The Vogt family still occupies the house at 13-17 123rd that forebears built in the 1850s. College Point by Victor Lederer
Its neighbor at 13-11 123rd is rather less recognizable. It was built by Jacob Salathe, superintendent of College Point’s Openhym Silk Mill. Pretty much all its Eastlake Gothic detail has now been eliminated. College Point by Victor Lederer
The grandest of 123rd Street’s survivors occupies its very own traffic roundabout at13th Avenue: the red-bricked, dormer-windowed Grand View Hotel, built in 1853 as Herman Schleicher’s mansion. Schleicher supported the South in the Civil War, and ran guns to the Confederates. It later became the Grand View Hotel (its elevation permitted views of the East River and Flushing Bay) and later became divided into apartments.
Remembering the Koenig-Baker mansion
In the mid-1800s, Frederick Koenig, a German banker and a partner with Conrad Poppenhusen, built a large, wood-framed, hip-roofed mansion with a wraparound porch colonnade at where 120th Street north of 14th Avenue would be. After Koenig returned to Germany he sold it to another German businessman, Frank Boker. The building underwent several uses, as Jocker’s Hotel, Gerlach’s Academy for Boys, and the College Point Club. The short driveway to the mansion from 120th Street was named for him. The mansion became a hotel, the College Point Clubhouse, was divided into apartments, all the time falling into greater and greater disrepair. College Point by Victor Lederer
TOP: the College Point Club hosts a patriotic celebration about 1900. Every kid in the neighborhood must have been there!
BOTTOM: the Koenig-Boker House in 1999.
In 2004 the Koenig-Boker House was demolished and multi-family homes more acceptable to Queens developers have been built. Even the street pattern on 120th Street has been changed: the mansion once made 120th Street a dead end, with only Boker Court leading east to another dead end. However even this reminder of the old mansion has been eliminated since 120th Street has now been cut through and continued on to 12th Avenue uninterrupted. There seems to have been no great outcry at its loss.
Beech Court
ABOVE: Beech Court in 2012
The Herman Funke Estate, adjacent to the Koenig-Boker mansion, has fortunately survived as Beech Court, on 121st Street north of 14th Avenue.
The cul-de-sac retains several outstanding homes including a Queen Anne classic and an Art Moderne. It is one of two Art Modernes in the area; the other one is on Malba Drive, a couple of miles to the east. The style was introduced at the Paris Exhibition of 1937.
A barn behind one of the Funke Estate houses; and one of two gateposts facing 14th Avenue.
This house on 114th Street near the Poppenhusen Institute that used to be a firehouse.
Victor Lederer in College Point claims that John Angenbroich’s Riverside Hotel is still standing on 119th Street south of Herman McNeil Park. This residence seems like a candidate to have been the old resort. Does the current owner know it used to be a saloon?
Looks like every available piece of real estate on this College Point Blvd. telephone pole has been claimed.
College Point’s answer to the East Village’s Jim Power’s crockery decorations on Poppenhusen Avenue (picture taken in 2004, and the artwork had largely disappeared by 2006).
Special thanks to Tim Vogel and Gail Pickett, who your webmaster met on the #65 bus enroute to College Point.
5/5/06
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Last year I sent you some photos of college point showing some Trolley Cars. These were from 1937 and older. I see that you have not included them.
Hi Frank,
I recently entered a building near the water on 15th avenue. To the left of where the India Rubber Company was (currently a bottling company). The small building had very old wood trusses and there were railroad tracks in the floor. Any idea what this building was?
Does anyone remember an old abandoned resort possibly called The Desert Inn? In the 70s I remember it was located between Adventurers Inn and the Little League Fields.
Interesting website. Wondered if you have any knowledge about a shipbuilding company called Sound Shipbuilding that built barges from the 40’s into the 60’s.
The photo on the first page ( hot Buffet sign adorns the facade ) at the corner of 14 th and College Point blvd. was my dad’s store, Matty Sheridan in 1955-1958, Matty’s Market, it was across 14 th from Scotty’s luncheonette. My day’s green grocery store had to close when the A&P came to town.
