West side of the intersection of 43rd Street and New Utrecht Avenue, looking north, December 15, 1913. The homes seen in the distance at right are a part of the real estate development of Borough Park that occurred from the 1890s through the early decades of the 20th century. Just before the turn of the century real estate developer William Reynolds moved on from rowhouse development in Prospect Heights, to purchasing farmland south of the park. From the large parcel of land he bought, Reynolds created 4,000 lots, sold some off to investors, and built homes on others. Unlike the attached rowhouses of his early ventures, Borough Park developed, from the ground up, into a neighborhood of mostly large single family homes.