We gave boat rides on the Manhattan at Cresthaven and on the African Queen and African King from Whitestone. Whitestone-based developer Fulcrum Real Estate Advisors closed on the purchase of a six-acre Queens development site for $14 million. 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 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! Still the best Ive ever had. Yesterday I came across a pamphlet from back in the day about joining the beach house beach. I was a paper boy from 1966 to 1968. How they managed to open that ill never know. The building had significant shortcomings. Hey Zoso! View information about 307 Cresthaven Ln, Whitestone, NY 11357. I loved Whitestone in those days! Its clearly gone now from the google earth view, but it had a huge pool in a T shape. Many He officiated the marriage ceremony of my wife and I. Remember spending how much time trying to figure how to best spend my 10 cent allowance. Hope you are happy and doing well. CRESTHAVEN-WHITESTONE CLUB, INC. (DOS ID: 441706), AMERICAN LEGION ELMER E. BENNETT JR. POST NO. Plenty of places to ride. Went to 193, Mazels, Posner, Endress, England, Dodge, Bower. On December 3 I, 1958, thirty-eight skiers at Stowe, Vermont raised their glasses to welcome the New Year and toast the beginnings of the Cresthaven Ski Club. There were 2 pools: the whitestone pool was the public pool at the end of the street. The pool you are thinking of was the Whitestone Pool, open to the public. We used to go there in our bathing suits to cool off! Donny, a family member of Father Flemmings, pretty much ran the pool and lived in the house behind it. The Clearview Golf course was our hang out. The largest unused building at Fort Totten is the former hospital, which flanks the Parade Ground. Lucille A Mackenzie Your Dad was referred to as Uncle Frank in our household. 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. So as the war progressed, to spite him, the US Army (the North) confiscated his plantation (wife was still home) and immediately began burying bodies on his front lawn. Some of the former army residences appear as if transported from a small town. 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 ). Aww, the memories. I had never heard about the collapsing stairs. Now I am rambling. Then I had three private houses on Powels Cove Blvd. @2019 - Forgotten New York. 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. When the dance ended, I. 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). My italian immigrant grandfather and I would pick dandelion leaves for salad at the Whitestone Park. I do remember the stairwells. 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. But if you would like to friend request or message me, you will be able to find me on facebook as Monica Mosquera-Cannon. Liived in LeHarve and Cryders before that. 79primarily about how and why that magnificent building was torn down. I so miss the crumb cake and pecan ring we would get every Sunday at Storks. In aneighborhoodfilled with private gated communities, cameras and security guards, the best day for me to check out these beaches is when there is a heavy downpourandno ones watching. She used to make pizza on English muffin halves, even though there was a pizzeria next door. Am I just imagining this or did it really exist?!? Across the East River, Ferry Point Park also has a curved shoreline that was designedfora beach. I lived on 24rd ave. that letter in box of childhood memories. down towards the yacht club. They were just happy care-free days with great kids and counselors. 3rd Avenue & 150th Street, Whitestone, NY 11357. Ring-A-Lario until midnight. Find your perfect home in Venetian Isle, Boynton Beach, FL. Played in the construction site for Cryder House. I too played alot of paddleball undr Whitestone Bridge. Boosters beach is disgusting with all those overgrown mansions there. I think it had an iron fence around it. Admission at that time was $1.50 . starting as a youngster on the tennis court at what was then the Cresthaven Country Club. There was NO ROOM FOR ERROR! cresthaven country club whitestone ny. Thanks for this. I would love to get some information on him. 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. and exactly where it was located? If this apartment ever went co-op or condo, itd be worth a mint! This promontory is known on maps as Cryders Point. /bartender. 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? I did not know the name of that ice cream parlor, as I did not go there often. We have become a small city with many diversified cultures. Whitestone, like many Queens communities, is refreshingly patriotic. 2-40 150 Street . Ed I know your brother Artie . I was allegedly the barefoot handball champion of Whitestone Park (1964) I remember Cherry valley dairy, Storks, Freddies pizza, Chriss card shop. 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. I had relatives who lived in Whitestone. I played stick ball lots of times in Bohacks parking lot with Billy Collela. There was a kitchen between the pool and the building, which was attached to the main building. There were 50 paper routes in Whitestone and I had Route #42 which delivered to Beechurst. During heavy snowstorms your Dad would plow our street (15th Drive between 149th and 150th). Learn how your comment data is processed. 