Ive wondered how old Holy Cross Parish is. I couldnt wait to go back the next day. Food. By the middle 19th century Clason Point had many farmhouses, despite its poor drainage. A 1960s hand-drawn Hagstrom map shows the parkway continuing into the park with an interchange at Randall Avenue, Lafayette Avenue crossing the Bronx River, and Bronx River Avenue curving along the shoreline. We moved from the apartment in 1952. [4][6] Development on most of the remaining vacant parcels in the area continued through the 2000s. We went to Dr Granito. Until now, it took two buses and a train to get to work from the East Bronx. 40-01 Little Neck Parkway 24A Little Neck, NY 11363. Some shipwrecks have been documented by National Park Service archeologists, but most remain hidden under sand, or offshore. Comment. come in and talk to me and you would come in to hang out looking for the guys. In 1949, Mal Deitch and Joseph Goodstein transformed the defunct Clason Point Bathing and Amusement Park, into a private resort with a swimming pool, cabanas, playground, and a stage. This includes a scenic traffic circle as a terminus for Soundview Avenue with vistas of the East River and Whitestone Bridge. Since 1778, the Somerset's remains have only surfaced twice: once in the winter of 1885-86, and again in 1973. The name sounds familiar. There were summer homes built on docks which people in My previous examples of exploring tips of land in the city include Throg(g)s Neck, Breezy Point, and Kingsborough Community College. He was always pushing a wheel barrow and planting cosmos flowers everywhere. Gas. The SEACOR Power capsized during a severe squall shortly after departing Port Fourchon, Louisiana on April 13 with 19 people on board. [50][51] NYC Ferry's Soundview route started serving Clason Point on August 15, 2018.[52][53]. Iran Dandridge, Mario Vernon, Ruben Ruiz, Eddie The home stayed in the family for over 50 years. 69. Im related to Cornells and Griffins. Get instant access to loads of relevant information about Clason Point, Bronx, NY apartments for sale, including property descriptions, virtual tours, maps and photos. Leifs That Are Green [SpliceToday] Junior High 123 and graduated from James Monroe High in 1959. There were numerous ferries, and during Prohibition, gangsters unloaded bootlegged hooch. email me at: lilylu8675309@gmail.com, i lived in hrding park from 1945 till i married in 1968. iknew the biordan family and thier bar as well. The good times swimming in the River at the end of Soundview. The amusement park closed in 1935. Saturday marked 100 years since a Ferris wheel accident killed at least six people and injured over 30 in the Bronx. Its namesake city is 10 miles north of the city line. went to Holy Cross School. I also went to Holy Cross school in the late 70s and early 80s. She made her first communion at Holy Cross. When in university I did a report on the Siwanoy Indians who lived in Clason Point. Weve havent yet had a floating ForgottenTour. contact me at aaron3@netvigator.com. The farms are gone and so are most of the boatyards, but entertainment possibilities abound. Durante says her grandmother picked her mother up from her crib and stepped out moments before the Ferris wheel crashed on their boathouse. Thanks! My mom made a beautiful garden on Lacombe and Barrett, everyone came to take their easter pictures there is wast huge and very colorful. Thank you. He also showed me a photo of a big shark he and he friends caught from a boat off of Clason Point in the Sound!! If anyone wishes to share memories with me, Hope all is well and safe with you in these challenging times. The New York Times profiled the area in November 2004. The houses were different now . According to the EDC, the route was expected to carry 410,000 riders during the first . neither was the boys who went with me. I remember going swimming almost every day in the summer. There are also 5 and 6 story, pre-war, apartment buildings primarily concentrated along the IRT Pelham Line El on Westchester Avenue and multi-unit row-houses located throughout the neighborhood. I was about to send a link to Elizabeth, George, then saw your name. Crime has also seen a significant decline as a result of a number of factors including enhanced policing techniques and changing economic demographics. This act was done, some historians believe, in retaliation for New Netherland governor Willem Kiefts February massacres of refugee Weekwaeskeek at Corlaers Hook and Pavonia in todays New Jersey. Its namesake city is 10 miles north of the