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). We went to Dr Granito. 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 We would walk barefoot to the beach. Weve havent yet had a floating ForgottenTour. [11] White flight occurred in the area through the mid-20th century. Starting in the 1990s, the construction of modern 2 and 3 unit row-houses and apartment buildings have increased the percentage of owners versus renters. I also went to Holy Cross school in the late 70s and early 80s. thanks for this, and your love of nyc!!! Soundview, Castle Hill, Clason Point, Harding Park, Pugsley's Creek, Unionport. this was around 1957 or 58. at that time for a kid, it was paradise in the Bronx. This is where the Bronx River widens into the East River. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. child why I could go to Shorehaven pool. Thank you for the article. Following the demise of the ferry, the tip of Clason Point reverted to . We also went to p.s. I remember some of their names. of Transportation to have those sign erected there in the late 80s for proper references. Harding Park holds such great childood memories for me. Take care all! Clason Point Station 829 Soundview Avenue, The Bronx Mathematics Preparatory School (grades 68), Archimedes Academy for Math Science and Technology Applications (grades 612), Women's Academy of Excellence (grades 612). I remember members arriving in limos dressed in long gowns and tuxedos for Dancing Under The Stars every I lived on Bolton Ave from 1953 to 1972 mom still lives there. A trolley line runs down Soundview Avenue, but Bronx River Parkway has not yet been extended to this corner of the Bronx. It had a garage that my father converted to a bedroom for my brother and me. across the short road was an empty lot that my mother and father converted to a small garden. The park is adjacent to the Clason Point, Hunts Point, and Soundview neighborhoods, situated where the Bronx River flows into the East River, roughly opposite Rikers Island and LaGuardia Airport. I lived at Academy Gatdens till about 1953 when we moved to my Grandfathers (Clifford Beck)house at 352 White Plains Rd. Thank you to all our donors that continue to support Forgotten NY. I think you may be thinking of me as living near the water. 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. I was seven when we moved, but we would go back and visit friends. 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. 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.. Having previously chronicled other prominent points of land in the city, I followed Soundview Avenue to its tip. come in and talk to me and you would come in to hang out looking for the guys. who lived across the street, the Kokindos The Nelsons and Hoffmans Eddie and Joey. I recall cows there.I went to Castle Hill Pool as a childthen as a teenager, we swtiched to Shorehaven. 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. The ratio of college-aged and elderly residents was lower, at 10% and 12% respectively. Frances, are you related to Nick and Philamena , and Johnny and Margie? The good times swimming in the River at the end of Soundview. It was clean because we all pitched in and kept it that way. . I went to PS 69; swam in the East River, played in the Boat Yard; went to Holy Cross contact me at aaron3@netvigator.com. In the foreground we see the the South Bronx Marine Transfer Station, a facility once used by the Department of Sanitation to offload collection trucks into barges for transfer to Fresh Kills. 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 Thanks! Clason Point once boasted an amusement pier said to rival Coney Island, according to an area historian, Arthur Seifert, who has lived in the neighborhood for more than 70 years. Dead-end streets disappear into the tangle of vegetation at Harding Park. Abuelo ( Victor Irizarry) and Dad ( Jose Irizarry) . Anyone who is enjoying this should look at I Miss Clason Point on Facebook! My Mom would love to know we may have finally found you again. playing in the ruins of Kanes Park, doing the Classon Pt Crawl at the mouth of the large sewer on Soundview At some point, we should do a Forgotten-NY cheapskates cruise aboard this ferry. In 2018, this population of uninsured residents was estimated to be 16%, higher than the citywide rate of 14%. According to the EDC, the route was expected to carry 410,000 riders during the first . She made her first communion at Holy Cross. The name sounds familiar. [15], Based on data from the 2010 United States Census, the population of Soundview/Clason Point/Castle Hill was 53,686, a change of 2,933 (5.5%) from the 50,753 counted in 