New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-01-08

NiSu anu iHdHdSeu, dtiu NOfu 81
each. is now under consideration
opposed by Park Commissioner Jo'
Omission to the Board of Estimat
Vast as the project appears to be-
e expenditure is surprisingly small.
is estimated at not more than
larter million dollars, and this amount
scludes the purchase OF about eighty
res OF land now privately owned. The
al estate involved would cost the city
etween $3.50 and $500 lot, purchas-
BILE by the acre, in a section where ad-
Dining building lots are selling in the
pen market for prices ranging be-
wcen $1,000 and $4,000 each.
1t is Commissioner Harmans idea
combine 140 acres Of land now
nowl as Dykcr Beach Park and owned
y the city with the adjoining norther-
tract, on which the present Dyker
Heights links, controlled By the Ma
zine and Field Club. are located. This
curse is small and it's inadcQuacy will
DC more keenly felt with the rapid
growth OF the steadily growing army
Of golf enthusiasts. The proposed links
would extend from Eighty-siXth Street
% Gravesend Bay. = cross-country dis
iance of two miles.
The property to be acquired is now
The property 20 be acuired is now
being leased by the Marine and Field
Club from its owners. The principal
interest among these latter is an es-
tate, the execution Of which are eager
sixteen acres between Eighty-sixth
Street and Twelfth and Thirteenth
avenues, which their representative
has offered to Commissioner Hartman
FOR $4,000, or about $3.50 per lot,
though the assessed valuation, being
s., 600, exceed the price they ask.
Real estate men in the section be-
lieve that this offer will not hold good
for long. AS soon as the building sit
ua,icn mas been stabilized, this rop-
crty is more than likely TO take It's
riace among the most desirable plots
n Bay Ridge
The second largest tract in the plot
$ n the hands Of William c. Court
hey. Mr.. Courtney represents the
".wnsr Of the property fronting on
Benson Avenue. between Twelfth and
Seventh avenues. This segment is as
sessed for Ss6,60o. Mr.. Courtney says
re Will accep. $4,000 for IT, There
5 third parcel that completes the
territory involved. 1t is small strip
on the south side Of Eighty sixth
Street, between Twelfth, ana Tenth ave-
"ues, tApering 30 d triangular point.
his portion is built up and would
aave to be acquired by tac city through
private purchase or by condemnation
rae cost. compared with the magM-
:ldc OF the project, is considered neg
'glbie. None Of this property which
It is proposed TO acquire Includes
lamp land
Land Must Be Filled In
The southern line of the plot now &C.
cupied by the Dyker Heights Club. ad-
joins Dyker Beach Park. The 40 acres
oi the latter, including the portion that
is still swamp land and must be filled
IL any way if the sanitary interests of
Bay Ridge are to be fully safeguarded
Is to form the main portion of the pro-
posed links. Adjoining Gravcsend Bay
a the south. the course virtually will
'front.' on the ocean, and thus will be
The coolest and most beautifully To-
Gated in the city. The view from
Twelfth Avenue and Eighty-sixth Street
is one Of the most magnificent in
greater New York.
Having thus devised plan to add to
New York's golhng facilities an cigh-
teen-holc course which, owing to the
conformation of the land can be made
the finest of its kind, at q cost which
usually IS paid for q playground of
about an acre in extent the Park De-
partmcnt expects TO make these new
Links supporting.
The proposal TO create he giant
course is only part of a broad plan to
add to The holdings of the city in Bay
Ridge Negotiations are now under
way between the Park Department and
the Federal government Cor the re-
Enquishmert by the latter Of the entire
Fort Hamilton reservation. which is no
longer needed for military purposes.
There seems TO be q disposition on the
part Of the War Department 20 rid
itself of :his property. for which it has
no use and which is Of immense value
TO Brooklyn.
At present a few soldiers are now
tho only occupants of the great tract
II The city roGsirs Tho 80 acres. COM
rrisirG the reaerTation, it will be en-
ablod 10 carry cut the plan Of con.
srTuctinG the much needed marginah
drive and extending 'hc shore Road
81 the vav between the terminus and
Dyksr Heights Park
Commissioner Hartman said yestcr
day tina. nc would consider il cxtreme-
ysshort lighted OH the part of the city
II it did not acquire ,hc property.
81 am not only speaking for the golf
crs.' said the Commissioner. "whosc
interests. II might scem, are being adj
-grced above all others in this PROPOSE
volved. II is surely the duty OF the
Park Department 20 extend its heldin $
wherever possible, but in most favor
able locations the cost OF land is SO
excessive that even the construction OF
new playground usually involves the
expenditure of hundreds OF thousands
O. dollars.
"In the present instance VIC are Of
fered eighteen acres adjoining l40-
orl ~ IN, g. ooN
wisdom and economy dictate tnat the
opportunity be taken advantage of.
With the rapid building up of all open
spaces it is vitality necessary to provide
FOR the future. Once this tract is built
up it would require millions OF dollars
70 regain it for the municipality. My
department s looking twenty-five years
ahead in recommending this improve
mont to the Board OF Estimate