I have a neighbor who attended P.S. Storks bakery had the BEST ever hard rolls, could not wait till after mass on Sunday morning to pick them up! In 2000, about 16 acres of the 22-acre site were sold to a developer that built 110 luxury homes on the site. 312 . that letter in box of childhood memories. Wish we can all make it what it was. 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! But I remember it well nonetheless. Also a similar sunken sand box. The drinking age was 18 ?!?!? Mr. Harmon would perform in the auditorium occasionally. Instead, money polluted/corrupted the business men there. 4 bed 2.5 bath 4,792 sqft lot 312 Cresthaven Ln, Whitestone, NY 11357 Property Type Single Family Year Built 2000 Last Sold $1M in 2009 Share this home Edit Facts Get your home value updates. thanks for the memories,i went to st.lukes school and p.s.79 for kindergarten. We had Freddies Pizza, Bertlesons and a really great life We went to Whitestone park and watched the river go by under the bridge.We watched the Throgs Nweck bridge go up and Bayside explode, Now whitestone is an elite community. He conducted our Pre Cana by asking us to give him a tour of SUNY Maritime College (where I graduated college). This property was built in 2002. Now gone for more than 25 years, the club's large outdoor swimming pool provided welcome relief from summer's heat. 725 . We used to walk from school to Scottys Pizza on Franny Lew and Willets Point. Thanks for the memories! Ed I know your brother Artie . Ed do you have a brother Robert in Cambridge, MA? Real terra incognita as they say. Also vacant is the Willett Farmhouse, hidden behind thick vegetation. They put the new one in the back. A Mr Zappavigna a contractor lived on 154th St right at the end of 14th Ave. simplicity misses dresses; cathedral in the desert canyoneering; Select Page You could walk from the park to the CYO along the shore if you didnt mind climbing a few fences. Frances Lewis Park was neverland to me. I live not far from Tampa Florida now but have gone back a few years ago. from 66-68, but never heard anything about an My house on 12th ave bet 154 and 157th st is all redone . That was the go to bakery for our entire family. Cresthaven Site Is Eyed For Public Parkland In. Waldbaums Shopping Center was built, giving us a supermarket and some small shops like Stage Variety Store and a pizza place, a bank, etc. I remember her mom chasing me out of the store on day because she thought I had not paid for a pack of baseball cards! There was Adventurers Inn, the Aero Slife, Golf City, a watching the planes at Flushing (Speeds) Aiport At low tide, Id go to the Cement Pier in Malba and enter what I called the tunnel and what I now believe was a storm discharge outlet! Considering that Queenss north shore once had numerous beaches with resorts and amusement parks prior to the Second World War, are there any swimming sites still in operation on the East River? Cottage, 14th Avenue east of 150th, with iron eagle. Many went to Long Island, including me lol. 147-51 8th Avenue, Whitestone, NY 11357 (MLS# 3335462) is a Single Family property with 3 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms and 1 partial bathroom. Ring-A-Lario until midnight. So one sunny day he went to reminisce and walked along the Powells Cove Blvd and took photos of the pool and abandon mansions (becoming Cresthaven CYO Camp) across the street. Booths and counter, still remember it clear as a bell after all this time. The club, known in its heyday as one of Queens' premier sites for weddings, dances and other social functions, closed in 1989. I am now 68. 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. I worked there for Frank Tokar that ran the entire facility. In French, its name translates as The Harbor. Completed in 1958, Le Havrecomprisesof 32 towers on 32 acres of waterfront land. All good memories! I think she said he was the assistant principal. 3-28 Cresthaven Lane was built in 2000 and has 2 stories and 2 units. 12 year olds dont have much fear. 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. 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. I like this post but to call a signal light a lighthouse is a stretch ,and I believe the only lighthouse in Whitestone ,the one with the bell was by where the original white stone was by the wildflower estate or hammerstein .ansion aka ripples on the water, 157-34 10th Ave. Loved it! 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. Closer to the water, the pool had a pool house that overlooked the water and we used to take rowboats out into the river. Not sure if we cover all the data-points you need? Was there also to see the first stones being laid and then went home (that later became Arlington Cemetery). I grew up in the corner house diagonally across from Gleasons Funeral home on 150th St. Especially after Mass at St Lukes on Sunday. 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 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. Between 1889 and 1908, WhitestonePointhad a romantic-looking lighthouse tower with a bell. Remembering Jackie Robinson [SpliceToday] Campbell was the prinicipal when I was there as well. 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. At other times, we went to Whitestone Pool. Draw your own conclusions. Neither ever went beyond planning stage. 