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Learn how your comment data is processed. Along with rising liability costs, Shorehavens expenses forced it to close. Bayside Hills [SpliceToday] Wish I had photos from that era. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. What a great read. The last boat to College Point terminated during World War II. 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. Soundview Avenue once stretched from White Plains Road and O'Brien Avenue in Harding Park to Westchester and Metcalf Avenues in Soundview-Bruckner before the construction of the Bronx River Parkway. My brother Alex also has that teacher too about 8 years prior. My mom worked at the Beach Theater where you bought your ticket to get in. wanted us in better schools with trees and grass lawns. It continues north under other names. I havent been to Soundview since high school, when my classmate Karen hosted friends at her home and there was Dominican music in the background. It had a primarily Jewish membership,but that community left the city in the big Long Island suburban exodus, and the club closed. Harding Park. 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. 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. The local New York City Subway line is the IRT Pelham Line (6 and <6> trains), operating along Westchester Avenue. I lived in Harding Park as a kid with my family. Today it runs in five segments that are kept separate by Soundview Park, Harding Park properties, and the Shorehaven development. 1927 -1930. Not far from your family. The incarceration rate of 603 per 100,000 people is higher than that of the city as a whole. Im not sure if/ where Peter Griffin Cornell fits in. There were numerous ferries, and during Prohibition, gangsters unloaded bootlegged hooch. I lived in clason point over 40 years and may i say i love where i from. around or someone knows them and how to get in touch. Shopping. As mentioned, Harding Park developed organically without regard to the borough-wide street grid. (1969). Its World War One monument was dedicated in 1928 on the decade anniversary since the end of the war. I live on Underhill ave and really loved the Harding Park Clason Point. 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. (Even today the main shopping area is at a fairly distant remove, along Story Avenue, the Bruckner Expressway and White Plains Road.) The domed structure to the right is a salt storage dome. The swampy wet marsh is built on now. Its been many years. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. You are right. Peragines (I see Thelmas post above), Grazianos & many others. The Wreck of the Steamer Barge Osceola. 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. Clason Point was a mixture of mansions, farmland and undeveloped fields and swampland. Do remember that when we were kids, there was still a small farm with Ill pass by again sometime and bring pictures of what the house I lived in looked like to the beautiful people I met yesterday. That was the only time I had a doggy TORO. I felt loved unconditionally. 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. APA Format. The branch opened in 1952 and moved to its current location in 1971. I went to the emptly lot there with my friend and dug a hole looking for any traces. [8]:113 Permanent residence increased in the area. 21 Comments. Here you can also take theNYCFerryat the cost of a subway ride down to the Upper East Side, 34thStreet, and Wall Street. They I lived on Leland Ave from 1947 (born there ) thru 1968 ! I cant believe how much harding park has changed and the prices of the homes. I an my friends had a wonderful visit there 5 years ago and we toured the old neighborhood. our address at the time was 423. the beach was a joy and fairly close to the house. Many great, warm memories of the area from frequent family visits. So glad to see your post and others that posted above. 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. Destination signs along the southbound parkway show Soundview Park as its terminus. My mother had a large group of women friends who played Canasta. [8]:113 The club was purchased by Soundview Associates, an investment group including Sylvester Stallone, in 1986. Gas. It had a garage that my father converted to a bedroom for my brother and me. If I went back I think I would get lost. Love this! 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. Frances, are you related to Nick and Philamena , and Johnny and Margie? [18]:2, As of 2017, the median household income in Community District 9 was $40,005. The most notable of these triangular parklets isWoodrow Wilson Triangle, bound by Underhill, Patterson, and Soundview Avenues. I worked at Genes candy store along with Butchie, Junior, Mel and Stevie. Our next door neighbors were the Valenza family with 3 boys (Johnny, Frank and Joey). Based on 2000-2020 data Loading data. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 57.8% (31,026) of the population.[17]. Also there was Henry and his brother, that lived closer to the water. [18]:11 Clason Point and Parkchester has a relatively average population of residents who are uninsured. come in and talk to me and you would come in to hang out looking for the guys. [16] The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 2% (1,067) White, 37% (19,876) African American, 0.3% (161) Native American, 1.3% (709) Asian, 0% (22) Pacific Islander, 0.4% (239) from other races, and 1.1% (586) from two or more races. 