As a native New Yorker who teaches Urban Sociology here at the Community college and lives in Brooklyn (From Queens), you did a fantastic job. I will be incorporating this into my class next spring! (Please do Queens some time soon!!)
Stop it. Equating the growth of New Yorks harbor to Native whale trade is just idiotic and manipulative. That’s not the reason New Yorks harbors did so well commercially. Just stop it. And guess what, I got 8% in me. But I’m not just going to lie to try and prop up and idolize people based on culture for no valid reason. Stop lying to yourselves.
@@morrisbarnes3356 bong!! Let me know and when you get to modern era (basically LaGuardia to the present) it gets real. My mom’s mother got here in the early 50’s but dad was born here. And my older uncles were born here too. So we talking late 30’s mid 40’s. To see how the city went from scope of life centered around manhattan to all the other boroughs blew me away. Answered a ton of questions. It’s on Amazon I think at the moment. A must watch film indeed.
As a Brooklynite for 44 years, I enjoyed this video so much, had to watch it twice. I live within walking distance of the the oldest house in New York State. Thank you so much for that information.
I was born and grew up across the street from the Brooklyn Bridge, a block from the Fulton Fish Market. As a child I was fascinated with very old people and would ask about what the world was like when they were young. I remember chatting with an old man on the train who told me the Brooklyn of his childhood was one big potato field. I also loved talking to an old woman who lived in my building. She had been born into slavery. Her memories mostly came from her family, since she was a young child then. But it always made me think that if she also loved the stories of old people, she could have chatted with someone who was born before the Revolution!
Side note: Allot of people don’t understand just how close we are historically to this country having slaves, children whose parents were slaves and they are still alive to talk to. People who picked cotton, worked on farms only as their jobs, or families literally living off the land. So much knowledge can be gained from those who have been living through the decades.
This was really well done. As someone from NJ but whose grandparents came from Brooklyn (1916-1940s era), I always felt like I could confidently get around “the big city” Manhattan but the outer boroughs, especially Queens and Brooklyn, seemed huge and incomprehensible. This makes them a bit more comprehensible, and more interesting.
Being a born-and-bred New Yorker, I LOVE this kind of history! I remember learning about the Dutch settlement of New Netherland when I was in third grade. One of my favorite books at the time was about two NYC kids who get on the downtown subway in the present day (1965) and end up getting off in Dutch New Amsterdam. I was very surprised as I got older when I discovered that most people outside of New York had never heard of characters like Peter Stuyvesant, Hendrick Hudson, or Adrian van der Donk. To me, it was akin to not knowing anything about George Washington or Abraham Lincoln!
I was talking to some Dutch people at a pension hotel in Kyoto a couple weeks ago. I said I lived in New York City (Brooklyn specifically). One said "you mean New Amsterdam."
It's local history. People from Massachusetts would wonder why you knew so little about the founders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, people in Virginia would expect you to know about Jamestown, people from Florida would think you knew all about De Soto's expedition. But like you, I'm from NY, and we weren't taught very much about any of those things.
@@emjayay Those people are not very smart if they don't know that New Amsterdam is now New York!!! The Dutch lost the city to the English, no matter what those people call it.
The Dutch lost New Amsterdam to the English, *PEACEFULLY* , by possibly ¿war-wearied? peglegged Peter Stuyvesant (the equivalent of George Washington for New York).
I was born at Bay Ridge Hospital (now gone). My grandfather moved his family from Manhattan to Brooklyn when he bought a small apartment building there in the 1920s. This video gave me some perspective on Brooklyn as a whole and was a joy to watch. Thank you so much.
Thanks a lot! I’m from East New York born and raised. Grew up on Cozine Ave and the bus I took B6 was on the corner of cozine and Van Siclen (for some reason the K is gone). It took me years to figure out Brooklyn. I was about 25 when it all came together. And you pretty much nailed it. I grew up waking down New Lots Ave all my life. There’s an old Dutch church still there. I went to Canarsie high. I played baseball on Flatlands avenue on what was farmland for regular people at some point but also for the Sunnydale food company. The old farm was so big it was turned into 5 baseball fields which we called “5 Diamonds. The little league was called The Latin Souls. Obviously I can be up here for days about this. You’re the first person I can think of who came at this the right way. One thing I found out was why one high school was called Eastern District. Had something to do I think with Williamsburg being a city and that was the eastern part of the city. I also use to notice in my hood on Pennsylvania Ave a building had “26th ward” etched on it. Something you don’t hear of much in Brooklyn politics. It took a long time to find out the origin of that one. Once again great work. On and East New York was named by Col John Pitkin(Ave) whom erroneously thought by adding “East” to New York people would assume it meant Manhattan he was off…..waaaaaay off. 😂😂😂😂
@atOmly I grew up in God's Country (Brooklyn to those who don't know it) and well remember the anger everyone directed at Walter O'Malley for moving the Dodgers to Los Angeles. My dad (former semi-boxer from Puerto Rico) took a newspaper that had O'Malley's photo and punched it while saying that if he the opportunity, he'd smack that greedy so-and-so in the face for stealing our team. Indeed, everyone blamed him for this misfortune. However, revisionist historian now claim (and have proven) that it was Moses who was responsible for taking away the Dodgers. On top of being a racist m**********r he caused the loss of our team! May he rot in you-know-where!
Yes! His fingerprints are all over Brooklyn. Also, Prospect Park and Grand Army Plaza, as well as Green-Wood (once the popular tourist destination in the City) can easily be an entire episode.
Brooklyn is such a great city as I always recalled when driving back into Brooklyn over the Brooklyn bridge during the early 80's the "Welcome to Brooklyn The 7th largest city in America" sign. My wonderful memories of Brooklyn are etched in my mind till death.
