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 [3] The 43rd Precinct ranked 36th safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010. All Right Reserved. [4] I grew up in a Bungalow on On Memorial Day my Boy My X-wife lived at 535 Beach Ave and I lived at 534 St. Lawrence Ave around the corner. Originally it was a tent on a platform that they spent summers in. It had a primarily Jewish membership,but that community left the city in the big Long Island suburban exodus, and the club closed. It was a good area to grow up in . The park is adjacent to the Clason Point, Hunts Point, and Soundview neighborhoods, situated where the Bronx River flows into the East River, roughly opposite Rikers Island and LaGuardia Airport. The last boat to College Point terminated during World War II. Tommy an I were buddies and A boy named Derek was tall than us.Just good memories all around . [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. Harding Park. The location was 23rd avenue roughly 84th to 86th street (estimated). The resort area started to decline during the 1930s, with the onset of the Great Depression and the construction of the IRT Pelham Line. The ship struck on a reef after encountering heavy fog at 2 am on November 7, 1887. I was born and raised 338 Underhill Ave> We moved inthe mid 70s . Returning to Soundview Avenue, there is a gated community with its own set of nautical theme streets: Admiral Court, Beacon Lane, Surf Drive, etc. Learn how your comment data is processed. Clason Point was a mixture of mansions, farmland and undeveloped fields and swampland. 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. The place has changed, and not for the better. 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 the plaque are quotations from Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Wilson. I couldnt wait to go back the next day. From that point, we participated in every sporting event like paddleball, shuffleboard, and softball tournaments (run by Mr Wilson). The neighborhood contains one of the highest concentrations of NYCHA projects in the Bronx. 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. Whats ironic about the Bronx River Ave. White Plains Rd. 69. We lived in 703 The Somerset is also protected under international law, and is the sovereign property of the United Kingdom. Do remember that when we were kids, there was still a small farm with I was accompanied by my daughter and bestie, it was great sharing some special memories with them from decades ago. 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. In 2015, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that in 2018, ferry service would begin operating in the neighborhood. I received the sacraments in the school. 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. Bruce and the cute girl up the street who owned the gas station on the triangle of Obrien and Soundview. Its a tiny place, but still standing. I lived in Academy Gardens from birth (1943) until we moved to California in 1955. My mom worked at the Beach Theater where you bought your ticket to get in. Clason Point is part of Bronx Community Board 9, and its ZIP Code include 10473. Rusty old Clason Point shipwreck at the mouth of the Westchester Creek across from Ferry Point by the Whitestone 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. 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. Great story! Bruckner Plaza, which greatly expanded throughout the 1990s, contains big box stores like Toys R Us, K Mart, and Old Navy. My brother richard died in 2006 from pancreatic cancer. Frank. Saturday marked 100 years since a Ferris wheel accident killed at least six people and injured over 30 in the Bronx. 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. In the 1920s Thomas Higgs, who owned of about 100 acres of beachfront property, began leasing tents to visitors. I remember your Mom She worked as a Para Professional in the schools. According to the EDC, the route was expected to carry 410,000 riders during the first . I had a friend around 20 years ago, Arthur Seifert who grew up in Clason Point and was an historian. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 57.8% (31,026) of the population.[17]. What such awesome memories. Today it runs in five segments that are kept separate by Soundview Park, Harding Park properties, and the Shorehaven development. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. It seems to be that a person Whom owned my lot bought the lot next to him. Thanks for sharing Betty. His diesel engines were being installed.My husband still has some teak wood, that was discarded after the fire. These include public housing, high-rise co-ops and rentals. We all learned to swim. Love this! I remember the Morales about 7-8 kids, one of them had the same name as me Raquel, that was fun, living next door. Ive been to the Clason Point Park with the view of the Whitestone Bridge. I guess till the 60s. [14], In the 21st century, the Harding Park section of Clason Point became known as Little Puerto Rico, with narrow streets and bungalow homes along the waterfront. From the postcard, Shorehaven looks more country