New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13
BROOKLYN FEELS ENV|0US.
Desires to Have Its Bridge Ter
minaI Improved, Too.

The recent appropriation by the Board OF
Estimate and Apportionment for a new and
INTELLECTUALLY beautiful terminal for tho
Manhattan end of the Brooklyn Bridge has
aroused Brooklyn 10 an agitation for an I'M
provement of the Brooklyn terminal Of tho
same structure. IL the Manhattan terminal
Is unsfghtly and unsuitable, the Brooklyn
one Is far worse 1t has been n public "eye-
sore from the beginning, and the passage
OF the law that permitted the Board OF
Estimate 20 distribute the cost OF tho i'm
provement OF the Manhattan terminal and
TO pay for it at the rate OF 30 per cent a
year, clears the way for like improve
ment in Brooklyn
The cost Of these improvements Of the
terminals estimated at 10000. could be
paid for at the rate OF 10000 a year, as
the work Of construction progresses, thus
avoiding an issue Of city bonds. which ara
largely required for subway construction.
For the Manhattan Improvement $4,000
has been appropriated. when this sum
was voted recently the city officials said
II probably would be supplemented in the
next budget by a large appropriation for
the improvement OF the Brooklyn end OF
the bridge.
Controller Prendergast, President Mitchell
OF the Board OF Aldermen and Borough
President Steers are on the Board OF Esti-
mate committee which will ask for the
Brooklyn appropriation. Mr.. Prendergasts
before sailing for Europe a few days ago.
said the Brooklyn Improvement and the
turning of the nearby property into a park
would have his heartest support
Now that we have secured an appropri-
alton for the Manhattan end. the next iogi"
cal step" said the Controller, rs to I'M
prove the Brooklyn end OF. the bridge. /
believe that the improving and beautifylng
of the Brooklyn end will lead 10 q great
development I'm downtown Brooklyn, ana
will be a work of common good
Civic associations OF Brooklyn, bankers
business men and prominent citizens seher-
allv are interested I'm working for the I'M
movement Of the Brooklyn terminal ana
the plan also has the support Of Lewis H.
Pounds. Commissioner Of Public Norhs'
and all Of the borough officials
Arthur l. O'Keeffe, Bridge Commissioner
said he would have men set 10 work az
once IN drawing plans for the improve
ment
I The Improvement has been under con-
sideration by public-spirited Brooklynites
for several years. In June, 1910 there was
hearing on the subject before the Board
of Estimate various local organizations
! beIng represented. At that time tho ac-
/ ouisition of nine blocks Of property ABOUT
| the Brooklyn approach TO the bridge FOR
/ the purpose Of extending the present piazza
! there was advocated, and that plan may
figure in the improvement to be.
A pettion from the Brooklyn Heisnts
Association read:
THE present approach to the Brooklyn
Bridge from the Brooklyn side is admitted
/ bv all TO be a disgrace and reproach 70
the borough and the city. The blocks
which form a triangle between the Brook
/ lyn terminal of the bridge and the Bor-
ough Hall, bounded by Sands street. Wash
ington street and Fulton street, TO the
point at Myrtle avenue, are occupied part
! Is by unsightly overhead tracks, storage
wards and workshops and partly by old, IN
ferior buildings. Now is the time for the
city to plan proper approach to the
Brooklyn Bridge and 70 acquire the land
upon which such plan can be based