Camden Streets - Thirty-second Street- 32nd Street

Streets
of
Camden, NJ

Thirty-Second
Street

THIRTY-SECOND STREET runs from the Delaware River south, across River Road to the Pavonia railroad switching yards, bisecting the Cramer Hill neighborhood. It starts again in East Camden at Lemuel Avenue Street and goes to Federal Street, interrupted only by the railroad tracks at Rosedale Avenue. From Federal Street it runs to the city limits at Highland Avenue.

As with all numbered streets in Camden, all buildings north of Federal Street carry a North 32nd Street address, while those south of Federal carry a South 32nd Street address.

In the 1930s, at the corner of Westfield Avenue and 32nd Street was an acre of cultivated land on which was an old house called the "Mansion". This was razed to make room for the Westfield Acres public housing project and the land on which it stood was bought for $6,000. In the late 1960s a 10 story high-rise building for senior citizens was also built on this site. The "Acres" was razed in 2000 and a neighborhood of new homes, known as Baldwin's Run, now occupies the site.

In the 1980s and 1990s, the corner of North 32nd and Saunders Street, whish was an exit from out of the Westfield Acres project, became one of the most notorious drug corners in East Camden. At least one murder took place on this corner during these years.

Do you have a Thirty-Second Street memory or picture? Let me know by e-mail so it can be included here.

Phil Cohen

Intersection of Farragut Avenue & North 32nd Street

1200 Block of North 32nd Street
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	1218 North 32nd Street The Grievson House Built by Jacob Grievson sometime between 1819 and 1831, Demolished by 1947 Historic American Buildings Survey Nathaniel R. Ewan, Photographer April 6, 1936 EXTERIOR SOUTHWEST ELEVATION
	1242 North 32nd Street

Intersection of Harrison Avenue & North 32nd Street

1100 Block of North 32nd Street
	1159 North 32nd Street
UNLICENSED DRIVER FINED Millville, June 11-Edward Mitchell, 19, of 1157 North Thirty-second street, Camden, was arrested on Delsea Drive this afternoon by State Trooper Frank O'Brien, of Port Norris, on a charge of driving without a license. The youth said the car was his father's. He was fined $5 by Mayor Harry F. Van Hook and was held here until members of his family identified him. A young woman companion was sent home on a bus.	1157 North 32nd Street 1933 Edward Mitchell Camden Courier-Post June 12, 1933
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	1133 North 32nd Street Private William Montague
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	1100-1102 North 32nd Street Miller Manufacturing Co.

Intersection of Pierce Avenue & North 32nd Street

1000 Block of North 32nd Street
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	1021 North 32nd Street Harry Horst 1940s
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Intersection of River Avenue & North 32nd Street

900 Block of North 32nd Street
	943 North 32nd Street Marshall M. Thompson 1920s-1930s Building gone by 1947
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	925 North 32nd Street Charles F. Sorg & Family 1920s-1940s
	917 North 32nd Street Private Oliver R. Purnell
	907 North 32nd Street Herman F. Neissner 1947
	900 North 32nd Street Harry C. Sharp Elementary School

Intersection of Hayes Avenue & North 32nd Street

Intersection of Cleveland Avenue & North 32nd Street

800 Block of North 32nd Street
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Intersection of Garfield Avenue & North 32nd Street

800 Block of North 32nd Street
	846 North 32nd Street
	811 North 32nd Street
	810 North 32nd Street William J. Brown 1947 HWJ Corporation Avalon Bar Roy J. Peterson, Anna Peterson, Clinton E. Peterson 1967
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Intersection of Arthur Avenue & North 32nd Street

Pennsylvania Railroad - Pavonia Yards

Intersection of Lemuel Street & North 32nd Street

600 Block of North 32nd Street
	646 North 32nd Street
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Intersection of Remington Street & North 32nd Street

600 Block of North 32nd Street
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	602 North 32nd Street 1920s-1930s Stanley Miller Family Edwina M. "WInnie" Miller

Intersection of Pleasant Street & North 32nd Street

500 Block of North 32nd Street
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Intersection of Pelham Place & North 32nd Street

500 Block of North 32nd Street
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	525 North 32nd Street Elmer D. Snyder Family 1929-1930s Joe Snyder
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	512 North 32nd Street 1956 James J. Creato
	506 North 32nd Street

