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 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! constructed. Theparkhas a small cove that has a beach, but swimming is prohibited. Running between Beechhurst and Jamaica Estates, this roadway begins as a one-lane dead-end on the shore of Little Bay. For 39 years, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Brooklyn operated the Cresthaven Country Club on 19.5 acres, including some on the river, providing thousands of city youngsters the chance. Went to 193, Mazels, Posner, Endress, England, Dodge, Bower. I wonder where he lived and where he studied. Ft. $403 per Sq. Graduated from St. Lukes in 1976. The 70s were like the wild west. Thanks for thes insightfull kodak moments, it makes me proud my dad chose this area to live. The green knife sharpening truck ringing its bell. There was a gate and the Tropicana trucks came and went from the lot. It was a wonderful time. Storks bakery had the BEST ever hard rolls, could not wait till after mass on Sunday morning to pick them up! The green knife sharpening truck used to come down our block everyday(138 street between 11ave-14ave. 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. Countryside Montessori 8 Week Camp is the answer. I too played alot of paddleball undr Whitestone Bridge. Daniel J. Gilligan was born in Brooklyn, NY on August 17th, 1942. There were long walks with the neighborhood kid to the glen near the Trogs Neck Bridge for live music during the summer. Now Billions.should have bought stock when I first saw the sign!! 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 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 just discovered this blog and it brought back so many memories. Spent a lot of time of my time in Francis Lewis Park. The paper posted on Chriss window said we came in 7th place (out of eight top spots) for our age category. She was 21, and I was 20. End of 154st. Parades up 150th St from Memorial Field into Whitestone by Gleasons Funeral Home. While some of the buildings on the former base are actively used as offices andtrainingfacilities,others are in a dilapidated state, ravaged by themoistureandwinds of the bay. Properties; Search by address to access the property report or search by location to build lists of properties. Cresthaven Country Club, operated by Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens, was located there for 39 years until it closed in 1989. View sample full report Residential For Sale nearby Commercial Real Estate nearby Real Estate Reports: I became the Whitestone Boating Director as the CYO Day Camp reached a capacity of 5,000 campers a day spread out between 6 properties Whitestone, Alley Pond Park, Cresthaven, Kisena Park, Astoria Pool and Cunningham Park. Sometimes I bought Hostess Snowballs. I remember the He had a big first-floor office that faced the front yard. If I remember correctly, you were a cute dark haired boy and a cub scout. Each apartment has a terrace and full-length windows. A Mr Zappavigna a contractor lived on 154th St right at the end of 14th Ave. Many It had a great Playground with Monkey Bars and the Long Swing sets which are banned today. 145-40 5 ave Whitestone, NY 11357: Presented by. 5 beds, 4 baths, 3180 sq. I cant remember the Asian Restaurant in the whitestone shopping center other than it had some reputation. Oh well. My mom was born in 1926 she just turn 91 and she also lives in Florida now. So beautiful there and such wonderful times the best 12 summers of my life. The two unique, red-tile roof buildings besides the entrance? 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. Maureen Kopelman Was your mother Kay Curci? 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 Ficks market was the butcher shop across the street from my house on 17th Ave and 150th St. Only 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place got trophies. I had Mrs. Bennett for 1st and 2nd grade. George J Murray III. I remember the Kent Trucks coming in every afternoon along 20th avenue with cleaning items from their entire network of dry cleaning shops. I am now 68. 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. I had to light the candles at Immanuel Lutheran Church as an acolyte. This is me: PS193 (class of 61), St.Lukes (63) Bishop Reilly (67) Cottage, 14th Avenue east of 150th, with iron eagle. (I could hear all your parents partying at night). Father Flemings family, Rita Hass her Son Georgie keep the place going.There was always Still remember the sign posted at the counter Thou shall not steal or thou shall get thy ass kicked. A formercountry club, Cresthaven, Powells Cove Boulevard between 3rd and 6th Avenues, once occupied 22 acres of waterfront real estate. Although Wildflower has a beach, it is not usedforswimming. My brother knew one of her sons, I think his name was Paul. Surprisingly, I visited the Beechurst in 2017, 50 years after I delivered there, and the swastica tiles were still there! In Whitestone. You remembered it correctly. I went to St Lukes for 1st and 2nd grade and PS 79 for 3rd through 6th. Does not look like it did in 1950s, especially the windows facing the 21st Road. Hope you are happy and healthy! Today, a simple skeleton tower with a beacon performs the duty. There were two camps. I first laid eyes on my beautiful wife, Eleanor, in 1958 at a weekly "singles" dance at the Cresthaven Country Club in Whitestone, Queens. 