Alas, post 9/11 I believe there is a full time police presence and/or other means to prevent that. John I came here in search of info about Whitestone Pool and you seem to have many memories of it. I cry when I go back and dont want to keep doing it to myself. My friends and I would cross our legs Indian style and shimmy up the V shaped grooves in the concrete to the top. The northernmost avenue in Queens is Second Avenue, which is the first number in a grid sequence that extends to 165th Avenue in Howard Beach. Hi Paul I went to st Lukes school my dad worked in the bank of manhattan on150th st larrycarroll my mom worked for dr glass I had a sister Joan Carroll @ a brother Larry nickname bubby. Ficks market was the butcher shop across the street from my house on 17th Ave and 150th St. It did get noisy mid 70s since most of us had dirt bikes. never regretted leaving. Mr. Softee. I also adored Storks and hung out at Bertlesons..loved the Italian ices or sherbet they had in the little white paper cups. Yesterday I came across a pamphlet from back in the day about joining the beach house beach. To answer your questions: a) Yes, Lieutenant Robert Lee did supervise the construction of both Fort Totten and its companion Fort Schuyler. At a dead-end segment of the never-completed Powells Cove Boulevard to the east of 149th Place is a traffic loop monitored by Whitestone Boosters Civic Association. My next door neighbor, Rosalee Reilly, in Whitestone was the VP for Personnel at Kents Cleaners her husband Charlie worked in the Post Office. 315 Cresthaven Ln is a home located in Queens County with nearby schools including Ps 193 Alfred J Kennedy, Jhs 194 William Carr, and . Park used to offer one of my favorite quintessential NY experiences, which is hanging out in the cool space beneath a major bridge. Candy Stores on every corner. What a great priest. Swam at the CYO. Mr. & Mrs. Stork have long since passed but Karl still has his older brother Nicky- People still rave about one of the best bakeries ever! I remember the Kent Trucks coming in every afternoon along 20th avenue with cleaning items from their entire network of dry cleaning shops. This should have remained a historic town. I have a photo of my brother wearing a Wide Wings tee shirt. House I grew up in is still there; Zillows in the millions now seems absurd I thought we were poor . I delivered the Long Island Star Journal, which yielded to the Long Island Press in 1968. Wildflower and Le Havre are both located at Powells Cove Boulevard and Totten Street. I went to the day camp at 184 for one summer in the early 70s. It cost $1.25 in those days. He smoked a pipe in there, and there was a carpet on the floor. He would do it as a favor to my Dad, George J Murray Jr (FDNY). Hi Margaret Deciccio.I my name is Linda. My Great grandfather Edward Cleary had a farm on 14th Avenue around 1900 in White Plains, any suggestions on how to find more information about the farm? The pool you are thinking of was the Whitestone Pool, open to the public. A lifetime ago!!! A formercountry club, Cresthaven, Powells Cove Boulevard between 3rd and 6th Avenues, once occupied 22 acres of waterfront real estate. But do you remember the stairwells that were in there with the glass with the wires in them? boosters beach was my childhood.on 4 of july we greased a watermelon and had to capture it in water.then we had local bands for us teens,all played sunshine of your love,summer was quick/whitestone pool was great,they had a slide down from locker rooms/and yes CYO did take over beecghurst country club alsowhitestone/freddys pizza and carvel/is storks bakery still there? In Whitestone. ? A Mr Zappavigna a contractor lived on 154th St right at the end of 14th Ave. Had to have been around 1967. There was a gate and the Tropicana trucks came and went from the lot. Beechurst one for the second grade and so on. Leifs That Are Green [SpliceToday] Wish we can all make it what it was. The Mattone Group of College Point and the Associated Development Corporation of Bayside are developing the $52 million project, called Waterside Estates at Cresthaven, with up to 117 houses,. 