[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. I, too emember the Memorial Day Parade and the Beach Movie theatre. After World War II, urban planner Robert Moses targeted the community for slum clearance, including the construction of public housing. It had a garage that my father converted to a bedroom for my brother and me. 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. Mom and dad married at Holy Cross. Bayside Hills [SpliceToday] 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 residents did not want to see them vandalized. At Clason Point, I broke out of that cycle by saying, with my fixtures, that the residents were special. The Ferris wheel accident was a factor that led to the downfall of the Clason Point amusement park. email kat_nyc_2005@hotmail.com if you ever see this message. 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.. 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 My brother richard died in 2006 from pancreatic cancer. Im related to Cornells and Griffins. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 57.8% (31,026) of the population.[17]. The last boat to College Point terminated during World War II. Osceola - Courtesy Maritime History of the Great Lakes. Tom, I grew up at 1621 Gildersleeve @ Harding Park. Speaking of unfinished plans, further inland at Story Avenue, the Bronx River Parkway abruptly ends. The site of a large Native American settlement, comprising more than seventy dwellings, Clason Point was then known to natives as "Snakapins", or "Land By The Two Waters".[5][6]. The name sounds familiar. [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. Wow, I remember how that carried into the 70s. ForgottenFan consensus seems to be that this is a 53 or 54 Pontiac Catalina with 60s Buick Riviera tires. I went to PS 107. Between 1949 and 1986, this property was the Shore Haven Beach Club, a member-only resort for working-class Bronxites. It was the third grant recorded in Westchester County, NY. 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. Best Wishes to Harding Park and all. My parents knew the Bronx was changing. She only bothered me once when she came with a big knife and asked me where the boy that hit her was. 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Following the demise of the ferry, the tip of Clason Point reverted to parkland and was given its present landscape in the early 1990s. 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. 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. It was historically the site of an amusement park, which operated in the first half of the 20th century. 1927 -1930. Destination signs along the southbound parkway show Soundview Park as its terminus. Bayside Hills [SpliceToday] After World War II these became permanent year-round residences due to a housing shortage, eventually sheltering over 250 families. The area is patrolled by the NYPD's 43rd Precinct. Many good memories. There was a rock there that the Siwanoy Indians would chip away at and make arrow heads. 107. elites from the Concourse. The wheel destroyed the boathouse Terry Durante's mother and family lived in then. By the 1980s the Bronx was more Hispanic than Jewish, and new residents did not join the club in large enough numbers. He is first found in Boston. 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. She was a neighbor and is still a His will, dated 5 December 1651, left all his real estate to his wife Rebecca. IT was the best time of my life to live there as a child Harding park was a dream I lived on Bolton Ave from 1953 to 1972 mom still lives there. Sotomayor Houses; twenty-eight 7-story buildings. I lived in a houseboat in Clason PointIt was a community at the very end of Soundview Ave.wish you had some photos of them. Other primary thoroughfares contain limited but necessary amenities like supermarkets, pharmacies, barbershops, hair salons, fast food, bodegas, and cheap shops. By 1949, the area was no longer an amusement district, though the Shorehaven Beach Club was born. I went to PS 69 till fourth gradw then to Holy Cross. All the great games at baseball field, parties at firehouse. We have great pics and posts! I remember your mom and you. [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. I am a metal detector hobbyist learning history of the Bronx My name is Kathy Myers I livedin 454 barrett ave from1967 till 1980 I remeber the Crocittos and and the italian father and daughters Lucy antoinette and Mary who lived in 456. excellent info! I remember you Raquel and your brother Alex was my brother Henrys friend. On Memorial Day my Boy Would you be related to a Peter Griffin Cornell? , we were only 9,10, or 11. neither was the boys who went with me. If anyone wishes to share memories with me, My mom worked at the Beach Theater where you bought your ticket to get in. Did any settlers lived in Soundview park? 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. 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. 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. Great memories! Hope all is well with you and yours. We were Hispanic with the last name Ortiz. Miss those days. 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. The tragedy began the decline of the amusement park, once buzzing with working- and middle-class city residents. So we moved to Plainedge Long Island. (Even today the main shopping area is at a fairly distant remove, along Story Avenue, the Bruckner Expressway and White Plains Road.) Clason Point was named after Isaac Clason, a Scottish merchant and a major land owner. The section between Pelham Parkway and Soundview opened in 1951. went to Holy Cross School. [] 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? Developers Mal Deitch and Joseph Goodstein transformed the defunct Clason Point Bathing and Amusement Park, into an upscale private resort with a swimming pool, cabanas, playground, and a performance space that hosted live entertainment. 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. Learn how your comment data is processed. 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. 