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RECORD  AND   GUIDE





December 2, 1911.





Bing & Bing Buy Continental Hotel.

M. & L, Hess have sold for the Herter
estate to Bing & Bing the old Continetal
Hotel property at the northeast corner of
Broadway and 20th street for about $1,-
300,000. The site has a frontage of about
100 feet on Broadway, with an L to 21st
street, and contains 16,000 square feet.
A twenty-story store and left building
will be erected on the site. A building
loan of $1,800,000 has been obtained for
tills  purpose.

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PRIVATE REALTY SALES.
South of 59th Street.

LEONARD ST.-The Charles F. Noyes Co. sold
for FredRrli^k Heath and others, trustees of the
Heatli estate. 117 and 119 Leonard st. a busi¬
ness buildins covering a plot 45x50. The
buyer is Theodore Burt Sayre, the playwright,
who recently bought several do-w-ntown proper¬
ties through the same brokers. TUe property
adjoins the small corner at Lafayette and
Leonard sts and abuts the Merchants' Asso¬
ciation Building and is in the same block as
the New York Life Insurance B'uilding, -which
occupies the entire block on Broadway, between
Lafayette  and  Leonard  sis,   to   Calharine  lane.

PELL ST.—James Boyd sold the property at
2G to 30 Pell st to the Bridge Cale, a cor¬
poration, old buildings on a plot 6S.3slOO, lo¬
cated  east of Mott st.

READE ST.—Herman Le Roy Edgar and J.
N. Kalley Sc Son sold Ior George H. Stege 7S
and 82 Reade st, northeast corner of Church
st, a o-sty lott building, recently remodeled,
on plot 67,2x61.8, to Mrs, Elizabeth L, Edgar,
who gave in exchange a 5-sty building, on plot
49.9x79.4. at the southwest corner o£ Green¬
wich st and Park pl.

5TH ST.—G. A. Derschuch sold for J. Steine,
as guardian, to S. Bloom. 435 East Sth st,
a 5-sty double flat, on lot 35x97.

5TH ST.-The Rudolph Wallach Co. bought
from James Nash Webb, 548 East Sth st, a
4-sty  tenement',  on  plot 27x96.

SSTH ST.—Tucker, Speyers & Co. sold for the
Advocate Realty Co., 7 and 0 West SSth st;
also for Hezekiah Kohn, No. S adjoining and
tor James Gordon Bennett No, 11. The buyer
is the Gloucester Realty Co- On Nos- 7 to 11,
which measure 55x98,9. the buyer will build
a 12-sty lott structure and a low building for
light protection will be maintained at No. 3
The new building will be ready for occupancy
by  next  October.

SEVENTH AV.—Henry Siegel, president ot
fhe Simpson-Crawford and the Fourteenth
Street stores, bought from ilie i>Jo. 106 Seventh
Avenue Co., through the Duross Co. and tho
H. W. Weill Co.. 106 to 110 7th av, a 12-sty
Ioft building, OQ plot; 52x100, with an L to
17th st, 20x50. The buyer gave in part payment
the 5-sty dwelling at the southwest corner o!
Madison av and S2d st, on plot 35x102.4. The
7th av loft structure was completed by the
selling   company   about   eight  months   ago.

MADISON AV,—Heil fi Stern sold for the
United States Realty & /Improvement Co.. 112
and 114 Madison av, adjoining the southwest
corner ot 30ib st, on plot 50x95. The buyer is
Lee Holstein, who has built several loft build¬
ings in tbis section, and will immediately erect
a 12-sty loft structure to be ready for occu¬
pancy in the fall of 1912. Plans are now being
prepared by architect W. P. Birkmire.





North of 59th Street.

GOTH ST.-The Metropolitan Club, located
at the northeast corner of 5th av and GOth st,
has about concluded negotiations for the pur¬
chase from .Tohn E. McGowan of the 5-Ety
dwelling, ou lot 25x100.5, at 11 East 60th st,
adjoining. The club occupies an avenue
frontage of 100.5 ft., and, with tbe McGowan
house, the street frontage is increased to 225
ft. The house will probably be remodeled as
an addition to the club.

05TH ST,--Hall J. How Sc Co. sold for Adolph
Behn the plot, 29.4x100.9, in the north side o£
y-oth   sl.   127   ft   east  of  Broadway,

103D ST.—Leon 3. Altmayer sold for Mrs
Pii?'^"^ ^'■'''^3" tlie 5-sty apartment house at
162 East 103d st, oa lot 25x100, to the Rock-
sand  Really   Co.

lloTH ST.-Harry L, Rosen bougbt from A
Fink the 5-sty double flat at HS West 115th
st  on  lot 2o.\100.11.

w^^f'^J^ic?^^-^'^''^ ^- "■ I^aphael Co. resold 83
S^vfLif" m' ^ f.^^y private house on a loc
20x100, for Mrs. Alice Rocuelle to Mrs. Gold¬
berg

IISTK ST.-The S. H. Rsphael C.i. sold lOi!
west llSth st for Isadore Witkins lo Mr. Jos¬
eph Herzog a 3-sty private house on a lot 17x
100. This IS the third lime wiUiir the InsL six
months that the same brokers have sold thii
house.

o/^4° .^Ji^7^^ Rudolph Wallach Co. resold
ni-,y^^* ,,^^r^ .^*' ^ 3-sty dwelling, on lot 16.Sx
^^■■^ ii^^-^r,',?"^ ^' recently purchased at auction
for  SlO.oOO.

