THE RESIDENCE TOWN. Brooklyn has been called the Sleeping-Room of the Metropolis,' and again 'the City of Homes,' and 'the City of Churches.' Within its broad limits there are several tenement districts; along its western shore are busy commercial and manufacturing areas, and the southern shore has a peculiar character of its own; but the main part of the borough is made up of hundreds of miles of are nut's and streets lined with dwelling-houses. The residence districts thus claim first attention as the distinctive feature of the place. The oldest part of Brooklyn is solidly built up of brick and frame houses set closely together: but even here the long and pretty rear gardens have been a noted feature of Brooklyn. The old est fine Brooklyn houses on the Heights are of brick and brownstone, and hotels, large apartment-houses, and several elub-houses also are found here. Along Clinton and WaShing ton avenues there is a fine array of frame and brick villas, set in open grounds, with carriage drives, trees, and flower-beds; and a similar dis trict. more modern, is along New York, Brook
lyn, and Saint Mark's avenues. Along Eighth and Ninth avenues, in the new region close to Prospect Park. and known as the Park Slope, is another attractive residence district. In the more distant parts toward the south, which a few years ago were still rural townships, there are large sections containing pretty detached residences of a much more modest character. The electric railroad is largely responsible for this new development, which may be expected to continue until the whole southern part of Brook lyn is covered with these suburban homes. Be yond the still unbuilt lands lie the beaches along the shore, which occupy an important place in New York summer life. See C'oxEv ISLAND.