The fridge in the kitchen was mounted on the ceiling over the counter like an overhead kitchen cabinet! I remember having to wait on line each day for my papers and fighting through a Lord of the Flies type of environment to get my papers! Smooth work commute, popular bars and nightlife, nearby restaurants and grocery stores, and safety. An important ferry landing prior to the construction of Whitestone Bridge, the community was served by the Long Island Railroad until 1932. Bingo.Worked my way up to busboy then waiter Since then, thepropertywas developed with upscale townhouses and the 15-room mansion was divided into six condo units. Son Georgie keep the place going.There was always During heavy snowstorms your Dad would plow our street (15th Drive between 149th and 150th). c) Sylvania Research Laboratory very possible had an incident c.1960. That job taught me how to work and how to deliver and be reliable! The 70s were like the wild west. To the right of the building was the pool, and then open space. The green knife sharpening truck ringing its bell. Re Le Havre- It was built by Levitt ( of the several Levittowns in the US) . 312 . The Mona Kai and the Shore Tavern were tough drinking Bars. Hi margret I knew your father well I remember your two Brothers too.Brenda I built a stoop for your uncle on 13 ave . Lucille A Mackenzie Your Dad was referred to as Uncle Frank in our household. PS 79 for kindergarten, and St Lukes for 1-8 grade. I also went to PS 79 and then St Lukes through 4th grade, but then off to Holy Trinity & St. Agnes for the rest! To make a donation, please use the button below. simplicity misses dresses; cathedral in the desert canyoneering; Select Page I too attended the PS 184 Day Camp (Summertime only for two summers). The largest unused building at Fort Totten is the former hospital, which flanks the Parade Ground. My summers I lived at Beechhurst beach. wonderful Sunday afternoons we spent there in the early 60s. I live not far from Tampa Florida now but have gone back a few years ago. You remembered it correctly. I loved Whitestone in those days! The well-maintained buildings and grounds are 97% shareholder owned and feature a total of 217 units ranging from studios and one bedroom with one bath to two-bedrooms with one and one-half baths. There were so many different types of pools for people of all ages and sizes. Hi Joanie and Brenda you lived on my Block 12 ave.my mother and father still live on 12 ave.I live on 12 road now never left .Joanie how is your sister Alita I hope I spelled it right .Brenda how is your brother Jerry? Booths and counter, still remember it clear as a bell after all this time. Fort Monroe was completed and then the Civil War broke out. Hope you see my message when you scroll down or up. Then I had three private houses on Powels Cove Blvd. Sneaking into Whitestone Pool, diving from the high dive and doing multiple flips NYCs Christmas Streets [SpliceToday] At the eastern end of Whitestone / Beechhurst, the shoreline curves south into Little Bay. Known as Boosters Beach, itoccurringa narrow sliver of sand behind a tall fence. To the left of the building was a ball field, but us older kids could hit softballs on the roof of the building. accident. The Oleskiew families lived a few houses north on 154 st and on 14th Ave across from me. My good friend Obi worked at Whitestone Deli when we were teens. Went to Wide Wings and a nursery school near there that has become nameless in my memory. The Bank of North America bought the property and the testing was surface only. I really loveWhitestone and PS 79 and have many wonderful memories of my childhood. Its shoreline is largely comprised of upper income tract mansions and high rise apartments. The dirt road on 12 ave and 154 The Beechhurst food market DiMaggios pizza stuies candy store 193 park beechhurst Beach hanging out . I worked there I enjoyed walking down memory lane and am so thankful for my time on 11th and 13th Avenues. Many more memories to share but another time. If you crossed the street not at her corner, she would make you cross back and forth 10 times saying thats a corner. 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. After graduating West Point, now an Engineering Officer, participating in the Mexican War, was his assignment but he was not the only one, just part of a group of Army engineers. I attended school from from 1962- 1966. I still see tropicana trucks there and a new cvs taking over the waldbaums,plus waterfront restaurant ponte something. Ed I know your brother Artie . Does anyone remember an old wooden school house on 12th Road between Clintonville St and 152nd St? Now gone for more than 25 years, the club's large outdoor swimming pool provided welcome relief from summer's heat. Bet we crossed paths in the past. That the old Sylvania or GE property had some type of radioactive incident around 1960? 