New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-05
Dstricting Commission Also Describes the Many Fac.e:
for Shipping and Manufacturing in Borough-Plan
Aims to Protect Residential Regions from
Unwecome Building Expansion and AIDE
auatey Provide for Commercial Growth.

Industrial zones throughout the Boz
ough OF Brooklyn will be definitely
established if the plans Of the District
.ng Commission sle adopted Tentative
plans have been made public which
how very adequate allowance
lor tine future industrial growth
O. the borough. By establishing large
areas Tor factory development and pre-
vcrtinc factories from entering the
residential sections most important
.tep will have been taken toward the
environment Of the city End IN ac-
ro,dance with a we'll considered city
Liam.
careful statement. prepared by
gorge ". futile. describing the
BROOKLYN industrial districts, has oeen
gwen out by Tho commission. Con-
,idored A. city in itself Brooklyn
ranks fourth among the cities o.
Inc United states IN the value OF manu-
cactured products
-
city Brooklvn has 200 miles, . con-
siderable norton o. when IS near me
b,.iness norton Of the city and rs
.vsilablc Tor shipping of heavy draft
Recon. expansion Of shipping faciilties
IN tho Port Of New York has been
mainly in Brooklyn. ne principsi
criminal Of the Barge Canal Is now
Icing constructed at Gowsnus Bay ana
oil cd n
noiut. Many steamships passing
through the Panama Canal docS or. nc
Hrootlvn waterfront, aud much oil the
additional shipping, wsrehousihg am, ahs'
industry which viii come 20 New lorh
through and because OF these gres
pathways Of commerce VIII uhdoupI
edlv locate in thst borough on accom-
Of the many advantages II AFFORDS !,
is expected that the East River ahd
Nov YORK Bay waterfront now m
tensivclv used throughout the create
norton OF it's length will soon ne iuiiy
occupied.
Much has been and is being done 70
invite industry 20 Brooklyn. Inc Ne"
York connecting railroad passes
through the heart OF the borough ana
will give d. direct connection with me
trunk lines. Large terminal companies
have provided excellent facilities Tor
,he manufacture. storage and shlpping
of Goods on several sections oi brooA .
f,r's waterfront. and muhlcipal
frcirht terminal railroad. when WIN
couurc' with all the trunk ines ia :
boon Manned TO coordinate them ana
.upply adequate ight facilities 20
.bc entire waterfront between the
prooklyn Bridge and Bay Ridge.
Plans for a great industrial expansion
an The shores or Jamaica Bay have
ai,o been made, channel OF eighteen
feet has been drcdged. several large
industrial plants have located thereon
and those who have been foremost III
,ros4utinc the advantages OF Jamaica
Bay have proposed that IT be made
rrest mort Tor deep water shipping:
TIN. districts which are planned Tor
industrial development begin on the
Fast River At the mouth Of Nerto"n
Creek.
The Greenpoint District.
This IS IN area adjacent TO the East
Ri-er and Newtown Greek between
Rusnv-ick Inlet and Necker Avenue. l.
Z. bounded approximately By Bushwich
Inlet. cast on North Fourteenth street,
vest on Nassau Avenue, north on
Guerrsov street. west on Cslyer
Street. north on Franklin stree. east
on Huron street, south on Oakland
street. vest on Meserole Avenue.
.outh on Noultrie Street. west or Nor
mar Avenue. south or kingslsnd Ave
utic. cast ON Nassau Avenue. south OF
Varicj Street. north on Meehcr Avenue
and west and south OF Newtovn Creek
and the East River. Il j. naturally a
manufacturing section on account OF IT'S
excellent waterfront facilities. II j.
also easily accessible from the bushes
centre of the city by way OF the Will
iamsburg Bridge. and Barge Canal
terminsl is 20 be constructed thereon
a. the mouth Of Newtown Creek. Many
considerable industrial works are 10
Gated within this industrial area. which
includes sufficient vacant land 70 allow
FOR reasonable future growth.
The williamsburg District.
This includes an area on the Eas.
River between Division Avenue and
Bushwick Inlet II is o. easy access
20 tho business centre Of the city b.
means OF the Williamsburg Bridge.
and Is bounded approximately a. fol
north on Berry Street. east on South
Eighth Street, north on Hsyemeyer
Street. west on Fourth Street, north
on Bedford Avenue. east on Grand
Street, north on Union Avenue. east
OF Withers Street. north on Leonard
Avenue, east on Richardson street and
Neeker Avenue. north on Graham Ave-
nue.. west on briggs Avenue TO North
Fourteenth Street prolonged, west on
North Fourteenth Street. west and
south on Bushwick Inlet and the East
River. and section on the north side
OF Broadway between Montrosc Avenue
and Flushing Avenue. bounded castcrly
along Broadway and Flushing Avenue.
north on Bushwck Avenue. west on
Johnson Avenue. north on Manhattan
Avenue. west on Stage Street, and
south on Hewes Street.
These aress in the former ci'v of