New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-02
Building Zones for The
Bronx and Brooklyn
Public Hearings Tomorrow and on Wednesday on Tenta-
tive Height, Use and Area Districts of North
ery Sections of City-Session on
Brooklyn Plans, Tuesday.

The Commission on Building Dis
tricts and Restrictions announces two
public hearings this week at the City
/ Hall on the tentative height, use and
area districts for The Bronx. The first
hearing, which is 10 be devoted TO that
part of the borough west OF the Bronx
River, Will be held at 1880 a. m. to-
morrow, and on Wednesday 20 that part
of the borough east Of the Bronx
River. On Tuesday the session will be
on Brooklyn coming.
In the West Bronx the whole River
dale section has been reserved for ex-
elusive residential use, except the low
land in the vicinity of Tibbett's Brook,
which has been indicated as an indus
trial district. The large area between
the Harlem River and Park av.. too,
speaking generally, has been restricted
10 residential use. The only streets
indicated as business streets through
out this extensive territory are the
crOsstown streets extending back from
the stations on the Jerome av. and
Third av. elevated lines The north
and south avenues. with the important
exceptions of Jerome, Ogden, Cromwell
Boscobel and Webster avs, have been
restricted against both business and
industry. The residential streets in
clude University av. and the COncourse.
The industrial area west Of the
Bronx River embraces practically all
of the low land in Mott Haven south
Of Macomb's Dam Park and East 153d
st. 20 Sheridan av. West OF Morris av.
il includes most Of the territory south
Of l49th 50. This area contains the
barge canal terminal. the freight de-
pots Of the Lehigh Valley, the Erie, the
Lackawanna and the Central Railroad
of New Jersey, the several railroad
yards of the New York Central & Hud-
son River Railroad. the New York, New
Haven & Hartford Railroad and the
New York & Harlem River Railroad,
All Of the Hunts Point section south
Of the New York. New Haven & Hart
ford tracks is in the industrial dis
trict The industrial area also in
cludes narrow strips Of land parallel
ing the Harlem Division and the Spuy-
ten Duyvil and Port Morris Branch.
Waterfront Property Unrestricted.
The whole waterfront of that part Of
the borough east Of the Bronx River
is in the unrestricted district. As there
are many creeks and rivers in this sec
ton, Bronx River, Pugsley's Greek,
Westchester Greek. Baxter Greek, Weir
Greek and Eastchester Greek, not TO
mention the East River, Long Island
Sound and Pelham Bay. this means
that very considerable portion Of this
part of the borough is in the factory
district
South Of the New York. New Haven
& Hartford Railroad the only areas re-
served for residential purposes are an
area north of the Clason Point Military
Academy. an area in Unlonport north
of Randall ave, between PUgsley and
Hevemeyer ave, and on area north
west Of Weir Greek. North of the New
York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
the principal industrial areas are three
ID an area between the New Haven
tracks and Van Nest and Stllwell ayes:
~ an area between Eastchester Creek,
the New York, Westchester & Boston
Railroad and Bruner and Gunther ayes,
and 80 d narrow, small strip parallel
ing the Bronx River.
The proposed area districts IN The
Bronx are everywhere so liberal with
reference 10 yards and courts that any
five story tenement that can now be
erected under the tenement house law
NAV in the future be erected IN all
parts Of the borough except IN Clty
island and large section OF Riverdale'
South Of Spuyten Duyvil Parkway. Van
Cortland Park, Mosholu Parkway ano
Bronx Park tenements may be erected
10 height Of 90 feet eight or nine
stories without providing any larger
wards or courts than those now de-
manded under the tenement house law.
large section in the East Bronx IS
also in the "B" district This area IS
bounded by Ludlow and Pugsley. ayes
Storrow and Baker SITS, BronXdale ave
and the Bronx River. City Island IS
the only part Of The Bronx IN the ~
district. Riverdale is in the II" dis
tr;ct. West Of the line formed by Rap
mock ST.. Edgehill and Johnson aves''
West 282d St, Spuyten Duyvil PARK
wav. West 242d ~, Tibbetts ave.
Cayuga ave, West 258d St, lselin ave.
West 256th St., Liebig ave, Zo'tn 81.
and Netherland ave. With these two
executions the proposed regulations for
residential buildings up 20 a helgnt OF
"a feet are nowhere in The Bronx more
stringent than those required BY the
tenement house law
So far as height is concerned only