New-York tribune., 1911-02-17
BIG BROADWAY OFFICE BUILDING SOLD.
Property Which Extends to Columbus Avenue Was Two YeaS
Ago Disposed Of by the Crawford Estate.
BUYS REMWIcK STREET SITE FOR MERCANTILE STRUCTURE

Several interesting transactions in the
realty market were reported yesterday.
Among these was that Of the six story
store and office building at Nos. 1866 and
1868 Broadway, extending through TO No.
iie Columbus avenue. The sale was made
by the Cruikshank Company for Louis v.
de Milhau. The property has a frontage Of
56.5 feet in Broadway and 251 feet IN Co
umbus avenue, with northerly line of
142.2 feet and an irregular southern line.
II adjoins the six story building In which
Is located the Colonial Bank. and which oc-
cupies the front on 66th street, between
Broadway and Columbus avenue This
property was purchased in December. 1909,
by Udo NJ. F'leischmann from the Crawford
estate for s650.000.
y large downtown plot 10 change owner
ship was Nos. 29l5 and 81 Renwick street.
between Canal and Spring streets, which
was sold by the Duross Company in con-
junction with Henry ]. Scheuber for George
u. Bartholomew to a client. The plot meas
ures 5lx60 feet, and on it will be erected a
mercantile building
William s. Baker. In conjunction with
Henry Kantrowitz. sold for Charles NJ. Ros-
enthal the plot of six lots at the southwest
corner of Amsterdam avenue and 10th
street, having frontage Of 100 feet on the
avenue and $50 feet on the street. The
buyer is the sun Construction Company
Benjamin Nieberg president. which will
erect on the site six story elevator apart
ment house.
w. J. Huston Il son and NIillard Neit
have sold for the Hargood Realty Company
Harry Goodstein president. to Herman Ah-
rens No. ia West / 18th street. a five story
apartment house, on plot 50x92.6 feet. ad-
joining the corner of Broadway. In part
peyment Mr.. Ahrens gives the vacant plot
53x137 feet. at the northeast corner of Ma
combs Dam road and 150th street. The
latter property has been sold four times
within nine months. the last sale being re-
ported in November.
The house Just sold is one of row Of
three built BY Mr. Goodstein, another at
Nos 7os and 70s having been sold 10 Mrs.
Louise c. Livingston. of Bar Hsrbor. Me
Featuring offerings In the auction room
yesterday were the holdings of the estate
Of Claus Doscher. who amassed consid-
erabe fortune in the sugar business. The
properties. comprising ten parcels two OF
which are located iu Manhattan and the
remainder i'm the Borough of Brooklyn,
were disposed Of by Joseph P. Day to vari-
Gus bidders for a total Of Sill,325.
Henry g. Young. 4 Brooklyn real estate
broker, figured az the successful bidder for
a number OF the properties, among them
being the small corner. measuring %)x105
feet. at No. 5ls Fulton street, corner Of
Hanover Place.
Bidding for this holding began at 10000,
and after a series Of forty-one bids II was
secured by Mr.. Young for slsS,50o, most
remarkable price for Brooklyn realty. At
that figure the !. 400 square feet forming the
lot sold Al square foot rate of a little
more than s143. which compares favorably
with some OF the high values established
in Manhattan
Bernhard Freund added ~ his holdings In
West SD street yesterday by the purchase
Of 40. i25. four story brovnstone dwelling
house. or plot 17x1o2.2 feet The latter
parcel was bought from the Denis Shea
tate Recently Mr. Freund purchased the
two adjoining houses, Nos ~ and 12a ard
now controls plot 51x1022 feet. +. II
Ludlow Co. were the brokers in the
transaction.