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. 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. lived on the corner of Newman and Gildersleeve Avenue at the bottom of themHill from 1940 to 1961 and my [40] The United States Postal Service operates three post offices nearby: Clason Point and Parkchester generally have a similar rate of college-educated residents to the rest of the city as of 2018[update]. Hello Rocky and Debbie, What a lovely little article to find and see your comments. NYCs Christmas Streets [SpliceToday] I havent bee back to the Bronx since 1967 when I attended Barbara Verheyens wedding. I think you may be thinking of me as living near the water. [18]:6, The following public schools are located in Clason Point that are not also located in Soundview:[45]. 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. So we dug some holes in the empty field there as part of my university research program and found some old oyster shells. GOOD TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE SO MANY OF YOU WHO ENJOYED Some streets here are interrupted midblock by properties, and others do not appear on any official maps. Between 1906 and 1939, a ferry operated between Clason Point and College Point. Thanks! Not true. Grocery. 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. My mom made a beautiful garden on Lacombe and Barrett, everyone came to take their easter pictures there is wast huge and very colorful. The name sounds familiar. 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 By the 1980s the Bronx was more Hispanic than Jewish, and new residents did not join the club in large enough numbers. The Ferris wheel accident was a factor that led to the downfall of the Clason Point amusement park. Our next door neighbors were the Valenza family with 3 boys (Johnny, Frank and Joey). 70s where 2 children passed away in a house habited year round. In the background are theHunts Point Marketand the skyline of Manhattan. Crime has also seen a significant decline as a result of a number of factors including enhanced policing techniques and changing economic demographics. There were numerous ferries, and during Prohibition, gangsters unloaded bootlegged hooch. I grew up on Beach Ave., and at that time, Shorehaven was NOT open to everyone, no Hispanics and no African Americans. 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. I lived in Harding Park as a kid with my family. In 2020, Castle Hill, Clason Point & Parkchester PUMA, NY had a population of 186k people with a median age of 34.6 and a median household income of $46,797. Great memories growing up in Soundview, Bronx! The park has a tragic history with6 deaths and 22 injuredon June 11, 1922, when a storm blew down an operating ferris wheel. Please email me . I loved the area as well growing up there. *Nothing to do with the heir to the Addams Family fortune played by Ken Weatherwax; this was a Talman Pugsley, who owned land here in the late 1700s. It was like a world unto itself ! I lived at Academy Gatdens till about 1953 when we moved to my Grandfathers (Clifford Beck)house at 352 White Plains Rd. Im related to Cornells and Griffins. On 25 July 1646 he received a grant in New Amsterdam which became known as Cornells Neck. I, too emember the Memorial Day Parade and the Beach Movie theatre. The Y.M.C.A. Many good memories. across the short road was an empty lot that my mother and father converted to a small garden. 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 . All Right Reserved. brought my children from 1963 to 1970.Such fabulous memories for all of us.Shorehaven was paradice. square dance night was i believe on Wednesday, as i could hear the music from our house. "[8]:108[9] There was a volunteer fire department, a small airport, docks for sailboats and motorboats, saloons, and novelty shops. New Yorks Theme Streets [SpliceToday] It continues north under other names. come in and talk to me and you would come in to hang out looking for the guys. This includes a scenic traffic circle as a terminus for Soundview Avenue with vistas of the East River and Whitestone Bridge. Today I did. So lovely there. Of course many wonderful Saturday afternoons were spent in the Beach Theater was not to smart. [26] The first 93 acres (38ha) of the park were acquired by the City of New York in 1937,[27] and 66 acres (27ha) more were acquired along the water's edge in December 1939. 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. She never gave me to many details. my aunt by marriage divorced my uncle and married the youngest riordan brother. Holy Cross Parish wasnt established yet so the Franciscan Friars would hold services at the casino. all the comments brings back lots of great memories. All Right Reserved. I came from the east Bronx. 