city line. Getting late and this is making me want to enjoy and remember a great childhood in THE BRONX. Shore Haven: I remember it well. The park has a tragic history with 6 deaths and 22 injured on June 11, 1922, when a storm blew down an operating ferris wheel. I recall the square dancing on Wednesday nights and social dancing on Saturday nights. NIGHT BINGO.And taking them down all for 50 cents a week big $ then..me and Eugene Mc Carthy, His dad was in Charge of Bingo set up. [29], Clason Point Park is located on the southern shoreline of Clason Point. My family moved out in the 1970s I remember my dear friends the Simmons Pola with 3 girls my great friendS and a boy, my brothers great friend. the street because I was young ,but we moved around 1977 . My father would fish at the end of the River. In the 1640s a series of skirmishes between the Cornells and the Siwanoy, known as the Pig Wars, were led by Wampage, the Siwanoy scahem believed to be the Indian leader who killed Anne Hutchinson and her children in 1643 at Split Rock in the northern Bronx. There a sunken ship off the Bronx on the East River I always wanted to visit. [11] White flight occurred in the area through the mid-20th century. +91 99094 91629; info@sentinelinfotech.com; Mon. [18]:11 Clason Point and Parkchester has a relatively average population of residents who are uninsured. Yep I remember the day the boatyard went up in towering flames and the fire pit, dumps and black rock! It became the Shorehaven Condominiums in 1999, a gated community of 1,183 multi-unit condominium townhomes. The NY Botanical Garden (also in the Bronx) has sponsored a roadside garden along Leland Avenue. This road runs north for 7.2 miles to the city line at Wakefield. I remember trying to plow the field behind a horse.. Six crew members were recovered safely following the accident . City planner Robert Moses attempted to condemn this community in the name of slum clearance but the residents won and in 1982 the Harding Park Homeowners Association succeeded in gaining title to their homes and land. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Very excited. GOOD TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE SO MANY OF YOU WHO ENJOYED GROWING UP THE NEIGHBORHOOD. Sotomayor Houses; twenty-eight 7-story buildings. [18]:12, Eighty-three percent of residents eat some fruits and vegetables every day, which is less than the city's average of 87%. It looks smaller than what I At the mouth of Westchester Creek, a shipwreck near the Whitestone Bridge marks the spot where its waters meet the East River. @2019 - Forgotten New York. Lived in Harding Park from 1945 till 60s. I now own a home there in one of the developments and to think this area is still making history. I have great memories and still have life long friends in the area. [18]:10, The nearest hospital campuses are Montefiore Medical Center's Westchester Square and West Farms campuses, as well as Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center's Longwood campus. At the end is Clason Point, historically pronounced as Clawson. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Clason Point was a mixture of mansions, farmland and undeveloped fields and swampland. As an amusement park, Clason Point was linked to the city by a ferry, competing for patrons with the North Beach Amusement Park across the East River, and Starlight Park on the Bronx River. The accident happened in Clason Point, where an amusement park used to stand with a 100-foot Ferris wheel as one of the main attractions. [33], Clason Point and Parkchester are patrolled by the 43rd Precinct of the NYPD, located at 900 Fteley Avenue. Great memories growing up in the Point. habited year round. My brother went to PS 69. Hope all is well with you and your family. it was a scandal t o sy the least, OH my my name is Nancy Ramos and I lived in Harding park in the early 70s I dont remember I was like one of the family. Soundview Houses; thirteen 7-story buildings. The completion of the nearby Whitestone Bridge put the ferry out of business. my aunt by marriage divorced my uncle and married the youngest riordan brother. The most notable of these triangular parklets isWoodrow Wilson Triangle, bound by Underhill, Patterson, and Soundview Avenues. What such awesome memories. Hagstrom often tried to keep their maps up to date by depicting planned highways and paper streets as reality, because in most cases when Robert Moses proposed something, it became reality. clowning around off the high boards in the center of the pool.If any one is old enough to remember the ferry towers at the end of Soundview I used to climb the inside up to the top Over fifty years later its mostly gated & the middle class is long departed. After World War II these became permanent year-round residences due to a housing shortage, eventually sheltering over 250 families. this was around 1957 or 58. at that time for a kid, it was paradise in the Bronx. . 