen1 state yesterday by q buyer being
sou,d for the two four story tenement houses Nos.
go and So East 18th street. 42xl0010 feet which
were owned by the Mullins estate. According TO
-rpor,s The buyer viii replace the houses with
,-ose-n FIVE story tenement houses.
TIE important transactions reported yesterday
sso Included the purchase OF a dwelling house in
rse 55th street, valued al SloCoa0.
Oskeigh Thorne, president OF che Trust Com
ns-7 q America, Is the buyer Of the 27xS6 foot
amer parcel forming a part OF the site Of the
Prsnaon apartments. seven story structure at
~ northeast corner Of 73d street and Park ave
nc NJ Tho-ne VIII improve his site with a
dwelling house. and the remainder Of the prem
ises vii 6e disposed OF 10 buyers who will also
s-e-. dwelling houses
lite 70 No. rs East 55th street. 25xss-9 feet;
plot 6 2x6o feet at the southwest corner OF 3lst
stree and Fourth avenue; 10 A parcel 534XSS.s
sse, On The north side OF 27th street 10 feet east
Of Third avenue; 10 a parcel. 21X6S.2 feet, the
south side oI S-st street, 50 feet west OF Fourth
o0aE,
s,~ee,. 4s6 feet north of Fourth avenue was
transferred yesterday by Shepherd X De Forrest
and several other persons TO the De Forrest Es-
tate. q corporation, for S2205ea.
Charles A RcsenthaI * Sons were the brokers
IN the sale for Mark Aaron Of No. 2l5 West ll5th
srree- 5ve story single fathouse, on lot 29N
lFu feet, TO a. J. Gordon. recently reported
7orr 3 Fisher. as architect for the Beuord
Realty Company. has fled plans for remodelling
t1e store a. the northeast corner OF Broadway and
s,h street Ia the big new Belnord apartments
The purpose of the improvements being 10 enlarge
Ire storage space in the drug store Of the Corpora
ton O. Hegeman. A gallery floor is to be in
stalled
Plans have also been fled for charging the four
Ft1ry dwelling house al No AS West nth street,
The Improvements being made from designs by Al
fred Ericsson for lie Roy Brown, as owner, and
To- reuodeIling the six story hospital building OF
tbe NeN York Neurological Institute. Nos l4s and
Isl Eas- s7th street for The Philmont Realty Com
parv as owner John Oakman is the architect.
Plans have also bean fled for remodeling the
fve story tenement house No. 4s7 East 18th street
qVre5 by Roebel Lederer. and for undermining the
.re story tenement house No S2s Water street
ne improvements being 10 comply with the Re
r..-er,ents OF the Tenement House Commission
f7- lettering the lighting ana sanitation AlIreo
v-r,e and q II Dietrich are the architects.
The six story fathoUse 10 be built for Jacoa
E5-sch from designs 10y Harry T. Howell on Edge-
er-nb avenue, north Of l4-st street, al cost OF
81 - viii have suites for eighteen fanlllles-