Intersection of Rowe Street & North 32nd Street

400 Block of North 32nd Street
	468 North 32nd Street 1947 Abraham B. Orlow grocery
	467 North 32nd Street 1947 Harold L. Frick
	462 North 32nd Street 1947 Charles H. Thorne
	459 North 32nd Street 1947 Myron K. Fish
	453 North 32nd Street 1947 J. Wesley Curtis
	449 North 32nd Street 1947 Angelo J. Carillo

Intersection of Mitchell Street & North 32nd Street

400 Block of North 32nd Street
	413 North 32nd Street 1947 Joseph A. Burnell
	402 North 32nd Street 1947 Phoebe Falkenmaier grocery

Intersection of Saunders Avenue & North 32nd Street

300 Block of North 32nd Street Rows of duplexes with upstairs and downstairs apartments were built after 1929. They were demolished around 1999 along with Westfield Acres. No homes stood in this block prior to these apartments.
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	379 North 32nd Street Camden Courier-Post December 4, 1957
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Intersection of High Street & North 32nd Street

200 Block of North 32nd Street
	245 North 32nd Street
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Intersection of High Street & North 32nd Street

200 Block of North 32nd Street
	245 North 32nd Street
	226 North 32nd Street Ensign Clarence James Rives Jr.
	214 North 32nd Street

Circa 2000

Demolition on North 32nd Street, Westfield Acres in background, The homes in the 200 and 300 blocks of North 32nd Street were razed and new homes, known as the Carpenter's Hill project, were built through a joint effort of the St. Joseph's Carpenter's Society and the Housing Authority of the City of Camden.

Intersection of Westfield Avenue & North 32nd Street

Westfield, Merriel, & Rosedale Avenues at 32nd Street
Black & White Photos from April, 1925 * Color Photographs taken February 2004

These homes were built in the early 1920s by real estate developer Leon Todd, who had offices nearby on Westfield Avenue. Leon Todd also built other homes in East Camden and later developed Medford Lakes.

"These pages show the many varieties of beautiful "Air-Lite" and "Air-Wa" homes on the outskirts of Camden. These pictures tell there own story of attractiveness, coziness, and unique fittings. This locality is especially attractive having ideal living conditions, good transportation by bus, trolley, and auto."

CAMDEN FIRST- 1925

Left: 3100 Block Westfield Avenue * Right: Westfield Avenue East from North 32nd Street

Left: North 32nd Street from Rosedale Avenue * Right: Corner of Westfield Ave. & N. 32nd Street

Right: North 32nd Street from Westfield Avenue * Right: No. 32nd Street from Rosedale Avenue

Right: No. 32nd Street from Rosedale Avenue

Above Left: Rear of No. 32nd Street Rowhomes * Above Right: Inside a home

100 Block of North 32nd Street
	139 North 32nd Street Second Lieutenant Stanley L. Rosen
	139 North 32nd Street 1940s- Joseph & Sadie Rosen
	139 North 32nd Street 1950 Joan Quatrelli
In March of 2008 Jill Petris Lamparella wrote about North 32nd Street: I was born in 1951 and brought home to 139 North 32nd Street. My parents were William Joseph and Elizabeth Mae (Reeves) Petris. These were all very happy years for me and my sister Sheree Joy Petris (married name Romesburg) who was born in 1954. These were happy years because all of our family lived in Camden. My Dad's family was from South Camden and my Mother's family was from East Camden. My Dad was terrific at carpentry and for several years in their spare time, he rebuilt the entire inside of 139. We had indirect lighting in dining room which shone pink from the outside and they made a faux pink marble fireplace in the living room. Strange, but I guess they were into pink. My Grandparents, George and Ruth Reeves lived at 3173 Merriel Avenue and I could see their house from my back bedroom window. My best friend Janice Olnhausen lived next door at 3171 Merriel Avenue with her parents Emil and Betty Olnhausen. My Great Grandparents, William and Eva Roles (parents of Ruth Roles Reeves) built Roles Court Apartments on North 34th Street and Rosedale Avenue, CONTINUED BELOW	139 North 32nd Street 1950-1962 William J. Petris & Family William J. & Elizabeth Mae Petris Jill Petris Sheree Joy Petris
	134 North 32nd Street Staff Sergeant Ralph Dunn
	126 North 32nd Street Marshall M. Thompson 1947

