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. We did not have cell phones to txt we use to shout out at each other from the street. Diana used to be Klein or Barca. Such an interesting read! square dance night was i believe on Wednesday, as i could hear the music from our house. My name is henry and my brother was richard and we lived near the water. Walking to the candy store or the hardware store on Soundview. Remembering Jackie Robinson [SpliceToday]. Its a tiny place, but still standing. (1969). 107 P.S. I remember Louie Garza. lived on the corner of Newman and Gildersleeve Avenue at the bottom of themHill from 1940 to 1961 and my It was the third grant recorded in Westchester County, NY. Kevin Walsh was here in 2006, telling the story of Harding Park in detail. Her story was first discovered by freelance writer Ameena Walker, who saw Durante share it on Facebook. The area is patrolled by the NYPD's 43rd Precinct. The last boat to College Point terminated during World War II. Originally it was a tent on a platform that they spent summers in. Hi Jo Ann, My name is Frank Sclafani. I went to PS 69; swam in the East River, played in the Boat Yard; went to Holy Cross I remember you Raquel and your brother Alex was my brother Henrys friend. 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. I have great memories and still have life long friends in the area. 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. Sotomayor Houses; twenty-eight 7-story buildings. It had many different nationalities Irish Jewish. The Wheeler Boat yard was nearby building world known yachts. Their village was supposedly located near the corner of Lacomb and Soundview Avenues. By contrast, 26% of Bronx residents and 43% of city residents have a college education or higher. Thank you to all our donors that continue to support Forgotten NY. [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. Great history. 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. one house was named Journeys End which later became my email address.Swimming in the Pugsley Creek, 10:00AM - 8:00PM; Google+ Twitter Facebook Skype. Thank you to all our donors that continue to support Forgotten NY. I also recall the parents of my friend playing bocci and horsehoes in the fields near the Academy Gardens. The completion of the nearby Whitestone Bridge put the ferry out of business. [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. My family and I were members of Shorehaven from 1970-1986. wanted us in better schools with trees and grass lawns. 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 The planes would always pass what seemed very close above us entering the airport across the water. Some of the sights havent changed the apartment still has the side parking an old garage in back. Ahhhh very scarey. 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 The house he made was huge, no more backyard. Not true. I grew up in a Bungalow on Wow, I remember how that carried into the 70s. I was young, 67 years ago. I loved the area as well growing up there. 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. Joe, Greetings, I grew up in the Academy Gardens between Randall Avenue and Lacombe Avenue. [28], Pugsley Creek Park is located along the eastern shoreline of Clason Point. our address at the time was 423. the beach was a joy and fairly close to the house. 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. Kevin Walsh was here in 2006, telling the story of Harding Park in detail. 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. Yesterday I decided to pass by my old neighborhood. The New York Times profiled the area in November 2004. brought my children from 1963 to 1970.Such fabulous memories for all of us.Shorehaven was paradice. Some streets here are interrupted midblock by properties, and others do not appear on any official maps. I recall cows there.I went to Castle Hill Pool as a childthen as a teenager, we swtiched to Shorehaven. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. I lived at 209 near the water. The farms are gone and so are most of the boatyards, but entertainment possibilities abound. All the great games at baseball field, parties at firehouse. She was a neighbor and is still a Unfortunately sometimes there arent such great memories like my parents split up, thank goodness though. Do you know the age of the parish? It continues north under other names. 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. remember, I was probably about 6 yo when I moved out. My aunt and uncle lived in Harding Park from the early thirty until he died Around 1960. Chapter Three: The Clason Point Experiment vandal-resistant, and inevitably, uglier materials to replace them. Wow what a trip. My mom worked at the Beach Theater where you bought your ticket to get in. So glad to see your post and others that posted above. He was always pushing a wheel barrow and planting cosmos flowers everywhere. My Mom sadly passed. Usually when a highway ends, it does so by merging into another highway. I recall the square dancing on Wednesday nights and social dancing on Saturday nights. I came from the east Bronx. 