My X-wife lived at 535 Beach Ave and I lived at 534 St. Lawrence Ave around the corner. The New York Public Library (NYPL) operates three branches near Clason Point. [18]:9 Eighteen percent of Clason Point and Parkchester residents are smokers, which is higher than the city average of 14% of residents being smokers. It was definitely a fun place to grow up. I also went to Holy Cross school in the late 70s and early 80s. room. 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. NYCs Christmas Streets [SpliceToday] 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. He had a collection of arrowheads he found near Pugsley Creek. Its said very interesting! 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. It had many different nationalities Irish Jewish. Most of its clientele were working class and middle class Jews who resided in surrounding neighborhoods. [] Bronx where Co-op City and Bay Plaza now stand but did you know that there were several others like Clason Point and Starlight Park? It was like a 10 week long Bronx summit meeting: Parkchester (my contingent) met Soundview, Grand Concourse, Pelham Parkway, & other middle class Bronx neighborhoods. Its namesake city is 10 miles north of the city line. The U.S. military setting up summer camps near the Black Rock. I remember some of their names. After World War II these became permanent year-round residences due to a housing shortage, eventually sheltering over 250 families. Hope all is well and safe with you in these challenging times. 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. 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 Our view from our kitchen window was the east river and the Empire state building. Clason Point Gardens; forty-five buildings, all 2 stories tall. I live on Barrett Avenue, Puglsey Creek, moved there 1953 I loved it and all the children in the area. A Bronx historian told News 12 the new Starlight Park at the time took away a lot of the attention from Clason Point with better amenities. Friend. Ive been to the Clason Point Park with the view of the Whitestone Bridge. This page was last edited on 17 January 2023, at 15:14. Im Alex Hernandez and I lived from 1962 to 1970 at 506 Harding Park. One of the great unfinished waterfront roads here is Bronx River Road, which was intended to run continuously from East Tremont Avenue along the east bank of Bronx River down to the tip of Clason Point. I grew up on Beach Ave., and at that time, Shorehaven was NOT open to everyone, no Hispanics and no African Americans. I havent bee back to the Bronx since 1967 when I attended Barbara Verheyens wedding. Thanks for the memories. Debbie has my details too. Between 1906 and 1939, a ferry operated between Clason Point and College Point. Thanks and let us enjoy our memories. Sack Wern Houses; seven buildings, each 6 stories tall. Harding Park. Word Harding Park was the place to be when I was young comin up, Im from Jersey but every time I visited my Grandpa n family in H.P. Shopping. 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. I did see the Holy Cross square dance night was i believe on Wednesday, as i could hear the music from our house. The neighborhood's northern and eastern borders have a heavy concentration of commercial establishments. I went to PS 69 till fourth gradw then to Holy Cross. Great memories growing up in Soundview, Bronx! Lol Yes great memories. By the mid-1800s, as weve seen, the area was called Clason Point. Like. This was the first. - Sat. Between 1906 and 1939, a ferry operated between Clason Point and College Point. Returning to Soundview Avenue, there is a gated community with its own set of nautical theme streets: Admiral Court, Beacon Lane, Surf Drive, etc. A ferry docks at the Soundview Ferry dock at Clason Point. WISH YOU ALL GOOD HEALTH AND LONG LIVES, Hi. Hi Bill, Joe, Greetings, I grew up in the Academy Gardens between Randall Avenue and Lacombe Avenue. We all learned to swim. You can also find other Marriage & Family Counselors on MapQuest . Monroe Houses; twelve buildings, either 8, 14, or 15 stories tall. Holy Cross, PS 69, Harrys, Rays, larrys Toy Store, Tonys & Jerrys, Marguerites, the Beach movie, Sullivans, the Wall, Ozzie, I can go on and on! I live on Underhill ave and really loved the Harding Park Clason Point. Harding park for life in my heart. 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. [40] The United States Postal Service operates three post offices nearby: Clason Point and Parkchester generally have a similar rate of college-educated residents to the rest of the city as of 2018[update]. There a sunken ship off the Bronx on the East River I always wanted to visit. Thank you to all our donors that continue to support Forgotten NY. The FILL as we use to call it faced toward NYC and a sanitation site. I recall cows there.I went to Castle Hill Pool as a childthen as a teenager, we swtiched to Shorehaven. We were Hispanic with the last name Ortiz. Officials with the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Alpena, Michigan, say they've located the Ironton, The best! 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. The rest of the year they lived up on Webb Ave. Wow Thank you so much for all your research. In ancient times, the Bronx River area to the West was known to the Siwanoys, who spoke Algonquian,[4] as "Aquahung". Hope all is well with you and your family. I am a metal detector hobbyist learning history of the Bronx Great Memories Here. 