The meeting topics covered both the Request . I lived at 311 from 1952 till I got married in 1970. 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 . contact me at aaron3@netvigator.com. 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. Scout Troop would march to the Harding Park Memorial to WWI and then we would go to the VFW club on Lacomb Avenue for lunch. 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 All Right Reserved. 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. The NY Botanical Garden (also in the Bronx) has sponsored a roadside garden along Leland Avenue. Do remember that when we were kids, there was still a small farm with ..we would fling them like frisbies. My father would fish at the end of the River. Directions to Clason Point (Bronx) with public transportation The following transit lines have routes that pass near Clason Point Bus : BX27 BX39 Subway : 6 How to get to Clason Point by Bus? By SERGEY KADINSKY Every spring, proceeds from the Kips Bay Decorator Show House benefit this center, which has the areas only ice rink. Gildersleeve Ave, a stones throw from the Again a great read! child why I could go to Shorehaven pool. habited year round. 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. [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. So lovely there. This includes a scenic traffic circle as a terminus for Soundview Avenue with vistas of the East River andWhitestone Bridge. 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 email kat_nyc_2005@hotmail.com if you ever see this message. I recall cows there.I went to Castle Hill Pool as a childthen as a teenager, we swtiched to Shorehaven. We have great pics and posts! A ferry docks at the Soundview Ferry dock at Clason Point. Rusty old Clason Point shipwreck at the mouth of the Westchester Creek across from Ferry Point by the Whitestone Bridge. Along with rising liability costs, Shorehavens expenses forced it to close. 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. Speaking of unfinished plans, further inland at Story Avenue, theBronx River Parkwayabruptly ends. 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. Diana used to be Klein or Barca. The name sounds familiar. At the end is Clason Point, historically pronounced as Clawson. 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. Many call it little Puerto Rico. Clason Point in the early-20th century was an era of trolley . All the great games at baseball field, parties at firehouse. I received the sacraments in the school. 107 P.S. Boatyards lined the shore, and the Castle Hill Pool was an immediate hit when it opened in 1927. 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. Westchester Avenue evolved into a mixed use, primarily commercial, district serving the greater area after the completion of the elevated IRT Pelham Line. Turning right from Soundview Avenue, one enters Harding Park, a cluster of bungalows built organically in the 1920s by Thomas Higgs and named after then-President Warren G. Harding. The SEACOR Power capsized during a severe squall shortly after departing Port Fourchon, Louisiana on April 13 with 19 people on board. Between 1906 and 1939, a ferry operated between Clason Point and College Point. The branch opened at this location in 1973. Thank you for this history on Clason Point. 40-01 Little Neck Parkway 24A Little Neck, NY 11363. I stay in touch with Ronnie B . Along the way, the triangular intersections are designated as Greenstreets parks, with more than a dozen on the route. When I moved here in 33, there were still farms, he said. 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The local New York City Subway line is the IRT Pelham Line (6 and <6> trains), operating along Westchester Avenue. Between 1949 and 1986, this property was the Shore Haven Beach Club, a member-only resort for working-class Bronxites. Osceola's propellor steam barge was on her down trip from Duluth and carried a full cargo, principally Minneapolis milled flour headed for Buffalo. [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 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 . 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 . I remember fishing right by my Grandfather bungolaw in Harding Park right by water . I went to the emptly lot there with my friend and dug a hole looking for any traces. Hope all is well with you and your family. 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. Saturday marked 100 years since a Ferris wheel accident killed at least six people and injured over 30 in the Bronx. White Plains Road, which eventually gains an el and becomes the main shopping drag to Bronxdale, Williamsbridge and Wakefield, begins here in Clason Point. Went to Shorehaven when I was young, my Grandfather (Stanley Samson) was the Head painter Today I did. I didnt see the old school. 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. I am researchering my Cornell family and enjoyed the site. The rest of the year they lived up on Webb Ave. Looks left was the Long Island Sound. 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. 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. the people hated the giant bull frogs that inhabited the marsh they were so loud people could not sleep. The Bruckner Expressway which now bisects the area along the center was once known as Ludlow Avenue. She only bothered me once when she came with a big knife and asked me where the boy that hit her was. The wheel destroyed the boathouse Terry Durante's mother . It seems to be that a person Whom owned my lot bought the lot next to him. Leifs That Are Green [SpliceToday] I remember members arriving in limos dressed in long gowns and tuxedos for Dancing Under The Stars every Kane's, a major saloon in the Clason Point area in the 1920s, featured Helen Kane, a singer who coined the phrase "Boop-oop-a-doop" and for which cartoon flapper Betty Boop was modeled. all the comments brings back lots of great memories. My brother Alex also has that teacher too about 8 years prior. In 2015, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that in 2018, ferry service would begin operating in the neighborhood. 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! 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. On the plaque are quotations from Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Wilson. welcome in the pool. I was seven when we moved, but we would go back and visit friends. The most notable of these triangular parklets is Woodrow Wilson Triangle, bound by Underhill, Patterson, and Soundview Avenues. Chapter Three: The Clason Point Experiment vandal-resistant, and inevitably, uglier materials to replace them. Bronx River is largely industrial in usage. This disagreement was rendered moot in 1664 when the British fleet appeared in the harbor and the Dutch capitulated. I believe they sold the property to a large church organization. Thanks and let us enjoy our memories. I lived on Husson Avenue and Underhill. [18]:13 For every supermarket in Clason Point and Parkchester, there are 13 bodegas. 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. The neighborhood contains one of the highest concentrations of NYCHA projects in the Bronx. Bruce and the cute girl up the street who owned the gas station on the triangle of Obrien and Soundview. He probably died in 1655. 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. First house on the right. Thelma Peragine Green . He was always pushing a wheel barrow and planting cosmos flowers everywhere. The Wheeler Boat yard was nearby building world known yachts. There was a rock there that the Siwanoy Indians would chip away at and make arrow heads. Yep I remember the day the boatyard went up in towering flames and the fire pit, dumps and black rock! , we were only 9,10, or 11. It was a few blocks away, on stage at the Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club on Randall Avenue, that Jennifer Lopez first strutted her stuff. this was around 1957 or 58. at that time for a kid, it was paradise in the Bronx. from Westchester Village to Whitestone and from Clason Point to College Point. [18]:13 In Clason Point and Parkchester, 32% of residents are obese, 16% are diabetic, and 34% have high blood pressurecompared to the citywide averages of 24%, 11%, and 28% respectively. The farms are gone and so are most of the boatyards, but entertainment possibilities abound. Did any settlers lived in Soundview park? An English settler, Thomas Cornell, began farming here from 1643, for which the area became known as Cornell's Neck. My brother went to PS 69. Remember about the fire that happened in the My friend Susan still lives there as well as my brother Jimmy. 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