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866 RECORD AND GUIDE December 9, 1911, Kinney Estate Leases Broadway Plot. Tbe Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.. as trustee for the estate of Francis S. Kin¬ nev, has completed negotiations for leas¬ ing the property at 1437 Broadway, run¬ ning through on an "L" to 143 and 145 Vi'est 40th street. The plot has a Broad¬ way frontage of 24.6 feet with an irregu¬ lar depth averaging about 63 feet and a frontage on the side street of 50 feet. The property, it is understood, will be used as a site for a moving picture and vaudeville house. The lease is for a tenn of years. The buildings were once occupied by Martin's restaurant and hotel, a resort well known to the theatri¬ cal profession many years ago. The identity of the lessee could not be learned. Wholesale Carpel Firm Goes lo 4th Ave. A lease was signed this week which will add a new wholesale business to those already located on Fourth avenue and may very probably be the means of drawing others in the same line to this thoroughfare. Albert B. Ashforth and Horace S. Elv & Co. leased for Joseph Milbank to the Eigelo-^\- Carpet Cb. a floor and a half, comprising about 17,- 000 square feet, in the building, at the southwest corner of 25th street. The lease is for five years with a privilege of renewal for five years, at an annual rental of about $15,000. This concern, one of the largest in its line, is now located on Broadway near 17th street, the present center of the trade. It is known that other carpet firms are considering a move, and it is probable that some of them will also lo¬ cate on Fourth avenue. PRIVATE REALTY SALES. South of 59th Street. BEEKMAN ST.-The Ruland Se Whiting Co. resold for the Irving Judis Construction Co. S3 Beekman st. a 5-sty building, on plot ,JlxlUS, to John Crawford. The selling company ac¬ quired tbe property from the Douglas Realty Co in part pavment for tbe Canterbury aparl¬ ment bouse, a 6-sty elevator structure in tbe soutb side of lOStb st, 100 ft, west of Amster¬ dam av. BARROW ST.—Pepe £ Brother sold for tbe Brazier estale 27 Barrow st, a 5-sty tenement, on lot ST.CxSS, to James A. Lo-we. of North Branch, N. J. MURRAY ST.—Daniel Birdsall Sc Co. sold tiirougb the Charles F. Noyes Co.. 44 and 46 iVIurray st, 4 and S-sty buildings, covering a plot about 50x7d. Tbe property is Columbia College leasehold and bas been in tbe hands of the present owners for several generations. 2IST ST.—Henry Sleeper Harper bought from tbe Morison estate 133 Easl 21st st, a 4-sty tiweiling, on a lot 20.8x08,9, in order to protect his residence at No. 131, adjoining, Tbe acqui¬ sition of this honse gives the buyer a frontage of 55 fl, Mr. Harper is tbe owner of the abut¬ ting property al 136 and 13S East 22d st, and. with the stable wliich he purchased early this year from the Henry W. Poor estate, now con¬ trols a frontage of oO ft. in that street. It is understood tbat uo improvement ot tbe com¬ bined sites is contemplated at the present time. There bas been considerable building activity in the Gramercy Park seetion during the last year, including the improvement of the north¬ east corner of Lexington av and 21st sl with tbe co-operative apartment bouse kno-nm as 1 Lexington av. The Douglas Robinson, Charles S. Brown Co.. and the J. P. Whiton-Stuart Co. were the brokers. 23D ST.-The Teets estate sold 265 West 23tl st a three-story building, on lot 18,9x98.9. OTH AV.—Hermann Elsasser sold 746 and 748 9th av. two o-sty flats, on plot 50x100, oO,5 ft. north of SOth st. SOTH ST.—General Ho-n-ard Carroll sold 12 West 39tb sl, a 4-sty dwelling, on lot 22x98.9, to the Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Street ReaUy Co.. which recently acauired tbe adioin- ing property at No. 14. together with tbe abut¬ ting parcel at 3 to 11 West SSth st. SOTH ST.