New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-10
Builder Gets Premises in
49th Street, Near Lex
ington Ave.
APARTMENT TRADING
IN THE BRONX
Parcels on Former Hoe Estate in
100000 Deal Exchange of
Sherman Ave. Property.

A builder has purchased the three old
dwellings, in the new apartment house
section east OF the Grand Central i'm
provements. The premises which figured
in the transaction are at AS TO l49 East
4sth st. on a plot 5SlOxl05 feet. located
las feet east OF Lexington av. They have
been sold by William l.. Levy.
Directly opposite is the nine story apart
ment erected last year by the late Mont
gomery Maze and sold few months ago
TO Mitchell &. Bernstein in an exchange
involving the eight story loft building at
AS Broadway. near Grand st.
Mr.. Levy acquired the property just
sold in December. 1922 from the Fitz-
patrick estate. Cornelia a. Todd ana
Mary G. Murphy. respectively. All OF
the houses had been held by their re-
spective sellers for over thirty years
Mr.. Levy had in mind the erection OF
a nine story apartment house when he
made the purchase.
The Bronx furnished some interesting
transactions yesterday One OF these
concerned the fine. large. newly COM
pleted apartment houses erected on part
of the former Hoe estate. which is now
practically covered with modern struct-
ures.
The properties were sold by William u.
Mcdonnell for Samuel Lyttle to James
Mcconnell for a consideration close 10
10000. The five story house at 1lZo Bry-
ant av, at the northwest corner or lo'th
st. one of the FIVE sold, is on a plot
S5xlO0; three others are Of four stories
at llSo, 1874 and 1888 Bryant av" covering
2 plot loOxloo, and the other a FIVE story
house with stores at 10l5 East leth ST.
the latter covering a plot 4oxloo
Arnold, Byrne & Baumann have SOLD
for the Vermilyea Realty Company
Charles Hensle, president. 10 Joseph A
Dunn the FIVE story apartment house al
l72 Sherman av.. adjoining the southwest
corner Of 2O4th St. on plot 0Oxl0O feet
The Vermilyea Company took in part
payment the vacant plot on the south
side Of Ellwood av., 200 feet east OF
Neagle av., 125xSoo feet.
The apartment house is the third sold
of a row Of eight just completed by the
selling company. 1t is announced that
the Vermilyea Realty Company will I'M
prove the vacant plot with apartment
The exchange involved $4,000
NJ. Kirkland has sold the four story
dwelling house on lot 1Sxlo2.5 feet, at 81
West SD St. 1925 feet east Of RIVERSIDE
Drive. There was 10 broker IN the
transaction.
The seller acquired the property IN
March of 1909 for consideration OF s2o''
200. according to ownership records.
Plans were fled yesterday for one OF
thu largest apartment house operations
recently undertaken in The Bronx. IL
involves the erection Of nine hve story
structures at the northeast corner oil
College av. and 166th ST. The houses VIII
front AZ and IS feet and average about
100 feet in depth. They are to be erected
by the Tully Building Company. Of which
John j. Tully is president. and VIII be
from plans by the Kreymborg Archi-
tectural Company which has estimated
the cost at $4,000. The building COM
pany bought the property last month
from the Star Holding Company. Al
that time the Tully Company purchased
additional land at Findlay av. and lSeth
St. on which 1t plans to erect I'VE apart
ment houses.
David L. Woodall sold for Fernando
Wood the plot 5Oxlco. west side OF Pop
ham ay.. iSl feet north of i76th st. and
about three lots at the southwest corner
OF MONTGOMERY and Popham avs.