As a (non-native) Brooklynite, I really loved this video. I think it would have been fun to go over the consolidation of Brooklyn itself (which predates the consolidation of NYC) as well!
Fantastic video history. Old guy born and bred New Yorker. Grew up in Brighton Beach Brooklyn. Lived in Queens, Manhattan and the Bronx. ( never ventured to SI). Great work. Hoping for more.
Great vid! Another interesting one could be the development of various Chinatowns in NYC (Chinatown, Flushing, Sunset Park, etc)... you'll get food along the way too.
When I moved to US, I lived on Neck Road and East 7 Street in Brooklyn. And I immediately felt how the whole neighborhood had this historical spirit. Especially if you cross Ocean Parkway and walk down towards McDonald Ave. I'm glad that my new US journey started from NYC. 🇺🇲
When are you coming to Philly Daniel?? The Philadelphia street grid was the first in the United States, not to mention it was also the capital before DC!
@@JorgePatCo Center City and the Loop are pretty close to each other in terms of density. Amazing for Philly, because that's much bigger than the Loop, 7.7 sq mi to 1.58 sq mi. So to maintain a similar density at close to 4.9x the size
@@mkhanman12345 You could make a case for that but you could also say that Philly served as the de-facto capital of the US during the 1st and 2nd continental congress in 1776 and later under the Articles of Confederation from 1790 to 1800. New York was only the capital from 1785 to 1790.
Watching from Gravesend, lived here for all 26 years of my life! The cemetery where Deborah Moody is buried was actually a favorite spot of mine to smoke weed in high school. Gravesend is a pretty quiet neighborhood, but the cemetery is the MOST peaceful place in a 30 minute radius (other than the beach at Coney Island in the middle of the night at winter).
Brooklyn has the most peaceful places to relax and it be a minimum amount of disturbance. Especially 10 years ago. But, even that all has changed a bit, with everyone fleeting to my city of Brooklyn 😢. That being said, Kings county is still one of the MOST romantic boros of all NYC boros. 😊
How sad that you would ruin the peaceful history of the cemetery by smoking weed. I'm sure you ruined it for many visitors who also wanted peace and beauty.
@@cathynewyork7918 Considering the cemetery is locked behind a gate, I doubt there are many visitors looking for peace and quiet there. I would hop the fence and find the most isolated corner blocked by trees to smoke. Peaceful NYC places to me are anywhere I can't see or hear people and cars. The smell of weed is omnipresent in NY at this point, it didn't bother me before I started smoking and it doesn't bother me now that I've stopped.
@@Korvisio I live in New York City, and the constant smell of weed does bother me. I find it offensive that you would trespass in the cemetery to smoke weed. Disrespectful.
Was born in the Bay streets near 25th Avenue, but grew up on a side street along New Utrecht Avenue and graduated from the high school. Landmark of the neighborhood is the Dutch Reform Church on 18th Avenue at 84th street that has a little cemetery a few blocks down at 84th and 16th (the original church actually moved over to 18th Avenue, there’s a newer church next to the cemetery).
Historic sources, written in Dutch, suggest that it was named by the Dutch governor general Willem Kieft for the Dutch settlement of 's'Gravesande (now 's-Gravenzande) in the Netherlands, which means "Count's Beach" or "Count's Sand".
As a Dutchman, that was the first thing that popped into my head when I saw the name. Especially the way it's written on the old map, ye Towne of s'Gravesende
I took a religion in philadelphia class in college and it discussed how the creation of philadelphia was based off of quaker values (william penn king quaker) which provided numerous town squares to anchor the community and an even grid to prevent alleyways and dangerous situations (it eventually all went south when someone else took over the project) and you discussing deborah moody very much reminded me of this. I have always felt like certain parts of brooklyn are reminiscent of philly in those ways.
I am a native NYC person. I love that you are interested in its history. Not trying to sound like this city is the best, especially these days, but, the planning and design of it is really complex, arbitrary and interesting. A lot of that is also disappering, by the way. So many historical things I loved going up are getting destroyed or getting chased by corporate interests.
My family was an early immigrant NYC family… and I have a few family stories and quips. I had a great great great aunt who was beloved by my grandmother.. she was spring cleaning her apartment on Prince St in SoHo, tripped over the sill while opening her large counterweighted window, and fell to hear death on the sidewalk. Now every time I walk it I wonder which designer store or cafe it happened in front of… though back then the area was largely industrial revolution factories and immigrant tenants. My grandmother was born in Brooklyn and her grandparents on both sides had lived in a townhouse they built… decades later when they were in old age, the city seized the entire neighborhood via eminent domain under Robert Moses… gave them scraps for it.. and dozed it to build one of the first “projects” and a park in Crown Heights.
Native Brooklynite here - born & raised in the Gravesend Projects (1960's) in Coney Island🎡🎢🎠🙌 (ironically not in the Gravesend neighborhood) And I still live in Brooklyn! (Fort Greene)🌉🌟 I'm always fascinated by the history of Brooklyn. It's a lot of ground to cover, so I'm looking forward to more of these videos. Thank u❤️
Non-Native New Yorker : I was Born in Kenya🇰🇪 - But grew up in the suburbs of Delaware. (2 hours south of NYC) I Moved to Brooklyn two years ago (Flatbush). And I can’t explain to people enough how much I love this city. Specifically Brooklyn. I got rid of my car when I moved here and I spend most of my time exploring BK with my bike 🚲 it marvels me how rich the culture here is in everything from the people to the cuisine to the architecture etc. so far my favorite little hidden corner of the city is this secluded run down part of prospect park (Vale of Cashmere) - it’s a large sunken garden with a pond that’s overgrown , the images of what it once looked like online are gorgeous but the blend of nature taking back what man once tamed is beautiful. Also not many people know it’s down there. Just Thought I’d share. Also that blue & white map of BK in the beginning of the video is 👌🏾 where can I find it ?
