New-York tribune., 1912-01-21

,o,o r,ans were filed for 5,6l3 struct-
~ .o cost ss3, ,402,172; in 1909. 9,S4A to cost
a.. go oao in 1905 613S. to cost $S6,2O62l2, and
N ION So7e, to cost s6l,s64,763.
M,ch attention is now being paid to the
dovo,onuent of the Industrial centres Of
,ha borough. It's waterfront rights, too,
ora ,o he conserved. beautihed and put to
tha largest possible use, IL only small
rr,,har of the many plans with that OBJ
iect are carried out.
,rbe value of the great stretches of land
nossessed by Brooklyn with ideal frontages
On the waters of New York Bay, the Mar
rows the East River and the Ocean is just
beeinning to be appreciated at its correct
ostir,ate and Brooklyn is bound to have
coon a waterfront line in keeping with It's
shipping needs.
Two reinforced concrete buildings Of large
size are now being erected at the Atlantic
Rastn by the New York Dock Company.
The buildings will cover the block bounded
NV INLAY Verona, Commerce and Bovine
streets. They will be for loft, storage and
manufacturing purposes and Will be 46o
feet long, 50 feet wide and six stories. The
nlans were filed recently by Maynicke &
FRANKIE.
With the Buyers.
Some of the most important recent safes
OF Brooklyn properties have resulted IN
change of ownership to large parcels IN anu
near the southerly section Of Smith street,
and in the Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Ben
sonhurst. Ridgewood, Prospect Park SLOPE
the easteriy Broadway, the Atlantic avenue
and the central Classon avenue dlstrlcts'
And I'm the Flatbush zone buyers have not
been scarce.
sIoO. 900 sale in the Flatbush section was
rec.ntlv made by Charles Rosenthal for
Alfred r.. Steers, Borough President MT.
Rosenthal sold eight three story nathouses
fronting on Bedford avenue, a business
building on an adjoining corner plot ana an
anartment house facing Albemarle Road 10
lanes w. Webb as an investment. Inc
business building was quickly resold by MT
Rosenthal for Mr.. Webb to brewing
company.
The structures sold stand on plot loiX
100 feet at the southwest corner OF Bed-
ford avenue and Albemarle Road MI
Steers bought the property about two years
ago TO protect the second mortgage on H.
At that time there were on the site nine
buildings partly built. The work OF max
ing them At for occupancy was done oy
Mr.. Steers. as we'll as the erection OF an
additional structure. This group OF build
ings Is now we'll rented
Edward &. Root lately sold through the
Bulkley e. Horton Company to a builder
two vacant lots on the south side OF Dean
street. 40 feet west OF Bedford avenue, on
which high class apartment house is 10
be built. Oscar Hammerstein bought about
two years ago the lots and a large adJoin-
! ing parcel as a site for an opera house.
Other interesting sales include that OF the
vacant plot Nos. 2 and Sd street, on a
| plot 3Sxs0 feet; the three three story stone
| front apartment houses No. 554 to 558 Ridge
wood avenue, each on a lot 20 feet wide; a
plot of eight lots on the south side OF Ber-
gen street, between Franklin and Classon
avenues vacant plot Of fourteen lots on
| the south side OF 56th street, $50 feet west
| OF Fort Hamilton avenue; an unimproved
| plot OF Ave lots on the south side OF Park
Place, 70 feet west OF the Brighton Beach
Line. and the vacant block front on the
south side OF Avenue D, between East 34th
and East 18th streets.