. Treat's illustrated New York, Philadelphia and surroundings . Rockawayand Far Rockaway. The latter has sev-eral large hotels, affords a fine ocean sailfrom New York, and has the finest surf-bathing in the world. Jamaica is an old town with fine resi-dences, 10 miles from New York. Hempstead is a populous old villagewith fine churches and schools. Nearby are the plains recently purchased byA. T. Stewart, on which he is building atown. FLUsniNG is a charming town, situatedon Flushing Bay, and may be reached bycar from Hunters Point, or by steamerfrom Peck Slip. Bay Side, four miles from Flushi
. Treat's illustrated New York, Philadelphia and surroundings . Rockawayand Far Rockaway. The latter has sev-eral large hotels, affords a fine ocean sailfrom New York, and has the finest surf-bathing in the world. Jamaica is an old town with fine resi-dences, 10 miles from New York. Hempstead is a populous old villagewith fine churches and schools. Nearby are the plains recently purchased byA. T. Stewart, on which he is building atown. FLUsniNG is a charming town, situatedon Flushing Bay, and may be reached bycar from Hunters Point, or by steamerfrom Peck Slip. Bay Side, four miles from Flushing,is noted for rich scenery, and famous foiits clam bakes and chowder in primitivestyle. Roslyn, at the head of HempsteadHarbor, is a thriving village, with naturalscenery of rugged beauty. The placecontains an eminence 319 feet high. Inthis village the first paper-mill in theState was erected. Several literary char-acters of note reside here. Ska Cliff, a summer resort near GlenCove, is reached by steamer from Pier24 East River. <52 ILLUSTRATED NEW YORK. Room for one more—New York Street-car scene. AND PHILADELPHIA. 53 Staten Island Suburbs. Staten Island, an oval-shaped tractof land 14 miles long find 8 miles broad,containing 58^ square miles, is situateda few miles south-west of New York city;and is washed on all sides by salt adjacent waters of the bays aboundwith oysters and fish, the trade of whichafford the staple occupation of thousandsdwelling on the island. A ferry boatruns .hourly from the foot of Whitehall-street to the three principal points, thefirst of which is the Quarantine Landing, so called be-cause formerly the location of the NewYork quarantine buildings. It is a ch arm-ing location for private residences. Edgewater, (Stapleton.) This is a mileor two further down, and is the largest vil-lage on the island, containing some man-ufactories and a shot tower. Around itssuburbs are many beautiful residencesoverlooking the New York bay. TheSeamens
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