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. WISH YOU ALL GOOD HEALTH AND LONG LIVES, Hi. I have great memories of Clason Point. I left in 1968 to raise a family of my own but went back on a regular basis until my parents sold the apartment house only one there, all the others were private homes. I went to PS 69. West and Siurh of Bruckner Blvd was like another country ! Most buildings in this section have the same requirements as buildings in Co-op City. Great memories growing up in the Point. Welcome2TheBronx | 13 Facts & Tidbits About The Bronx That Makes Us Awesome, Lets Go Hiking (and Biking)! document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. It seems to be that a person Whom owned my lot bought the lot next to him. At some point, we should do a Forgotten-NY cheapskates cruise aboard this ferry. Are you speaking of Aubrey and Mary Nichols, they had a son, John and a daughter, cant remember her name. Thanks for sharing Betty. We did not have cell phones to txt we use to shout out at each other from the street. Here you can also take theNYCFerryat the cost of a subway ride down to the Upper East Side, 34thStreet, and Wall Street. neither was the boys who went with me. It was like a 10 week long Bronx summit meeting: Parkchester (my contingent) met Soundview, Grand Concourse, Pelham Parkway, & other middle class Bronx neighborhoods. Iran Dandridge, Mario Vernon, Ruben Ruiz, Eddie Italian and Germans. Public transportation consists of two bus routes and there are only a few schools in the neighborhood. Eventually they moved in year round. This is the 57-acre Shorehaven community, set apart from the rest of southern Bronx by its wall and security guards. Bruce and the cute girl up the street who owned the gas station on the triangle of Obrien and Soundview. He was always pushing a wheel barrow and planting cosmos flowers everywhere. 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 They Bartow-Pell Mansion / Image Courtesy of Bartow-Pell []. Kayaker along East River inlet. The area north of Bruckner Expressway/Interstate 278 is in 10472, while the area south of Bruckner Expressway/I-278 is in 10473. To make a donation, please use the button below. The development I live in here in AZ is like a year round Shore Haven minus the waterfront & the ethnic overtones. Im Alex Hernandez and I lived from 1962 to 1970 at 506 Harding Park. 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. Sotomayor Houses; twenty-eight 7-story buildings. So it want so wonderful for those of us looking in from the outside. Boynton Avenue Rehab; three rehabilitated tenement buildings, either 3 or 6 stories tall. I remember Louie Garza. Memories of Shorehaven survive online, with former member Marc Miller compiling a collage of old photos for the Shorehaven Beach Club Facebook group. Great Memories Here. 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. Friend. Clason Point is now a city park with grass, trees, walkways and a ferry terminal. Hi Bill, 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. Most of it would end up developed. Dead-end streets disappear into the tangle of vegetation at Harding Park. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Lived in Harding Park from 1945 till 60s. If you never knew it was there, the sleepy []. A ferry docks at the Soundview Ferry dock at Clason Point. [7] Development in the 19th century soon attracted resort seekers, and the area became known for its amusements and entertainment. 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. 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. If anyone wishes to share memories with me, Clason Point is part of Bronx Community Board 9, and its ZIP Code include 10473. 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. Thank you for the article. The vessel was burned to the water line. I went to PS69 for kindergarten 72-73 school year I think and I had Ms Kulusky. around or someone knows them and how to get in touch. I was young, 67 years ago. Clason Point wasnt always the unfamiliar enclave that it is, in large part, today. [3] NYCHA property in the area is patrolled by PSA 8 at 2794 Randall Avenue in the Throggs Neck section of the Bronx. Went to P.S. cold as hell. [] 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? Shortly after we moved to the area in 1963, the old church was condemned and torn down. Do you know the age of the parish? Today, Clason Point is a quiet residential neighborhood in the southeastern Bronx that is home to about 25,000 residents. contact me at aaron3@netvigator.com. Abuelo ( Victor Irizarry) and Dad ( Jose Irizarry) . [13] The neighborhood has become increasingly more diverse with a rise in varied Latin American immigration in the 21st century. Click on the Bus route to see step by step directions with maps, line arrival times and updated time schedules. Having previously chronicled other prominent points of land in the city, I followed Soundview Avenue to its tip. While most people were technically poor , almost everyone was employed, most working for the citys uniformed services ; cops, fireman , sanitation and Transit ! I believe they sold the property to a large church organization. Did any settlers lived in Soundview park? Hope all is well with you and yours. - 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. 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. I was Baptized there. 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