When I moved here in 33, there were still farms, he said. Friends were the Verheyens, 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. The local New York City Subway line is the IRT Pelham Line (6 and <6> trains), operating along Westchester Avenue. There were numerous ferries, and during Prohibition, gangsters unloaded bootlegged hooch. The amusement park rides and novelties was then known as "The Coney Island of the Bronx. Saturday night Square Dancing on Wednesday nights. Hope all is well with you and yours. It was like a giant summer camp, but you got to go home and sleep in your own bed at night. My grandma, Anna Burrows Honan, and I discovered this article together. Bronx River Addition; two buildings, one 6 stories tall another 14 stories tall. I also lived in the Academy Gardens from around 1942 to around 1960 and went to P.S. We have great pics and posts! While most people were technically poor , almost everyone was employed, most working for the citys uniformed services ; cops, fireman , sanitation and Transit ! Its World War One monument was dedicated in 1928 on the decade anniversary since the end of the war. The following is syndicated with permission from Forgotten NY. My aunt and uncle lived there and I recall such fond memories of visiting them there. As a little girl, my neighbor who has a membership to the country club, used to take me every weekend. The park has a tragic history with6 deaths and 22 injuredon June 11, 1922, when a storm blew down an operating ferris wheel. our address at the time was 423. the beach was a joy and fairly close to the house. Public transportation consists of two bus routes and there are only a few schools in the neighborhood. contact me at aaron3@netvigator.com. I remember members arriving in limos dressed in long gowns and tuxedos for Dancing Under The Stars every Thank you to all our donors that continue to support Forgotten NY. The FILL as we use to call it faced toward NYC and a sanitation site. In 2018, 72% of residents described their health as "good," "very good," or "excellent," lower than the city's average of 78%. I lived in Harding Park as a kid with my family. Swimming in the East riverstick ball games every nightrollerskating on Soundview Ave. Sleighriding down Guildersleeve hillBeach theaterHoly Cross. Across the East River you can explore the northern shoreline of Queens and see the palatial homes of Malba. 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. I live on Underhill ave and really loved the Harding Park Clason Point. The most notable of these triangular parklets is Woodrow Wilson Triangle, bound by Underhill, Patterson, and Soundview Avenues. My sister lived on Rudd place till they moved to upstate. 123 Hide US histogram Bronx, New York Neighborhood Map Area: 0.203 square miles Population: 222 The 2018 addition of the NYC Soundview ferry and the recent service expansion to Throgs Neck is ushering in new residents, drawn by the neighborhoods tranquility, affordability, and accessibility to Manhattan. The area was then renamed Clason Point after Isaac Clason, a Scottish merchant and a major land owner. Geri, I remember the Beach Movie, Larrys Toy Store and am still friends with his nephew, and the Safeway store.and more! Sentinel Infotech elites from the Concourse. 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. I felt loved unconditionally. He had a collection of arrowheads he found near Pugsley Creek. Anyone who is enjoying this should look at I Miss Clason Point on Facebook! 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. Peragines (I see Thelmas post above), Grazianos & many others. 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. On Memorial Day my Boy Harding park for life in my heart. To make a donation, please use the button below. 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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). It was historically the site of an amusement park, which operated in the first half of the 20th century. His diesel engines were being installed.My husband still has some teak wood, that was discarded after the fire. 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. GOOD TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE SO MANY OF YOU WHO ENJOYED 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. By 1949, the area was no longer an amusement district, though the Shorehaven Beach Club was born. Reading the comments of old Point residents and seeing photos of Shorehaven brings tears to my eyes.I My 2x great grandparents owned Kanes until it burned down. 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. Some residents converted existing bungalows around Harding Park for year-round occupation. The completion of the nearby Whitestone Bridge put the ferry out of business. On 25 July 1646 he received a grant in New Amsterdam which became known as Cornells Neck. Clason Point is a peninsula in the East Bronx, New York City. Monroe Houses; twelve buildings, either 8, 14, or 15 stories tall. If you never knew it was there, the sleepy []. I was young, 67 years ago. This page was last edited on 17 January 2023, at 15:14. Thank you for posting this site. Life goes no. I think you may be thinking of me as living near the water. WISH YOU ALL GOOD HEALTH AND LONG LIVES, Hi. Sotomayor Houses; twenty-eight 7-story buildings. Undeveloped waterfront parcels wereacquired by the city for parkland but kept in a natural state. 