I wish I could find some of these awards from the window painting constests to give to my son. In 2004, a private cul-de-sac was constructed between Second Avenueandthe waters edge,containingfour extravagant Mediterranean palaces. 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. Hi margret I knew your father well I remember your two Brothers too.Brenda I built a stoop for your uncle on 13 ave . Became Toms deli for many years there was a very large cement dug out area dug with lots of sprinklers! Went to 193, Mazels, Posner, Endress, England, Dodge, Bower. 3rd Avenue & 150th Street, Whitestone, NY 11357. There were two camps. 3-23 Cresthaven Ln Whitestone, Queens, NY 11357 $1,450,000 Last Sold Price 4 Beds 2 Baths 2 1/2 Baths 3,600 Sq. I had never heard about the collapsing stairs. She spoke very fondly of the store and would run into former customers from time to time. It has since been automated like all other lighthouses in the city. I cry when I go back and dont want to keep doing it to myself. I dont think that type of man even exists any longer. Milk Maid was there before Mcdonalds opened. 5 beds, 4 baths, 3180 sq. Ft. $403 per Sq. Best Sicilian and white pizza was Freddies. It had a great Playground with Monkey Bars and the Long Swing sets which are banned today. The dances at the club in Cresthaven were quite the events. My friends and I would cross our legs Indian style and shimmy up the V shaped grooves in the concrete to the top. 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. He had a big first-floor office that faced the front yard. Then, at 8 a.m. I remember that as well. Weddings She had a vivid memory of the Blizzard of 88 (thats 1888) that buried NYC in its greatest snowfall of all times! I lived there, across from Clearview Golf Course. Do you remember the place? 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? My mother went there as a child. Hello Brenda live upstate for the last 16 years but my mom still lives there .I occasionally see Ed.was actually in Whitestone yesterday. If I remember correctly, you were a cute dark haired boy and a cub scout. Anyone remember Carosons Hardware store on Francis Lewis off 26th ave? I attended Immanuel Lutheran School from 1959-1968. 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. I have to believe the building could have been renovated instead of destroyed. Fran came out and saved me from her mothers wrath! Some of them had the image of swasticas! Booths and counter, still remember it clear as a bell after all this time. It predates the fort and is a linktoa period when the peninsula carried the name Willets Point. 79 in the 30s. $389,000. I also went to St. Lukes School and was a Booster Beach member. "My real estate mentor always said, 'Never fall . I grew up in Whitestone (10-06 148th St.) and spent almost every non-school day in Francis Lewis Park. i grew up in whitestone on 12 th road off of 150th street. On weekends and evenings it was open as a swim club. We miss him dearly, thanks so much for mentioning and remembering him. accident. 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. The Mona Kai and the Shore Tavern were tough drinking Bars. I worked there On the negative side, I remember a mother being shot in the stomach and killed by two boys playing with a .22 rifle. Did you have questions about the camp? I am not sure I want to go back to see them. Sometimes I bought Hostess Snowballs. The 70s were like the wild west. The last 6 acres of the former Cresthaven Country Club in Whitestone are back on the selling block. LIVED at the Whitestone Pool for multiple summers, Had a seasons pass, would walk there from my home 149th St and 11th Aven. Elephas, Avanti and Camouflage (Mondays) Night Clubs rocked Bayside. A Mr Zappavigna a contractor lived on 154th St right at the end of 14th Ave. 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. 312 . There were wooden booths to sit in. They assigned you a locker key for the day and it was on an elastic loop that went around your ankle so you would not lose it. Still the best Ive ever had. 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. After she died it was sold for a great deal of money. It was across the street from the old Naval reserve building by the CYO camp. 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. Theparkhas a small cove that has a beach, but swimming is prohibited. I AM OLD ENOUGH to remember the CYO summer day camp at Cresthaven Country Club in northern Whitestone. If there was a center of the Universe.. Whitestone would be it! 