New-York tribune., 1910-06-11

A number Of block fronts in The Bronx
changed hands yesterday
The American Real Estate Company solo
10 the Getskay Realty Company the olocK
front OF ten lots on the north SIDE OF 1850
street frcrn Fox street TO Tiffany street.
which will be improved with six story ele-
xa+or apartrnent houses. 1t also solo 10
TIE Old Chester Realty Company the olock
front of ten lots on Westchester avenue
from Simpson street TO Fox street inns
block IS directly at the Simpson street sta
t,on Of the subway II is understood that
IL will be Immediately improved JACOB
Ieitner was the broker in both deals
The American Real Estate Company TOOK
In part payment for the lots sold 10 the
cetskav Realty Company the new Paul
Jones apartment house. on WadsWorth
avenue. from 1s4th TO 1s5th street
It also sold TO the Usona Construction
Comnanv thirty-eight lots on Longfellow
avenue Bancroft street. Whitlock avenue
and Lowell street. These lots viii be i'm
rnediasely improved with five story apart
inent houses They are one block from
Westchester avenue. short distance from
the subway. and also one block from the
rezy Westcbester avenue station Of the Har-
lem River division of the New Haven Rail
road.
The entire block on the westerly side OF
Prospect avenue. extending from Freeman
10 lseth street. was sold by c. J. Carew TO
q builder for Improvement with apartment
houses and stores. II has a frontage of 2a5
feet on Prospect avenue. 81 feet in 1bSth
street and Ss feet IN Freeman street
William f. Jackson sold yesterday for
the Alexander Grant Construction Com
pany the Seafield Arms. a six story eleva-
tor apartment house at the northwest
corner Of Broadway and 17Sth street. The
house fronts l03 feet on Broadway. 100 feet
IN 17sth street, with other dimensions ok
ls5 feet. II was finished last October, and
is well rented. It was held at SS2o.ooo-
Additional interest has been added 10 cur
rent bI;ying on Seventh avenue, near the
PENNSYLVANIA terminal, by the transfer OF
title 10 a site at the southwest corner or
S7th street to the United States Realty and
Improvement Company by Anna r. Mori-
son. The plot is 74x10O feet. The price was
approximately sJo0,o00.
A bout a month ago the United States
Realty and Improvement Company and the
Alliance Realty Company bought the ad-
Joining frontage on Seventh avenue down
to the Hotel York. 134 feet abutting in 36th
street. No 205 TO 217, and the abutting
II -
street Augustus H. WINS & Co. were the
brokers in that deal
Plans have been flied by Theodore E.
Videto. architect for the Department Of
Parks. for a one story comfort station in
Central Park. adjoining the reservoir, op-
posite slst street and near the Swiss Cot
tage The building Will be of gneiss gran
ite in small blocks, and will have q peaked
roof Of terra, Gotta tile. II will be equipped
with all the modern improvements in the
plunlbing line. The cost is estimated at
81. 600
Plans for making over the three and
half story dwelling house No AS 9Th
street into a synagogue for the Congrega-
tion of Edeter Leisseal Anshoi Meseritz,
of which Samuel Spector is president, have
also been fled. The plans call for building
a three story rear extension. 22x44.S feet
removing the entire front and rear walls
and rebuilding the front and putting new
stairways on each side Of the building. at
2 cost Of $1,000. Herman Horenburger Is
the architect
Plans have also been filed for putting IN
bake ovens in the cellar Of the building on
the south side OF 42d street, 80 feet east
of Park avenue. 10 be used for the Grand
Union Hotel John Boese is the architect
He rlaces the cost Of this improvement at
$500 Buildings Superintendent Miller has
ISSUED a permit FOR the demolition of the
Fifth Avenue Apartments. at the south
west corner Of Fifth avenue and 56th
street. to Waixel Brothers. a company Of
house wreckers. Duveen Brothers are the
owners