I got to speak to a couple who live there now, so nice and speaking to a very nice lady that lives there now next door. The quality of the fixtures reflected on the residents. Dead-end streets disappear into the tangle of vegetation at Harding Park. By SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten NY correspondent. My grandmother, uncles and aunt owned houses in Rudd Place, on Obrien Ave, off Soundview. 1780 Watson Avenue, one 6-story building. email kat_nyc_2005@hotmail.com if you ever see this message. This includes a scenic traffic circle as a terminus for Soundview Avenue with vistas of the East River andWhitestone Bridge. This is where the Bronx River widens into the East River. [50][51] NYC Ferry's Soundview route started serving Clason Point on August 15, 2018.[52][53]. , we were only 9,10, or 11. I remember as a kid, the hill you called Farmers Hill. I went steady with John from 1971 to 1977 but never married. Beyond the bushes there is a lagoon in Harding Park separated from the East River by a rocky breakwater. 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. lived on Randall ave from 1957 to 1970 as well. Ferry Point Park was built on land that was purchased in 1643 by early English settler John Throckmorton (1601-1684) from the Governor of New Netherland. 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. Clason Point Station 829 Soundview Avenue, The Bronx Mathematics Preparatory School (grades 68), Archimedes Academy for Math Science and Technology Applications (grades 612), Women's Academy of Excellence (grades 612). 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.. - Sat. I have fond memories of Harding Park as I hung out there with my friend Helena Kanski, we use to play ball at the old firehouse. [18]:2,20 This is about the same as the median life expectancy of 81.2 for all New York City neighborhoods. My moms grandma (named Carmody) lived in 309 Underhill. By SERGEY KADINSKY Tom, I grew up at 1621 Gildersleeve @ Harding Park. Swimming in the East riverstick ball games every nightrollerskating on Soundview Ave. Sleighriding down Guildersleeve hillBeach theaterHoly Cross. 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. Its World War One monument was dedicated in 1928 on the decade anniversary since the end of the war. The domed structure to the right is a salt storage dome. Between 2019 and 2020 the population of Castle Hill, Clason Point & Parkchester PUMA, NY grew from 185,690 to 185,767, a 0.0415% increase and its median household income grew from $41,815 to $46,797, a 11.9% increase. So lovely there. Great memories growing up in the Point. Learn how your comment data is processed. He was always pushing a wheel barrow and planting cosmos flowers everywhere. He was sitting in the back of his unfinished boat, playing the euke. Sketching Henderson Place [SpliceToday] of Transportation to have those sign erected there in the late 80s for proper references. Im related to Cornells and Griffins. 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. Was a great upbringing. - All Day I Dream of Travel, The Other Side of Midnight with Frank Morano. [28], Pugsley Creek Park is located along the eastern shoreline of Clason Point. I now own a home there in one of the developments and to think this area is still making history. 224. 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. Osceola - Courtesy Maritime History of the Great Lakes. See Clason Point photos and images from satellite below, explore the aerial photographs of Clason . The completion of the nearby Whitestone Bridge put the ferry out of business. He is first found in Boston. Most of its clientele were working class and middle class Jews who resided in surrounding neighborhoods. Kevin Walsh was here in 2006, telling the story of Harding Park in detail. The neighborhood's northern and eastern borders have a heavy concentration of commercial establishments. "[8]:108[9] There was a volunteer fire department, a small airport, docks for sailboats and motorboats, saloons, and novelty shops. In the 1920s Thomas Higgs, who owned of about 100 acres of beachfront property, began leasing tents to visitors. You can also find other Marriage & Family Counselors on MapQuest . lived on the corner of Newman and Gildersleeve Avenue at the bottom of themHill from 1940 to 1961 and my [21] In 2018, an estimated 26% of Clason Point and Parkchester residents lived in poverty, compared to 25% in all of the Bronx and 20% in all of New York City. I recall the square dancing on Wednesday nights and social dancing on Saturday nights. Undeveloped waterfront parcels were acquired by the city for parkland but kept in a natural state. My father would fish at the end of the River. We lived in 703 Went to school there most Sisters were great a couple no so. 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 . Even at its best, Jackson Heights was clearly in the city. I remember the Morales about 7-8 kids, one of them had the same name as me Raquel, that was fun, living next door. went to Holy Cross School. 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 Mom sadly passed. 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. [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. Saturday night Square Dancing on Wednesday nights. Even today the main shopping area is fairly distant, along Story Avenue, the Bruckner Expressway and White Plains Road. 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. [44], Clason Point and Parkchester's rate of elementary school student absenteeism is higher than the rest of New York City. My Dad did the lawn @ Shore Haven before I was born mid 50s . 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. I also went to Holy Cross school in the late 70s and early 80s. Following the demise of the ferry, the tip of Clason Point reverted to parkland and was given its present landscape in the early 1990s. 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. Just to give you an update. My mom bought the house on Pugsley Ave from Mr. Nelson who built it (1946-470 and lived next door. The Wreck of the Steamer Barge Osceola. 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. I grew up from 1960 1976 on Pugsley just off of Cornell Ave. The freak accident killed eight and injured more than two dozen, as riders were tossed from the wheels baskets and crushed. They were not allowed in. Soundview Avenue is the odd one here, cutting through the street grid on its two-mile route. I havent bee back to the Bronx since 1967 when I attended Barbara Verheyens wedding. