cresthaven country club whitestone ny

Because the estate has a gate and 24-hour security, the best I could do here is poke my camera between the fence posts. To answer your questions: a) Yes, Lieutenant Robert Lee did supervise the construction of both Fort Totten and its companion Fort Schuyler. At the landing of 158th Street near Riverside Drive, a waterfront parcel as wide as the street belongs to Beechhurst Property Owners Association (BPOA) whose logo resembles a DOT-issue bridgedirectionalsign. My grandparents took care of the Whitestone Point Lighthouse and after they passed away my parents took it over until 1952 when the switch was put on land. That was in the sixtiesthe water got better since then thankfully.They were such good times. I grew up in Beechhurst, and lived on Riverside Drive. This is no accident as in the early postwar years,ParksCommissioner Robert Moses intended to construct Clearview Beach on this site. If I remember correctly, you were a cute dark haired boy and a cub scout. Still have the watch Fr Flemings brother Willie I remember missing you and I still have. 79 in the 40s and 50s, and Mr. Campbell was there then, too. Fleming and introduced him to Cresthaven, where he ended up running the CYO camp. Find your perfect home in Venetian Isle, Boynton Beach, FL. Then first grade at PS 192. I was a counselor there during the summers of 1960 and 1961. 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. I too went to CYO day camp. The 2 pools were for Cresthaven and the CYO. My twins were christened and had a luncheon upstairs at Mayers Marina where my husband at the time worked. The original PS 79 was a building as I recall built in 1898 with an addition around 1916 and at least one more addition. 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. What a loss. The property has a long and mixed history. Smooth work commute, popular bars and nightlife, nearby restaurants and grocery stores, and safety. This building has 2 residential unit (s). Vets fishing station .you could buy all your tackle. By SERGEY KADINSKY Block Parties. i grew up in whitestone on 12 th road off of 150th street. Very decadent but it was MY MONEY! Remember spending how much time trying to figure how to best spend my 10 cent allowance. The master bedroom and living room had wall-to-wall windows on the exterior wall. I recall a while on black sign in the the lobby of their apartment house with the initials LH on it. Have been for 45 years. To the left of the beach entrance is a private segment of Riverside Drive, where one can find eight oversize tract mansions with their own docks and waterfront pools. In 1924, Queens Gold Coast was enhanced by the construction of Wildflower, briefly the home of Broadway impresario Oscar Hammerstein II, who named the mansion after one of his plays. 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. Hope to hear from you my old childhood friend. This is all from memory, but it had acreage and was fenced. I do remember the public pool at Cresthaven CYO (Which may have also been known as Whitestone Pool? 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 close to Mels Drive Inn as you can get. 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. Sleigh Riding down suicide hill and skitching down Utopia Pkwy. Most of Fort Tottens coastline is rocky, unsuitable for a beach. There was a kitchen between the pool and the building, which was attached to the main building. It cost $1.25 in those days. I recognize Philmoony and Bill Tekverk I called a Billy to identify some of the people in the photos how can I get it on this blog the photos I think you guys may find it interesting, Hi joanie you lived on my block Howie your sister Alita I hope I spelled it right how are you Brenda you lived across the street too how is your brother Jerry How are you frank? If my memory serves me correct (and there is no guarantee these days!!!) Im a Zappavigna, my mother Madeline, Dad is Louie, who was a general contractor. I attended the CYO Day Camp from 1952 1960 when I became a Counselor. Leifs That Are Green [SpliceToday] I remember Cherry valley dairy, Storks, Freddies pizza, Chriss card shop. If that bothers you in any way, you don't belong here.. or anywhere. That camp closed when the property was sold and the owner reopened closer to the Whitestone Bridge calling the camp Wings. http://nycma.lunaimaging.com/luna/servlet/view/all/what/PS%2B79?sort=identifier%2Cschool%2Cdate%2Csubject. I too also lived in Cambridge, Ma as a college student at Lesley College and Nanny. Best Sicilian and white pizza was Freddies. We have become a small city with many diversified cultures. The old Beechurst Building had interesting tiles on the floor. Me too! 3-28 Cresthaven Lane was built in 2000 and has 2 stories and 2 units. I grew up in Whitestone in 1931 and remained there until 2007 and am now in Florida. accident. 725 . My brother knew one of her sons, I think his name was Paul. When one visits Little Bay Park, the curved coastline is reminiscent of Orchard Beach. Now Billions.should have bought stock when I first saw the sign!! Maybe we had one or 2 beers once in a while. 