As Whitestone has a large Greek population, it is possible that the streets name comes from the island of Samos in the Aegean Sea. Candy Stores on every corner. 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. Her mansion became 315 Cresthaven Lane, Whitestone, NY 11357 was last sold in 07/06/2016 for $1,400,000. Instead, money polluted/corrupted the business men there. 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. The prize was not a trophy though, we each were awarded an art set. Still the best Ive ever had. Was Ritchie Ferraro the younger brother of Dino Ferraro? View sample full report Residential For Sale nearby Commercial Real Estate nearby Real Estate Reports: What a loss. As a teenager I worked there 2 summers for $100 a summer. I remember the ankle loop with the key as well. 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. My mom was born in 1926 she just turn 91 and she also lives in Florida now. where I could practice my skills at actually throwing the papers to the stoops of the homes. I still have several entrance tickets for Whitestone Pool from 1973 . Also big wooden seesaws, metal swings, metal kiddie swings, high metal slides, and high, dangerous metal monkey bars. Staff Shaune Randles. The regulars called me Red. As a private road, it has its own custom-made sign. that letter in box of childhood memories. Ft. Share Location Property Info Property History Public Records Schools Similar Homes Sold 3/26/21 View All Map Street View I was allegedly the barefoot handball champion of Whitestone Park (1964) That job taught me how to work and how to deliver and be reliable! I lived on 24rd ave. One was Wide Wings and was closer to the Throgs Neck bridge. 40-01 Little Neck Parkway 24A Little Neck, NY 11363. I went to the day camp at 184 for one summer in the early 70s. From the early 1980s until 1999, the landmarked mansion fell into decay, overshadowed by Throgs Neck Bridge. Started by serving snacks at The Frank was probably Frank Tokar who ran everything on the CYO property. accident. We miss him dearly, thanks so much for mentioning and remembering him. Thank you to all our donors that continue to support Forgotten NY. Frank was my Grampa! This outcropping usedtohave a lighthouse that was operated by a keeper until around 1990. I used to think it meant LeFrak House until now. Great times! Remember the Juke Box on the handball courts and older teenagers dancing especially the girls with big hair. I was active at Immanuel Lutheran church and my cousin Richeys wife taught at their school. Cresthaven Country Club, operated by Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens, was located there for 39 years until it closed in 1989. I remember riding my bike through the empty lot and seeing pools of colored purple, orange and green water in the mud. The dirt road on 12 ave and 154 The Beechhurst food market DiMaggios pizza stuies candy store 193 park beechhurst Beach hanging out . Whitestone contains Queens' lowest numbered present-day avenue: 2nd, which exists as a dead-end at the north end of 148th Street and 149th Place. The last 6 acres of the former Cresthaven Country Club in Whitestone are back on the selling block. In 1969:I keep my boat in Mayers Marina. Smooth work commute, popular bars and nightlife, nearby restaurants and grocery stores, and safety. I first laid eyes on my beautiful wife, Eleanor, in 1958 at a weekly "singles" dance at the Cresthaven Country Club in Whitestone, Queens. This property was built in 2002. If I remember correctly your family lived on Powells Cove Blvd. I also worked on the 2 boats that the CYO used to give kids rides in the sound, They were housed at the boat club. The pool is a fond memory. 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. Good Humor Trucks. One thing was that if you brought your lunch you had to eat in the auditorium due to lack of space in the cafeteria. Does anyone remember an old wooden school house on 12th Road between Clintonville St and 152nd St? All Right Reserved. I think it was right under the Utopia Parkway near the Throgs Neck Bridge. 3rd Avenue & 150th Street, Whitestone, NY 11357. Waldbaums Shopping Center was built, giving us a supermarket and some small shops like Stage Variety Store and a pizza place, a bank, etc. Bug juice and cookies before the ride home. I attended school from from 1962- 1966. 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. 3 23 Cresthaven Lane, Whitestone, NY 11357 is a Single Family, Residential property listed for $1,480,000 The property is 3600 sq. This should have remained a historic town. The largest unused building at Fort Totten is the former hospital, which flanks the Parade Ground. Hi. Lots of woods now all houses. 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. The 70s were like the wild west. 79 in the 30s. The chapel is leased to a Korean congregationwhilethe Officers Club is used by Bayside Historical Society. As you know, 1861, he sided with Virginia and the South and quickly went to the Confederate Richmond, leaving Washington behind. Do you remember the place? I remember Frans husband wearing a baggy cardigan and bedroom slippers in the store, cigarette hanging out of his mouth. Maybe we had one or 2 beers once in a while. Payment $9,110 /mo * Refinance Your Home Homes for Sale Near 315 Cresthaven Ln $1,899,000 4bd 3ba 3,180 sqft 150-64 Powells Cove Boulevard, Flushing, NY 11357 Listing by: Keller Williams Realty Greater How many residential units does this building have? In 1924, Queens Gold Coast was enhanced by the construction of Wildflower, briefly the home of Broadway impresario Oscar Hammerstein II, who named the mansion after one of his plays. 