New-York tribune., 1913-11-09
LOTS BRING S1,OOO,OOO.
Close to One Thousand Parcels
in RoCkaWay Sale.
LAND WILL BE IMPROVED
Apartment Houses Planned for
Large Plot Purchased in
Long Island City.

Some of the largest real estate transac-
tons OF the year in Queens Borough took
place last week Included among the con-
veyances were a 100000 tract at Rock
away Beach and four four-story apart
ment houses in Long Island City.
Nine hundred and eighty-fve lots were
included in the RoCkaway Beach transac-
ton. This property was conveyed by the
Belle Harbor- -Edgemere Company to the
West Rockaway Land Company, and ex
tends from the Atlantic ocean TO Jamaica
Bay. The sale was made subject TO a
mortgage Of $4,000. II is said to be
the purpose Of the purchasers TO begin at
once the development Of the entire tract
in response TO the demand that is being
made for all-year-round homes in that
section Of Queens The new company took
the property under the stipulation that
the entire shorefront is TO be reserved for
public use. and this district will be i'm
proved at once in connection with the
new Rockaway Beach Park. With the
close proximity of this park, the free
ocean front and the connection with
Jamaica Bay this development will be
one Of the choicest in suburban New York
City.
Final negotiations for the purchase OF
plot with a frontage Of 200 feet In
Crescent street, 100 feet in Clark street
and 100 feet In Taylor street by the
United Assets Corporation Of Long Island
City were made last week. The price paid
for the property was inward OF 100000,
and IL is improved with four story brick
apartment houses, which are among the
most modern in the upper Long Island
City district.
Through Herman f. Whine as referee
Robert Hays Smith has purchased tract
Of twenty-eight and three-quarter acres
about a third Of a mile south of South
street, Jamaica, with a frontage Of 1,143
| feet on the Merrick Road and 1,oS3 feet
on the road leading to Baisley's Pond
The property is worth more than 100000,
and mortgages aggregatinG $4,000 were
given. This property is located in the
midst of developments OF Jamaica South
and will soon be placed on the retail
market.
A ten-acre plot was acquired by the
West Side Tennis Club, adjacent to the
Sage Foundation at Forest Hills. the
property has n frontage Of 2l1 feet on
Dartmouth street. 299 feet on Stafford
street, and 92S feet on Burns street. A
purchase money mortgage of N5.3OI was
given. On part of the property there Is
now nearing completion $4,000 clubhouse
and the tennis courts Of the CLUB. Inc
club has a membership of $50, and apph-
cations for fifty more, making II one OF
the largest tennis clubs in the country
| There have been laid out on the properly
twenty-seven grass courts, thirty-hVe
dirt courts and four concrete courts
Some Of these are already in use ana
most of them will be by Thanksgiving
! Day. when the formal opening or the
club will take place. Upon the opening
of the clubhouse some of the oachelor
members will establish their abode there'
The club is located on a direct line 10
the Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan
and II is admirably situated for COM
muters.
Harry f. Fagans has sold to B. Din
ger five acres In the South WoouhdN'"
section, on the Jamaica South Road Ior
sl1 800 This property has been acquired
for the erection of modern dwelling
! houses.
Renoit Wasserman has purchased the
Flston Hotel property at Far Rocka"aS
and has given purchase money mort
gage of $500 The property mas
frontage of l9i feet on Westoourne
| Boulevard.
The Arcadian Improvement COMPANY
has purchased for development nine
blocks at Jamaica South. with a front
age on Three Mile-Mill Road and Elm
! street.
Anna B. Easement has conveyed 10 lhe
Hancock Investing Company a plot WIN
q frontage of 100 feet on Hancock ave-
nue and llS feet on Greenpoint avenue
Long Island City. A mortgage OF Sl-'V'
was given. and this property IS IN 'he
immediate vicinity of one OF the lmpor-
tant stations along the line OF the W
rora extension of the elevated road
Through Paul NJ Pelletreau title haS
been taken by the Balston Realty com
nanv Of Ballston Spa to thirty-six acres
az Floral Park, with frontage OF l'V''
fost an the Little Neck Road, liz feet
or Lawrence avenue and 5A feet on ly-
son avenue. This property Is also 10 Dc
developed.