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. Weepy's pool hall was a famous fixture for many years, as was Jimmy's luncheonette . The 10th Ave crowd was the Sinobrias, Siracusas, and Larsens 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! Joe Dragan. That was the go to bakery for our entire family. 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. Find properties near 307 Cresthaven Ln. Stay happy and healthy! I often check real estate values for Beechhurst and I am amazed what houses are selling Then later, through my research I found a postcard from the Astoria Historical Society the showed the pool and dock/marina next door. (505) 431 - 5992; man jumps off cruise ship after fight with wife Very decadent but it was MY MONEY! Also vacant is the Willett Farmhouse, hidden behind thick vegetation. Ft. $403 per Sq. Entered window painting contests. I share all of your memories! I had to deliver the Sunday paper at 6 a.m. each week and one day we had a blizzard! Their business is recorded as DOMESTIC NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION. We used to go right down on the rocks under the south anchorage and fish, smoke, hang-out, whatever. Was your mother Kay Curci? Oh well. Campbell was the prinicipal when I was there as well. 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. Or maybe that was Miss/Mrs Scarpetta, a name that just popped into my head. The rest is a private park-like terrain. The Frank was probably Frank Tokar who ran everything on the CYO property. Swam at the CYO. Theparkhas a small cove that has a beach, but swimming is prohibited. Thats we went to meet girls, mostly unsuccessfully though! rubber loop that went around your angle/wrist which held the key you needed for your locker. Frans candy store! At St Lukes, Mrs. somebody, I dont remember her name, would call the buses over the PA at the end of the day Malba and colony for the second grade; Malba and colony for the third; Malba and colony for the 4th, 5th, and 6th; Malba and colony for the first. 17th Ave between 150th Place and Clintonville St was a dirt road. I remember when Beechhurst was Beechhurst. Thanks for thes insightfull kodak moments, it makes me proud my dad chose this area to live. It can get confusing. Her mansion became Hi Fred: Are you related to College Points infamous Mayers Marina? If only we could travel back in time. My mom was born in 1926 she just turn 91 and she also lives in Florida now. Nice to read your comment. Jones Beach field 6 then Nathans in Oceanside. I had a vivid picture of the couple who ran the store but the name was not there. One was Wide Wings and was closer to the Throgs Neck bridge. Hot Rods up and down the Boulevard. Playing Asteroids and eating toasted buttered bagels at Bridge Lanes There were 50 paper routes in Whitestone and I had Route #42 which delivered to Beechurst. 40-01 Little Neck Parkway 24A Little Neck, NY 11363. Beechurst one for the second grade and so on. 2nd year = Again met and played at PS 184, then boarded buses to Francis Lewis Park (Whitestone Bridge), went wading under the sprinkler sprays in their concrete basins. I dont know the exact date it closed but I know CYO Day Camp closed around 1986 or 87 which was located on 3 Ave & 150 St. Whitestone pool was adjacent to the camp ground. I am not sure I want to go back to see them. Staff Shaune Randles. Ed Winters, are you related to Robert, now in Cambridge? At this location (by some accounts) East River becomes known as Long Island Sound. Finally, F.L. No excuses! He knew the Sanitation Dept would eventually get around to in probably in May lol. At 11:15 p.m. exactly, John saw me across the room, walked quickly over and asked me to dance. I do remember the public pool at Cresthaven CYO (Which may have also been known as Whitestone Pool? There were NO EXCUSES! I would love to find some old pictures of the place. "My real estate mentor always said, 'Never fall . Because the estate has a gate and 24-hour security, the best I could do here is poke my camera between the fence posts. I think it had an iron fence around it. I lived in bldg 16 apartment 2D. for, and I live in CaliforniaThey say you can never go home again,I guess that is the truth. The while at Kents blew at 7:45 a.m., 8:00 a.m. and again at quttin time at 4:00 p.m. Vets fishing station .you could buy all your tackle. In Whitestone. 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. Good Humor Trucks. Excellent single house with 5 beds and 3 baths come with t. that letter in box of childhood memories. A former country club, Cresthaven, Powell's Cove Boulevard between 3rd and 6th Avenues, once occupied 22 acres of waterfront real estate. 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. Hi Jerry! A formercountry club, Cresthaven, Powells Cove Boulevard between 3rd and 6th Avenues, once occupied 22 acres of waterfront real estate. NY-Crystal River Yacht Club. If I remember correctly, you were a cute dark haired boy and a cub scout. Some of them had the image of swasticas! water before the Cross Island Pkwy was If that bothers you in any way, you don't belong here.. or anywhere. There were two camps. 