136TH ST.—Luis J. Phelps sold 246 West 135th
st, a 3-sly dwelling on lot 16.8x99.11.

IST-TH ST.—Joseph P. Day reports that he has
completed negotiations for tbe sale of 226 West
137th st for Elizabeth O'Reilly, The nropertv
IS  a o-sly  dwelling  oil  lot  15.6x09.11.

142D ST.—Mary F. Crandall sold to Geo W
Luscomb 623 West 142d st, a 3-sty dwelling on
lot lox!)9,ll, bet Broadway and Riverside dr
The property was to have been sold at auction
this week.

147TH ST,-Daniel H. Renton sold for N J
Morris. Jr., 459 West 147th st, on lot lS.0x99 ll'

171ST ST.-Henry H. Dreyer sold for Mrs
Francis L. Lee 565 West ITlst st, a 3-stv
frame building, on lot 25x95, adjoining the
northeast corner ot St. Nicholas av.





ITSD ST.—Ennis Se Sinnott sold through John
W. Hotalinj; 563 West 173d st, a 5-sty flat on
plot 37.0x100 between Audubon and St. Nich¬
olas   avs.

181ST ST,—Frank J. Welton bought from Max
Marx the 3-sty garage in tbe south side of ISlst
st, 100 ft east of Audubou av, on plot 45x119-6,
through Arnold E'yrne Se Baumann, The prop¬
erly was held at $100,(XK) and is leased to one
tenant at JG,000 a year. In part payment JMr,
Welton gave his 100-atre property at Deer
Park. Haines Falls. N. Y.. which was held at
540,000.

1S3D ST.—Mary P. Crandall sold lo Geo. W.
Luscomb 513 West 183d st, a 2-sty dwelling on
lot 17,1x101.11. uear Audubou av. Tbe prop¬
erly was to have been offered at auction this
week.

AMSTERDAM AV,—The Duff & Brown Co.
sold for H, W- Brooks to Ennis fi Sinnott 1749
aud 1751 Amsterdam av, two 5-sfy flat houses,
on   plot  50xlOI>,

BROADWAY.—Joseph W. Jones sold the
northeast corner oC Broadway and 7Gth st, a
4-sly building with stores on a lot fronting 26.8
tt on Broadway and S3 ft in the st. The buyer
is  A.  R.   E.  Pinchot.

BROADWAY.—Lewis B. Preston sold for the
Yorkshire Realty Co. tbe Roxborough Apart¬
ment Houae. at the northwest corner of Broad¬
way and !)2d st. The properly occupied a plot
107x125, and the building which was completed
Oclober 1, is tully rented. The purchaser is an
investor. The property has been held at $1.-
100,000.

BROADWAY.—Lewin Seelig, representing Wil¬
liam Fox, bought from the Loyal L. Smith es¬
tate, ,1. Romaine Browu and A. P. W. Kinnau.
executors, the block bounded hy Broadway. Fort
Washington av, 160th and IGlst sts. The prop¬
erty has frontages of 200 ft on both avs, 200
ft in ICOth st and 270 ft in 161st. Tlie north
100 ft on Broadway, running through 161st st
to Fort Washington av will be improved with a
4-sty office and tbeatre building, with a seat¬
ing capacity of 2,800. The theaire will be de¬
voted to vaudeville and moving pictures. The.
properly was held at -?50O,000 and Louis Kemp¬
ner Se Son were the brokers. The property just
sold was a portion of the holdings of Aaron
Burr, who sold it in 1S20 to Shepard Knapp-
The old mansion still stands on tbe top of
the hill on the west side of Fort Washington
av, bet 160th and 161st sis, and was occupied
from 1S04 to 1806 by James Madison, the fourth
President of the United  States.

RIVERSIDE DRIVE.—George E. Baldwin and
J. W. Terhune sold for Harry B. Davis the Ala¬
bama, a G-sty elevator apartment house, at lhe
north corner of Riverside Drive and 127th st,
on plot S6,6xl00x irregular. The buyer, the
Hanover Estates, gave in part payment a plot of
about six lots on the south side of Fort Wash¬
ington av, 155 ft west of Broadway. The prop¬
erty, which is "L" shaped, fronts 94.4 ft on
Fort Washington av, with an irregular depth
ranging from 100 to 115 ft. The plot, 72x109,
at the nortbeast corner of Haven av and IGOth
St.  also  figured  iu part payment.