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. Milt, the Good Humor truck driver 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. Mr Harmon was a super nice gentleman, My favorite was Mrs. Frankel (my 3rd grade teacher). My name is Paul and my family lived on 6th Ave, four doors west of 149th That the old Sylvania or GE property had some type of radioactive incident around 1960? Hope you are happy and healthy! Then later, through my research I found a postcard from the Astoria Historical Society the showed the pool and dock/marina next door. Refi. George J Murray III. The property has a long and mixed history. A fourth generation visits their grandfather, Ed, still living there. All Right Reserved. 323 Cresthaven Lane, Whitestone, NY 11357. cresthaven country club whitestone ny. I attended PS 184. As you know, 1861, he sided with Virginia and the South and quickly went to the Confederate Richmond, leaving Washington behind. He officiated the marriage ceremony of my wife and I. Sneaking into Whitestone Pool, diving from the high dive and doing multiple flips water before the Cross Island Pkwy was The Whitestone pool was opened to the public. It belonged to Dolores del Rio, a film celebrity back in the day. The Company's current operating status is Active. The 2 pools were for Cresthaven and the CYO. I loved those days! Cresthaven Country Club, operated by Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens, was located there for 39 years until it closed in 1989. 3-28 Cresthaven Lane was built in 2000 and has 2 stories and 2 units. So one sunny day he went to reminisce and walked along the Powells Cove Blvd and took photos of the pool and abandon mansions (becoming Cresthaven CYO Camp) across the street. He played the saw and did ventriloquism with a dummy he would take out a suitcase. ? down towards the yacht club. Once, when our sixth-grade class was having some kind of special event, Fran let us use her burners to heat up the food. 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? My sister had her wedding at Cresthaven CC. I grew up with owners kids. Waldbaums Shopping Center was built, giving us a supermarket and some small shops like Stage Variety Store and a pizza place, a bank, etc. This outcropping usedtohave a lighthouse that was operated by a keeper until around 1990. Forgotten NY correspondent. Countryside Montessori 8 Week Camp is the answer. They put the new one in the back. Randazzo is ringing a bell. We hung out in front of Dirty Bobs candy store. He would do it as a favor to my Dad, George J Murray Jr (FDNY). Ive fond memories of Freddies Pizzeria in the Village, with its hitching post and a slice that, at one time,cost the same as a subway ride, 20 cents. From the bead-end at Cresthaven, one can see Whitestone Point Rock. If my memory serves me correct (and there is no guarantee these days!!!) I spent the summers at the Beechhurst Beach,as well as my parents before me. 315 Cresthaven Ln is a home located in Queens County with nearby schools including Ps 193 Alfred J Kennedy, Jhs 194 William Carr, and . We have become a small city with many diversified cultures. Loved it! Hi. 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 There were 50 paper routes in Whitestone and I had Route #42 which delivered to Beechurst. I also went to ps184 from you 1966 to 1972.What years were you there? The original PS 79 was a building as I recall built in 1898 with an addition around 1916 and at least one more addition. There was a sunken concrete sprinkler area in the park. Overhead was the Goodyear Blimp with animation lighting up the sky. This property was purchased by BADEA FELICIA for $1,463,000. that letter in box of childhood memories. 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 developer is planning to build 45 homes at the former. Second Avenue does not have sidewalks. PS 79 for kindergarten, and St Lukes for 1-8 grade. Graduated from St. Lukes in 1976. My brother in law is Karl Stork- He moved out to Montauk & was the head baker for Gurney`s Inn before retiring! 