The Water
B.E.F. 1643
The Siwanoy
The Siwanoy called this place Snakapins: land by the two waters. The first name is still the truest.
Clason Point Military Academy
1883 to 1927. Clason Point Military Academy stood above the shore.
1883 - 1927
1880s - 1935
The Coney Island of the Bronx
An amusement park rose here, the Coney Island of the Bronx, and the peninsula became a place people crossed the city to reach.
The Saltwater Pool
The same years. A saltwater pool, three hundred feet long and fifty wide, was filled from the river itself. The people of this shore bathed in their own water.
1880s - 1935
1939
Soundview Park
Soundview Park was laid down, landfill over salt marsh.
Shorehaven Beach Club
1949. Shorehaven Beach Club opened on the old park grounds.
1949
January 2020
The Sewer Project
The City completed an $85.1 million sewer project at Pugsley Creek. The long repair had begun.
The Water Today
The water today
One sewer overflow pipe still opens into Pugsley Creek. The State rates this water for fishing, not for bathing. Recent city projects have cut the overflow by 68 percent. It is better than it was. It is not yet what it was.