I lived at 15 Soundview Ave until Shorehaven purchased the property, George was you sister Elizeibeth I went to PS 69 with her in the 5 & 6th grades. Weve havent yet had a floating ForgottenTour. On the other hand, the massive superblock interrupting White Plains Road at the time was the wetland source of Pugsleys Creek. welcome in the pool. The most notable of these triangular parklets isWoodrow Wilson Triangle, bound by Underhill, Patterson, and Soundview Avenues. Grocery. after work at pool my job was to get him at supper time says Grandma. I think his address was 507 Harding Park their names were Ella and Thomas Tierney ,he had a vegetable garden in the lot across the from his house,great memories . Thank you to all our donors that continue to support Forgotten NY. My father would fish at the end of the River. What it was than is what it is know peaceful god bless our lilpuerto rico. All Right Reserved. The SEACOR Power capsized during a severe squall shortly after departing Port Fourchon, Louisiana on April 13 with 19 people on board. Went to Shorehaven when I was young, my Grandfather (Stanley Samson) was the Head painter 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. The park has a tragic history with6 deaths and 22 injuredon June 11, 1922, when a storm blew down an operating ferris wheel. 21 Comments. Learn how your comment data is processed. on nearby Castle Hill Avenue has indoor and outdoor pools, the Harding Park Homeowners Association is building a new community center and the Point Yacht Club still flies its burgee from the tip of Clason Point. This page was last edited on 17 January 2023, at 15:14. ForgottenFan consensus seems to be that this is a 53 or 54 Pontiac Catalina with 60s Buick Riviera tires. Sketching Henderson Place [SpliceToday] The Wreck of the Steamer Barge Osceola. We lived at 506 Harding Park. cows down Soundview Avenue on a hill next to the intersection with Lafayette Avenue? Gonzalez,Luis and Robert Baez, Hello to all of you who at one time lived in Clauson Pt. 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. We moved from the apartment in 1952. The neighborhood's northern and eastern borders have a heavy concentration of commercial establishments. [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. My Czeck ancestors lived at 725 Commonwealth Avenue in Clason Point. In the 1920s Thomas Higgs, who owned of about 100 acres of beachfront property, began leasing tents to visitors. 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 . Some residents converted existing bungalows around Harding Park for year-round occupation. At the end is Clason Point, historically pronounced as Clawson. I had a friend around 20 years ago, Arthur Seifert who grew up in Clason Point and was an historian. This includes a scenic traffic circle as a terminus for Soundview Avenue with vistas of the East River and Whitestone Bridge. what a great trip down memory lane, I lived on Newman ave in Clason point from 1955 until 1970 and remember the great summer days at Shorehaven, The bungalow bar ice cream truck that passed down my street in the summer evenings and all the great fishing at the point. 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. After World War II, urban planner Robert Moses targeted the community for slum clearance, including the construction of public housing. At least two operators, the Twin City Ferry Company and the City of New York, administered ferries along the . My name is henry and my brother was richard and we lived near the water. Yesterday I decided to pass by my old neighborhood. across the short road was an empty lot that my mother and father converted to a small garden. The area is patrolled by the NYPD's 43rd Precinct. A passing ship rescued the Cornells, and they persisted, returning to their adopted Bronx home the year after Wampages last raid. Did any settlers lived in Soundview park? 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 . Loretta is luving nearby me in north carolina. Returning to Soundview Avenue, there is a gated community with its own set of nautical theme streets: Admiral Court, Beacon Lane, Surf Drive, etc. However, it has had several names over the years. I lived on Leland Ave from 1947 (born there ) thru 1968 ! lived on Randall ave from 1957 to 1970 as well. Clason Point in the early-20th century was an era of trolley . I couldnt wait to go back the next day. Beyond the bushes there is a lagoon in Harding Park separated from the East River by a rocky breakwater. ..we would fling them like frisbies. I remember the scarey crazy lady that lived next door to me. Thank you for this history on Clason Point. If I went back I think I would get lost. Joe, Greetings, I grew up in the Academy Gardens between Randall Avenue and Lacombe Avenue. 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. Thanks and let us enjoy our memories. Ive wondered how old Holy Cross Parish is. My family and I were members of Shorehaven from 1970-1986. She only bothered me once when she came with a big knife and asked me where the boy that hit her was. Memories of Shorehaven survive online, with former member Marc Miller compiling a collage of old photos for the Shorehaven Beach Club Facebook group. 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. Sotomayor Houses; twenty-eight 7-story buildings. 