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Other primary thoroughfares contain limited but necessary amenities like supermarkets, pharmacies, barbershops, hair salons, fast food, bodegas, and cheap shops. Soundview Avenue is the primary thoroughfare through Clason Point. Bronx River is largely industrial in usage. Is it the East or the Bronx River? My family moved to Hempstead L. I. I also have a sister Loretta who you may remember. Miss those days. Shorhaven pool. New York, NY When you have a 9 a.m. in the South Bronx and then 11 a.m. on Wall Street you take the Soundview Ferry kiddddddddd #notrafficyo Soundview Bronx Ferry Terminal at Clason Point is at Soundview Bronx Ferry Terminal at Clason Point. White Plains Road, which eventually gains an el and becomes the main shopping drag to Bronxdale, Williamsbridge and Wakefield, begins here in Clason Point. I remember fishing right by my Grandfather bungolaw in Harding Park right by water . 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.". 69. Please email me . Not far from your [18]:16 In addition, 25% of children are obese, compared to the citywide average of 20%. Hope all is well with you and yours. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. 1471 Watson Avenue; one 6-story building. They had square dancing on Wednesday nights and Social dancing on Saturday nights. 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. To make a donation, please use the button below. There were numerous ferries, and during Prohibition, gangsters unloaded bootlegged hooch. In the background are the Hunts Point Market and the skyline of Manhattan. 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 branch opened in 1963 and moved to its current location in 1981. Frances, are you related to Nick and Philamena , and Johnny and Margie? My previous examples of exploring tips of land in the city includeThrog(g)s Neck,Breezy Point, andKingsborough Community College. [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. That was the only time I had a doggy TORO. 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. I enjoyed this trip down memory lane. Did any settlers lived in Soundview park? An odd pair as Lincoln emancipated the slaves while Wilson was a staunch segregationist. A trolley line runs down Soundview Avenue, but Bronx River Parkway has not yet been extended to this corner of the Bronx. It continues north under other names. I Lived in Harding Park when my children were in their teenage years. The Soundview branch is located at 660 Soundview Avenue. I truly enjoyed the memories. Ive wondered how old Holy Cross Parish is. (1969). ForgottenFan consensus seems to be that this is a 53 or 54 Pontiac Catalina with 60s Buick Riviera tires. I was born in the Bronx Obrien Ave..1944..Moved to 227 Pugsley Ave at the dead end concrete wall still there. 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. This is the 57-acre Shorehaven community, set apart from the rest of southern Bronx by its wall and security guards. [37][38], As of 2018[update], preterm births and births to teenage mothers are more common in Clason Point and Parkchester than in other places citywide. Jedediah Cornell Sr. 1825-1905 married Annastasia S. Griffin 1836-1913 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. APA Format. 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 would of enjoyed to have my mom go but its not wheelchair accessible boooo. 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). Went to P.S. [18]:6 The percentage of Clason Point and Parkchester students excelling in math rose from 23% in 2000 to 44% in 2011, and reading achievement increased from 27% to 30% during the same time period. If you never knew it was there, the sleepy []. the people hated the giant bull frogs that inhabited the marsh they were so loud people could not sleep. Most of its clientele were working class and middle class Jews who resided in surrounding neighborhoods. By 1949, the area was no longer an amusement district, though the Shorehaven Beach Club was born. I remember you guys very well. I lived at Academy Gatdens till about 1953 when we moved to my Grandfathers (Clifford Beck)house at 352 White Plains Rd. I am on Facebook too. Hi Bill, Shore Haven: I remember it well. My grandma, Anna Burrows Honan, and I discovered this article together. I was probably four years old and remember taking the bus to Shorehaven with my mother from Parkchester. Click on the Bus route to see step by step directions with maps, line arrival times and updated time schedules. Their village was supposedly located near the corner of Lacomb and Soundview Avenues. I remember members arriving in limos dressed in long gowns and tuxedos for Dancing Under The Stars every Hows it going? The Ferris wheel accident was a factor that led to the downfall of the Clason Point amusement park. The most notable of these triangular parklets is Woodrow Wilson Triangle, bound by Underhill, Patterson, and Soundview Avenues. Manhattan appears as a far-off promise to the fishers working the East River. Durante says her grandmother picked her mother up from her crib and stepped out moments before the Ferris wheel crashed on their boathouse. elites from the Concourse. This web site brought back nice memories of a happy times in my childhood the neighborhood had so many children. Soundview Park (sometimes referred to as Sound View Park) is a 205-acre (83 ha) park on Clason Point in the southern portion of the Bronx, New York City. Thomas was at Portsmouth again, a member of a coroners jury, in 1653, probably driven from New York again by warring Indians. I was about to send a link to Elizabeth, George, then saw your name. [4] The infrastructure of the area has not been updated in many years. 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. I remember She made her first communion at Holy Cross. I remember her teaching us to swim at the beach down the road from our house. Good patriots that they were, they named the colony for the US President at the time, Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865-1923). Also there was Henry and his brother, that lived closer to the water. Having previously chronicled other prominent points of land in the city, I followed Soundview Avenue to its tip. Bronx River Addition; two buildings, one 6 stories tall another 14 stories tall. I lived on Bolton until 1971. I was still very young but remember being intimidated by the way my best friend was treated trying to go there with her siblings. 