2000. Its namesake city is 10 miles north of the city line. Best Wishes to Harding Park and all. That was the only time I had a doggy TORO. Im related to Cornells and Griffins. I was born and raised 338 Underhill Ave> We moved inthe mid 70s . While most people were technically poor , almost everyone was employed, most working for the citys uniformed services ; cops, fireman , sanitation and Transit ! White Plains Road, which eventually gains an el and becomes the main shopping drag to Bronxdale, Williamsbridge and Wakefield, begins here in Clason Point. Just to give you an update. A trolley line runs down Soundview Avenue, but Bronx River Parkway has not yet been extended to this corner of the Bronx. Osceola's propellor steam barge was on her down trip from Duluth and carried a full cargo, principally Minneapolis milled flour headed for Buffalo. By contrast, 26% of Bronx residents and 43% of city residents have a college education or higher. There a sunken ship off the Bronx on the East River I always wanted to visit. A variety of sunken, abandoned or damaged boats can be found along. Dead-end streets disappear into the tangle of vegetation at Harding Park. I remember her teaching us to swim at the beach down the road from our house. 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. Clason Point is a peninsula in the East Bronx, New York City. So lovely there. [18]:2,20 This is about the same as the median life expectancy of 81.2 for all New York City neighborhoods. I remember my grandma living there with us too and how much fun it was to play in the backyard with all my friends. 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. [18]:7. I was young, 67 years ago. 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. 1927 -1930. A couple of years ago I discovered Dave Valentine, a Latin Jazz musician lived in Harding Park for many years. The Bronx Bloggers | Lets Go Hiking (and Biking)! I remember the Morales about 7-8 kids, one of them had the same name as me Raquel, that was fun, living next door. My friend Susan still lives there as well as my brother Jimmy. I am researchering my Cornell family and enjoyed the site. It had a primarily Jewish membership,but that community left the city in the big Long Island suburban exodus, and the club closed. Friends were the Verheyens, [18]:6, The following public schools are located in Clason Point that are not also located in Soundview:[45]. We found oyster shells at the bottom of the hole. In the 1640s a series of skirmishes between the Cornells and the Siwanoy, known as the Pig Wars, were led by Wampage, the Siwanoy scahem believed to be the Indian leader who killed Anne Hutchinson and her children in 1643 at Split Rock in the northern Bronx. email me at: lilylu8675309@gmail.com, i lived in hrding park from 1945 till i married in 1968. iknew the biordan family and thier bar as well. The houses were different now . Chapter Three: The Clason Point Experiment vandal-resistant, and inevitably, uglier materials to replace them. By the mid-1800s, as weve seen, the area was called Clason Point. 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. I remember He moved one block away after his dad had a home built at 1945 Gildersleeve Ave., in 1925. I would 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. Please help contribute to anew Forgotten NY website, Check out theForgottenBook,take a look at thegift shop, and as always, commentas you see fit., Copyright 2015 The Voux, All rights Reserved. I was like one of the family. 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. An odd pair as Lincoln emancipated the slaves while Wilson was a staunch segregationist. I moved to California in 1976 but I have to admit I miss New York very much. There were ferryboat and steamer excursions from "The Point" to downtown Manhattan as well as local service across the East River to College Point, Queens. The place has changed, and not for the better. The rest of the year they lived up on Webb Ave. You can also find other Marriage & Family Counselors on MapQuest . My parents knew the Bronx was changing. The residents of Clason Point chipped in for that monument.My Grandparents owned 338 Underhill over 50 years. There were ferryboat and steamer excursions from Clason Point to downtown Manhattan and a local service to College Point, Queens. The Wheeler Boat yard was nearby building world known yachts. I am on Facebook too. The most notable of these triangular parklets isWoodrow Wilson Triangle, bound by Underhill, Patterson, and Soundview Avenues. 