New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09
II Hunts Point
Flats Sold at Profit
Bought Three Weeks Ago, D. C.
Griffin Sells to Operator, Who
ReseEls 70 Investors

Resale by Daniel G.. Griffin OF tws,rs
more OF the sixteen apartment nronN
critics in the Hunts Point section a.
The Bronx which he acquired abon.
three weeks ago from the Usona Con-
struction Company, and Immediate 70.
sale Of part of the purchase by ;hs
new owner, held a leading place in
yesterdays realty trading.
Max Miner, operator. bought tho
houses, which are all five stories. oc.
cupying individual plots of 40xl0O. and
are located at 1884, 1912, 1896, 1850.
and 1861 Lowell Street, 1l4l. ISL
1875. 1859, and 1853 East l65th Street.
and 1914, 1913, 1882 Longfelow Ave
nue..
Mr. Miner Immediately resold TO
Aaron Miller the five houses which
cover the block front on Longfellow
Avenue, between Lowell and 165th
Streets. and has also resold 1851 and
! 1853 East 165th Street Leitner.
Brener q Starr negotiated all of the
above transactions. Recently Mr.. Grlf-
fin sold through the same brokers
to Isaac Portman the two houses at
1896 and 1910 Bryant Avenue
The remaining eleven houses at 952
to 992 Tiffany Street. which with the
Griffin holdings make up the Usona
apartment house development OF TWEEN
ty-seven structures. were purchased
by S. Merrill Banner, through Leitner
Brener & Starr about month ago
Frederick Brown has resold the four
tive-story apartment houses at 1854 to
1916 Weeks Avenue occupying plot
200X95, located one block from the
Ccncourse. They arc arranged for
20, "a
about $4,000. Mr.. Brown also sold
through NJ !. Strunsky to the Lanken
Realty Company the two lve-story
apartment houses at 2440 and 2444
Valentine Avenue. arranged for forty
families, near 1SSth Street. and rent
ing for $4,000; also sold to NJ. l.. &
{. Ernst the thrce-story house at 766
East l6lst Street on lot 25xloo
". d. Morgan has sold for Lowen-
field & Prayer the iive-story twenty
family apartment house at $3.50 Grand
Boulevard and Concourse, on "A plot
6NxS6, near lS4th Street The property
has been sold to an investor
James j. Donovan. inc, sold for Jen-
ME II. koehler the northeast corner Of
Bathgatc Avenue and lS2d Street. q
vacant plot 10oX95. which was recently
sold in foreclosure at the stand of Mr.
Donovan, to the Aetna Mortgage Com
pany.
James J. Donovan. Inc. has sold for
Catherine Hoyne to Charles Krooz
$50 East 173d Street, southeast corner
of Nyse Avenue, a four-story fat
35Xl0o. The seller acquired the prop
erty from the Mccks estate i'm October.
Alexander Selkin sold for the estate
OF Clara SHERMAN the six story eleva-
tor apartment known as Greyock
Court at 63l East 16Sth Street. corner
Of Boston Road; on plot 137xi41.5S The
buyer is client of Joseph G. Abram-
son. 1t was built by Mrs. Slverman
and adjoins a vacant plot 4lxl37.
Williamson & Bryan sold for cash
for A. J. kouri the tve-story apart
ment 1900 Longfellow Avenue, 5Oxl0O.
Jacob Cohen purchased from Henri
cite WaXman 12l1 Gilbert Place, a
two family house 25x100; also from
Jennie Pearlman the wo-family house,
42Xo9. at the northwest corner Of Hath
Street and Anthony Avenue. Gettner,
SIMON & Ascher acted as attorneys for
the buyer.
Mary Eisenstein sold to Harry Paul
1910 Seabury Place, five-story apart
ment 41XIOO.