-The Drunswiclc ReaUy Co.. Robert P. Zobel. president, bougbt from -ludson S, Todd 35 and 37 West 30th st, old huildings, on a plot 40x9S.9. Tbe buyer will improve the site with a modern 12-sty office huilding. which will be so designed as to conform with the facade of the United Engineering Societies Building, occupying tbe adjoining 125-ft. plot. Beiween the two structures is a 10-ft, open light space. Tlie seller acnuired the property lasl spring from General Howard Carroll. AV B.—The Rudolph Wallach Co. resold 70 and 72 .\v B. two 4-sty tenements, on plot 31.10 x73.9. to .lacob Fish, who bought tbe adjoining parcel, 16.7x73.9. at the southwest corner ot 5tb st, for $37,300 at the recent partition sale of the Leaird estate held bv .Toseph D. Day. Tbe Wallach Co. also r.tirchased TO and T2 Av B at the same sale for .f40.600. 2D AV.—Adelstein Sc Avrutine sold CS and 70 2d av. a fi-sly tenement, witb stores, on plot -ll.lx.'U. The properly hag been held at about $120,000. .5TH AV.—Tbe 146 Fiflh Avenue Company. William J. Atwood, presidetu. sold to James P. Meehan 146 Fifth av. a 4-sty building, on plot 20x100. adjoining the building of tbe Methodist Book Concern at the southwest corner of 20tb St. This building was given in pan payment for the plot. S^\U4. at the southwest corner of ,3d av and 180th st, Tbis plot is improved with I-sty stores. Tbe entire transaction Involved nearly §400.000. North of 59th Street, 9TH ST.-The M. R. L. Building Co, sold to .Tacob Axelrod the Piermoni, an S-sty apart¬ ment house, on plot 75x100, in tbe north side of ootb St. 125 ft. east of Riverside Drive, Tbe property was held at about S300,000. 64TH ST.—Horace S, Ely & Co. sold for Mrs. Jane Sanders and Mrs. Katherine S, Rose 5 lots in the south side of 64tb st, between 1st and 2d avs, to the Kalt Lumber Co. for occu¬ pancy. There has been considerable activity in this section during the last year, and tbe brok¬ ers report that they have sold 17 lots in the hlock named to mercantile concerns since Jau¬ uary 1. 72D ST.—Wm. A. Wbite Sc Sons sold Ior tbe Wight esiate 147 West 72d st. a 4-sty dwelling, on lot 1.5x102.2. This property has heen held by the esiate for 25 years. This house is on the block in which there has been so much ac¬ tivity in recent years on account ot its graduftl change from residence purposes to business. The buyer is Mrs, Lizzie A. Paddock, wbo owns the adjoining house at No. 140. SIST ST.—Laura V. Mix sold ITS West Slst st, a 5-sty flat, on plot 37x102.2. located 79 ft. east of Amsterdam av. Tbe property was to bave been offered at auction by ooseph P, Day this last week, SIST ST.—William C. Osborn sold 37 and ."JO West Slst st, a 4-stv dwelling and a vacant lot. comprising a plot .50x104.4. The property faces the grounds of tbe Museum of Natural Hislory, and will be improved -with an aparfment house. OIST ST,—David Wetzler and George Kolb, sold for M. Glass, S21 East 9Ist st, a 6-sty structure, on lot 2.3x100. 95TH ST.—David Wetzler and George Kolb sold 221 East 95th st, a 5-sty building on lot 25x100 for J, Lowenthal. 121ST ST.—Joseph Hamerschlag sold to Rob¬ ert Wallace. Jr.. through the Gross Sc Gross Co.. the plot, llSxtOO, in tbe south side of 121st st, 100 ft. east of Amsterdam av for improvement witb a high-class elevator apart¬ ment house. Tbe property adjoins .Tanus Court, al the southwest corner of Morningside dr. 122D ST.-Lowenfeld & Prnger resold through W. S, Baker the 4-sty dwelling al 115 West 122ii St. on lot 20x100. The buyer. Max Kobe, will occupy it. The property was purchased at the auction sale of tbe Leaird estate last week. 131 ST ST.—Ennis S: Sinnott resold, throusb E. H. Ludlow Sc Co. 110 West 131st st. a 3-stv dwelling, on lot 17.0x100. 137TH ST.-1. Friedman uouebt 128 West 137th st, a 5-sly flat, on lot 25x99.11. John Schreyer is the owner of record. 1.3STH ST.-The Regal Mortgage Co. sold lo Siris & Mallzman the northeast corner oE 13Sth st and Lenox av. 50xS5 ft., and 67 West 13,^th st, 40x100 ft., two 6-sty tenements. In part payment, tbe buyers gave tne northeast corner of Clinton and Grand sts, a .5-sly business building, on a plot 50x100 ft. Sado Sc Block were lhe brokers. IS.STH ST.