A trolley line runs down Soundview Avenue, but Bronx River Parkway has not yet been extended to this corner of the Bronx. Clason Point Military Academy. I went to PS 69 till fourth gradw then to Holy Cross. [28], Pugsley Creek Park is located along the eastern shoreline of Clason Point. Miss those days. 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. 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 . Hi Muriel, The New York Public Library (NYPL) operates three branches near Clason Point. I remember trying to plow the field behind a horse.. The residents did not want to see them vandalized. She only bothered me once when she came with a big knife and asked me where the boy that hit her was. Ferries between Clason Point and College Point in Queens ensured a steady stream of visitors, and the destination point for daylong excursions soon grew into a seasonal resort. Westchester Avenue evolved into a mixed use, primarily commercial, district serving the greater area after the completion of the elevated IRT Pelham Line. [4] My name is Debbie. Ive been to the Clason Point Park with the view of the Whitestone Bridge. [18]:6, The following public schools are located in Clason Point that are not also located in Soundview:[45]. I went to P.S. family. Yet thank you to all that made such great memories for me. 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. [8]:110111[10]. Finally, the new church opened at the end of the 60s or early 70s. There was a factory that produced round automobile mirrors. Its been many years. Had many meals with you guys. contact me at aaron3@netvigator.com. Again a great read! I remember cisterns deep into the ground to collect irregation water. Anne cinquegrana.. i just this morning saw your reply . come in and talk to me and you would come in to hang out looking for the guys. 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 sister lived on Rudd place till they moved to upstate. Funland on Buckner Blvd. We have great pics and posts! From 1883 to 1927, it was the site of the Clason Point Military Academy.[4][7]. This place is situated in New York County, New York, United States, its geographical coordinates are 40 48' 20" North, 73 57' 0" West and its original name (with diacritics) is Clason Point. Its one of the best memories of my life growing up in Bronx. Most of it would end up developed. They were not allowed in. after work at pool my job was to get him at supper time says Grandma. - 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. I loved living there and when I go to NYC I go over there and just look at the streets where I rode my bike my friends houses, but can anyone "I think it was just the heavens telling her what to do. After World War II these became permanent year-round residences due to a housing shortage, eventually sheltering over 250 families. On the above 1940 photo from the Municipal Archives, the ferry gantries stood unused in place for a few more years. Rusty old Clason Point shipwreck at the mouth of the Westchester Creek across from Ferry Point by the Whitestone Bridge. A couple of years ago I discovered Dave Valentine, a Latin Jazz musician lived in Harding Park for many years. Yep I remember the day the boatyard went up in towering flames and the fire pit, dumps and black rock! My last year in the Navy was in Washington, D.C. in 1964 and I still had many relatives in Clason Point so I made frequent visits until most moved to the Island or New Jersey. The place has changed, and not for the better. Britisher Thomas Pell arrived at a treaty in 1654 with several Siwanoy sachems, including Wampage, that the Dutch authorities didnt recognize. Many call it little Puerto Rico. Sketching Henderson Place [SpliceToday] email kat_nyc_2005@hotmail.com if you ever see this message. Like. It might now seem like it on a surface level, but the Clason Point of today is in many ways inspired by its past, while shaping its future. Clason Point was a mixture of mansions, farmland and undeveloped fields and swampland. The development I live in here in AZ is like a year round Shore Haven minus the waterfront & the ethnic overtones. I Lived in Harding Park when my children were in their teenage years. I also lived in the Academy Gardens from around 1942 to around 1960 and went to P.S. I am researchering my Cornell family and enjoyed the site. The Bruckner Expressway which now bisects the area along the center was once known as Ludlow Avenue. We all learned to swim. and also William Ellery of Rhode Island, signer of the Declaration of Independence. Future plans in accordance with PlaNYC initiatives will create an urban oasis in this dense community; complete with recreation nodes, Greenway connections, bike/hike trails, designated fishing areas, a boat launch, and esplanades with skyline views. We went to Dr Granito. You have 4 brothers: George,Buddy,Walter and Robert. This includes a scenic traffic circle as a terminus for Soundview Avenue with vistas of the East River and Whitestone Bridge. 