@cathynewyork7918 🙄 Not anymore. Since the "new people" moved in, law enforcement has seen to it that the crime rate has significantly reduced. Live it up in Prospect Lefferts Garden!
Took me back to the serenity of Kings Highway-McDonald Ave Culver (F) line. The views of the Verrazano to the West & Manhattan/Downtown Brooklyn skyscrapers to the North. Appreciate the video.
Great video revealing a lot of the enormous history of NYC and Brooklyn. What I always find amazing is how the city lives over and with its previous history. This can be understood by reading some of our greatest authors and how they incorporate the city’s older landscapes into their works. For example; Henry Miller describing Bushwick and its trolly tracks along Myrtle avenue, or Hubert Selby describing the docks of Red Hook or Betty Smith’s Williamsburg as described in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Your video images of modern day Gravesend with its auto shops and trains surrounding a 17th century house and cemetery are so fascinating in that regard.
@11:07, the square town shape has a name in French, it's a "Trait-carré" a defensive way to make a colony. We still have ..2 (if I recall) of those design in Quebec City.
Randomly got the video recommended and didnt really know what to expect here but that was super interesting! I grew up in Brooklyn in Bensonhurst and knew a little bit of the history about the original Dutch settlers, but it was especially very interesting to learn about the Gravesend neighborhood since I lived so close to it. I passed by that area every day going to school and never realized why the streets were like that. Its cool how so much of the original Dutch naming was preserved too with road names like New Utrecht Ave and bunch of other roads.
Note: Bensonhurst is adjacent to Gravesend, to its west but going farther north. The exact borders of these neighborhoods differ from one source to another.
I'm from the Caribbean but moved here as a kid and love Brooklyn, can't picture myself living anywhere else in the world. The people and the culture is beautiful to be apart of, I loved the history lesson ❤️
Native Brooklynites can't get enough of our amazing history - this was great! I love to see where the original Dutch town grids collide & the streets change names and go off in completely different angles. You can still see them.
The Dutch had New Amsterdam for just over 40 years, then ceding it to Britain. They imported slaves from the beginning to build the city for centuries to follow. I truly believe the New Yorker attitude "to each their own" has its roots from the Dutch culture of acceptance. Daniel, please cover the Flatbush parts that are 120 years old with detached houses and driveways. I was so surprised when biking through what felt like a very old suburb or Seattle's Capitol Hill.
Brooklyn still had many Dutch farms in Brooklyn after losing Manhattan to the English. The Brooklyn accent, where “the” is pronounced “da,” is I believe, a language remnant from the Dutch.
@@bluebox2000How do the Dutch have a "culture of acceptance" when they literally enslaved an entire race of human beings simply for being different and anti Blackness continues to be rampant among the Dutch to this day?🤨 Like lets not lie.
Excellent Video! I enjoyed learning so much about Brooklyn. As a native New Yorker from Manhattan all the information is always about us, but it’s nice to learn about the rest of the city. Thanks!
Another great video! I love learning how cities evolved and come to be. Sometimes street layouts seem odd till you realize the past features or other factors.
This is outstanding ! Thankyou for explaining the 4 squared block neighborhood in Gravesend . I have always noticed that oddity when looking at maps of NYC, especially with its Village Road North and Village Road South streets integrated into it. I never knew why that existed that way until today ! Thanks !!
a lot of the dutch settlements in brooklyn are still called that but for some reason new utrecht is not called that. the avenue still has than name but that area is multiple neighborhoods. dyker heights, boro park, bensenhurst, etc
UA-cam randomly offered me this video and I’m so happy it did. Beautiful shooting and editing. And so clearly presented. I’ve just subscribed and look forward to seeing more.
Another great video, thank you Daniel ! I've never set foot in Northern America, so I wouldn't know which city to explain with historical maps, but I would venture that any city founded along some shores would be interesting to investigate : from Washington DC or Baltimore, to Detroit or Chicago. If you want some European suggestion, try Lyon in France ! And, as i told you before, if you happen to come back to Vietnam, I'll guide you through Saigon/Cholon for the most in-depth visit you can imagine ! Be well, and keep up the amazing work !
When I was a kid growing up here, I dreamed of making videos explaining the fascinating history of all the boroughs and ultimately never did. But I LOVE seeing all of this wonderful content and I hope to see you make one of each borough! So amazing
Great work, as always! Maybe something on Chinatown & Flushing (etc.) - the history & timeline (in general and in relation to events elsewhere - e.g., the railroads, etc.)?
I think a really cool spin-off to this series would be explaining New Haven, CT's map. It's much smaller than the cities you typically cover, but the entire place is BRIMMING with history and culture. Everything from Yale's influence to the city's strategic location on a natural harbor, nestled between two giant free-standing rocks that acted as sentry towers for the British and later, American rebels. Then there's the famous Wooster Street/Little Italy full of our beloved apizza spots. Another interesting note is that New Haven is surrounded by 3 other "Havens", West Haven, East Haven, and North Haven. All of which are separate municipalities that essentially behave as one much larger city. New Haven is also very close to New York City, and it shares quite a bit of history. New Haven is just a super under rated New England/Tristate/East Coast city, purely because it's not a big city on its own. However New Haven County has nearly 900,000 people, the vast majority of which are less than a 25 minute drive into downtown New Haven. If you are in New York, I'd highly suggest taking the Metro North line from Grand Central into New Haven one weekend. You can easily spend an entire day trying the amazing pizza, checking out Yale's awesome free museums, walking around Yale/Downtown, and enjoying the beautiful architecture and micro-bustle of the city. It's one of my favorite cities in the New York Tri-state, and it's super easy to get to. They also have some decent beaches compared to NYC in Stratford, Fairfield, Milford. If you've never been, and you do go one day, you can really see why super rich wall street bros buy up the property in southern CT.
