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. Ultimately you will stumble upon Harding Park, a small working-class enclave lined with bungalows. My sister and I grew up in Soundview/Clason Point, in the Soundview Projects from 1954-1967. The branch opened in 1952 and moved to its current location in 1971. My grandmother, uncles and aunt owned houses in Rudd Place, on Obrien Ave, off Soundview. [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. Situated on the rocky shores of the wild Lake Superior, Whitefish Point has long been considered the Graveyard of the Great Lakes. During the Pig Wars the Indigenous People burned his farm and he narrowly escaped by boat. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. White Plains Road, which eventually gains an el and becomes the main shopping drag to Bronxdale, Williamsbridge and Wakefield, begins here in Clason Point. Today it runs in five segments that are kept separate by Soundview Park, Harding Park properties, and the Shorehaven development. Ahhhh very scarey. Funland on Buckner Blvd. Food. I also lived in the Academy Gardens from around 1942 to around 1960 and went to P.S. He showed me many arrowheads he found near Pugsley Creek and took me there. Many great, warm memories of the area from frequent family visits. I grew up from 1960 1976 on Pugsley just off of Cornell Ave. Italian and Germans. our address at the time was 423. the beach was a joy and fairly close to the house. Clason Point was named after Isaac Clason, a Scottish merchant and a major land owner. At Clason Point, I broke out of that cycle by saying, with my fixtures, that the residents were special. The completion of the nearby Whitestone Bridge put the ferry out of business. We lived across the street from Shorehaven pool. 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. I live on Barrett Avenue, Puglsey Creek, moved there 1953 I loved it and all the children in the area. Harding Park holds such great childood memories for me. of Transportation to have those sign erected there in the late 80s for proper references. The New York Public Library (NYPL) operates three branches near Clason Point. 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. elites from the Concourse. and also William Ellery of Rhode Island, signer of the Declaration of Independence. Lived in Harding Park from 1945 till 60s. 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. Usually when a highway ends, it does so by merging into another highway. I received the sacraments in the school. The most notable of these triangular parklets isWoodrow Wilson Triangle, bound by Underhill, Patterson, and Soundview Avenues. Great read! Best wishes and good health, who lived across the street, the Kokindos The Nelsons and Hoffmans Eddie and Joey. cows down Soundview Avenue on a hill next to the intersection with Lafayette Avenue? 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. Remembering Jackie Robinson [SpliceToday]. The following is syndicated with permission from Forgotten NY. She was a neighbor and is still a Its been many years. The incarceration rate of 603 per 100,000 people is higher than that of the city as a whole. 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. 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. 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). The family needed more So it want so wonderful for those of us looking in from the outside. [29], Clason Point Park is located on the southern shoreline of Clason Point. Harding park for life in my heart. I got to speak to a couple who live there now, so nice and speaking to a very nice lady that lives there now next door. Crime has also seen a significant decline as a result of a number of factors including enhanced policing techniques and changing economic demographics. Rocky shore of the East River; Harding Park bungalows along an inlet. Soundview Houses; thirteen 7-story buildings. My brother richard died in 2006 from pancreatic cancer. According to the EDC, the route was expected to carry 410,000 riders during the first . the people hated the giant bull frogs that inhabited the marsh they were so loud people could not sleep. 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 family and many other Hispanics were members of Shorehaven from 1973 to when closed in the late 80s. This includes a scenic traffic circle as a terminus for Soundview Avenue with vistas of the East River and Whitestone Bridge. Went to Shorehaven when I was young, my Grandfather (Stanley Samson) was the Head painter Anne cinquegrana.. i just this morning saw your reply . My mother had a large group of women friends who played Canasta. Soundview Avenue is the odd one here, cutting through the street grid on its two-mile route. Leifs That Are Green [SpliceToday] Hope all is well with you and yours. [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]. 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! Britisher Thomas Pell arrived at a treaty in 1654 with several Siwanoy sachems, including Wampage, that the Dutch authorities didn't recognize. Alan. Clason Point was a mixture of mansions, farmland and undeveloped fields and swampland. Went to school there most Sisters were great a couple no so. 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. watching two full length movies and cartoons. Regarded as the Coney Island of the Bronx, Clason Point was always buzzing with working and middle-class New Yorkers who would flock there during warm weather. Thomas was at Portsmouth again, a member of a coroners jury, in 1653, probably driven from New York again by warring Indians. A hypothetical resident of the planet Pluto, observing the bright dot in what must be a perpetually pitch black Plutonian sky, would have no idea, unless his race had mastered astronomy, that the especially bright dot was in fact the sun around which his planet orbited; similarly, if you were kidnapped, blindfolded and stuffed in a car trunk and dumped in Harding Park, would you have any idea that these distant towers were in the same town as the one where you stand? My aunt and uncle lived there and I recall such fond memories of visiting them there. Great going down memory lane . 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I and my friend read about the Siwanoy Indians and they were supposed to have their village near Soundviiew and Lacombe Avenues. Yet thank you to all that made such great memories for me. Thats how I remember it, the best part of summer was Shorehaven working there and friends that lasted for years! 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. Reading the comments of old Point residents and seeing photos of Shorehaven brings tears to my eyes.I An English settler, Thomas Cornell, began farming here from 1643, for which the area became known as Cornell's Neck. The nearest large hospital is NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi in Morris Park.[39]. On the above 1940 photo from the Municipal Archives, the ferry gantries stood unused in place for a few more years. I worked summers at Castle Hill Beach Club for 5 years ( 61 thru 66) . 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