This is the 57-acre Shorehaven community, set apart from the rest of southern Bronx by its wall and security guards. - 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. I was about to send a link to Elizabeth, George, then saw your name. Your old Hagstrom map wont help you here as many of the streets on the grid were never completed, end midblock, and others appear partially completed. The completion of the nearby Whitestone Bridge put the ferry out of business. The good times swimming in the River at the end of Soundview. An English settler, Thomas Cornell, began farming here from 1643, for which the area became known as Cornell's Neck. Our view from our kitchen window was the east river and the Empire state building. Debbie has my details too. My aunt and uncle lived there and I recall such fond memories of visiting them there. On the plaque are quotations from Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Wilson. My parents knew the Bronx was changing. So glad to see your post and others that posted above. Most of it would end up developed. Hi Jo Ann, My name is Frank Sclafani. 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. When in university I did a report on the Siwanoy Indians who lived in Clason Point. Small adjustment Mike, the candy store was called Rubys and across the street was Worths Grocery Store and they were my neighbors in 521 Commonwealth Avenue. Britisher Thomas Pell arrived at a treaty in 1654 with several Siwanoy sachems, including Wampage, that the Dutch authorities didnt recognize. Hows it going? Clason Point, Bronx NY. Other primary thoroughfares contain limited but necessary amenities like supermarkets, pharmacies, barbershops, hair salons, fast food, bodegas, and cheap shops. There was a rock there that the Siwanoy Indians would chip away at and make arrow heads. I lived on Husson Avenue and Underhill. 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. A few more thoughts.great carnival each year at the Clason Point firehouse..parade each Memorial Day was a highlight to the neighborhood.book mobile came each week. Whenever I see them I call them Louie Garza flowers. Soundview Avenue is the primary thoroughfare through Clason Point. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Yes i remember peter and paul. Hope all is well with you and yours. Bronx River is largely industrial in usage. The last boat to College Point terminated during World War II. I have great memories of Clason Point. this was around 1957 or 58. at that time for a kid, it was paradise in the Bronx. WISH YOU ALL GOOD HEALTH AND LONG LIVES, Hi. Thomas Cornell came to America about 1633 with his wife and most, if not all, of his children. I am on Facebook too. What a terrific place to grow up. 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. 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). 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. Get directions, reviews and information for Clason Marriage & Family Therapy Center in Bakersfield, CA. It became the Shorehaven Condominiums in 1999, a gated community of 1,183 multi-unit condominium townhomes. 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. I went to PS 107. Not far from your family. You can also find other Marriage & Family Counselors on MapQuest . Thanks for the memories. Officials with the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Alpena, Michigan, say they've located the Ironton, I was young, 67 years ago. At least two operators, the Twin City Ferry Company and the City of New York, administered ferries along the . 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.. It was then known as Clason's Point Road. It had many different nationalities Irish Jewish. The precinct reported 6 murders, 48 rapes, 747 robberies, 806 felony assaults, 302 burglaries, 1,039 grand larcenies, and 561 grand larcenies auto in 2022. Are you speaking of Aubrey and Mary Nichols, they had a son, John and a daughter, cant remember her name. (1969). There was a factory that produced round automobile mirrors. Thanks. My brother Alex also has that teacher too about 8 years prior. I cant believe how much harding park has changed and the prices of the homes. They had square dancing on Wednesday nights and Social dancing on Saturday nights. In 2018, 72% of residents described their health as "good," "very good," or "excellent," lower than the city's average of 78%. We lived across the street from Shorehaven pool. I grew up in a Bungalow on 1780 Watson Avenue, one 6-story building. What a great read. By SERGEY KADINSKY Yep I remember the day the boatyard went up in towering flames and the fire pit, dumps and black rock! cold as hell. Its one of the best memories of my life growing up in Bronx. 107 P.S. I stay in touch with Ronnie B . come in and talk to me and you would come in to hang out looking for the guys. Click on the Bus route to see step by step directions with maps, line arrival times and updated time schedules. 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. Diana used to be Klein or Barca. He is first found in Boston. Iran Dandridge, Mario Vernon, Ruben Ruiz, Eddie Currently living in north carolina. Along the way, the triangular intersections are designated as Greenstreets parks, with more than a dozen on the route. 57 Shares. was not to smart. contact me at aaron3@netvigator.com. 70s where 2 children passed away in a house . IT was the best time of my life to live there as a child Harding park was a dream 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 went to PS 69. During the Pig Wars the Indigenous People burned his farm and he narrowly escaped by boat. Created by Fuelthemes, Our site uses cookies. The amusement park closed in 1935. I lived in a houseboat in Clason PointIt was a community at the very end of Soundview Ave.wish you had some photos of them. When I dream, I am usually at 336 Theriot Ave. they say you always dream about the place you felt the safest. Gildersleeve Ave, a stones throw from the NYCs Christmas Streets [SpliceToday] 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. [4] The infrastructure of the area has not been updated in many years. 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]. Your old Hagstrom map wont help you here as many of the streets on the grid were never completed, end midblock, and others appear partially completed. Thanks for the memories. This was the first. The amusement park rides and novelties was then known as "The Coney Island of the Bronx. That was the only time I had a doggy TORO. I remember the parades at the monument right in front of Dr Granitos office. Welcome to the Clason Point google satellite map! on nearby Castle Hill Avenue has indoor and outdoor pools, the Harding Park Homeowners Association is building a new community center and the Point Yacht Club still flies its burgee from the tip of Clason Point. 1927 -1930. We have great pics and posts! Harding Park. 