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. Accordingtothe historian Strabo, its name is Phoenician for rise by the shore.. Was there also to see the first stones being laid and then went home (that later became Arlington Cemetery). There were a set of whistles every day telling workers it was time to be at work. The northeast extreme of Queens is an ear-shaped peninsula that was used as an army base between 1857 and 1995. I went to the day camp at 184 for one summer in the early 70s. They were just happy care-free days with great kids and counselors. I delivered the Long Island Star Journal to Building 16 at LeHarve from 1966-1968, perhaps you were one of my customers? I grew up in the corner house diagonally across from Gleasons Funeral home on 150th St. When I had moved away to Peekskill, NY in April 1973, you sent me a letter. It was across the street from the old Naval reserve building by the CYO camp. Thank you to all our donors that continue to support Forgotten NY. It cost $1.25 in those days. I had The Beechurst, which is an iconic building still in existence today. Find your perfect home in Venetian Isle, Boynton Beach, FL. Here, residential developers hold sway and instead of parks, gated communities separate the public from the water. 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. In recent years, the coastlines of Manhattan and Brooklyn have been reclaimed by the public as ribbons of waterfront parkland take up shores that previously belonged to industry. 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 FNY will soon have a more comprehensive look at Fort Totten. that letter in box of childhood memories. They called us Star Boys in those days and, yes, we were all boys. 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. Thanks for the memories! Investment property in WHITESTONE, NY located at 318 CRESTHAVEN LN. There were 2 pools: the whitestone pool was the public pool at the end of the street. My friends and I would cross our legs Indian style and shimmy up the V shaped grooves in the concrete to the top. i grew up in whitestone on 12 th road off of 150th street. wonderful Sunday afternoons we spent there in the early 60s. If you crossed the street not at her corner, she would make you cross back and forth 10 times saying thats a corner. Our lunches were provided by the NYC Board of Ed. My brother in law is Karl Stork- He moved out to Montauk & was the head baker for Gurney`s Inn before retiring! Here is a link to some photos of P.S. Its beach is useful for walking, launching canoes and fishing but signs inform visitors that swimming is prohibited. Second Avenue does not have sidewalks. The remains of its pier was still there a few years ago when I visited. Only 19 percent of Le Havres land is occupied by buildings. I remember Cherry valley dairy, Storks, Freddies pizza, Chriss card shop. 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? 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. One thing was that if you brought your lunch you had to eat in the auditorium due to lack of space in the cafeteria. I went to it between 55 and 62 but I see you were still going there in 1973. I wish I could find some of these awards from the window painting constests to give to my son. Was Ritchie Ferraro the younger brother of Dino Ferraro? Hi. 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. 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. My Dad sold our house many years ago, I have been told that they built 4 houses on his property. 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. Before Bay Bridge Condominiums were built on the property in 1980, the DEP did testing on the property and determined there was no contamination. Had to have been around 1967. It is one of the two last private beaches remaining on the Queens shoreline of the East River. Its sad what whitestone has become. Same with the whitestone pool and cresthaven gone. Was looking up the old neighborhood. Loved it! 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 Frank was probably Frank Tokar who ran everything on the CYO property. 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! My gramps was a regular customer. I do remember the stairwells. Archie would run into the basement and find anything you needed. 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. I attended PS 184. The prize was not a trophy though, we each were awarded an art set. rubber loop that went around your angle/wrist which held the key you needed for your locker. I finished 6th grade there in 1963, JHS 185 in 1966 and Flushing High School in 1969. My house on 12th ave bet 154 and 157th st is all redone . 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. My brother still lives there. 