40-01 Little Neck Parkway 24A Little Neck, NY 11363. The green knife sharpening truck used to come down our block everyday(138 street between 11ave-14ave. As the first stones were being laid, he then was assigned to help design Fort Monroe, Hampton. We enjoyed Freddies pizza too and the Clintonville Bar Restaurant for fried shrimp and spaghetti. Yesterday I wrote a Hi Jerry response to you. 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. Hello Brenda live upstate for the last 16 years but my mom still lives there .I occasionally see Ed.was actually in Whitestone yesterday. No crime sex violence. From the bead-end at Cresthaven, one can see Whitestone Point Rock. I still have several entrance tickets for Whitestone Pool from 1973 . I attended school from from 1962- 1966. Reminiscent of Liggett Hall on Governors Island, it nearly spans the width of the peninsula. Hope you see my message when you scroll down or up. Their apartment had a great sweeping view of Long Island Sound and the Whitestone Bridge. My summers I lived at Beechhurst beach. Behind the building was a small open area and then a large tent where kids got lunch or played when it rained. It was chlorinated pretty well so no one every got sick. Hi Jerry! never regretted leaving. Beechurst had a beach i went to as a child next to tropicana etc. I lived on 26th Ave off of 150th in Flushing but we went there a lot. He played the saw and did ventriloquism with a dummy he would take out a suitcase. This site brings back a lot of fond memories., storks is gone I wish I could still live there. And his property became Arlington Cemetery. I dont think that type of man even exists any longer. There was a Navy destroyer escort (Harris) docked there. I was a counselor there during the summers of 1960 and 1961. @2019 - Forgotten New York. Puerto Madero N9710, Oficina 22, Pudahuel - Santiago | saudi arabian airlines flight 763 cvr transcript He would do it as a favor to my Dad, George J Murray Jr (FDNY). He was right across the river from it for 35 years and had never seen the campus. The master bedroom and living room had wall-to-wall windows on the exterior wall. But this mystery teacher was into Japanese culture, and I have a memory of her walking down the hall carrying a samurai sword. Yes, The Bertlesons made their own chocolates and they were good! I think it had an iron fence around it. This is all from memory, but it had acreage and was fenced. I remember Fran as well! It is one of the two last private beaches remaining on the Queens shoreline of the East River. All are gone. 79 in the 40s and 50s, and Mr. Campbell was there then, too. I had never heard about the collapsing stairs. Cresthaven A former country club, Cresthaven, Powell's Cove Boulevard between 3rd and 6th Avenues, once occupied 22 acres of waterfront real estate. We have become a small city with many diversified cultures. last mansion left of those that had property that Coming in from the entrance there was a building with a few offices and then girls lockers went to the left and boys to the right. To make a donation, please use the button below. 315 Cresthaven Lane, Whitestone, NY 11357 was last sold in 07/06/2016 for $1,400,000. there was a very large cement dug out area dug with lots of sprinklers! c) Sylvania Research Laboratory very possible had an incident c.1960. NY-Crystal River Yacht Club. Last Sold Price water before the Cross Island Pkwy was An important ferry landing prior to the construction of Whitestone Bridge, the community was served by the Long Island Railroad until 1932. Worked on the waterfront both at Whitestone and next door at Cresthaven for several summers with really tremendous kids from all the Catholic high schools in Queens. Remember spending how much time trying to figure how to best spend my 10 cent allowance. Sorry, spent many summer days in Whitestone and can only remember the CYO day camp. Park used to offer one of my favorite quintessential NY experiences, which is hanging out in the cool space beneath a major bridge. All of those playground items are now probably considered too dangerous but somehow you and I an tens of thousands of other kids survived it! Most memorable day was seeing Mrs. Collins crying and later being dismissed early finding out President Kennedy died! She remembered taking goods to market from her family farm in Whitestone to the Hunts Point Market in the Bronx via the old Ferry from Whitestone to Ferry Point in the Bronx. I did not know the name of that ice cream parlor, as I did not go there often. Im named after him. Call today for an appointment 718-631-8900. 1st year = We played there, then boarded buses to the CYO Cresthaven Pool, went swimming and had lunch overlooking the East River and the next door dock and marina. Do you remember the place? I lived there, across from Clearview Golf Course. 