-.Tames Mc-Clenahan sold to the Johnson Amusement Company the plot 100x09.11 in the south side of 13Sth st, 245 ft. west of 5ib av. The buyer will buiid a 4-sty building rn fbe entire plot to he used exclusively as a the¬ atre for colored people. 140TH ST.-Emanuel Simon sold for fhe Stand¬ ard Holding Company to Mary Probst the 6-sty apartmeni at 55 West 140th st, on plot 41.8x100, UIST ST.—Piatt Sl Albert sold Laurel Court, a G-sty apartment house, at .552 and 55( West IJJst St. on a plot 5^x100. for John Schrever to Soil Levinson, an investor. ie.5TH ST. — Ennis Sc Sinnott bougbt from Waring S. Plait 532 "Wesl 165th st. a 4-sty buildiug. on lot 16xl06.o. The property is oc¬ cupied by the Washington Heights Hospital. Robert R. Rainey was the broker. 17IST ST.—Ferdinand Nagel sold tor I. MoU 10 J. Henry Heilmann 510 West I71sl st, a 5- Fty tenemeut, on plot 44x05. 1S7TH ST.-The Duff & Brown Company sold for Anthony F. Koelbie the plot, 50x150. on the south side of l.S7th st, bSO ft. east ot Broadway. 187TH ST.-The Duff Sc Brown Co. sold for .Anthony F. Koelbie the plot, 50x1 dO, on the soutb side of 187th st, 1,S9 ft. east of Broadway. 220TH ST.—A. N. Gitterman sold for the syndicate headed by Isidor Blumenkrohn to Grace .Tones Daggett the plot containing about 11 lots af the. northwest corner of 229tb st, a'll Kingfbridge Terrace. About 12 lots have b->en refold to the Harwell Realty Co. and the balance to Marcus M. Nye. Most of tbe lots will be offered to builders in the spring, AMSTERDAM AV.-The Waltin estate snid to G. Waldo Smith, the plot. 100x102, on tbe southwest corner of Amsterdam av and 76th st. This plot, which was reported sold several months ago to a syndicate of investors, was held al $225,000. Tt is understood that the buver will erect a 2-sty taxpayer on tbe site. Tbe adjoining corner on 75th st, similar in size, was recently leased by the same estate for a long term of years to Blirr Sl Co., carriage huiiders. PORT WASHINGTON AV.-The Saranac Con¬ struction Co., Max Liebeskind. president, bought through George E. Baldwin six lots on the S"ii1h side of Fort Washing:on av. 155 ft. west of Broadway and directly opposite 159th st. The property, wbicb fronts 94.4 ft. on Fort Washington a v. with an irregular depth vary¬ ing from lIiO to 115 ft., will be immediately improved v/Ub an apartment house. The prop¬ erty was recently given in exchange by fhe Hanover Estates for the Alabama apartment house, at Riverside Drive ann I27tb st. MADISON AV,—Colonel Francis L. Leiand sold to the Yorkshire Realty Co,. Clement Court, a fi-sty apartment house on plot 100.11x120. at tbe northwest corner of Madison av and OOth st. This property was given in part payment for tbe Roxborough. at the northwest corner of Broadwtiy and 92d st, tbe sale of wbicb was reported last week. Clement Court figured in the deal at about §325.000 and the Roxborough at about $1,000,000. Lewis B. Preston was tbe broker. iVIORNINGSIDE AV.-The M, R, L. Building Co. sold tbe Circle, a O-sty apartment bouse, at tbe southwest corner of Morningside av and West 122d st, to Jacob Axelrod, who gave in part payment the Belle Rose, al 230 West 113th st, B. 6-sty apartment house, on a plot 50x100. Tbese deals involved about 5600,000. ST. NICHOLAS AV.—Henry H. Dreyer sold for William J. Huston the lot, 2G.2x.SS4,lx ir¬ regular, on the east side of St. Nicholas av, 78,7 ft. north of 166th st. The buyer is Henry A. Passholz, who owns the three lots at the adjoining lOOtb st corner. The site will be improved with a taxpayer. 2D AV.—Gazella Gluckman sold 18S1 2d av, a 5-sty tenement, witb stores, on lot 24,11x100. STH AV.—Williani Otten sold for Jacob Kort¬ lang to Edward B. Teichman the o-sty build¬ ing at the southwest corner of Stb av and lllst St. on lot 24.11x100, Brorx. CLARKE PL.—Leon S. Altmayer sold for Pal- rick F. Goff a lot on tbe south side of Clarke pl, ahout 214.51 ft. east of Jerome av. Tbe size of the lot is approximately 25x05 ft> 162D ST.