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. One of them collapsed as I recall and Campbell got hurt as he was on the stairs when they broke. Now gone for more than 25 years, the club's large outdoor swimming pool provided welcome relief from summer's heat. Does not look like it did in 1950s, especially the windows facing the 21st Road. On the map, military names include Sgt. So off to Virginia he went. Puerto Madero N9710, Oficina 22, Pudahuel - Santiago | saudi arabian airlines flight 763 cvr transcript I am now 68. She had 2 older brothers Eddie and Gene and one younger brother Bobby. 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. Maybe we had one or 2 beers once in a while. 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. At a dead-end segment of the never-completed Powells Cove Boulevard to the east of 149th Place is a traffic loop monitored by Whitestone Boosters Civic Association. 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. My Great grandfather Edward Cleary had a farm on 14th Avenue around 1900 in White Plains, any suggestions on how to find more information about the farm? Here, residential developers hold sway and instead of parks, gated communities separate the public from the water. Surprisingly, I visited the Beechurst in 2017, 50 years after I delivered there, and the swastica tiles were still there! David. Also vacant is the Willett Farmhouse, hidden behind thick vegetation. 40-01 Little Neck Parkway 24A Little Neck, NY 11363. Countryside Montessori 8 Week Camp is the answer. Stay happy and healthy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhRMoU-KDZU. It was a wonderful time. How about the Topless Bar off the Cross Island Service road in Beechurst. Most of Fort Tottens coastline is rocky, unsuitable for a beach. Still have the watch Fr Flemings brother Willie There was a gate and the Tropicana trucks came and went from the lot. 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! We used to enjoy the Sunday afternoon dances at Cresthaven Country Club. I had a vivid picture of the couple who ran the store but the name was not there. 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 miss the old Whitestone. It predates the fort and is a linktoa period when the peninsula carried the name Willets Point. Maybe she was wearing a kimono! 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. I remember there sign saying 100, 000 served, then finally a Million. Storks bakery had the BEST ever hard rolls, could not wait till after mass on Sunday morning to pick them up! Clintonville Cottage, 14th Avenue east of 150th, with iron eagle. Riding bikes all over Beechhurst, Whitestone, malba. I grew up in Whitestone 1947-1959. 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 . Do you remember the place? I had to get my papers, hop the Q-15 at 15th and 150th Street and deliver my papers! Went to Boosters beach and sold my share/spot, what an idiot I am!!!! Most memorable day was seeing Mrs. Collins crying and later being dismissed early finding out President Kennedy died! If I remember correctly, you were a cute dark haired boy and a cub scout. If I remember correctly your family lived on Powells Cove Blvd. Some of my friends around 17th Ave were the Skaats, Weiss, Rice, LaPlace, Hertz, Thorgensen. 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? They put the new one in the back. Or maybe that was Miss/Mrs Scarpetta, a name that just popped into my head. Milk Maid was there before Mcdonalds opened. Bet we crossed paths in the past. The 70s were like the wild west. I lived in bldg 16 apartment 2D. Why were people thinking? I used to walk to Whitestone pool & Ft Totten as a kid. Like me and you, he had a childhood using the CYO aka Cresthaven Pool. 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. The master bedroom and living room had wall-to-wall windows on the exterior wall. I went to PS 79 for Kindergarten, graduated from St. Lukes in 1976, went to St. Francis Prep and graduated from St. Johns in 1984. Following its closing in 1989, the property wassubdividedfor tract mansions accessed by private streets. We used to go right down on the rocks under the south anchorage and fish, smoke, hang-out, whatever. 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)? FNY will soon have a more comprehensive look at Fort Totten. They are co-ops and have been since the mid 80s . Wonderful place to grow up in the 50s & 60s. I hope you will see my message. 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. Smooth work commute, popular bars and nightlife, nearby restaurants and grocery stores, and safety. She spoke very fondly of the store and would run into former customers from time to time. How did it change so much ugh. A former country club, Cresthaven, Powell's Cove Boulevard between 3rd and 6th Avenues, once occupied 22 acres of waterfront real estate. 