I learned a lot and truly love your acknowledgment of this video not being totally comprehensive. So many people want to know everything in 60 seconds, appreciate the great longer-than-a-minute format content!
WHat a wonderful presentation, which I find engaging as an historian, that is done in a manner that can make history fascinating and intriguing to just about anyone who isn't;
If you wanted to go back to the UK, you could make a video on Bath and Bristol. Both have extensive history in infrastructure, culture and architecture. Outside, i would like to hear more on European cities in Holland, Germany and especially Italy with its reputation for finding roman remains constantly when building infrastructure.
As an inhabitant of Milan, Italy, a city that is not really known for its Roman foundation, I can confirm that our last underground line was postponed by some years because of founding Roman sites, especially in the city centre
Amsterdam has a pretty cool geography history. There are probably already quite some videos about that though, and more may be coming up now they've just kicked off its 750 y anniversary festivities.
I love the banged up Chevy in front of the Van Sicklen house. Loved the London and the Manhattan videos too! Keep up the great work! Please do Toronto too?
@Christina23 usually a lot of people think Long Island consists of Nassau and Suffolk counties, but the truth is Long Island is divided into 4 major counties. 2 of those counties are Burroughs of NYC, which are Brooklyn and Queens. But they are located on Long Island itself. If you happen to look at Long Island on a map it looks like a big fish, lol. At the head of the fish, you will see Brooklyn and Queens. As you continue south easterly you will come to Nassau County and eventually Suffolk County. I spent my last few years as a teenager in Suffolk County and they were the best years of my life growing up.
This was a good history lesson. I was born in Brooklyn & lived there for 51 years (Crown Heights, Flatbush & Canarsie). I miss the city & enjoy learning more about the origins of Brooklyn and NYC.
Gotta stop you right there 2:01 - it's ALL-bany (like Alda) not AL(Gore)-bany 😮 But otherwise this is a really interesting and well-made video! Great topic. I was waiting for you to mention Welcome Back Kotter (look it up if you have no idea why this could have been in your video - watch the show theme)
When I was a yellow cab driver in NYC in the 70’s, it was easy to get lost in Brooklyn. I was from Manhattan, so going out to Wyckoff St., Bergen St, Van Sicklen Ave, Utrecht Av., etc, was always an adventure. I would orient myself with the Williamsburg Savings Bank building seen at 20:45 in the video. It was the tallest building and you could see it from almost anywhere in Brooklyn. I’d point my cab towards it and that would take me back to Fulton St. and the bridge back to Manhattan.
The original Gravesend map has the same characteristic four-park grid that Thomas Holme used in 1680s Philadelphia, then borrowed by Raleigh, NC in the 1790s.
I love how many old historical things are just hiding in plain sight in NYC, it's hard to remember how old it is sometimes I'm biased because I'm from there but would love to see a San Fransisco's Map Explained video!
Wonderful video! Thank you for speaking with so many great experts! Selfishly as a Columbia University alum, I’d be interested in you tracing its history in the city, from Alexander Hamilton in Kings College to the controversial expansion into Manhattanville.
You did a remarkable job. This was concise and well-organized. You're the map scholar, so I would be interested in learning more about street orientation and how the English approached it differently from the Dutch, and how those traditions played out in the New World, specifically with Gravesend in relation to the other original towns in Kings Country. I went to high school in Worcester, Massachusetts, and I know more than a little about Andrew Haswell Green. Perhaps a video on "The Great Mistake of '98" and consolidation, and the role New York City's plentiful freshwater drinking supply (Croton), and Brooklyn's rapidly diminishing foul-tasting drinking water supply, played in that decision. Again, well done.
Absolutely phenomenal , Daniel; thank you! When you have the time and inclination, I would love to see what you'd come up with for Green-Wood Cemetary.
