Wish I had photos from that era. Finally, the new church opened at the end of the 60s or early 70s. Comment. 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 remember some of their names. While most people were technically poor , almost everyone was employed, most working for the citys uniformed services ; cops, fireman , sanitation and Transit ! I live on Underhill ave and really loved the Harding Park Clason Point. I remember fishing right by my Grandfather bungolaw in Harding Park right by water . 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. Manhattan appears as a far-off promise to the fishers working the East River. We would walk barefoot to the beach. We all learned to swim. It was a good area to grow up in . Hi Jo Ann, My name is Frank Sclafani. Usually when a highway ends, it does so by merging into another highway. Coffee. Great story! [8]:113 The club was purchased by Soundview Associates, an investment group including Sylvester Stallone, in 1986. My mom lived there with her folks and swam in the east river (and caught polio back in the day of the Sister Kenney treatments). Osceola - Courtesy Maritime History of the Great Lakes. On the above 1940 photo from the Municipal Archives, the ferry gantries stood unused in place for a few more years. GOOD TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE SO MANY OF YOU WHO ENJOYED [7] Development in the 19th century soon attracted resort seekers, and the area became known for its amusements and entertainment. 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. On 25 July 1646 he received a grant in New Amsterdam which became known as Cornells Neck. Public transportation consists of two bus routes and there are only a few schools in the neighborhood. Ill pass by again sometime and bring pictures of what the house I lived in looked like to the beautiful people I met yesterday. Great going down memory lane . Monument, Dr. Granito, so much more.I worked in Shorehaven from 1954 to 1958 to pay my school tuition, then Geri, I remember the Beach Movie, Larrys Toy Store and am still friends with his nephew, and the Safeway store.and more! and Harding.. 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 I went to PS 69; swam in the East River, played in the Boat Yard; went to Holy Cross The ratio of college-aged and elderly residents was lower, at 10% and 12% respectively. By the 1980s the Bronx was more Hispanic than Jewish, and new residents did not join the club in large enough numbers. The domed structure to the right is a salt storage dome. Very excited. Thomas Cornell came to America about 1633 with his wife and most, if not all, of his children. We were safe as our neighbors watched out for us. Italian and Germans. Its one of the best memories of my life growing up in Bronx. 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. I lived on Leland Ave from 1947 (born there ) thru 1968 ! This includes a scenic traffic circle as a terminus for Soundview Avenue with vistas of the East River andWhitestone Bridge. 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. I have great memories and still have life long friends in the area. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. lived on Randall ave from 1957 to 1970 as well. Speaking of unfinished plans, further inland at Story Avenue, theBronx River Parkwayabruptly ends. We lived across the street from Shorehaven pool. 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. There are large, residential housing complexes of various types. Next, check out more lost amusement parks in NYC. The Soundview branch is located at 660 Soundview Avenue. There are also 5 and 6 story, pre-war, apartment buildings primarily concentrated along the IRT Pelham Line El on Westchester Avenue and multi-unit row-houses located throughout the neighborhood. I worked summers at Castle Hill Beach Club for 5 years ( 61 thru 66) . Clason Point was a mixture of mansions, farmland and undeveloped fields and swampland. from Westchester Village to Whitestone and from Clason Point to College Point. [4] Fairyland Park, in the Harding Park area of Clason Point, contained dance halls, roller coasters, picnic groves and baseball games, as well as a 300-by-50-foot (91 by 15m) saltwater outdoor swimming pool known as "The Inkwell. Friend. Mrs Crocitto made another in front of her home 454 Barrett. Lived in Harding Park from 1945 till 60s. The Ferris wheel accident was a factor that led to the downfall of the Clason Point amusement park. All my friends went to Shorehaven for many wonderful summers there enjoying life in the great neighborhood. All Right Reserved. These include public housing, high-rise co-ops and rentals. I lived on Bolton until 1971. child why I could go to Shorehaven pool. Returning to Soundview Avenue, there is a gated community with its own set of nautical theme streets: Admiral Court, Beacon Lane, Surf Drive, etc. I was probably four years old and remember taking the bus to Shorehaven with my mother from Parkchester. 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! around or someone knows them and how to get in touch. This web site brought back nice memories of a happy times in my childhood the neighborhood had so many children. Between 1906 and 1939, a ferry operated between Clason Point and College Point. Between 1949 and 1986, this property was the Shore Haven Beach Club, a member-only resort for working-class Bronxites. My name is Alan and my comments are below on April 1st. We were Hispanic with the last name Ortiz. My Aunt lived on Underhill Av I lived on Bolton Av , Commonwealth and last Thieriot Av. [36], Clason Point contains a New York City Fire Department (FDNY) fire station, Engine Co. 96/Ladder Co. 54, at 1689 Story Avenue. Our view from our kitchen window was the east river and the Empire state building. Rocky shore of the East River; Harding Park bungalows along an inlet. Following the demise of the ferry, the tip of Clason Point reverted to parkland and was given its present landscape in the early 1990s. She enjoyed seeing her old stomping grounds (she lived on 1411 Harding Park in Clason Point in the 30s-40s). At some point, we should do a Forgotten-NY cheapskates cruise aboard this ferry. [13] The neighborhood has become increasingly more diverse with a rise in varied Latin American immigration in the 21st century. 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. Looks left was the Long Island Sound. Its been many years. i did not know the name harding park although ive bicycled through this area countless times en route to city island and/or orchard from midtown east. Chapter Three: The Clason Point Experiment vandal-resistant, and inevitably, uglier materials to replace them. - Sat. 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. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 57.8% (31,026) of the population.[17]. I enjoyed this trip down memory lane. 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 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. 