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. /bartender. I am now 68. yes there was a public pool there ,separate from the country club .Went there many times .nice pool.Little secret in congested Queens pools. All are gone. Part of the daily routine walking home from school was to either get an Italian Ice at Bertlesons (5 or 10 cent sizes) or a slice of Pizza at Freddies (15 cents per slice, 20 cents for a Sicilian slice). Loved it! I was active at Immanuel Lutheran church and my cousin Richeys wife taught at their school. everyone Loved Storks. The last 6 acres of the former Cresthaven Country Club in Whitestone are back on the selling block. Have been for 45 years. This site brings back a lot of fond memories., storks is gone I wish I could still live there. 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. But I remember it well nonetheless. 3 generations of my family, the Currys, lived in Beechhurst. Silver Star and other local Bands would build a stage and run a power line from the lamp posts. Find investment properties for sale in Queens County Click Here They put the new one in the back. I remember the raft wellas well as the rats and Coney Island whitefish in the east riverbut we survived! I would park my bike outside of section A, go up stairs, across the roof, to section B, down to my bike, get more papers and then up section C, across the roof again and down section D. Of course I had to go up and down the three floors of Section E because there was no section F! I did my red cross junior lifesaver course there. We were middle class. I remember Frans husband wearing a baggy cardigan and bedroom slippers in the store, cigarette hanging out of his mouth. A third can be found in Little Neck Bay. I had Mrs. Bennett for 1st and 2nd grade. Draw your own conclusions. This property was purchased by BADEA FELICIA for $1,463,000. It predates the fort and is a linktoa period when the peninsula carried the name Willets Point. The tunnel someone mentioned was a distinct memory. 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. He smoked a pipe in there, and there was a carpet on the floor. Ps 184 was my public school. Why were people thinking? Across the street from Samos Lane, a fire hydrant is tastefully wrapped by paving stones. I am looking for information about the Day camp that was at PS 184 back in the 70s. Their apartment had a great sweeping view of Long Island Sound and the Whitestone Bridge. My mother and father still live on 12 ave I am still in the neighborhood. As of 10/26/2022 the estimated market value is $1,752,000. Not sure if you replied here if I would receive it. The staff kept us safe by assigning colored swim caps according to our proficiency in the pool. George J Murray III. starting as a youngster on the tennis court at what was then the Cresthaven Country Club. Search by owner name and find all properties currently or previously owned. Cresthaven also had on their grounds both the Whitestone Boat Club and Cresthaven Yacht Club which remnants may still be seen possibly today. I did not have her, but Did she have reddish hair? Forgotten NY correspondent. What else do you know about Sylvania besides the rumor? Cresthaven Site Is Eyed For Public Parkland In. You could walk from the park to the CYO along the shore if you didnt mind climbing a few fences. Refi. Here, residential developers hold sway and instead of parks, gated communities separate the public from the water. The city acquired this park in 1937. I didnt have her, wither. Went to PS 193, 79 and 30. Became Toms deli for many years My brother still lives there. 3-28 Cresthaven Lane is a House located in the Whitestone neighborhood in Queens, NY. I hope you will see my message. My brother knew one of her sons, I think his name was Paul. I used to walk to Whitestone pool & Ft Totten as a kid. I remember the Kent Trucks coming in every afternoon along 20th avenue with cleaning items from their entire network of dry cleaning shops. It was a scene man! I grew up with owners kids. Did you know that Robert E. Lee was the chief engineer responsible for building Fort Totten? I remember walking to Sams Penny Store on 14th Avenue with its glass cases of loose candy. View information about 307 Cresthaven Ln, Whitestone, NY 11357. We had a ball on that tour! 