New-York tribune., 1914-03-29
An Ideal All Year Home
Colony Along the Seashore

winter or fall months they viii have
pIenty of space right at the door OF tner
homer in which 10 romp about and 10
gct bealthful and pieasurable exercise
in congenia surroundings ~
Plots are sold at Manhattan beach rs
ta.es on easy terms In the new ounga~
lov section the price Of plots Is tS'Ooo up
the plots being 10 by 100 feet. Larger
nIots NAV be had II one desires. In tne
home section the prices for plots 50 by 100
feat range from $3.50 up. Some choice
corners 100 by 100 feet in the same sec
tion can be had for 5000 up. In tne
bungalow section only bungalow NOT
exceeding one story and attic can De put
nm The minimum cost Of bungalow 10
81 800 the minimum for house 500"
Runqalows 10 rent unfurnished for the
summer season bring 500 UPS furnished
q OO0 M Houses rent unfurnished TOT
81 600 up; furnished. $500 up Plots can
be purchased By paying 10 per cent OF tne
purchase price on signing contract and
the balance on easy monthly payments
plus per cent interest on the remaining
unpaid sum.
Twenty houses are now being built on
the premises. Most Of them are going Up
In the new bungalow section. rms group
Of buildings brings the number OF struct-
ures completed or under way on the
premises 10 the seventy-fye mark. Ihese
seventy-fve houses represent an invest
nent OF over s, 10000. The site on which
the bungalows are being erected was once
nj MannAt-
tan Beach Hotel The majority Of the
home builders intend to live In their
houses the year round IT, average cost
of the bungalows is about 5000. That
sum represents only the cost Of the build
ing.
All restrictions on the property run to
1895. Lot buyers or home owners will nor
be buriened with assessments. There are
no assessments of any kind. All the
necessary public Improvements have been
made and paid for by the Manhattan
Peach Estates Even the trolley service,
which runs night and day between the
sheepshead Bay station OF the Brighton
Beach line and the famous Oriental Hotel
was built and is operated by the estates
The fare TO and from Manhattan or TO
various sections of Brooklyn reached by
the Brighton Beach line and the troleys
is 20 cents, 10 cents each way.
sea wall which cost upward or $oO"OoO
has now been completed from the Brign-
ton boundary line TO the Oriental Hotel
II was built as a breaker for the waves
which roll in from the sea. The wall -
eftv feet wide at the base and about
krr
eight feet above highwater mark On TOP
os this great engineering work an es-
planade is being built. In the big storms
which swept along the Atlantic coast last
Noveuher and December the wall was not
( damaged in the slightest. The esplanade
will form a big and beautiful walk aions
the ocean front.
+ among the varied attractions at Man
haitian Beach Estates are the perfect con-
ditions under which bathing, boating and
/ 1thing may be enjoyed" says writer III
describing this property. The oatnihs
pavilion contains over 2,OO dressing rooms
with the best facilities for hot and cold
salt water baths. The white, sandy oHscn
is kent in a cleanly condition and IS IN
closed from all intrusion. The bathing is
] especially attractive and safe, as there Is
ro treacherous 'undertow' along this part
Of the coast
"sheepshead Bay, bounding the property
on the north. is absolutely protected, tur-
rishing safe place for rowing and an
ideal harbor for larger sailboats ana
steam yachts. Passing out from the pay
the lover of sailing may enjoy the quiei
waters of Jamaica Bay, which are pro-
tected by Rockaway Point, or, going out
side of the Point, may, in short time
be sailing over the course usually CHOSEN
for the international yacht races.
The waters south of Manhattan Beacn
Estates afford the best fishing that can be
had anywhere near New York and during
the summer hundreds of saiboats, with
their fishing parties, are seen daily scat
tered from Jamaica Bay 10 Sandy HOOK
For those who live at Manhattan Beach
the close proximity of the large and ad-
mirably conducted hotel-the oriental, the
favorite summer home and rendezvous or
many prominent persons-will be found
great convenience. II at any time, from
preference or necessity, one hnds IT de-
sirable to tighten the cares of housekeep-
ing. meals may be taken there.
Those persons desiring further particu-
lars about the property should write 10
the Manhattan Beach Estates, No. lsz
Broadway. New York.
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