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. [8]:113 Permanent residence increased in the area. 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. cold as hell. By 1900 the Higgs family maintained a beach and amusement area on the western end of Clason Point, and in the early 1920s Thomas Higgs, who owned about 100 acres of beachfront property, began leasing tents to visitors and the area formalized its own street layout and summer bungalow colony. Getting laid at Black Rock! Boynton Avenue Rehab; three rehabilitated tenement buildings, either 3 or 6 stories tall. The U.S. military setting up summer camps near the Black Rock. Soundview Avenue is the odd one here, cutting through the street grid on its two-mile route. This road runs north for 7.2 miles to the city line at Wakefield. On the plaque are quotations from Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Wilson. I did see the Holy Cross She was a neighbor and is still a 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. It is racially diverse and has a mixture of moderate single family homes, low income buildings and expensive condominiums. we would try to swim over to Ferry Point Park but never made it I was young, 67 years ago. WISH YOU ALL GOOD HEALTH AND LONG LIVES, Hi. habited year round. 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. Im also one of those Hispanic families that lived in Harding Park and member of Shore Haven Beach Club (Sandoval) 1973- late 80s, Hi, Was your fathers name Victor? If I went back I think I would get lost. What it was than is what it is know peaceful god bless our lilpuerto rico. However, it has had several names over the years. Bruce and the cute girl up the street who owned the gas station on the triangle of Obrien and Soundview. Not far from your family. Went to P.S. My father would fish at the end of the River. I an my friends had a wonderful visit there 5 years ago and we toured the old neighborhood. It seems to be that a person Whom owned my lot bought the lot next to him. Wow what a trip. Harding Park holds such great childood memories for me. By the 1980s the Bronx was more Hispanic than Jewish, and new residents did not join the club in large enough numbers. While the neighborhood has drastically changed, many of its longtime residents can recall its Shorehaven Beach Club days and some even have ties to that fateful ferris wheel tragedy in 1922. 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. Hi Muriel, Church we went to. Alan. Getting late and this is making me want to enjoy and remember a great childhood in THE BRONX. We also loved the live entertainment like Jackie Mason and Joan Rivers. We found oyster shells at the bottom of the hole. 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. I remember members arriving in limos dressed in long gowns and tuxedos for Dancing Under The Stars every But those commuter headaches seemed like a distant memory as the new ferry pulled away from Clason Point Park in Soundview. They had square dancing on Wednesday nights and Social dancing on Saturday nights. Great memories growing up in Soundview, Bronx! remember, I was probably about 6 yo when I moved out. Here you can also take theNYCFerryat the cost of a subway ride down to the Upper East Side, 34thStreet, and Wall Street. Thanks! Summer was the best we went swimming in the Sound you could see your feet it was very clean. Peragines (I see Thelmas post above), Grazianos & many others. Bartow-Pell Mansion / Image Courtesy of Bartow-Pell []. My name is henry and my brother was richard and we lived near the water. My Mom would love to know we may have finally found you again. 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.. In the background are the Hunts Point Market and the skyline of Manhattan. Thanks for sharing Betty. We have great pics and posts! The branch opened in 1952 and moved to its current location in 1971. On the above 1940 photo from the Municipal Archives, the ferry gantries stood unused in place for a few more years. 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 was a mixture of mansions, farmland and undeveloped fields and swampland. Walking through Harding Park was great and I was in the Boy Scouts and we would march there once a year to the monument and then have lunch at the VFW hall on Lacombe Avenue. 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). Click on the Bus route to see step by step directions with maps, line arrival times and updated time schedules. Clason Point, Bronx NY. 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. 3 years later, though, in 1982, Harding Park Homeowners Association, the first cooperatively owned low and moderate-income community in the city was formed. 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. Between 1949 and 1986, this property was the Shore Haven Beach Club, a member-only resort for working-class Bronxites. Here you can also take the NYCFerry at the cost of a subway ride down to the Upper East Side, 34th Street, and Wall Street. Searchers have found a long-lost Great Lakes ship that came to a tragic end. 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. Had a lot of friends from around the neighborhood , stick ball base ball, cards nickel dime stuff. I myself lived on Colgate Ave. by Bronx River Ave. and later to Colgate Ave. and Lafayette Ave. R.i.p. Wow Thank you so much for all your research. Thank you to all our donors that continue to support Forgotten NY. The wheel destroyed the boathouse Terry Durante's mother and family lived in then. Shorehaven beach club was a parking lot away. It was like a giant summer camp, but you got to go home and sleep in your own bed at night. 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. I lived in clason point over 40 years and may i say i love where i from. I remember my grandma living there with us too and how much fun it was to play in the backyard with all my friends. 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. 107 P.S. Walking to school through the dumps. 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 I remember the Cola family on Gildersleeve next to the deli on the cornor 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.. "[9] The Ferris wheel in the amusement park was blown over in a 1922 windstorm, killing at least seven. [18]:6, The following public schools are located in Clason Point that are not also located in Soundview:[45]. "[8]:108[9] There was a volunteer fire department, a small airport, docks for sailboats and motorboats, saloons, and novelty shops. The Bruckner Expressway which now bisects the area along the center was once known as Ludlow Avenue. 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. Hope all is well with you and yours. Speaking of unfinished plans, further inland at Story Avenue, the Bronx River Parkway abruptly ends. The last boat to College Point terminated during World War II. 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