330 Cresthaven Ln, Whitestone, NY 11357 | 26 Photos | MLS #3279227 - Movoto Virtual Tour 330 Cresthaven Ln Whitestone, NY 11357 FOR SALE New 19 Hours Ago $1,588,000 5 Bd 3 Ba 3,180 Sqft Go See This Home with a Whitestone Agent Contact Agent 26 Photos Map Save Share Nearby Homes New 1 Hour Ago House For Sale $1,200,000 3 Bd 2 Ba 2,160 Sqft $556/Sqft I was wondering if you are the same Gerald Friedman who I was in 3rd grade with at PS 79 in 1971. Sure enough the pool was still there and he shot photos through the fence. They called us Star Boys in those days and, yes, we were all boys. They sell for upwards of 300,000. Behind the dead-end are the Wildflower townhouses. last mansion left of those that had property that Where was the Tropicana plant? Also a similar sunken sand box. Weepy's pool hall was a famous fixture for many years, as was Jimmy's luncheonette . 3-28 Cresthaven Lane was built in 2000 and has 2 stories and 2 units. People outside Carvel watching the races on lounge chairs. Thanks for the memories! Went to Wide Wings and a nursery school near there that has become nameless in my memory. Cresthaven Site Is Eyed For Public Parkland In. WE USE TO GO TO THE CYO SWIMMING , DOES ANYONE KNOW THE STREET IT WAS ON . This is all from memory, but it had acreage and was fenced. Me too! 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. Hence, Le Havre , the name of a very large French port city. Find properties near 307 Cresthaven Ln. 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. I remember the raft wellas well as the rats and Coney Island whitefish in the east riverbut we survived! All the places everyone spoke about sparks a memory. As the first stones were being laid, he then was assigned to help design Fort Monroe, Hampton. She didnt even know she had been shot. Hi. In French, its name translates as The Harbor. Completed in 1958, Le Havrecomprisesof 32 towers on 32 acres of waterfront land. I remember riding my bike through the empty lot and seeing pools of colored purple, orange and green water in the mud. Spent a lot of time of my time 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. 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. water before the Cross Island Pkwy was 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. Randazzo is ringing a bell. Draw your own conclusions. From the early 1980s until 1999, the landmarked mansion fell into decay, overshadowed by Throgs Neck Bridge. Does anyone remember Principal John Campbell? Passed away a few years agoa great man to the very end, and a wonderful loving Grandfather my whole life. This had to be around 1978. We loved going to Beechhurst Beach, swimming out to the big wooden raft, or from the wooden steps at the end, getting burgers and fries from the concession, dressing up for the Saturday night dance. 79 in the 30s. Father Flemings family, Rita Hass her Doug, its like you picked the memories right out of MY head. Were you there? couldnt support modern electronics. Bingo.Worked my way up to busboy then waiter The Company's current operating status is Active. Great deli!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Plus in days before easy access to aerial photos, it was even harder to imagine what went on at the waters edge. I did not have her, but Did she have reddish hair? I recognize Philmoony and Bill Tekverk I called a Billy to identify some of the people in the photos how can I get it on this blog the photos I think you guys may find it interesting, Hi joanie you lived on my block Howie your sister Alita I hope I spelled it right how are you Brenda you lived across the street too how is your brother Jerry How are you frank? That description sounds exactly like my grandfather, Bill, and his mother, Bertha, who I never met but I know lived with them from family stories. never regretted leaving. Candy Stores on every corner. A third can be found in Little Neck Bay. It was a scene man! Does anyone remember an old wooden school house on 12th Road between Clintonville St and 152nd St? He dedicated his life to the CYO and children wherever he was! The fridge in the kitchen was mounted on the ceiling over the counter like an overhead kitchen cabinet! When it went Condo, my mother bought it. To anyone that knew him..sorry to say he passed on many years ago..more than 20. Does anyone know the name or have any info on it.? 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. ft with 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms 14th Avenue between 149th and 150th. Not sure if you replied here if I would receive it. An aunt and uncle of mine used to live in the Le Havre apartments. ? I used the pool for one summer (1954 or 1955). Wow! How many residential units does this building have? 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. I am interested in information about P.S. Patrick met and married his "Sweetheart" Deirdre (O'Brien) Dolan on the tennis courts of Cresthaven Country Club in Whitestone, Queens. 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. Thanks, Worked my youth from 1963-1967 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 2 pools were for Cresthaven and the CYO. Pizzarama was where Dime Bank is today. Later she would pick me up. The prize was not a trophy though, we each were awarded an art set. Hope you see my message when you scroll down or up. The Frank was probably Frank Tokar who ran everything on the CYO property.
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