Although Wildflower has a beach, it is not usedforswimming. The drinking age was 18 ?!?!? Beers Avenue and Walter Reed Road. Bug juice and cookies before the ride home. We often talk if the best bakery ever: Storks, and their crumb cake, kruellers, cookies. Was looking up the old neighborhood. 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. He was quite intimidating. Hope to hear from you my old childhood friend. Was Ritchie Ferraro the younger brother of Dino Ferraro? Son Georgie keep the place going.There was always To make a donation, please use the button below. The dirt road on 12 ave and 154 The Beechhurst food market DiMaggios pizza stuies candy store 193 park beechhurst Beach hanging out . Entered window painting contests. Still remember the sign posted at the counter Thou shall not steal or thou shall get thy ass kicked. (Ugh.where did that water come from then?). Was Bertlesons the little ice cream parlor near Storks? Thats we went to meet girls, mostly unsuccessfully though! That job taught me how to work and how to deliver and be reliable! $1,157,500. Its shoreline is largely comprised of upper income tract mansions and high rise apartments. Like me and you, he had a childhood using the CYO aka Cresthaven Pool. That was the go to bakery for our entire family. Finally, F.L. Father Flemings family, Rita Hass her b) There is no tunnel between Fort Totten and Schuyler, BUT there is a well-hidden tunnel that goes under the hill that protects the back fort from the front where the cannons were. We enjoyed Freddies pizza too and the Clintonville Bar Restaurant for fried shrimp and spaghetti. 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. She was 21, and I was 20. There were long walks with the neighborhood kid to the glen near the Trogs Neck Bridge for live music during the summer. I would love to get some information on him. She remembered taking goods to market from her family farm in Whitestone to the Hunts Point Market in the Bronx via the old Ferry from Whitestone to Ferry Point in the Bronx. I had to light the candles at Immanuel Lutheran Church as an acolyte. Her mansion became There were 2 pools: the whitestone pool was the public pool at the end of the street. Hi Jerry! 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 . Then I had three private houses on Powels Cove Blvd. Before it was middle class. A third can be found in Little Neck Bay. Wish we can all make it what it was. water before the Cross Island Pkwy was That was in the sixtiesthe water got better since then thankfully.They were such good times. 3-35 Cresthaven Lane: Real Estate, school zoning and more information about 3-35 Cresthaven Lane in Whitestone I grew up in Whitestone (10-06 148th St.) and spent almost every non-school day in Francis Lewis Park. Dear Rich, a few years ago I stumbled into a Facebook page being posted by a fellow named Ritchie Ferraro. 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 think it was right under the Utopia Parkway near the Throgs Neck Bridge. 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. The front window had a changing display for the season or holiday, and would feature boxes of candy you could buy. Remember spending how much time trying to figure how to best spend my 10 cent allowance. Hence, Le Havre , the name of a very large French port city. This property was purchased by BADEA FELICIA for $1,463,000. They primarily conducted testing on Uranium and Thorium. Hi. Nice to read your comment. He conducted our Pre Cana by asking us to give him a tour of SUNY Maritime College (where I graduated college). I loved staying with my parents and brother going up the hill by the benches where the cooking grills were. They sell for upwards of 300,000. 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. 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. Weepy's pool hall was a famous fixture for many years, as was Jimmy's luncheonette . Across the street from Samos Lane, a fire hydrant is tastefully wrapped by paving stones. I remember missing you and I still have. But this mystery teacher was into Japanese culture, and I have a memory of her walking down the hall carrying a samurai sword. Oh well. The Frank was probably Frank Tokar who ran everything on the CYO property. 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. Smooth work commute, popular bars and nightlife, nearby restaurants and grocery stores, and safety. If you crossed the street not at her corner, she would make you cross back and forth 10 times saying thats a corner. Maybe she was wearing a kimono! Newly listed Brighton Condominiums apartments for rent in Boca Raton. Cresthaven also had on their grounds both the Whitestone Boat Club and Cresthaven Yacht Club which remnants may still be seen possibly today. Not sure if you replied here if I would receive it. Played in the woods between the Renaissance and Wide Wings with my brothers. My friends and I would cross our legs Indian style and shimmy up the V shaped grooves in the concrete to the top. Once, when our sixth-grade class was having some kind of special event, Fran let us use her burners to heat up the food. 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. 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 went to St Lukes for 1st and 2nd grade and PS 79 for 3rd through 6th. I was active at Immanuel Lutheran church and my cousin Richeys wife taught at their school. Do you know when it closed, what happened to it Mostly good times, I have been trying to find information about the Whitestone ferry for many years. 312 . where I could practice my skills at actually throwing the papers to the stoops of the homes. I hope you will see my message. Weddings My next door neighbor, Rosalee Reilly, in Whitestone was the VP for Personnel at Kents Cleaners her husband Charlie worked in the Post Office. I AM OLD ENOUGH to remember the CYO summer day camp at Cresthaven Country Club in northern Whitestone. Hello Jerry Friedman ! Id take my bike down the hill toward the water and sometimes fish under the bridge with my grandfather (Poppy). My summers I lived at Beechhurst beach. 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. As young teenagers we would get someone to buy us a bottle in Whitestone village and then go to the park, or hang out outside the Bowling Alley. In 2000, about 16 acres of the 22-acre site were sold to a developer that built 110 luxury homes on the site. I remember the raft wellas well as the rats and Coney Island whitefish in the east riverbut we survived! Rosalees mother, Myra OBrien (maiden name Myra Surgeon) lived to be 101 and died in 1971. If I missed a day, Mr. Weber the route director would have fired me! Sneaking into Whitestone Pool, diving from the high dive and doing multiple flips I loved those days! 