No one ever talks about the long evil systemic genocide of the these native tribes. This inhumane practice was replicated from town to town until all of the America was taken. It lasted for 400 years. Heartbreaking 💔
No one talks about the propaganda you just regurgitated?? Are you even being serious?! It’s all anyone talks about. What ISNT talked about is the fact that the real reason why so-called ‘natives’ lost their lands and faired so horribly with the arrival of Europeans is: A) there is no ‘native’ This is a European concept. These ‘natives’ viewed even themselves as different ppl and *nations, rather than this mythological simplification of ONE race of ppl in the Americas And B) they were involved in that very same systemic genocide, long before the European arrived And when the euro DID arrive, they constantly manipulated the White man with their own internal tribal politics and wars… and they CONSTANTLY aligned with the losing sides! French & Indian war, American war of independence, even the Civil War! It’s not like these ‘natives’ were sitting back and minding their own business… they were every bit as ambitious, greedy, imperialistic and expansive as the White ‘tribes’ of humans who crossed the sea… They lost their ‘homelands’ by double-dealing, breaking treaties, & aligning with the losing sides in these wars… precisely because they too were being so aggressive, inhumane and warlike ….its just that you are allowed to practice your antiWhite racism, which you do when you suggest that ‘natives’ have/had a homeland that they were entitled to - but that ppl of European descent are NOT allowed to have a homeland of their own It’s not reverse racism - it’s plain racism… against White ppl Let’s remember that the ENTIRE REASON that Western Civilization came crashing upon the eastern shores of the Americas, is because a warlike desert ppl invaded, stole and subjugated the ENTIRE eastern half of the Greco-Roman world…. Yet we do not consider Arabs to be foreign occupiers, who exploited the Middle East, and are currently foreigners on white lands - yet this is how we describe white ppl in the Americas Gross hypocrisy The French genuinely respected the ‘natives’ that they interacted with, and paid a heavy price for that failure of doctrine, by being betrayed by these tribes with their Anglo alliances… which resulted in French being pushed out of ‘the new world’ and being replaced by British - who were FAR less accommodating But ppl like you are only interested in perpetuating anti-White narratives, in an unprecedented attempt to rewrite history This isn’t history. It’s propaganda
No one talks about the propaganda you just regurgitated?? Are you even being serious?! It’s all anyone talks about. What ISNT talked about is the fact that the real reason why so-called ‘natives’ lost their lands and faired so horribly with the arrival of Europeans is: A) there is no ‘native’ This is a European concept. These ‘natives’ viewed even themselves as different ppl and *nations, rather than this mythological simplification of ONE race of ppl in the Americas And B) they were involved in that very same systemic genocide, long before the European arrived And when the euro DID arrive, they constantly manipulated the White man with their own internal tribal politics and wars… and they CONSTANTLY aligned with the losing sides! French & Indian war, American war of independence, even the Civil War! It’s not like these ‘natives’ were sitting back and minding their own business… they were every bit as ambitious, greedy, imperialistic and expansive as the White ‘tribes’ of humans who crossed the sea… They lost their ‘homelands’ by double-dealing, breaking treaties, & aligning with the losing sides in these wars… precisely because they too were being so aggressive, inhumane and warlike ….its just that you are allowed to practice your antiWhite racism, which you do when you suggest that ‘natives’ have/had a homeland that they were entitled to - but that ppl of European descent are NOT allowed to have a homeland of their own It’s not reverse racism - it’s plain racism… against White ppl Let’s remember that the ENTIRE REASON that Western Civilization came crashing upon the eastern shores of the Americas, is because a warlike desert ppl invaded, stole and subjugated the ENTIRE eastern half of the Greco-Roman world…. Yet we do not consider Arabs to be foreign occupiers, who exploited the Middle East, and are currently foreigners on white lands - yet this is how we describe white ppl in the Americas Gross hypocrisy The French genuinely respected the ‘natives’ that they interacted with, and paid a heavy price for that failure of doctrine, by being betrayed by these tribes with their Anglo alliances… which resulted in French being pushed out of ‘the new world’ and being replaced by British - who were FAR less accommodating But ppl like you are only interested in perpetuating anti-White narratives, in an unprecedented attempt to rewrite history This isn’t history. It’s propaganda
Gravesend, Brooklyn native here. Believe me, a vast majority of the people/families who have lived here for 40-70+ years know the history of the area and its significance. Great video.
As a native New Yorker who teaches Urban Sociology here at the Community college and lives in Brooklyn (From Queens), you did a fantastic job. I will be incorporating this into my class next spring! (Please do Queens some time soon!!)
Oh whaat so cool! Thank you!
Stop it. Equating the growth of New Yorks harbor to Native whale trade is just idiotic and manipulative. That’s not the reason New Yorks harbors did so well commercially. Just stop it. And guess what, I got 8% in me. But I’m not just going to lie to try and prop up and idolize people based on culture for no valid reason. Stop lying to yourselves.
QUEENS! We need QUEENS!!
queens is the joke of new york
yes Queens!
Should have made one of the whole New York City and make it 2 hours I'm all here for it
Already been done. Look up New York: a Documentary Film by Ric Burns. It's 12 or so Hours, I've watched it several times.
@@morrisbarnes3356 bong!! Let me know and when you get to modern era (basically LaGuardia to the present) it gets real. My mom’s mother got here in the early 50’s but dad was born here. And my older uncles were born here too. So we talking late 30’s mid 40’s. To see how the city went from scope of life centered around manhattan to all the other boroughs blew me away. Answered a ton of questions. It’s on Amazon I think at the moment. A must watch film indeed.
Agreed
Here here!
YES!!
As a native New Yorker, I'd binge an entire series dedicated to each of the 5 boroughs! Such a cool, insightful video, can't wait to see more!
As a native New Yorker, just do the four boros. Real New Yorkers DGAF bout Staten Island.
As a Texan, I'd also binge this.
Me too, including Staten Island!
@@tattoomesam For real
@@tattoomesam Only transplants don't care about the Island
As a Brooklynite for 44 years, I enjoyed this video so much, had to watch it twice.
I live within walking distance of the the oldest house in New York State.
Thank you so much for that information.
I was born and grew up across the street from the Brooklyn Bridge, a block from the Fulton Fish Market. As a child I was fascinated with very old people and would ask about what the world was like when they were young. I remember chatting with an old man on the train who told me the Brooklyn of his childhood was one big potato field. I also loved talking to an old woman who lived in my building. She had been born into slavery. Her memories mostly came from her family, since she was a young child then. But it always made me think that if she also loved the stories of old people, she could have chatted with someone who was born before the Revolution!
Side note:
Allot of people don’t understand just how close we are historically to this country having slaves, children whose parents were slaves and they are still alive to talk to. People who picked cotton, worked on farms only as their jobs, or families literally living off the land.
So much knowledge can be gained from those who have been living through the decades.
This was really well done. As someone from NJ but whose grandparents came from Brooklyn (1916-1940s era), I always felt like I could confidently get around “the big city” Manhattan but the outer boroughs, especially Queens and Brooklyn, seemed huge and incomprehensible. This makes them a bit more comprehensible, and more interesting.