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. Its said very interesting! 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!! Thanks! Thanks for the memories. Resembling Silver Beach along the southern edge of Throgs Neck, the Bronx community of Harding Park features inlets, reeds, and small houses and bungalows clustered along the confluence of the East and Bronx Rivers, and its topography is also shaped by Pugsleys and Westchester Creeks. 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. July fourth barbecues and watching the fireworks. 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. I am a metal detector hobbyist learning history of the Bronx Ive wondered how old Holy Cross Parish is. Went to P.S. By the mid-1800s, as weve seen, the area was called Clason Point. I am on Facebook too. I remember the parades at the monument right in front of Dr Granitos office. 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. We more than likely knew each other, [] onto the adjoining Pugsley Creek Park, with its vast swampland. My brother went to PS 69. Beyond the bushes there is a lagoon in Harding Park separated from the East River by a rocky breakwater. By the 1980s the Bronx was more Hispanic than Jewish, and new residents did not join the club in large enough numbers. Weve havent yet had a floating ForgottenTour. Thanks for sharing Betty. The section between Pelham Parkway and Soundview opened in 1951. Created by Fuelthemes, Our site uses cookies. Thank you for the article. Some streets here are interrupted midblock by properties, and others do not appear on any official maps. My mom made a beautiful garden on Lacombe and Barrett, everyone came to take their easter pictures there is wast huge and very colorful. Searchers have found a long-lost Great Lakes ship that came to a tragic end. 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. 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. I remember the smell of the clothes hanging on the clothes lines. I was born in the Bronx Obrien Ave..1944..Moved to 227 Pugsley Ave at the dead end concrete wall still there. It was historically the site of an amusement park, which operated in the first half of the 20th century. Thomas Cornell came to America about 1633 with his wife and most, if not all, of his children. 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. [18]:8, The 43rd Precinct has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 63.1% between 1990 and 2022. The swampy wet marsh is built on now. She wanted me to share that shes still alive and kicking at the age of 92. Welcome to the Clason Point google satellite map! Finally, the new church opened at the end of the 60s or early 70s. Raquel. Thats how I remember it, the best part of summer was Shorehaven working there and friends that lasted for years! 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! 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. Holy Cross Parish wasnt established yet so the Franciscan Friars would hold services at the casino. contact me at aaron3@netvigator.com. Soundview Avenue is the primary thoroughfare through Clason Point. 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. Development in the 19th century soon attracted resort seekers and the area became known for its amusements and entertainment. If I went back I think I would get lost. I lived on Pugsley Ave. from 1957 to 1970, and my mother was born there. Britisher Thomas Pell arrived at a treaty in 1654 with several Siwanoy sachems, including Wampage, that the Dutch authorities didn't recognize. Go. Went to school there most Sisters were great a couple no so. 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. He was the self proclaimed Mayor of Harding Park. Alan. 173 Pins 6w T Collection by Thomas Hammond Similar ideas popular now Bronx Island Horse Boys And Girls Club Boy Or Girl Jennifer Lopez Love It was then known as Clason's Point Road. I guess till the 60s. [7] Development in the 19th century soon attracted resort seekers, and the area became known for its amusements and entertainment. My sister and I grew up in Soundview/Clason Point, in the Soundview Projects from 1954-1967. watching two full length movies and cartoons. A friend in later life was a Bronx Historian, Arther Seifert, who lived near Shorehaven. Its World War One monument was dedicated in 1928 on the decade anniversary since the end of the war. 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. The local New York City Subway line is the IRT Pelham Line (6 and <6> trains), operating along Westchester Avenue. Its seaside location and views attracted seaside resorts, dancehalls and amusement parks in the early 20th century, served by a ferry from College Point, Queens. I was told it had been built by her son-in-law (my grandpa, named Maurer). In 2018, this population of uninsured residents was estimated to be 16%, higher than the citywide rate of 14%. Is it the East or the Bronx River? The area was then renamed Clason Point after Isaac Clason, a Scottish merchant and a major land owner. 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