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. As mentioned, Harding Park developed organically without regard to the borough-wide street grid. West and Siurh of Bruckner Blvd was like another country ! First house on the right. Went to school there most Sisters were great a couple no so. I also recall the parents of my friend playing bocci and horsehoes in the fields near the Academy Gardens. I remember the Morales about 7-8 kids, one of them had the same name as me Raquel, that was fun, living next door. By SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten NY correspondent. Raquel , I hope you see my message some day soon. I would of enjoyed to have my mom go but its not wheelchair accessible boooo. My mom bought the house on Pugsley Ave from Mr. Nelson who built it (1946-470 and lived next door. There was a rock there that the Siwanoy Indians would chip away at and make arrow heads. Many streets flood after periods of heavy rain. I remember your Mom She worked as a Para Professional in the schools. 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. At least two operators, the Twin City Ferry Company and the City of New York, administered ferries along the . I guess till the 60s. In the 1640s a series of skirmishes between the Cornells and the Siwanoy, known as the Pig Wars, were led by Wampage, the Siwanoy scahem believed to be the Indian leader who killed Anne Hutchinson and her children in 1643 at Split Rock in the northern Bronx. [50][51] NYC Ferry's Soundview route started serving Clason Point on August 15, 2018.[52][53]. I lived at 311 from 1952 till I got married in 1970. Up until the pandemic, ridership along the Soundview ferry route, which stops along the East side of Manhattan along the East River at 90th Street, 34th Street, Stuyvesant Cove (at 20th Street, and Wall Street at Pier 11, was exceeding expectations.. 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%. Not true. Between 1906 and 1939, a ferry operated between Clason Point and College Point. 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. Clason Point is part of Bronx Community Board 9, and its ZIP Code include 10473. lived on Randall ave from 1957 to 1970 as well. I now own a home there in one of the developments and to think this area is still making history. We have great pics and posts! playing in the ruins of Kanes Park, doing the Classon Pt Crawl at the mouth of the large sewer on Soundview Getting late and this is making me want to enjoy and remember a great childhood in THE BRONX. I lived in Harding Park as a kid with my family. I remember the Cola family on Gildersleeve next to the deli on the cornor My grandmother, uncles and aunt owned houses in Rudd Place, on Obrien Ave, off Soundview. Some residents converted existing bungalows around Harding Park for year-round occupation. Great memories! 1927 -1930. The name sounds familiar. This is where the Bronx River widens into the East River. At Clason Point, I broke out of that cycle by saying, with my fixtures, that the residents were special. An odd pair as Lincoln emancipated the slaves while Wilson was a staunch segregationist. The beach club operated until 1986 before closing its doors due to dwindling membership, competition, and increasing operational costs. Welcome2TheBronx | 13 Facts & Tidbits About The Bronx That Makes Us Awesome, Lets Go Hiking (and Biking)! Bruckner Plaza, which greatly expanded throughout the 1990s, contains big box stores like Toys R Us, K Mart, and Old Navy. Also..pheasants flying there part of the year. Oh my goodness, I lived 2 houses from the House that caught firewe hung out at the wall a lot and swam in the Shorehaven pool, as often as we could sneak in. Clason Point, Bronx NY. Had many meals with you guys. The freak accident killed eight and injured more than two dozen, as riders were tossed from the wheels baskets and crushed. Wow what a trip. The local New York City Subway line is the IRT Pelham Line (6 and <6> trains), operating along Westchester Avenue. You're probably used to high parking rates for downtown Clason Point or Soundview parking spots but on Spacer you can get a Clason Point parking for a rate as low as $66.39 per week. - All Day I Dream of Travel, The Other Side of Midnight with Frank Morano. Monument, Dr. Granito, so much more.I worked in Shorehaven from 1954 to 1958 to pay my school tuition, then Hispanic or Latino of any race were 57.8% (31,026) of the population.[17]. In 2015, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that in 2018, ferry service would begin operating in the neighborhood. I felt loved unconditionally. 1471 Watson Avenue; one 6-story building. 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. Truly The Old Neighborhood ! If you are going to troll, at least learn how to spell correctly. who lived across the street, the Kokindos The Nelsons and Hoffmans Eddie and Joey. Leifs That Are Green [SpliceToday] 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. They I, too emember the Memorial Day Parade and the Beach Movie theatre. Clason Point in the early-20th century was an era of trolley . I went to the emptly lot there with my friend and dug a hole looking for any traces. Next, check out more lost amusement parks in NYC. The regions first residents of course were the Siwanoy Indians, who spoke Algonquin. Please help contribute to anew Forgotten NY website, Check out theForgottenBook,take a look at thegift shop, and as always, commentas you see fit., Copyright 2015 The Voux, All rights Reserved. 