New-York tribune., 1911-03-15

Several interesting safes were oih'He WV
transactions in the realty market yester-
day. William Waldorf Astor ADDED 10 his
holdings in East 66th street. an apartment
house IN West both street. another IN Man
haitian avenue and still another In Audu-
bon avenue fell 10 new owners some
dwelling houses figured in the trading. and
2 large business parcel in Church street
From the Chaplin Home for the Aged
and Infirm Mr.. Astor bought plot UNI"
feet. extending through from 66th TO eth
street. at the easterly end OF the nome
property. and adjoining the Hamilton NAT
houses. owned by Mr.. Astor. and when
occupy the block front on Third avenue.
The fiathouses OCCUPY plot 50 feet deep
end they are built ever the entire plot
With the 20 foot strip just purchased MI
Astor can now prevent the shutting on or
his rear light. Furthermore. his holdings
have been made 100 feet deep. which would
make them more marketable should he oc-
eide to dispose OF the front.
The Chaplin Home recently obtained from
the New York Life Insurance and Trust
Company mortgage Of $4,000 on ts
property. which occupies frontage OF
10 feet in each street
Apartment TcESeS SoiO'
Solomon & Greenbaum have sold 70 an
investor for the Emerson Realty Company.
Edgar A. Levy. president. No. e2S 20 e-1
West l3sth street. two FIVE story apart
nent houses. each on a plot a6x99n feet.
The property was sold at $1,000. The
houses are two OF q group erected by the
sellers in 18th street, between Broadway
and Riverside Drive and known as River
New Court About two months ago the
Emerson Realty Company disposed OF NO.
eo7 10 81, the two easterly houses OF the
row. through A. & c. Lewis.
The Ledyard Construction Company sold
the Harold. a seven story elevator apart
rnent house, with stores. at the northwest
corner Of Manhattan avenue and nsth
street. The structure occupies a plot
fronting 100 feet on each thoroughfare, and
was acquired last year from the Remsen
Realty Company. Of Brooklyn. II is as
sessed at $4,000
z. H. Ludlow & Co. IN conjunction with
the Charles F. Noye. Company have sold
for the estate Of James r Smith No. 9o2
Church street southwest corner Of Walker
street, together with No. q Walker street.
sdjoining The property forms an L and
and rs feet In Walker street. with a
westerly line Of 1854 feet. The sale in
wolves the land only. the six story structure
on the property being under lease 10 Bran
des Brothers for twenty-one years with
the privilege Of renewals. The buyer is an
investor. who IS said to have taken the
property on less than a per cent basis.
Dwelling Houses Sold.
Interest is added TO the sale OF the Ave
story dwelling house No Il West Sth
street. as the purchase was made for
prospective son-in-law of the buyer and
the operation will probably mark the last
transaction in this line by the seller. who is
TO retire from active business owing 10 Ill
health.
The property was sold for the James
Carlen Construction Company TO Henry
Goldman, Of the banking firm Of Goldman
sachs & Co.. for Edwin c. Nogel. Of the
law firm OF Vogel & Vogel. Slawson *
Hobbs were the brokers.
Sale of the four story dwelling house at
No. 1s3 Madison avenue by Louise NJ.
Pollock to a client Of George r. Read &
Co served 10 increase the curiosity as TO
who was the purchaser OF the J. J. Wysong
property. on the adjoining southwest cor
ner OF oath street. The latter was sold
through the same firm few months ago
put the identity OF the purchaser was never
disclosed. The two parcels combined. how
ever. would make plot 5s.9xe5 feet, sufti-
cient for a modest commercial improve
rent The dwelling house No. Us Madi-
son avenue, was sold d few days ago TO
Or. Pearce Bailey, and the intervening
property. No $50. together with % feet on
Sith street is owned by the Francis A.
Palmer Trust.
The estate OF Thomas Nelson has sold
the plot Of four lots. l0oxlo0 feet, on the
south side of l23d street, adjoining the
southwest corner OF Amsterdam avenue.
The buyer is understood TO be a builder
who Will erect an apartment house on the
site.