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. As mentioned, Harding Park developed organically without regard to the borough-wide street grid. Next, check out more lost amusement parks in NYC. Below is the description of the grant. Great going down memory lane . You'll also find details of Clason Point parking vendors listed. Another unusual map of what Clason Point could have been is the 1941 Barkan Street Directory map that shows the grid in its entirety mashed with the natural courses of Bronx River, Pugsleys Creek and Westchester Creek. At the southern tip of Soundview Avenue in the Bronx is the newest NYCFerry dock, providing a one-seat ride from this corner of the borough to Wall Street. 224. A variety of sunken, abandoned or damaged boats can be found along. Memories of Shorehaven survive online, with former member Marc Miller compiling a collage of old photos for the Shorehaven Beach Club Facebook group. In ancient times, the Bronx River area to the West was known to the Siwanoys, who spoke Algonquian,[4] as "Aquahung". around or someone knows them and how to get in touch. lived on the corner of Newman and Gildersleeve Avenue at the bottom of themHill from 1940 to 1961 and my Its World War One monument was dedicated in 1928 on the decade anniversary since the end of the war. I stay in touch with Ronnie B . They were good days in the 50s. Miss those days. 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. Harding Park holds such great childood memories for me. Mom and dad married at Holy Cross. 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. mike maher i lived in the academy gardens in the i remember rudys candy store peppermint bar shoe repair beer garden etc beach movie theater VFW for saturday movies in the early1950 my family lived in rudd place my cousin was a life guard at shorehaven pool my aunt had a small deli near the water fond memories we moved to L.I.in 1956 i went to ps 107 ps 69 holy cross church . I definitely want to take the ferry from east 34th street to Clason Point. This is the 57-acre Shorehaven community, set apart from the rest of southern Bronx by its wall and security guards. (Even today the main shopping area is at a fairly distant remove, along Story Avenue, the Bruckner Expressway and White Plains Road.) We lived at 506 Harding Park. [18]:6, The following public schools are located in Clason Point that are not also located in Soundview:[45]. 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. I went to the emptly lot there with my friend and dug a hole looking for any traces. I remember my dear friends the Simmons Pola with 3 girls my great friendS and a boy, my brothers great friend. 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. [11] White flight occurred in the area through the mid-20th century. It surrounds a historic creek that was previously a tributary of Westchester Creek. I lived at 209 near the water. Debbie has my details too. and also William Ellery of Rhode Island, signer of the Declaration of Independence. Its very, very odd. Following the demise of the ferry, the tip of Clason Point reverted to . I truly enjoyed the memories. First job I had was in the third grade after school on Wednesdays setting up chairs in the hall next to school (Holy Cross}) for WEDNESDAY 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. Clason Point is located within two ZIP Codes. Abuelo ( Victor Irizarry) and Dad ( Jose Irizarry) . [18]:2, As of 2017, the median household income in Community District 9 was $40,005. family. July fourth barbecues and watching the fireworks. Created by Fuelthemes, Our site uses cookies. [29], Clason Point Park is located on the southern shoreline of Clason Point. IT was the best time of my life to live there as a child Harding park was a dream Walking to the candy store or the hardware store on Soundview. 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. My family had memberships, 1962-66. 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. Based on 2000-2020 data Loading data. I have great memories of Clason Point. The beach club operated until 1986 before closing its doors due to dwindling membership, competition, and increasing operational costs. We lived there, played there, worshipped there and were all family to each otheir. Holy Cross, PS 69, Harrys, Rays, larrys Toy Store, Tonys & Jerrys, Marguerites, the Beach movie, Sullivans, the Wall, Ozzie, I can go on and on! On the plaque are quotations from Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Wilson. Anne cinquegrana.. i just this morning saw your reply . Tom, I grew up at 1621 Gildersleeve @ Harding Park. Turning right from Soundview Avenue,one enters Harding Park, a cluster of bungalows built organically in the 1920s by Thomas Higgs and named afterthen-President Warren G. Harding. Searchers have found a long-lost Great Lakes ship that came to a tragic end. 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.". She made her first communion at Holy Cross. Clason Point wasnt always the unfamiliar enclave that it is, in large part, today. lived on Randall ave from 1957 to 1970 as well. Like a Catskills resort or a Miami Beach hotel, Shore Haven had a unique cultural feel of secular Jewish life that included stand-up comedians, singers, mah-jongg, and cocktails. [8]:110111[10]. I couldnt wait to go back the next day. the Volunteer Fire Dept on Gildersleeve. 