We lived at 506 Harding Park. Clason Point, Bronx NY. 1471 Watson Avenue; one 6-story building. It was like a 10 week long Bronx summit meeting: Parkchester (my contingent) met Soundview, Grand Concourse, Pelham Parkway, & other middle class Bronx neighborhoods. Joe, Greetings, I grew up in the Academy Gardens between Randall Avenue and Lacombe Avenue. Today, Clason Point is a quiet residential neighborhood in the southeastern Bronx that is home to about 25,000 residents. Speaking of unfinished plans, further inland at Story Avenue, theBronx River Parkwayabruptly ends. For the record I became a history teacher retired now and also a Restaurant owner in Montauk, NY with my wife Jan Place was called OMurphys Pub on the circle in the center of town. The place has changed, and not for the better. I went to P.S. 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. I truly enjoyed the memories. It had a primarily Jewish membership,but that community left the city in the big Long Island suburban exodus, and the club closed. Had many meals with you guys. By the 1980s the Bronx was more Hispanic than Jewish, and new residents did not join the club in large enough numbers. 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The completion of the nearby Whitestone Bridge put the ferry out of business. A trolley line runs down Soundview Avenue, but Bronx River Parkway has not yet been extended to this corner of the Bronx. The completion of the nearby Whitestone Bridge put the ferry out of business. Thanks. Kevin Walsh was here in 2006, telling the story of Harding Park in detail. 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. 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 Rocky shore of the East River; Harding Park bungalows along an inlet. Thanks for the memories. The amusement park closed in 1935. what a great trip down memory lane, I lived on Newman ave in Clason point from 1955 until 1970 and remember the great summer days at Shorehaven, The bungalow bar ice cream truck that passed down my street in the summer evenings and all the great fishing at the point. after work at pool my job was to get him at supper time says Grandma. The SEACOR Power capsized during a severe squall shortly after departing Port Fourchon, Louisiana on April 13 with 19 people on board. Along the way, the triangular intersections are designated as Greenstreets parks, with more than a dozen on the route. Like. I stay in touch with Ronnie B . Kevin Walsh was here in 2006, telling the story of Harding Park in detail. Wow what a trip. Word Harding Park was the place to be when I was young comin up, Im from Jersey but every time I visited my Grandpa n family in H.P. An English settler, Thomas Cornell, began farming here from 1643, for which the area became known as Cornell's Neck. Their village was supposedly located near the corner of Lacomb and Soundview Avenues. There are large, residential housing complexes of various types. Beyond the bushes there is a lagoon in Harding Park separated from the East River by a rocky breakwater. 3 years later, though, in 1982, Harding Park Homeowners Association, the first cooperatively owned low and moderate-income community in the city was formed. The section between Pelham Parkway and Soundview opened in 1951. My Mom sadly passed. 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. We also loved the live entertainment like Jackie Mason and Joan Rivers. My family and many other Hispanics were members of Shorehaven from 1973 to when closed in the late 80s. The Wreck of the Steamer Barge Osceola. lived on Randall ave from 1957 to 1970 as well. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Recently added listings in Clason Point 1807 Lacombe Avenue, Bronx, NY $550,000 USD 4 Beds 2 Baths 518 Underhill Avenue, Bronx, NY $590,000 USD 4 Beds 2 Baths Patterson Ave & Saint Lawrence Ave Harding Park, Bronx NY 10473 $799,000 USD 5 Beds 5 Baths 442 Underhill Ave, Bronx, NY $1,280,000 USD 9 Beds 6 Baths 440 Underhill Avenue, Bronx, NY Today it runs in five segments that are kept separate by Soundview Park, Harding Park properties, and the Shorehaven development. @2019 - Forgotten New York. 69, then jhs123, then james monroe h. S. However never completed school at James Monroe. The NY Botanical Garden (also in the Bronx) has sponsored a roadside garden along Leland Avenue. Soundview Avenue is the odd one here, cutting through the street grid on its two-mile route. Im Alex Hernandez and I lived from 1962 to 1970 at 506 Harding Park. 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. Share. When in university I did a report on the Siwanoy Indians who lived in Clason Point. On the other hand, the massive superblock interrupting White Plains Road at the time was the wetland source of Pugsleys Creek. Undeveloped waterfront parcels were acquired by the city for parkland but kept in a natural state. Searchers have found a long-lost Great Lakes ship that came to a tragic end. Bronx River Houses; nine 14-story buildings. 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. Along with rising liability costs, Shorehavens expenses forced it to close. born in 1953 lived at716 Harding Park it was a fascinating place to spend your childhood, Hey Tommy- long time- we went to Holy Cross together.. glad to see you online. 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. [50][51] NYC Ferry's Soundview route started serving Clason Point on August 15, 2018.[52][53]. Bronx River Addition; two buildings, one 6 stories tall another 14 stories tall. But those commuter headaches seemed like a distant memory as the new ferry pulled away from Clason Point Park in Soundview. Beyond the bushes there is a lagoon in Harding Park separated from the East River by a rocky breakwater. My father was born and raised in Clason Point, being born in one of the bungalows within Glenz Estates, which was located at the intersection of Soundview and Gildersleeve (just behind the old Paleys Supermarket). So lovely there. We were safe as our neighbors watched out for us. Along the way, the triangular intersections are designated as Greenstreets parks, with more than a dozen on the route. [29], Clason Point Park is located on the southern shoreline of Clason Point. Getting late and this is making me want to enjoy and remember a great childhood in THE BRONX. I live on Barrett Avenue, Puglsey Creek, moved there 1953 I loved it and all the children in the area. Some shipwrecks have been documented by National Park Service archeologists, but most remain hidden under sand, or offshore. 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? "[9] The Ferris wheel in the amusement park was blown over in a 1922 windstorm, killing at least seven. Did any settlers lived in Soundview park? I lived on Leland Ave from 1947 (born there ) thru 1968 ! Not far from your family. He was the self proclaimed Mayor of Harding Park. Weve havent yet had a floating ForgottenTour. Thank you to all our donors that continue to support Forgotten NY. Thank you for this history on Clason Point. There are several NYCHA developments:[22], Soundview Park occupies 205 acres (83ha) in the southwestern section of the neighborhood, with ballfields and playgrounds and a pedestrian/bike greenway along the left bank of the Bronx River estuary from Lafayette Avenue to Leland Avenue. How about indoor playground equipment? "I think it was just the heavens telling her what to do. elites from the Concourse. The last boat to College Point terminated during World War II. I remember the scarey crazy lady that lived next door to me. I remember the creek going to Lacombe Ave. 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). Coffee. I cant believe how much harding park has changed and the prices of the homes. You can also find other Marriage & Family Counselors on MapQuest . Unfortunately sometimes there arent such great memories like my parents split up, thank goodness though. 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