I graduated from St. Fidelis in 1958. At that time I lived at 20-20 123 St., next door to the Koch’s, who owned the butcher shop on 122 St and 21st Ave. We moved there in 1954 from 20-30 127 St, across the street from the Kleinert’s coal pile and massive chimney. I remember a place we called “Indian Valley”. It was by the swamp the was north of 20th Ave and east of 123 Street. I wonder if anyone else remembers “Indian Valley”?
I remember Indian valley also Indian rock too, lived on 14 ave and 127 st,, worked in Zachs bakery , Dorfleins butcher shop and delivered the news paper on my bike ! Cub scouts where we learned to shoot the 22 rifle in the popenhusen basement and the boy scouts, fished off the Tallmans Island dock after school, ps 27 and ps 129 , also worked latter on in the Sunoco gas station on 14 ave … WOW what a great place to grow up !
Yes, I also remember Zach’s Bakery, I think it was on 18th Ave. & 124th Street. Great rye bread! It was on my way from St. Fidelis to my house (20 20 123rd Street)! I lived next door to Mr. Koch who owned and operated Koch’s Butcher Shop.
I miss the great time I grew up in college point
YOUR CAPTION ABOUT ST FIDELIS-(THE PICTURE OF “GIRLS” ABOVE THE DOOR IS NOT THE ST AGNES HIGH SCHOOL BUT THE ST FIDELIS GRAMMAR SCHOOL, WHICH IS CLOSING THIS MONTH.
Gregory
Did u go to st. Fidelis and graduate in 1969?
-gene DeSoiza
Byestks@aol.com
It a sham that ST Fldelis and ST agnes schools are closed, The nuns teacher were great. L remember you Gregory from St Fedelis
Are you related to Paul Vogel, an old CP friend of mine?
I suspect he might be a cousin to Ingo Zacher, a St. Fidelis classmate of ours.
In 1915, architect August Namur and his wife Marie built or purchased a house in College Point. They lived there until his death in June 1918. Then Marie Faulke Namur returned to Luxembourg to live with relatives. Can one find the address, a photo, or other info?
Wow! It’s Halloween and did I find a gem of a site that included Angels and no Monsters.
Born in Brooklyn in 1932 and after two weeks raised in College Point, I have some very vivid memories of this beautiful place where people loved people, even their neighbors.
Just before I joined the army in 1952, I lived with my grandmother at 121-15-15th ave, which no longer exists, but it was across the street from Krause’s delicatessan which had good stuff. Vesco’s pharmacy was still there in 1982 when I returned for the last time, and Main Street was still a maze of wires of wires and holes.
The theater pictured on one of the photos, was where I could spend my entire life during my early teens, for 11 cents, I could watch two feature films from the time it opened until it closed.
As a young couple my wife and I moved to College Point in 1967. Loved the small-town atmosphere. A great place to live. We were members of the First Reformed Church, our son was in Little League, kids went to PS129, wife taught at St. Paul’s School. Made may cherished friends and great neighbors. We left in 1989 but College Point will always have a special place in our hearts.
What a coincidence, my son Danny Poulos attended St. Paul’s school and I remember Ms Brown vividly. She was a tiny ball of energy, pretty, kind and really good with the kids. Father Charles Morris was the rector of the church and in charge of the school. Those were great days for the parents. Teachers were wonderful and accepted the salaries that the school could pay. They are and were wonderful.
This site is really incredible. Also reading through these comments is also very intriguing.
I grew up in College Point from 1933 until I joined the US Army in 1952, and I can’t find any ;pictures of the places that I knew. I went to PS 27, and then PS 29 (no pictures) and I can’t find any recent pictures of122nd st., or older pictures of Flushing Meadows. I read about how beautiful people think that this town is, but they don’t seem to want to photograph it. P.S., how about pictures of Flushing High School?
J.D Aultman
San Antonio, Tx.
P.S. I just got my book today ” Images of America, College Point, by Victor Lederer” today and it is really awesome and a true treasure.