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. Church we went to. this was around 1957 or 58. at that time for a kid, it was paradise in the Bronx. Was a great upbringing. My previous examples of exploring tips of land in the city includeThrog(g)s Neck,Breezy Point, andKingsborough Community College. The latter, alluding to the Wilson administration's role in World War I and the Treaty of Versailles peace agreement, reads, "That the world may be made . That was the only time I had a doggy TORO. GROWING UP THE NEIGHBORHOOD. . one house was named Journeys End which later became my email address.Swimming in the Pugsley Creek, 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. parents stayed on for 35 years.I road the trolley from Gildersleeve straight up Soundview to Westchester Ave.My mother shopped at Paleys and our property was adjacent to Glens Estate.I remember the night baseball games iin thefield where my cousin was picked up by the Boston Red Socks.The homes on stilts at the tip of the Point; Thank you for this history on Clason Point. To make a donation, please use the button below. My mother had a large group of women friends who played Canasta. We lived there, played there, worshipped there and were all family to each otheir. 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. the street because I was young ,but we moved around 1977 . He was always pushing a wheel barrow and planting cosmos flowers everywhere. You probably remember my brothers Peter and Paul since I was a little younger. On the above 1940 photo from the Municipal Archives, the ferry gantries stood unused in place for a few more years. and also William Ellery of Rhode Island, signer of the Declaration of Independence. Summer was the best we went swimming in the Sound you could see your feet it was very clean. I was probably four years old and remember taking the bus to Shorehaven with my mother from Parkchester. So we moved to Plainedge Long Island. Soundview, Castle Hill, Clason Point, Harding Park, Pugsley's Creek, Unionport. We lived in 703 ForgottenFan consensus seems to be that this is a 53 or 54 Pontiac Catalina with 60s Buick Riviera tires. Rent burden, or the percentage of residents who have difficulty paying their rent, is 55% in Clason Point and Parkchester, compared to the boroughwide and citywide rates of 58% and 51% respectively. This road runs north for 7.2 miles to the city line at Wakefield. [11] White flight occurred in the area through the mid-20th century. *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. Thanks. Even today the main shopping area is fairly distant, along Story Avenue, the Bruckner Expressway and White Plains Road. Great going down memory lane . 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 remember my grandma living there with us too and how much fun it was to play in the backyard with all my friends. Church; my dad and Grandfather were Lieutenants At [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. Get directions, reviews and information for Clason Marriage & Family Therapy Center in Bakersfield, CA. Every spring, proceeds from the Kips Bay Decorator Show House benefit this center, which has the areas only ice rink. 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. I even was a lifeguard there for 4 years. 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. 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Crime has also seen a significant decline as a result of a number of factors including enhanced policing techniques and changing economic demographics. The amusement park rides and novelties was then known as "The Coney Island of the Bronx. Welcome to the Clason Point google satellite map! She only bothered me once when she came with a big knife and asked me where the boy that hit her was. Thank you for posting this site. The last boat to College Point terminated during World War II. His will, dated 5 December 1651, left all his real estate to his wife Rebecca. I remember the parades at the monument right in front of Dr Granitos office. Harding Park holds such great childood memories for me. Undeveloped waterfront parcels wereacquired by the city for parkland but kept in a natural state. From the postcard, Shorehaven looks more country than Jackson Heights did. The farms are gone and so are most of the boatyards, but entertainment possibilities abound. I think you may be thinking of me as living near the water. You have 4 brothers: George,Buddy,Walter and Robert. I stay in touch with Ronnie B . APA Format. One in eight residents (13%) were unemployed, compared to 13% in the Bronx and 9% in New York City. We would walk barefoot to the beach. Onthe above 1940 photo from the Municipal Archives, the ferry gantries stood unused in place for a few more years. Thanks for your great share! Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. My Mom would love to know we may have finally found you again. We were safe as our neighbors watched out for us. @2019 - Forgotten New York. 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). 1780 Watson Avenue, one 6-story building. I remember Louie Garza. As a little girl, my neighbor who has a membership to the country club, used to take me every weekend. Word has it that Jackie Gleasons boat was being built there when the entire boat yard burned. 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. It was like a giant summer camp, but you got to go home and sleep in your own bed at night. Today I did. Its namesake city is 10 miles north of the city line. 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 Fire I ask because my mom and me and my sister used to babysit them, I remember crying for months!! I remember you Henry, and your brother Richard and sister Loretta. The one thing I never understood when I was a Ahhhh very scarey. This is the 57-acre Shorehaven community, set apart from the rest of southern Bronx by its wall and security guards. 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