The New York herald., 1921-05-04
BUY B'WAY CORNER
HELD AT$1,O0O,OO
Mayors Add Another Apart
ment Property to Holdings
on Upper West Side.

J. c. and NJ. G.. Mayer added another
notable transaction TO their chain OF
operations on tac upper West Side yes
terday when they purchased from
Thomas j. and Grace Powers, through
the firm of Slawson & Hobbs. the five
story store and apartment building at
the southeast corner OF Broadway and
Seventy fourth street. The property,
valued at $1,000.00o. extends over to
Amsterdam avenue and occupies most OF
the block front on Broadway between
seventy-third and Seventy-fourth streets
IT haR been in the possession OF the sell
ing family since 1890.
The property fronts 1883 feet on
Broadway. 1912 feet ON Seventy fourth
street and 1864 feet on Amsterdam ave-
hue. and has a southerly line of 91.4
feet. The building has stores on the
Broadway and Amsterdam avenue sides,
with apartments above. The site con-
tains approximately $4,000 square feet
and could be used to advantage as the
site Of a modern apartment structure
as it is assured of an unhampered sup
ply of light on all three fronts. The new
owners plan extensive improvements
after they have taken possession next
October, when the present leases expire.
Stoddard & Mark. attorneys, repre-
scented the purchasers and Cannon 4
Cannon and Swan. Moore & Danforth
acted for the sellers.
One of the recent purchases made by
the Mayors involved the Esplanade. a
fourteen story apartment house, at the
northwest corner of West End avenue
ard Seventy-fourth street
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The twelve story apartment at the
north corner of Riverside Drive ,and
Ninety-sixth street has been sold at a
price close to the asking figure Of So0O,-
De0 by the West End Mortgage Com
pany to buyer represented by William
r.. Preble. The apartment house fronts
50.6 feet on Ninety-sixth street. 10l feet
on the Drive. and is 8.1l feet on the
north line. There is q bungalow atop
the house.
Other MultifamtIy House Sales.
The six story apartment, 50x100. at
the northwest corner of Second avenue
and Fifth street has been sold by the
Wagner Realty Company to a client OF
B Drachenberg for the Briclsen Realty
Company, A. Bricken president. The
store floor Is occupied by the Loft Candy
Company on a long lease. The property
has a rent roll Of $4,000 a. year and
was held at 5000. 900. Mr.. Bricken re-
Gently filed plans for a large Russian
and Turkish bath adjoining the Second
Avenue Theatre. The Wagner Realty
Company was the broker and Monte
London. attorney, represented the seller.
Norman Denzer sold to Max Gold and
Henry Bernstein for Ennis & Sinnot and
Isaac Lowenfeld the five story apart
net - str
51.6x100. The sellers recently purchased
this property from the Ernest Raimin
Realty Company.
The 290 West ED Street Corporation,
Joseph F. Faiella president, sold to the
Patchogue Holding Company. August
Elmer president, q six story apartment
house at 2SS and 290 West Ninety
second street. 50x100. renting for about
$4,000 yearly. Anthony ]. Romagna,
attorney, represented the selling COM
pany and James l.. Robinson and Carl
B. Elmer. attorneys. represented the e'pur-
chaser. Irving II. Wolfe of Wolfe 4 Co
was the broker.
The Harajaques Realty Company Usi-
dore Williams and Brand Brothers)
sold to Jacob J. Schumacher the six
story apartment house at 461 West 148th
street, 50x100. adjoining the northeas,
corner Of Amsterdam avenue. which the
selling company completed last October
The structure rents for about $4,000
and was held at 100000. Julius Bach
rach was broker.
Louis Drawer sold to Nathan Rosen-
weig the i've story fiat at 226 East Eigh-
t,eth street, 1s.11x102.2.
Heller & Sussman resold to Yetta
l.evitas the Ave story apartment house
at the southeast corner of Vermilyea
avenue and 211th street. 2s.sx114.4x
Irregular.
The five story apartment at "a to 80
West 111th street. l00x71.10, is to be
taken over by the 30 West 111th Street
Corporation, formed at Albany by /. l.
Gerber. attorney.
louisa Hnndelsman sold to Samuel
vetrano and Anthony Giarratane the
four story tenement at 10 East Houston
street, 22.10x50.
Doctor Buys I'm Rockefeller Block
George w. Wetmore sold to Dr. John
"a MscKen<y. the tenant the four story
dwelling at 43 West Fifty-fourth street
Is6x100.5. in the block with the Rookie
feller homes.
Takes Title to Fifth Ave. Church.
Dreicer & Co. have taken title TO the
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church property
at 2 to West Forty sixth street, 100x
1905, located 100 feet west of Fifth ave-
nue., which Michael Dreicer contracted
to purchase shortly after the new site
OF the church at the southeast corner
or Park avenue and Sixty-fourth street
was purchased by John d. Rockefeller
n few years ago. Tho church allows a
mortgage for s334.CU to remain for
three years on the Forty-sixth street
property.
Dwelling Market Active Again.
Alfred M. Rau has purchased from
Miss N. l.. Archer "a West Fifty-second
street, a four story dwelling. 2ox10o. /.
/. the first sale OF the property in many
Years. william Cruikshanks Sons were
the brokers.
Charles B Van valen. Inc. sold for
peilnsr & Wolf the four story dwelling
2ox1o0, at 6S Yves. Eighty-ninth street
The four story dwelling Mt 80 East
Fifty-seventh street, 24.sx1oo.5. is to be
taken over by 30 East Fifty-seventh
street. Inc. just formed with r. Lodi
iensky, w. A. Barry and A. L. Hillyard
ms directors Title is held by Ernest II
Gruning.
The Iseln family is reported to have
sold the Ave story dwelling at 115 East
cnvsrtv-second street 2Ux1032, near