New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-07
District Comprises 9th and
oath Wards - Eastern
Parkway in Zone.
LARGE SUBWAY LINKS
PLANNED FOR REGION
Important Transit Transfer Point
To Be Plaza Entrance
10 Park.

Two OF the safest speculative districts
in Brooklyn for builders are the old 9Th
and 9th wards
Tho old 9th Ward is that centrally To-
Gated area of land bounded by Atlantic
Fourth ard I1atJush avenues, Union
street and Franklin avenue. The 2ith
Ware adjoins IL on the east, and lies be
tween Franklin and Atlantic avenues
Eastern Parkway and an irregular line
extending through sullivan and Malone
streets Ii would be hard TO find two
divisions Of Brooklyn with "a realty fu-
ture equal in brightness 10 these. A
hagty examination Of the factors when
fern the foundation on which TINS
building transformation viii be hrmly
laid is likely TO convince even the shep-
teal of the truth of the assertion that
there are myriads Of realty opportuni-
ties i'm the section now, and many more
will be- urfoldcd.
These divisions VIII lend themselves
easily 10 the speculative demands that
VIII be made. To array either one OF
both at the same time with more val
liable structural garb will not cause the
tearing down Of comparatively new
buildings whose usefulness is ended
Most Of the buildings which are soon
bound 10 be replaced are old. many ol
them over forty years old, and nearly
all the others are over the twenty age
mark. Quite few Of the structures
ars unsightly: they have not a pleasing
lire. and their squattincss ana ue's
sOmbreress carry one back TO thd'
building epoch when builders and aren't
tects made everything SubserWent 10
suhstantialness, and frOwned on beauty
As for open spaces. large areas Of va
cant land long ready for Improvement
there are enough i'm the districts to Keep
hundreds Of builders busy for many
months. Parts OF the oath Ward the
easterly division of the territory in
question. Is as desolate Of improve
msnts as the most easterly sections Of
Flatlands.
Extending through the two wards from
west 10 east from the plaza OF Prospect
Park 10 the heart Of East New York, is
Eastern Parkway. The parkway is one
o. the finest avenues in the entire Dor-
olgh. IT is broad and parklike. 1t IL
well kept II is easily reached from all
the old sections, and many OF the new
ones Of Brooklyn. Every holiday since
IT was opened. weather permitting, IL
mas been alive with pleasure seekers
siooi or i'm autos or carriages. These
holiday parades on il are growing in
Density. and will become more attractive
as modern building lines broaden in the
sections
Eastern Parkway is thinly settled
mere and there at the western part or
me parkway are a number OF strong and
artistic apartment houses, and between
uiem are not few lots. but acres of
pie land. These houses comprise the
residential colonies of the westerly part
=" the parkway.
no one has 10 look far to discover the
prime cause for the check until recent
FEARS on building development in the dis
tnct
eastern Parkway was not easily reached
''om the principal sections Of Brooklyn
manhattan. nor is IL now. But ii will
"n De possible 10 reach any part OF IL
quickly as the shopping area Of Fulton
eet from downtown New York to-day.
al Inc plaza Of Prospect Park. which
.he westerly approach TO the parkway.
- De great transit centre. The city
S's 10 be utterly ashamed Of its treat
.e" OF the sections years ago, and has
vHNhned 10 make amends for its years of
s"V IN most beneficial manner