40-01 Little Neck Parkway 24A Little Neck, NY 11363. Baby Esther was a black woman who originally performed at the Cotton Club in Harlem and was actually the first flapper with the Betty Boop persona, but Helen Kane was falsely credited at the time. The one thing I never understood when I was a My mom lived there with her folks and swam in the east river (and caught polio back in the day of the Sister Kenney treatments). Its been many years. Its a tiny place, but still standing. First job I had was in the third grade after school on Wednesdays setting up chairs in the hall next to school (Holy Cross}) for WEDNESDAY My X-wife lived at 535 Beach Ave and I lived at 534 St. Lawrence Ave around the corner. I loved the area as well growing up there. So we moved to Plainedge Long Island. Osceola's propellor steam barge was on her down trip from Duluth and carried a full cargo, principally Minneapolis milled flour headed for Buffalo. Also there was Henry and his brother, that lived closer to the water. My name is henry and my brother was richard and we lived near the water. When did they get rid of Reardons bar on Soundview and Gildersleeve, Grampas hang out Topics you care about, straight to your inbox. Soundview's total land area is roughly 1.3 square miles. West and Siurh of Bruckner Blvd was like another country ! Harding Park is the maze of little unnamed streets and bungalows found along Bronx River, Leland, Gildersleeve and Cornell Avenues in the southwest sector of Clason Point. I definitely want to take the ferry from east 34th street to Clason Point. However, it has had several names over the years. "I think it was just the heavens telling her what to do. Harding park for life in my heart. wanted us in better schools with trees and grass lawns. The branch opened in 1963 and moved to its current location in 1981. Resembling Silver Beach along the southern edge of Throgs Neck, the Bronx community of Harding Park features inlets, reeds, and small houses and bungalows clustered along the confluence of the East and Bronx Rivers, and its topography is also shaped by Pugsleys and Westchester Creeks. The Soundview branch is located at 660 Soundview Avenue. First house on the right. This museum tells the story of maritime history in Michigan and pays homage to the tragedies that happened to many ships in the Great Lakes. It had a garage that my father converted to a bedroom for my brother and me. Grocery. While most people were technically poor , almost everyone was employed, most working for the citys uniformed services ; cops, fireman , sanitation and Transit ! Ill pass by again sometime and bring pictures of what the house I lived in looked like to the beautiful people I met yesterday. Kayaker along East River inlet. Like Silver Beach and Edgewater Park, it seems independent from the rest of the Bronx, since its street pattern is different and it's cut off by water from the rest of the . The precinct reported 6 murders, 48 rapes, 747 robberies, 806 felony assaults, 302 burglaries, 1,039 grand larcenies, and 561 grand larcenies auto in 2022. At the southern tip of Soundview Avenue in the Bronx is the newest NYCFerry dock, providing a one-seat ride from this corner of the borough to Wall Street. My aunt and uncle lived in Harding Park from the early thirty until he died Around 1960. Like a Catskills resort or a Miami Beach hotel, Shore Haven had a unique cultural feel of secular Jewish life that included stand-up comedians, singers, mah-jongg, and cocktails. "[8]:108[9] There was a volunteer fire department, a small airport, docks for sailboats and motorboats, saloons, and novelty shops. This is where the Bronx River widens into the East River. At the southern tip of Soundview Avenue in the Bronx isthe newest NYCFerry dock, providing a one-seat ride from this corner of the borough to Wall Street. [8]:110111[10]. While the neighborhood has drastically changed, many of its longtime residents can recall its Shorehaven Beach Club days and some even have ties to that fateful ferris wheel tragedy in 1922. Regarded as the Coney Island of the Bronx, Clason Point was always buzzing with working and middle-class New Yorkers who would flock there during warm weather. Onthe above 1940 photo from the Municipal Archives, the ferry gantries stood unused in place for a few more years. 