312 . I cant remember the Asian Restaurant in the whitestone shopping center other than it had some reputation. We used to enjoy the Sunday afternoon dances at Cresthaven Country Club. I did not have her, but Did she have reddish hair? There is a very old public school building in Flushing, just off Union Street, catty corner to Flushing HIgh School, that is still used today. ), Mr. Campbell was an old kind of nasty man. Address, neighborhood, city, or ZIP code. I remember at age 12 that I had to deliver those papers every day rain, snow, or shine and sickness or health! Actually used to climb up the concrete anchorage for the Whitestone Bridge. Does anyone know the name or have any info on it.? To the left of the beach entrance is a private segment of Riverside Drive, where one can find eight oversize tract mansions with their own docks and waterfront pools. Some of the former army residences appear as if transported from a small town. I remember taking a note into his office when I was a little girl. We put life jackets on all the campers and sailed under both the Whitestone and Throggs Neck Bridge. Bridge Gulls [SpliceToday] Great memories of my years in Cambridge. Our lunches were provided by the NYC Board of Ed. When the complex went co-op in the 80s , I believe, it could no longer be called by its original name and the developers had to decide whether to rip up 32 lobby floors or find a name that would have the same initials. Finally, F.L. 3-28 Cresthaven Lane was built in 2000 and has 2 stories and 2 units. We moved there in 1958. Cresthaven, Powells Cove Boulevard between 3rd and 6th Avenues, once occupied 22 acres of waterfront real estate, was operated by a keeper until around 1990, WhitestonePointhad a romantic-looking lighthouse tower with a bell, was used as an army base between 1857 and 1995, others are in a dilapidated state, ravaged by themoistureandwinds of the bay, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhRMoU-KDZU, The Other Side of Midnight with Frank Morano. This is no accident as in the early postwar years,ParksCommissioner Robert Moses intended to construct Clearview Beach on this site. Im trying to find out the name of the rowboat rental at the foot of Clintonville Street across from the Whitestone armory. Ed I know your brother Artie . Graduated from St. Lukes in 1976. Remember the Juke Box on the handball courts and older teenagers dancing especially the girls with big hair. Funny, I found this site when I got curious about the fate of Cresthaven & Whitestone Pools ( I left the east coast for the west in early in the early 1980s). The mansions are overcrowding what used to beautiful old farm houses and Tudors. The original PS 79 was a building as I recall built in 1898 with an addition around 1916 and at least one more addition. I grew up in Whitestone 1947-1959. I just enjoyed reading everyones posts so much. Tropicana had property at the foot of 154th street in Beechhurst. starting as a youngster on the tennis court at what was then the Cresthaven Country Club. My house on 12th ave bet 154 and 157th st is all redone . The regulars called me Red. I went to PS 79 for Kindergarten, graduated from St. Lukes in 1976, went to St. Francis Prep and graduated from St. Johns in 1984. It predates the fort and is a linktoa period when the peninsula carried the name Willets Point. The 10th Ave crowd was the Sinobrias, Siracusas, and Larsens 2-40 150 Street . In recent years, the coastlines of Manhattan and Brooklyn have been reclaimed by the public as ribbons of waterfront parkland take up shores that previously belonged to industry. I remember Cherry valley dairy, Storks, Freddies pizza, Chriss card shop. New York is becoming too gentrified. The green knife sharpening truck used to come down our block everyday(138 street between 11ave-14ave. I am looking for information about the Day camp that was at PS 184 back in the 70s. The 2 pools were for Cresthaven and the CYO. "My real estate mentor always said, 'Never fall . You remembered it correctly. My best paddleball partner was Micheal, Cant remember his last name but he was a tiny kid who played shirtless and he was awesome. Their business is recorded as DOMESTIC NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION. I remember the Milk Maid was there before Mcdonalds opened. He officiated the marriage ceremony of my wife and I. So named because of the spectacular water-views encompassing Whitestone's two landmark bridges, the property is the largest high-end single-family development currently under construction in Queens. I remember Kent Cleaners. Sometimes I bought Hostess Snowballs. Born April 1, 1918 in New York City, he came to Dunedin 33 years ago from Whitestone, NY where he was an engineer/superintendent for the Catholic Youth Organization, Diocese of Brooklyn, responsible for Cresthaven Country Club, Whitestone Country Club, Cresthaven Yacht Club and CYO Day Camps for . I remember swimming in Whitestone Pool. It was run by Father Flemming. We were middle class. There was NO ROOM FOR ERROR! NYCs Christmas Streets [SpliceToday] The building, as I recall was originally fronting 149 St with a large yard space behind it. The Oleskiew families lived a few houses north on 154 st and on 14th Ave across from me. ft with 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms I really loveWhitestone and PS 79 and have many wonderful memories of my childhood. Thanks for the memories! Playing DAC Baseball in Fort Totten then sneaking into the Fort and hiding when the MPs in the Green Jeep would come through the tunnel. They put the new one in the back. university of bristol computer science. 