I remember the Then later, through my research I found a postcard from the Astoria Historical Society the showed the pool and dock/marina next door. Plus in days before easy access to aerial photos, it was even harder to imagine what went on at the waters edge. There was a sunken concrete sprinkler area in the park. Playing paddleball on Saturdays and in the summer across from JHS 185 Bleeker Known as Boosters Beach, itoccurringa narrow sliver of sand behind a tall fence. i grew up in whitestone on 12 th road off of 150th street. 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. We used to walk from school to Scottys Pizza on Franny Lew and Willets Point. Hi. constructed. Re Le Havre- It was built by Levitt ( of the several Levittowns in the US) . Its shoreline is largely comprised of upper income tract mansions and high rise apartments. 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! He had a big first-floor office that faced the front yard. 154th to 162nd CIP to the Water is Beechurst, the area between 162nd utopia and Leharve is known as Robinswood, Yep went ps79 those big front doors slammed really loud and mr Campbell with the smelly pipe,mr Harmon asst principle,those teachers randazzo,rathner,Welch, and best of all varsi s 75 cent heros and dont forget frans candy store a penny a piece 25 cents lasted all day. The 70s were like the wild west. Cresthaven A former country club, Cresthaven, Powell's Cove Boulevard between 3rd and 6th Avenues, once occupied 22 acres of waterfront real estate. It was a wonderful time. /bartender. down towards the yacht club. Sometimes I bought Hostess Snowballs. Campbell was the prinicipal when I was there as well. We gave boat rides on the Manhattan at Cresthaven and on the African Queen and African King from Whitestone. Entered window painting contests. 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. Im named after him. Estupendo condo de venta en Walnut, CA. It was chlorinated pretty well so no one every got sick. . 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. 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. Whitestone, NY 11357. 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. Jones Beach field 6 then Nathans in Oceanside. Weddings I grew up in Beechhurst, and lived on Riverside Drive. 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. He was right across the river from it for 35 years and had never seen the campus. It was run by Father Flemming. thanks for the memories,i went to st.lukes school and p.s.79 for kindergarten. It was a German themed deli then, I worked there a number of years while attending college. Parades up 150th St from Memorial Field into Whitestone by Gleasons Funeral Home. As a formerresidentialcommunity, Fort Totten had its own post office, zip code, swimming pool, little league and street signs. There was a Navy destroyer escort (Harris) docked there. Karl Bertleson (who used to work in that ice cream store) was one of the partners of the Whitestone Delicatessen (Across the street from Storks Bakery and Cherry valley) The other two were Richard Jensen and Ludwig Richardson. Milk Maid was there before Mcdonalds opened. You could walk from the park to the CYO along the shore if you didnt mind climbing a few fences. Because the estate has a gate and 24-hour security, the best I could do here is poke my camera between the fence posts. Properties; Search by address to access the property report or search by location to build lists of properties. 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. I dont think that type of man even exists any longer. Hot Rod Magazine there taking pictures. This is no accident as in the early postwar years,ParksCommissioner Robert Moses intended to construct Clearview Beach on this site. Why were people thinking? Its beach is useful for walking, launching canoes and fishing but signs inform visitors that swimming is prohibited. Thanks for thes insightfull kodak moments, it makes me proud my dad chose this area to live. I would bet the wiring, etc. Wonderful place to grow up in the 50s & 60s. Sure enough the pool was still there and he shot photos through the fence. 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. Hello Brenda live upstate for the last 16 years but my mom still lives there .I occasionally see Ed.was actually in Whitestone yesterday. Where was the Tropicana plant? My Dad sold our house many years ago, I have been told that they built 4 houses on his property. The developer is planning to build 45 homes at the former. Its swimming pool however, is open to the public during the summer. I remember riding my bike through the empty lot and seeing pools of colored purple, orange and green water in the mud. 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). 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. 3 generations of my family, the Currys, lived in Beechhurst. Were you there? 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. 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. When I was drafted. Whitestone-based developer Fulcrum Real Estate Advisors closed on the purchase of a six-acre Queens development site for $14 million. 12 year olds dont have much fear. Closer to the water, the pool had a pool house that overlooked the water and we used to take rowboats out into the river. Locals said it was once one of the ferries that ran between Whitestone and the Bronx. Frances Lewis Park was neverland to me. There were 2 pools: the whitestone pool was the public pool at the end of the street. 