New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-27
Only Type of Frame Build
ingS Permitted in Area
Are Detached Dwellings.
OUTLINES OF
PROBABLE ZONES
New Manhattan District Would
Include All Lands Outside of
Present Fire Limits.

The suggestion for suburban limits
outside of the fire limits within which
frame construction will be restricted to
detached dwellings is apparently meet
ing with general favor. Reports from
the several boroughs affected so far
show that many of the real estate oper-
stors as well as the residents approve
OF the project, and the feeling thus
far seems to be that all sections of the
city in which development of any kind
has started might very properly be in
Guided.
In view of this general sentiment the
! outlines for the suburban limits in
dude in Manhattan everything that
! is now outside of the fire limits. In
/ ether words, Inwood Hill, Marble Hill
and the area west of Broadway, be-
! tween 215th st. and the Harlem Ship
| Canal.
| In The Bronx the entire area west Of
! Bronx Park to the Bronx River and
outside of the present fire limits is in
cluded in these new suburban limits;
. besides which it includes the sections
of The Bronx on each side of the White
/ Plains Road, known as Williamsbridge.
Wakefield, Jacksonville and Washing
! tcnvillc, from the Bronx River as far
/ cast as Bronxville av. between the Bos-
/ ton Post Road and 234th ST., and Barnes
av. above 234th st. north to the city
line; a strip connecting the lower end
/ OF Williamsbridgc with the settlement
east of Bronx Park and south of Bear
Swamp Road. Here the line follows
Bear Swamp Road to the Harlem bridge
Of the New Haven Railroad, which 1t
follows as far east as Waters ay, TAX
/ ing in the entire Westchester village
rorth of Westchester av. Then south
of Westchester av. the line goes as far
Cpst as Crosby av. and as far south as
/ Waterbury av over to Westchester
/ Greek. Following Westchester Creek
il goes down as far as Lafayette av"
west along Lafayette av., north along
! White Plains Road and west to the
/ Bronx River along Watson av., thus IN
( Guiding Unionport. 1t is also proposed
! that CITY Island be included.
In Brooklyn everything south of the
present fire limits as far cast as ocean
av. is to be included; also Sheepshead
| Paw as far east as Batchelder av.; the
entire Coney Island from Sea Gate to
the east end of the Manhattan Beach
estates. North of Avenue u the cast
erly boundary will be along Nostrand
| av.; then following along Flstiands aV'
! to Schenectady av. it runs northerIy
along Schenectady av. to Beverly Road,
! follows Beverly Road to the east ana
| includes the balance of BrownsVille
now outside the FIRE limits by following
along Vienna av. to Belts Greek. East
of Belts Creek everything above Suffer
av. to the Borough Line Of Queens IS
In Queens it is proposed to include
the balance of Long Island City not at
present within the fire limits; also
! Woodside, Winfield, Maspeth, Linden
Hill, Newtown, Elmhurst and corona
the line going as far east as feeTtrse
av., in Corona. The area south Oh meJ-
ropolitan av. is also TO be lnciuued'
Forest Hills and the Cord Meyer devel-
opment and Kew Gardens will form a
part also. Then a strip on eaeh slue
| of Jamaica av. running as far east ~
! the Nassau County line, where II
meets the Jericho Turnpike, rs lar
north as Forest Park and the Union
Turnpike out TO Holiswood, along the
northerly extremity OF Holliswood ever
! to the northerly extremity OF queens
/ Court, and as far south as Liberty av'
through Woodhaven and Snwanee sV'
through Jamaica. Between the koek-
away Road and Merriek Road the ter
4 ritory is extended south to include Ce,
dar Manor. East of the Merrick Road
IL keeps close TO Jamaica av. until "
reaches the developments along Hollis
av., where it is intended TO include the
DEVELOPMENTS known AZ Bellair Car
dens. Hollis Estates, Hollis Gardens and
Queens and Queens Court