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. Word has it that Jackie Gleasons boat was being built there when the entire boat yard burned. Thank you for the article. You're probably used to high parking rates for downtown Clason Point or Soundview parking spots but on Spacer you can get a Clason Point parking for a rate as low as $66.39 per week. Food. A couple of years ago I discovered Dave Valentine, a Latin Jazz musician lived in Harding Park for many years. 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. 40-01 Little Neck Parkway 24A Little Neck, NY 11363. 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). 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 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. I love reading accountings of this area as it was so important to my family at that time and that was passed down through the generations. We went to Dr Granito. 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. Turning right from Soundview Avenue, one enters Harding Park, a cluster of bungalows built organically in the 1920s by Thomas Higgs and named after then-President Warren G. Harding. [18]:2,20 This is about the same as the median life expectancy of 81.2 for all New York City neighborhoods. 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. My uncle rented a stool at Gleasons. All Right Reserved. Other primary thoroughfares contain limited but necessary amenities like supermarkets, pharmacies, barbershops, hair salons, fast food, bodegas, and cheap shops. Of course many wonderful Saturday afternoons were spent in the Beach Theater Clason Point Military Academy. Discover the citys most unique and surprising places and events for the curious mind. 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). Most of it would end up developed. When did they get rid of Reardons bar on Soundview and Gildersleeve, Grampas hang out This is where the Bronx River widens into the East River. Having previously chronicled other prominent points of land in the city, I followed Soundview Avenue to its tip. The 1927 G. W. Bromley map of Clason Point shows the bungalow colony, amusement park, and the tip labeled as "Public Place." When in university I did a report on the Siwanoy Indians who lived in Clason Point. The incarceration rate of 603 per 100,000 people is higher than that of the city as a whole. Along with rising liability costs, Shorehavens expenses forced it to close. 70s where 2 children passed away in a house We owned our houses, bug not the land they were onIn the late 1950s, Shorehaven bought the land and told us to moveWe fought but lostMiss my old neighborhood, I lived in a houseboat on Pugsleys creek. We were Hispanic with the last name Ortiz. Raquel aka Rocky we have been thinking about you Alex and your Mom for years, we moved around since our last day out in Manhattan and AC. Shortly after we moved to the area in 1963, the old church was condemned and torn down. By the 1980s the Bronx was more Hispanic than Jewish, and new residents did not join the club in large enough numbers. He also showed me a photo of a big shark he and he friends caught from a boat off of Clason Point in the Sound!! @2019 - Forgotten New York. Their village was supposedly located near the corner of Lacomb and Soundview Avenues. The last boat to College Point terminated during World War II. Was a great upbringing. Along the way, the triangular intersections are designated as Greenstreets parks, with more than a dozen on the route. [3] NYCHA property in the area is patrolled by PSA 8 at 2794 Randall Avenue in the Throggs Neck section of the Bronx. Her story was first discovered by freelance writer Ameena Walker, who saw Durante share it on Facebook. The NY Botanical Garden (also in the Bronx) has sponsored a roadside garden along Leland Avenue. Best wishes and good health, Ive been to the Clason Point Park with the view of the Whitestone Bridge. Beyond the bushes there is a lagoon in Harding Park separated from the East River by a rocky breakwater. My name is Debbie. Had many meals with you guys. 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. All my friends went to Shorehaven for many wonderful summers there enjoying life in the great neighborhood. It was a few blocks away, on stage at the Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club on Randall Avenue, that Jennifer Lopez first strutted her stuff. Across the East River you canexplore the northern shoreline of Queensand see thepalatial homes of Malba. across the short road was an empty lot that my mother and father converted to a small garden. What such awesome memories. The farms are gone and so are most of the boatyards, but entertainment possibilities abound. Great story! Hello Rocky and Debbie, What a lovely little article to find and see your comments. [36], Clason Point contains a New York City Fire Department (FDNY) fire station, Engine Co. 96/Ladder Co. 54, at 1689 Story Avenue. The area includes a collection of neighborhoods including Harding Park, and Soundview. In the 1920s Thomas Higgs, who owned of about 100 acres of beachfront property, began leasing tents to visitors. My aunt and uncle lived in Harding Park from the early thirty until he died Around 1960. Bruce and the cute girl up the street who owned the gas station on the triangle of Obrien and Soundview. I have great memories and still have life long friends in the area. A trolley line runs down Soundview Avenue, but Bronx River Parkway has not yet been extended to this corner of the Bronx. At the end is Clason Point, historically pronounced as Clawson. My previous examples of exploring tips of land in the city include Throg(g)s Neck, Breezy Point, and Kingsborough Community College. we would try to swim over to Ferry Point Park but never made it Leifs That Are Green [SpliceToday] I also went to Holy Cross school in the late 70s and early 80s. Hope all is well and safe with you in these challenging times. 