3 23 Cresthaven Lane, Whitestone, NY 11357 is a Single Family, Residential property listed for $1,480,000 The property is 3600 sq. I remember Cherry valley dairy, Storks, Freddies pizza, Chriss card shop. Newly listed Brighton Condominiums apartments for rent in Boca Raton. Im now 72 but I still have many vivid memories of growing up at CYO way back then. Draw your own conclusions. My best friend and I met our wives there. The city acquired this park in 1937. If this apartment ever went co-op or condo, itd be worth a mint! But do you remember the stairwells that were in there with the glass with the wires in them? Accordingtothe historian Strabo, its name is Phoenician for rise by the shore.. Im pretty sure the Fran you are speaking of is my grandmother (unless there were two Frans who owned candy stores in Whitestone.) It is one of the two last private beaches remaining on the Queens shoreline of the East River. I went to it between 55 and 62 but I see you were still going there in 1973. Its beach is useful for walking, launching canoes and fishing but signs inform visitors that swimming is prohibited. I grew up on 14th ave next to Grace Church. It cost $1.25 in those days. I too also lived in Cambridge, Ma as a college student at Lesley College and Nanny. Were you there? Good times! On the map, military names include Sgt. I had to get my papers, hop the Q-15 at 15th and 150th Street and deliver my papers! St Lukes Bazaar every summer with the huge gambling tents for the over 18 crowd The northeast extreme of Queens is an ear-shaped peninsula that was used as an army base between 1857 and 1995. 79primarily about how and why that magnificent building was torn down. When one visits Little Bay Park, the curved coastline is reminiscent of Orchard Beach. The Clearview Golf course was our hang out. This is me: PS193 (class of 61), St.Lukes (63) Bishop Reilly (67) But I remember it well nonetheless. Thank you to all our donors that continue to support Forgotten NY. Played in the woods between the Renaissance and Wide Wings with my brothers. Today, a simple skeleton tower with a beacon performs the duty. My good friend Obi worked at Whitestone Deli when we were teens. I also adored Storks and hung out at Bertlesons..loved the Italian ices or sherbet they had in the little white paper cups. We had a ball on that tour! Their apartment had a great sweeping view of Long Island Sound and the Whitestone Bridge. Lots of woods now all houses. That was the go to bakery for our entire family. 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. The terrace was accessible from both the living room and master bedroom. I miss the old Whitestone so much! An important ferry landing prior to the construction of Whitestone Bridge, the community was served by the Long Island Railroad until 1932. Such everlasting memories. As we reported previously in College Point and North Astoria, Queens East River Shoreline is not as accessible. Geez old old memories. We used to enjoy the Sunday afternoon dances at Cresthaven Country Club. The while at Kents blew at 7:45 a.m., 8:00 a.m. and again at quttin time at 4:00 p.m. We too lived on 12th road between 154th and 157th. Ps 184 was my public school. 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. I enjoyed walking down memory lane and am so thankful for my time on 11th and 13th Avenues. Also vacant is the Willett Farmhouse, hidden behind thick vegetation. We were famiy Many more memories to share but another time. I recall a while on black sign in the the lobby of their apartment house with the initials LH on it. ft with 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms We used to go right down on the rocks under the south anchorage and fish, smoke, hang-out, whatever. I was a counselor there during the summers of 1960 and 1961. 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. I lived in bldg 16 apartment 2D. I just enjoyed reading everyones posts so much. I remember at age 12 that I had to deliver those papers every day rain, snow, or shine and sickness or health! Was there also to see the first stones being laid and then went home (that later became Arlington Cemetery). Wish we can all make it what it was. I attended the CYO Day Camp from 1952 1960 when I became a Counselor. We gave boat rides on the Manhattan at Cresthaven and on the African Queen and African King from Whitestone. That camp closed when the property was sold and the owner reopened closer to the Whitestone Bridge calling the camp Wings. Ed Winters, are you related to Robert, now in Cambridge? Bridge Gulls [SpliceToday] Pizzarama was where Dime Bank is today. I think it was right under the Utopia Parkway near the Throgs Neck Bridge. What else do you know about Sylvania besides the rumor? 