Intersection of Merriel Avenue & North 32nd Street

100 Block of North 32nd Street
	106 North 32nd Street

Intersection of Rosedale Avenue & North 32nd Street

Unit Block of North 32nd Street
	60 North 32nd Street Sergeant John Joseph Clynes
	60 North 32nd Street Thomas & Mary Clynes Family 1900s-mid-1920s Vacant 1929 Gone 1947
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	15 North 32nd Street Joseph Shreeve policeman 1910s-1920s

Intersection of Federal Street & 32nd Street

Unit Block of South 32nd Street
	10 South 32nd Street
	15 South 32nd Street 1910s-1920s Charles Boulton Family Lawrence Boulton 1947 Vincent Connolly Policeman
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	33 South 32nd Street William Dietz Fireman 1950s-1962
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Camden's 2004 Homicides Tina Soto, 19, shot in suspected domestic incident as she returns to her home in the first block of South 32nd Street about 3:30 a.m.	Unit Block of South 32nd Street July 31, 2004

Intersection of Mickle Street & South 32nd Street

100 Block of South 32nd Street
	106 South 32nd Street 1940s Edward & Gertrude Higginbotham Barbara Higginbotham Betty Higginbotham Ronald Higginbotham Barb (nee Higginbotham) spent much of her childhood at 106 S. 32nd Street (with parents Edward & Gertrude, twin sister Betty and brother Ronald), and I on S. 36th, and we both went to McKinley Elementary on S. 35th St. We both remember a small grocery store at the NW corner of 34th & Fremont run by a couple named Cohen. To us then, they were old folks, but maybe in their 60's. (Young to us now) And, we both went to Cramer Jr .H.S and Woodrow Wilson H.S., and had a teacher at one of the schools named Mr. Cohen. Curtis Parrish September 2007
ROBBERY GANG Of 4 GIVEN LONG TERMS Two Figured in Wounding of Cop and Slaying of Pal Four members of the notorious North Cramer Hill gang, two of them participants in the robbery in which one bandit was killed after wounding a city detective, were sentenced to state prison terms by Judge Samuel M. Shay yesterday. They were among more than a score of defendants who were arraigned in special session of Criminal Court for sentence. Among the others was Robert S. Ballentyne, 32, of 130 South Thirty-second Street, shipping clerk for Congoleum-Nairn. Inc., who pleaded non vult to embezzlement of $2985 from his employers and was sentenced to one year in the state penitentiary.	130 South 32nd Street 1931 Robert S. Bellentyne Camden Courier-Post October 20,1931
	132 North 32nd Street Staff Sergeant Ernest Hartline
	146 South 32nd Street Jacob F. Bender engineer 1910s-1930s

Intersection of Fremont Street & South 32nd Street

200 Block of South 32nd Street
	201 South 32nd Street
G.J. BINGEMANN, 70, DIES AT EAST CAMDEN HOME The funeral of George J. Bingemann, 70, for 40 years a resident of East Camden, who died Tuesday, will be held at 2 p. m., tomorrow at his home, 211 South Thirty-second street. He had been ill several weeks. Bingemann retired 10 years ago after conducting a bakery at Twenty-fifth and Federal streets for 25 years. He was born in Germany and was a baker there before coming to this country 52 years ago. He is survived by his widow, Maria H. A. Bingemann, six sons, a daughter and five grand- children. His children are Karl G. J. and George J., Jr., of Medford; Ernest G., Henry F., Ralph F. and Arthur L., of Camden, and Mrs. Laura Blngemann Aldridge, of Camden. Karl G. J., Ernest G. and Henry F. Bingemann are members of the bus transportation company of Gick & Bingemann, Inc. Ralph Bingemann is a fireman attached to headquarters at Fifth and Arch Streets.	211 South 32nd Street 1929-1933 George J. Bingemann Sr. Camden Courier-Post June 22, 1933
	245 South 32nd Street Charles M. Ferat 1947 Harry F. Proud 1947

Intersection of Berkley Street & South 32nd Street

200 Block of South 32nd Street
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Intersection of Highland Avenue & South 32nd Street

Jill Petris Lamparella writes about East Camden

I was born in 1951 and brought home to 139 North 32nd Street. My parents were William Joseph and Elizabeth Mae (Reeves) Petris. These were all very happy years for me and my sister Sheree Joy Petris (married name Romesburg) who was born in 1954. These were happy years because all of our family lived in Camden. My Dad's family was from South Camden and my Mother's family was from East Camden.

