86 
ROCK FLOOR OF GREATER NEW YORK. 
[BULL. 270. 
Summary of records of borings made in New York and vicinity — Continued. 
3. BORINGS IN THE OUTLYING BOROUGHS AND IN OTHER LOCALITIES NEAR NEW 
YORK— Continued. 
Location. 
Borou</fi of Brooklyn,— Continued. 
Pier at foot of Pidgeon street — 
Dock 
End of pier 
Pier at foot of Flushing street — 
Dock 
End of pier 
475 feet west of Vernon avenue — 
Between 1st street and Flush- 
ing street. 
175 feet east of 1303 
4th street, 100 feet east of Vernon 
avenue. a 
Borough of Queens — Right of way, Penn- 
sylvania h'ni'/roiiil.l- 
Near bulkhead, Longlsland City — 
200 feet west of line 
325 feet west of line 
Depth of boring to rock. 
As given. 
19 
- 17 
< rneiss. 
54 
- 52 
Do. 
26 
- 24 
Do. 
37 
- 35 
Do. 
33) 
15/ 
- 22 
Do. 
12 
14 
Do. 
10 
4 
Do. 
600 feet west of line 
750 feet west of line 
1,100 feet west of line 
Borough of ' 2u eens—j Miscellaneous.*: 
Long Island Railroad depot, 
Hunters Point. 
East River Gas Company, Vernon 
avenue. 
Astoria Silk Works, Steinway 
avenue. 
69 
71). " 
Referred 
to U.S. 
datum, 
Sandy 
Hook. 
56 
80 
98 
113 
89 
59 
20 
20 
Kind of rock, if known. 
Rock or bowlder. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Rock. 
a Surface datum. 
''Noble, A., aud Jacobs, C. M., chief engineers, Pennsylvania, New York and Long Island Railro. 
Company; wash borings. 
"Veateh, A. 0., U. S. Geol. Survey. Well 1312, 100 feet deep, through nick from near surface. 
well 1313 on drilling 32 feet through rock quicksand was encountered. Wells 1314-1317, 70 80 U 
sand, then clay and limestone; 375 feet, 300 feet, 450 feet, and 490 feet deep, respectively. 
