Find your perfect home in Venetian Isle, Boynton Beach, FL. No crime sex violence. To make a donation, please use the button below. Whitestone, Queens, NY 11357. Im still here! To the left of the building was a ball field, but us older kids could hit softballs on the roof of the building. We enjoyed Freddies pizza too and the Clintonville Bar Restaurant for fried shrimp and spaghetti. If you scroll down or up (? I went to kindergarten in that school early 1958. I remember Fran as well! Puerto Madero N9710, Oficina 22, Pudahuel - Santiago | saudi arabian airlines flight 763 cvr transcript 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! thanks for the memories,i went to st.lukes school and p.s.79 for kindergarten. I remember riding my bike through the empty lot and seeing pools of colored purple, orange and green water in the mud. 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 used to fish off the barges near CYO with my dad many times and most of the inlets from there to College Point. Graduated from St. Lukes in 1976. Please excuse the last post, that was Edward Cleary on 14th Street in Whitestone queens. cresthaven country club whitestone ny. All good memories! Do you know when it closed, what happened to it Now Billions.should have bought stock when I first saw the sign!! 147-51 8th Avenue, Whitestone, NY 11357 (MLS# 3335462) is a Single Family property with 3 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms and 1 partial bathroom. (505) 431 - 5992; man jumps off cruise ship after fight with wife Finally, F.L. everyone Loved Storks. and exactly where it was located? The last 6 acres of the former Cresthaven Country Club in Whitestone are back on the selling block. Still remember the sign posted at the counter Thou shall not steal or thou shall get thy ass kicked. I too was born in 1962, lived in Whitestone, and also attended PS 79. By SERGEY KADINSKY Maybe we had one or 2 beers once in a while. She didnt even know she had been shot. Joe Dragan. So beautiful there and such wonderful times the best 12 summers of my life. What a loss. My good friend Obi worked at Whitestone Deli when we were teens. Then later, through my research I found a postcard from the Astoria Historical Society the showed the pool and dock/marina next door. There were NO EXCUSES! Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. It was. I lived on 26th Ave off of 150th in Flushing but we went there a lot. Or maybe that was Miss/Mrs Scarpetta, a name that just popped into my head. WOW. 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. How many residential units does this building have? We too lived on 12th road between 154th and 157th. I also went to ps184 from you 1966 to 1972.What years were you there? I remember going there in the 1970s. We often talk if the best bakery ever: Storks, and their crumb cake, kruellers, cookies. We used to go right down on the rocks under the south anchorage and fish, smoke, hang-out, whatever. Booths and counter, still remember it clear as a bell after all this time. originally stretched all the way down to the Thank you to all our donors that continue to support Forgotten NY. 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 . At this location (by some accounts) East River becomes known as Long Island Sound. I just discovered this blog and it brought back so many memories. We used the yellow NYC public school buses to pick up campers at their parish church and transport them to one of the main 4 properties Whitestone, Cresthaven, (one block apart) Alley Pond Park or Kissena Park. I loved those days! In our continuing series on the boroughs northern coast, we now visit Whitestone, Beechhurst and Fort Totten. Entered window painting contests. I am now 68. 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. 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. I grew up in the 70s so remember some of the stuff you are mentioning. I hope you will see my message. Whitestone-based developer Fulcrum Real Estate Advisors closed on the purchase of a six-acre Queens development site for $14 million. My house on 12th ave bet 154 and 157th st is all redone . Whitestone, NY 11357. I grew up on 14th ave next to Grace Church. 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. Has been gone a while. Beers Avenue and Walter Reed Road. I remember Kent Cleaners. An aunt and uncle of mine used to live in the Le Havre apartments. CRESTHAVEN-WHITESTONE CLUB, INC. (DOS ID: 441706)was incorporated on 07/15/1977in New York. God Bless him. Clintonville Behind the dead-end are the Wildflower townhouses. To anyone that knew him..sorry to say he passed on many years ago..more than 20. If that bothers you in any way, you don't belong here.. or anywhere. I remember Wide Wings camp. At other times, we went to Whitestone Pool. I do remember the stairwells. I attended Immanuel Lutheran School from 1959-1968. Then went under the locust trees to dry off and eat lunch. Location: 150 Street & 6 Avenue, Whitestone (former location of Cresthaven Country Club) Number of Homes: 44 single family homes Site Acreage: 6 acres Construction: 4 bedroom, all brick and precast stone Colonials with attached garage, 2,000-3,760 square feet, depending on the model. Park used to offer one of my favorite quintessential NY experiences, which is hanging out in the cool space beneath a major bridge. I see PS 184 has been remodeled. I had relatives who lived in Whitestone. My best friend and I met our wives there. 