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RECORD AND GUIDE
November 8, 1913
Cable Address
Cruikshank, New York
EstabUshed 1794
Incorporated 1903
Cruikshank Company
Successor to
E. A. Cruikshank & Co.
No. 141 Broadway
REAL ESTATE
Agents Appraisers Brokers
OFFICERS:
Warren Cruikshank, President
WiUiam L. DeBost, Vice-President
WiUiam B. Harding, Treas.
Russell V. Cruikshank, Sec'y
DIRECTORS:
E. A. Cniikshank Robert L. Gerry
Warren Cruikshank R. Horace Gallatin
WiUiam H. Porter William L. DeBost
William B. Harding
Cammann, Voorhees & Floyd
MAN.)\GEMENT OF ESTATES
84 WILLIAM STREET NEW YORK
BROKERS, APPRAISERS, AGENTS
FIRM OF
LEONARD J. CARPENTER
Agents Brokers Appraisers
25 LIBERTY STREET
Branch, comer Third Avenue and 6Sth Street
Entire Charge of Property
D. Y. Swainson A. H. Carpenter C. L. Carpenter
JACOB APPELL
REAL ESTATE BROKER
AND APPRAISER
271 WEST TWENTY-THIRD STREET
TELEPHONE CALL, 373 CHELSEA
Wm. CRUIKSHANK'S SONS
BROKERS APPRAISERS
AND
The General Management
OF
Real Estate
31 LIBERTY STREET
J. CLARENCE DAVIES
BRONX BOROUGH
REAL ESTATE
149th STREET & THIRD AVENUE
Te;. Con. Branch Office, 156 BROADWAY
Member of Board of Brokers
ESTABUSHED 1867
RULAND & WHITING CO.
REAL ESTATE
5 Beekman St. 331 Madison Are.
NEW YORK
Irving Rulaod, Pret. Jas.S. Aodenon, Vtc«-Prei.
Rich&td L. Beckwith, S«cy. A. Rene Moea. Ticu.
SPECIAUSTS IN BUSINESS PROPERTY
EDGAR A. MANNING
REAL ESTATE
Tel. f83o Murray HiU 4S9 FIFTH AVENUE
THE WEEK'S REAL ESTATE NEWS
Brokerage Sales, Auctions, Foreclosure Suits, Building
Loans, etc., Together With Brief Personal Items.
Apartment Houses Figured Prominently in the Business
From the limited number of sales re¬
ported this week, no improvement in the
real estate situation can be noted.
Business, in the main, continues to con¬
sist of the usual quota of tenements,
dwellings, flats and apartment houses,
each with a small representation. A
West 39th street Ioft building and a
Bron.x vacant block front figured in the
more conspicuous transactions of the
week. .-August Heckscher added to his
Fifth avenue holdings.
The total number of sales in Manhat¬
tan this week was 13, against 18 for last
week.
The number of sales south of 59th
street was 7, against 11 last week and
18 a year ago.
The sales north of 59th street aggre¬
gated 6, compared with 7 last week
and 16 a year ago.
From the Bronx 12 sales at private
contract were reported, against 3 last
week and 21 a year ago.
The amount involved in the Manhat¬
tan and Bronx auction sales this week
was $313,825, compared with $1,956,669
last week, making a total since Janu¬
ary 1 of $44,448,100. The figure for the
corresponding week last year was $165.-
425, making the total since January 1,
i912. of $40,571,588.
[ PRIVATE REALTY SALES. I
Manhattan—South of S9th Street.
GR.\ND ST, 207, 5-sty tenement, -n-ith stores,
on lot :;3xS0. sold for Leonard -Weill to Dr. .^.
.\ostrogiavanne, by Hiram Rinaldo.
LE-ft'IS ST, 1)6. -1-sty building, on lot '20x50.
adjoining the southeast corner of Rivington st.
reported sold by Celia Stern.
.MADISOX ST. 88. :i-sty dwelling, on lot 2.-..V
liKi.fi. bet Catherine and Market sts, sold by
Catherine Quinlivan.
