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Please help contribute to a new Forgotten NY website, Check out the ForgottenBook,take a look at the gift shop, and as always, commentas you see fit.. Junior High 123 and graduated from James Monroe High in 1959. Soundview Avenue is the odd one here, cutting through the street grid on its two-mile route. 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!! This was the first. In ancient times, the Bronx River area to the West was known to the Siwanoys, who spoke Algonquian,[4] as "Aquahung". Ive wondered how old Holy Cross Parish is. The Clason's Point branch in the Soundview area, is located at 1215 Morrison Avenue. [18]:11 Clason Point and Parkchester has a relatively average population of residents who are uninsured. Most of it would end up developed. This is where the Bronx River widens into the East River. New York, NY When you have a 9 a.m. in the South Bronx and then 11 a.m. on Wall Street you take the Soundview Ferry kiddddddddd #notrafficyo Soundview Bronx Ferry Terminal at Clason Point is at Soundview Bronx Ferry Terminal at Clason Point. Clason Point was a mixture of mansions, farmland and undeveloped fields and swampland. We more than likely knew each other, [] onto the adjoining Pugsley Creek Park, with its vast swampland. Great fond memories. Hi Jo Ann, My name is Frank Sclafani. This includes a scenic traffic circle as a terminus for Soundview Avenue with vistas of the East River andWhitestone Bridge. I lived on Leland Ave from 1947 (born there ) thru 1968 ! Kayaker along East River inlet. Across the East River you can explore the northern shoreline of Queens and see the palatial homes of Malba. From that point, we participated in every sporting event like paddleball, shuffleboard, and softball tournaments (run by Mr Wilson). Loretta is luving nearby me in north carolina. There was a factory that produced round automobile mirrors. But those commuter headaches seemed like a distant memory as the new ferry pulled away from Clason Point Park in Soundview. 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. Kevin Walsh was here in 2006, telling the story of Harding Park in detail, acquired by the city for parkland but kept in a natural state, the above 1940 photo from the Municipal Archives, The Other Side of Midnight with Frank Morano. In 2015, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that in 2018, ferry service would begin operating in the neighborhood. It was a warm late spring day in Clason Point on June 11, 1922, when 75 mile per hour storm winds toppled a 100-foot ferris wheel, ripping the structure from its supports and tossing it onto. My mom worked at the Beach Theater where you bought your ticket to get in. Other primary thoroughfares contain limited but necessary amenities like supermarkets, pharmacies, barbershops, hair salons, fast food, bodegas, and cheap shops. Between 1949 and 1986, this property was the Shore Haven Beach Club, a member-only resort for working-class Bronxites. Today, Clason Point is a quiet residential neighborhood in the southeastern Bronx that is home to about 25,000 residents. I now own a home there in one of the developments and to think this area is still making history. 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. The area is patrolled by the NYPD's 43rd Precinct. neither was the boys who went with me. Leifs That Are Green [SpliceToday] *Nothing to do with the heir to the Addams Family fortune played by Ken Weatherwax; this was a Talman Pugsley, who owned land here in the late 1700s. Iwould like to see every major street have a monument and plaza at its terminus, but the southern tip of White Plains Road is marked by a fence that keeps it a few yards short of the East River. Soundview, Castle Hill, Clason Point, Harding Park, Pugsley's Creek, Unionport. I used to supervise flyer distributers in the area and noticed there were no street name signs on some of the intersections of that area. I truly enjoyed the memories. A few more thoughts.great carnival each year at the Clason Point firehouse..parade each Memorial Day was a highlight to the neighborhood.book mobile came each week. 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 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. I lived on Newman Avenue from 1954 to 1962 when I moved to California. Situated on the rocky shores of the wild Lake Superior, Whitefish Point has long been considered the Graveyard of the Great Lakes. Of course many wonderful Saturday afternoons were spent in the Beach Theater Memories of Shorehaven survive online, with former member Marc Miller compiling a collage of old photos for the Shorehaven Beach Club Facebook group. I cant believe how much harding park has changed and the prices of the homes. Yesterday I decided to pass by my old neighborhood. I remember my grandma living there with us too and how much fun it was to play in the backyard with all my friends. Discover the citys most unique and surprising places and events for the curious mind. 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. The U.S. military setting up summer camps near the Black Rock. I remember your mom and you. New Yorks Theme Streets [SpliceToday] Six crew members were recovered safely following the accident . ForgottenFan consensus seems to be that this is a 53 or 54 Pontiac Catalina with 60s Buick Riviera tires. He owned 2000 acres. Share. Eventually Higgs's Beach and the adjoining Killian's . So lovely there. From Jackson Heights, NY, Queens 94 min She still lives, and is doing great, in the house that my grandfathers brother built on Bolton Ave. we were all born and raise in the same house. In the foreground we see the the South Bronx Marine Transfer Station, a facility once used by the Department of Sanitation to offload collection trucks into barges for transfer to Fresh Kills. It continues north under other names. Church; my dad and Grandfather were Lieutenants At Best wishes and good health, Ferry Point Park was built on land that was purchased in 1643 by early English settler John Throckmorton (1601-1684) from the Governor of New Netherland. Its very, very odd. Returning to Soundview Avenue, there is a gated community with its own set of nautical theme streets: Admiral Court, Beacon Lane, Surf Drive, etc. Not true. On 15 April 1667 this land was confirmed by patent of Colonel Nicholls to his grandson, William Willett. I grew up in a Bungalow on I, too emember the Memorial Day Parade and the Beach Movie theatre. It seems to be that a person Whom owned my lot bought the lot next to him. 