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. So lovely there. [11] White flight occurred in the area through the mid-20th century. The planes would always pass what seemed very close above us entering the airport across the water. Im also one of those Hispanic families that lived in Harding Park and member of Shore Haven Beach Club (Sandoval) 1973- late 80s, Hi, Was your fathers name Victor? 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 went to PS 107. Great Memories Here. The ratio of college-aged and elderly residents was lower, at 10% and 12% respectively. The park has a tragic history with 6 deaths and 22 injured on June 11, 1922, when a storm blew down an operating ferris wheel. Currently living in north carolina. Harding park for life in my heart. The following is syndicated with permission from Forgotten NY. I was born in the Bronx Obrien Ave..1944..Moved to 227 Pugsley Ave at the dead end concrete wall still there. I grew up from 1960 1976 on Pugsley just off of Cornell Ave. "[8]:108[9] There was a volunteer fire department, a small airport, docks for sailboats and motorboats, saloons, and novelty shops. Church we went to. 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). before Shorehaven was built, Harding Park, the Momument, Higgs Lumber, the candy Store across from the I remember Louie Garza. Remembering Jackie Robinson [SpliceToday]. Some streets here are interrupted midblock by properties, and others do not appear on any official maps. Wow what a wonderful childhood I had! All Right Reserved. Best Wishes to Harding Park and all. Ive been to the Clason Point Park with the view of the Whitestone Bridge. Clason Point is now a city park with grass, trees, walkways and a ferry terminal. Many call it little Puerto Rico. Thank you to all our donors that continue to support Forgotten NY. Wow, I remember how that carried into the 70s. The amusement park closed in 1935. I remember my grandma living there with us too and how much fun it was to play in the backyard with all my friends. He was the self proclaimed Mayor of Harding Park. By 1949, the area was no longer an amusement district, though the Shorehaven Beach Club was born. watching two full length movies and cartoons. The park has a tragic history with6 deaths and 22 injuredon June 11, 1922, when a storm blew down an operating ferris wheel. Crime has also seen a significant decline as a result of a number of factors including enhanced policing techniques and changing economic demographics. Your mon would Walking to school through the dumps. Beyond the bushes there is a lagoon in Harding Park separated from the East River by a rocky breakwater. We would walk barefoot to the beach. Having previously chronicled other prominent points of land in the city, I followed Soundview Avenue to its tip. Over fifty years later its mostly gated & the middle class is long departed. We lived across the street from Shorehaven pool. 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. I guess till the 60s. The tragedy began the decline of the amusement park, once buzzing with working- and middle-class city residents. City planner Robert Moses attempted to condemn this community in the name of slum clearance but the residents won and in 1982 the Harding Park Homeowners Association succeeded in gaining title to their homes and land. Rusty old Clason Point shipwreck at the mouth of the Westchester Creek across from Ferry Point by the Whitestone Bridge. 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. From the postcard, Shorehaven looks more country than Jackson Heights did. playing in the ruins of Kanes Park, doing the Classon Pt Crawl at the mouth of the large sewer on Soundview I remember the Cola family on Gildersleeve next to the deli on the cornor On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. I also lived in the Academy Gardens from around 1942 to around 1960 and went to P.S. it was a scandal t o sy the least, OH my my name is Nancy Ramos and I lived in Harding park in the early 70s I dont remember The amusement park closed in 1935. The family needed more Clason Point neighborhood in Bronx, New York (NY), 10473 detailed profile Settings X User-defined colors Preset color patterns Most recent value % change since 2k Data: Settings Get link Click to activate map. [13] The neighborhood has become increasingly more diverse with a rise in varied Latin American immigration in the 21st century. 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Monument, Dr. Granito, so much more.I worked in Shorehaven from 1954 to 1958 to pay my school tuition, then Share. From Jackson Heights, NY, Queens 94 min It was a great place to grow up! Im related to Cornells and Griffins. 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. welcome in the pool. Please help contribute to a new Forgotten NY website, Check out the ForgottenBook,take a look at the gift shop, and as always, commentas you see fit.. Soundview, Castle Hill, Clason Point, Harding Park, Pugsley's Creek, Unionport. By SERGEY KADINSKY Finally, the new church opened at the end of the 60s or early 70s. who lived across the street, the Kokindos The Nelsons and Hoffmans Eddie and Joey. So we dug some holes in the empty field there as part of my university research program and found some old oyster shells. It was then known as Clason's Point Road. the people hated the giant bull frogs that inhabited the marsh they were so loud people could not sleep. @2019 - Forgotten New York. The meeting topics covered both the Request . I remember fishing right by my Grandfather bungolaw in Harding Park right by water . The regions first residents of course were the Siwanoy Indians, who spoke Algonquin. And there was Judge Greer 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. Over the years, the amusement parks attractions shuttered, leaving behind only a few arcade games, the pool, and a pier by the end of the decade. My 2x great grandparents owned Kanes until it burned down. Shore Haven: I remember it well. The nearest retail strip is almost a mile away. Great history. 