Born and raised in College Point , Miss the small town that it once was ,
Walking up to the butcher store , sawdust on the floor as a kid I would slide back and forth waiting my turn in line . I remember handing him a note from my mother /father & they would just write down what she owed and give me her order , And I thought Wow!! what a big girl I was!! going all by myself , but little did I know how everyone looked out for each other, Didn’t realize what I had back than until it was no longer 🙁
Hi friends of College Point,
It’s April Fools day, and I’m sitting in my kitchen, shortly after 8am, and very nostalgic. I wrote a piece last evening about my early life in College Point, mostly to accentuate that the people I knew in the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s didn’t need a whole lot to get by, just friendship and understanding. I’ll reflect a little, especially about the years that I lived with my grandmother at 121-15-15th ave., just before I joined the US Army in 1952, and believe me, this is not to draw sympathy as this time made me a tougher person than had I been born a milk-toast kid.
Would you believe that Dr. Slessinger (who had an office on 122nd st). used to make house calls for $2.00? Yes Two Whole Bucks. He wouldn’t last long today! So here I go with what I started out to do. I’ll be 82 in 20 days, so please give me a little understanding. During the 4 years that I lived with Nana (I was 14 through 18), there were a few luxuries that we didn’t have:
1. No heat or air conditioning, and there were some pretty hot and cold days. The only heat in the winter time, came from a Huge cast iron stove in the kitchen that needed wood or some other fuel to burn. Nana taught me how to make “newspaper coal” in the two large sinks in the kitchen. One sink was filled with water, where I would put newspapers in that I collected around the neighborhood. After forming the newspaper sheets in balls, I would place them in the stove’s oven where, after being dried out from the heat, they were hard as a rock and burned like coal. By the way, I also collected wooden vegetable crates from local stores to start the fire.
2. No school buses, you had to walk or take a public bus.
3. No refrigerator, we had an Ice Box in the summer time and a window box in the winter.
4. No hot water unless you heated it on the Huge wood burning stove in the kitchen.
5. No television or telephone, but we did have a floor model radio with great music.
Again, this comment is in no way meant to be my complaining, but meant to somehow show how many people today are totally reliant on assistance many of them don’t deserve.
Anyone with comments, please contact me at aultmanjohn@att.net.
Thanks College Point!
I loved reading your writings- and I think you may have known my dad- Don Morrison.
HEY! John you sure are an antiquarian, I was also raised in college point. I was born in 1935 and lived all my years there until I moved to flushing north in the early 1970s Gee! I remember so many nice things about that town… I also attended PS27 & P.S 129 which was close to tallmans island, I used to fish there also, and skated in Chisum Park. and in my day we usedto swim every summer on the beach in front of 115 street which fronted arco field, where the german/ Hungarian leaugues used to play Soccer in the summer.all of those places that the others have written about, I remember vividly, it was truly a great place to grow up.. hard to find today. the world is in constant flux and society is not the same and values sadly have changed. I allways say I would never give up the life I had then, for anything these kids have now, I was looking at the comments in the old photos and was sad to see Eifels torn down.. I allways remember it as MUSCHLERS then EIFEL THEN FLESSELS henry flessel & wife were grocers before thy took over the business Best SAUERBRATTEN in the world at the restaurant never had any like that ever again and I’m 82 now. MRS DALY had a candy store across the street and I used to go on sundays to pete macris deli to buy their famous potato salad, I woder how many remember GASSMANS BAKERY next to doctor BREIBART, across the street from doctor SLESSINGER and dr MARTIN JURKOWITZ was around the corner from the library..AHHH… memories. you moved away and I moved to Virginia and all we have left are the memories of an era goneby.we probably would never recognize the place now John.. so we will have to live on visions of the past. whishing you and yours happy dreams RON
My parents and I moved to College Point around 1932. We lived in the basement of the apartment house on 14th. road next to Daly,s Candy Store.I barely remember taking the trolley to Flushing. Had my first air plane ride from Flushing airport. We flew over construction just completing at the 1939 Worlds Fair. The pilot was a neighbor by the name of Flessel. Spent many a day fishing in Flushing Bay.Also had good times in Chisum Park.