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. One thing was that if you brought your lunch you had to eat in the auditorium due to lack of space in the cafeteria. So as the war progressed, to spite him, the US Army (the North) confiscated his plantation (wife was still home) and immediately began burying bodies on his front lawn. There were 50 paper routes in Whitestone and I had Route #42 which delivered to Beechurst. I too grew up in all theplaces mentionedBoosters Beach member#96.season pass to Whitestone pool..went to PS 79.Im 73 now and closing my eyes Im there againCarvel On 149st..BertelsonsStorks before First mass at St. Lukes..hard roll, best jelly donut Daily News funnies ..Dick Tracy on front and Dondi on the backcould go on and on as Im sure you know what Im talking aboutvery early 50s and 60sjoined Navy in 63 from Holy Cross HSSt Lukes was my grammar schoolgraduated in 59thats it for now but there a bunch more in memoriesLenny. It was. rubber loop that went around your angle/wrist which held the key you needed for your locker. Her mansion became CRESTHAVEN-WHITESTONE CLUB, INC. (DOS ID: 441706), AMERICAN LEGION ELMER E. BENNETT JR. POST NO. Does not look like it did in 1950s, especially the windows facing the 21st Road. I too also lived in Cambridge, Ma as a college student at Lesley College and Nanny. My good friend Obi worked at Whitestone Deli when we were teens. Ps 184 was my public school. There were 2 pools: the whitestone pool was the public pool at the end of the street. So few secret places to hang out at anymore. Thats right. I didnt have her, wither. Has been gone a while. The green knife sharpening truck ringing its bell. Anyone have any further info? The Frank was probably Frank Tokar who ran everything on the CYO property. Then later, through my research I found a postcard from the Astoria Historical Society the showed the pool and dock/marina next door. My grandfather died from cancer in 1986 and Fran passed away in 2012 at age 90, still as feisty as ever until the very end. By SERGEY KADINSKY (We went to Carvel all the time.) How many residential units does this building have? The prize was not a trophy though, we each were awarded an art set. That was in the sixtiesthe water got better since then thankfully.They were such good times. I walked from my apartment by the golf course, with my mother. The developer is planning to build 45 homes at the former. Some of my friends around 17th Ave were the Skaats, Weiss, Rice, LaPlace, Hertz, Thorgensen. 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. Crime did not even exist. 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. As a formerresidentialcommunity, Fort Totten had its own post office, zip code, swimming pool, little league and street signs. I remember at age 12 that I had to deliver those papers every day rain, snow, or shine and sickness or health! You had to keep winning to hold the court, very competetive. and exactly where it was located? We too lived on 12th road between 154th and 157th. Also, nearby under the Throgs Neck Bridge was a horseshoe ring (still there) and Bands would play in the summertime. I went to the day camp at 184 for one summer in the early 70s. Leifs That Are Green [SpliceToday] document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. WE USE TO GO TO THE CYO SWIMMING , DOES ANYONE KNOW THE STREET IT WAS ON . Ahhhh, Frans Candy Store spent many days there trying to decide how best to spend my 10 cent allowance whether it be on the loads of penny candy to Revell plastic model kits or the paper cap gun ammo which we scratched with our fingernails till they were stained with gunpowder. I first laid eyes on my beautiful wife, Eleanor, in 1958 at a weekly "singles" dance at the Cresthaven Country Club in Whitestone, Queens. I remember it had an old mansion house and a large, for a little kid, wooded area. George J Murray III. I delivered the LI Star Journal in Malba, not that it has any relevance to your post. No excuses! ft with 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms Many summer days at CYO (bug juice) @ Cresthaven Pool, where, during its country club time, Bernie taught me the crawl. I have talked about and have wondered what happened to the cute little dark haired boy from so long ago. View sample full report Residential For Sale nearby Commercial Real Estate nearby Real Estate Reports: I remember always seeing that gray colored Kings Point Merchant Marine Academy ship docked on the other side of the Throgs Neck Bridge in the Little Neck Bay. It had a great Playground with Monkey Bars and the Long Swing sets which are banned today. Why were people thinking? See if the property is available for sale or lease. Then first grade at PS 192. cresthaven country club whitestone ny. If memory serves, Cresthaven CC had a pool that was open to the public (25 cents) during the day except when being used by the CYO Catholic Youth Org. And once I got an ice cream cone there and they charged me 15 cents (probably in the late 60s or early 70s), which was a mind-blowingly low price. The while at Kents blew at 7:45 a.m., 8:00 a.m. and again at quttin time at 4:00 p.m. They went on to raise 2 daughters on E. Tremont Avenue. LIVED at the Whitestone Pool for multiple summers, Had a seasons pass, would walk there from my home 149th St and 11th Aven. Rent a row boat andante buy sand worms for a day of fishing. Ive fond memories of Freddies Pizzeria in the Village, with its hitching post and a slice that, at one time,cost the same as a subway ride, 20 cents. Surprisingly, I visited the Beechurst in 2017, 50 years after I delivered there, and the swastica tiles were still there! From the early 1980s until 1999, the landmarked mansion fell into decay, overshadowed by Throgs Neck Bridge. My name is Paul and my family lived on 6th Ave, four doors west of 149th Finding homes for sale in Whitestone, Queens, NY has never been easier as our comprehensive directory currently contains more than 126 listings! It has since been automated like all other lighthouses in the city. 