While driving down Ashwood Road, I saw a tunnel completely sealed off. It leads under Sands Point Road and comes out at the end of the Sousa Elementary parking lot.
On Ashwood Road
At the end of the Sousa Elementary parking lot
Flammable and combustible storage?
I don't need the "KEEP OUT" sign to stay off these stairs!
Where is this? I understand it's on Ashwood Road, but I can't imagine where this is? It looks like it's on the end of the road.
ReplyDeleteIt's not on the end; it's almost exactly at the intersection of Cottonwood and Ashwood.
ReplyDelete1912: Goodwin Sand and Gravel Company builds tunnel under Sands Point Road for small steam engines pulling cars to transport sand to Manhasset Bay barges.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.pwpl.org/localhistory/sandmine/resource/timeline.htm
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ReplyDeleteI used to live 2 houses away from the tunnel. It was to us a shortcut to walk to Manorhaven Elementary School (not sure if it is still called that) and to walk to Sousa Junior High.
This tunnel was the best - used to hang out in it after school when it was open and to get to friends houses who lived in Manorhaven. The stairs were used to walk up to Manorhaven School.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you guys had fun back in the day!
ReplyDeleteSupposedly; a teenager that attended Sousa Jr High was murdered there a long time ago. Hence the town sealing it shut. In addition to this, from what I remember, it was an ideal spot for teens to drink and smoke drugs. Of course the usual legend and ghost story made up by spooked out kids, accompanies this mysterious relic of PW's past.
ReplyDeleteNot true. On Facebook, you can search for ‘The Good Old Days - Port Washington” to learn more about the history of the tunnel. If you’re interested, Come join!
DeleteI am relatively new to Port - Any other ideas and/or stories I can post on?
ReplyDelete- Since we're on uncanny legends, I've been made aware of an apparition that appears at Stannards Brook Park on Charles Street & Carlton Ave. The specter is said to come out during the late night hours, and the story is as follows.
ReplyDeleteMany years ago, a women's child met its watery grave in the creek of this park. The water level had to be higher because I don't think even a squirrel can drown in it. Furthermore, the child's family lived on one of the nearby streets. It is said that if your in the park late at night, you'll hear the spine-chilling cry of the child's mother. I've heard numerous descriptions of the voice, but one thing these eyewitnesses agreed on, was that the sound is faint when the ghost is nearby, and louder when its afar. In addition, eyewitnesses describe the vision as a woman in a white gown with no feet, and it's head resembles a silhouette of a horses.
I've been to this park at night before, but I don't recall seeing anything close to this description at all. I heard this story first when I was in grade school, and again when I was in high school.
Is there any truth to this story? I don't know. A neighbor of mine attempted to research the matter, but got nothing. The story just sounds like an old town legend, made up to keep kids inside late at night.
I love Stannard's Brook Park. Highly underrated. Many people don't know about it. That's a great story about the ghost. I will post it on my Facebook page - Port Washington Life - and see if anyone has heard it.
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