New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-03
Apartment Houses To Be
Erected in This Local
ity For All Year
Occupancy.

Far Rockaway. with its numerous hish
class villas and hotels and its beautiful
sandy beaches. is one Of the fastest grow
ing residential sections Of this city. II Is
about to put on a new building garo' II
is lust entering. according to many wen
known real estate experts. the apartment
house building age And these apartment
house structures will be designed not only
for summer occupancy. but for all-year
tenancy.
plans arc being considered" said a
we'll known resident of Far Rockaway to
a Tribune reporter last week, for the
erection Of a number of high class apart
ment houses at Far Rockaway.
lie added: Every one OF the houses
will have all modern conveniences, IL
Guiding steam heat. A few years ago the
average owner here would have ridiculcd
q proposition TO have steam heating APP
paratus installed in his house
There was then little demand FOR villas
and fathouses at this beautiful place after
the summer season was over.
within the last few years, however
many persons who have come here to stay
only I'm the summer months have found
the Mace so conveniently located and so
delightful for residential purposes that
thev have rented houses for their own
use for all year. 1t is estimated that
about 10 per cent Of the summer resi-
dents of 1912 became permanent tenants
of this great seashore section Of Ne"
York. 4 larger increase is expected this
year.
The plans for apartment houses no"
under consideration call for the improve
rent OF sites toward Lawrence way.
There arc no plans being perfected at
the present time for apartment houses to
occupy sites near the beach.
There is talk of transforming certain
narts Of the beach section Of old Far
Rockaway by the building OF several
hotels. which in size and value will com
pare favorably with some of the famous
summer resort hotels along the Atlantic
Coast
NO sound reason now exists why Far
Rockaway should not now begin TO grow
most vigorous as an ideal all-year home
Mace. II is so near New York and the
train service Of the Long Island Railroad
is so excellent that no one thinks Of the
Journey at present between the city and
Far Rockaway as anything except
nleasant one. There are over ffty-four
trains a day by the Rockaway Beach and
the Valley Stream routes. between Far
Rockaway and the heart Of New York.
The running time Of the trains is much
less than sixty minutes.
The Long Island Railroad is spending
millions on the Jamaica improvements
and that project will be Of great and last
ing benefit 10 this beautiful seashore re-
sort. ] do not know OF another railroad
which in comparison 10 its mileage is
spending so much money on lettering its
roadway. building new stations and put
ting on more trains Of the steel type than
the Long Island Railroad.
After It's Jamaica improvements have
heen completed IT is the intention of the
railroad TO make speedy progress in re-
moving all grade crossings between ia
maica and the towns on the Rockaway
peninsula.
1T has plans for the depression Of all
its tracks through Far Rockaway. The
trains are to run in an open cut, and it
will then be possible for the railroad 10
operate its trains on a faster schedule.
There is ample corroborative evidence
OF the marked increase in the demand
for all-year homes at Far Rockaway.
Tribune reporter last week visited many
of the leading brokerage offices OF the
district and heard in those Offices many
inquiries about rentals Of desirable all
wear houses. In some instances summer
residents were found busy examining
yearly leases 10 houses. preparatory TO
signing them.
one broker said 10 the reporter: 1T
Iooks as II we are going to have from
now on two very good rental seasons
here; one the usual summer, the other
the autumn.
The season for summer houses for 1913
was one OF the best We ever experienced.
This applies TO the entire Hocka"ay
peninsula. In Arverne and Edgemere
have not a house to lease; and II there
were more modern houses on the PENN