My interest in College Point is that it is the ancestral home of my wife’s grandmother, Wilhelmina (Freygang) Brophy. Her parents were Henry Freygang and Wilhelmina (Hefele) Freygang. Henry was a beer distributor, first for Haffen Brewery, then for Ruppert’s, who bought out Haffen. Henry was the son of Karl Julius Freygant and Maria (Knabe) Freygang. Henry’s brother, Charles Julius Freygang, was the owner of the Point View Hotel in College Point. Karl and Maria were German immigrants. I would certainly appreciate any information anyone may have on that family.
My great aunt was Kathryn Freygang, Charles’ daughter. My aunt, also Kathryn, was married to G Thomas Eisele and lived in Arkansas. She passed in 2010, and my uncle passed yesterday. Aunt Kaye often talked about her days in College Point and The Point View. Wish I had pictures and more info of that part of my family and that time.
Great page! Both my parents grew up in College Point. On my mother’s side, several generations lived there. I myself went to St. Fidelis until the third grade when my family moved to Bethpage. I love all of the photos!
Hi Gayle,
We moved from CP to Bethpage in 1971 after I graduated from St. Fidelis. Moved to Seaman’s Neck Rd. and Hicksville Rd. Went to Plainedge HS. ’75.
Vince Cesarani
Any relation to Tommy Donahue?
Loved all the pictures. Lived there from 1939 to 1969. I still go back to visit friends. Does anyone
remember the Army base on 23rd Avenue by the airport road. I can’t find any information about it.
You also forgot about the Village Grove. We had many picnics and dances there.
I remember that but I also have never been able to get any information about it. It wasn’t there very long, was it.
Lived in College Point from 1941 to 1962. Great Place to grow up. The Village Grove was destroyed by fire, and then demolished. Don’t remember what year. The dances there were great.
From 1960 – 1966 I lived in a very large building that used to exist on the corner of 119th Street and 22nd Avenue (across the street from what was then the Modern Album factory). I remember being told that it had been a boys’ dormitory at one time converted into apartments. The bathrooms were excessively large indicating that it had been designed for some kind of dormitory set-up. I would love to know what school that building was associated with.
I remember that building. The bathrooms were in the hall and the tub was in the kitchen with a plank of wood as a counter next to the sink actually no living room just kitchen and two bedrooms.
great page. I grew up in College Point on 112st and 15 avenue. Near Popenheusen and across from the old Lily Tulip Cup Factory. Have nothing but great memories. Was lucky enough to have access to the water via Klein’s boat yard during my teens. It was a whole other world on the water. I remember Flushing Bay yacht club, Klein’s boat yard, Pfiefers Boat yard and gas dock, Mayers boart yard.
Went to PS 127 and JHS 194. I have so many great memories of growing up there. Trips to “Flushing and Jamaica via the Q65 bus. I could go on but I will stop here.
Recently discovered a College Point page on Facebook for those interested.
Love your website and just purchased the Lederer book.
Hoping it contains information about the Lily Tulip Corp. my parents and sister were refugees of WW2. He an accountant, my mother was to young to have had a career. They were fortunate to find employment at Lily Tulip in 1950. I was first generation born at Flushng Hospital raised in CP, attended First Reformed Church, went to JHS annex the first year it opened, then Flushing HS and Queens College. Fond memories, the butcher shop run by Frank down the block from the supermarket, Chisholm Park, not being afraid, walking everywhere. Even food shopping, although we lived on 6th Ave and 125 St. There used to be a website devoted to people from CP. wonder what happened to it? Anyone know?
I was born and raised in College Point. My father came there as a small child.
My mother was raised there and basically so was her mother. I went to PS 27 for kindergarten, then to St. Fidelis and onto St. Agnes. I do not have my St Agnes class ring anymore – graduated in 1971 – but I have my grandmother’s ring from 1920. St. Agnes was co-ed then. I have wonderful memories of College Point from Girl Scouts at Poppenheusen Institute to working at Adventurers’ Inn. We would go after school to “Julies” on the corner of 14th Rd. and 122nd St. College Point was a young person’s heaven with lots to do and many places to meet friends. The College Point Athletic Leagues had sports for girls and boys from tots to teens. Just about everyone knew of or had a family member who worked at Edo or Lilly Tulip. I played with lots of friends for endless hours in the church yard of the First Reformed Church on 14th Ave. This site has brought back a flood of good memories, but I understand the saying ,”you can’t go back.”
