Ive parallel experiences to yours. The rest is a private park-like terrain. Find your perfect home in Brighton Condominiums, Boca Raton, FL. Some of them had the image of swasticas! Near the eponymous bridge, Francis LewisParkoccupies aportionof the former estate of AmericanrevolutionaryFrancis Lewis. Ring-A-Lario until midnight. Donny, a family member of Father Flemmings, pretty much ran the pool and lived in the house behind it. I remember Carvell and their raspberry sorbet and Storks with their jelly donuts. 5 beds, 4 baths, 3180 sq. Actually used to climb up the concrete anchorage for the Whitestone Bridge. A former country club, Cresthaven, Powell's Cove Boulevard between 3rd and 6th Avenues, once occupied 22 acres of waterfront real estate. There were a set of whistles every day telling workers it was time to be at work. I remember that as well. Monsignor Gordon, Father Hannon, Sisters Virginia Ann, Margaret Mary, Mrs. Delavalle, Mrs. Lavin, and the crossing guard, Mrs. Yannity. I was allegedly the barefoot handball champion of Whitestone Park (1964) Park used to offer one of my favorite quintessential NY experiences, which is hanging out in the cool space beneath a major bridge. Then later, through my research I found a postcard from the Astoria Historical Society the showed the pool and dock/marina next door. Loved it! View photos, public assessor data, maps and county tax information. Thats right. This should have remained a historic town. Does anyone remember a day camp on the water in Whitestone called Wide Wings? All Right Reserved. 3-35 Cresthaven Lane: Real Estate, school zoning and more information about 3-35 Cresthaven Lane in Whitestone Only 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place got trophies. I worked there The Company's current operating status is Active. It was exciting! 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. 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 grew up in the corner house diagonally across from Gleasons Funeral home on 150th St. 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. I first laid eyes on my beautiful wife, Eleanor, in 1958 at a weekly "singles" dance at the Cresthaven Country Club in Whitestone, Queens. Beechurst had a beach i went to as a child next to tropicana etc. There was a kitchen between the pool and the building, which was attached to the main building. The kids would spend half a day swimming and the other half in the park with bug juice before the bus ride home. If there was a center of the Universe.. Whitestone would be it! "My real estate mentor always said, 'Never fall . I remember taking a note into his office when I was a little girl. Before Bay Bridge Condominiums were built on the property in 1980, the DEP did testing on the property and determined there was no contamination. Whitestone, Queens, NY 11357. Whitestone, NY 11357. She spoke very fondly of the store and would run into former customers from time to time. Remembering Jackie Robinson [SpliceToday] Following its closing in 1989, the property was subdivided for tract mansions accessed by private streets. Second Avenue does not have sidewalks. I played stick ball lots of times in Bohacks parking lot with Billy Collela. Between 1889 and 1908, WhitestonePointhad a romantic-looking lighthouse tower with a bell. Remember spending how much time trying to figure how to best spend my 10 cent allowance. Sleigh Riding down suicide hill and skitching down Utopia Pkwy. 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. I still have several entrance tickets for Whitestone Pool from 1973 . Saturday, May 16, 2015 Whitestone developer might build 45 homes.or sell the land From the Queens Courier: The new owner of the former Cresthaven Country Club site in Whitestone is hoping to break ground on a massive development project of 45-single family detached residents by the end of the summer. The old one was just obsolete.. Whitestone then was a classic old town. Find properties near 307 Cresthaven Ln. I remember Kent Cleaners. The staff kept us safe by assigning colored swim caps according to our proficiency in the pool. I had to get my papers, hop the Q-15 at 15th and 150th Street and deliver my papers! and exactly where it was located? for, and I live in CaliforniaThey say you can never go home again,I guess that is the truth. Hi margret I knew your father well I remember your two Brothers too.Brenda I built a stoop for your uncle on 13 ave . $389,000. Cresthaven also had on their grounds both the Whitestone Boat Club and Cresthaven Yacht Club which remnants may still be seen possibly today. Reminiscent of Liggett Hall on Governors Island, it nearly spans the width of the peninsula. 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 do not remember the name of my 3rd grade teacher but remember a boy named Gerald Friedman who was in that class with me. My house on 12th ave bet 154 and 157th st is all redone . Estupendo condo de venta en Walnut, CA. And his property became Arlington Cemetery. 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. Has been gone a while. PS 79 for kindergarten, and St Lukes for 1-8 grade. 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! Still remember the sign posted at the counter Thou shall not steal or thou shall get thy ass kicked. I lived in bldg 16 apartment 2D. In 2004, a private cul-de-sac was constructed between Second Avenueandthe waters edge,containingfour extravagant Mediterranean palaces. 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. 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. As close to Mels Drive Inn as you can get. I too was born in 1962, lived in Whitestone, and also attended PS 79. 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. It was a wonderful time. That the old Sylvania or GE property had some type of radioactive incident around 1960? Geez old old memories. I attended Immanuel Lutheran School from 1959-1968. everyone Loved Storks. Wow! Started by serving snacks at Now Billions.should have bought stock when I first saw the sign!! (We went to Carvel all the time.) The club, known in its heyday as one of Queens' premier sites for weddings, dances and other social functions, closed in 1989. Penny candylicorice, Bazookas, sugar dots on a paper stripin a little brown bag. are any of my old friends out there?? He had a huge English Mastiff dog which used to patrol at night. Riding bikes all over Beechhurst, Whitestone, malba. Insane! I miss the old Whitestone so much! Did you have questions about the camp? On the negative side, I remember a mother being shot in the stomach and killed by two boys playing with a .22 rifle. An aunt and uncle of mine used to live in the Le Havre apartments. Those were truly wonderful summers and gave us all life-long memories of happy, safe and exciting times. Ft. Share Location Property Info Property History Public Records Schools Similar Homes Sold 3/26/21 View All Map Street View My grandfather died from cancer in 1986 and Fran passed away in 2012 at age 90, still as feisty as ever until the very end. This is all from memory, but it had acreage and was fenced. Storks bakery had the BEST ever hard rolls, could not wait till after mass on Sunday morning to pick them up! Thanks, Worked my youth from 1963-1967 The prize was not a trophy though, we each were awarded an art set. Whitestone in the 1960s was heaven. The Mona Kai and the Shore Tavern were tough drinking Bars. I think the pizza man was Sal or Vito. Whitestone officials are eyeing the six-1/2-acre former Cresthaven Country Club, now overgrown and boarded up, for use as a city park. One of them collapsed as I recall and Campbell got hurt as he was on the stairs when they broke. Oh well. 