I recall a while on black sign in the the lobby of their apartment house with the initials LH on it. 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. The pool you are thinking of was the Whitestone Pool, open to the public. The Frank was probably Frank Tokar who ran everything on the CYO property. I remember riding my bike through the empty lot and seeing pools of colored purple, orange and green water in the mud. In our continuing series on the boroughs northern coast, we now visit Whitestone, Beechhurst and Fort Totten. 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. She didnt even know she had been shot. Ed Winters, are you related to Robert, now in Cambridge? down towards the yacht club. Search by owner name and find all properties currently or previously owned. I attended the CYO Day Camp from 1952 1960 when I became a Counselor. What a loss. Thats right. WE USE TO GO TO THE CYO SWIMMING , DOES ANYONE KNOW THE STREET IT WAS ON . I had relatives who lived in Whitestone. Please excuse the last post, that was Edward Cleary on 14th Street in Whitestone queens. ? I walked from my apartment by the golf course, with my mother. I had The Beechurst, which is an iconic building still in existence today. My friends and I would cross our legs Indian style and shimmy up the V shaped grooves in the concrete to the top. T TOKAR, FRANK A, 94 of Dunedin, FL passed away on December 23, 2012 at home surrounded by family. 725 . Im still here! If you crossed the street not at her corner, she would make you cross back and forth 10 times saying thats a corner. My gramps was a regular customer. Neither ever went beyond planning stage. Smooth work commute, popular bars and nightlife, nearby restaurants and grocery stores, and safety. Clintonville I remember her mom chasing me out of the store on day because she thought I had not paid for a pack of baseball cards! http://nycma.lunaimaging.com/luna/servlet/view/all/what/PS%2B79?sort=identifier%2Cschool%2Cdate%2Csubject. Some wonderful memories reading this! Whitestone-based developer Fulcrum Real Estate Advisors closed on the purchase of a six-acre Queens development site for $14 million. An important ferry landing prior to the construction of Whitestone Bridge, the community was served by the Long Island Railroad until 1932. 2-40 150 Street . The paper posted on Chriss window said we came in 7th place (out of eight top spots) for our age category. Does not look like it did in 1950s, especially the windows facing the 21st Road. 3-28 Cresthaven Lane is a House located in the Whitestone neighborhood in Queens, NY. gave me when I left for the Army. The Oleskiew families lived a few houses north on 154 st and on 14th Ave across from me. Finally, F.L. Id take my bike down the hill toward the water and sometimes fish under the bridge with my grandfather (Poppy). I enjoyed walking down memory lane and am so thankful for my time on 11th and 13th Avenues. How about the Topless Bar off the Cross Island Service road in Beechurst. Now I am rambling. I did not have her, but Did she have reddish hair? Am I just imagining this or did it really exist?!? Cresthaven A former country club, Cresthaven, Powell's Cove Boulevard between 3rd and 6th Avenues, once occupied 22 acres of waterfront real estate. Would love to hear from you and share stories and memories. I have a neighbor who attended P.S. So much around to keep us kids occupied growing up in the 70s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhRMoU-KDZU. I do remember the stairwells. My mother and father still live on 12 ave I am still in the neighborhood. At a dead-end segment of the never-completed Powells Cove Boulevard to the east of 149th Place is a traffic loop monitored by Whitestone Boosters Civic Association. Mr Harmon was a super nice gentleman, My favorite was Mrs. Frankel (my 3rd grade teacher). 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. There was a gate and the Tropicana trucks came and went from the lot. Especially after Mass at St Lukes on Sunday. We enjoyed Freddies pizza too and the Clintonville Bar Restaurant for fried shrimp and spaghetti. The last 6 acres of the former Cresthaven Country Club in Whitestone are back on the selling block. The regulars called me Red. Now, Eastern Consolidated, a New York real-estate investment firm, has been retained by Whitestone Jewels as the agent in the sale of the site between Powells Cove Blvd., 150th St. and Sixth Ave. Time and the cost involved with installing sewers for the development were the prime reasons for putting it back on the market, said Azita Aghravi, a senior director with Eastern Consolidated. Im now 72 but I still have many vivid memories of growing up at CYO way back then. Building Facts Units Active Listings Past Sales Past Rentals All Units No active listings in building See past sales or past rentals Filter Units Nearby Transportation There is no data available What else do you know about Sylvania besides the rumor? A fourth generation visits their grandfather, Ed, still living there. In 2000, about 16 acres of the 22-acre site were sold to a developer that built 110 luxury homes on the site. She was 21, and I was 20. And then there was the sign at the counter meant to stave off sticky fingers Thou shall not steal or thou shall get thy ass kicked. The Bank of North America bought the property and the testing was surface only. Nice to read your comment. I too also lived in Cambridge, Ma as a college student at Lesley College and Nanny. I was allegedly the barefoot handball champion of Whitestone Park (1964) All the places everyone spoke about sparks a memory. I have to believe the building could have been renovated instead of destroyed. Ive parallel experiences to yours. I lived there, across from Clearview Golf Course. If I missed a day, Mr. Weber the route director would have fired me! @2019 - Forgotten New York. Only 19 percent of Le Havres land is occupied by buildings. Was there also to see the first stones being laid and then went home (that later became Arlington Cemetery). I had never heard about the collapsing stairs. Weepy's pool hall was a famous fixture for many years, as was Jimmy's luncheonette . The building, as I recall was originally fronting 149 St with a large yard space behind it. I was a counselor there during the summers of 1960 and 1961. I cry when I go back and dont want to keep doing it to myself. In Whitestone. 