Could someone please tell me when they changed all the streets like old 13th St. to 122nd St and I believe the Avenues were named.
KT
I lived in college point from 1947 when I was born until 1977 when I got married. Moved to whitestone and just last year sold my house and moved to my daughters house in Brewster,n.y. I like your website. The house at 13-11-123 st. was owned by my mothers aunt and uncle. Dan and Margaret Johnson. They owned the house for many years until my great aunt Margaret died around 1970. It was then sold. There was a website called memories of college point, what ever happened to it?
I think my mother knew your aunt Margaret and rented from her in the late 1940’s I also think we are related distantly by marriage. Bill Harnish was a guy we called uncle back then.
Hi,
Loved reading through all of this great history. I’m a CP lifelong resident. Any old pictures of Carwood Swim Club,which the locals often called “Wing’s pool” ? The site was at the northern end of 127th street, across from Tallman island Sewage Treatment Plant. Condos now stand on the site
What ever happened to the Coppola’s pizza shop next to the grand union there we would run in and steal the pizza from the workers he would call us SOBand we would run ralphs deli on cp blvd the cheese was old like the bread we had no money what can do what can do john berrys dad would yell at us and the paper route guy would sit naked on his poarch we would steal the papers
great stuff! memories. Please write about: Muehlenbrink Hall on ”High Street” (later Main Street); the ”Bridge” over the LIRR Depot; the ”Hollows”’- and when the whole town went out fishing when the ”tommies” were running.
Hi
Fascinating in-depth history of the area. Does anybody recall the Belock Instrument Corporation which had a factory at College Point in the 1950s and 1960s, or Harry Belock, the electronics engineer, who I believe was born and educated in the area?
His shortlived Everest Records had a recording studio in Bayside.
Cheers David
Enjoyed the pictures and especially the comments from old-time College Pointers. I grew up in the remote SE corner, overlooking the swamp, army base, soccer fields, and CP airport. Went to PS 29, failed to get into JHS (needed 130 IQ, I believe, when it opened), then Flushing HS, Queens College. I cruised the whole town from an early age, skipping kindergarten, which I believe CP introduced. So I can relate to many of the cross-town sites you all mention, and the floral nurseries, beer-gardens (Kozy Korner), CP movie. It was a wonderful town, happy time!
Does anyone have pictures of the old house on 129th and 14th ave?
i would love some information on what is now 12-05 117 st house and 12-27 119st homes. past onwers … anything anything at all
HI, To all of all the friends of collage pointer. I first came to collage point from germany in the 50s with my mother. MY grand parents who lived in the bronx at than time till they moved collage point a year later125 str. and 18 ave. year later my aunts and uncles came over from germany with my cosines. It was a great town to grow up in. I went to ST. Fidelis school. I love going to the theater and watching the movie there. The town has changed alot since I left. I visited the collage point last year and stop by to stev hass who had a store on main street the store is closed now his brother move to texas. All of the places my mother used to shop in town are gone, Dorfleiin butcher with the sawdust on the floor, zacks bakery. L worked for the milk man maple wood milk farms in morning before going to school. Lily tulip cup factory is gone, My uncles worked there, My mother and my aunts worked for augustine on 126 str. More about the town, the A&P, Bickfords, and woolworths 5& 10 store are all gone. The old A&P store was on fire last year, the tornado last year whent down 124 str. for 10 blocks lots of trees were down. My gramdmother use to take me to DR. spring on main str. next to PS 29 the school is done and now it is a park. I remember MY friend Thomas Till we had some great times growing up till he got married and move to north bellmore. I Got married in 1970 to my wife from the bronx later we move up to yonkers and now I live a small town lake peekskill. We had two girls who live near by us. I am now retired with wife 49 years. WE do some traveling now that we are retired. I miss the old charm of collage point from the time I lived there.
Are you the Peter Vogel who lived on 121 Street ?
Yes
Yes, I now live upper west Chester with wife 50 years.
