Entered window painting contests. 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. there was a very large cement dug out area dug with lots of sprinklers! Beechurst had a beach i went to as a child next to tropicana etc. From the early 1980s until 1999, the landmarked mansion fell into decay, overshadowed by Throgs Neck Bridge. Three Hidden Cemeteries [SpliceToday]. My mom was born in 1926 she just turn 91 and she also lives in Florida now. If that bothers you in any way, you don't belong here.. or anywhere. There were NO EXCUSES! Just saw Pat Gabriels postyes the penny candy store..forgot all about that one..thank youand your street was the best for sleigh ridingmine was the bus route and got plowed! Bet we crossed paths in the past. 145-40 5 ave Whitestone, NY 11357: Presented by. I did not have her, but Did she have reddish hair? Riding our bikes in old Kent Cleaners off Clintonville and other lots before they were all gone. Went down into the barges at the yacht club. Candy Stores on every corner. Following its closing in 1989, the property wassubdividedfor tract mansions accessed by private streets. Doug, its like you picked the memories right out of MY head. I grew up in the corner house diagonally across from Gleasons Funeral home on 150th St. I wish I could find some of these awards from the window painting constests to give to my son. Sneaking into Whitestone Pool, diving from the high dive and doing multiple flips I was wondering if you are the same Gerald Friedman who I was in 3rd grade with at PS 79 in 1971. To the right of the building was the pool, and then open space. We moved there in 1958. 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. Great memories of my years in Cambridge. As we reported previously in College Point and North Astoria, Queens East River Shoreline is not as accessible. I have to believe the building could have been renovated instead of destroyed. I cry when I go back and dont want to keep doing it to myself. 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. On the negative side, I remember a mother being shot in the stomach and killed by two boys playing with a .22 rifle. Hope you are happy and doing well. You remembered it correctly. Im on the island now and its great but nothing beat Whitestone back in the day. Was Ritchie Ferraro the younger brother of Dino Ferraro? university of bristol computer science. day camp (I think around noon for 2 hours). She had 2 older brothers Eddie and Gene and one younger brother Bobby. 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. I have some memories of my parents taking us when we were quite young to a park under the Whitestone Bridge for a picnic! The city acquired this park in 1937. Was your mother Kay Curci? Smooth work commute, popular bars and nightlife, nearby restaurants and grocery stores, and safety. Now Billions.should have bought stock when I first saw the sign!! cresthaven country club whitestone ny. ? Ft. Share Location Property Info Property History Public Records Schools Similar Homes Sold 3/26/21 View All Map Street View As the first stones were being laid, he then was assigned to help design Fort Monroe, Hampton. Weepy's pool hall was a famous fixture for many years, as was Jimmy's luncheonette . Wish we can all make it what it was. If I missed a day, Mr. Weber the route director would have fired me! Frances Lewis Park was neverland to me. Overhead was the Goodyear Blimp with animation lighting up the sky. Re Le Havre- It was built by Levitt ( of the several Levittowns in the US) . Now I am rambling. Hope to hear from you my old childhood friend. I also adored Storks and hung out at Bertlesons..loved the Italian ices or sherbet they had in the little white paper cups. Not sure if we cover all the data-points you need? Ficks market was the butcher shop across the street from my house on 17th Ave and 150th St. I just enjoyed reading everyones posts so much. I attended PS 184. Also vacant is the Willett Farmhouse, hidden behind thick vegetation. 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 do you remember the stairwells that were in there with the glass with the wires in them? Many summer days at CYO (bug juice) @ Cresthaven Pool, where, during its country club time, Bernie taught me the crawl. I attended school from from 1962- 1966. Following its closing in 1989, the property was subdivided for tract mansions accessed by private streets. This promontory is known on maps as Cryders Point. I did not know the name of that ice cream parlor, as I did not go there often. Here is a link to some photos of P.S. 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! Maureen Kopelman I remember Frans husband wearing a baggy cardigan and bedroom slippers in the store, cigarette hanging out of his mouth. They sell for upwards of 300,000. She didnt even know she had been shot. FNY will soon have a more comprehensive look at Fort Totten. Some of the former army residences appear as if transported from a small town. Its beach is useful for walking, launching canoes and fishing but signs inform visitors that swimming is prohibited. Hey Zoso! I remember that as well. 