More Brooklyn PLEASE! That was like an appetizer!
I've lived in 4 of the 5 bouroughs and every one of them is deeply fascinating.
Being a born-and-bred New Yorker, I LOVE this kind of history! I remember learning about the Dutch settlement of New Netherland when I was in third grade. One of my favorite books at the time was about two NYC kids who get on the downtown subway in the present day (1965) and end up getting off in Dutch New Amsterdam. I was very surprised as I got older when I discovered that most people outside of New York had never heard of characters like Peter Stuyvesant, Hendrick Hudson, or Adrian van der Donk. To me, it was akin to not knowing anything about George Washington or Abraham Lincoln!
Born and Bread baby!!!
I was talking to some Dutch people at a pension hotel in Kyoto a couple weeks ago. I said I lived in New York City (Brooklyn specifically). One said "you mean New Amsterdam."
It's local history. People from Massachusetts would wonder why you knew so little about the founders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, people in Virginia would expect you to know about Jamestown, people from Florida would think you knew all about De Soto's expedition. But like you, I'm from NY, and we weren't taught very much about any of those things.
@@emjayay Those people are not very smart if they don't know that New Amsterdam is now New York!!! The Dutch lost the city to the English, no matter what those people call it.
The Dutch lost New Amsterdam to the English, *PEACEFULLY* , by possibly ¿war-wearied? peglegged Peter Stuyvesant (the equivalent of George Washington for New York).
I was born at Bay Ridge Hospital (now gone). My grandfather moved his family from Manhattan to Brooklyn when he bought a small apartment building there in the 1920s. This video gave me some perspective on Brooklyn as a whole and was a joy to watch. Thank you so much.
Dang, you must be ancient. That hospital was closed in the 20s 😮 ... Nah, just messing with you. Thanks for the History.
Thanks a lot! I’m from East New York born and raised. Grew up on Cozine Ave and the bus I took B6 was on the corner of cozine and Van Siclen (for some reason the K is gone). It took me years to figure out Brooklyn. I was about 25 when it all came together. And you pretty much nailed it. I grew up waking down New Lots Ave all my life. There’s an old Dutch church still there. I went to Canarsie high. I played baseball on Flatlands avenue on what was farmland for regular people at some point but also for the Sunnydale food company. The old farm was so big it was turned into 5 baseball fields which we called “5 Diamonds. The little league was called The Latin Souls. Obviously I can be up here for days about this. You’re the first person I can think of who came at this the right way. One thing I found out was why one high school was called Eastern District. Had something to do I think with Williamsburg being a city and that was the eastern part of the city. I also use to notice in my hood on Pennsylvania Ave a building had “26th ward” etched on it. Something you don’t hear of much in Brooklyn politics. It took a long time to find out the origin of that one. Once again great work. On and East New York was named by Col John Pitkin(Ave) whom erroneously thought by adding “East” to New York people would assume it meant Manhattan he was off…..waaaaaay off. 😂😂😂😂
Always good to work in a dig at Robert Moses.
Robert Moses had a huge impact on our city, so it is fair to "work in a dig" about him.
@atOmly
I grew up in God's Country (Brooklyn to those who don't know it) and well remember the anger everyone directed at Walter O'Malley for moving the Dodgers to Los Angeles. My dad (former semi-boxer from Puerto Rico) took a newspaper that had O'Malley's photo and punched it while saying that if he the opportunity, he'd smack that greedy so-and-so in the face for stealing our team. Indeed, everyone blamed him for this misfortune. However, revisionist historian now claim (and have proven) that it was Moses who was responsible for taking away the Dodgers. On top of being a racist m**********r he caused the loss of our team! May he rot in you-know-where!
A full tell-all on Robert Moses in your style of video would be really enjoyable.
check out 99% Invisible, they got that podcast already
That would take ten hours!!!
Yes! His fingerprints are all over Brooklyn. Also, Prospect Park and Grand Army Plaza, as well as Green-Wood (once the popular tourist destination in the City) can easily be an entire episode.
The Power Broker, the book mentioned in the video, tells all about him. So many people of my parents' generation despised that man.
@@PaulDeCampI just bought the book a couple of weeks ago!
Brooklyn is such a great city as I always recalled when driving back into Brooklyn over the Brooklyn bridge during the early 80's the "Welcome to Brooklyn The 7th largest city in America" sign. My wonderful memories of Brooklyn are etched in my mind till death.
As a (non-native) Brooklynite, I really loved this video. I think it would have been fun to go over the consolidation of Brooklyn itself (which predates the consolidation of NYC) as well!
Would love to see a video on Montreal!
This^
Na Montreals even considered a city
So glad this is the top comment... do Montreal please Daniel
no thank you
Or Quebec City! They have some insane streets!
This is a rabbit hole into which i will willingly dive. You're fantastic, Daniel... thank you!
Wow thank you so much! Glad you’re enjoying the videos!
Fantastic video history. Old guy born and bred New Yorker. Grew up in Brighton Beach Brooklyn. Lived in Queens, Manhattan and the Bronx. ( never ventured to SI). Great work. Hoping for more.
Great vid! Another interesting one could be the development of various Chinatowns in NYC (Chinatown, Flushing, Sunset Park, etc)... you'll get food along the way too.
I was born in SUNSET PARK and loved the reason it was called that .
What a view !!
this channel will get to a million subs in no time. Quality, informative and well research videos.
When I moved to US, I lived on Neck Road and East 7 Street in Brooklyn. And I immediately felt how the whole neighborhood had this historical spirit. Especially if you cross Ocean Parkway and walk down towards McDonald Ave. I'm glad that my new US journey started from NYC. 🇺🇲
When are you coming to Philly Daniel?? The Philadelphia street grid was the first in the United States, not to mention it was also the capital before DC!