145-40 5 ave Whitestone, NY 11357: Presented by. b) There is no tunnel between Fort Totten and Schuyler, BUT there is a well-hidden tunnel that goes under the hill that protects the back fort from the front where the cannons were. NY-Crystal River Yacht Club. The club, known in its heyday as one of Queens' premier sites for weddings, dances and. Find properties near 307 Cresthaven Ln. Many went to Long Island, including me lol. The Bank of North America bought the property and the testing was surface only. Insane! There was a Bayside Bell Rod & Gun Club (c.1962-66+/-) that was able to use the Fort Totten indoor rifle & pistol range and where was the range? I hope you will see my message. I wish I could find some of these awards from the window painting constests to give to my son. BLACK LIVES MATTER. The wing and gym and auditorium were not built yet. Joe Dragan. I wouldnt call it an elite neighborhood, but I do call it home. We hung out in front of Dirty Bobs candy store. Wagons would bring in the cannon shells and explosives and store them in the back of the hill, then place on carriages, pass down through the tunnel to load the cannons. I share all of your memories! I think she said he was the assistant principal. Second Avenue does not have sidewalks. Stay happy and healthy! A former country club, Cresthaven, Powell's Cove Boulevard between 3rd and 6th Avenues, once occupied 22 acres of waterfront real estate. It belonged to Dolores del Rio, a film celebrity back in the day. Hope to hear from you my old childhood friend. I was allegedly the barefoot handball champion of Whitestone Park (1964) There were two camps. We were famiy Crime did not even exist. So much around to keep us kids occupied growing up in the 70s. Find investment properties for sale in Queens County Click Here QUEENS VILLAGE COMMITTEE FOR MENTAL HEALTH FOR JAMAICA COMMUNITY ADOLESCENT PROGRAM, INC. WHITESTONE VILLAGE BUSINESSMEN'S ASSOCIATION, INC. It was. Beechurst had a beach i went to as a child next to tropicana etc. Wow! Countryside Montessori 8 Week Camp is the answer. Played in the construction site for Cryder House. 17th Ave between 150th Place and Clintonville St was a dirt road. Am I just imagining this or did it really exist?!? At the landing of 158th Street near Riverside Drive, a waterfront parcel as wide as the street belongs to Beechhurst Property Owners Association (BPOA) whose logo resembles a DOT-issue bridgedirectionalsign. George J Murray III. He was quite intimidating. When it went Condo, my mother bought it. He knew the Sanitation Dept would eventually get around to in probably in May lol. Went to 193, Mazels, Posner, Endress, England, Dodge, Bower. Went to Boosters beach and sold my share/spot, what an idiot I am!!!! Was Bertlesons the little ice cream parlor near Storks? We covered all of Queens, and went a little into Brooklyn by the Queens border, and into the Bronx just over the Throgs Neck Bridge. Then, at 8 a.m. Vets fishing station .you could buy all your tackle. I did my red cross junior lifesaver course there. Locals said it was once one of the ferries that ran between Whitestone and the Bronx. http://nycma.lunaimaging.com/luna/servlet/view/all/what/PS%2B79?sort=identifier%2Cschool%2Cdate%2Csubject. Before it was middle class. Hence, Le Havre , the name of a very large French port city. Also vacant is the Willett Farmhouse, hidden behind thick vegetation. From the bead-end at Cresthaven, one can see Whitestone Point Rock. i grew up in whitestone on 12 th road off of 150th street. Cresthaven had two private pools, one for adults with a diving board and one kiddie pool, separate but both did host the CYO day camp programs. David. This property was built in 2002. I did not know the name of that ice cream parlor, as I did not go there often. Became Toms deli for many years I too was born in 1962, lived in Whitestone, and also attended PS 79. If this apartment ever went co-op or condo, itd be worth a mint! Finding homes for sale in Whitestone, Queens, NY has never been easier as our comprehensive directory currently contains more than 126 listings! The while at Kents blew at 7:45 a.m., 8:00 a.m. and again at quttin time at 4:00 p.m. Some wonderful memories reading this! It had a great Playground with Monkey Bars and the Long Swing sets which are banned today. Good ole Frans Candy Stores! Same with the whitestone pool and cresthaven gone. Lucille A Mackenzie Your Dad was referred to as Uncle Frank in our household. Remembering Jackie Robinson [SpliceToday] Was Ritchie Ferraro the younger brother of Dino Ferraro? We had a ball on that tour! I remember Wide Wings camp. Also, nearby under the Throgs Neck Bridge was a horseshoe ring (still there) and Bands would play in the summertime. Blog Post - December 2022 Jerome Powell, the head of the Federal Reserve, announced a 0.5 percentage point increase in interest rates on Wednesday and stated that . View sample full report Residential For Sale nearby Commercial Real Estate nearby Real Estate Reports: My italian immigrant grandfather and I would pick dandelion leaves for salad at the Whitestone Park. Was your mother Kay Curci? (We went to Carvel all the time.) Weddings We miss him dearly, thanks so much for mentioning and remembering him. Closer to the water, the pool had a pool house that overlooked the water and we used to take rowboats out into the river. 