Many good memories. watching two full length movies and cartoons. My 2x great grandparents owned Kanes until it burned down. The Clason Point War Memorial includes inspirational quotations by presidents George Washington (1732-1799), Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), William McKinley (1843-1901), and Wilson. Searchers have found a long-lost Great Lakes ship that came to a tragic end. I got to speak to a couple who live there now, so nice and speaking to a very nice lady that lives there now next door. The ratio of college-aged and elderly residents was lower, at 10% and 12% respectively. I remember trying to plow the field behind a horse.. There are large, residential housing complexes of various types. The following is syndicated with permission from Forgotten NY. Serine and peaceful times jumping between the rocks and looking over the water. Some residents converted existing bungalows around Harding Park for year-round occupation. my aunt by marriage divorced my uncle and married the youngest riordan brother. Its a tiny place, but still standing. Osceola's propellor steam barge was on her down trip from Duluth and carried a full cargo, principally Minneapolis milled flour headed for Buffalo. Kevin Walsh was here in 2006, telling the story of Harding Park in detail. The completion of the nearby Whitestone Bridge put the ferry out of business. Public transportation consists of two bus routes and there are only a few schools in the neighborhood. I went to PS 69 till fourth gradw then to Holy Cross. Thanks and let us enjoy our memories. The 2018 addition of the NYC Soundview ferry and the recent service expansion to Throgs Neck is ushering in new residents, drawn by the neighborhoods tranquility, affordability, and accessibility to Manhattan. Bruckner Plaza, which greatly expanded throughout the 1990s, contains big box stores like Toys R Us, K Mart, and Old Navy. Church; my dad and Grandfather were Lieutenants At We lived on Newman Ave in the 60s in a house my great grandfather built down near the corner of Patterson, Families like the Nichols, the Potulins, the Stecks, the Heaters all with kids running in the streets until the lights came on or scavenging down in the old boat yard which became a dump with the firemens training pit. Its World War One monument was dedicated in 1928 on the decade anniversary since the end of the war. Good patriots that they were, they named the colony for the US President at the time, Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865-1923). Harding Park. Its said very interesting! Usually when a highway ends, it does so by merging into another highway. I remember your Mom She worked as a Para Professional in the schools. habited year round. Another unusual map of what Clason Point could have been is the 1941 Barkan Street Directory map that shows the grid in its entirety mashed with the natural courses of Bronx River, Pugsleys Creek and Westchester Creek. "[8]:108[9] There was a volunteer fire department, a small airport, docks for sailboats and motorboats, saloons, and novelty shops. The residents of Clason Point chipped in for that monument.My Grandparents owned 338 Underhill over 50 years. I stay in touch with Ronnie B . When in university I did a report on the Siwanoy Indians who lived in Clason Point. These include public housing, high-rise co-ops and rentals. Did any settlers lived in Soundview park? In September1638 Thomas Cornhill was licensed upon tryal to keepe an Inn. [35] As of 2018[update], with a non-fatal assault rate of 100 per 100,000 people, Clason Point and Parkchester's rate of violent crimes per capita is more than that of the city as a whole. Soundview Avenue once stretched from White Plains Road and O'Brien Avenue in Harding Park to Westchester and Metcalf Avenues in Soundview-Bruckner before the construction of the Bronx River Parkway. mike maher i lived in the academy gardens in the i remember rudys candy store peppermint bar shoe repair beer garden etc beach movie theater VFW for saturday movies in the early1950 my family lived in rudd place my cousin was a life guard at shorehaven pool my aunt had a small deli near the water fond memories we moved to L.I.in 1956 i went to ps 107 ps 69 holy cross church . 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. We found oyster shells at the bottom of the hole. I was like one of the family. and Harding.. Other primary thoroughfares contain limited but necessary amenities like supermarkets, pharmacies, barbershops, hair salons, fast food, bodegas, and cheap shops. The wheel destroyed the boathouse Terry Durante's mother . I also went to Holy Cross school in the late 70s and early 80s. I remember the smell of the clothes hanging on the clothes lines. room. Just a little specification is in order: the small abutment of the Bronx defined by the Bronx River (and Soundview Park which stretches alongside it) Pugsleys Creek* and the East River is known as Clason (pronounced Clawson) Point, named for an 18th Century merchant named Isaac Clason who purchased what was previously known as Cornells Neck in 1793; the land stayed in the family until the family sold it in 1855. 