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. We were famiy As a teenager I worked there 2 summers for $100 a summer. But do you remember the stairwells that were in there with the glass with the wires in them? The last 6 acres of the former Cresthaven Country Club in Whitestone are back on the selling block. You remembered it correctly. Amazing the names changes = a) I remember the pool called CYO Pool but now know it as Cresthaven, and b) I remember the park/spray heads called Whitestone Park but now known as Francis Lewis Park. So safe back then. NY-Crystal River Yacht Club. My family was one of the original members of Boosters Beach and my father a founding member of the Whitestone Ambulance Corps the precursors of EMTs. I went to St Lukes had a paper route route 13 Freddys pizza $.25 a slice in 1969 storks bakery Karl Stork was in my class in the first and second grade I remember mrsStork bringing cookies every Christmas to school for the kids Hope to hear back from somebody this is the first time Ive ever done this kind of thing. Surprisingly, I visited the Beechurst in 2017, 50 years after I delivered there, and the swastica tiles were still there! Search by owner name and find all properties currently or previously owned. WE USE TO GO TO THE CYO SWIMMING , DOES ANYONE KNOW THE STREET IT WAS ON . At other times, we went to Whitestone Pool. The prize was not a trophy though, we each were awarded an art set. Doug, its like you picked the memories right out of MY head. I was a counselor there during the summers of 1960 and 1961. He had a big first-floor office that faced the front yard. I went to kindergarten in that school early 1958. When one visits Little Bay Park, the curved coastline is reminiscent of Orchard Beach. 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! couldnt support modern electronics. Went to PS 193, 79 and 30. and exactly where it was located? But I remember it well nonetheless. At that time, there was a sunken school yard that was later filled in with an addition to the building. Playing paddleball on Saturdays and in the summer across from JHS 185 Bleeker One was Wide Wings and was closer to the Throgs Neck bridge. Near the eponymous bridge, Francis LewisParkoccupies aportionof the former estate of AmericanrevolutionaryFrancis Lewis. To answer your questions: a) Yes, Lieutenant Robert Lee did supervise the construction of both Fort Totten and its companion Fort Schuyler. The wing and gym and auditorium were not built yet. 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-based developer Fulcrum Real Estate Advisors closed on the purchase of a six-acre Queens development site for $14 million. I have talked about and have wondered what happened to the cute little dark haired boy from so long ago. Whitestone, like many Queens communities, is refreshingly patriotic. Went to 193, Mazels, Posner, Endress, England, Dodge, Bower. Also took a photo of the street. If I remember correctly your family lived on Powells Cove Blvd. I remember the ankle loop with the key as well. Mr. Softee. 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 Some of the former army residences appear as if transported from a small town. I remember Frans husband wearing a baggy cardigan and bedroom slippers in the store, cigarette hanging out of his mouth. Actually used to climb up the concrete anchorage for the Whitestone Bridge. I recall a while on black sign in the the lobby of their apartment house with the initials LH on it. Waldbaums Shopping Center was built, giving us a supermarket and some small shops like Stage Variety Store and a pizza place, a bank, etc. You could walk from the park to the CYO along the shore if you didnt mind climbing a few fences. 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! I often check real estate values for Beechhurst and I am amazed what houses are selling My italian immigrant grandfather and I would pick dandelion leaves for salad at the Whitestone Park. The building, as I recall was originally fronting 149 St with a large yard space behind it. This site brings back a lot of fond memories., storks is gone I wish I could still live there. Closer to the water, the pool had a pool house that overlooked the water and we used to take rowboats out into the river. 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. It is not the small town I grew up in anymore, but to me, its still a great place to raise my family. A fourth generation visits their grandfather, Ed, still living there. Me too! Forgotten NY correspondent. If memory serves, Cresthaven CC had a pool that was open to the public (25 cents) during the day except when being used by the CYO Catholic Youth Org. There were two camps. End of 154st. View information about 307 Cresthaven Ln, Whitestone, NY 11357. In 1930, Hammerstein fell on hardtimesand sold the mansion. Wonderful place to grow up in the 50s & 60s. Then, at 8 a.m. Great times! This had to be around 1978. cresthaven country club whitestone ny. It had a great Playground with Monkey Bars and the Long Swing sets which are banned today. There was NO ROOM FOR ERROR! She spoke very fondly of the store and would run into former customers from time to time. Speaking of the Bronx, once every 2 weeks we went to the very famous Bronx Zoo folr half a day. We lived in a house on 12 th rd/ Life was good. So off to Virginia he went. During heavy snowstorms your Dad would plow our street (15th Drive between 149th and 150th). Hey Zoso! 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. wonderful Sunday afternoons we spent there in the early 60s. We moved there in 1958. Now gone for more than 25 years, the club's large outdoor swimming pool provided welcome relief from summer's heat. I played stick ball lots of times in Bohacks parking lot with Billy Collela. He dedicated his life to the CYO and children wherever he was! Find investment properties for sale in Queens County Click Here Tropicana was located on 154th street, off the water for deliveries by boat. My brother knew one of her sons, I think his name was Paul. Admission at that time was $1.50 . 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. Some wonderful memories reading this! Whitestone, NY 11357. 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