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. The home stayed in the family for over 50 years. square dance night was i believe on Wednesday, as i could hear the music from our house. My brother Alex also has that teacher too about 8 years prior. 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 went to PS 69. I was young, 67 years ago. I grew up on Beach Ave., and at that time, Shorehaven was NOT open to everyone, no Hispanics and no African Americans. 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. cold as hell. 70s where 2 children passed away in a house Lol Yes great memories. Some streets here are interrupted midblock by properties, and others do not appear on any official maps. I and my friend read about the Siwanoy Indians and they were supposed to have their village near Soundviiew and Lacombe Avenues. This disagreement was rendered moot in 1664 when the British fleet appeared in the harbor and the Dutch capitulated. As mentioned, Harding Park developed organically without regard to the borough-wide street grid. There a sunken ship off the Bronx on the East River I always wanted to visit. ..we would fling them like frisbies. 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. Until now, it took two buses and a train to get to work from the East Bronx. My brother richard died in 2006 from pancreatic cancer. Harding Park. I think my sister went to P.S. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. We took a group photo on the Big Rock in the Back. Then another family moved in with 3 girls fun with them too. Thanks for your great share! In the background are theHunts Point Marketand the skyline of Manhattan. I was like one of the family. across the short road was an empty lot that my mother and father converted to a small garden. The friends who I still remember, were John McKeever, Joey Macek, Johnny Kaiser, Raymond Francis and Chuck Huber. Along the way, the triangular intersections are designated as Greenstreets parks, with more than a dozen on the route. 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. 107 and then JHS 123. 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. Like. 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 Hi Jo Ann, My name is Frank Sclafani. All Right Reserved. Thelma Peragine Green . So glad to see your post and others that posted above. And there was Judge Greer 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? His diesel engines were being installed.My husband still has some teak wood, that was discarded after the fire. Your mon would Gonzalez,Luis and Robert Baez, Hello to all of you who at one time lived in Clauson Pt. In ancient times, the Bronx River area to the West was known to the Siwanoys, who spoke Algonquian,[4] as "Aquahung". Onthe above 1940 photo from the Municipal Archives, the ferry gantries stood unused in place for a few more years. Finally, the new church opened at the end of the 60s or early 70s. Beyond the bushes there is a lagoon in Harding Park separated from the East River by a rocky breakwater. Hi Bill, I also lived in the Academy Gardens from birth, (1942). It looks smaller than what I [33], Clason Point and Parkchester are patrolled by the 43rd Precinct of the NYPD, located at 900 Fteley Avenue. Weve havent yet had a floating ForgottenTour. He owned 2000 acres. Remember about the fire that happened in the 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. contact me at aaron3@netvigator.com. On the plaque are quotations from Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Wilson. Friends were the Verheyens, She only bothered me once when she came with a big knife and asked me where the boy that hit her was. 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 More information on apartments and condos for sale in Clason Point, Bronx, NY Point2 gives you far more than a simple list of condos available on the market. Officials with the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Alpena, Michigan, say they've located the Ironton, Coffee. The incarceration rate of 603 per 100,000 people is higher than that of the city as a whole. 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. [19]:24 (PDF p. 55)[18]:6 Additionally, 69% of high school students in Clason Point and Parkchester graduate on time, lower than the citywide average of 75%. Thanks. From the postcard, Shorehaven looks more country than Jackson Heights did. Its said very interesting! GROWING UP THE NEIGHBORHOOD. It was clean because we all pitched in and kept it that way. In 2018, this population of uninsured residents was estimated to be 16%, higher than the citywide rate of 14%. When in university I did a report on the Siwanoy Indians who lived in Clason Point. Soundview, Castle Hill, Clason Point, Harding Park, Pugsley's Creek, Unionport. I just looked up Soundview Ave. to my surprise the Apartment we lived in is still there. I couldnt wait to go back the next day. Not true. Thomas Cornell came to America about 1633 with his wife and most, if not all, of his children. The resort area started to decline during the 1930s, with the onset of the Great Depression and the construction of the IRT Pelham Line. I definitely want to take the ferry from east 34th street to Clason Point. I felt loved unconditionally. 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. 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. The swampy wet marsh is built on now. The Y.M.C.A. On Memorial Day my Boy During the Pig Wars the Indigenous People burned his farm and he narrowly escaped by boat. I lived in clason point over 40 years and may i say i love where i from. 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 The Clason Point War Memorial includes inspirational quotations by presidents George Washington (1732-1799), Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), William McKinley (1843-1901), and Wilson. If you are going to troll, at least learn how to spell correctly. 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. The amusement park closed in 1935. 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