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I remember your Mom She worked as a Para Professional in the schools. The beach club operated until 1986 before closing its doors due to dwindling membership, competition, and increasing operational costs. The family needed more You have 4 brothers: George,Buddy,Walter and Robert. Serine and peaceful times jumping between the rocks and looking over the water. Hi everyone, 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. Based on 2000-2020 data Loading data. 3 years later, though, in 1982, Harding Park Homeowners Association, the first cooperatively owned low and moderate-income community in the city was formed. Relative of Ezra Cornell founder of Cornell Univ. Miss those days. I myself lived on Colgate Ave. by Bronx River Ave. and later to Colgate Ave. and Lafayette Ave. R.i.p. 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. - 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. 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. The nearest retail strip is almost a mile away. Yet thank you to all that made such great memories for me. [18]:10, The nearest hospital campuses are Montefiore Medical Center's Westchester Square and West Farms campuses, as well as Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center's Longwood campus. [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. I was still very young but remember being intimidated by the way my best friend was treated trying to go there with her siblings. I am researchering my Cornell family and enjoyed the site. 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 Harding park for life in my heart. all the comments brings back lots of great memories. I lived on Bolton Ave from 1953 to 1972 mom still lives there. Lived in Harding Park from 1945 till 60s. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. 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. In 2018, 72% of residents described their health as "good," "very good," or "excellent," lower than the city's average of 78%. Saturday marked 100 years since a Ferris wheel accident killed at least six people and injured over 30 in the Bronx. 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. If I went back I think I would get lost. The incarceration rate of 603 per 100,000 people is higher than that of the city as a whole. There were ferryboat and steamer excursions from Clason Point to downtown Manhattan and a local service to College Point, Queens. It had a garage that my father converted to a bedroom for my brother and me. Bob. My Mom sadly passed. It was historically the site of an amusement park, which operated in the first half of the 20th century. 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. It became the Shorehaven Condominiums in 1999, a gated community of 1,183 multi-unit condominium townhomes. 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. United States From 1883-1927, it was the site of the Clason Point Military Academy. 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. Hotels. [28], Pugsley Creek Park is located along the eastern shoreline of Clason Point. Raquel , I hope you see my message some day soon. 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; 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. The section between Pelham Parkway and Soundview opened in 1951. I moved to California in 1976 but I have to admit I miss New York very much. I went steady with John from 1971 to 1977 but never married. The completion of the nearby Whitestone Bridge put the ferry out of business. The Bronx Bloggers | Lets Go Hiking (and Biking)! Today it runs in five segments that are kept separate by Soundview Park, Harding Park properties, and the Shorehaven development. the people hated the giant bull frogs that inhabited the marsh they were so loud people could not sleep. 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. As a young child in the early 60s, I remember seeing some members having a tense encounter with the Shorehaven Beach Club management at the entrance for trying to bring in some Black friends as guests. Sketching Henderson Place [SpliceToday] Thanks for sharing Betty. 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. Dead-end streets disappear into the tangle of vegetation at Harding Park. 1780 Watson Avenue, one 6-story building. Like. Had many meals with you guys. 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. [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 remember the parades at the monument right in front of Dr Granitos office. Swimming under the houses built on stilts.and of course you would swIm as fast as you possibly could when you would hear the toilet flush through an ope pipe! Many great, warm memories of the area from frequent family visits. 70s where 2 children passed away in a house Bronx River Houses; nine 14-story buildings. Bruckner Plaza, which greatly expanded throughout the 1990s, contains big box stores like Toys R Us, K Mart, and Old Navy. Debbie has my details too. There a sunken ship off the Bronx on the East River I always wanted to visit. around or someone knows them and how to get in touch. [13] The neighborhood has become increasingly more diverse with a rise in varied Latin American immigration in the 21st century. The completion of the nearby Whitestone Bridge put the ferry out of business. It surrounds a historic creek that was previously a tributary of Westchester Creek. Holy Cross Parish wasnt established yet so the Franciscan Friars would hold services at the casino. I grew up from 1960 1976 on Pugsley just off of Cornell Ave. I went to PS 69 till fourth gradw then to Holy Cross. Reading the comments of old Point residents and seeing photos of Shorehaven brings tears to my eyes.I The U.S. military setting up summer camps near the Black Rock. Monroe Houses; twelve buildings, either 8, 14, or 15 stories tall. New Yorks Theme Streets [SpliceToday] [18]:14, The concentration of fine particulate matter, the deadliest type of air pollutant, in Clason Point and Parkchester is 0.0076 milligrams per cubic metre (7.6109oz/cuft), more than the city average. Leland Avenue along Soundview Park leads into the heart of Harding Park. Untapped New York unearths New York Citys secrets and hidden gems. 