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. MLS# 3327572. Bingo.Worked my way up to busboy then waiter This property was purchased by BADEA FELICIA for $1,463,000. "My real estate mentor always said, 'Never fall . I had to light the candles at Immanuel Lutheran Church as an acolyte. The prize was not a trophy though, we each were awarded an art set. The green knife sharpening truck ringing its bell. Some of the former army residences appear as if transported from a small town. Sometimes I would have to get a haircut at Frenchys Barber Shop. 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. Then 49 other kids and I had to fold our papers outside of the station office on Cross Island Parkway and 149th Street. I too went to CYO day camp. A Mr Zappavigna a contractor lived on 154th St right at the end of 14th Ave. I also adored Storks and hung out at Bertlesons..loved the Italian ices or sherbet they had in the little white paper cups. I often check real estate values for Beechhurst and I am amazed what houses are selling Then I had three private houses on Powels Cove Blvd. Were you there? Not sure if we cover all the data-points you need? I am not sure I want to go back to see them. The 2 pools were for Cresthaven and the CYO. It can get confusing. It was chlorinated pretty well so no one every got sick. You remembered it correctly. Hello Jerry Friedman ! He played the saw and did ventriloquism with a dummy he would take out a suitcase. Our love story began on Nov. 10, 1961, at a dance at Cresthaven Country Club in Whitestone, Queens. $389,000. See if the property is available for sale or lease. So beautiful there and such wonderful times the best 12 summers of my life. Oh well. 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. LIVED at the Whitestone Pool for multiple summers, Had a seasons pass, would walk there from my home 149th St and 11th Aven. Newly listed Brighton Condominiums apartments for rent in Boca Raton. I had to deliver the Sunday paper at 6 a.m. each week and one day we had a blizzard! My sister had her wedding at Cresthaven CC. Estupendo condo de venta en Walnut, CA. I have talked about and have wondered what happened to the cute little dark haired boy from so long ago. Great memories of my years in Cambridge. You had to keep winning to hold the court, very competetive. Good ole Frans Candy Stores! Many memories to bore you with but enjoyed reading these comments. Following its closing in 1989, the property wassubdividedfor tract mansions accessed by private streets. Silver Star and other local Bands would build a stage and run a power line from the lamp posts. Parades up 150th St from Memorial Field into Whitestone by Gleasons Funeral Home. A lifetime ago!!! I loved staying with my parents and brother going up the hill by the benches where the cooking grills were. 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? I spent the summers at the Beechhurst Beach,as well as my parents before me. Me too! I have some memories of my parents taking us when we were quite young to a park under the Whitestone Bridge for a picnic! There was a sunken concrete sprinkler area in the park. There were two pools in Whitestone Cresthaven and the Whitestone pool and Haylocks Day Camp across from Whitestone pool. day camp (I think around noon for 2 hours). If there was a center of the Universe.. Whitestone would be it! I too attended the PS 184 Day Camp (Summertime only for two summers). The last 6 acres of the former Cresthaven Country Club in Whitestone are back on the selling block. I cant remember the Asian Restaurant in the whitestone shopping center other than it had some reputation. He conducted our Pre Cana by asking us to give him a tour of SUNY Maritime College (where I graduated college). Played in the construction site for Cryder House. 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. Since then, thepropertywas developed with upscale townhouses and the 15-room mansion was divided into six condo units. I had to get my papers, hop the Q-15 at 15th and 150th Street and deliver my papers! I have been trying to find a photo of the Kent water tower for years but with no luck. The dirt road on 12 ave and 154 The Beechhurst food market DiMaggios pizza stuies candy store 193 park beechhurst Beach hanging out . Admission at that time was $1.50 . There were 50 paper routes in Whitestone and I had Route #42 which delivered to Beechurst. There was NO ROOM FOR ERROR! I used the pool for one summer (1954 or 1955). I remember Carvell and their raspberry sorbet and Storks with their jelly donuts. Acrossthe bay from Utopia Parkway is Fort Totten and behind it is Great Neck. She spoke very fondly of the store and would run into former customers from time to time. Draw your own conclusions. I remember missing you and I still have. The front window had a changing display for the season or holiday, and would feature boxes of candy you could buy. 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 Yesterday I wrote a Hi Jerry response to you. They sell for upwards of 300,000. End of 154st. Considering the citys overcrowded public schools and neighborhood opposition to new schools inresidentialareas, I am surprised that the city hasntreused some of thevacantbuildings as schools. If this apartment ever went co-op or condo, itd be worth a mint! The while at Kents blew at 7:45 a.m., 8:00 a.m. and again at quttin time at 4:00 p.m. (I could hear all your parents partying at night). 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. I loved Whitestone in those days! Find investment properties for sale in Queens County Click Here There were wooden booths to sit in. Second Avenue does not have sidewalks. PS 79 for kindergarten, and St Lukes for 1-8 grade. 4 bed 2.5 bath 4,792 sqft lot 312 Cresthaven Ln, Whitestone, NY 11357 Property Type Single Family Year Built 2000 Last Sold $1M in 2009 Share this home Edit Facts Get your home value updates. Fleming and introduced him to Cresthaven, where he ended up running the CYO camp. Later she would pick me up. Not sure if you replied here if I would receive it. It had a great Playground with Monkey Bars and the Long Swing sets which are banned today. Went to PS 193, 79 and 30. In 2004, a private cul-de-sac was constructed between Second Avenueandthe waters edge,containingfour extravagant Mediterranean palaces. never regretted leaving. Sorry, spent many summer days in Whitestone and can only remember the CYO day camp. 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