New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-14
BIG MAP NEARLY DRAWN
To Show Tentative Plans fo
Many Queens Streets.
5000 ACRES INVOLVED
May Seek Legislative Aid to
Have Rockaway Turnpike
Entirely in City.

| high class sections as Richmond ugr
| Circle, Tdlewild Park, Jamaica Fells Ia.
| rnaica Park Gardens. Springfield Gardens
! Sheffield Manor Bayview Landing Pose.
dale and Rosedale Gardens, COMPRISING
an area known as Idlewild will be mads
! possible within the near future. NM,
completion OF tentative Typographical
map which was begun last week by tho
| Queens Typographical Bureau
The entire borough will have been fer.
/ tatively mapped upon completion OF thi,
map. and the lafge real estate interests
there are elated over the progress tha,
has been made. as IL was predicted tina,
even the tentative mapping Of the bor.--
ough could not be accomplished within
Ave years
The development included in the area q,
6.c00 acres 10 be mapped is bounded an
proxlmately by Aqueduct on the north
/ Nassau County on the east, Jamaica Bay
on the south and Bergen Landing Road
on the west To insure uniformity. the
several owners of the different tracts will
be consulted i'm the preparation Of the
map.
An effort will be made to combine N.
best features OF all Of them together
with other developments IN the lmme-
date neighborhood.
Land that is owned by the city there
the strip through which the aqueduct OF
the Brooklyn Water Department extends
and which is incidentally the largest
area OF city owned land i'm the borough
with the exception OF Forest Park will
be utilized for park and parkway
This strip extends from the RidgewoOd
reservoir to the Nassau County line.
varying in width from 600 10 600 and 7o
feet. In some sections marginal streets
have been laid out on private property
on both the north and south sides and
Will be utilized for traffic and for ex-
trance 10 the proposed park. Space will
be reserved in the wider sections for
Fairgrounds. baseball diamonds, tennis
courts and cricket grounds.
The proposed development OF the Rock
away turnpike into a io0-foot boulevard
will appear on the map for the first time.
Increase I'm traffic between the main
lard and the Rockaway peninsula has
made this boulevard necessary. There
has been a delay in the complete realizs-
ton OF this plan because short section
OF the proposed turnpike is located in
Nassau County and the officials there
have not been able to come 10 an agree
ment with the Queens officials as 10 the
manner in which the proposed boulevard
is to be laid out
A remedy has been suggested 70 over
come the obstacle and II is proposed to
introduce a bill in the coming session OF
tire Legislature providing for change in
the line dividing Queens and Nassau
counties, whereby the entire length OF
the turnpike will be IN Queens County In
tho event OF the passage Of such bill
IL would be possible for the city officials
TO take complete charge Of the improve
ments proposed
Provision has been made for the crea-
ton of an industrial centre In the dis
trlct near Jamaica Bay by eliminating
il from consideration I'm the draft Of the
map. Pending the final contamination
OF the plans for the Improvement OF
Jamaica Bay. il will be impossible 70 de-
termine the best plan for the district
According 10 the plans OF the Dock De-
partment OF New York City several
basins will be laid out on Jamaica Bay
including the Cornell Bergen and Head
of-the- Bay basins. II is proposed to COM
plete the map in the winter. This map
will also provide for numerous snsH
basins from Jamaica Bay TO increase the
shore frontage OF the district and to per-
nit the entrance OF shipping 20 the dis-
trict.
The typographical department is max
ing rapid progress In the Bayside tenIz
tive map. which covers a district oil W.
acres, and the Black Stump map "n''
covers an area OF 500 acres.
The Bayside district is bounded on us
north by Little Neck Bay, Bayside PhA
and Auburndale. on the east by the Dor
ough line. on the south by the borough
line and part OF the Queens village u.s.
trict. and on the west by the queens
Road. The Black stump district is oouna'
ed on the north by Flushing and lngN'
side. on the east by Baysde. on the SCUM
by Hillside avenue and on the west
Flushing Creek. A feature OF this hlop
will be a new system Of street names -
which numerals will be used instead u
the old names. some OF which were w.
the early settlers of the district -,
In Fastening tho completion OF inc HN
map OF the borough the Queens lopO
graphical Bureau made another impolA"'
step by completing the map of one Q. w
fast growing sections OF the itn "@S'
A number OF large developments are -
der way in the district besides those
ready developed. The district is oouno,'
by the Rockaway Boulevard on the h"''"
Hatch and Whitlaw avenues on the e"'s
the Brooklyn conduit on the south a."
the Baysde Cemetery on the west o.
early completion of the map was SOUS
by the property owners in order '
they might proceed without any ui''es
essary delay In making permanent ~
on the property.
The projected extension OF the blUs'N
avenue line of the Brooklyn RAPID i'"
sit Railroad elevated line will increase
demand. for home sites in the district az
The property owners are DESTROYS o. 1,rs
ing the improvements finished by tne Ia
the extension Is completed. AltnouS, ~ u
close proximity TO the Brooklyn lhiG DO
section has been more backward ~ 10
velopment than others not as cVS OF \
Kings County because OF the ieN"
facilities.