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. I lived at 209 near the water. I even was a lifeguard there for 4 years. I remember the scarey crazy lady that lived next door to me. This includes a scenic traffic circle as a terminus for Soundview Avenue with vistas of the East River andWhitestone Bridge. The area is one of the citys hidden gems, situated along the East River with idyllic views of Manhattan, LaGuardia airport, and the Whitestone and Throgs Neck bridges. We more than likely knew each other, [] onto the adjoining Pugsley Creek Park, with its vast swampland. Turning right from Soundview Avenue,one enters Harding Park, a cluster of bungalows built organically in the 1920s by Thomas Higgs and named afterthen-President Warren G. Harding. His will, dated 5 December 1651, left all his real estate to his wife Rebecca. Learn how your comment data is processed. This is the 57-acre Shorehaven community, set apart from the rest of southern Bronx by its wall and security guards. Were retired now down in Florida. family. It was like a world unto itself ! I remember the creek going to Lacombe Ave. Whats ironic about the Bronx River Ave. White Plains Rd. A Clason Point renter can reserve one of these spaces for personal use on a long term basis. I am researchering my Cornell family and enjoyed the site. 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. So glad to see your post and others that posted above. [8]:113 The club was purchased by Soundview Associates, an investment group including Sylvester Stallone, in 1986. Another unusual map of what Clason Point could have been is the1941 Barkan Street Directory mapthat shows the grid in its entirety mashed with the natural courses of Bronx River, Pugsleys Creek and Westchester Creek. Tom, I grew up at 1621 Gildersleeve @ Harding Park. The following MTA Regional Bus Operations bus routes serve Clason Point:[49], Nonprofit group Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance had been bolstering support to expand ferry service into the Bronx. before Shorehaven was built, Harding Park, the Momument, Higgs Lumber, the candy Store across from the after work at pool my job was to get him at supper time says Grandma. Frances, are you related to Nick and Philamena , and Johnny and Margie? I have great memories and still have life long friends in the area. The FILL as we use to call it faced toward NYC and a sanitation site. I remember the Cola family on Gildersleeve next to the deli on the cornor They were not allowed in. I never worried about walking home from Scared Heart Church Gym after Basketball practice even when it was 10:00 at night. I was Baptized there. Shorhaven pool. Topics you care about, straight to your inbox. Gonzalez,Luis and Robert Baez, Hello to all of you who at one time lived in Clauson Pt. So lovely there. [18]:6 The percentage of Clason Point and Parkchester students excelling in math rose from 23% in 2000 to 44% in 2011, and reading achievement increased from 27% to 30% during the same time period. Their village was supposedly located near the corner of Lacomb and Soundview Avenues. Bayside Hills [SpliceToday] [4] In the 1640s a series of skirmishes between the Cornells and the Siwanoy, known as the Pig Wars, were led by Chief Wampage, the Siwanoy sachem believed to be the Indigenous leader who killed Anne Hutchinson and her children in 1643 at Split Rock, now in the northern Bronx. Clason Point in the early-20th century was an era of trolley . Forgotten NY correspondent. It was like a giant summer camp, but you got to go home and sleep in your own bed at night. Italian and Germans. We have great pics and posts! The nearest retail strip is almost a mile away. Lived in Harding Park from 1945 till 60s. Starting in the 1990s, the construction of modern 2 and 3 unit row-houses and apartment buildings have increased the percentage of owners versus renters. Today I did. The section between Pelham Parkway and Soundview opened in 1951. 57 Shares. the people hated the giant bull frogs that inhabited the marsh they were so loud people could not sleep. We did not have cell phones to txt we use to shout out at each other from the street. The Somerset is also protected under international law, and is the sovereign property of the United Kingdom. We went to Dr Granito. Below is the description of the grant. 107. My name is Alan and my comments are below on April 1st. Diana used to be Klein or Barca. Also there was Henry and his brother, that lived closer to the water. Hi Bill, It had a garage that my father converted to a bedroom for my brother and me. I just looked up Soundview Ave. to my surprise the Apartment we lived in is still there. I was still very young but remember being intimidated by the way my best friend was treated trying to go there with her siblings. Along with rising liability costs, Shorehavens expenses forced it to close. - If anyone of my locals knows the name of this ship and/or the story of how it came to rest here I'd love to hear it. Boatyards lined the shore, and the Castle Hill Pool was an immediate hit when it opened in 1927. Great memories! I was about to send a link to Elizabeth, George, then saw your name. I went to the emptly lot there with my friend and dug a hole looking for any traces. 