RIVERSIDE DRIVE,—Pease Sc Elliman sold
for Anna Woesischofter to G. Eldridge Snow,
the o-sty dwelling at 101 Riverside dr. on a
lot 42x55x Irregular, bel;ween S2d and S3d sts.
The property was in litigation for several years,
owing to an encroachment heyond tbe building
Hue. and during the year the front was re¬
moved to conform with the existing city ordi-
nauce. Last November the parcel was sold at
public auction for -SSS.OOO. The buyer will re¬
place the front and occupy the resideuce. The
adjoining house, at No. 103, at one time owned
by the late .Joseph Jefferson, was sold last March
to  Amelia   Bingham,   the  actress.

ST. NICHOLAS AV.—William C- Lester sold
730 St. Nicholas av. a 4-stv dwelling on plot
30.4x100, near 147th st. The adjoining house
at No. 732 was recently sold by Edward J.
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WADSW'ORTH AV.-Joseph P. Day sold Ti^r
John D. Walton, 92 Wadsworlh av, a 5-sty
apartment house on plot 40x100, near ITSth st.
The house was built about six years ago, and is
fully  rented.

Bronx.

BECK ST.-The Heury Morgenthau Co, sold
through B, Morris a plot 70x]00x irregular, in
the west side of Beek st. bet Intervale av and
163d st, to the Absar Realty Co.. which will
erect a 5-sly apartment house on the site.

MINFORD PL.—H. C. Jackson sold the 4-
sly fiat at 1465 Minford pl, on lot 25x100, for
Otto Lippman.

WHITTIER ST.-The Meehan Construction Co.
sold to Max Riger two lots in the east side of
Whittier St. 175 ft. souih of Garrison av.

I67TH ST.-H, C. Jackson sold for Mary Bren¬
nan a plol, 50x161, in the south side of 167lh
st, 69 tt, east ol Prospect av-

174TH ST.—Bryan L. Kennelly sold for the
Trask estate a plot 73x100 in the north side
of lT4th st, 2,0 ft. west of Boone av, lo a
builder,   for   improvement  with   two  5-sly  flats,

23GTH ST.—Kurz Sc Uren, Inc.. sold for
Christian Werner tbe plot, 75x100, in the north
side  of 236th   st,  25   ft.   east' of   Carpenter  av.

ANTHONY AV.-The S. H. Raphael Co. sold
1T29 Anthony av, a 3-sty 2-famiIy dwelling, on
lot   20x100,   lo   a   Mr.   Cox.

BRADFORD AV.-F, M. Weiss Sc Co. and Wil¬
liam A. Cokeley sold.for Gertrude W. Orvis, of
Rahway, N. J., 17 lots on the Schuylerville
Map, on the east side of Bradford av, running
from Paine sl to Waterbury av and known as
Lots 128 to 144, inclusive, in Throggs Neck. The
same brokers also sold for the same owners 17
lots on i;he west side of Bradford av, bet Paine
st and Waterbury av, and known as Lot N'os.
77  lo  93.  inclusive.

CROTONA AV.—C. J. Elgar sold for Joseph
Cornell to Herman Van Home 1S99 Crotona
av, adjoining the corner of 170th st, a 2-family
dwelling, on a plot 25x113. The buyer will oc¬
cupy the house.

CLINTON AV.-AIexander Selkin and D.
Schoen sold tbe frame bouse, with garage, at
770   Clinton   av,   on  plot  26.4x135.





CRUGER AV.—Hugo Wabst sold a plot 75x
IOO on Cruger av, south of Post st, for H.
Huestis to builders, who will improve the same
with   two-family   brick   dwellings,

ELLIS AV.—Andrew Hally, sold for Amelia
B. Paff, lhe 2-sly frame dwelling at 2147 Ellis
av,   Unionport,   lo   James   V.   Ganly.

PARK AV.—J. p, & E. J, Murray sold for
John B. Haskin the southwest corner of Park
av and 189th st, a vacant plot 62x80. The
remainder of the avenue frontage is owned by
the New York Edison Co., and it is understood
that a new building will be erected on the
site. The corner just sold faces the new Ford¬
ham plaza, which, it is estimated, wili cost
about:  .i;250,000.

SOUTHERN BLVD.—Alexander Selkin sold for
Harry M. Fautwasser S7S Southern blvd, a 4-
sty   fiat,  on  plot  33.4x100.

TYNDALL AV.—Owen E. Kelly sold to John
Sheridan lhe two-family house on Tyndall av
43   feet   soufh   of  259th   st.