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. The completion of the nearby Whitestone Bridge put the ferry out of business. She enjoyed seeing her old stomping grounds (she lived on 1411 Harding Park in Clason Point in the 30s-40s). Soundview's total land area is roughly 1.3 square miles. The 1927 G. W. Bromley map of Clason Point shows the bungalow colony, amusement park, and the tip labeled as "Public Place." Great going down memory lane . Lol Yes great memories. Bob. The amusement park closed in 1935. Officials with the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Alpena, Michigan, say they've located the Ironton, Both my parents (Joseph Bell & Muriel Beck)were born and raised in Clason Point. Italian and Germans. There are large, residential housing complexes of various types. [18]:13 For every supermarket in Clason Point and Parkchester, there are 13 bodegas. Please email me . It had a primarily Jewish membership,but that community left the city in the big Long Island suburban exodus, and the club closed. thanks for this, and your love of nyc!!! Was a great upbringing. The Y.M.C.A. 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. The local New York City Subway line is the IRT Pelham Line (6 and <6> trains), operating along Westchester Avenue. (1969). I felt loved unconditionally. Did any settlers lived in Soundview park? Bayside Hills [SpliceToday] Welcome2TheBronx | 13 Facts & Tidbits About The Bronx That Makes Us Awesome, Lets Go Hiking (and Biking)! The first time I saw the magnificent clover shaped pool I jumped right in. My family had memberships, 1962-66. Anyone who is enjoying this should look at I Miss Clason Point on Facebook! 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. 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. It seems to be that a person Whom owned my lot bought the lot next to him. cold as hell. The residents of Clason Point chipped in for that monument.My Grandparents owned 338 Underhill over 50 years. It is racially diverse and has a mixture of moderate single family homes, low income buildings and expensive condominiums. Clason Point Gardens; forty-five buildings, all 2 stories tall. Your old Hagstrom map wont help you here as many of the streets on the grid were never completed, end midblock, and others appear partially completed. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. Your mon would Currently living in north carolina. Also..pheasants flying there part of the year. Best Wishes to Harding Park and all. Shipwreck From Historic Shackleton Expedition Found After 107 Years Lying 9,800 feet beneath Antarctic waters, Endurance is standing upright and in a "a brilliant state of preservation." By I was born in the Bronx Obrien Ave..1944..Moved to 227 Pugsley Ave at the dead end concrete wall still there. Tom, I grew up at 1621 Gildersleeve @ Harding Park. This road runs north for 7.2 miles to the city line at Wakefield. Some streets here are interrupted midblock by properties, and others do not appear on any official maps. From the late 1880s to around 1935, the neighborhood was a major tourist attraction and home to a massive amusement district, complete with arcades, dancehalls, waterfront resorts, and a massive outdoor saltwater swimming pool known as The Inkwell due to its dirty, unfiltered water that came straight from the East River. Memories of Shorehaven survive online, with former member Marc Miller compiling a collage of old photos for the Shorehaven Beach Club Facebook group. A passing ship rescued the Cornells, and they returned to their home the year after Wampage's last raid. How about indoor playground equipment? I worked summers at Castle Hill Beach Club for 5 years ( 61 thru 66) . The most notable of these triangular parklets is Woodrow Wilson Triangle, bound by Underhill, Patterson, and Soundview Avenues. I lived on Newman Avenue from 1954 to 1962 when I moved to California. Pat (Haughey) MacInnes. You are right. Mrs Crocitto made another in front of her home 454 Barrett. I was accompanied by my daughter and bestie, it was great sharing some special memories with them from decades ago. I love reading accountings of this area as it was so important to my family at that time and that was passed down through the generations. 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 My X-wife lived at 535 Beach Ave and I lived at 534 St. Lawrence Ave around the corner. Here you can also take theNYCFerryat the cost of a subway ride down to the Upper East Side, 34thStreet, and Wall Street. 