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. Search by owner name and find all properties currently or previously owned. Its shoreline is largely comprised of upper income tract mansions and high rise apartments. Wildflower and Le Havre are both located at Powells Cove Boulevard and Totten Street. Ed Winters, are you related to Robert, now in Cambridge? Behind the dead-end are the Wildflower townhouses. She had 2 older brothers Eddie and Gene and one younger brother Bobby. It was officially named The Sylvania-Corning Nuclear Corporation Metallurgical Laboratory. On the negative side, I remember a mother being shot in the stomach and killed by two boys playing with a .22 rifle. Parades up 150th St from Memorial Field into Whitestone by Gleasons Funeral Home. 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. QUEENS VILLAGE COMMITTEE FOR MENTAL HEALTH FOR JAMAICA COMMUNITY ADOLESCENT PROGRAM, INC. WHITESTONE VILLAGE BUSINESSMEN'S ASSOCIATION, INC. So named because of the spectacular water-views encompassing Whitestone's two landmark bridges, the property is the largest high-end single-family development currently under construction in Queens. My name is Paul and my family lived on 6th Ave, four doors west of 149th Whitestone, NY 11357. St Lukes Bazaar every summer with the huge gambling tents for the over 18 crowd He played the saw and did ventriloquism with a dummy he would take out a suitcase. It was a wonderful place to grow up, I often wonder what it is like now. Went to 193, Mazels, Posner, Endress, England, Dodge, Bower. Riding bikes all over Beechhurst, Whitestone, malba. It is one of the two last private beaches remaining on the Queens shoreline of the East River. 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! Id take my bike down the hill toward the water and sometimes fish under the bridge with my grandfather (Poppy). 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. Insane! 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. I used to think it meant LeFrak House until now. My brother in law is Karl Stork- He moved out to Montauk & was the head baker for Gurney`s Inn before retiring! Went to PS 193, 79 and 30. simplicity misses dresses; cathedral in the desert canyoneering; Select Page I wish I could find some of these awards from the window painting constests to give to my son. They went on to raise 2 daughters on E. Tremont Avenue. Wonderful place to grow up in the 50s & 60s. To anyone that knew him..sorry to say he passed on many years ago..more than 20. Yes the CYO property started small the Brooklyn Diocese just took over the Cresthaven Country Club and its 2 pools, expanded by taking over the Whitestone Pool as the small day camp grew and grew and grew. To the right of the building was the pool, and then open space. We had Freddies Pizza, Bertlesons and a really great life We went to Whitestone park and watched the river go by under the bridge.We watched the Throgs Nweck bridge go up and Bayside explode, Now whitestone is an elite community. The northeast extreme of Queens is an ear-shaped peninsula that was used as an army base between 1857 and 1995. Mr. Softee. Please excuse the last post, that was Edward Cleary on 14th Street in Whitestone queens. Buried in the Old Fort on the ground floor by the tunnel and the entrance road from the pier. There were NO EXCUSES! Patrick met and married his "Sweetheart" Deirdre (O'Brien) Dolan on the tennis courts of Cresthaven Country Club in Whitestone, Queens. 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. The Whitestone pool was opened to the public. Our love story began on Nov. 10, 1961, at a dance at Cresthaven Country Club in Whitestone, Queens. The building, as I recall was originally fronting 149 St with a large yard space behind it. for, and I live in CaliforniaThey say you can never go home again,I guess that is the truth. Some of my friends around 17th Ave were the Skaats, Weiss, Rice, LaPlace, Hertz, Thorgensen. My best paddleball partner was Micheal, Cant remember his last name but he was a tiny kid who played shirtless and he was awesome. Spent a lot of time of my time in Francis Lewis Park. I had a vivid picture of the couple who ran the store but the name was not there. Great deli!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Went to Wide Wings and a nursery school near there that has become nameless in my memory. I grew up in Whitestone (10-06 148th St.) and spent almost every non-school day in Francis Lewis Park. Elephas, Avanti and Camouflage (Mondays) Night Clubs rocked Bayside. 14th Avenue between 149th and 150th. The Mona Kai and the Shore Tavern were tough drinking Bars. My next door neighbor, Rosalee Reilly, in Whitestone was the VP for Personnel at Kents Cleaners her husband Charlie worked in the Post Office. Thanks for the memories! Their apartment had a great sweeping view of Long Island Sound and the Whitestone Bridge. I loved staying with my parents and brother going up the hill by the benches where the cooking grills were. Milk Maid was there before Mcdonalds opened. 79primarily about how and why that magnificent building was torn down. NY-Crystal River Yacht Club. Yes, The Bertlesons made their own chocolates and they were good! I had never heard about the collapsing stairs. At 11:15 p.m. exactly, John saw me across the room, walked quickly over and asked me to dance. Wish we can all make it what it was. Accordingtothe historian Strabo, its name is Phoenician for rise by the shore.. 