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. Some streets here are interrupted midblock by properties, and others do not appear on any official maps. Eventually they moved in year round. Then another family moved in with 3 girls fun with them too. I remember her teaching us to swim at the beach down the road from our house. Diana used to be Klein or Barca. At some point, we should do a Forgotten-NY cheapskates cruise aboard this ferry. He was sitting in the back of his unfinished boat, playing the euke. We lived across the street from Shorehaven pool. I remember Louie Garza. Clason Point was a mixture of mansions, farmland and undeveloped fields and swampland. The amusement park rides and novelties was then known as "The Coney Island of the Bronx. We did not have cell phones to txt we use to shout out at each other from the street. Such an interesting read! Pat (Haughey) MacInnes. I just looked up Soundview Ave. to my surprise the Apartment we lived in is still there. A couple of years ago I discovered Dave Valentine, a Latin Jazz musician lived in Harding Park for many years. Having previously chronicled other prominent points of land in the city, I followed Soundview Avenue to its tip. I lived on Bolton until 1971. 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. Remember about the fire that happened in the Wow what a wonderful childhood I had! 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. Usually when a highway ends, it does so by merging into another highway. - 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. Was wondering if you recalled 712 Harding Park? Its a tiny place, but still standing. I was like one of the family. She made her first communion at Holy Cross. I came from the east Bronx. Great history. wanted us in better schools with trees and grass lawns. There are large, residential housing complexes of various types. @2019 - Forgotten New York. 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. of Transportation to have those sign erected there in the late 80s for proper references. [44], Clason Point and Parkchester's rate of elementary school student absenteeism is higher than the rest of New York City. Clason Point Gardens; forty-five buildings, all 2 stories tall. From Jackson Heights, NY, Queens 94 min In 2018, 72% of residents described their health as "good," "very good," or "excellent," lower than the city's average of 78%. Harding park for life in my heart. Most of its clientele were working class and middle class Jews who resided in surrounding neighborhoods. Yet thank you to all that made such great memories for me. 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. My Mom would love to know we may have finally found you again. Your Dad and Mom were always good to me. A Clason Point renter can reserve one of these spaces for personal use on a long term basis. Originally it was a tent on a platform that they spent summers in. The friends who I still remember, were John McKeever, Joey Macek, Johnny Kaiser, Raymond Francis and Chuck Huber. The Soundview branch is located at 660 Soundview Avenue. Tommy an I were buddies and A boy named Derek was tall than us.Just good memories all around . 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. This road runs north for 7.2 miles to the city line at Wakefield. An odd pair as Lincoln emancipated the slaves while Wilson was a staunch segregationist. [13] The neighborhood has become increasingly more diverse with a rise in varied Latin American immigration in the 21st century. His diesel engines were being installed.My husband still has some teak wood, that was discarded after the fire. Even today the main shopping area is fairly distant, along Story Avenue, the Bruckner Expressway and White Plains Road. 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. What a terrific place to grow up. square dance night was i believe on Wednesday, as i could hear the music from our house. Ultimately you will stumble upon Harding Park, a small working-class enclave lined with bungalows. 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. Its World War One monument was dedicated in 1928 on the decade anniversary since the end of the war. 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. My family had memberships, 1962-66. My Czeck ancestors lived at 725 Commonwealth Avenue in Clason Point. I grew up from 1960 1976 on Pugsley just off of Cornell Ave. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Summer was the best we went swimming in the Sound you could see your feet it was very clean. In 2015, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that in 2018, ferry service would begin operating in the neighborhood. There were ferryboat and steamer excursions from Clason Point to downtown Manhattan and a local service to College Point, Queens. It is racially diverse and has a mixture of moderate single family homes, low income buildings and expensive condominiums. I was told it had been built by her son-in-law (my grandpa, named Maurer). I have the original portable pump organ that the Franciscans would bring on Sundays to Kanes. Across the East River you canexplore the northern shoreline of Queensand see thepalatial homes of Malba. Along the way, the triangular intersections are designated as Greenstreets parks, with more than a dozen on the route. Im not sure if/ where Peter Griffin Cornell fits in. The precinct reported 6 murders, 48 rapes, 747 robberies, 806 felony assaults, 302 burglaries, 1,039 grand larcenies, and 561 grand larcenies auto in 2022. The small peninsula of the Bronx defined by the Bronx River, Pugsley's Creek, and the East River is known as Clason (pronounced CLAW-son) Point. The Clason's Point branch in the Soundview area, is located at 1215 Morrison Avenue. I remember my dear friends the Simmons Pola with 3 girls my great friendS and a boy, my brothers great friend. The development I live in here in AZ is like a year round Shore Haven minus the waterfront & the ethnic overtones. I remember Farmers Hill were Monroe Projects were built. 