than Jackson Heights did. Dead-end streets disappear into the tangle of vegetation at Harding Park. Shortly after we moved to the area in 1963, the old church was condemned and torn down. So it want so wonderful for those of us looking in from the outside. I even was a lifeguard there for 4 years. brought my children from 1963 to 1970.Such fabulous memories for all of us.Shorehaven was paradice. Great Memories Here. I loved growing up there, and it is nice to see the green spaces that have been encouraged and purposefully developed, but we do need to recognize that even in our melting pot, life was different for many other working class people. Thats how I remember it, the best part of summer was Shorehaven working there and friends that lasted for years! We also went to p.s. 1915 with Teddy Orengo Acevedo and Joe M Juarbe in Clason Point, Bronx, New York. A passing ship rescued the Cornells, and they returned to their home the year after Wampage's last raid. 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. The regions first residents of course were the Siwanoy Indians, who spoke Algonquin. 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. Britisher Thomas Pell arrived at a treaty in 1654 with several Siwanoy sachems, including Wampage, that the Dutch authorities didnt recognize. As an amusement park, Clason Point was linked to the city by a ferry, competing for patrons with theNorth Beach Amusement Parkacross the East River, andStarlight Park on the Bronx River. I live on Underhill ave and really loved the Harding Park Clason Point. Great memories growing up in Soundview, Bronx! He moved one block away after his dad had a home built at 1945 Gildersleeve Ave., in 1925. There was a factory that produced round automobile mirrors. So lovely there. It was only available to the Hope all is well with you and yours. He is first found in Boston. The Bronx Bloggers | Lets Go Hiking (and Biking)! Today I did. [18]:7. He had a collection of arrowheads he found near Pugsley Creek. [8]:113 Permanent residence increased in the area. Great memories growing up in the Point. [50][51] NYC Ferry's Soundview route started serving Clason Point on August 15, 2018.[52][53]. My moms grandma (named Carmody) lived in 309 Underhill. Friend. My previous examples of exploring tips of land in the city includeThrog(g)s Neck,Breezy Point, andKingsborough Community College. Public transportation consists of two bus routes and there are only a few schools in the neighborhood. Such an interesting read! I use to love going to Harding Park man to see my family, my cousin DJ Mikey and Jomar n Alex crazy ass. This was the first. 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. Alan. Miss those days. 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. Thank you. It continues north under other names. Boatyards lined the shore, and the Castle Hill Pool was an immediate hit when it opened in 1927. Diana used to be Klein or Barca. 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 The quality of the fixtures reflected on the residents. The local New York City Subway line is the IRT Pelham Line (6 and <6> trains), operating along Westchester Avenue. I and a friend had some wonderful teenage years in the 50s being members of Shorehaven Beach Club. My Aunt lived on Underhill Av I lived on Bolton Av , Commonwealth and last Thieriot Av. I remember members arriving in limos dressed in long gowns and tuxedos for Dancing Under The Stars every Great history. Usually when a highway ends, it does so by merging into another highway. 70s where 2 children passed away in a house [18]:14, The concentration of fine particulate matter, the deadliest type of air pollutant, in Clason Point and Parkchester is 0.0076 milligrams per cubic metre (7.6109oz/cuft), more than the city average. Both my parents (Joseph Bell & Muriel Beck)were born and raised in Clason Point. I did see the Holy Cross Harding park for life in my heart. Truly The Old Neighborhood ! Until now, it took two buses and a train to get to work from the East Bronx. Eventually Higgs's Beach and the adjoining Killian's . - Sat. The area includes a collection of neighborhoods including Harding Park, and Soundview. My family moved out in the 1970s Not far from your [4][6] Development on most of the remaining vacant parcels in the area continued through the 2000s. [26] The first 93 acres (38ha) of the park were acquired by the City of New York in 1937,[27] and 66 acres (27ha) more were acquired along the water's edge in December 1939. Thanks for the memories. My parents knew the Bronx was changing. Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi pushed back at suggestions that the rescue was delayed or affected by government policy discouraging aid groups from staying at sea to rescue migrants. My family and many other Hispanics were members of Shorehaven from 1973 to when closed in the late 80s. Bob. He owned 2000 acres. Osceola's propellor steam barge was on her down trip from Duluth and carried a full cargo, principally Minneapolis milled flour headed for Buffalo. That was the only time I had a doggy TORO. I was like one of the family. Italian and Germans. - 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 do remember my mother telling me about the accident at the amusement park. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. 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. 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. By SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten NY correspondent. (Even today the main shopping area is at a fairly distant remove, along Story Avenue, the Bruckner Expressway and White Plains Road.) As mentioned, Harding Park developed organically without regard to the borough-wide street grid. A friend in later life was a Bronx Historian, Arther Seifert, who lived near Shorehaven. I moved to California in 1976 but I have to admit I miss New York very much. The domed structure to the right is a salt storage dome. In ancient times, the Bronx River area to the West was known to the Siwanoys, who spoke Algonquian,[4] as "Aquahung". 1780 Watson Avenue, one 6-story building. Bayside Hills [SpliceToday] Destination signs along the southbound parkway show Soundview Park as its terminus. 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 think you may be thinking of me as living near the water. What a great read. 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. At some point, we should do a Forgotten-NY cheapskates cruise aboard this ferry. 69, then jhs123, then james monroe h. S. However never completed school at James Monroe. A trolley line runs down Soundview Avenue, but Bronx River Parkway has not yet been extended to this corner of the Bronx. Bayside Hills [SpliceToday] At the end is Clason Point, historically pronounced as Clawson. Many great, warm memories of the area from frequent family visits. Life goes no. Returning to Soundview Avenue, there is a gated community with its own set of nautical theme streets: Admiral Court, Beacon Lane, Surf Drive, etc. Went to school there most Sisters were great a couple no so. All my friends went to Shorehaven for many wonderful summers there enjoying life in the great neighborhood. Also there was Henry and his brother, that lived closer to the water. I lived at 311 from 1952 till I got married in 1970. This road runs north for 7.2 miles to the city line at Wakefield. I remember you guys very well. 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. We found oyster shells at the bottom of the hole. The Castle Hill branch is located at 947 Castle Hill Avenue. Walking to school through the dumps. The farms are gone and so are most of the boatyards, but entertainment possibilities abound. 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. She enjoyed seeing her old stomping grounds (she lived on 1411 Harding Park in Clason Point in the 30s-40s). I remember trying to plow the field behind a horse.. Even at its best, Jackson Heights was clearly in the city. She never gave me to many details. 107 P.S. APA Format. Mrs Crocitto made another in front of her home 454 Barrett. They evoked pride and care. She wanted me to share that shes still alive and kicking at the age of 92. 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. All the great games at baseball field, parties at firehouse. My family and I were members of Shorehaven from 1970-1986. Since 1778, the Somerset's remains have only surfaced twice: once in the winter of 1885-86, and again in 1973. I came from the east Bronx. Topics you care about, straight to your inbox. 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. One in eight residents (13%) were unemployed, compared to 13% in the Bronx and 9% in New York City. [28], Pugsley Creek Park is located along the eastern shoreline of Clason Point. Find Best Western Hotels & Resorts nearby Sponsored. Take care all! Yesterday I decided to pass by my old neighborhood. Europeans began settling the region in the early 17th century, and the Cornell family built the first permanent European settlement in the spit of land first known as Snakipins by the Indians. Many call it little Puerto Rico. Monument, Dr. Granito, so much more.I worked in Shorehaven from 1954 to 1958 to pay my school tuition, then We were safe as our neighbors watched out for us. My brother Alex also has that teacher too about 8 years prior. I worked at Genes candy store along with Butchie, Junior, Mel and Stevie. 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. Swimming in the East riverstick ball games every nightrollerskating on Soundview Ave. Sleighriding down Guildersleeve hillBeach theaterHoly Cross. The vessel was burned to the water line. Wow, I remember how that carried into the 70s. 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. all the comments brings back lots of great memories. This is where the Bronx River widens into the East River. The Soundview branch is located at 660 Soundview Avenue. He showed me many arrowheads he found near Pugsley Creek and took me there. I remember you Raquel and your brother Alex was my brother Henrys friend. I hope to be here to see what it will look like in 20 years. Tom, I grew up at 1621 Gildersleeve @ Harding Park. Between 1906 and 1939, a ferry operated between Clason Point and College Point. 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