12 year olds dont have much fear. As young teenagers we would get someone to buy us a bottle in Whitestone village and then go to the park, or hang out outside the Bowling Alley. I had relatives who lived in Whitestone. At 11:15 p.m. exactly, John saw me across the room, walked quickly over and asked me to dance. Great times! The modernist apartment complexs name seems like a nod to architect Le Corbusier,whopromoted the Tower-In-The-Park concept in the postwar period. The fridge in the kitchen was mounted on the ceiling over the counter like an overhead kitchen cabinet! So off to Virginia he went. Went to Wide Wings and a nursery school near there that has become nameless in my memory. I often check real estate values for Beechhurst and I am amazed what houses are selling Storks bakery had the BEST ever hard rolls, could not wait till after mass on Sunday morning to pick them up! Buried in the Old Fort on the ground floor by the tunnel and the entrance road from the pier. Newly listed Venetian Isle apartments for rent in Boynton Beach. Why were people thinking? A third can be found in Little Neck Bay. My summers I lived at Beechhurst beach. Plus in days before easy access to aerial photos, it was even harder to imagine what went on at the waters edge. As Whitestone has a large Greek population, it is possible that the streets name comes from the island of Samos in the Aegean Sea. This site brings back a lot of fond memories., storks is gone I wish I could still live there. That was the go to bakery for our entire family. I am not old enough to remember that Milk Maid but went to McDonalds at that spot often and when i had kids to play in ball pit jungle gym. I had never heard about the collapsing stairs. 79primarily about how and why that magnificent building was torn down. Search by owner name and find all properties currently or previously owned. Riding our bikes in old Kent Cleaners off Clintonville and other lots before they were all gone. Excellent single house with 5 beds and 3 baths come with t. The green knife sharpening truck ringing its bell. Maybe we had one or 2 beers once in a while. Location: 150 Street & 6 Avenue, Whitestone (former location of Cresthaven Country Club) Number of Homes: 44 single family homes Site Acreage: 6 acres Construction: 4 bedroom, all brick and precast stone Colonials with attached garage, 2,000-3,760 square feet, depending on the model. If you scroll down or up (? Most of Fort Tottens coastline is rocky, unsuitable for a beach. I work in Cambridge and have been similarly reminiscing with him about my old Whitestone days (b 1962, attended PS 79 and Bleeker JHS, and also was a proud LI Press delivery boy..etc etc. The site was part of the former Cresthaven Country Club and then was owned by real estate firm Whitestone Jewels LLC, but has been in foreclosure since 2007 after the firm defaulted on its. Frans candy store! I was a paper boy from 1966 to 1968. That description sounds exactly like my grandfather, Bill, and his mother, Bertha, who I never met but I know lived with them from family stories. WE USE TO GO TO THE CYO SWIMMING , DOES ANYONE KNOW THE STREET IT WAS ON . How many residential units does this building have? Then later, through my research I found a postcard from the Astoria Historical Society the showed the pool and dock/marina next door. The club, known in its heyday as one of Queens' premier sites for weddings, dances and other social functions, closed in 1989. The rest is a private park-like terrain. Once, when our sixth-grade class was having some kind of special event, Fran let us use her burners to heat up the food. cresthaven country club whitestone ny. Whitestone, Queens, NY 11357. When one visits Little Bay Park, the curved coastline is reminiscent of Orchard Beach. Or maybe that was Miss/Mrs Scarpetta, a name that just popped into my head. Newly listed Brighton Condominiums apartments for rent in Boca Raton. She spoke very fondly of the store and would run into former customers from time to time. yes there was a public pool there ,separate from the country club .Went there many times .nice pool.Little secret in congested Queens pools. Smooth work commute, popular bars and nightlife, nearby restaurants and grocery