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. Between 1949 and 1986, this property was the Shore Haven Beach Club, a member-only resort for working-class Bronxites. Covering an area of 1,198.36 acres (484.96ha), the neighborhood had a population density of 44.8 inhabitants per acre (28,700/sqmi; 11,100/km2). He showed me many arrowheads he found near Pugsley Creek and took me there. July fourth barbecues and watching the fireworks. I lived on Bolton until 1971. The Bronx Bloggers | Lets Go Hiking (and Biking)! Pat (Haughey) MacInnes. What such awesome memories. On 15 April 1667 this land was confirmed by patent of Colonel Nicholls to his grandson, William Willett. Britisher Thomas Pell arrived at a treaty in 1654 with several Siwanoy sachems, including Wampage, that the Dutch authorities didn't recognize. It was like a world unto itself ! A variety of sunken, abandoned or damaged boats can be found along. My name is Debbie. Hotels. This disagreement was rendered moot in 1664 when the British fleet appeared in the harbor and the Dutch capitulated. Thomas Cornell came to America about 1633 with his wife and most, if not all, of his children. I think you may be thinking of me as living near the water. My family had memberships, 1962-66. Undeveloped waterfront parcels wereacquired by the city for parkland but kept in a natural state. The former amusement park, purchased in 1947, became the site for the Shorehaven Beach Club two years later. There were ferryboat and steamer excursions from Clason Point to downtown Manhattan and a local service to College Point, Queens. 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. Hi Muriel, There are several NYCHA developments:[22], Soundview Park occupies 205 acres (83ha) in the southwestern section of the neighborhood, with ballfields and playgrounds and a pedestrian/bike greenway along the left bank of the Bronx River estuary from Lafayette Avenue to Leland Avenue. I went to P.S. [4] The infrastructure of the area has not been updated in many years. When I dream, I am usually at 336 Theriot Ave. they say you always dream about the place you felt the safest. The area was then renamed Clason Point after Isaac Clason, a Scottish merchant and a major land owner. Thanks for the memories. I have great memories of Clason Point. Between 1949 and 1986, this property was the Shore Haven Beach Club, a member-only resort for working-class Bronxites. She was a neighbor and is still a First house on the right. I was seven when we moved, but we would go back and visit friends. The Y.M.C.A. [4][6] Development on most of the remaining vacant parcels in the area continued through the 2000s. GOOD TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE SO MANY OF YOU WHO ENJOYED 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. My moms grandma (named Carmody) lived in 309 Underhill. Even today the main shopping area is fairly distant, along Story Avenue, the Bruckner Expressway and White Plains Road. The NYC skyline can be seen dramatically from Harding Park. We were Hispanic with the last name Ortiz. Speaking of unfinished plans, further inland at Story Avenue, the Bronx River Parkway abruptly ends. There a sunken ship off the Bronx on the East River I always wanted to visit. Thats how I remember it, the best part of summer was Shorehaven working there and friends that lasted for years! I grew up in a Bungalow on 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. Eventually they moved in year round. I was born and raised 338 Underhill Ave> We moved inthe mid 70s . [50][51] NYC Ferry's Soundview route started serving Clason Point on August 15, 2018.[52][53]. I was accompanied by my daughter and bestie, it was great sharing some special memories with them from decades ago. 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. Most of it would end up developed. The name sounds familiar. My mom made a beautiful garden on Lacombe and Barrett, everyone came to take their easter pictures there is wast huge and very colorful. Soundview Houses; thirteen 7-story buildings. Went to Shorehaven when I was young, my Grandfather (Stanley Samson) was the Head painter The one thing I never understood when I was a I am a metal detector hobbyist learning history of the Bronx Please email me . 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. We lived there, played there, worshipped there and were all family to each otheir. 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. Today I did. 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. Get instant access to loads of relevant information about Clason Point, Bronx, NY apartments for sale, including property descriptions, virtual tours, maps and photos. Anne cinquegrana.. i just this morning saw your reply . Great memories! Also..Funland.the batting rangethe driving range both on Bruckner Blvd. The branch opened at this location in 1973. 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. 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. I truly enjoyed the memories. The neighborhood's northern and eastern borders have a heavy concentration of commercial establishments. They evoked pride and care. 