The New York herald., 1922-08-15
CITY GETS S1S5,225
AT BROOKLYN SALE
Nearly Half Offerings in Bor-
ough Sold-Total for Sc
ries Is S619,750.

The city had yesterday It's best day
critics being held under the direction OF
Charles l.. Craig. Comptroller Of the city
of New York. It was Brooklyn's day
and nearly half OF the city's offerings
Of its holdings in that borough were
sold.
Although there are ninety-one properties
in Brooklyn on the Comptrollers auction
list. only sixty-four of theri could be
sold yesterday because twenty-seven OF
them have not been advertised for q
sufficiently long time to comply with the
law in such matters. Out OF the sixty
four properties offered by Thomas How
enden and Samuel Marx, auctioneers.
twenty-five were sold for a total of
Sl35,225. With the sale Of those prop
critics. the city disposed Of sixty two
parcels no longer required for public
purposes for a grand total of s619,7
After yesterdays sale the public auc-
tion was adjourned until August 20.
When all of the remaining prop
critics will be put on the block in the
Twentythird Regiment Armory in
Brooklyn. Those which were offered
yesterday and on which no bids were
made will be offered again at that sale.
The crowd at yesterdays sale was one
OF the best that has turned out TO the
city auction sale. 1t also was one of
the most enthusiastic and included many
owners Of property adjoining that Of
fered by the city. who turned out to
increase their holdings.
Perhaps the most interesting of all
the properties sold yesterday was the
vacant corner at F1atbush avenue and
Sterling place. fronting 1861 feet on
the avenue and 1859 feet on the place
and having an irrc -rllar rear line Of
about 100 feet 1t brought S62.200 the
highest price of the sale. The buyer
was Herman S. Bachrach. The upset
price was $4,000 Another interesting
parcel was the plot. twenty y-five feet
wide on the north side of Eastern park
way, east OF Plaza street, which was
sold for $4,000 and which will be in
corporated in a site for a synagogue.
The auctioneers failed to obtain bid
on the old police station at the corner
Of Flushing and Clermont avenues and
also on the old home Of the Second
Police Precinct in the old city Of Brook
lyn. 49-51 Fulton street.
The sale will be continued on next
Thursday in the County Court House.
ST. George Staten Island. when twelve
parcels on Staten Island will be offered
Joseph +. Day will do the auctioning.
Other purchases of yesterday were
Eastern Parkway. s. 5s.7 It OF Plaza
ST. 2J9x130x irreg, to S b Wertheim, $50, 900.
30 st. +, s., l43 II 3 Of Canal av, I2.5x
40.i0x irreg. 10 Muigi Martorillo, 81 200.
For HIN pl n cor of Dahlgren pl. 113 Ok
30. to David MatZlxn, 81 500.
i4th av. " cor s4th st. 100x10o. TO Fannie
Knpner, $3.50.
I'd ST.. W, :. 1o6 II south Of Sheepshead
Bay road, as.9x9.6x irreg, 10 Abraham
Markcn, 81 200.
Seth 81, :. TIA II OF Bay l1th ST.
39x95, to Elizabeth Rosenberg, 81 600.
Battery av, n cor OF ssth ST. 17I.1oxiO0
TO Anna Hacker. $500.
seth It, OF Gubner st, ~. 2x20 s,
irreg TO Louis M. Cahill, $3.50.
Bovine St, +. 102 II II of Church av
1Oox1OO to Charles a Sackman. 81, 500
Atlantic av, W cor of Grant av, TO Ed
ward Bimsell 81 $50.
Park pl. g. rs II OF Buffalo av
81 500.