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. If you remember those chairs Adirondack chairs in the off season I remember him painting every one bright red, blue, green and white.Life guards would put on shows of diving and The 1927 G. W. Bromley map of Clason Point shows the bungalow colony, amusement park, and the tip labeled as Public Place. It was a crowded district in contrast to todays gated community. A trolley line runs down Soundview Avenue, but Bronx River Parkway has not yet been extended to this corner of the Bronx. Created by Fuelthemes, Our site uses cookies. However, it has had several names over the years. Debbie has my details too. remember, I was probably about 6 yo when I moved out. Along with rising liability costs, Shorehavens expenses forced it to close. We all learned to swim. When I dream, I am usually at 336 Theriot Ave. they say you always dream about the place you felt the safest. I was young, 67 years ago. I did see the Holy Cross I have great memories of Clason Point. I grew up Soundview Ave&Beach Ave neighborhood 1966-74.Wondering if any of my ol friends from back then still At some point, we should do a Forgotten-NY cheapskates cruise aboard this ferry. We owned our houses, bug not the land they were onIn the late 1950s, Shorehaven bought the land and told us to moveWe fought but lostMiss my old neighborhood, I lived in a houseboat on Pugsleys creek. Bronx River Houses; nine 14-story buildings. Chapter Three: The Clason Point Experiment vandal-resistant, and inevitably, uglier materials to replace them. The swampy wet marsh is built on now. The section between Pelham Parkway and Soundview opened in 1951. A couple of years ago I discovered Dave Valentine, a Latin Jazz musician lived in Harding Park for many years. Hi Sandy, my mom, Anne Nestler was baptized at Kanes almost 97 years ago. Peragines (I see Thelmas post above), Grazianos & many others. A passing ship rescued the Cornells, and they persisted, returning to their adopted Bronx home the year after Wampages last raid. That was the only time I had a doggy TORO. Walking to the candy store or the hardware store on Soundview. The one thing I never understood when I was a 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. In 2020, Castle Hill, Clason Point & Parkchester PUMA, NY had a population of 186k people with a median age of 34.6 and a median household income of $46,797. My brother went to PS 69. I am a metal detector hobbyist learning history of the Bronx GOOD TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE SO MANY OF YOU WHO ENJOYED The tragedy began the decline of the amusement park, once buzzing with working- and middle-class city residents. Was a great upbringing. Not far from your family. There was a rock there that the Siwanoy Indians would chip away at and make arrow heads. [4] The infrastructure of the area has not been updated in many years. 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. Im not sure if/ where Peter Griffin Cornell fits in. If you never knew it was there, the sleepy []. playing in the ruins of Kanes Park, doing the Classon Pt Crawl at the mouth of the large sewer on Soundview Governor Kieft described it as running from the Kill of Broncks land, east southeast along the River. The property ran from the mouth of Westchester Creek for two miles along Long Island Sound to the Bronx River, and two miles deep to what in 1902 was the village of Westchester. Abuelo ( Victor Irizarry) and Dad ( Jose Irizarry) . Tom, I grew up at 1621 Harding Park. Many call it little Puerto Rico. Friends were the Verheyens, By the 1980s the Bronx was more Hispanic than Jewish, and new residents did not join the club in large enough numbers. I, too emember the Memorial Day Parade and the Beach Movie theatre. Usually when a highway ends, it does so by merging into another highway. Great Memories Here. "[9] The Ferris wheel in the amusement park was blown over in a 1922 windstorm, killing at least seven. Even at its best, Jackson Heights was clearly in the city. She only bothered me once when she came with a big knife and asked me where the boy that hit her was. Love this! Soundview Avenue is the primary thoroughfare through Clason Point. neither was the boys who went with me. Raquel aka Rocky we have been thinking about you Alex and your Mom for years, we moved around since our last day out in Manhattan and AC. In ancient times, the Bronx River area to the West was known to the Siwanoys, who spoke Algonquian,[4] as "Aquahung". On the other hand, the massive superblock interrupting White Plains Road at the time was the wetland source of Pugsleys Creek. Eventually Higgs's Beach and the adjoining Killian's . A lot of people died and a lot of people were injured, and they were in the thick of it, and they survived, Durante says. Anne cinquegrana.. i just this morning saw your reply . Between 1906 and 1939, a ferry operated between Clason Point and College Point. Like Silver Beach and Edgewater Park, it seems independent from the rest of the Bronx, since its street pattern is different and its cut off by water from the rest of the borough. +91 99094 91629; info@sentinelinfotech.com; Mon. We also loved the live entertainment like Jackie Mason and Joan Rivers. The Y.M.C.A. The planes would always pass what seemed very close above us entering the airport across the water. Thank you to all our donors that continue to support Forgotten NY. 