PE.\RL ST, 74. 4-sty building, on lot i;4.\61x
irreg. northeast corner of Coenties Slip, resold
for .Mfred C. Carsten. for cash, to a client, by
the Charles F. Noyes Co. The property was
bought at auction on Thursday by Mr. Carsten.
representing certain Kaegelbohn heirs, at the
stand of Samuel Goldsticker. for $24,000. The
building is on one of the best corners in the
neighborhood and it is stated that the new-
owners are about to lease it through the Noyes
Co. tor 21 years on a net rental basis.
.'WD ST. 424-438 West. 12-5ty Ioft building,
on piot 131x',iS.!i, bet Oth and 10th avs. sold 6y
the McKeon Realty Co. to Joseph Guinet. who
gave in exchange 520 Broadway, an 11-sty busi¬
ness building, on plot 50x100, near Spring st.
the vacant plot. 100x100. at the southwest corner
of Convent av and 141st st. and Mt. Vernon
property.
4.8TH ST, 61 -West, 5-sty English basement
dwelling, on lot 21.6x100.5 (Columbia College
leasehold), resold for a client to Dr. Frederick
H. Coerr by Maurice Wertheim. The house was
formerly owned by Dr. George E. Brewer, who
sold it some weeks ago through the same broker.
.-)7TH ST. 4 West, and 3-5 West 56th st. three
4-sty and basement dwellings, the 57th st
frontage heing .37.6 ft and the abutting 56th st
frontage being 50 ft., sold for the 4 -tt'est o7th
St. Co. to August Heckscher. by Henry D. -Wi¬
nans & May. Mr. Heckscher gave in part pay¬
ment the vacant lot. .30x175. on the east side
of .5th av. nii.ll ft south of 70th st. and the va¬
cant plot. 126x about 01. on the n-est side of
Broad-way. 300 ft north of 122d st. -U'ith the
site of the former "Whitney house at the south¬
west corner of 5th av and 57th st. w-hich Mr.
Heckscher purchased several months ago. he
now ow-ns about 21.iM;Hi sq ft available for im¬
provement.
Manhattan—North of 59th Street
l()5TH ST. 2ri8-lit East. 6-sty tenement, on
plot 36x100. near '..d av. sold by Samuel Shreyer
to Max Eiger and L. Lusthaus. who gave in
part payment the 3-sty tenement at 444-52 Ham¬
burg av. Brooklyn.
122D ST. 1.36 -West. 4-sty and hasement dwell¬
ing, on lot 17.6x11X1. bet Lenox and 7th avs. sold
for Frederick Van Wyck to Mrs. Fanny Mooney.
bv the Duross Co.
141ST ST. 351 -West. 3-sty dwelling, on plot
31x00.11. with 35 ft. in rear, sold for Thomas
F. Hogan to a client, by D. H. Scully £ Co.
TUe purchaser will occupy it after t-xtcu.sivw
alterations.
143D ST, 510 West, C-sty apartment house.
-'Westhourne," on plot 70.10x100, bet Eroad¬
way and Hamilton pl, sold by the Lloyd Con¬
struction Co. (Morris Goldberg, president! to
an investor for price said to be $105,000. The
sellers acquired the building in June. 1011.
ADRIAN .KV, swc 228th st, 2Vi-sty frame
dwelling on plot 63x100, sold for Patrick Mahon
to a client for occupancy, by the Duross Co.
ST NICHOLAS PL, 50, 6-sty elevator apart¬
ment, on plot 100x100, sold for the Strathcona
Construction Co. to A. M. Eendheim by Frank
E. Smith and .K. Ginsberg. The buyer gave in
exchange the plot. 11X1x150, at the north¬
east corner of Riverside Drive and 155th st. The
vacant parcel ligured in the deal at $100,000
and the latter at $225,Ot«i. The Riverside Drive
corner w-ill be improved w-ith a high class ele¬
vator apartment house.
Bronx.
HO.ME ST, nec Hoe av (.Xos. 971-985 Home
st), four 5-sty flats, on plot 130x109, reported
sold by Samuel J Hoexter.