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. Also, nearby under the Throgs Neck Bridge was a horseshoe ring (still there) and Bands would play in the summertime. QUEENS VILLAGE COMMITTEE FOR MENTAL HEALTH FOR JAMAICA COMMUNITY ADOLESCENT PROGRAM, INC. WHITESTONE VILLAGE BUSINESSMEN'S ASSOCIATION, INC. Still have card/letter you sent me when I moved away. 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. Remember spending how much time trying to figure how to best spend my 10 cent allowance. When the dance ended, I. So safe back then. I share all of your memories! 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. Where was the Tropicana plant? My best paddleball partner was Micheal, Cant remember his last name but he was a tiny kid who played shirtless and he was awesome. The pool you are thinking of was the Whitestone Pool, open to the public. Last Sold Price I also went to PS 79 and then St Lukes through 4th grade, but then off to Holy Trinity & St. Agnes for the rest! Locals said it was once one of the ferries that ran between Whitestone and the Bronx. How about the Topless Bar off the Cross Island Service road in Beechurst. Near the eponymous bridge, Francis LewisParkoccupies aportionof the former estate of AmericanrevolutionaryFrancis Lewis. I lived in bldg 16 apartment 2D. water before the Cross Island Pkwy was Otherwise, Id cycle through Malba, College Point, Flushing and Fort Totten. dances, rolling the tennis courts or painting at Whitestone pool Before it was middle class. I just enjoyed reading everyones posts so much. Fleming and introduced him to Cresthaven, where he ended up running the CYO camp. A couple of these streets reach the waters edge, but it does not appear that there is a beach in use at Cresthaven. (505) 431 - 5992; man jumps off cruise ship after fight with wife Id take my bike down the hill toward the water and sometimes fish under the bridge with my grandfather (Poppy). I am looking for information about the Day camp that was at PS 184 back in the 70s. If you scroll down or up (? I have a photo of my brother wearing a Wide Wings tee shirt. Frank was my Grampa! 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 building had significant shortcomings. Following its closing in 1989, the property wassubdividedfor tract mansions accessed by private streets. An important ferry landing prior to the construction of Whitestone Bridge, the community was served by the Long Island Railroad until 1932. This property in the 11357 zip code was built in 2001 and the lot size is 0.18 acres. He conducted our Pre Cana by asking us to give him a tour of SUNY Maritime College (where I graduated college). 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. The modernist apartment complexs name seems like a nod to architect Le Corbusier,whopromoted the Tower-In-The-Park concept in the postwar period. 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. You had to keep winning to hold the court, very competetive. 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. I remember missing you and I still have. 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? I think the pizza man was Sal or Vito. Some of my friends around 17th Ave were the Skaats, Weiss, Rice, LaPlace, Hertz, Thorgensen. Hence, Le Havre , the name of a very large French port city. The master bedroom and living room had wall-to-wall windows on the exterior wall. are any of my old friends out there?? Following its closing in 1989, the property was subdivided for tract mansions accessed by private streets. This is no accident as in the early postwar years,ParksCommissioner Robert Moses intended to construct Clearview Beach on this site. We have become a small city with many diversified cultures. All Right Reserved. I am interested in information about P.S. But if you would like to friend request or message me, you will be able to find me on facebook as Monica Mosquera-Cannon. To answer your questions: a) Yes, Lieutenant Robert Lee did supervise the construction of both Fort Totten and its companion Fort Schuyler. Me too! The terrace was accessible from both the living room and master bedroom. Monsignor Gordon, Father Hannon, Sisters Virginia Ann, Margaret Mary, Mrs. Delavalle, Mrs. Lavin, and the crossing guard, Mrs. Yannity. I remember the raft wellas well as the rats and Coney Island whitefish in the east riverbut we survived! 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. Riding our bikes in old Kent Cleaners off Clintonville and other lots before they were all gone. Their business is recorded as DOMESTIC NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION. Good Humor Trucks. A former country club, Cresthaven, Powell's Cove Boulevard between 3rd and 6th Avenues, once occupied 22 acres of waterfront real estate. Address, neighborhood, city, or ZIP code. A lifetime ago!!! See if the property is available for sale or lease. I loved those days! Lots of woods now all houses. $25 a day made me feel wealthy. $1,157,500. Draw your own conclusions. never regretted leaving. I dont think that type of man even exists any longer. I had never heard about the collapsing stairs. But this mystery teacher was into Japanese culture, and I have a memory of her walking down the hall carrying a samurai sword. To anyone that knew him..sorry to say he passed on many years ago..more than 20. Any links to anything related would be great thx. 