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). A variety of sunken, abandoned or damaged boats can be found along. IT was the best time of my life to live there as a child Harding park was a dream My aunt and uncle lived there and I recall such fond memories of visiting them there. I think you may be thinking of me as living near the water. There were summer homes built on docks which people in I was told it had been built by her son-in-law (my grandpa, named Maurer). the Volunteer Fire Dept on Gildersleeve. who lived across the street, the Kokindos The Nelsons and Hoffmans Eddie and Joey. 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. She enjoyed seeing her old stomping grounds (she lived on 1411 Harding Park in Clason Point in the 30s-40s). (1969). 173 Pins 6w T Collection by Thomas Hammond Similar ideas popular now Bronx Island Horse Boys And Girls Club Boy Or Girl Jennifer Lopez Love Clason Point is now a city park with grass, trees, walkways and a ferry terminal. Along the way, the triangular intersections are designated as Greenstreets parks, with more than a dozen on the route. I lived in Harding Park as a kid with my family. GROWING UP THE NEIGHBORHOOD. She wanted me to share that shes still alive and kicking at the age of 92. What a great read. I have the original portable pump organ that the Franciscans would bring on Sundays to Kanes. Loved the stories and photos of living on a houseboat in the Bronx. Iran Dandridge, Mario Vernon, Ruben Ruiz, Eddie brought my children from 1963 to 1970.Such fabulous memories for all of us.Shorehaven was paradice. I now own a home there in one of the developments and to think this area is still making history. The wheel destroyed the boathouse Terry Durante's mother and family lived in then. Welcome2TheBronx | 13 Facts & Tidbits About The Bronx That Makes Us Awesome, Lets Go Hiking (and Biking)! By the 1980s the Bronx was more Hispanic than Jewish, and new residents did not join the club in large enough numbers. Gildersleeve Ave, a stones throw from the Some shipwrecks have been documented by National Park Service archeologists, but most remain hidden under sand, or offshore. Whenever I see them I call them Louie Garza flowers. of Transportation to have those sign erected there in the late 80s for proper references. At the mouth of Westchester Creek, a shipwreck near the Whitestone Bridge marks the spot where its waters meet the East River. They There were ferryboat and steamer excursions from "The Point" to downtown Manhattan as well as local service across the East River to College Point, Queens. On Memorial Day my Boy WISH YOU ALL GOOD HEALTH AND LONG LIVES, Hi. Relative of Ezra Cornell founder of Cornell Univ. [18]:2, As of 2017, the median household income in Community District 9 was $40,005. Europeans began settling the region in the early 1600s, and the Cornell family built the first permanent European settlement in the spit of land first known as Snakipins by the Indians, then Cornells Neck and later Clason Point. My parents knew the Bronx was changing. 10:00AM - 8:00PM; Google+ Twitter Facebook Skype. Memories of Shorehaven survive online, with former member Marc Miller compiling a collage of old photos for the Shorehaven Beach Club Facebook group. 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. My mom worked at the Beach Theater where you bought your ticket to get in. from Westchester Village to Whitestone and from Clason Point to College Point. My grandmother, uncles and aunt owned houses in Rudd Place, on Obrien Ave, off Soundview. Loretta is luving nearby me in north carolina. For the record I became a history teacher retired now and also a Restaurant owner in Montauk, NY with my wife Jan Place was called OMurphys Pub on the circle in the center of town. Remembering Jackie Robinson [SpliceToday]. In Clason Point and Parkchester, there were 106 preterm births per 1,000 live births (compared to 87 per 1,000 citywide), and 26.4 births to teenage mothers per 1,000 live births (compared to 19.3 per 1,000 citywide). On the other hand, the massive superblock interrupting White Plains Road at the time was the wetland source of Pugsleys Creek. Wish I had photos from that era. I grew up on Beach Ave., and at that time, Shorehaven was NOT open to everyone, no Hispanics and no African Americans. [30][8][31] The park now serves as a ferry landing[32] and kayaking facility. Bronx River Avenue curves around the bungalows, but despite its name, does so here along the East River. I remember Louie Garza. I truly enjoyed the memories. 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