Yes I am. I am now retired with my wife of 50 years living in upper Westchester. I miss the great times living in college point
Yes
we moved to c.pt.in 1930 from long island city.mom and dad brought our house from u.s. government.it was confiscated from boot leggers. arera was called back the woods. a little remote from the village we had cesspools lots trees a great view of the east river and what was left of whitzels grove (now the dispoasal plant, talmans island) over east is powells cove with in line barges as a break front and great place for the guys went to go skinny dipping from may to sept. we had a none end supplies of wild cherries, and pits to use in your home made sling-shot. chisolm park had swimming pool right on the water side north.manny happpy days were spent rolling around on our bikes or skates. the pool was filled because of some kind of infection bad call.iam now 91 and in florida. i remember lots more
Just found this site. My grandparents were Earl and Hannah Hangen. They lived near the Flushing Yacht Club in what was called Grantville. They built their own home..Montgomery Wards house kit in 1923. My mother Lorraine And her sister Dorothy grew up there. They went to PS 29 and Flushing HS. My parents rented a small house right on the water next to the yacht club from 1953-1958 and I went to Kindergarten at PS 29 and had the same teacher as my mother, ms Trottman.
I have wonderful memories there and also walking up to town with the older kids to see a movie. My father had a boat and we swam off the beach there. 28-23 119th stree.
Went back and everything is gone. Only warehouses. No houses, gardens and the picket fences I remember so well.
The Yacht Club had a fire and rebuilt.
I am responding to Laura Kennedy’s post. I lived next door to your grandparents Earl and Hannah Hangen. You may remember the Marencik’s, Rose, Steve, Ed, Carol and Diane. We lived next store at 28-29 119th St. beginning in 1947. I am Ed and I moved out in 1966 when I was married.
Regarding the small house your parents rented by the Yacht Club, that was rented to them by my grandmother Mary Burns. Was happy to see your comments and would love to get in touch with you to catch up on the old times. I can be reached by my email address below or through this website.
I lived in College Point from 1958 until 1971 – It was a dump then , and it it worse now…….
My grandparents lived in college point, frank and maryellen Hauser. I was wondering if anyone had any information about Crown Laundry. My grandfather worked there. All my mother remembers is that it was on 14 th ave
I am a third generation College Pointer. Born in 1946 and lived in a house built by my father’s father. It was torn down two years ago. Originally worth $4,000 in 1925 it sold for $600,000 and now has two houses on the spot each sold for $900,000. Who knew? I know a few of the people posting here and might like to get in touch. I went to St. Fidelis and graduated in 1960.
I’m on Facebook.
Pretty sure we were in St. Fidelis together.
previous St. Fidelis msg was for Peter Vogel
I’m retired from NYC some years now, but over 30 yrs ago I had to do inspections in the area known as Cape Ruth. One of the
places was called, ‘Indian Alley’. It was actually on our records, but gave only the area with no address and no block or lot
number. After visiting the area and trying to find that location several times I decided to ask residents about it. I found one gentle-man who was in his 80s at that time. He told me the location
and explained that they used to have carnivals on the shoreline by the beach on that stretch of land. ‘Indian Alley’ was a
sideshow attraction featuring Native American games and
artifacts. This was apparently in the early 1900’s. Sure enough, I found a small wooden sign posted, ‘Indian Alley’ it was located somewhere between 118-09 and 118-11 29th Ave, being directly to the left side of 118-11 29th Ave as I remember it. There wasn’ta remnant of anything there, but I don’t go poking around on
private property without permission. Over the years when I
worked in the area, I’d go by and I found the sign down and
broken in pieces on the ground. Afterwards, there was a make
-shift sign that lasted for awhile, but that too now is gone. Eventually a developer came by and raised the bldgs on the lot for
118-09 29th Ave. They put up a big green fence that stretches
from the left side of 118-11 29th Ave to the shoreline, and
‘Indian Alley’ and access to it was lost. I believe if one could
explore the property, some artifacts might be found. The area
has been undeveloped for many years, And I believe that green fence is still around the property. I live by the Delaware Water
Gap now, it’s been many years since I’ve been over there and
I’m not sure I will ever be back there. But I am interested in
some corroboration on this. I have never visited a historical society for verification on this. Nor have I spoken with anyone from
the Williamsburgh Yacht Club, which is right next to the location.I believe I have written in about this before but have not heard
anything back on it, and not to the extent of this comment. Sure would be nice to hear anything back!