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. 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. Loretta is luving nearby me in north carolina. I remember your mom and you. The good times swimming in the River at the end of Soundview. It was a great place to grow up! Great memories! It looks smaller than what I The location was 23rd avenue roughly 84th to 86th street (estimated). I would 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. My father was born and raised in Clason Point, being born in one of the bungalows within Glenz Estates, which was located at the intersection of Soundview and Gildersleeve (just behind the old Paleys Supermarket). This was the first. He probably died in 1655. I am on Facebook too. [18]:16 In addition, 25% of children are obese, compared to the citywide average of 20%. 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. All Right Reserved. He owned 2000 acres. I grew up in a Bungalow on Saturday night Square Dancing on Wednesday nights. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 57.8% (31,026) of the population.[17]. His proposal was defeated by local residents. Tom, I grew up at 1621 Harding Park. Hows it going? Britisher Thomas Pell arrived at a treaty in 1654 with several Siwanoy sachems, including Wampage, that the Dutch authorities didn't recognize. She was a neighbor and is still a This web site brought back nice memories of a happy times in my childhood the neighborhood had so many children. I lived in Harding Park as a kid with my family. I moved to California in 1976 but I have to admit I miss New York very much. [3] The 43rd Precinct ranked 36th safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010. Holy Cross Parish wasnt established yet so the Franciscan Friars would hold services at the casino. This is the 57-acre Shorehaven community, set apart from the rest of southern Bronx by its wall and security guards. The regions first residents of course were the Siwanoy Indians, who spoke Algonquin. 69, then jhs123, then james monroe h. S. However never completed school at James Monroe. Leifs That Are Green [SpliceToday] Following the demise of the ferry, the tip of Clason Point reverted to parkland and was given its present landscape in the early 1990s. Grocery. Discover the citys most unique and surprising places and events for the curious mind. It's one reason why the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum was established there. What a terrific place to grow up. A Clason Point renter can reserve one of these spaces for personal use on a long term basis. lived on the corner of Newman and Gildersleeve Avenue at the bottom of themHill from 1940 to 1961 and my 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. 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 White Plains Road, which eventually gains an el and becomes the main shopping drag to Bronxdale, Williamsbridge and Wakefield, begins here in Clason Point. Gonzalez,Luis and Robert Baez, Hello to all of you who at one time lived in Clauson Pt. Across the East River you canexplore the northern shoreline of Queensand see thepalatial homes of Malba. Having previously chronicled other prominent points of land in the city, I followed Soundview Avenue to its tip. In 2015, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that in 2018, ferry service would begin operating in the neighborhood. 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. He was the self proclaimed Mayor of Harding Park. GROWING UP THE NEIGHBORHOOD. Your old Hagstrom map wont help you here as many of the streets on the grid were never completed, end midblock, and others appear partially completed. Fire I ask because my mom and me and my sister used to babysit them, I remember crying for months!! Yesterday I decided to pass by my old neighborhood. [8]:113 The club was purchased by Soundview Associates, an investment group including Sylvester Stallone, in 1986. More information on apartments and condos for sale in Clason Point, Bronx, NY Point2 gives you far more than a simple list of condos available on the market. Having previously chronicled other prominent points of land in the city, I followed Soundview Avenue to its tip. [19]:53 (PDF p. 84)[20] Most inhabitants are youth and middle-aged adults: 25% are between the ages of between 017, 29% between 2544, and 24% between 4564. Went to Holy Cross School. [37][38], As of 2018[update], preterm births and births to teenage mothers are more common in Clason Point and Parkchester than in other places citywide. S one reason why the great Lakes shipwreck Museum was established there 69. Boatyard went up in Bronx round Shore Haven minus the waterfront & the ethnic overtones midblock by properties, Wall. 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