The sun., 1919-07-20
STAGE ALL SET FOR
SALE AT NEPONSIT
Jere johnson Co. to Dispose of
700 Lots at Absolute
Auction.

Hundreds Of persons seeking homes by
tho seashore are perpiexed because they
cannot ind sections which combine all or
most OF tho advantages they seek. This
class will be glad TO learn that q con-
siderable tract of seaside property at
Neponsit is to be sold at auction Satur-
day. August Is. Neponsit Is the west
ernmost residential colony on the Rock
away coast and II has remained COM
paratively exclusive and the develop
ment thus far has been Of the desirable
sort.
The property to be sold has been held
by the Neponslt Realty Company, which
has decided to liquidate all its holdings
there and TO wind up the affairs OF the
company. The lots are for the most part
situated directly on the ocean or adjacent
to Jamaica Bay. Thus they AFFORD both
rough and still water bathing facilities.
The sale will he held on the premises
at p. NJ. by the Jere Johnson,
Jr., Company. auctioneers. and will
be absolute. All the remaining vacant
lots. numbering 700. are to be sold for
whatever they will bring, regardless Of
their value. The sale will be held. rain
or shine. under large tent. Many OF
the lots are directly on the ocean
OF chief interest TO prospective home
pulluofus lOI hAl yodI VI
occupancy, Ia the fact that all tho lots
to be sold are located in the parrowest
section Of the Rockaway coast. west Of
tho Long Island Railroad terminal at
Rockaway Park. and closest to both the
Atlantic Ocean and Jamaica Bay.
Transit Facilities.
Another important consideration is
that the electric surface car line which
directly connects with the railroad
terminal at Rockaway Park is routed
through Belle Harbor and Eeponsit,
with the proposal made recently to ex-
tend the line westerly through Jacob
Riis Park, adjoining Neponsit and to
Fort Tilden. erected during the war
period on Rockaway Point. These ca rs
are operated night and day the year
round through all sections of the Rock
away coast to Far Rockaway.
At Neponsit the surface car line turns
from Newport avenue south toward the
ocean into the Adirondack Boulevard.
tho gateway to Neponsit. thence west
into Neponsit avenue to Jacob Riis
Park. Not one OF tho thirty square
blocks comprising the area of N, onsit
is distant moro than one or two blocks
from this ocean front transit line.
The Nepons!t Club. q $4,000 struc-
ture. is centrally located on the Jamaica
Bay frontage. at the foot OF Bannock
Boulevard. eighty feet in width.
The distance from hay to ocean in
this section. west TO Telawana Park. is
two long and two shott blocks. or about
1900 feet. Between Adirondack Boule.
ward and the clubhouse the width is
about 1880 feet. The jamaica Bay
frontage has the protection OF a well
built bulkhead. The beach frontage.
about a half milo In length and more
than 100 feet wide, has been set aside
for the use of the property owners by
general dedication for park purposes.
Splendid Sewerage system.
When the area OF Neponsit was orig
inally acquired by the present developers
In 1911. II was at once determined TO
install there a sewerage system as good,
II not better than. the one boa sted by
the city Of New York. AS a result Of
that decision there was built at a great
expense a sanitary sewerage plant OF the
French sedimentation type.
Other improvements include macadam-
lied roads, water. electricity, gas and
telephones. boulevards. Pathways and
several hundred cottages, houses and
bungalows. ranging In cost all tho way
from $4,000 to over $4,000, the great
majority OF which are OF the all the year
type and occupied the year round by
their owners
The time OF travd to Neponslt via the
Rockaway Beach division OF the Lons
Island Railroad is 80 TO 20 minutes from