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? Am I just imagining this or did it really exist?!? Find investment properties for sale in Queens County Click Here "My real estate mentor always said, 'Never fall . She had a vivid memory of the Blizzard of 88 (thats 1888) that buried NYC in its greatest snowfall of all times! The pool is a fond memory. I delivered the Long Island Star Journal to Building 16 at LeHarve from 1966-1968, perhaps you were one of my customers? Hi Fred: Are you related to College Points infamous Mayers Marina? Many They were just happy care-free days with great kids and counselors. Stay happy and healthy! The drinking age was 18 ?!?!? This property was built in 2002. 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. It was. They are co-ops and have been since the mid 80s . I miss the old Whitestone. 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. I think the pizza man was Sal or Vito. I have to believe the building could have been renovated instead of destroyed. How they managed to open that ill never know. I enjoyed walking down memory lane and am so thankful for my time on 11th and 13th Avenues. everyone Loved Storks. No crime sex violence. I really loveWhitestone and PS 79 and have many wonderful memories of my childhood. My mother always spoke of Mrs. Day. We were middle class. Cresthaven Country Club, operated by Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens, was located there for 39 years until it closed in 1989. Forgotten NY correspondent. The prize was not a trophy though, we each were awarded an art set. I used the pool for one summer (1954 or 1955). 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? 5 bed 4 bath 3,180 sqft 4,592 sqft lot 3-30 Cresthaven Ln, Whitestone, NY 11357 Property Type Single Family Year Built 2000 Last Sold $1.4M in 2021 Price per sqft $440 Garage 2 Car Share this. My Mom and Grandmother were very close friends with Msgr. 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. They primarily conducted testing on Uranium and Thorium. There were two pools in Whitestone Cresthaven and the Whitestone pool and Haylocks Day Camp across from Whitestone pool. The last 6 acres of the former Cresthaven Country Club in Whitestone are back on the selling block. I also went to St. Lukes School and was a Booster Beach member. I remember Wide Wings camp. In our continuing series on the boroughs northern coast, we now visit Whitestone, Beechhurst and Fort Totten. I did my red cross junior lifesaver course there. Penny candylicorice, Bazookas, sugar dots on a paper stripin a little brown bag. I am looking for information about the Day camp that was at PS 184 back in the 70s. I also went to PS 79 and then St Lukes through 4th grade, but then off to Holy Trinity & St. Agnes for the rest! As you know, 1861, he sided with Virginia and the South and quickly went to the Confederate Richmond, leaving Washington behind. 323 Cresthaven Lane, Whitestone, NY 11357. How many residential units does this building have? day camp (I think around noon for 2 hours). I think she said he was the assistant principal. 2-40 150 Street . 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. Lighting Punks from Little Neck Bay for fireworks on the 4th of July. Reminiscent of Liggett Hall on Governors Island, it nearly spans the width of the peninsula. Hello Brenda live upstate for the last 16 years but my mom still lives there .I occasionally see Ed.was actually in Whitestone yesterday. In aneighborhoodfilled with private gated communities, cameras and security guards, the best day for me to check out these beaches is when there is a heavy downpourandno ones watching. This promontory is known on maps as Cryders Point. Not sure if you replied here if I would receive it. As a formerresidentialcommunity, Fort Totten had its own post office, zip code, swimming pool, little league and street signs. 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. They sold (or maybe just closed) the candy store and moved out to Long Island sometime in the late 70s or early 80s, around the time Bertha passed away. In 2004, a private cul-de-sac was constructed between Second Avenueandthe waters edge,containingfour extravagant Mediterranean palaces. There was a sunken concrete sprinkler area in the park. Finding homes for sale in Whitestone, Queens, NY has never been easier as our comprehensive directory currently contains more than 126 listings! Cresthaven Site Is Eyed For Public Parkland In. I am not sure I want to go back to see them. 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. As was the end of Murray St past 16th Rd. 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 . Their business is recorded as DOMESTIC NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION. The developer is planning to build 45 homes at the former. 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. Then went under the locust trees to dry off and eat lunch. 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. Im pretty sure the Fran you are speaking of is my grandmother (unless there were two Frans who owned candy stores in Whitestone.) Hey Zoso! CRESTHAVEN-WHITESTONE CLUB, INC. (DOS ID: 441706) was incorporated on 07/15/1977 in New York. Whitestone, NY 11357. I used to fish off the barges near CYO with my dad many times and most of the inlets from there to College Point. To make a donation, please use the button below. thanks for the memories,i went to st.lukes school and p.s.79 for kindergarten. My house on 12th ave bet 154 and 157th st is all redone . Had to have been around 1967. Learn how your comment data is processed. 