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 remember having a sundae at the counter and the ice cream and syrup dripping over the side of the metal tulip shaped dish. there was a very large cement dug out area dug with lots of sprinklers! How about the Topless Bar off the Cross Island Service road in Beechurst. Whitestone, Queens, NY 11357. Remember spending how much time trying to figure how to best spend my 10 cent allowance. Passed away a few years agoa great man to the very end, and a wonderful loving Grandfather my whole life. Storks bakery had the BEST ever hard rolls, could not wait till after mass on Sunday morning to pick them up! Cresthaven Site Is Eyed For Public Parkland In. This 9-acre park covers aremnantof the property that belonged to Francis Lewis. "My real estate mentor always said, 'Never fall . Stay happy and healthy! Whitestone, NY 11357. Beers Avenue and Walter Reed Road. rubber loop that went around your angle/wrist which held the key you needed for your locker. Penny candylicorice, Bazookas, sugar dots on a paper stripin a little brown bag. Im a Zappavigna, my mother Madeline, Dad is Louie, who was a general contractor. An important ferry landing prior to the construction of Whitestone Bridge, the community was served by the Long Island Railroad until 1932. This home is located at 315 Cresthaven Ln, Whitestone, NY 11357 and has been listed on Homes.com and is currently estimated at $1,645,000, approximately $612 per square foot. Also vacant is the Willett Farmhouse, hidden behind thick vegetation. This promontory is known on maps as Cryders Point. 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 ). I think it had an iron fence around it. I have a photo of my brother wearing a Wide Wings tee shirt. ), Mr. Campbell was an old kind of nasty man. Ice skating in Bowne Park. Tropicana was located on 154th street, off the water for deliveries by boat. In French, its name translates as The Harbor. Completed in 1958, Le Havrecomprisesof 32 towers on 32 acres of waterfront land. She was 21, and I was 20. I had to get my papers, hop the Q-15 at 15th and 150th Street and deliver my papers! And the old mother of the husband or Fran lived with them in that small space in the back of the store. Also, nearby under the Throgs Neck Bridge was a horseshoe ring (still there) and Bands would play in the summertime. 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. I also went to PS 79 and then St Lukes through 4th grade, but then off to Holy Trinity & St. Agnes for the rest! I cry when I go back and dont want to keep doing it to myself. Here is a link to some photos of P.S. wonderful Sunday afternoons we spent there in the early 60s. I lived there, across from Clearview Golf Course. I grew up in Whitestone (10-06 148th St.) and spent almost every non-school day in Francis Lewis Park. 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. 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. /bartender. On summer days they had bands playing at the pool. They put the new one in the back. So beautiful there and such wonderful times the best 12 summers of my life. Loved it! He officiated the marriage ceremony of my wife and I. What a great priest. I remember the Kent Trucks coming in every afternoon along 20th avenue with cleaning items from their entire network of dry cleaning shops. Acrossthe bay from Utopia Parkway is Fort Totten and behind it is Great Neck. The mansions are overcrowding what used to beautiful old farm houses and Tudors. My Mom and Grandmother were very close friends with Msgr. Tropicana had property at the foot of 154th street in Beechhurst. Newly listed Venetian Isle apartments for rent in Boynton Beach. Before Bay Bridge Condominiums were built on the property in 1980, the DEP did testing on the property and determined there was no contamination. The wing and gym and auditorium were not built yet. There were the wafer flying saucers, dot strips, penny Bazookas, wax teeth, the Revell plastic model kits and the cap gun ammo wed scratch until our nails were scorched with gunpowder. We enjoyed Freddies pizza too and the Clintonville Bar Restaurant for fried shrimp and spaghetti. It was exciting! 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). You had to keep winning to hold the court, very competetive. I wish I could find some of these awards from the window painting constests to give to my son. Had a black iron fence surrounding it. To the left of the building was a ball field, but us older kids could hit softballs on the roof of the building. 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. Three Hidden Cemeteries [SpliceToday]. 3 generations of my family, the Currys, lived in Beechhurst. I did my red cross junior lifesaver course there. Dad was employed as a railroad mail clerk and later was assigned to the Throggs Neck Post Office, where he worked for 37 years before retiring. Would love to hear from you and share stories and memories. It was the best bakery around. starting as a youngster on the tennis court at what was then the Cresthaven Country Club. 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. 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. Here, residential developers hold sway and instead of parks, gated communities separate the public from the water. It was. So safe back then. Great deli!