3-28 Cresthaven Lane is a House located in the Whitestone neighborhood in Queens, NY. I had relatives who lived in Whitestone. My summers I lived at Beechhurst beach. Between 1889 and 1908, WhitestonePointhad a romantic-looking lighthouse tower with a bell. A third can be found in Little Neck Bay. Went to Wide Wings and a nursery school near there that has become nameless in my memory. Its sad what whitestone has become. 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. Whitestone in the 1960s was heaven. They sell for upwards of 300,000. It was a wonderful time. I used to walk to Whitestone pool & Ft Totten as a kid. Lived near to Boosters in the late 60s. The remains of its pier was still there a few years ago when I visited. I remember riding my bike through the empty lot and seeing pools of colored purple, orange and green water in the mud. Sure enough the pool was still there and he shot photos through the fence. I finished 6th grade there in 1963, JHS 185 in 1966 and Flushing High School in 1969. There were a set of whistles every day telling workers it was time to be at work. We used to go there in our bathing suits to cool off! Many summer days at CYO (bug juice) @ Cresthaven Pool, where, during its country club time, Bernie taught me the crawl. The drinking age was 18 ?!?!? During heavy snowstorms your Dad would plow our street (15th Drive between 149th and 150th). Maybe we had one or 2 beers once in a while. As the first stones were being laid, he then was assigned to help design Fort Monroe, Hampton. Find your perfect home in Venetian Isle, Boynton Beach, FL. I so miss the crumb cake and pecan ring we would get every Sunday at Storks. 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! NYCs Christmas Streets [SpliceToday] I went to the day camp at 184 for one summer in the early 70s. PS 193, Stage, Waldbaums, Adventures Inn, Tropicana, LeHarve, CYO, Cresthaven.., seemed like you could bike for a thousand miles and discover something wildly adventurous every single day. I have some memories of my parents taking us when we were quite young to a park under the Whitestone Bridge for a picnic! Passed away a few years agoa great man to the very end, and a wonderful loving Grandfather my whole life. Still have the watch Fr Flemings brother Willie The tunnel someone mentioned was a distinct memory. The last 6 acres of the former Cresthaven Country Club in Whitestone are back on the selling block. I had a vivid picture of the couple who ran the store but the name was not there. Then I had three private houses on Powels Cove Blvd. Ring-A-Lario until midnight. Investment property in WHITESTONE, NY located at 318 CRESTHAVEN LN. My best paddleball partner was Micheal, Cant remember his last name but he was a tiny kid who played shirtless and he was awesome. Went to PS 193, 79 and 30. A formercountry club, Cresthaven, Powells Cove Boulevard between 3rd and 6th Avenues, once occupied 22 acres of waterfront real estate. There were 2 pools: the whitestone pool was the public pool at the end of the street. Later she would pick me up. Hope to hear from you my old childhood friend. They primarily conducted testing on Uranium and Thorium. 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! 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. I did not have her, but Did she have reddish hair? Bet we crossed paths in the past. 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. When the dance ended, I. When I was drafted. If you crossed the street not at her corner, she would make you cross back and forth 10 times saying thats a corner. So beautiful there and such wonderful times the best 12 summers of my life. WE USE TO GO TO THE CYO SWIMMING , DOES ANYONE KNOW THE STREET IT WAS ON . I remember having a sundae at the counter and the ice cream and syrup dripping over the side of the metal tulip shaped dish. The Oleskiew families lived a few houses north on 154 st and on 14th Ave across from me. Before Bay Bridge Condominiums were built on the property in 1980, the DEP did testing on the property and determined there was no contamination. I first laid eyes on my beautiful wife, Eleanor, in 1958 at a weekly "singles" dance at the Cresthaven Country Club in Whitestone, Queens. Aww, the memories. Three Hidden Cemeteries [SpliceToday]. Have been for 45 years. Properties; Search by address to access the property report or search by location to build lists of properties. I also went to PS 79 and then St Lukes through 4th grade, but then off to Holy Trinity & St. Agnes for the rest! Does anyone know the name or have any info on it.? simplicity misses dresses; cathedral in the desert canyoneering; Select Page