WASHINGTON AV.-The S. H. Raphael Co.
sold 1475 Washington av, a 5-sty apartment
house,   on   a   plot   37.6x145.

.^D   AV.—Piatt   Sc   Albert   sold   for   the   West

Side    Construction    Co.,    J.    Axelrod,    president,

the   plot   80x110,   on   the   west'   side   of   Third
av   south   of  170th   sl.





Recent Buyers.





MRS. SADIE SAMUELS is the buyer of the
3-sty brownstone double flat house at 316 East
ootb st, recently sold through S. Oppenheimer
Sl   Co.

A SYNDICATE FORJVIED by William N. El¬
bert is the buyer of the two Hyde dwellings
at 0 and 11 Bast 40th st, reported sold last
week.

E. B. SPRINGS, tbe buyer of 29 West 38th
st, sold receutly. Mr, Springs has commis¬
sioned Elliott W. Hazzard to prepare plans (or
a 6-sty Ioft and bachelor apartment build¬
ing for the site.

L. & A. PINCUS AND JOSEPH L. GRAP
are the buyers of the Lawrence estate prop¬
erty at the northwest corner of Ith av aud
54i.h st, a plot 55x100, which will be improved
with a 16-story apartment hotel arranged for
housekeeping   suites.

EDWARD B. COREY is the buyer of 138
to 146 West 4Stb st, reported sold recently
through James A. Dowd by John H. Hindley.
The site measures OoxlOO.o feet, and is be¬
lieved to ave been purchased for improve¬
ment with a huilding that is to be the suc¬
cessor of the old Haymarket structure on 6th
av.





Leases.

THE DOUGLAS ROBINSON, CHARLES S.
DROWN CO. leased for Alexander Smith Coch¬
ran to the Rutland Leasing Co., controlled by
Klein Sc Jackson, the Rutland apartments at the
southwest corner of 5ith st and Broadway, The
lessee will remodel the building by adding stores
on the ground floor, and changing some of the
apartments into suites of two, three and four
rooms. The lease carries with it an option
to purchase the property at any time within
ten years, at a fixed price, together wilh the
privilege of renewals. The property has a
frontage of 54 ft. on Broadway and 150 ft. oa
57lh st, and is one of the largest plots in one
ownership in the section, containing 13,000 so.
ft.

DAVID H. KING, JR. leased the Hotel Clar¬
endon, a 10-sty structure at tbe northwest cor¬
ner of Park av and 5SLh st, formerly called
the Oxford, for a period of ten years, to Mme.
Caroline Jenel. recently proprietor of the War¬
rington at 161 and 163 Madison av. Nego¬
tiations are pending for the leasing of the latter
property.

BRDDY, ADLER Sc KOCH leased the store and
basement in the new building at 12 West 17th
st to J. Lieberman, Son £ Co.. dealers in silks
and trimmings, and the 1st loft lo Trubin £
Goldfarb, manufacturers of cloaks and suits.
This completes the renting of the building.

HEIL Sc STERN leased for Weil Sc Mayep
the store, basement and sub-basement compris¬
ing 30,000 sq. ft. of space in 5S4 and 586 Broad¬
way to Steinfeld Bros.; also 10,000 sq. ft. in 23
to 29 Washington pl  to Schwabe, Levy fi Co.

JOHN A. SONNTAG leased to a syndicate the
northeast corner of Lenox av and 110th st, a
plot 100 ft. on the avenue and 250 ft. in the
street, for a term of ninety-nine years. The
existing company is contemplaliug the erection
of a theatre or exhibition hall, and tbe rest of
the park will be utilized as an amusement park.
One of the conditions in the lease stipulates
that the lessee shall expend at least $150,000
on improvements. Mr. Sonntag has occupied
the corner as a concert hall for several years.
Wlien the Pinkney estale sold the holding last
April, through Joseph P. Day. Mr. Sonntag
bought tbe site, together with several adjoin¬
ing lots in nOlh st, for ,¥217,000. Tho block
was at one time part of the old Polo Ground.

EDWARD MARGOLIES leased for Louis M.
Simpson to Josephine Wolff for 21 yrs. the
southeast corner of Tth av and 4Sth st', a
4-sty building on lot 25 5x80. The lessee will
remodel the building and open an English chop
house.

THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT is
negotiating for a long lease of the new 8-aty
structure at the southwest corner of Greenwich
and Barrow sts. owned by the St, John's Park
Realty Co. The building has a frontage of
100 ft. in each street. The space amounts to
approximately   90,000   sq,   ft.

EDWARD MARGOLIES leased the property,
125x125, at the northwest corner of Ilth av and
47th st, owned by Ernest Flagg, On the site,
Mr. Margolies wil! erect a G-st,v building. Be¬
sides extensive accommodations for scenery stor¬
age, the structure will contain a complete stage,
suitable   for   rehearsals,   together  witb   dressing