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We gave boat rides on the Manhattan at Cresthaven and on the African Queen and African King from Whitestone. Closer to the water, the pool had a pool house that overlooked the water and we used to take rowboats out into the river. He dedicated his life to the CYO and children wherever he was! Across the East River, Ferry Point Park also has a curved shoreline that was designedfora beach. Hi margret I knew your father well I remember your two Brothers too.Brenda I built a stoop for your uncle on 13 ave . The staff kept us safe by assigning colored swim caps according to our proficiency in the pool. Here are some of mine: Sometimes I would have to get a haircut at Frenchys Barber Shop. Call today for an appointment 718-631-8900. Locals said it was once one of the ferries that ran between Whitestone and the Bronx. The average person cannot live there anymore because it is too expensive, Where does the middle class live now anyway.? We used to go there in our bathing suits to cool off! Yesterday I came across a pamphlet from back in the day about joining the beach house beach. Our lunches were provided by the NYC Board of Ed. The drinking age was 18 ?!?!? 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. Rent a row boat andante buy sand worms for a day of fishing. In the early 20th century, thislocationwas part of Long Islands Gold Coast, a stretch of waterfront mansions covering the northern shores of Queens and Nassau counties. I remember there sign saying 100, 000 served, then finally a Million. When it went Condo, my mother bought it. 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. 5 beds, 4 baths, 3180 sq. Although Wildflower has a beach, it is not usedforswimming. Went to Boosters beach and sold my share/spot, what an idiot I am!!!! Played in the construction site for Cryder House. My mother and father still live on 12 ave I am still in the neighborhood. Thanks for this. Working for route drivers at Tropicana, getting there at 5:30 a.m. as a 12 year old, working all summer and having Wednesdays and weekends off. 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? Riding our bikes in old Kent Cleaners off Clintonville and other lots before they were all gone. Ive parallel experiences to yours. I remember when Beechhurst was Beechhurst. Boosters beach is disgusting with all those overgrown mansions there. If you scroll down or up (? As we reported previously in College Point and North Astoria, Queens East River Shoreline is not as accessible. The fridge in the kitchen was mounted on the ceiling over the counter like an overhead kitchen cabinet! I went to St Lukes for 1st and 2nd grade and PS 79 for 3rd through 6th. He was quite intimidating. In Whitestone. Jerry, Later she would pick me up. Jones Beach field 6 then Nathans in Oceanside. Excellent single house with 5 beds and 3 baths come with t. To anyone that knew him..sorry to say he passed on many years ago..more than 20. As a formerresidentialcommunity, Fort Totten had its own post office, zip code, swimming pool, little league and street signs. Across the street from Samos Lane, a fire hydrant is tastefully wrapped by paving stones. At the eastern end of Whitestone / Beechhurst, the shoreline curves south into Little Bay. He knew the Sanitation Dept would eventually get around to in probably in May lol. 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. gave me when I left for the Army. . At this location (by some accounts) East River becomes known as Long Island Sound. 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. 2-40 150 Street . He played the saw and did ventriloquism with a dummy he would take out a suitcase. 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 Im named after him. The Company's current operating status is Active Company Info DOS ID: 441706 Current Entity Name: CRESTHAVEN-WHITESTONE CLUB, INC. Incorpration Date: 07/15/1977 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)? That camp closed when the property was sold and the owner reopened closer to the Whitestone Bridge calling the camp Wings. Considering the citys overcrowded public schools and neighborhood opposition to new schools inresidentialareas, I am surprised that the city hasntreused some of thevacantbuildings as schools. Mr. Softee. 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. He would do it as a favor to my Dad, George J Murray Jr (FDNY). Estupendo condo de venta en Walnut, CA. Yes It was on the shore in Queens, not far west of the Throgs Neck Bridge, on which construction was just being finished my first year there. I would love to get some information on him. The 10th Ave crowd was the Sinobrias, Siracusas, and Larsens Now, Eastern Consolidated, a New York real-estate investment firm, has been retained by Whitestone Jewels as the agent in the sale of the site between Powells Cove Blvd., 150th St. and Sixth Ave. Time and the cost involved with installing sewers for the development were the prime reasons for putting it back on the market, said Azita Aghravi, a senior director with Eastern Consolidated. Aww, the memories. So much around to keep us kids occupied growing up in the 70s. 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. and exactly where it was located? As the first stones were being laid, he then was assigned to help design Fort Monroe, Hampton. As close to Mels Drive Inn as you can get. There was a kitchen between the pool and the building, which was attached to the main building. Admission at that time was $1.50 . 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. By SERGEY KADINSKY 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). 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 . Then 49 other kids and I had to fold our papers outside of the station office on Cross Island Parkway and 149th Street. I played stick ball lots of times in Bohacks parking lot with Billy Collela. 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. I see PS 184 has been remodeled. As a child I recall the remains of a ferry boat partially buried in the shore line of an old run down marina called Captain Bills. She had 2 older brothers Eddie and Gene and one younger brother Bobby. 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