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. But if you would like to friend request or message me, you will be able to find me on facebook as Monica Mosquera-Cannon. On the map, military names include Sgt. An important ferry landing prior to the construction of Whitestone Bridge, the community was served by the Long Island Railroad until 1932. I didnt have her, wither. What a loss. Call today for an appointment 718-631-8900. Real terra incognita as they say. By SERGEY KADINSKY We used to go right down on the rocks under the south anchorage and fish, smoke, hang-out, whatever. Great memories of my years in Cambridge. We put life jackets on all the campers and sailed under both the Whitestone and Throggs Neck Bridge. From the early 1980s until 1999, the landmarked mansion fell into decay, overshadowed by Throgs Neck Bridge. So safe back then. Pizzarama was where Dime Bank is today. We were famiy FNY will soon have a more comprehensive look at Fort Totten. The paper posted on Chriss window said we came in 7th place (out of eight top spots) for our age category. CRESTHAVEN-WHITESTONE CLUB, INC. (DOS ID: 441706)was incorporated on 07/15/1977in New York. 3rd Avenue & 150th Street, Whitestone, NY 11357. and exactly where it was located? Passed away a few years agoa great man to the very end, and a wonderful loving Grandfather my whole life. Frans candy store! Storks bakery had the BEST ever hard rolls, could not wait till after mass on Sunday morning to pick them up! I wouldnt call it an elite neighborhood, but I do call it home. I remember missing you and I still have. I used to think it meant LeFrak House until now. Near the eponymous bridge, Francis LewisParkoccupies aportionof the former estate of AmericanrevolutionaryFrancis Lewis. I remember when Beechhurst was Beechhurst. I recall a while on black sign in the the lobby of their apartment house with the initials LH on it. Don't seek support service here please. Played in the construction site for Cryder House. It has since been automated like all other lighthouses in the city. ft with 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms Staff Shaune Randles. Crime did not even exist. 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. The Frank was probably Frank Tokar who ran everything on the CYO property. He dedicated his life to the CYO and children wherever he was! Thats we went to meet girls, mostly unsuccessfully though! 315 Cresthaven Lane, Whitestone, NY 11357 was last sold in 07/06/2016 for $1,400,000. 79 in the 30s. 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 delivered the LI Star Journal in Malba, not that it has any relevance to your post. I first laid eyes on my beautiful wife, Eleanor, in 1958 at a weekly "singles" dance at the Cresthaven Country Club in Whitestone, Queens. My best friend and I met our wives there. GT&Es Administration Building. Surprisingly, I visited the Beechurst in 2017, 50 years after I delivered there, and the swastica tiles were still there! No crime sex violence. Do you know when it closed, what happened to it Then 49 other kids and I had to fold our papers outside of the station office on Cross Island Parkway and 149th Street. 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. I delivered the Long Island Star Journal to Building 16 at LeHarve from 1966-1968, perhaps you were one of my customers? document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Best Sicilian and white pizza was Freddies. Archie would run into the basement and find anything you needed. Whitestone, NY 11357. The green knife sharpening truck ringing its bell. Puerto Madero N9710, Oficina 22, Pudahuel - Santiago | saudi arabian airlines flight 763 cvr transcript All are gone. I went to St Lukes had a paper route route 13 Freddys pizza $.25 a slice in 1969 storks bakery Karl Stork was in my class in the first and second grade I remember mrsStork bringing cookies every Christmas to school for the kids Hope to hear back from somebody this is the first time Ive ever done this kind of thing. It cost $1.25 in those days. 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. Hope you are happy and doing well. Then I had three private houses on Powels Cove Blvd. Randazzo is ringing a bell. yes there was a public pool there ,separate from the country club .Went there many times .nice pool.Little secret in congested Queens pools. I still have several entrance tickets for Whitestone Pool from 1973 . Clintonville Fort Monroe was completed and then the Civil War broke out. Oh well. Instead, money polluted/corrupted the business men there. Here, residential developers hold sway and instead of parks, gated communities separate the public from the water. I remember that as well. Fleming and introduced him to Cresthaven, where he ended up running the CYO camp. 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. A fourth generation visits their grandfather, Ed, still living there. Most of Fort Tottens coastline is rocky, unsuitable for a beach. Please excuse the last post, that was Edward Cleary on 14th Street in Whitestone queens. I remember Frans husband wearing a baggy cardigan and bedroom slippers in the store, cigarette hanging out of his mouth. 