New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-20
An Appealing Location
for Factory Concerns
Experts Believe the Exceptional Shipping Advantages to
All the Principal Parts of the Country To Be Had
in the Eastery Section of The Bronx Will
Soon Send Prices Soaring for Land.

to Pelham Bay Park, Pelham, New Ro-
chelle, and, with its connections, con-
tinuing to all points along the Sound.
This great artery of travel is the
route chosen for Pelham Bay Park
subway and elevated line, and is des-
tined TO be the big business thorough
fare of the East Bronx.
White Plains Road, to be widened to
100 feet, extends all the way from the
Sound. at Clason Point, directly north
to Mount Vernon, and eventually will
be the leading north and south thor
oughfare through the centre Of The
Bronx.
Clason Point Road, running south
from Westchester Avenue to Ciason
Point, ending at Long Island Sound and
the ferry service TO Whitestone Landing
and Port Washington, L. l., has at lts
southerly terminus, a short distance
from the most southerly Bradlsh Jonn-
son property, the next largest amuse-
ment park in the city.
Ludlow Avenue is to be 100 feet wide
and is the extension of East 1881
Street, continuing on as Eastern Boule-,
ward. terminating at Long Island Sound
below Pelham Bay Park. This avenue,
Il is eYnected. will be one of the lead
ing business thoroughfares Of the
more southerly portion of the East
Rrox. Its intersection with st. Law
renee Avenue is only three blocks dis
tant from the elevated station 70 De
erected at ST. Lawrence and West
chester avenues on the Pelham Park
rapid transit line.
Randall Avenue, running from Leg
pett Avenue and, in conjunction with
the Southern Boulevard, actual IS
the easterlv extension of 149th street.
"On the Westchester av. and South
ern Boulevard extension of the Lexlng-
tom av. subway route there Will be an
EXPRESS station on Hunts Point Road
said a well known real estate man last
Ueek in commenting on the realty ten
denotes in the Hunts Point peninsula
the Clason Point and the Throg's Neck
section. "This express station will Ger
tainlv help to make the Hunts Point
district east of Southern Boulevard at
tractive to large numbers of builders
who are specialists in the erection OF
houses Of moderate price.
Building changes take place quickly
and often on a very vast scale IN Inc
Rronx ! have known unusually large
sections
N he absolutely neglected. and a short
time afterward of being in the hands Of
svndicates that were bent on changing
them into up-to-date apartment house
centres. Nothing ever in the history
of the building expansion IN the greater
c;,y was more stupendous and remark
able than the upbuilding of the Hunts
point part of The Bronx, with South
ern boulevard and Hunts Point av. as
its retail shopping centre, by Henry
Moroenthau. Ambassador 70 the Otto
man Empire. Not many years ago
what is now the Hunts Point apart
mort house section was heavily wooded
land. Hunts Point av. being no better,
no broader nor more travelled than an
isolated country road. To-day Hunts
Point ay. is a broad and well kept high
way, extending right through the CEN
ire Of the peninsula, and touching on
its westerly end that great retail shop-
ming and amusement centre at the
Southern Boulevard and l63d st.
every part of the peninsula is
within easy reach of surface car line,
as there are trolleys on Hunts Point
av. and on Randall av. When the dual
rapid transit system is in operation II
will be an easy and comfortable and
quick trip between the downtown sec
ton of Manhattan and the Hunts Point
peninsula.
"The price Of land in the peninsula
and in the sparsely settled regions Of
the easterly Bronx is so low that build
ers of fiathouses of moderate cost can
erect there houses for wage earners
that could contain all modern convent
ences except elevators, and could be
rented at less than similar flats in the
well built up sections of the city.
an the Clsson Point and Throg's