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. Before Bay Bridge Condominiums were built on the property in 1980, the DEP did testing on the property and determined there was no contamination. Started by serving snacks at The staff kept us safe by assigning colored swim caps according to our proficiency in the pool. If only we could travel back in time. Archie would run into the basement and find anything you needed. down towards the yacht club. They called us Star Boys in those days and, yes, we were all boys. Hi. This is not the official website of this company. I had Mrs. Bennett for 1st and 2nd grade. Rosalees mother, Myra OBrien (maiden name Myra Surgeon) lived to be 101 and died in 1971. wonderful Sunday afternoons we spent there in the early 60s. When it went Condo, my mother bought it. $389,000. 3-23 Cresthaven Ln Whitestone, Queens, NY 11357 $1,450,000 Last Sold Price 4 Beds 2 Baths 2 1/2 Baths 3,600 Sq. I delivered the Long Island Star Journal, which yielded to the Long Island Press in 1968. Their business is recorded as DOMESTIC NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION. Lighting Punks from Little Neck Bay for fireworks on the 4th of July. They sold (or maybe just closed) the candy store and moved out to Long Island sometime in the late 70s or early 80s, around the time Bertha passed away. The Bank of North America bought the property and the testing was surface only. The northeast extreme of Queens is an ear-shaped peninsula that was used as an army base between 1857 and 1995. That the old Sylvania or GE property had some type of radioactive incident around 1960? Whitestone officials are eyeing the six-1/2-acre former Cresthaven Country Club, now overgrown and boarded up, for use as a city park. As close to small town America as you could get. WOW. My Dad sold our house many years ago, I have been told that they built 4 houses on his property. Only 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place got trophies. I grew up on 14th ave next to Grace Church. Have been for 45 years. Bridge Gulls [SpliceToday] If you crossed the street not at her corner, she would make you cross back and forth 10 times saying thats a corner. Across the East River, Ferry Point Park also has a curved shoreline that was designedfora beach. Im on the island now and its great but nothing beat Whitestone back in the day. We miss him dearly, thanks so much for mentioning and remembering him. As was the end of Murray St past 16th Rd. Hope to hear from you my old childhood friend. The Company's current operating status is Active. House I grew up in is still there; Zillows in the millions now seems absurd I thought we were poor . Aww, the memories. Spent a lot of time of my time in Francis Lewis Park. It belonged to Dolores del Rio, a film celebrity back in the day. ), you should see it Does anyone know the name or have any info on it.? I remember that as well. Do you know when it closed, what happened to it Following the armys decommissioning of this historic base, thepeninsulais shared by the Fire Department, NYPD, Parks Department, Coast Guard and a smallremnantportion retained by the U.S. Army Reserve. We moved there in 1958. This should have remained a historic town. The old Beechurst Building had interesting tiles on the floor. I share all of your memories! The next summer, we (CYO Day Camp) took the bus from PS 184 to Francis Lewis Park and used the wading pools (spray heads) there. 79primarily about how and why that magnificent building was torn down. She didnt even know she had been shot. Went down into the barges at the yacht club. The Welsh-born merchant represented Queens in the signing of theDeclarationof Independence and his name also appears on a local high school and the north-south boulevard thatstretchesfrom Whitestone to Rosedale. Its beach is useful for walking, launching canoes and fishing but signs inform visitors that swimming is prohibited. I had a vivid picture of the couple who ran the store but the name was not there. So much around to keep us kids occupied growing up in the 70s. Ficks market was the butcher shop across the street from my house on 17th Ave and 150th St. I remember Kent Cleaners. 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. where I could practice my skills at actually throwing the papers to the stoops of the homes. I used to think it meant LeFrak House until now. The regulars called me Red. Good Humor Trucks. Smooth work commute, popular bars and nightlife, nearby restaurants and grocery stores, and safety. He dedicated his life to the CYO and children wherever he was! Great memories of my years in Cambridge. On the very day JFK was assassinated, my brother and I walked home and stopped by Chriss Card Shop to see if we placed in the recent window painting contest (we painted a picture on one of the windows at Bohacks Market on 14th avenue). Ice skating in Bowne Park. He smoked a pipe in there, and there was a carpet on the floor. If that bothers you in any way, you don't belong here.. or anywhere. That job taught me how to work and how to deliver and be reliable! Went to 193, Mazels, Posner, Endress, England, Dodge, Bower. 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 our continuing series on the boroughs northern coast, we now visit Whitestone, Beechhurst and Fort Totten. Went to Boosters beach and sold my share/spot, what an idiot I am!!!! I remember taking a note into his office when I was a little girl. 79 in the 30s. I still see tropicana trucks there and a new cvs taking over the waldbaums,plus waterfront restaurant ponte something. Overhead was the Goodyear Blimp with animation lighting up the sky. ), which if I remember correctly may have been a salt water pool. 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