163D ST East, ss, vacant block front between
Stebbins av and Roger pl. measuring 230 ft.
on 163d st and 125 ft. on the other sts, sold for
George F. Johnson to a client, by L. M. Mosauer
& Co. The buyer is a building company, which
will improve the site with 5-sty apartment
houses. The plot was held at $115,000. The
property occupies a peculiar position, being at
the junction ot 162d and 163d sts. Stebbins and
Westchester avs.
179TH ST, 748 East. 5-sty new law building
on plot 36x95, bet Clinton and Prospect avs,
sold by the Bischoff Construction Co. to a buy¬
er, who gave in exchange the Hotel Plaza at
SeacliB, L. I.
.ANTHONY AV, 1731-1733. two 2-family
houses, north of 174th st, sold for the Lawyers
Mortgage Co to a client, by M. Heller.
BRIGGS AV. 2.591 and 2599. two 5-sty new-
law apartments, on plot 90x85, sold by the
William Oerting Co. to an investor.
DEC.\TUR AV. 2565-2567, 5-sty flat-house, on
plot. 50x107, south of 193d st. sold by J. Gross¬
man to a buyer said to be Henry Kiel, who
owns adjoining property.
EDSON AV, two-family house on lot 25x100.
sold for Julia Mezey to a client by the Schoen-
Westchester Realty Co.
H.WE.N .KV, e s, 75 ft. north ot 169th st. lot
25xl34x irreg. sold for the estate of Adelaide
Murdock to Ennis & Sinnott by James E. Barry
& Co.
JEROME .KV, w s, 163 ft south ot Kingsbridge
rd. two .J-sty flats, on plot liRixll4. reported
sold by H. B. Davis to William Gundlach.
PROSPECT .KV, 131.5. 5-sty apartment house,
on plot 40x105. resold for the John J. Tully Co.
to a client, by Alexander Selkin and David
.Muntz. This is the third sale of this property
through the same brokers.
TIFFANY ST. 941, 5-sty apartment house,
sold tor August Schussler to the New York Con¬
struction Co. by Henry & Burnsteiner.
WHITE PLAINS -\V, 3320, 3-sty flat, with
store, on lot 25xln(i. sold for a client by Hugo
Wabst.
Brooklyn.
C.\RROLL ST. 1202. 12(14. 1206, three 2-tam¬
ily houses sold for T. Brown to A. Lupien by
the Bedford Exchange. The buyers gave in ex
change the 3-sty brick flat at 671 Lincoln pl.
RYERSON ST, ETC.—H. W. Rozell & Son
have recently sold for Mr. Steward 107 Ryerson
St. a 3-sty franie building, to a client for in¬
vestment; 226 Clermont ax. 2i.i-sty frame for
Mrs. Rome to a client for occupancy : 69 Park
av, .3-sty brick apartment w-ith store for Mrs.
McAnerj- to a client tor investment ; 193 Carl¬
ton av. a 3-sty and basement brick for Mrs.
Dalil to a client for occupancy. The same brok¬
ers also sold in conjunction with De Hyman
Bros.. 310 .\delphi st, a 3-sty and basement
brick for Mr. Duggi to a client for occupancy.
3D ST. 498, 4-sty and basement dw-eiling. on
lot 22x100. in the Park Slope section, sold for
J. G. Partlin to Eleanor Renwick for occu¬
pancy, by the Duross Co.
EAST ISTH ST. 595, 21^-sty frame and stucco
bungalow, on plot 40x100. sold for R. H. Thomp¬
son to a client, by David Porter. The same
broker also sold for the E. R. Strong Building
Co. the southeast corner of Foster av and East
10th St. a 2V>-sty brick and stucco bungalow.
WEST 24TH ST, 120 ft south of Neptune av.
tw-o lots. 40x119. sold by Herman Brandstein to
Martin Shower, who will improve with two
bungalow-s.
GATES AV. 393a. 4-sty building, sold for the
Eagle Savings & Loan .Association to William
Xecker. the undertaker. The building at the
present time has a parlor and basement store,
but Mr. Xecker is planning extensive alterations
to the huilding. He contemplates building a
garage in the rear and a 2-sty extension for