Before the 19th century it was also the largest city in the nation and it still has the densest downtown outside of Midtown Manhattan
@@JorgePatCo Center City and the Loop are pretty close to each other in terms of density. Amazing for Philly, because that's much bigger than the Loop, 7.7 sq mi to 1.58 sq mi. So to maintain a similar density at close to 4.9x the size
NYC was the capital before Philly
@@mkhanman12345 You could make a case for that but you could also say that Philly served as the de-facto capital of the US during the 1st and 2nd continental congress in 1776 and later under the Articles of Confederation from 1790 to 1800. New York was only the capital from 1785 to 1790.
Seconding this.
Watching from Gravesend, lived here for all 26 years of my life! The cemetery where Deborah Moody is buried was actually a favorite spot of mine to smoke weed in high school. Gravesend is a pretty quiet neighborhood, but the cemetery is the MOST peaceful place in a 30 minute radius (other than the beach at Coney Island in the middle of the night at winter).
Watching from Gravesend Neck here.
Brooklyn has the most peaceful places to relax and it be a minimum amount of disturbance. Especially 10 years ago. But, even that all has changed a bit, with everyone fleeting to my city of Brooklyn 😢. That being said, Kings county is still one of the MOST romantic boros of all NYC boros. 😊
How sad that you would ruin the peaceful history of the cemetery by smoking weed. I'm sure you ruined it for many visitors who also wanted peace and beauty.
@@cathynewyork7918 Considering the cemetery is locked behind a gate, I doubt there are many visitors looking for peace and quiet there. I would hop the fence and find the most isolated corner blocked by trees to smoke. Peaceful NYC places to me are anywhere I can't see or hear people and cars. The smell of weed is omnipresent in NY at this point, it didn't bother me before I started smoking and it doesn't bother me now that I've stopped.
@@Korvisio I live in New York City, and the constant smell of weed does bother me. I find it offensive that you would trespass in the cemetery to smoke weed. Disrespectful.
Was born in the Bay streets near 25th Avenue, but grew up on a side street along New Utrecht Avenue and graduated from the high school. Landmark of the neighborhood is the Dutch Reform Church on 18th Avenue at 84th street that has a little cemetery a few blocks down at 84th and 16th (the original church actually moved over to 18th Avenue, there’s a newer church next to the cemetery).
Historic sources, written in Dutch, suggest that it was named by the Dutch governor general Willem Kieft for the Dutch settlement of 's'Gravesande (now 's-Gravenzande) in the Netherlands, which means "Count's Beach" or "Count's Sand".
Sounds plausible actually
As a Dutchman, that was the first thing that popped into my head when I saw the name. Especially the way it's written on the old map, ye Towne of s'Gravesende
I took a religion in philadelphia class in college and it discussed how the creation of philadelphia was based off of quaker values (william penn king quaker) which provided numerous town squares to anchor the community and an even grid to prevent alleyways and dangerous situations (it eventually all went south when someone else took over the project) and you discussing deborah moody very much reminded me of this. I have always felt like certain parts of brooklyn are reminiscent of philly in those ways.
I am a native NYC person. I love that you are interested in its history. Not trying to sound like this city is the best, especially these days, but, the planning and design of it is really complex, arbitrary and interesting. A lot of that is also disappering, by the way. So many historical things I loved going up are getting destroyed or getting chased by corporate interests.
More, more, more. This video is terrific. It has certainly whet my appetite for additional content about all 5 boroughs.
Please cover the other three boroughs!
We need QUEENS!!
Never expected to see my old college professor on a UA-cam video. Fran Ledon is amazing!
As a native Brooklynite, this was amazing. Would be nice to expand a bit on Bushwick. Sooo much history (still unfolding) there!
Great video! I'm a native Brooklynite raised mostly on Long Island and I learned a lot. Thanks!
I've enjoyed your work before, but as a son of Brooklyn this video got me to subscribe. Good work.
Yesss. Trying to win people over one city at a time haha
I’m so so glad I’ve discovered your channel. I’m enjoying every minute of it.
My family was an early
immigrant NYC family… and I have a few family stories and quips. I had a great great great aunt who was beloved by my grandmother.. she was spring cleaning her apartment on Prince St in SoHo, tripped over the sill while opening her large counterweighted window, and fell to hear death on the sidewalk. Now every time I walk it I wonder which designer store or cafe it happened in front of… though back then the area was largely industrial revolution factories and immigrant tenants. My grandmother was born in Brooklyn and her grandparents on both sides had lived in a townhouse they built… decades later when they were in old age, the city seized the entire neighborhood via eminent domain under Robert Moses… gave them scraps for it.. and dozed it to build one of the first “projects” and a park in Crown Heights.
He basically turned city in faceless ugly crap.
Native Brooklynite here - born & raised in the Gravesend Projects (1960's) in Coney Island🎡🎢🎠🙌 (ironically not in the Gravesend neighborhood) And I still live in Brooklyn! (Fort Greene)🌉🌟
I'm always fascinated by the history of Brooklyn.
It's a lot of ground to cover, so I'm looking forward to more of these videos. Thank u❤️
Non-Native New Yorker : I was Born in Kenya🇰🇪 - But grew up in the suburbs of Delaware. (2 hours south of NYC) I Moved to Brooklyn two years ago (Flatbush). And I can’t explain to people enough how much I love this city. Specifically Brooklyn. I got rid of my car when I moved here and I spend most of my time exploring BK with my bike 🚲 it marvels me how rich the culture here is in everything from the people to the cuisine to the architecture etc. so far my favorite little hidden corner of the city is this secluded run down part of prospect park (Vale of Cashmere) - it’s a large sunken garden with a pond that’s overgrown , the images of what it once looked like online are gorgeous but the blend of nature taking back what man once tamed is beautiful. Also not many people know it’s down there. Just Thought I’d share.