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. Hope all is well with you and your family. Osceola's propellor steam barge was on her down trip from Duluth and carried a full cargo, principally Minneapolis milled flour headed for Buffalo. Harding Park holds such great childood memories for me. Do remember that when we were kids, there was still a small farm with [33], Clason Point and Parkchester are patrolled by the 43rd Precinct of the NYPD, located at 900 Fteley Avenue. Westchester Avenue evolved into a mixed use, primarily commercial, district serving the greater area after the completion of the elevated IRT Pelham Line. The vessel was burned to the water line. A trolley line runs down Soundview Avenue, but Bronx River Parkway has not yet been extended to this corner of the Bronx. [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. [24] It was built on filled land[25] starting in 1939. New Yorks Theme Streets [SpliceToday] 224. Getting late and this is making me want to enjoy and remember a great childhood in THE BRONX. Across the East River you can explore the northern shoreline of Queens and see the palatial homes of Malba. 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 Its World War One monument was dedicated in 1928 on the decade anniversary since the end of the war. A passing ship rescued the Cornells, and they persisted, returning to their adopted Bronx home the year after Wampages last raid. Best wishes and good health, 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. Went to Holy Cross School. Gildersleeve Ave, a stones throw from the The FILL as we use to call it faced toward NYC and a sanitation site. Iran Dandridge, Mario Vernon, Ruben Ruiz, Eddie Following the demise of the ferry, the tip of Clason Point reverted to parkland and was given its present landscape in the early 1990s. You'll also find details of Clason Point parking vendors listed. She never gave me to many details. I went to P.S. The amusement park closed in 1935. Not far from your family. We also loved the live entertainment like Jackie Mason and Joan Rivers. Get instant access to loads of relevant information about Clason Point, Bronx, NY apartments for sale, including property descriptions, virtual tours, maps and photos. At least two operators, the Twin City Ferry Company and the City of New York, administered ferries along the . Thanks! I and a friend had some wonderful teenage years in the 50s being members of Shorehaven Beach Club. The New York Times profiled the area in November 2004. 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. By the middle 19th century Clason Point had many farmhouses, despite its poor drainage. Loved the stories and photos of living on a houseboat in the Bronx. Looks left was the Long Island Sound. All Right Reserved. I enjoyed reading about Clason Point. Peragines (I see Thelmas post above), Grazianos & many others. The Bronx Bloggers | Lets Go Hiking (and Biking)! Starting in the 1990s, the construction of modern 2 and 3 unit row-houses and apartment buildings have increased the percentage of owners versus renters. 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. As a little girl, my neighbor who has a membership to the country club, used to take me every weekend. Both my parents (Joseph Bell & Muriel Beck)were born and raised in Clason Point. Rocky shore of the East River; Harding Park bungalows along an inlet. Kevin Walsh was here in 2006, telling the story of Harding Park in detail. The name sounds familiar. Officials with the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Alpena, Michigan, say they've located the Ironton, 69. Loretta is luving nearby me in north carolina. The SEACOR Power capsized during a severe squall shortly after departing Port Fourchon, Louisiana on April 13 with 19 people on board. Clason Point is now a city park with grass, trees, walkways and a ferry terminal. 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. Development in the 19th century soon attracted resort seekers and the area became known for its amusements and entertainment. The Somerset is also protected under international law, and is the sovereign property of the United Kingdom. Lol Yes great memories. Returning to Soundview Avenue, there is a gated community with its own set of nautical theme streets: Admiral Court, Beacon Lane, Surf Drive, etc. playing in the ruins of Kanes Park, doing the Classon Pt Crawl at the mouth of the large sewer on Soundview Was a great upbringing. Ferries between Clason Point and College Point in Queens ensured a steady stream of visitors, and the destination point for daylong excursions soon grew into a seasonal resort. I now own a home there in one of the developments and to think this area is still making history. Bronx River Addition; two buildings, one 6 stories tall another 14 stories tall. We lived at 506 Harding Park. It's one reason why the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum was established there. I was born and raised 338 Underhill Ave> We moved inthe mid 70s . 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. Shorhaven pool. At the end is Clason Point, historically pronounced as Clawson. The farms are gone and so are most of the boatyards, but entertainment possibilities abound. Undeveloped waterfront parcels were acquired by the city for parkland but kept in a natural state. I lived at 311 from 1952 till I got married in 1970. I remember trying to plow the field behind a horse.. The house he made was huge, no more backyard. I havent bee back to the Bronx since 1967 when I attended Barbara Verheyens wedding. Grocery. The Clason Point War Memorial includes inspirational quotations by presidents George Washington (1732-1799), Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), William McKinley (1843-1901), and Wilson. I havent been to Soundview since high school, whenmy classmate Karenhosted friends at her home and there was Dominican music in the background. It was clean because we all pitched in and kept it that way. I also recall the parents of my friend playing bocci and horsehoes in the fields near the Academy Gardens. I would 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. all the comments brings back lots of great memories. 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