stores, and safety. I attended school from from 1962- 1966. Accordingtothe historian Strabo, its name is Phoenician for rise by the shore.. Hey Zoso! I had Mrs. Bennett for 1st and 2nd grade. Cherry Valley, Cedar Lane, Freddys Pizza, Carvel, Genovese Drug store, Bohacks, Stationery on 150th St and 14th Ave where you could get candy and comic books And the old mother of the husband or Fran lived with them in that small space in the back of the store. Most of the homes on the six-acre site will have approximately 2,500 square feet of living space with four bedrooms and four full bathrooms, according to Tim O'Sullivan of Fulcrum Real Estate. Telephone Directory of Alpharetta, GA. 30005 Whitestone Among Long Island's top catering halls, Crest Hollow is perfect for virtually any social or corporate event for 100 or more guests. Surprisingly, I visited the Beechurst in 2017, 50 years after I delivered there, and the swastica tiles were still there! Frank was my Grampa! Rent a row boat andante buy sand worms for a day of fishing. To the right of the building was the pool, and then open space. Between 1889 and 1908, WhitestonePointhad a romantic-looking lighthouse tower with a bell. constructed. My brother knew one of her sons, I think his name was Paul. I loved those days! Real terra incognita as they say. I remember missing you and I still have. Whitestone, NY 11357. Please excuse the last post, that was Edward Cleary on 14th Street in Whitestone queens. There was a sunken concrete sprinkler area in the park. On December 3 I, 1958, thirty-eight skiers at Stowe, Vermont raised their glasses to welcome the New Year and toast the beginnings of the Cresthaven Ski Club. That was in the sixtiesthe water got better since then thankfully.They were such good times. There was an old abandoned Divco type truck (think old milk truck) way out back used for storage and a few small kids buildings to play in. Admission at that time was $1.50 . My cousin was Richey Jensen ..one of the owners of Whitestone deli. I delivered the LI Star Journal in Malba, not that it has any relevance to your post. I was a counselor there during the summers of 1960 and 1961. Smooth work commute, popular bars and nightlife, nearby restaurants and grocery stores, and safety. FNY will soon have a more comprehensive look at Fort Totten. Draw your own conclusions. We used the yellow NYC public school buses to pick up campers at their parish church and transport them to one of the main 4 properties Whitestone, Cresthaven, (one block apart) Alley Pond Park or Kissena Park. I remember Fran as well! I remember the ankle loop with the key as well. where I could practice my skills at actually throwing the papers to the stoops of the homes. The Company's current operating status is Active. $389,000. We loved going to Beechhurst Beach, swimming out to the big wooden raft, or from the wooden steps at the end, getting burgers and fries from the concession, dressing up for the Saturday night dance. If my memory serves me correct (and there is no guarantee these days!!!) Great mechanic organizer I worked on the African Queen and the African King at Whitestone and also on the ,Manhattan which ran out of Cresthaven those were great days counselors bug juice lunches and hundreds of life jackets. I grew up in Beechhurst, and lived on Riverside Drive. T TOKAR, FRANK A, 94 of Dunedin, FL passed away on December 23, 2012 at home surrounded by family. I only remember going there that one summer and have memories of playing dodge ball in the gym,and going on a day trip to either rye Playland or rockaway beach (whichever had a swimming pool there ). Riding bikes all over Beechhurst, Whitestone, malba. there was a very large cement dug out area dug with lots of sprinklers! Liived in LeHarve and Cryders before that. Fran came out and saved me from her mothers wrath! They were on the lawns and very close to the service road while the two large research laboratories were further back by the forest(s)? Many more memories to share but another time. . day camp (I think around noon for 2 hours). I recognize Philmoony and Bill Tekverk I called a Billy to identify some of the people in the photos how can I get it on this blog the photos I think you guys may find it interesting, Hi joanie you lived on my block Howie your sister Alita I hope I spelled it right how are you Brenda you lived across the street too how is your brother Jerry How are you frank? The Clearview Golf course was our hang out. My gramps was a regular customer. I had to light the candles at Immanuel Lutheran Church as an acolyte. On summer days they had bands playing at the pool. The large property, which comprises six acres of vacant land near the intersection of 150th Street and Fifth Avenue, will be up for sale on April 10 in an auction. 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