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. Its World War One monument was dedicated in 1928 on the decade anniversary since the end of the war. All my friends went to Shorehaven for many wonderful summers there enjoying life in the great neighborhood. 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. [18]:9 Eighteen percent of Clason Point and Parkchester residents are smokers, which is higher than the city average of 14% of residents being smokers. Alan. Development in the 19th century soon attracted resort seekers and the area became known for its amusements and entertainment. Based on 2000-2020 data Loading data. 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. I remember fishing right by my Grandfather bungolaw in Harding Park right by water . I live on Barrett Avenue, Puglsey Creek, moved there 1953 I loved it and all the children in the area. Best wishes and good health, I was like one of the family. [37][38], As of 2018[update], preterm births and births to teenage mothers are more common in Clason Point and Parkchester than in other places citywide. Between 1949 and 1986, this property was the Shore Haven Beach Club, a member-only resort for working-class Bronxites. 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. Beyond the bushes there is a lagoon in Harding Park separated from the East River by a rocky breakwater. The area was then renamed Clason Point after Isaac Clason, a Scottish merchant and a major land owner. This road runs north for 7.2 miles to the city line at Wakefield. Yet thank you to all that made such great memories for me. He had a collection of arrowheads he found near Pugsley Creek. Do you know the age of the parish? Geri, I remember the Beach Movie, Larrys Toy Store and am still friends with his nephew, and the Safeway store.and more! This page was last edited on 17 January 2023, at 15:14. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. It surrounds a historic creek that was previously a tributary of Westchester Creek. and Harding.. The NY Botanical Garden (also in the Bronx) has sponsored a roadside garden along Leland Avenue. Scout Troop would march to the Harding Park Memorial to WWI and then we would go to the VFW club on Lacomb Avenue for lunch. 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. Your Dad and Mom were always good to me. our address at the time was 423. the beach was a joy and fairly close to the house. [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. lived on Randall ave from 1957 to 1970 as well. On the plaque are quotations from Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Wilson. United States Thank you to all our donors that continue to support Forgotten NY. The Wheeler Boat yard was nearby building world known yachts. My grandmother, uncles and aunt owned houses in Rudd Place, on Obrien Ave, off Soundview. Soundview Park, one of the largest in the South Bronx, was renovated to include pedestrian access and redesigned recreational areas. 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. The neighborhood contains one of the highest concentrations of NYCHA projects in the Bronx. I received the sacraments in the school. I lived on Newman Avenue from 1954 to 1962 when I moved to California. I was young, 67 years ago. 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 My Dad did the lawn @ Shore Haven before I was born mid 50s . [18]:13 For every supermarket in Clason Point and Parkchester, there are 13 bodegas. [29], Clason Point Park is located on the southern shoreline of Clason Point. 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. 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. Today I did. By the middle 19th century Clason Point had many farmhouses, despite its poor drainage. [18]:11 Clason Point and Parkchester has a relatively average population of residents who are uninsured. A ferry docks at the Soundview Ferry dock at Clason Point. I just looked up Soundview Ave. to my surprise the Apartment we lived in is still there. A 1960s hand-drawn Hagstrom map shows the parkway continuing into the park with an interchange at Randall Avenue, Lafayette Avenue crossing the Bronx River, and Bronx River Avenue curving along the shoreline. Thanks! Kane's, a major saloon in the Clason Point area in the 1920s, featured Helen Kane, a singer who coined the phrase "Boop-oop-a-doop" and for which cartoon flapper Betty Boop was modeled. Yesterday I decided to pass by my old neighborhood. I was probably four years old and remember taking the bus to Shorehaven with my mother from Parkchester. Hi Bill, I also lived in the Academy Gardens from birth, (1942). I myself lived on Colgate Ave. by Bronx River Ave. and later to Colgate Ave. and Lafayette Ave. R.i.p. As mentioned, Harding Park developed organically without regard to the borough-wide street grid. The Bruckner Expressway which now bisects the area along the center was once known as Ludlow Avenue. Like. Hope all is well with you and your family. Following the demise of the ferry, the tip of Clason Point reverted to parkland and was given its present landscape in the early 1990s. Crime has also seen a significant decline as a result of a number of factors including enhanced policing techniques and changing economic demographics. On 25 July 1646 he received a grant in New Amsterdam which became known as Cornells Neck. She made her first communion at Holy Cross. Great memories! By the 1980s the Bronx was more Hispanic than Jewish, and new residents did not join the club in large enough numbers. 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? Rent burden, or the percentage of residents who have difficulty paying their rent, is 55% in Clason Point and Parkchester, compared to the boroughwide and citywide rates of 58% and 51% respectively. Most buildings in this section have the same requirements as buildings in Co-op City. A trolley line runs down Soundview Avenue, but Bronx River Parkway has not yet been extended to this corner of the Bronx. The SEACOR Power capsized during a severe squall shortly after departing Port Fourchon, Louisiana on April 13 with 19 people on board. As mentioned, Harding Park developed organically without regard to the borough-wide street grid. Clason Point was named after Isaac Clason, a Scottish merchant and a major land owner. 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. Shorhaven pool. [28], Pugsley Creek Park is located along the eastern shoreline of Clason Point. Thanks for sharing Betty. my aunt by marriage divorced my uncle and married the youngest riordan brother. Swimming in the East riverstick ball games every nightrollerskating on Soundview Ave. Sleighriding down Guildersleeve hillBeach theaterHoly Cross. Clason Point in the early-20th century was an era of trolley . My family moved to Hempstead L. I. I also have a sister Loretta who you may remember. 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