My Dad was terrific at carpentry and for several years in their spare time, he rebuilt the entire inside of 139. We had indirect lighting in dining room which shone pink from the outside and they made a faux pink marble fireplace in the living room. Strange, but I guess they were into pink. My Grandparents, George and Ruth Reeves lived at 3173 Merriel Avenue and I could see their house from my back bedroom window. My best friend Janice Olnhausen lived next door at 3171 Merriel Avenue with her parents Emil and Betty Olnhausen. My Great Grandparents, William and Eva Roles (parents of Ruth Roles Reeves) built Roles Court Apartments on North 34th Street and Rosedale Avenue, they lived there and ran the apartments until both passed away. The apartments then passed to George and Ruth Reeves who later sold the property. Most of our family the Petris's, Reeves, Roles, and Kellys were brought up and lived and had happy times at Roles Court Apartments. My parents lived there from 1947 (the year of their marriage) to 1950 until they purchased 139 North 32nd Street.

Our playground were those streets, the back alleys and of course Dudley Grange Park, where they had a ball game going every night during the summer and then there were the swings and slides. My Grandfather George "Rick" Reeves along with his friends George Kissinger, Inky Workings and Harry Hoffman all played baseball there. My Dad Bill Petris also played at one time or other.

My Mother Betty Mae lived in Westfield Acres from 1938 to 1941 or 1942 on a third floor apartment with her sister Ruthie and baby brother George "Richard" Reeves until they moved to 3173 Merriel Avenue.

I went to Henry H. Davis Elementary School from kindergarten (Mrs. McCarroll), 1st grade (Mrs. Braun) 2nd grade (Mrs. Brown), third grade (Mrs. Elliott), fourth grade (Miss Williams), fifth grade (Miss Quinn) and 6th grade (Miss Costello). Mr. Showalter became the principal at some point. I think he had come from Cramer School.

Everyone was friendly, we took the bus everywhere but mostly to 27th Street to go to the M&H to get ice cream, Kotlikoff's to get clothes and the 5 & 10 to look at Barbies. My Mother and my Aunt Carol Kelly would push coaches with their children into "town" as they called it on nice days.

My sister and I would walk to Grace Baptist Church on Sundays, where most of my Mother's family attended (the Reeves side). William Reeves owned the house on Cramer Street across from the church and sided up against the bank parking lot. Later the house was lived in by my Aunt Ida and Uncle Sam. Ida was George Reeves' sister. William Reeves, my great grandfather was the fire chief at the firehouse.

During the Fourth of July celebrations, every year, Dudley Grange Park would set off a wonderful fireworks display. I don't remember if it was big in relation to displays now. It was huge, and beautiful and implanted in my memories so much so that I have to rush out and see fireworks somewhere on the 4th. Unfortunately, someone was killed in the 1950's as I believe one of the fireworks went into the crowd. After that, the fireworks stopped at Dudley Grange to my recollection.

Harry's Grocery store was on the corner of North 32nd Street and Westfield Avenue. On the other corner was Sy's Cleaners. The Esso station was on the other side of the street facing North 32nd. Frank's soda fountain and candy shop was on North 34th and Westfield on the way to school. There was another candy store across from Davis on the corner. The playground at Davis was the scene of many Halloween parades when we had to march around the school for our parents to see back in the 1950's. The playground was wonderful, life was fun and easy.

I had wonderful holidays and many happy memories of 139, 3173 and Roles Court Apartments and the neighborhood in general. The library was great. I would go once every two weeks and take out as many books as I could read. There was roller skating, bike riding, the kid who sold water ice and snowballs in his wagon, the milk truck, the ice truck, the clothes prop man and people who were homeless that would knock on your door to ask for a bowl of soup. You did not say no and always gave them something to eat and you never locked your doors back then. You didn't have to be afraid of anyone. It was a close neighborhood and everyone knew who you were from street to street and neighbors looked out for one another.

My parents sold 139 North 32nd Street around 1962 to move to Cherry Hill after 6th grade. My Grandparents lived at 3173 from about 1941 to approximately 1974 when they past on and my Uncle Richard Reeves inherited the house and then sold it to move near Gibbstown, NJ. My Aunt Ruth Reeves Feairheller moved out of 3171 when she got married in 1957 and at some point moved to a street that paralleled Route 130 near Pennsauken and the Penn Fruit. She may have also lived on Carman Street at one time.

There is so much more and I could go on all day but I won't. It was a lovely, uncomplicated, innocent and wonderfully happy time for all of the family. Now family is scattered all around the U.S. The "olden" days were great fun.

Jill Petris Lamparella
March 2008

Private Oliver R. Purnell