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 didnt have her, wither. St Lukes Bazaar every summer with the huge gambling tents for the over 18 crowd It was chlorinated pretty well so no one every got sick. Three Hidden Cemeteries [SpliceToday]. A Mr Zappavigna a contractor lived on 154th St right at the end of 14th Ave. that letter in box of childhood memories. BLACK LIVES MATTER. George J Murray III. Hi Jerry! They went on to raise 2 daughters on E. Tremont Avenue. 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. ft. house located at 3-30 Cresthaven Ln, Whitestone, NY 11357 sold for $1,400,000 on Nov 16, 2021. Finding homes for sale in Whitestone, Queens, NY has never been easier as our comprehensive directory currently contains more than 126 listings! 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. Great memories! Beechurst one for the second grade and so on. He was right across the river from it for 35 years and had never seen the campus. Aww, the memories. In 1930, Hammerstein fell on hardtimesand sold the mansion. I grew up in Whitestone in 1931 and remained there until 2007 and am now in Florida. It had five sections A, B, C, D, and E. and I had about 30 customers there. Last Sold Price On the map, military names include Sgt. I remember Frans husband wearing a baggy cardigan and bedroom slippers in the store, cigarette hanging out of his mouth. Because Beechhurst shares the 11357 zip code with the more populated neighborhood of Whitestone, it is regarded by outsiders as part of Whitestone to the dismay of some residents. Ficks market was the butcher shop across the street from my house on 17th Ave and 150th St. Thanks for this. 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. What else do you know about Sylvania besides the rumor? In French, its name translates as The Harbor. Completed in 1958, Le Havrecomprisesof 32 towers on 32 acres of waterfront land. Played in the woods between the Renaissance and Wide Wings with my brothers. Like me and you, he had a childhood using the CYO aka Cresthaven Pool. MLS# 3327572. In 1969:I keep my boat in Mayers Marina. Bug juice and cookies before the ride home. I worked there Went to 193, Mazels, Posner, Endress, England, Dodge, Bower. Cresthaven also had on their grounds both the Whitestone Boat Club and Cresthaven Yacht Club which remnants may still be seen possibly today. You could walk from the park to the CYO along the shore if you didnt mind climbing a few fences. I did my red cross junior lifesaver course there. 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 ). 3-28 Cresthaven Lane was built in 2000 and has 2 stories and 2 units. Im pretty sure the Fran you are speaking of is my grandmother (unless there were two Frans who owned candy stores in Whitestone.) Wonderful place to grow up in the 50s & 60s. 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. Here is a link to some photos of P.S. 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. They are co-ops and have been since the mid 80s . But I remember it well nonetheless. 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? Became Toms deli for many years I remember the ankle loop with the key as well. No excuses! As Whitestone has a large Greek population, it is possible that the streets name comes from the island of Samos in the Aegean Sea. So much around to keep us kids occupied growing up in the 70s. A third can be found in Little Neck Bay. 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 officials are eyeing the six-1/2-acre former Cresthaven Country Club, now overgrown and boarded up, for use as a city park. I had to get my papers, hop the Q-15 at 15th and 150th Street and deliver my papers! When the war ended, he came home, packed up his family, and moved south to become Washington College President. There were so many different types of pools for people of all ages and sizes. They put the new one in the back. Do you remember the place? For 39 years, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Brooklyn operated the Cresthaven Country Club on 19.5 acres, including some on the river, providing thousands of city youngsters the chance. Riding our bikes in old Kent Cleaners off Clintonville and other lots before they were all gone. Vets fishing station .you could buy all your tackle. The Company's current operating status is Active Company Info DOS ID: 441706 Current Entity Name: CRESTHAVEN-WHITESTONE CLUB, INC. Incorpration Date: 07/15/1977 This is not the official website of this company. It did get noisy mid 70s since most of us had dirt bikes. There was a gate and the Tropicana trucks came and went from the lot. Now I am rambling. The average person cannot live there anymore because it is too expensive, Where does the middle class live now anyway.? Time frame = Summer 1953 & 1954 ~OR~ Summer 1954 & 1955. Speaking of the Bronx, once every 2 weeks we went to the very famous Bronx Zoo folr half a day. Also vacant is the Willett Farmhouse, hidden behind thick vegetation. Since then, thepropertywas developed with upscale townhouses and the 15-room mansion was divided into six condo units. Mr. Softee. If this apartment ever went co-op or condo, itd be worth a mint! 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