MAP SHOWING LAND VALUES 



PREPARED FROM TENTATIVE LAND 



VALUE MAP OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 



TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS 



1915 



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501- 1,000, " " 





251 - 500, 





101- 250, 





51 - 100, 





10- 50. 





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The map in its entirety shows in a striking way 

 the diminution of land values as the distance from 

 the chief business center decreases, modified, how- 

 ever, by an increase of values at local centers and 

 from other special circumstances. The Height and 

 Area maps governing the intensity of use are seen 

 to follow the same law. that is, the districts per- 

 mitting the least height and requiring the largest 

 courts and yards, other circumstances being equal, 

 are those most distant from the chief business cen- 

 ter. The two-times district which includes the busi- 

 ness center of Brooklyn, shown on Height district 

 map sections 12 and 16, it will be seen includes 

 lands of relatively high value, on Pierrepont, Rem- 

 sen and Montague Streets, lands near the East 

 River on John. Plymouth and Water Streets, lands 

 on Fulton. Livingston and Schermerhorn Streets, as 

 well as the area of high values between Fulton 

 Street and Flatbush Avenue, northwest of the Long 

 Island Railroad Terminal. 



