The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-08

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tracks to the doors Of the manufacturing
establishments
A hike combination Of railroad and Wkar
facilities 10 10 be made IN tho factory 80
ton between Fulton Ferry and the navy
ward. adjacent 10 the Brooklyn ard Man
haitian bridges The Jay Street Connect
ing Railroad Company has already LEASED
a number u large factory properties and
propOses 20 give freight transit facilities
20 the entire region. No doubt something
similar will he done eventually In ths
MallabOut region and along the Eastern
District waterfront ~ far a. 0reenpOint
THE JAMAICA SAY PROJECT.
The industrial and terminal possibli-
ties % Jamaica Raw are 20 he developed
jointly by The city and the Federal Gov.
eminent. The beginning will he made by
the erection % a bulkhead In Fresh Greek
on the north side Of the hay. and by the
dredging Of channel en- feet wide from
the entrance OF the crsek 10 the Gov
eminent channel. which runs from the
inner end Of BARREN Island oIn 10 sea
The creek IL 10 be- dredged 10 a width NJ
tOO feet for a distance Of T.10O feet On
the marsh land on both sides factory sites
will be- provided with convenient rail-
road connections
In all probability also the state will
choose Jamaica Aav az the terminal for
the improved Erie Canal Bargns coming
through the Harlem River. RTonx Kills
and the Sound to Flushing Bay would
avoid the congested routes Of water
tEaffic about lower Manhattan From
! Flushing Ray IL IL proposed 20 cut . FIVE
mile canal across Long Island 10 Jamaica
Bav
/ The New York Connecting Railroad
/ passes the northerly edge 81 Jamaica Raw
/ Spurs Of track will be laid directly IN the
buikhead WAREHOUSES and fartOriee will
he built on the waterfront and all u the
/ trunk line railroads terminating In and
about New York city will he connected
Nith the hay through the Pennsylvania
rOad's extensions.
Thesa various changes along the water
/ front ~ the borough amount in eject 70
an industrial revolution They Introduce
a new era IN the commercial. shipping and
manufacturing development OF Brooklyn.
THE FINANCIAL AND SHOPPING DISTRICT
The financial centrr 81 the borough IL
az the intersection ~ Court. Montague
and Remsrn STREETS. facing the public
square that surrounds the Borough Hall
Al this point are grouped tall once build
inRE. IN which arr housed banking institu-
tons. life Insurance. aud title companies
and branch Offices Of New York concerns
Not far away are the horoughs leading
clubs. educational institutions and lihra-
ries The section n taking up a very
considerable business overflow from Man
haitian The rents offered IN the Brook
lyn once buildings arr very attractive.
Ofice space NAV bs obtained there atN 81
20 81 ~ a square foot. a. against - 81 In
the Manhattan ONCE building district
The shopping centre with its big depart
ment stores and theatres extends along
Fulton street from Court street eastward
70 Flatbush avenue. This part q lower
Fulton street u the main retail section Of
the borough. Il draws its trade NOT only
from Brooklyn hut from the greater city.
and the crowds Of shoppers there are
nearly Ne large a. those on Fourteenth
street or Sixth avenue In Manhattan. The
Brooklyn shopping district has hNen grow
ing rapidly. a. Il holds the same relation
to the Long Island suburbs az the Man
haitian shopping section holds 10 the
suburbs elsewhere in the metropolitan
area
THR PpINC IPAL REHIDENCB DuTHICTs.
Brooklyn h divided into a great many
separate residence districts that have
spread ont and Overapped Till the boun-
dairy lines between them have disaD-
peared. Most 1T tho older districts have
been reconstructed. practically since the
opening of the Brooklyn Bridge, while a
majority Of residential neiRhborhoods
have been built up since the consolidation
II the city The bulk n the housing IL
therefore modern In character.
Old Brooklyn comprises the Heights.
the Hill and the Bedford sections The
newer residence districts comprise the
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Brooklyn and Flatbrsh.
THE HEIGHTs
The Heights lies directly across the Eaaa
River from lower MaIhattan. Il has heen
for years the most fashiOnAbls residential
quarter 10 Brooklyn ksCsatly hotes ana
ELEVATOR apartment houses have heen IN
vadng tho district These arr htiilt a. q
rule on sites overlooking TIE riyer and the
upper hay The subway service has Of
course ADDED 20 the attTactivenesa % the
neiEhborhOod Ia yeopic engaged IN husl-
mess M lower Ma haitian All PARTS OF the
district are within easy WalEing disiaLCe
Of the Borough Hall station.
THE HII.L SECTION
The Hill section occupies an eminenc>
. Intending from tho 10 tersection q Flat
bush avenue and Fulton street eastward
10 Washington aver M Myrtle avenueand
Fulton street from it, northern ard south
ern boundaries The area includes For
Greene PARK Tie reighbOrhoOd Is eN-
resider tial Most Of 10 streets
ar. lirei Vith hTe residences modern
hotels a"d elevator apartment houses
cir tor avenue rum ing through the heart
Of the district ~ Viie. tree linef htNhWqy
hankei hy residences % afchitcctlfsl
merit suFrOurd ei by lawns ard shTubbery
THE PARE sJOPE.
The Park Slope u on an elevation rising
from Fifth avenue and extending east
ward 90 Prospect Park. II i huunded on .
the north by Atlantic avenue and On the .
south by Twentiatn street. lts nearness
Ia Prospect Park, ia high elevation and .
is good transit facilities account for L.
upid development a. a neighboThood u
fine homes The @sCtiun IN uf reosnt
growth 4 notable amount o. building
has heen done there IN the last half a
dozen years Score II new APARTMENT
houses and blocks ~ private dwellings
ha YEA ls-en erected IN the high ground
overlooking the park BY tho elevated
-eryic~ on ;he Fifth avenue line the Park
SLOPE n twenty-five 90 thirty minutes
from tho Manhattan City Hall The
Flatlmsh avenue station Il the Long
Island Railroad II within easy walking
distance u the greater par ~ tho dis
Irict and the subway 10 that point has
rrduced the time u travel 20 ten or fifteen
minutes
THE BBDFOEp sECTtON
The Bedford -ection forms the geo
graphical centre II the Old city n Brock
.yu The neighborhOOd N quiet and
secluded aside from ~ main thorough
Iares, and many q ~ streets hear the
same appearance that they did ten or
ifteen years AGO. The houses ara mainly
wn OF three story and hnsement dWell-