New-York tribune., 1920-06-13

On Of the most promising fields 10Y
home building in the. Borough OF
Queens is the 4th Ward, comprising
Jamaica, Kew Gardens, Woodhaven
Richmond Hill, Queens, Hollis and
Morris Park.
This section is one Of the most
favored in the borough as regards
transit facilities, as it is served by the
Long Island Railroad with its
branches to Manhattan and Brooklyn
the jamaica and Liberty avenues ex-
tensions of the B. R. T. elevated. the
B. R. T. surface lines and the New
York and Queens, and Manhattan and
Queens trolley lines to Manhattan.
Here, as in other sections of the
borough, the housing bureau of the
Greensboro Chamber of Commerce
has found note of optimism prevail
ing among the real estate and other
far seeing business men. They are
not looking for "boom," perhaps, nor
do they wish it, as "booms" do not al
ways indicate a healthy growth, but
they do lok for rapid and
substantial building movement after
the present unsettled conditions ad-
just themselves and the advantages
of Queens as home center become
more, widely known.
Apartment Building at StandstilI
The figures compiled by the housing
bureau. show that while apartment
house building in the mid-Queens
section is practically at a standstill,
there is considerable activity in the
building of single family houses.
Aside from the dwellings,, there are
also in course of construction in
Jamaica two large theaters, bank
building and a number of small in
dustrial plants.
One of the largest operations in
this section is that of the Enavar Con-
struction Company, which is building
fifty houses in Everett Park, which
lies between Fulton Street and Hill
side Avenue The present construc-
ton is on both sides of Judd Avenue,
but the company also owns all of the
inside lots for block to the east, on
which it will build as soon as the first
group is completed. 1t is understood
that practically all the houses have
been sold.
Throughout the Jamaica section
there is also considerable individual
building of homes, prices ranging from
$4,000 to $4,000. Two other sections
here which are very favorably located,
and which are expected to be developed
soon with moderate priced houses, are
IN the vicinity of Remsen Street and
Merrick Road, on the south side, and
the nil section on the north side of
Jamaica.
The First National Bank is complet-
ing new building on Fulton Street,
which it will occupy in few weeks,
and two new theaters are we'll under
way, and will be ready in the fall.
Each will have a seating capacity of
from $500 to 5000. The Merrick
Amusement Company is erecting one
on the southeast corner of Fulton
Street and New York Avenue, and the
other is to be called the Rialto, and
IS being built on Fulton Street, op-
poslte the King Mansion, by the Long
Island Pictures Corporation.
Big Auction Will Help
The auction sale Of 1000 lots at
Jamaica Estates which was started yes-
terday is expected to stimulate build
ing of the better class of homes. The
property lies north of Hillside Ave-
nue., and the area now being sold is be-
tween Midland Parkway and Hollis
wood Avenue. 1t is laid out with wide
streets and planted in shade trees, and
is considered one of the most desirable
sections Of Jamaica.
Kew Gardens, which lies partly in
the I'd and partly in the 4th Ward, is
one of the prettiest residential sections
in the metropolitan district. 1t is at
one of the highest points in Queens
Borough. Of the 120 acres which the
tract contains, about 70 per cent is
built up with splendid type of homes,
ranging in cost from $4,000 to $50
900. 1t has frontage on both the
Queens Boulevard and Union Turnpike
(Grand Central Parkway. For a mile
on it's west border is Forest Park, while
on other sides are Richmond Hill and
Forest Hills. The Long Island Rail-
road runs through the property and
has pretty station on the grounds.
Eighty New Homes for Kew
Sixty houses were built and sold last
year and about twenty are now in
course of construction and will be COM
pleted soon.
The community life is one of the
most attractive features of Kew Gar,
dens.
At South Hollis Hills a plot of 385
lots has been bought recently by syn
dicate, which will develop it with mod
crate priced houses. The plot has a
frontage of about 500 feet on Hollis
Avenue, between Hillburn and West
Point streets, with depth of four city
blocks. The houses to be built will be
sold at from $1,000 to $4,000. The