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! Jerry, God Bless him. We moved there in 1958. I am now 68. Then it was on to four buildings in LeHarve, where I took the elevators up nine floors and slid the papers along the floor to the subscribers on each floor easy peasy! At this location (by some accounts) East River becomes known as Long Island Sound. Cresthaven Country Club, operated by Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens, was located there for 39 years until it closed in 1989. Whitestone officials are eyeing the six-1/2-acre former Cresthaven Country Club, now overgrown and boarded up, for use as a city park. Mr. Softee. This should have remained a historic town. Also big wooden seesaws, metal swings, metal kiddie swings, high metal slides, and high, dangerous metal monkey bars. What a great priest. Went to 193, Mazels, Posner, Endress, England, Dodge, Bower. Three Hidden Cemeteries [SpliceToday]. Park used to offer one of my favorite quintessential NY experiences, which is hanging out in the cool space beneath a major bridge. 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 grew up in Whitestone 1947-1959. That was the go to bakery for our entire family. 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 . There was NO ROOM FOR ERROR! On weekends and evenings it was open as a swim club. Alas, post 9/11 I believe there is a full time police presence and/or other means to prevent that. I lived on 26th Ave off of 150th in Flushing but we went there a lot. I did not have her, but Did she have reddish hair? During heavy snowstorms your Dad would plow our street (15th Drive between 149th and 150th). This site brings back a lot of fond memories., storks is gone I wish I could still live there. Here is a link to some photos of P.S. There were so many different types of pools for people of all ages and sizes. The drinking age was 18 ?!?!? 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. Before it was middle class. It predates the fort and is a linktoa period when the peninsula carried the name Willets Point. The terrace was accessible from both the living room and master bedroom. We used to go there in our bathing suits to cool off! Lunchroom smelled so bad I was so thankful we ate in the auditorium. The modernist apartment complexs name seems like a nod to architect Le Corbusier,whopromoted the Tower-In-The-Park concept in the postwar period. I see PS 184 has been remodeled. Lighting Punks from Little Neck Bay for fireworks on the 4th of July. 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. Forgotten NY correspondent. 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. Same with the whitestone pool and cresthaven gone. 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 Many summer days at CYO (bug juice) @ Cresthaven Pool, where, during its country club time, Bernie taught me the crawl. 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? Went to PS 193, 79 and 30. There were wooden booths to sit in. I used the pool for one summer (1954 or 1955). No excuses! I used to fish off the barges near CYO with my dad many times and most of the inlets from there to College Point. We had a ball on that tour! My cousin was Richey Jensen ..one of the owners of Whitestone deli. Leifs That Are Green [SpliceToday] 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. I attended Immanuel Lutheran School from 1959-1968. couldnt support modern electronics. There was a gate and the Tropicana trucks came and went from the lot. The remains of its pier was still there a few years ago when I visited. Joe Dragan. The master bedroom and living room had wall-to-wall windows on the exterior wall. 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. Draw your own conclusions. Now Billions.should have bought stock when I first saw the sign!! 315 Cresthaven Ln is a home located in Queens County with nearby schools including Ps 193 Alfred J Kennedy, Jhs 194 William Carr, and . 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. Does anyone remember Principal John Campbell? I remember swimming in Whitestone Pool. The pool you are thinking of was the Whitestone Pool, open to the public. 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! 40-01 Little Neck Parkway 24A Little Neck, NY 11363. The CYO camp in the 1970s would love to see pics, as I attended at a young age maybe 5-7yrs old and have memories of taking the bus there from Rego Park. I would love to get some information on him. I AM OLD ENOUGH to remember the CYO summer day camp at Cresthaven Country Club in northern Whitestone. The staff kept us safe by assigning colored swim caps according to our proficiency in the pool. That job taught me how to work and how to deliver and be reliable! Weepy's pool hall was a famous fixture for many years, as was Jimmy's luncheonette . Ft. Share Location Property Info Property History Public Records Schools Similar Homes Sold 3/26/21 View All Map Street View Lived near to Boosters in the late 60s. 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. Great times! 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? The chapel is leased to a Korean congregationwhilethe Officers Club is used by Bayside Historical Society. I miss the old Whitestone so much! 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. Sometimes I would have to get a haircut at Frenchys Barber Shop. ? George J Murray III. One of them collapsed as I recall and Campbell got hurt as he was on the stairs when they broke. 17th Ave between 150th Place and Clintonville St was a dirt road. Like me and you, he had a childhood using the CYO aka Cresthaven Pool. View photos, public assessor data, maps and county tax information.
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