wonderful Sunday afternoons we spent there in the early 60s. Finding homes for sale in Whitestone, Queens, NY has never been easier as our comprehensive directory currently contains more than 126 listings! The Whitestone pool was opened to the public. 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. Real terra incognita as they say. This should have remained a historic town. Ficks market was the butcher shop across the street from my house on 17th Ave and 150th St. There were a set of whistles every day telling workers it was time to be at work. We enjoyed Freddies pizza too and the Clintonville Bar Restaurant for fried shrimp and spaghetti. What a great priest. 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. Admission at that time was $1.50 . The paper posted on Chriss window said we came in 7th place (out of eight top spots) for our age category. The CYO camp in the 1970s would love to see pics, as I attended at a young age maybe 5-7yrs old and have memories of taking the bus there from Rego Park. My brother still lives there. i grew up in whitestone on 12 th road off of 150th street. 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? Thats right. The Mattone Group of College Point and the Associated Development Corporation of Bayside are developing the $52 million project, called Waterside Estates at Cresthaven, with up to 117 houses,. The old one was just obsolete.. I was a paper boy from 1966 to 1968. Its beach is useful for walking, launching canoes and fishing but signs inform visitors that swimming is prohibited. 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 $389,000. I cant remember the Asian Restaurant in the whitestone shopping center other than it had some reputation. for, and I live in CaliforniaThey say you can never go home again,I guess that is the truth. I am not old enough to remember that Milk Maid but went to McDonalds at that spot often and when i had kids to play in ball pit jungle gym. The green knife sharpening truck ringing its bell. God Bless him. When it went Condo, my mother bought it. Went to Boosters beach and sold my share/spot, what an idiot I am!!!! In French, its name translates as The Harbor. Completed in 1958, Le Havrecomprisesof 32 towers on 32 acres of waterfront land. (We went to Carvel all the time.) I cry when I go back and dont want to keep doing it to myself. If only we could travel back in time. I was a counselor there during the summers of 1960 and 1961. We used to enjoy the Sunday afternoon dances at Cresthaven Country Club. dances, rolling the tennis courts or painting at Whitestone pool "My real estate mentor always said, 'Never fall . 330 Cresthaven Ln, Whitestone, NY 11357 | 26 Photos | MLS #3279227 - Movoto Virtual Tour 330 Cresthaven Ln Whitestone, NY 11357 FOR SALE New 19 Hours Ago $1,588,000 5 Bd 3 Ba 3,180 Sqft Go See This Home with a Whitestone Agent Contact Agent 26 Photos Map Save Share Nearby Homes New 1 Hour Ago House For Sale $1,200,000 3 Bd 2 Ba 2,160 Sqft $556/Sqft Joe Dragan. Now gone for more than 25 years, the club's large outdoor swimming pool provided welcome relief from summer's heat. My friends and I would cross our legs Indian style and shimmy up the V shaped grooves in the concrete to the top. I have a neighbor who attended P.S. Thanks for this. I remember Frans husband wearing a baggy cardigan and bedroom slippers in the store, cigarette hanging out of his mouth. 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! Do you know when it closed, what happened to it 3-28 Cresthaven Lane is a House located in the Whitestone neighborhood in Queens, NY. My mother and father still live on 12 ave I am still in the neighborhood. I have some memories of my parents taking us when we were quite young to a park under the Whitestone Bridge for a picnic! Lucille A Mackenzie Your Dad was referred to as Uncle Frank in our household. John I came here in search of info about Whitestone Pool and you seem to have many memories of it. I still have several entrance tickets for Whitestone Pool from 1973 . At 11:15 p.m. exactly, John saw me across the room, walked quickly over and asked me to dance. Most memorable day was seeing Mrs. Collins crying and later being dismissed early finding out President Kennedy died! 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. There were 2 pools: the whitestone pool was the public pool at the end of the street. One was Wide Wings and was closer to the Throgs Neck bridge. Mr Harmon was a super nice gentleman, My favorite was Mrs. Frankel (my 3rd grade teacher). He officiated the marriage ceremony of my wife and I. Do you remember the place? You could walk from the park to the CYO along the shore if you didnt mind climbing a few fences. It was run by Father Flemming. 40-01 Little Neck Parkway 24A Little Neck, NY 11363. 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. Liived in LeHarve and Cryders before that. 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. View sample full report Residential For Sale nearby Commercial Real Estate nearby Real Estate Reports: And once I got an ice cream cone there and they charged me 15 cents (probably in the late 60s or early 70s), which was a mind-blowingly low price. 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. /bartender. Fort Monroe was completed and then the Civil War broke out. The original PS 79 was a building as I recall built in 1898 with an addition around 1916 and at least one more addition. Anyone have any further info? Whitestone, Queens, NY 11357. I remember it had an old mansion house and a large, for a little kid, wooded area. Playing Asteroids and eating toasted buttered bagels at Bridge Lanes It was a wonderful time. We used to go there in our bathing suits to cool off! I played stick ball lots of times in Bohacks parking lot with Billy Collela. Otherwise, Id cycle through Malba, College Point, Flushing and Fort Totten. Jerry, I remember the Does anyone remember Principal John Campbell? We used to walk from school to Scottys Pizza on Franny Lew and Willets Point. Clintonville 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. Those were truly wonderful summers and gave us all life-long memories of happy, safe and exciting times. During heavy snowstorms your Dad would plow our street (15th Drive between 149th and 150th). 