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. That was in the sixtiesthe water got better since then thankfully.They were such good times. I lived there, across from Clearview Golf Course. Now gone for more than 25 years, the club's large outdoor swimming pool provided welcome relief from summer's heat. View photos, public assessor data, maps and county tax information. I remember there sign saying 100, 000 served, then finally a Million. I remember going on a school trip there in elementary school. The wing and gym and auditorium were not built yet. 40-01 Little Neck Parkway 24A Little Neck, NY 11363. 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). Many days were spent riding my bike to Utopia Lane to watch the bridge construction. In 1969:I keep my boat in Mayers Marina. The building was built in 1914 before Hitler had appropriated the swastica as his symbol. I remember walking to Sams Penny Store on 14th Avenue with its glass cases of loose candy. Bug juice and cookies before the ride home. 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! The drinking age was 18 ?!?!? Its shoreline is largely comprised of upper income tract mansions and high rise apartments. I miss the old Whitestone so much! I live not far from Tampa Florida now but have gone back a few years ago. The last 6 acres of the former Cresthaven Country Club in Whitestone are back on the selling block. One was Wide Wings and was closer to the Throgs Neck bridge. This outcropping usedtohave a lighthouse that was operated by a keeper until around 1990. Penny candylicorice, Bazookas, sugar dots on a paper stripin a little brown bag. Hot Rod Magazine there taking pictures. Sleigh Riding down suicide hill and skitching down Utopia Pkwy. The Clearview Golf course was our hang out. I delivered the Long Island Star Journal, which yielded to the Long Island Press in 1968. Im named after him. The while at Kents blew at 7:45 a.m., 8:00 a.m. and again at quttin time at 4:00 p.m. 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 think it had an iron fence around it. I still see tropicana trucks there and a new cvs taking over the waldbaums,plus waterfront restaurant ponte something. Finally, F.L. I delivered the LI Star Journal in Malba, not that it has any relevance to your post. Best Sicilian and white pizza was Freddies. To make a donation, please use the button below. How they managed to open that ill never know. Not sure if we cover all the data-points you need? Sorry, spent many summer days in Whitestone and can only remember the CYO day camp. I grew up with owners kids. and exactly where it was located? Then first grade at PS 192. 315 Cresthaven Lane, Whitestone, NY 11357 was last sold in 07/06/2016 for $1,400,000. It predates the fort and is a linktoa period when the peninsula carried the name Willets Point. Clintonville Milt, the Good Humor truck driver My mother went there as a child. Its swimming pool however, is open to the public during the summer. I also went to St. Lukes School and was a Booster Beach member. Re Le Havre- It was built by Levitt ( of the several Levittowns in the US) . T TOKAR, FRANK A, 94 of Dunedin, FL passed away on December 23, 2012 at home surrounded by family. He knew the Sanitation Dept would eventually get around to in probably in May lol. I did not have her, but Did she have reddish hair? Good times! Wonderful place to grow up in the 50s & 60s. 3rd Avenue & 150th Street, Whitestone, NY 11357. 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. Riding bikes all over Beechhurst, Whitestone, malba. If my memory serves me correct (and there is no guarantee these days!!!) Whitestone, Queens, NY 11357. It has since been automated like all other lighthouses in the city. @2019 - Forgotten New York. 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! Hi Margaret Deciccio.I my name is Linda. Stay happy and healthy! This building has 2 residential unit (s). Plus in days before easy access to aerial photos, it was even harder to imagine what went on at the waters edge. I loved staying with my parents and brother going up the hill by the benches where the cooking grills were. Its original name was Levitt House and the initials LH were imbedded in the tile floor of each of the 32 lobbies. We used to go there in our bathing suits to cool off! Here are some of mine: Maybe we had one or 2 beers once in a while. I didnt have her, wither. I remember taking a note into his office when I was a little girl. The dirt road on 12 ave and 154 The Beechhurst food market DiMaggios pizza stuies candy store 193 park beechhurst Beach hanging out . Silver Star and other local Bands would build a stage and run a power line from the lamp posts. There was a sunken concrete sprinkler area in the park. Park used to offer one of my favorite quintessential NY experiences, which is hanging out in the cool space beneath a major bridge. everyone Loved Storks. Time frame = Summer 1953 & 1954 ~OR~ Summer 1954 & 1955. Very decadent but it was MY MONEY! I used to walk to Whitestone pool & Ft Totten as a kid. 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