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. He showed me many arrowheads he found near Pugsley Creek and took me there. Soundview Houses; thirteen 7-story buildings. Some streets here are interrupted midblock by properties, and others do not appear on any official maps. 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. Gonzalez,Luis and Robert Baez, Hello to all of you who at one time lived in Clauson Pt. Hi Bill, 10:00AM - 8:00PM; Google+ Twitter Facebook Skype. Went to school there most Sisters were great a couple no so. Many great, warm memories of the area from frequent family visits. I lived on Husson Avenue and Underhill. Most of it would end up developed. It was definitely a fun place to grow up. neither was the boys who went with me. From 1883-1927, it was the site of the Clason Point Military Academy. Would you be related to a Peter Griffin Cornell? My sister and I grew up in Soundview/Clason Point, in the Soundview Projects from 1954-1967. Dead-end streets disappear into the tangle of vegetation at Harding Park. I was about to send a link to Elizabeth, George, then saw your name. - All Day I Dream of Travel, The Other Side of Midnight with Frank Morano. Six crew members were recovered safely following the accident . Forgotten NY correspondent. They had square dancing on Wednesday nights and Social dancing on Saturday nights. Monument, Dr. Granito, so much more.I worked in Shorehaven from 1954 to 1958 to pay my school tuition, then Chapter Three: The Clason Point Experiment vandal-resistant, and inevitably, uglier materials to replace them. Soundview Avenue is the primary thoroughfare through Clason Point. I remember as a kid, the hill you called Farmers Hill. This includes a scenic traffic circle as a terminus for Soundview Avenue with vistas of the East River and Whitestone Bridge. Here you can also take theNYCFerryat the cost of a subway ride down to the Upper East Side, 34thStreet, and Wall Street. Whenever I see them I call them Louie Garza flowers. [19]:53 (PDF p. 84)[20] Most inhabitants are youth and middle-aged adults: 25% are between the ages of between 017, 29% between 2544, and 24% between 4564. I lived on Leland Ave from 1947 (born there ) thru 1968 ! We more than likely knew each other, [] onto the adjoining Pugsley Creek Park, with its vast swampland. We also loved the live entertainment like Jackie Mason and Joan Rivers. from Westchester Village to Whitestone and from Clason Point to College Point. Kevin Walsh was here in 2006, telling the story of Harding Park in detail. Boatyards lined the shore, and the Castle Hill Pool was an immediate hit when it opened in 1927. In the background are the Hunts Point Market and the skyline of Manhattan. This was the first. If anyone wishes to share memories with me, A passing ship rescued the Cornells, and they returned to their home the year after Wampage's last raid. of Transportation to have those sign erected there in the late 80s for proper references. I went to PS 69; swam in the East River, played in the Boat Yard; went to Holy Cross Were retired now down in Florida. We did not have cell phones to txt we use to shout out at each other from the street. Clason Point once boasted an amusement pier said to rival Coney Island, according to an area historian, Arthur Seifert, who has lived in the neighborhood for more than 70 years. [15], Based on data from the 2010 United States Census, the population of Soundview/Clason Point/Castle Hill was 53,686, a change of 2,933 (5.5%) from the 50,753 counted in 2000. The name sounds familiar. Like. Frances, are you related to Nick and Philamena , and Johnny and Margie? How about indoor playground equipment? 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. I havent bee back to the Bronx since 1967 when I attended Barbara Verheyens wedding. I myself lived on Colgate Ave. by Bronx River Ave. and later to Colgate Ave. and Lafayette Ave. R.i.p. Tom, I grew up at 1621 Harding Park. I came from the east Bronx. As mentioned, Harding Park developed organically without regard to the borough-wide street grid. Destination signs along the southbound parkway show Soundview Park as its terminus. 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. It became the Shorehaven Condominiums in 1999, a gated community of 1,183 multi-unit condominium townhomes. The area is patrolled by the NYPD's 43rd Precinct. Holy Cross Parish wasnt established yet so the Franciscan Friars would hold services at the casino. Went to Shorehaven when I was young, my Grandfather (Stanley Samson) was the Head painter Lived in Harding Park from 1945 till 60s. Up until the pandemic, ridership along the Soundview ferry route, which stops along the East side of Manhattan along the East River at 90th Street, 34th Street, Stuyvesant Cove (at 20th Street, and Wall Street at Pier 11, was exceeding expectations.. 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