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. 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)? I was a counselor there during the summers of 1960 and 1961. They put the new one in the back. The rest is a private park-like terrain. He had a huge English Mastiff dog which used to patrol at night. I recall a while on black sign in the the lobby of their apartment house with the initials LH on it. Mr Harmon was a super nice gentleman, My favorite was Mrs. Frankel (my 3rd grade teacher). 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. I was allegedly the barefoot handball champion of Whitestone Park (1964) All are gone. The northeast extreme of Queens is an ear-shaped peninsula that was used as an army base between 1857 and 1995. The Whitestone pool was opened to the public. Smooth work commute, popular bars and nightlife, nearby restaurants and grocery stores, and safety. 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. Maybe she was wearing a kimono! Mr. Harmon would perform in the auditorium occasionally. Maybe we had one or 2 beers once in a while. 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. I remember taking a note into his office when I was a little girl. 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. Graduated from St. Lukes in 1976. Accordingtothe historian Strabo, its name is Phoenician for rise by the shore.. Not sure if you replied here if I would receive it. "My real estate mentor always said, 'Never fall . ft with 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms ft. house located at 3-30 Cresthaven Ln, Whitestone, NY 11357 sold for $1,400,000 on Nov 16, 2021. There were long walks with the neighborhood kid to the glen near the Trogs Neck Bridge for live music during the summer. I too also lived in Cambridge, Ma as a college student at Lesley College and Nanny. Crime did not even exist. I attended Immanuel Lutheran School from 1959-1968. I think it had an iron fence around it. I am not sure I want to go back to see them. Great memories! I remember Carvell and their raspberry sorbet and Storks with their jelly donuts. Hot Rods up and down the Boulevard. 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. Our lunches were provided by the NYC Board of Ed. I was active at Immanuel Lutheran church and my cousin Richeys wife taught at their school. At the eastern end of Whitestone / Beechhurst, the shoreline curves south into Little Bay. 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. My gramps was a regular customer. So beautiful there and such wonderful times the best 12 summers of my life. 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. $389,000. 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. Fort Monroe was completed and then the Civil War broke out. Sometimes I bought Hostess Snowballs. I remember missing you and I still have. 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. All the places everyone spoke about sparks a memory. NYCs Christmas Streets [SpliceToday] 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. Ring-A-Lario until midnight. The front window had a changing display for the season or holiday, and would feature boxes of candy you could buy. They were just happy care-free days with great kids and counselors. I had Mrs. Bennett for 1st and 2nd grade. 147-51 8th Avenue, Whitestone, NY 11357 (MLS# 3335462) is a Single Family property with 3 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms and 1 partial bathroom. 79 in the 40s and 50s, and Mr. Campbell was there then, too. (Ugh.where did that water come from then?). There were two pools in Whitestone Cresthaven and the Whitestone pool and Haylocks Day Camp across from Whitestone pool. Were you there? 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. 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. Find your perfect home in Brighton Condominiums, Boca Raton, FL. The green knife sharpening truck ringing its bell. We had a ball on that tour! It had a great Playground with Monkey Bars and the Long Swing sets which are banned today. 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 am looking for information about the Day camp that was at PS 184 back in the 70s. It belonged to Dolores del Rio, a film celebrity back in the day. 120 Dehaven Drive 100 Dehaven Drive C resthaven Owners, Inc., is a three building cooperative apartment complex located in Northwest Yonkers. There were a set of whistles every day telling workers it was time to be at work. Today, a simple skeleton tower with a beacon performs the duty. To answer your questions: a) Yes, Lieutenant Robert Lee did supervise the construction of both Fort Totten and its companion Fort Schuyler. 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