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. Not true. He owned 2000 acres. It seems to be that a person Whom owned my lot bought the lot next to him. I myself lived on Colgate Ave. by Bronx River Ave. and later to Colgate Ave. and Lafayette Ave. R.i.p. 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. GROWING UP THE NEIGHBORHOOD. Holy Cross Parish wasnt established yet so the Franciscan Friars would hold services at the casino. family. My father would fish at the end of the River. 70s where 2 children passed away in a house She still lives, and is doing great, in the house that my grandfathers brother built on Bolton Ave. we were all born and raise in the same house. It continues north under other names. Some of the sights havent changed the apartment still has the side parking an old garage in back. The farms are gone and so are most of the boatyards, but entertainment possibilities abound. Whenever I see them I call them Louie Garza flowers. Soundview Avenue is the odd one here, cutting through the street grid on its two-mile route. Very excited. Italian and Germans. My sister and I grew up in Soundview/Clason Point, in the Soundview Projects from 1954-1967. Serine and peaceful times jumping between the rocks and looking over the water. The Clason's Point branch in the Soundview area, is located at 1215 Morrison Avenue. In the foreground we see the the South Bronx Marine Transfer Station, a facility once used by the Department of Sanitation to offload collection trucks into barges for transfer to Fresh Kills. Until now, it took two buses and a train to get to work from the East Bronx. I stay in touch with Ronnie B . Memories of Shorehaven survive online, with former member Marc Miller compiling a collage of old photos for the Shorehaven Beach Club Facebook group. I remember trying to plow the field behind a horse.. Officials with the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Alpena, Michigan, say they've located the Ironton, 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.". The wheel destroyed the boathouse Terry Durante's mother and family lived in then. Had many meals with you guys. [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. I went steady with John from 1971 to 1977 but never married. On 25 July 1646 he received a grant in New Amsterdam which became known as Cornells Neck. Bruce and the cute girl up the street who owned the gas station on the triangle of Obrien and Soundview. I recall cows there.I went to Castle Hill Pool as a childthen as a teenager, we swtiched to Shorehaven. By SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten NY correspondent. The amusement park closed in 1935. Mapping and Location: Central Alaska 66 30 N 152 53 W. Source: Shipwrecks of the Alaskan Shelf and Shore (1992) CITY OF SEATTLE (1979) The 84 foot crab fishing vessel City of Seattle split a seam and foundered April 7, 1979 in the Gulf of Alaska 80 miles south of Yakutat. Hi Sandy, my mom, Anne Nestler was baptized at Kanes almost 97 years ago. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. 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. Below is the description of the grant. This disagreement was rendered moot in 1664 when the British fleet appeared in the harbor and the Dutch capitulated. A few more thoughts.great carnival each year at the Clason Point firehouse..parade each Memorial Day was a highlight to the neighborhood.book mobile came each week. By the middle 19th century Clason Point had many farmhouses, despite its poor drainage. I remember the smell of the clothes hanging on the clothes lines. we would try to swim over to Ferry Point Park but never made it Loved the stories and photos of living on a houseboat in the Bronx. 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. I havent been to Soundview since high school, whenmy classmate Karenhosted friends at her home and there was Dominican music in the background. Oh those sunburns. I was a member for a few years at Shorehaven then when I was old enough was able to work there in the office then as the baby pool lifeguard. Weve havent yet had a floating ForgottenTour. 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; The most notable of these triangular parklets is Woodrow Wilson Triangle, bound by Underhill, Patterson, and Soundview Avenues. Osceola - Courtesy Maritime History of the Great Lakes. Tom, I grew up at 1621 Harding Park. I was Baptized there. Welcome to the Clason Point google satellite map! I was young, 67 years ago. My family and many other Hispanics were members of Shorehaven from 1973 to when closed in the late 80s. Thanks and let us enjoy our memories. and Harding.. Undeveloped waterfront parcels were acquired by the city for parkland but kept in a natural state. from your article, I know much more information about the HARDING PARK and I am fairly willing to visit it one day! across the short road was an empty lot that my mother and father converted to a small garden. , we were only 9,10, or 11. [29], Clason Point Park is located on the southern shoreline of Clason Point. 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. Life goes no. On the other hand, the massive superblock interrupting White Plains Road at the time was the wetland source of Pugsleys Creek. Great memories growing up in Soundview, Bronx! Six crew members were recovered safely following the accident . If you remember those chairs Adirondack chairs in the off season I remember him painting every one bright red, blue, green and white.Life guards would put on shows of diving and I havent bee back to the Bronx since 1967 when I attended Barbara Verheyens wedding. The place has changed, and not for the better. 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