The New York herald., 1922-04-13
BANK LEASES NEAR
CALVARY CHURCH
Mechanics and Metals Gets
O'Neill Dwellings at 143-145
West 57th Street.

The two four story dwellings adjoin-
ing Calvary Baptist Church on West
Fifty-seventh street have been leased
for twenty-one years by the Mechanics
and Metals National Bank for per-
manent home for it's Central Park
branch which has been housed for the
last twenty years In the old Navarro
Apartments at the northeast corner OF
Seventh avenue and Fifty-eighth street.
The dwellings are at 14S and 1f5 West
Fifty-seventh street just west Of the
church. and have been owned by the
family of the late Hugh ONeill for
forty years. They were ieased by
Letitia Darlington and others, daugh-
tiers of Mr. O'Neill who built them in
the early eighties. At that time they
represented the last word in dwelling
construction.
The bank will alter the houses by in
stalling a general banking room and
large safe deposit vaults. The lease
carries with it privileges for renewals.
The site was selected after the bank
had carefully weighed the evidence OF
the present and future commercial
seventh street between Fifth and Sixth
avenues. The O'Neil heirs and the
bank interests were represented in the
deal by Edgar A. Manning of Manning
& Trunk.
&75O,OOO Restaurant Rental.
Henry Shapiro & Co., with Harris.
Vought e. Co, have sublet for the
Schultz Cigar Stores Company to the
St Regis Restaurants the buildings at
East Twenty-third street, through to
I East Twenty-second street. The
ground floor of the Twenty-third
street building was formerly occupied
by Dorlons Restaurant. The same
brokers have also rented to the St
Regis Restaurant. store in 9A Broad
way, for the Schultz Cigar Stores Com
pany This store connects with the
Twenty-third street building. The COM
bined deals call for an aggregate rental
of $750O00.
miscellaneous Leases.
Daniel BirdsaIl & Co, Inc, rented loft
in 30 to 81 University place to A. O..
Schoonmaker; store and basement in
1872 Church street to Cabot & Rothstein
and loft in 27 Walker street to Gross
man e. TSaplan.
VIM. A. White e. Sons leased in 3Si
Greenwich street store and basement
to Uwanta Egg Company; in 40 Water
street, floors to the United States of
America, Department of Agriculture.
Bureau or Cotton Examiners. and to
Alexander ID. Shaw & Co: in the Grand
Central Terminal, offices to the New
York State League of Women Voters;
in the Woolworth Building. part of the
fourteenth floor to Benjamin Kirsh. and
in 81 and 50 William street. offices to
G.. III. Finlay & Co.
Nicholas T.. Bistis. leased for John
Kaders estate. to Ciprios Brothers the
four story building. 50xlo0. at the south
east corner OF Eighth avenue and
Forty-sxth street, for twenty-one years
at an aggregate rental OF s3fs,50o.
Charles II. Moves Company leased
floor in w. II. Grace e. Co.'S building to
Muller Mclean & Co; space IN the
Munson Building to S. w. Bridges Com
pany. Inc, and store In ITO Pearl street
to the Connell Rice Company. Inc.
Residential Leases.
large apartment containing thirteen
rooms and four baths in a20 Fifth ave-
nue.. southeast corner Seventy-third
street. for the $40 Fifth Avenue Cor
poration J. Il. r. Carpenter president.
to Theodore Pomeroy: also an apart
mcnt in 1919 Park avenue to John Muir
ray Mitchell, Jr.: in 135 West Fifty
eighth street TO Mrs. N. Bruce Mac
Kelvie, and in 70 East Sixty-fourth
street, to T. ]. Connor.
VIM. A. White & Sons leased in ia
West Fifty-fourth street. an apartment
TO Anthony p. Kelly.