New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-16
IMPROVING NORTH SHORE
At the Beautiful Estates of
Great Neck Is a LAGOON.

The north shore of Long Island from
queens Borough to point seventy miles
eastward has become 50 valuable in re-
cent years that an interesting question
has arisen as to the title of the land
between mean low tide and high tide.
There has been much litigation between
the various townships and the abutting
property owners as TO this strip Of land
between high and low water. The high
est courts have in several instances de
clded that the title of this land is vested
in the State Of New York. and property
owners only acquire riparian rights
thereto from the state.
Many individuals and development COM
panies which have obtained riparian
rights TO these strips OF land have i'm
proved their properties adjoining their
upland developments.
T. S. Mcknight. secretary Of the Nc
knight Realty Company, says that the
water frontage of the estates OF Great
Neck, as we'll as the additional land &C
ouired from the state. Will be improved
in a novel manner. and that j. {. Nc
Knight, Wce-president of the Mcknight
Realty Company, is now abroad making
a study of residential water frontage
properties and the engineer plans Will
be perfected Immediately upon his return
next month.
One Of the features of the improvement
that has attracted considerable attention
along the north shore Of Long Island, and
especially among the residents of the es-
tates Of Great Neck. is d lagoon. having
g. depth of six feet at low water, and
which will afford safe anchorage for mo-
tor boats and sailing craft. The channel
Of the bay viii be reached by canal
LEO feet wide and % feet deep. The east
erly side OF the lagoon will be the sand
bar. on which will be located a casino
and bathing houses. and the westerly side
is the high wooded bank of the estates
OF Great Neck The Great Neck Golf
Club will add nine additional holes TO
the present nine-hole course, which takes
In the flled-in acreage on the southerly
side OF the lagoon.
The waterside park developed by this
Improvement Will include the conversion
Of the old Duryea homestead into yacht
clubhouse, which is ideally located among
beautiful trees at the waters edge Of the
property There will be a community
garage for the residents of Great Neck
tennis courts, bathing houses and largo
freshwater swimming pool in the rear of
the saltwater bathing beyond the lagoon
on the sandbar of the bay
The Crescent Athletic club. Of Brook
lyn desiring to acquire land where they
could combine yachting and golhng in the
same location, were obliged To 90 fifteen
miles east Of Great Neck for the purpose.
The residents of the Estates of Great
Neck have both OF these features imme-
diately at their homes. and can reach the
Pennsylvania Terminal i'm the shopping
and theatre districts In twenty-five min
utes by express train service or can make
the sixteen miles to the city over smooth
asphalt macadam roads In thirty-hve
minutes by motor car.
The $50 acres Of the estates adjoining
the Great Neck and Little Neck stations
on the waterfront OF Little Neck Bay
afford a variety OF residential locations
either hilltop sites overlooking the bay
bungalow sites in the woodland section
tvs location is at the point where IN,
city line ends and the great playground
OF New York on Long Island begins
making accessible the wonderful motor
roads, the motor parkway. the aviation
fields Of Garden City. yacht racing on the
Sound and the polo fields OF Great Mech
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