New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-08
One of the Brightest Trad
ing Centres of Pres
emf Market.
A WASTE TRACT
NOT LONG AGO
Two Great CroSStOWn Thor
OughfareS Being Formed
in /OHC.


One ~ The bright speculative centres
cfthe present day is the Dyckman sec
non Of this cts. This tract of land,
beginning az the nor;herly base Of Fort
George hiu and extending 20 the Har-
Ian ship Canal. che last remaining
rsrt Of Manhattan Island which has not
yet undergone the process OF lnten-
SIZED DEVELOPMENTS I'm other words, the
larger part O. .- IS now being improved
from its original state as farm land
into one Of the most attractive and de-
Ughtful residential and home sections
Of the greater city.
The creation OF q great crosStown
,horoughtare. lined on both sides with
attractive stores and flathouses, is
looked ruor jon real estate circles as a
most important event in the history OF
this city I'M ,hi, tract of land not only
one. bur two. big crosstown thorough
fares. destined 90 be noted Tor their
strong retail shopping and amusement
areas, are being made. under the IN
fueuces arising from the needs OF the
city In q building line. And yet this
notable trans formation seems so lar to
have escaped tho attention Of many
thousand res dents Of the city. Coin
c.dent with this development stands
tut the fact that this transition marks
the planning and the building Of the
most northerly business streets run
H.ug from east 20 west that Manhattan
Island IS ever likely 20 have.
The two new great cIosstown NOR
cughfares being added TO the real es-
tate assets of Manhattan are DycEm&n
e. and -n-th 90. The latter street was
t0r mans years known aa Emerson S."
and IL D., Still. called by that name by
many persons. Dycbmau So. is 100
feet and Emerson ST.. ls so feet VICE
Many realty owners and other person
interested iu the changes which have
taken place in the Dyckman section
hold contrary views as 20 whether OF
not Dvckmau 81. is 10 be Of more or
less importance than 207th or Emerson
-. s. "a business artery running east
and west u seems that the consensus
Of opinion at the present time is that
Emerson ST. VIII outshine Dyckman ST..
as a business and amusement centre.
The Dyckman tract. as its name I'M
plies, IS called after Jacobus Dyckmah,
who for many years owned and titled
The larger part of what is now known
IN real estate circles as the Dyckmah
district Of New York. The late Isaac
Dyciman. who died in the spring OF
1868. wa, d son Of JacObus Dyckman,
the original owner. At his death Isaac
Dyckman owned more land on Man
haitian Island than any other person.
His holdings were not the greatest IN
value bv any means, but as regards
area they .otalled 80 acres, which Is a
very nice slice of Manhattan island
TO own. Isaac Dyckman was bacheior'
and ne willcd his property 10 MS
nephew, Isaac VI. Dyckman.
10 was ON January Z. 1871, That q
part Of the property owned by the es-
tate Of Isaac Dyckman was disposed
O. al auction. the property comprlslhE
many lots west Of Broadway, nOrth o.
Academy ST.. and extending 10 ZVtth
g., or Emerson So. At that time TINS
part Of Manhattan Island was conaid-
cred far out iu the country, ana the
principal ways Of getting 10 and from
me property were by the Hudson RIVER
Branch of the New York Central ana
The little passenger carrying boats
that Piled up and down the Harlem
md The East rivers between the down
Town districts and the klngsbridge
Part OF the city The little lnwood
station Of the branch of the New YORK
central that still runs from SOD ST.
along the Hudson River 70 Spuyten
Duyvl IS a sad reminder Of those by
zone days The lnwood station IS at
ne extreme westerly end OF Dyckman
ST. short distance from the point
Where the traveller bound for the top
o. lnwOOd Hill turns off Dyckman ST..
70 surmoInt Bolton Road. that winds
through the hills.
Gong back 20 the realty records
one VIII ind that this 1871 sale wa
considered big event in the realty
World. With the announcement Of the
USckman sale was given a schedule OF
me operation OF the trains from 33d
81 10 lnwOod, so that the public would
Ve informed as 20 the best trains -
axe 10 be present at the sale. In the
Tvs there was a vigorous demand for
Wuntry sites among people Of means,
'nl as the Dyckman property had con-
ueraDle fame owing 20 its rural
'usrins, ITS nearby boating facilities
@se ITS access 10 the business centres
new York, ~ was held in high favor
country hOmcseekers. The average
&c pald Tor lots al the sale was 500,
~ as result Of the purchases a
lnsloerabie number of frame dwelling
ouseS' such as are popular in the
M, "try sections near New York, were
I'D on the premises. Most Of the
suseS were built for summer occu-
IVY ana later became. with the I'M