40-01 Little Neck Parkway 24A Little Neck, NY 11363. I remember walking to Sams Penny Store on 14th Avenue with its glass cases of loose candy. I had relatives who lived in Whitestone. 5 beds, 4 baths, 3180 sq. Do you remember the place? 315 Cresthaven Lane, Whitestone, NY 11357 was last sold in 07/06/2016 for $1,400,000. David. I have some memories of my parents taking us when we were quite young to a park under the Whitestone Bridge for a picnic! Their business is recorded as DOMESTIC NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION. yes there was a public pool there ,separate from the country club .Went there many times .nice pool.Little secret in congested Queens pools. That there is a tunnel (which has caved in) under the bay connecting Fort Totten to Fort Schyler? Has been gone a while. This home is located at 315 Cresthaven Ln, Whitestone, NY 11357 and has been listed on Homes.com and is currently estimated at $1,645,000, approximately $612 per square foot. 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. Great times! Doug, its like you picked the memories right out of MY head. Now I am rambling. Bingo.Worked my way up to busboy then waiter 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. I too was born in 1962, lived in Whitestone, and also attended PS 79. But I remember it well nonetheless. Clintonville I would love to find some old pictures of the place. Otherwise, Id cycle through Malba, College Point, Flushing and Fort Totten. It was chlorinated pretty well so no one every got sick. Its original name was Levitt House and the initials LH were imbedded in the tile floor of each of the 32 lobbies. Many more memories to share but another time. She spoke very fondly of the store and would run into former customers from time to time. Does anyone know the name or have any info on it.? Its beach is useful for walking, launching canoes and fishing but signs inform visitors that swimming is prohibited. You remembered it correctly. Geez old old memories. Three Hidden Cemeteries [SpliceToday]. Many days were spent riding my bike to Utopia Lane to watch the bridge construction. A fourth generation visits their grandfather, Ed, still living there. My friends and I would cross our legs Indian style and shimmy up the V shaped grooves in the concrete to the top. I remember it had an old mansion house and a large, for a little kid, wooded area. They put the new one in the back. Weepy's pool hall was a famous fixture for many years, as was Jimmy's luncheonette . Im named after him. The Frank was probably Frank Tokar who ran everything on the CYO property. The 70s were like the wild west. 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. All the places everyone spoke about sparks a memory. 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. Second Avenue does not have sidewalks. A formercountry club, Cresthaven, Powells Cove Boulevard between 3rd and 6th Avenues, once occupied 22 acres of waterfront real estate. Here are some of mine: We put life jackets on all the campers and sailed under both the Whitestone and Throggs Neck Bridge. Beers Avenue and Walter Reed Road. The fridge in the kitchen was mounted on the ceiling over the counter like an overhead kitchen cabinet! PS 79 for kindergarten, and St Lukes for 1-8 grade. Same with the whitestone pool and cresthaven gone. As the first stones were being laid, he then was assigned to help design Fort Monroe, Hampton. 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. Worked on the waterfront both at Whitestone and next door at Cresthaven for several summers with really tremendous kids from all the Catholic high schools in Queens. I played stick ball lots of times in Bohacks parking lot with Billy Collela. I had to light the candles at Immanuel Lutheran Church as an acolyte. 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. The modernist apartment complexs name seems like a nod to architect Le Corbusier,whopromoted the Tower-In-The-Park concept in the postwar period. Campbell was the prinicipal when I was there as well. Here is a link to some photos of P.S. We had a ball on that tour! wonderful Sunday afternoons we spent there in the early 60s. I was a paper boy from 1966 to 1968. 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. starting as a youngster on the tennis court at what was then the Cresthaven Country Club. House I grew up in is still there; Zillows in the millions now seems absurd I thought we were poor . The Clearview Golf course was our hang out. The cresthaven country club pool was only for the CYO kids and for the country club people after the camp. I remember Carvell and their raspberry sorbet and Storks with their jelly donuts. What else do you know about Sylvania besides the rumor? He conducted our Pre Cana by asking us to give him a tour of SUNY Maritime College (where I graduated college). X27 ; t belong here.. or anywhere Sunday afternoons we spent there in the sixtiesthe water got better then. 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