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. This is no accident as in the early postwar years,ParksCommissioner Robert Moses intended to construct Clearview Beach on this site. Was Ritchie Ferraro the younger brother of Dino Ferraro? Am I just imagining this or did it really exist?!? from 66-68, but never heard anything about an The two unique, red-tile roof buildings besides the entrance? Hope you are happy and healthy! Block Parties. This promontory is known on maps as Cryders Point. Tropicana had property at the foot of 154th street in Beechhurst. Mr Harmon was a super nice gentleman, My favorite was Mrs. Frankel (my 3rd grade teacher). I finished 6th grade there in 1963, JHS 185 in 1966 and Flushing High School in 1969. 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? down towards the yacht club. Great times! Time frame = Summer 1953 & 1954 ~OR~ Summer 1954 & 1955. Playing Asteroids and eating toasted buttered bagels at Bridge Lanes Did you know that Robert E. Lee was the chief engineer responsible for building Fort Totten? Thanks for this. The paper posted on Chriss window said we came in 7th place (out of eight top spots) for our age category. I remember it had an old mansion house and a large, for a little kid, wooded area. work for students, off duty cops and fireman. When it went Condo, my mother bought it. It was. last mansion left of those that had property that 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. I dont think that type of man even exists any longer. How many residential units does this building have? When one visits Little Bay Park, the curved coastline is reminiscent of Orchard Beach. He played the saw and did ventriloquism with a dummy he would take out a suitcase. We covered all of Queens, and went a little into Brooklyn by the Queens border, and into the Bronx just over the Throgs Neck Bridge. Played in the woods between the Renaissance and Wide Wings with my brothers. Bug juice and cookies before the ride home. It predates the fort and is a linktoa period when the peninsula carried the name Willets Point. water before the Cross Island Pkwy was Staff Shaune Randles. Campbell was the prinicipal when I was there as well. It did get noisy mid 70s since most of us had dirt bikes. Randazzo is ringing a bell. Investment property in WHITESTONE, NY located at 318 CRESTHAVEN LN. Admission at that time was $1.50 . My mom was born in 1926 she just turn 91 and she also lives in Florida now. The last 6 acres of the former Cresthaven Country Club in Whitestone are back on the selling block. Also a similar sunken sand box. Refi. Then 49 other kids and I had to fold our papers outside of the station office on Cross Island Parkway and 149th Street. If I remember correctly your family lived on Powells Cove Blvd. I did my red cross junior lifesaver course there. Mr. Harmon would perform in the auditorium occasionally. At other times, we went to Whitestone Pool. Then first grade at PS 192. Spent a lot of time of my time in Francis Lewis Park. I had never heard about the collapsing stairs. 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? If that bothers you in any way, you don't belong here.. or anywhere. Milk Maid was there before Mcdonalds opened. I have a neighbor who attended P.S. I dont know the exact date it closed but I know CYO Day Camp closed around 1986 or 87 which was located on 3 Ave & 150 St. Whitestone pool was adjacent to the camp ground. Then I had three private houses on Powels Cove Blvd. 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. 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. I really loveWhitestone and PS 79 and have many wonderful memories of my childhood. /bartender. I lived on 24rd ave. We moved there in 1958. As a teenager I worked there 2 summers for $100 a summer. The red Spanish style tile roofs belonged to the Ice skating in Bowne Park. All are gone. New York is becoming too gentrified. During heavy snowstorms your Dad would plow our street (15th Drive between 149th and 150th). My sister had her wedding at Cresthaven CC. Not sure if we cover all the data-points you need? ft with 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms We had a ball on that tour! Whitestone, NY 11357. Their business is recorded as DOMESTIC NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION. Frances Lewis Park was neverland to me. The drinking age was 18 ?!?!? You had to keep winning to hold the court, very competetive. I remember going on a school trip there in elementary school. My Dad sold our house many years ago, I have been told that they built 4 houses on his property. Its original name was Levitt House and the initials LH were imbedded in the tile floor of each of the 32 lobbies. day camp (I think around noon for 2 hours). Most memorable day was seeing Mrs. Collins crying and later being dismissed early finding out President Kennedy died! Frans candy store! Anyone remember Carosons Hardware store on Francis Lewis off 26th ave? As we reported previously in College Point and North Astoria, Queens East River Shoreline is not as accessible. View sample full report Residential For Sale nearby Commercial Real Estate nearby Real Estate Reports: I grew up in Whitestone (10-06 148th St.) and spent almost every non-school day in Francis Lewis Park. I too attended the PS 184 Day Camp (Summertime only for two summers). We put life jackets on all the campers and sailed under both the Whitestone and Throggs Neck Bridge. When the dance ended, I. I hope you will see my message. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. To the right of the building was the pool, and then open space. As a private road, it has its own custom-made sign. 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