The New York herald., 1922-06-11
.egnan Terminal Co. Adds
to It's Vast L. |. City Tract

The Degnon Terminal & Improvement
Company. which has played an fmpor-
tant part in the rapid development of
the great industrial section Of Long
Island city south OF the Queensborough
Bridge viaduct. now that It has disposed
Of about so per cent. Of It's holdings. has
announced through its president. Michael
J. Degnon. that It has purchased an
additional 100000. square feet Of land.
which It will sell off to business concerns
desiring to locate in the fastest growing
section Of the city.
The addition involves all Of the ground
owned by the company in the area east
o1 Vandam street to Hulst street ana
Creenpoint avenue and north of Borden
And, Hunters Point avenues to Thomson
avenue, south of the Rawson street sta
tion on the Greensboro subway. which is
the FIRST stop after the Queensboro Plaza
Union station and directly east OF the
Hunters Point avenue station. which is
the second subway stop after the Grand
Central station In Manhattan.
With this enlargement the Degnon
Terminal will comprise 100000 square
feet of ground. That total is greatly
augmented. however. by tho floor area
OF the buildings erected thereon. which
have an average height Of about seven
stories.
Almost coincident with the news of
this big development OF the terminal was
the announcement last week that James
Butler will erect on q site just acquired
q largo warehouse and distributing sta
tion. from which he will ship the sup
plies needed in his 6S7 stores in the
metropolitan zone.
IN discussing the enlargement project
yesterday, Mr.. Degnon said: Tho ex-
listing terminal railroad will be extended
east on Hunters Point avenue to Hulst
street and Greenpoint avenue. Each
new terminal block viii be connected
with the Terminal r.. r.. by spurs. 80
that each block can have two or moro
tracks in blocks comprising from 100, 900
to 10000 square feet Of area. This
arrangement will provide trackage ac-
commodations for thirty to forty cars
In the largest blocks, some Of which.
have frontages ranging from 760 to $50
feet, and a. depth of 600 feet
These blocks, believe, are the larg-
est units In the city of New York, and
are especially we'll adapted. because of
their location ana unusual dimensions.
to be used by Industrial concerns re-
quiring an exceptionally large amount
OF space on single floors.
by locating the Degnon terminal at
the entrance to the Greensboro Bridge,
between the Sunnyside yards of the
Pennsylvania Railroad and Newtown
Creek. an arm of which Dutch Kills
CannD extends within the terminal. we
have been able to provide New York
with an Industrial district distant less
than eight minutes from Forty-second
street, with the rapid transit facilities OF
the dual system, at five cent fare. and
facilities for the transport OF freight by
either rail or water.
Eventually the Greensboro subway
viii be extended crosstown, In Manhat-
tan. to the Hudson River. although for
the present 1t is 20 be extended only to
Eighth avenue. The initial extension,
however. will give the Industrial section
of Queens direct connection with every
longitudinal subway in Manhattan,
which will mean that all parts of Man
haitian, The Bronx and Brooklyn will be
brought to the very door of Queens.
Another most important subway link
will be the construction OF the Queens
and Brooklyn crosstown line, which Will
operate between the Greensboro Plaza
station and Fulton street at Franklin
avenue. This connection will eliminate
the long detour through Manhattan that
Is now part of the trip via the j. II. T..
or b. r. T. from the terminal to Brook
lyn. When this new subway Is COM
pleted tho great labor market OF Brook
lyn will be open to the manufacturers
of Long Island City"
Among the concerns already estab-
lished at the terminal are the Loose
Wiles Biscuit Company. American Ever
Ready Works. American Chicle Com
pany, the White Company, John Sim
mons Company, the-George A. Fuller
Company. S. Biickman, Inc. James n.
Rhodes Company. Hunters Point Lum-
ber ana Supply Company, Inc; Thomp-
som -starratt Company. Manhattan Rome