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. It was the best bakery around. At that time, there was a sunken school yard that was later filled in with an addition to the building. This is no accident as in the early postwar years,ParksCommissioner Robert Moses intended to construct Clearview Beach on this site. work for students, off duty cops and fireman. Neither ever went beyond planning stage. My sister had her wedding at Cresthaven CC. We often talk if the best bakery ever: Storks, and their crumb cake, kruellers, cookies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhRMoU-KDZU. The old Beechurst Building had interesting tiles on the floor. There were long walks with the neighborhood kid to the glen near the Trogs Neck Bridge for live music during the summer. I think she said he was the assistant principal. Went to 193, Mazels, Posner, Endress, England, Dodge, Bower. All good memories! To answer your questions: a) Yes, Lieutenant Robert Lee did supervise the construction of both Fort Totten and its companion Fort Schuyler. I remember the OFF MARKET 315 Cresthaven Ln Whitestone, NY 11357 Whitestone 4 Beds 4 Baths 4,000 sqft $1,637,700 Trulia Estimate as of Jan 8, 2023 Est. couldnt support modern electronics. I had to light the candles at Immanuel Lutheran Church as an acolyte. Thanks for this. Penny candylicorice, Bazookas, sugar dots on a paper stripin a little brown bag. Candy Stores on every corner. I grew up on 14th ave next to Grace Church. Parades up 150th St from Memorial Field into Whitestone by Gleasons Funeral Home. I also went to ps184 from you 1966 to 1972.What years were you there? I remember that as well. 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. Real terra incognita as they say. My mother went there as a child. 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. Its swimming pool however, is open to the public during the summer. It was across the street from the old Naval reserve building by the CYO camp. I remember Fran as well! 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? Not sure if we cover all the data-points you need? Jerry, I remember at age 12 that I had to deliver those papers every day rain, snow, or shine and sickness or health! He dedicated his life to the CYO and children wherever he was! I do remember the stairwells. Acrossthe bay from Utopia Parkway is Fort Totten and behind it is Great Neck. She used to make pizza on English muffin halves, even though there was a pizzeria next door. Most of Fort Tottens coastline is rocky, unsuitable for a beach. Sometimes I would have to get a haircut at Frenchys Barber Shop. Admission at that time was $1.50 . As close to Mels Drive Inn as you can get. Finding homes for sale in Whitestone, Queens, NY has never been easier as our comprehensive directory currently contains more than 126 listings! Whitestone in the 1960s was heaven. Monsignor Gordon, Father Hannon, Sisters Virginia Ann, Margaret Mary, Mrs. Delavalle, Mrs. Lavin, and the crossing guard, Mrs. Yannity. Many days were spent riding my bike to Utopia Lane to watch the bridge construction. Fleming and introduced him to Cresthaven, where he ended up running the CYO camp. My grandparents took care of the Whitestone Point Lighthouse and after they passed away my parents took it over until 1952 when the switch was put on land. John I came here in search of info about Whitestone Pool and you seem to have many memories of it. I too played alot of paddleball undr Whitestone Bridge. Fran came out and saved me from her mothers wrath! I have a photo of my brother wearing a Wide Wings tee shirt. Cresthaven A former country club, Cresthaven, Powell's Cove Boulevard between 3rd and 6th Avenues, once occupied 22 acres of waterfront real estate. originally stretched all the way down to the Father Flemings family, Rita Hass her The property has a long and mixed history. 5 bed 4 bath 3,180 sqft 4,592 sqft lot 3-30 Cresthaven Ln, Whitestone, NY 11357 Property Type Single Family Year Built 2000 Last Sold $1.4M in 2021 Price per sqft $440 Garage 2 Car Share this. I delivered the Long Island Star Journal, which yielded to the Long Island Press in 1968. 147-51 8th Avenue, Whitestone, NY 11357 (MLS# 3335462) is a Single Family property with 3 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms and 1 partial bathroom. Like me and you, he had a childhood using the CYO aka Cresthaven Pool. Wow! Does not look like it did in 1950s, especially the windows facing the 21st Road. Im pretty sure the Fran you are speaking of is my grandmother (unless there were two Frans who owned candy stores in Whitestone.) Also big wooden seesaws, metal swings, metal kiddie swings, high metal slides, and high, dangerous metal monkey bars. Amazing the names changes = a) I remember the pool called CYO Pool but now know it as Cresthaven, and b) I remember the park/spray heads called Whitestone Park but now known as Francis Lewis Park. Ficks market was the butcher shop across the street from my house on 17th Ave and 150th St. THE WATER I worked at both Cresthaven Country Club and the Whitestone Pool so I know the salt water came right from the East River next door. End of 154st. I too went to CYO day camp. Cresthaven Country Club, operated by Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens, was