-Kurz Se Uren, Inc., sold for Louis Lese to Benjamin B'enenson 410 and 412 Easl ]62d St. two one-family dwellings, on plot 34.8x 100. Mr. Benenson will build a 5-sty flat on tbe site. 162D ST.-Kurz & Uren sold for Jobn Muth 42ri East 162d st. a 6-sty new law house, on plot 37.6x100. 105TH ST.-W. E, Sc W. I. Brown. Inc.. sold tor ,T. C. Downey 439 East 165lh st. a one- family dwelling, 173,32 ft. wesl of Washington av, on lot 20x113.98. 1S3D ST.—B. H. Weisker. Jr.. sold for William Cooper the plot, 42x100, in tbe south side of lS3d st, 46 ft. w-est of Park av. to the Lombardy Realty Co., Edgar A. Landauer. president. 1S4TH ST.-Kurz & Uren sold for a client the block front. 135.5x22.3x135.2x34.1, on the south side of 184tb st, between Washington and Bass¬ ford avs. to Curtis C, Byron, for improvement. 1S4TH ST,—Henry Scbwiehert sold tbe 5-sty twenty-five family new-law apartment bouse on the south side of l,?4th st, 116 ft, west ot Washington av, on plot 50x100. BYRON AV.—Kurz_ fi Uren sold for Christian Werner the plot, 7oxl00. on the east side of Byron av, 50 fl. south of 235th st. BURNSIDE AV.—B. H. Weisker. Jr.. sold tor Charles M. Rosenthal the 3-sty tiuilding. with stores, on lot 20xS0. on the uurib side of Burn¬ side av, SO tt, west of Morris av, CRESTON .AV.—Louis Schrag sold the plot, 54x168.llx irregular, at the northeast corner of Creston av and 189th st. Charles A, Strong is the owner of record. The buyer is reported to have acquired the adjoining prop-erfy. com¬ prising the block front on the west side of Grand Boulevard, between ISOth st and Ford¬ ham rd, from the John B. Haskin estale. VALENTINE AV.—E. II. T^udlow Sc Co. sold for Gustav Porssgreti 2118 Valentine av, a 2- sty bouse, on lot 25x107. The buyer will oc¬ cupy the house, WILKINS AV.—Jennie Heilborn bougbt 1411 and 1415 Wilkins av, two 5-sty apartment houses, and gave in exchange tbe block front, 207xS0, comprising eight lots, in the south side of IGoth st, between Grant and Morris avs. I Receat Buyers. The newly formed El-El Co. is tbe buyer of the leasehold property at 313 5th av. Leases. THE PULLMAN HOLDING CO, leased the slore and basement in the Pullman Building al 17 Madison av to Samuel J. Aronson, Inc.. for a term of years. The lessee is a silk manu¬ facturer, JACQUES KRAKAUER leased the Lichten¬ stein Building, at 538 and 510 Sth av. from Colonel Theodore C, Marceau. for a term of 21 years at an aggregate rental of .$l,I,S2,o00. The lease contains a renewal clause for a like period, the rental to be based upon a 5<^ valuation of tbe property on a re-appraisal. The Taylor-Sherman Com¬ pany was the broker in the transaction. The lease commences on May 1. 1913, at tbe expira¬ tion ot the Lichtenstein lease. Colonel Mar¬ ceau acquired the property trom Felix Isman about three years ago. A premature announce¬ ment of the lease was made some time ago. N. BRIGHAM HALL Sc WILLIAM D. BLOOD¬ GOOD leased for George Neiman. as agent, tbe store and basement, first and second lofts in 19 and 21 West 36th st for a term of 21 years, and also for Jnlius Sternfeld tor a like term the store and basement iii 22 to 2S West S'ltb sl. immediately in the rear and abutting to Higgins Sc Seller at an aggregate rental of $550,000. The two stores will be connected and extensive alterations made, among which will be the installation of a private elevator extending through three floors in the 36th st building. The lease commences March I, 1912, at which time Higgins & Setter will remove from tbeir present location in 21st and 22d sts. and which they have occupied for many years. R. J. HORNER fi CO. leased Ibrougb L. Tannenbaum, Strauss & Co. from tbe No. 20 We?t Thirty-sixth Street Co.. the entire 12- sty Luilding at 20 to 26 West 36th sts. The lease is for a long term of years at an aver¬ age annilal rental of about $36,000. Tbe lesSFfcij are well-knnw-n furniture dealers, long locatel on West 23d st. S, OSGOOD PELL & CO. leased to the Mao- ballan Center Co. the residence of tbe late Gustav Amsinck. at 23 and 2o East 47th st. on plot 44.9x100.5, for 3 term of 20 years at an