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. I remember the smell of the clothes hanging on the clothes lines. All the great games at baseball field, parties at firehouse. The NYC skyline can be seen dramatically from Harding Park. At the southern tip of Soundview Avenue in the Bronx isthe newest NYCFerry dock, providing a one-seat ride from this corner of the borough to Wall Street. Best Wishes to Harding Park and all. Here you can also take theNYCFerryat the cost of a subway ride down to the Upper East Side, 34thStreet, and Wall Street. Situated on the rocky shores of the wild Lake Superior, Whitefish Point has long been considered the Graveyard of the Great Lakes. Originally it was a tent on a platform that they spent summers in. I have great memories and still have life long friends in the area. The residents of Clason Point chipped in for that monument.My Grandparents owned 338 Underhill over 50 years. [4] The infrastructure of the area has not been updated in many years. wanted us in better schools with trees and grass lawns. We did not have cell phones to txt we use to shout out at each other from the street. We all learned to swim. email kat_nyc_2005@hotmail.com if you ever see this message. The quality of the fixtures reflected on the residents. Go. Clason Point wasnt always the unfamiliar enclave that it is, in large part, today. [29], Clason Point Park is located on the southern shoreline of Clason Point. [3] The 43rd Precinct ranked 36th safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010. I remember going swimming almost every day in the summer. 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. The area includes a collection of neighborhoods including Harding Park, and Soundview. Most of its clientele were working class and middle class Jews who resided in surrounding neighborhoods. Clason Point is located within two ZIP Codes. Truly The Old Neighborhood ! Having previously chronicled other prominent points of land in the city, I followed Soundview Avenue to its tip. Across the East River you canexplore the northern shoreline of Queensand see thepalatial homes of Malba. Food. 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. It had many different nationalities Irish Jewish. Kevin Walsh was here in 2006, telling the story of Harding Park in detail. On Memorial Day my Boy Westchester Avenue evolved into a mixed use, primarily commercial, district serving the greater area after the completion of the elevated IRT Pelham Line. You probably remember my brothers Peter and Paul since I was a little younger. 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]. Wish I had photos from that era. my aunt by marriage divorced my uncle and married the youngest riordan brother. This road runs north for 7.2 miles to the city line at Wakefield. From the late 1880s to around 1935, the neighborhood was a major tourist attraction and home to a massive amusement district, complete with arcades, dancehalls, waterfront resorts, and a massive outdoor saltwater swimming pool known as The Inkwell due to its dirty, unfiltered water that came straight from the East River. Harding Park holds such great childood memories for me. [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. Other primary thoroughfares contain limited but necessary amenities like supermarkets, pharmacies, barbershops, hair salons, fast food, bodegas, and cheap shops. Clason Point in the early 20th century was an era of trolley cars on the main thoroughfare, Soundview Avenue or, as it was then, Clason Point Road. I do remember my mother telling me about the accident at the amusement park. My parents knew the Bronx was changing. watching two full length movies and cartoons. Both my parents (Joseph Bell & Muriel Beck)were born and raised in Clason Point. I lived at Academy Gatdens till about 1953 when we moved to my Grandfathers (Clifford Beck)house at 352 White Plains Rd. Did any settlers lived in Soundview park? come in and talk to me and you would come in to hang out looking for the guys. The amusement park rides and novelties was then known as "The Coney Island of the Bronx. Peragines (I see Thelmas post above), Grazianos & many others. clowning around off the high boards in the center of the pool.If any one is old enough to remember the ferry towers at the end of Soundview I used to climb the inside up to the top Lol Yes great memories. Raquel. My X-wife lived at 535 Beach Ave and I lived at 534 St. Lawrence Ave around the corner. Walking to the candy store or the hardware store on Soundview. However, it has had several names over the years. 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. 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? The swampy wet marsh is built on now. before Shorehaven was built, Harding Park, the Momument, Higgs Lumber, the candy Store across from the Soundview Avenue is the primary thoroughfare through Clason Point. 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. 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. [8]:113 Permanent residence increased in the area. Until now, it took two buses and a train to get to work from the East Bronx. Tom, I grew up at 1621 Harding Park. went to Holy Cross School. From the postcard, Shorehaven looks more country than Jackson Heights did. The nearest large hospital is NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi in Morris Park.[39]. Mrs Crocitto made another in front of her home 454 Barrett. Then the Neck stretching itselfe East South East into the Sound is bounded to the East with another Rivolett which divides it from the limits of West Chester and a line being run from the head of each Rivolett wherewith a narrow slip, the said Neck is joined to the Maine Land, it closes up the Neck and makes the North bounds thereof. The Rivolett which runs to the Black Rock was known as Barrett Creek in 1912, and there was a bluff of black gneiss at the southeastern part of the neck where it joined the Bronx River. Please email me . Bayside Hills [SpliceToday] She made her first communion at Holy Cross. Unfortunately sometimes there arent such great memories like my parents split up, thank goodness though. Its World War One monument was dedicated in 1928 on the decade anniversary since the end of the war. 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. Osceola's propellor steam barge was on her down trip from Duluth and carried a full cargo, principally Minneapolis milled flour headed for Buffalo. Jews who resided in surrounding neighborhoods in for that monument.My Grandparents owned 338 Underhill over 50 years best friend treated... 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