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. This disagreement was rendered moot in 1664 when the British fleet appeared in the harbor and the Dutch capitulated. A passing ship rescued the Cornells, and they returned to their home the year after Wampage's last raid. Great story! I was Baptized there. Thanks! 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. Frances, are you related to Nick and Philamena , and Johnny and Margie? Speaking of unfinished plans, further inland at Story Avenue, the Bronx River Parkway abruptly ends. As mentioned, Harding Park developed organically without regard to the borough-wide street grid. Remembering Jackie Robinson [SpliceToday]. See Clason Point photos and images from satellite below, explore the aerial photographs of Clason . Friend. 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. Sergey Kadinsky is the author ofHidden Waters of New York City: A History and Guide to 101 Forgotten Lakes, Ponds, Creeks, and Streams in the Five Boroughs(2016, Countryman Press) and the webmaster ofHidden Waters Blog. My Czeck ancestors lived at 725 Commonwealth Avenue in Clason Point. Westchester Avenue evolved into a mixed use, primarily commercial, district serving the greater area after the completion of the elevated IRT Pelham Line. 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. Went to Shorehaven when I was young, my Grandfather (Stanley Samson) was the Head painter And there was Judge Greer 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. Click on the Bus route to see step by step directions with maps, line arrival times and updated time schedules. 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. The branch opened at this location in 1973. I remember as a kid, the hill you called Farmers Hill. 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. I couldnt wait to go back the next day. All the great games at baseball field, parties at firehouse. [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. Hows it going? I remember my dear friends the Simmons Pola with 3 girls my great friendS and a boy, my brothers great friend. It was a warm late spring day in Clason Point on June 11, 1922, when 75 mile per hour storm winds toppled a 100-foot ferris wheel, ripping the structure from its supports and tossing it onto the beach ten feet below its base. Returning to Soundview Avenue, there is a gated community with its own set of nautical theme streets: Admiral Court, Beacon Lane, Surf Drive, etc. Since 1778, the Somerset's remains have only surfaced twice: once in the winter of 1885-86, and again in 1973. A Clason Point renter can reserve one of these spaces for personal use on a long term basis. Dead-end streets disappear into the tangle of vegetation at Harding Park. [15], Based on data from the 2010 United States Census, the population of Soundview/Clason Point/Castle Hill was 53,686, a change of 2,933 (5.5%) from the 50,753 counted in 2000. [3] NYCHA property in the area is patrolled by PSA 8 at 2794 Randall Avenue in the Throggs Neck section of the Bronx. I definitely want to take the ferry from east 34th street to Clason Point. The amusement park closed in 1935. My 2x great grandparents owned Kanes until it burned down. The following is syndicated with permission from Forgotten NY. 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. Based on this calculation, as of 2018[update], Clason Point and Parkchester are considered low-income relative to the rest of the city and not gentrifying. Mrs Crocitto made another in front of her home 454 Barrett. and Harding.. The area north of Bruckner Expressway/Interstate 278 is in 10472, while the area south of Bruckner Expressway/I-278 is in 10473. wanted us in better schools with trees and grass lawns. It was clean because we all pitched in and kept it that way. The ratio of college-aged and elderly residents was lower, at 10% and 12% respectively. Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise, are: Lafayette Avenue to the north, White Plains Road/Pugsley Creek Park to the east, the East River to the south, and the Bronx River to the west. The neighborhood contains one of the highest concentrations of NYCHA projects in the Bronx. MY husband met him. My sister lived on Rudd place till they moved to upstate. Kevin Walsh was here in 2006, telling the story of Harding Park in detail. 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. Bruckner Plaza, which greatly expanded throughout the 1990s, contains big box stores like Toys R Us, K Mart, and Old Navy. Diana used to be Klein or Barca. Life goes no. 1915 with Teddy Orengo Acevedo and Joe M Juarbe in Clason Point, Bronx, New York. Not far from your family. Such an interesting read! Mapping and Location: Central Alaska 66 30 N 152 53 W. Source: Shipwrecks of the Alaskan Shelf and Shore (1992) CITY OF SEATTLE (1979) The 84 foot crab fishing vessel City of Seattle split a seam and foundered April 7, 1979 in the Gulf of Alaska 80 miles south of Yakutat. Gas. I was about to send a link to Elizabeth, George, then saw your name. Clason Point is part of Bronx Community Board 9, and its ZIP Code include 10473. 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). By the 1980s the Bronx was more Hispanic than Jewish, and new residents did not join the club in large enough numbers. By 1900 the Higgs family maintained a beach and amusement area on the western end of Clason Point, and in the early 1920s Thomas Higgs, who owned about 100 acres of beachfront property, began leasing tents to visitors and the area formalized its own street layout and summer bungalow colony. A lovely place! At the end is Clason Point, historically pronounced as Clawson. Sack Wern Houses; seven buildings, each 6 stories tall. I also lived in the Academy Gardens and went ever summer to Shorehaven. It is racially diverse and has a mixture of moderate single family homes, low income buildings and expensive condominiums. Soundview Park (sometimes referred to as Sound View Park) is a 205-acre (83 ha) park on Clason Point in the southern portion of the Bronx, New York City. The wheel destroyed the boathouse Terry Durante's mother and family lived in then. My brother richard died in 2006 from pancreatic cancer. 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