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. Across the street from Samos Lane, a fire hydrant is tastefully wrapped by paving stones. The terrace was accessible from both the living room and master bedroom. George J Murray III. Countryside Montessori 8 Week Camp is the answer. 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. I remember always seeing that gray colored Kings Point Merchant Marine Academy ship docked on the other side of the Throgs Neck Bridge in the Little Neck Bay. I remember the ankle loop with the key as well. Bridge Gulls [SpliceToday] It was officially named The Sylvania-Corning Nuclear Corporation Metallurgical Laboratory. 725 . As we reported previously in College Point and North Astoria, Queens East River Shoreline is not as accessible. St Lukes Bazaar every summer with the huge gambling tents for the over 18 crowd The fridge in the kitchen was mounted on the ceiling over the counter like an overhead kitchen cabinet! Lived near to Boosters in the late 60s. That was the go to bakery for our entire family. Whitestone then was a classic old town. I had The Beechurst, which is an iconic building still in existence today. Since then, thepropertywas developed with upscale townhouses and the 15-room mansion was divided into six condo units. 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. Whitestone-based developer Fulcrum Real Estate Advisors closed on the purchase of a six-acre Queens development site for $14 million. I would love to find some old pictures of the place. Hi. I went to St Lukes for 1st and 2nd grade and PS 79 for 3rd through 6th. Has been gone a while. Went to Wide Wings and a nursery school near there that has become nameless in my memory. As a teenager I worked there 2 summers for $100 a summer. Artie Quicks was tired and old when I hung out in Whitestone (yes, on the street corners). Not sure if we cover all the data-points you need? Hope to hear from you my old childhood friend. Sometimes I bought Hostess Snowballs. I lived in bldg 16 apartment 2D. The pool is a fond memory. 5 beds, 4 baths, 3180 sq. I was active at Immanuel Lutheran church and my cousin Richeys wife taught at their school. Hi Jerry! The while at Kents blew at 7:45 a.m., 8:00 a.m. and again at quttin time at 4:00 p.m. My house on 12th ave bet 154 and 157th st is all redone . Thank you to all our donors that continue to support Forgotten NY. 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. As close to Mels Drive Inn as you can get. WOW. Closer to the water, the pool had a pool house that overlooked the water and we used to take rowboats out into the river. Vets fishing station .you could buy all your tackle. All the places everyone spoke about sparks a memory. When I had moved away to Peekskill, NY in April 1973, you sent me a letter. The mansions are overcrowding what used to beautiful old farm houses and Tudors. WE USE TO GO TO THE CYO SWIMMING , DOES ANYONE KNOW THE STREET IT WAS ON . Thanks for thes insightfull kodak moments, it makes me proud my dad chose this area to live. Hot Rod Magazine there taking pictures. This property in the 11357 zip code was built in 2001 and the lot size is 0.18 acres. water before the Cross Island Pkwy was I see PS 184 has been remodeled. Son Georgie keep the place going.There was always Monsignor Gordon, Father Hannon, Sisters Virginia Ann, Margaret Mary, Mrs. Delavalle, Mrs. Lavin, and the crossing guard, Mrs. Yannity. Overhead was the Goodyear Blimp with animation lighting up the sky. Was Ritchie Ferraro the younger brother of Dino Ferraro? Great 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 enjoyed walking down memory lane and am so thankful for my time on 11th and 13th Avenues. It is not the small town I grew up in anymore, but to me, its still a great place to raise my family. We miss him dearly, thanks so much for mentioning and remembering him. Whitestone, NY 11357. Maybe we had one or 2 beers once in a while. As a private road, it has its own custom-made sign. Passed away a few years agoa great man to the very end, and a wonderful loving Grandfather my whole life. Theparkhas a small cove that has a beach, but swimming is prohibited. I delivered the LI Star Journal in Malba, not that it has any relevance to your post. Hope you see my message when you scroll down or up. The prize was not a trophy though, we each were awarded an art set. I first laid eyes on my beautiful wife, Eleanor, in 1958 at a weekly "singles" dance at the Cresthaven Country Club in Whitestone, Queens. If I remember correctly your family lived on Powells Cove Blvd. work for students, off duty cops and fireman. Does not look like it did in 1950s, especially the windows facing the 21st Road. Here are some of mine: I did my red cross junior lifesaver course there. Where was the Tropicana plant? But this mystery teacher was into Japanese culture, and I have a memory of her walking down the hall carrying a samurai sword. Me too! 17th Ave between 150th Place and Clintonville St was a dirt road. Geez old old memories. I too played alot of paddleball undr Whitestone Bridge. The regulars called me Red. I have to believe the building could have been renovated instead of destroyed. ), Mr. Campbell was an old kind of nasty man. I lived on 26th Ave off of 150th in Flushing but we went there a lot. People outside Carvel watching the races on lounge chairs. By SERGEY KADINSKY Re Le Havre- It was built by Levitt ( of the several Levittowns in the US) . Bet we crossed paths in the past. OFF MARKET 315 Cresthaven Ln Whitestone, NY 11357 Whitestone 4 Beds 4 Baths 4,000 sqft $1,637,700 Trulia Estimate as of Jan 8, 2023 Est. Whitestone in the 1960s was heaven. I live not far from Tampa Florida now but have gone back a few years ago. 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