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. From the postcard, Shorehaven looks more country than Jackson Heights did. Wow what a wonderful childhood I had! These include public housing, high-rise co-ops and rentals. My name is Debbie. In the background are theHunts Point Marketand the skyline of Manhattan. When in university I did a report on the Siwanoy Indians who lived in Clason Point. At the end is Clason Point, historically pronounced as Clawson. This road runs north for 7.2 miles to the city line at Wakefield. Along the way, the triangular intersections are designated as Greenstreets parks, with more than a dozen on the route. Another unusual map of what Clason Point could have been is the 1941 Barkan Street Directory map that shows the grid in its entirety mashed with the natural courses of Bronx River, Pugsleys Creek and Westchester Creek. However, it has had several names over the years. Friend. The vessel was burned to the water line. [8]:110111[10]. The section between Pelham Parkway and Soundview opened in 1951. My family and many other Hispanics were members of Shorehaven from 1973 to when closed in the late 80s. [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. I remember trying to plow the field behind a horse.. 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. My brother richard died in 2006 from pancreatic cancer. Clason Point, Bronx NY. So we dug some holes in the empty field there as part of my university research program and found some old oyster shells. Most buildings in this section have the same requirements as buildings in Co-op City. I enjoyed this trip down memory lane. The last boat to College Point terminated during World War II. Bruce and the cute girl up the street who owned the gas station on the triangle of Obrien and Soundview. He probably died in 1655. Im Alex Hernandez and I lived from 1962 to 1970 at 506 Harding Park. I stay in touch with Ronnie B . around or someone knows them and how to get in touch. 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. We all learned to swim. Junior High 123 and graduated from James Monroe High in 1959. The ship struck on a reef after encountering heavy fog at 2 am on November 7, 1887. I live on Underhill ave and really loved the Harding Park Clason Point. Was a great upbringing. [7] Development in the 19th century soon attracted resort seekers, and the area became known for its amusements and entertainment. Looks left was the Long Island Sound. Leifs That Are Green [SpliceToday] What a great read. My mom bought the house on Pugsley Ave from Mr. Nelson who built it (1946-470 and lived next door. Thats how I remember it, the best part of summer was Shorehaven working there and friends that lasted for years! It was definitely a fun place to grow up. Also..Funland.the batting rangethe driving range both on Bruckner Blvd. 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. This is the 57-acre Shorehaven community, set apart from the rest of southern Bronx by its wall and security guards. Created by Fuelthemes, Our site uses cookies. Wish I had photos from that era. I went to PS 107. There was a rock there that the Siwanoy Indians would chip away at and make arrow heads. 107. 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 a tiny place, but still standing. Clason Point was a mixture of mansions, farmland and undeveloped fields and swampland. [4] In the 1640s a series of skirmishes between the Cornells and the Siwanoy, known as the Pig Wars, were led by Chief Wampage, the Siwanoy sachem believed to be the Indigenous leader who killed Anne Hutchinson and her children in 1643 at Split Rock, now in the northern Bronx. The Y.M.C.A. When I moved here in 33, there were still farms, he said. I havent bee back to the Bronx since 1967 when I attended Barbara Verheyens wedding. Next, check out more lost amusement parks in NYC. 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. When I dream, I am usually at 336 Theriot Ave. they say you always dream about the place you felt the safest. Between 1906 and 1939, a ferry operated between Clason Point and College Point. Iran Dandridge, Mario Vernon, Ruben Ruiz, Eddie At the southern tip of Soundview Avenue in the Bronx is the newest NYCFerry dock, providing a one-seat ride from this corner of the borough to Wall Street. Church; my dad and Grandfather were Lieutenants At I remember you Raquel and your brother Alex was my brother Henrys friend. Destination signs along the southbound parkway show Soundview Park as its terminus. Kevin Walsh was here in 2006, telling the story of Harding Park in detail, acquired by the city for parkland but kept in a natural state, the above 1940 photo from the Municipal Archives, The Other Side of Midnight with Frank Morano. 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