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. Ive been to the Clason Point Park with the view of the Whitestone Bridge. On the above 1940 photo from the Municipal Archives, the ferry gantries stood unused in place for a few more years. Today I did. I remember your mom and you. If anyone wishes to share memories with me, Thanks! 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. His will, dated 5 December 1651, left all his real estate to his wife Rebecca. My family had memberships, 1962-66. around or someone knows them and how to get in touch. GOOD TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE SO MANY OF YOU WHO ENJOYED Development in the 19th century soon attracted resort seekers and the area became known for its amusements and entertainment. Following the demise of the ferry, the tip of Clason Point reverted to . I was young, 67 years ago. The Clason Point War Memorial includes inspirational quotations by presidents George Washington (1732-1799), Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), William McKinley (1843-1901), and Wilson. [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. You probably remember my brothers Peter and Paul since I was a little younger. [18]:16 In addition, 25% of children are obese, compared to the citywide average of 20%. Regards "[9] The Ferris wheel in the amusement park was blown over in a 1922 windstorm, killing at least seven. the Volunteer Fire Dept on Gildersleeve. 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. Having previously chronicled other prominent points of land in the city, I followed Soundview Avenue to its tip. Between 1906 and 1939, a ferry operated between Clason Point and College Point. I worked summers at Castle Hill Beach Club for 5 years ( 61 thru 66) . Britisher Thomas Pell arrived at a treaty in 1654 with several Siwanoy sachems, including Wampage, that the Dutch authorities didnt recognize. I lived in Academy Gardens from birth (1943) until we moved to California in 1955. I remember my grandma living there with us too and how much fun it was to play in the backyard with all my friends. 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. I definitely want to take the ferry from east 34th street to Clason Point. 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. [18]:12, Eighty-three percent of residents eat some fruits and vegetables every day, which is less than the city's average of 87%. 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. By the 1980s the Bronx was more Hispanic than Jewish, and new residents did not join the club in large enough numbers. Shore Haven: I remember it well. My previous examples of exploring tips of land in the city includeThrog(g)s Neck,Breezy Point, andKingsborough Community College. Families such as the Lynches, Ludlows, Schieffelins, and Lelands, some of which are still seen on street signs, all built farmhouses in the area, though its swampy, waterlogged nature made it a non-starter for commerce. The Clason's Point branch in the Soundview area, is located at 1215 Morrison Avenue. Great going down memory lane . I lived at 209 near the water. So we dug some holes in the empty field there as part of my university research program and found some old oyster shells. [13] The neighborhood has become increasingly more diverse with a rise in varied Latin American immigration in the 21st century. Thank you to all our donors that continue to support Forgotten NY. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 57.8% (31,026) of the population.[17]. I truly enjoyed the memories. Today it runs in five segments that are kept separate by Soundview Park, Harding Park properties, and the Shorehaven development. Swimming under the houses built on stilts.and of course you would swIm as fast as you possibly could when you would hear the toilet flush through an ope pipe! Went to P.S. Discover the citys most unique and surprising places and events for the curious mind. Bronx River Addition; two buildings, one 6 stories tall another 14 stories tall. Hope all is well with you and your family. [4] The infrastructure of the area has not been updated in many years. Undeveloped waterfront parcels were acquired by the city for parkland but kept in a natural state. Today, the site is home to a 57-acre gated condominium community known as Shorehaven, that maintains a resort-style feel and offers residents an outdoor swimming pool and several amenity spaces. Bronx River is largely industrial in usage. 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. 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. I remember Louie Garza. Remembering Jackie Robinson [SpliceToday]. come in and talk to me and you would come in to hang out looking for the guys. 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). I remember A friend in later life was a Bronx Historian, Arther Seifert, who lived near Shorehaven. Your Dad and Mom were always good to me. Situated on the rocky shores of the wild Lake Superior, Whitefish Point has long been considered the Graveyard of the Great Lakes. Today I did. watching two full length movies and cartoons. [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. I stay in touch with Ronnie B . Its seaside location and views attracted seaside resorts, dancehalls and amusement parks in the early 20th century, served by a ferry from College Point, Queens. this was around 1957 or 58. at that time for a kid, it was paradise in the Bronx. We lived there, played there, worshipped there and were all family to each otheir. I felt loved unconditionally. [36], Clason Point contains a New York City Fire Department (FDNY) fire station, Engine Co. 96/Ladder Co. 54, at 1689 Story Avenue. It continues north under other names. I and my friend read about the Siwanoy Indians and they were supposed to have their village near Soundviiew and Lacombe Avenues. In 2018, this population of uninsured residents was estimated to be 16%, higher than the citywide rate of 14%. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Wow what a wonderful childhood I had! 224. email kat_nyc_2005@hotmail.com if you ever see this message. I lived on Bolton Ave from 1953 to 1972 mom still lives there. 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. [8]:113 The club was purchased by Soundview Associates, an investment group including Sylvester Stallone, in 1986. It became the Shorehaven Condominiums in 1999, a gated community of 1,183 multi-unit condominium townhomes. Went to Holy Cross School. It was a good area to grow up in . We were Hispanic with the last name Ortiz. On the other hand, the massive superblock interrupting White Plains Road at the time was the wetland source of Pugsleys Creek. 1915 with Teddy Orengo Acevedo and Joe M Juarbe in Clason Point, Bronx, New York. Between 1949 and 1986, this property was the Shore Haven Beach Club, a member-only resort for working-class Bronxites. [50][51] NYC Ferry's Soundview route started serving Clason Point on August 15, 2018.[52][53]. He had a collection of arrowheads he found near Pugsley Creek. 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!! Finally, the new church opened at the end of the 60s or early 70s. The FILL as we use to call it faced toward NYC and a sanitation site. The Castle Hill branch is located at 947 Castle Hill Avenue. I remember your Mom She worked as a Para Professional in the schools. Soundview Avenue is the odd one here, cutting through the street grid on its two-mile route. Dead-end streets disappear into the tangle of vegetation at Harding Park. Hi everyone, Chapter Three: The Clason Point Experiment vandal-resistant, and inevitably, uglier materials to replace them. The entirety of Community District 9, which comprises Clason Point and Parkchester, had 184,105 inhabitants as of NYC Health's 2018 Community Health Profile, with an average life expectancy of 79.7 years. My 2x great grandparents owned Kanes until it burned down. I do remember my mother telling me about the accident at the amusement park. before Shorehaven was built, Harding Park, the Momument, Higgs Lumber, the candy Store across from the She made her first communion at Holy Cross. [30][8][31] The park now serves as a ferry landing[32] and kayaking facility. Clason Point, Bronx NY. A hypothetical resident of the planet Pluto, observing the bright dot in what must be a perpetually pitch black Plutonian sky, would have no idea, unless his race had mastered astronomy, that the especially bright dot was in fact the sun around which his planet orbited; similarly, if you were kidnapped, blindfolded and stuffed in a car trunk and dumped in Harding Park, would you have any idea that these distant towers were in the same town as the one where you stand? Remembering Jackie Robinson [SpliceToday]. In ancient times, the Bronx River area to the West was known to the Siwanoys, who spoke Algonquian,[4] as "Aquahung". It seems to be that a person Whom owned my lot bought the lot next to him. Also there was Henry and his brother, that lived closer to the water. 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 Today it runs in five segments that are kept separate by Soundview Park, Harding Park properties, and the Shorehaven development. Diana used to be Klein or Barca. Pat (Haughey) MacInnes. 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. GROWING UP THE NEIGHBORHOOD. He probably died in 1655. By SERGEY KADINSKY The area was then renamed Clason Point after Isaac Clason, a Scottish merchant and a major land owner. 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 Clason Point was named after Isaac Clason, a Scottish merchant and a major land owner. By the mid-1800s, as weve seen, the area was called Clason Point. I remember the Morales about 7-8 kids, one of them had the same name as me Raquel, that was fun, living next door. The local New York City Subway line is the IRT Pelham Line (6 and <6> trains), operating along Westchester Avenue. I was about to send a link to Elizabeth, George, then saw your name. All the great games at baseball field, parties at firehouse. Not far from your I think my sister went to P.S. I an my friends had a wonderful visit there 5 years ago and we toured the old neighborhood. Again a great read! The former amusement park, purchased in 1947, became the site for the Shorehaven Beach Club two years later. 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. When in university I did a report on the Siwanoy Indians who lived in Clason Point. Wish I had photos from that era. She wanted me to share that shes still alive and kicking at the age of 92. Frank. Usually when a highway ends, it does so by merging into another highway. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. I lived on Pugsley Ave. from 1957 to 1970, and my mother was born there. Between 1949 and 1986, this property was the Shore Haven Beach Club, a member-only resort for working-class Bronxites. 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. The most notable of these triangular parklets is Woodrow Wilson Triangle, bound by Underhill, Patterson, and Soundview Avenues. 107. To make a donation, please use the button below. In Clason Point and Parkchester, 28% of elementary school students missed twenty or more days per school year, more than the citywide average of 20%. What such awesome memories. Dead-end streets disappear into the tangle of vegetation at Harding Park. Were retired now down in Florida. [4] document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Great fond memories. I remember cisterns deep into the ground to collect irregation water. 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. 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. [4][6] Development on most of the remaining vacant parcels in the area continued through the 2000s. The nearest retail strip is almost a mile away. The swampy wet marsh is built on now. 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. It continues north under other names. The following is syndicated with permission from Forgotten NY. Shortly after we moved to the area in 1963, the old church was condemned and torn down. Sack Wern Houses; seven buildings, each 6 stories tall. I am a metal detector hobbyist learning history of the Bronx When I moved here in 33, there were still farms, he said. Is it the East or the Bronx River? Ultimately you will stumble upon Harding Park, a small working-class enclave lined with bungalows. We did not have cell phones to txt we use to shout out at each other from the street. [18]:7. From 1883 to 1927, it was the site of the Clason Point Military Academy.[4][7]. By contrast, 26% of Bronx residents and 43% of city residents have a college education or higher. My parents knew the Bronx was changing. You'll also find details of Clason Point parking vendors listed. Monument, Dr. Granito, so much more.I worked in Shorehaven from 1954 to 1958 to pay my school tuition, then 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. On the plaque are quotations from Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Wilson. On 25 July 1646 he received a grant in New Amsterdam which became known as Cornells Neck. I left in 1968 to raise a family of my own but went back on a regular basis until my parents sold the apartment house only one there, all the others were private homes. Loved the stories and photos of living on a houseboat in the Bronx. I knew the Davis brothers who lived in a houseboat at the end of the point also the Ferry Inn at the end, My name is George Harkinson and the Davis brothers, Tommy and Paul and their sister Pat are my cousins. Shorhaven pool. 10:00AM - 8:00PM; Google+ Twitter Facebook Skype. I went to PS69 for kindergarten 72-73 school year I think and I had Ms Kulusky. My X-wife lived at 535 Beach Ave and I lived at 534 St. Lawrence Ave around the corner. Love this! 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. Gas. Best wishes and good health, Great memories! The residents of Clason Point chipped in for that monument.My Grandparents owned 338 Underhill over 50 years. I was young, 67 years ago. Great memories growing up in the Point. The development I live in here in AZ is like a year round Shore Haven minus the waterfront & the ethnic overtones. elites from the Concourse. Clason Point Gardens; forty-five buildings, all 2 stories tall. Hi Sandy, my mom, Anne Nestler was baptized at Kanes almost 97 years ago. my aunt by marriage divorced my uncle and married the youngest riordan brother. Italy's border police said in a statement that organizers of the crossing charged 8,000 euros (around $8,500) each for the "voyage of death.". He is first found in Boston. These include public housing, high-rise co-ops and rentals. 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. Church; my dad and Grandfather were Lieutenants At Church we went to. The location was 23rd avenue roughly 84th to 86th street (estimated). child why I could go to Shorehaven pool. The entertainment possibilities are unintentionally amusing, seeing that we just got through with District, Meatpacking, but anyway, the YMCA offerings are more your webmasters speed, and Im more likely to gain ready admittance there. Bronx River Avenue curves around the bungalows, but despite its name, does so here along the East River. Soundview Park, one of the largest in the South Bronx, was renovated to include pedestrian access and redesigned recreational areas. Its seaside location and terrific views as shown here made it a logical locale for seaside resorts, dancehalls and amusement parks, of which plenty were constructed in the early 20th Century with an accompanying ferry from College Point, Queens. 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. Harding Park. This includes a scenic traffic circle as a terminus for Soundview Avenue with vistas of the East River andWhitestone Bridge. [3] The 43rd Precinct ranked 36th safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010. 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. 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