New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-18
BRINGING |. |.
CLOSER TO ZONE
New Sideways Will Add to
Greatness of Section
South of Goth Street.
MANY BIG CENTRES
IN THE DISTRICT
Exacting Demands of Wholesale
and Retail Trade Can Be
Supplied There.

All the vast residential district in South
Brooklyn. extending eastward as far az
Coney Island. Will be brought on direct
all-rail rapid transit line with that sec
ton OF Manhattan from the Battery to
seth street. The 1nterborough Rapio
Transit Company. which operates the
present subway system, Is also to operate
two more big subway routes In Mannat-
tan. Both spu.s will run directly north
and south in the zone. One Will be the
Seventh avenue, the other the Lexington
avenue. a spur OF the main line OF the
present subway. Both the Seventh ave
nu. and the Broadway subways will be
Joined TO the great orosstown under-
ground link, or, rather, the Steinway tuos
extension.
The Importance OF these subway Inks
to this part of Manhattan. especially 10
the Times Square area, was long ago
recognized by many manufacturers OF au-
tomobiles seeking ample GROUNDS nea'
central Broadway on which TO build com
rnodious factories or storerooms for their
business.
The Brooklyn, the Manhattan, the
Williamsburg and the greensboro 'he
four great bridges which span the East
River. are within the boundaries or the
region. The Brooklyn, the Manhattan
and tie Williamsburg unite the lower
divisions Of the zone with the souther'S
and central areas OF Brooklyn, WINE 'he
Greensboro provides a splendid hlgh"ay
over the river from Second avenue anu
satb street I'm the extreme northeasteriy
mar, If the section, TO the big com
,nercial and manufacturing territory OF
Queens Borough.
All the big trunk railway lines WIN 'ei
minals in Manhattan are within thls Par
NJ old New York, too. And most OF those
which have not New York entrance
and have terminals on the Jersey side OF
the Hudson River have Gotham gate
way through the tubes of the HUDSON ano
Manhattan Railway Company.
On the westerly side Of Church street
from Cortlandt TO Fulton streets, is the
Cortlandt street terminal. from which
extend the downtown tubes OF this com
pany TO New Jersey. From Morton street
to New Jersey run under the bed Of the
Hudson River the upper tubes OF the same
company.
In this part OF Manhattan, from the
Battery 10 seth street, are not only all the
westerly approaches TO the bridges over
the East River, all the big railroad pas
senger terminals. some of the large
freight terminals. but a section along the
Hudson River where many OF the primer
pal steamships plying between this CIT!
and European ports have their berths.
still. these are but few or the lnValu-
able physical factors OF the Manhattan
district from the Battery 10 osth street
Oilers are the great downtown financial
centre. with its heart at Wall ana Broad
streets: the chief Office region in the lower
area. the vast wholesale business and
market places in the southwesterly di-
vision. the big wholesale and retail ousi-
ness places along Broadway, In Fourth
avenue. Madison avenue, ana In many
other streets, and the great shopping ar
terics in Fifth avenue. Sith street aho
Sixth avenue. besides the most popular
and most valuable hotel section OF Ne"
York.
Here. truly. is a section OF New iorh
where the most eXacting demands OF Inc
majority OF business houses can be sup
piled And at sum well within tneii
reach.