5 Best Public Art Installations In NYC March 2023, The Missing 1930s RKO Roxy Theater at Rockefeller Center, How a Dancer and Singer Helped Save Radio City from Demolition, Explore Powerful Contemporary Art at NYCs Heller Museum. Had many meals with you guys. Clason Point in the early 20th century was an era of trolley cars on the main thoroughfare, Soundview Avenue or, as it was then, Clason Point Road. He moved one block away after his dad had a home built at 1945 Gildersleeve Ave., in 1925. On the other hand, the massive superblock interrupting White Plains Road at the time was the wetland source of Pugsleys Creek. The Ferris wheel accident was a factor that led to the downfall of the Clason Point amusement park. Some streets here are interrupted midblock by properties, and others do not appear on any official maps. On the above 1940 photo from the Municipal Archives, the ferry gantries stood unused in place for a few more years. I went to P.S. My Dad did the lawn @ Shore Haven before I was born mid 50s . Shorehaven beach club was a parking lot away. Soundview Avenue is the odd one here, cutting through the street grid on its two-mile route. Loretta is luving nearby me in north carolina. I myself lived on Colgate Ave. by Bronx River Ave. and later to Colgate Ave. and Lafayette Ave. R.i.p. He was the self proclaimed Mayor of Harding Park. Peragines (I see Thelmas post above), Grazianos & many others. Dead-end streets disappear into the tangle of vegetation at Harding Park. Thanks for your great share! Though Robert Moses attempted to tear down what he called the Soundview Slums (Moses didnt like anything that wasnt a Corbusian-esque housing project or an expressway; his Utopia would have been a city composed of residential skyscrapers connected by superhighways), Harding Park survived, but became City property in 1979. i did not know the name harding park although ive bicycled through this area countless times en route to city island and/or orchard from midtown east. Kevin Walsh was here in 2006, telling the story of Harding Park in detail. Recently added listings in Clason Point 1807 Lacombe Avenue, Bronx, NY $550,000 USD 4 Beds 2 Baths 518 Underhill Avenue, Bronx, NY $590,000 USD 4 Beds 2 Baths Patterson Ave & Saint Lawrence Ave Harding Park, Bronx NY 10473 $799,000 USD 5 Beds 5 Baths 442 Underhill Ave, Bronx, NY $1,280,000 USD 9 Beds 6 Baths 440 Underhill Avenue, Bronx, NY We did not have cell phones to txt we use to shout out at each other from the street. From 1883 to 1927, it was the site of the Clason Point Military Academy.[4][7]. Today I did. The most notable of these triangular parklets is Woodrow Wilson Triangle, bound by Underhill, Patterson, and Soundview Avenues. Clason Point is a peninsula in the East Bronx, New York City. On Tuesday, August 3rd, and Thursday, August 5th, 2021, NYCHA was joined by 65 residents of Sack Wern / Clason Point Gardens to have a conversation about the Permanent Affordability Commitment Together (PACT) and how NYCHA selects partners to make comprehensive improvements and manage your buildings. Covering an area of 1,198.36 acres (484.96ha), the neighborhood had a population density of 44.8 inhabitants per acre (28,700/sqmi; 11,100/km2). I lived at 209 near the water. The accident happened in Clason Point, where an amusement park used to stand with a 100-foot Ferris wheel as one of the main attractions. Kane's, a major saloon in the Clason Point area in the 1920s, featured Helen Kane, a singer who coined the phrase "Boop-oop-a-doop" and for which cartoon flapper Betty Boop was modeled. [4] Fairyland Park, in the Harding Park area of Clason Point, contained dance halls, roller coasters, picnic groves and baseball games, as well as a 300-by-50-foot (91 by 15m) saltwater outdoor swimming pool known as "The Inkwell. I felt loved unconditionally. Hotels. the Volunteer Fire Dept on Gildersleeve. across the short road was an empty lot that my mother and father converted to a small garden. Thank you for posting this site. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. WISH YOU ALL GOOD HEALTH AND LONG LIVES, Hi. Between 1949 and 1986, this property was the Shore Haven Beach Club, a member-only resort for working-class Bronxites. It was the self proclaimed Mayor of Harding Park marked 100 years since a Ferris wheel killed... 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