what great memories ! C.P.was a great place to grow up. I may be a little bit over than some of you – – -any one remember Emigs Butcher shop ? my grandfatherFred Von Bargen worked with Emig and also at the chicken market next door, Dutin ww ll I would go to the swamps to collect scrap from the Edo Aircraft plant/ Don Morse, Roger Cronley, George and Robert Wilhelm, Bobby Davis.Donna Klein and Carol S. all of us good friends all grown up in good old College Point. would love to hear from any who still are around and remember the good days in C.P. Thanks
A follow up to 7/18/21 : I guess I need to spell- check ! Some more detail: Last knew Donnie Morse was Treasurer of Reformed church/ Bobbie Davis married Carol/ Donna was daughter of Rev. Klein, Reformed Church- – -I have no idea where they moved ? Carole Shultise was friend of Donna and Carol. . . . Carole went to Flushing H.S. I went into Marine Corps. Roger Cronley was my best=man/ played ball with Donnie Morse. Rev. Jacob J. Sessler was pastor before Klein – moved to Michigan and Vt. and then to Florida.= passed away years ago. I would love to reconnect with any of these folks . . . THANKS AGAIN for any help you may provide
Hi. My mother was born on New Years Day 1924 on Breen st in College Point. She eventually, (due to changing fortunes of the family) lived in every borough except Manhattan. Her father was a socialist German Jew of some renown in the theater world. Breen st does not seem to exist any more- do you have any idea what structures replaced it?
I was born midcentury in Brooklyn, but grew up from the age of 3 months in Flushing. Like many of you, I am writing some family history. I think it is a good thing to do- the immigrant generation took their stories with them. I was a Flushing girl till about 1980, having gone to the same junior high as Harvey “It was the times” Weinstein, and Fran Drescher’s gay ex-husband and best friend, Peter.
I saw the Vogt Family house on this post and I noticed there was a Vogt who died in World War 1. His name, Herbert C. Vogt, was on the World War 1 memorial on Northern Blvd in Flushing, I was wondering if he is connected to the same Vogt from College Point?
You may be at the former Bright boat marina. It was located next to the DSNY Transfer station. The tracks were for the boat hoists. They had 2 of them. Last time I was there was the fall of 1977. They were losing alot of clientele after the Transfer station was built. Johnny Carson kept his boat there when the Tonight Show aired from NYC. Prior to 1969 they had a fire on the fuel barge at the end of the pier.
I bowled at College Lanes years ago, Fred Mazzarello was the owner. Good to learn a street was named in his honor.
Hello I too lived in CP during 1965 til 1989. it was a great place to grow up. Fond memories of Zachs bakery, Paul the candy store owner. St Fidelis ,Ernie’s and Cappola pizza ,Ralps deli, Cesar barber shop ,RADIO SHACK Bohacks with radio test tube checker, A& P , comic store next to franks butcher ,Lehans jewelry, 5&10 with the banana splits , the ballon popping rolled up paper price inside for 2 or 5 cents. Edo, Dephillips crane ,the FRIENDLYS hot pizza ,Sho;tz bro soda. Farrington auto. Bernie Ryders deli. CP lanes, 5 corners, Hess, Carpet store ,,creaky floor Toy Store. Allboro candy, Ggolf city adventures inn the ARCADE inside , McDonalds ,the Purple Pickel, whitestone lanes. Radon dumps ,ps 29, cb radio.,Channel 4 (STAR DUST), Malba. HADYENS .(pee wall),, Miller, Panama red, piels ,shaefer beer,. buicks the road runner,, 3 hot dogs 50 cent Tin roof.,CHICKEn delight with lady and Cigi hanging on her lips , Mayers boat yard the WEkmanns, peitro oil co ,Alfies vegetable shop, I have more…. I would give years off my life to smell, feel, hear ,and be a fly on the wall and be back home again ..
I hurt so bad…. I miss my Mom and Pa love Vicente