located there for 39 years until it closed in 1989. I do not remember the name of my 3rd grade teacher but remember a boy named Gerald Friedman who was in that class with me. View photos, public assessor data, maps and county tax information. Anyone have any further info? There was a sunken concrete sprinkler area in the park. This building has 2 residential unit (s). Whitestone, NY 11357. But do you remember the stairwells that were in there with the glass with the wires in them? Whitestone officials are eyeing the six-1/2-acre former Cresthaven Country Club, now overgrown and boarded up, for use as a city park. Started by serving snacks at 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. Do you remember the place? We would go onto the ferry and could see the water through the rotted out deck boards, never thinking we could have fallen into the abyss below. So much around to keep us kids occupied growing up in the 70s. We used to enjoy the Sunday afternoon dances at Cresthaven Country Club. Frank was my Grampa! And then there was the sign at the counter meant to stave off sticky fingers Thou shall not steal or thou shall get thy ass kicked. I lived there in Clearview, Bayside from 1953 till I joined the Army in 1973 and left my family there for the beautiful Tidewater Virginia . Some wonderful memories reading this! I played countless games of softball in the PS 193 hardtop school yard and lost lots of money playing Whte Lighnng at the checkerboard tables in the school yard. Countryside Montessori 8 Week Camp is the answer. This is not the official website of this company. After I completed my route and before I went home each day, I stopped at Carpenters market on Clintonville Street and bought potato chips and a soda. Properties; Search by address to access the property report or search by location to build lists of properties. Hope you are happy and healthy! When I had moved away to Peekskill, NY in April 1973, you sent me a letter. Bridge Gulls [SpliceToday] 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. 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. On weekends and evenings it was open as a swim club. How about the Topless Bar off the Cross Island Service road in Beechurst. 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 . The pool you are thinking of was the Whitestone Pool, open to the public. I just discovered this blog and it brought back so many memories. Does anyone remember Principal John Campbell? A Mr Zappavigna a contractor lived on 154th St right at the end of 14th Ave. The northeast extreme of Queens is an ear-shaped peninsula that was used as an army base between 1857 and 1995. Its sad what whitestone has become. I AM OLD ENOUGH to remember the CYO summer day camp at Cresthaven Country Club in northern Whitestone. It was. Aww, the memories. Still the best Ive ever had. I think the pizza man was Sal or Vito. As you know, 1861, he sided with Virginia and the South and quickly went to the Confederate Richmond, leaving Washington behind. Passed away a few years agoa great man to the very end, and a wonderful loving Grandfather my whole life. As close to small town America as you could get. Great memories of my years in Cambridge. 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. Randazzo is ringing a bell. All the places everyone spoke about sparks a memory. Remember spending how much time trying to figure how to best spend my 10 cent allowance. Oh well. It did get noisy mid 70s since most of us had dirt bikes. I delivered the Long Island Star Journal to Building 16 at LeHarve from 1966-1968, perhaps you were one of my customers? Thats right. 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 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. Same with the whitestone pool and cresthaven gone. Rent a row boat andante buy sand worms for a day of fishing. Had to have been around 1967. When we got a little older and had phony proof in hand, we went to the Mona Kai (near Bohacks & Tropacana) for a Flaming Volcano or to Rum Bottoms for some music. Was Bertlesons the little ice cream parlor near Storks? 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. Please excuse the last post, that was Edward Cleary on 14th Street in Whitestone queens. I finished 6th grade there in 1963, JHS 185 in 1966 and Flushing High School in 1969. There was a Navy destroyer escort (Harris) docked there. 79 in the 40s and 50s, and Mr. Campbell was there then, too. Building Facts Units Active Listings Past Sales Past Rentals All Units No active listings in building See past sales or past rentals Filter Units Nearby Transportation There is no data available The developer is planning to build 45 homes at the former. Pizzarama was where Dime Bank is today. WE USE TO GO TO THE CYO SWIMMING , DOES ANYONE KNOW THE STREET IT WAS ON . The Clearview Golf course was our hang out. 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