Also that blue & white map of BK in the beginning of the video is 👌🏾 where can I find it ?
Thanks for that tip, moving to prospect Lefferts in April 1 Block from the park! Cannot wait! 🙏🏼
@@evelynjulia6787 Be careful - Lefferts is a bit of a high crime area.
@cathynewyork7918 🙄 Not anymore. Since the "new people" moved in, law enforcement has seen to it that the crime rate has significantly reduced. Live it up in Prospect Lefferts Garden!
@@MK-hh1voOr, the criminals are being pushed out of the area…
Took me back to the serenity of Kings Highway-McDonald Ave Culver (F) line. The views of the Verrazano to the West & Manhattan/Downtown Brooklyn skyscrapers to the North. Appreciate the video.
You inspired to do my master's thesis on a procedural city generator that takes into account terrain and history! Thank you so much for the video
No way. That’s awesome
Great video revealing a lot of the enormous history of NYC and Brooklyn. What I always find amazing is how the city lives over and with its previous history. This can be understood by reading some of our greatest authors and how they incorporate the city’s older landscapes into their works. For example; Henry Miller describing Bushwick and its trolly tracks along Myrtle avenue, or Hubert Selby describing the docks of Red Hook or Betty Smith’s Williamsburg as described in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Your video images of modern day Gravesend with its auto shops and trains surrounding a 17th century house and cemetery are so fascinating in that regard.
@11:07, the square town shape has a name in French, it's a "Trait-carré" a defensive way to make a colony. We still have ..2 (if I recall) of those design in Quebec City.
Yes! Go to Quebec City next!
Randomly got the video recommended and didnt really know what to expect here but that was super interesting! I grew up in Brooklyn in Bensonhurst and knew a little bit of the history about the original Dutch settlers, but it was especially very interesting to learn about the Gravesend neighborhood since I lived so close to it. I passed by that area every day going to school and never realized why the streets were like that. Its cool how so much of the original Dutch naming was preserved too with road names like New Utrecht Ave and bunch of other roads.
Note: Bensonhurst is adjacent to Gravesend, to its west but going farther north. The exact borders of these neighborhoods differ from one source to another.
I'm from the Caribbean but moved here as a kid and love Brooklyn, can't picture myself living anywhere else in the world. The people and the culture is beautiful to be apart of, I loved the history lesson ❤️
you have to go back. our nation is for our people not for foreigners to invade and occupy.
You’re not from Brooklyn you’re from the off brand side
Native Brooklynites can't get enough of our amazing history - this was great! I love to see where the original Dutch town grids collide & the streets change names and go off in completely different angles. You can still see them.
Cheers from Yellow Hook, er, Bay Ridge.
My family has been in Brooklyn for at least 200 years so this is interesting to see.
I'd love to see a video (or more like multiple videos) on Robert Moses' impacts on the city and the good and bad (mostly bad) that he did
These are my favorite videos on youtube i watch all of your videos on repeat over and over again because they’re super interesting
As a Dutch person we even brush past New York/new Amsterdam history.
The Dutch had New Amsterdam for just over 40 years, then ceding it to Britain. They imported slaves from the beginning to build the city for centuries to follow. I truly believe the New Yorker attitude "to each their own" has its roots from the Dutch culture of acceptance.
Daniel, please cover the Flatbush parts that are 120 years old with detached houses and driveways. I was so surprised when biking through what felt like a very old suburb or Seattle's Capitol Hill.
Brooklyn still had many Dutch farms in Brooklyn after losing Manhattan to the English. The Brooklyn accent, where “the” is pronounced “da,” is I believe, a language remnant from the Dutch.
@@bluebox2000How do the Dutch have a "culture of acceptance" when they literally enslaved an entire race of human beings simply for being different and anti Blackness continues to be rampant among the Dutch to this day?🤨 Like lets not lie.
That is so cool to hear
Excellent Video! I enjoyed learning so much about Brooklyn. As a native New Yorker from Manhattan all the information is always about us, but it’s nice to learn about the rest of the city. Thanks!
Another great video! I love learning how cities evolved and come to be. Sometimes street layouts seem odd till you realize the past features or other factors.
This is outstanding ! Thankyou for explaining the 4 squared block neighborhood in Gravesend . I have always noticed that oddity when looking at maps of NYC, especially with its Village Road North and Village Road South streets integrated into it. I never knew why that existed that way until today ! Thanks !!
a lot of the dutch settlements in brooklyn are still called that but for some reason new utrecht is not called that. the avenue still has than name but that area is multiple neighborhoods. dyker heights, boro park, bensenhurst, etc
Came across this UA-cam Via IG and I must say. I loved how u put together this video. 👌🏾
Once again great job. Kind of amazing that that initial grid still exists
UA-cam randomly offered me this video and I’m so happy it did. Beautiful shooting and editing. And so clearly presented. I’ve just subscribed and look forward to seeing more.
Would be interested to see you cover Toronto. I was amazed by the underground tunnel network to avoid the winter weather
Another great video, thank you Daniel !
I've never set foot in Northern America, so I wouldn't know which city to explain with historical maps, but I would venture that any city founded along some shores would be interesting to investigate : from Washington DC or Baltimore, to Detroit or Chicago.
If you want some European suggestion, try Lyon in France !
And, as i told you before, if you happen to come back to Vietnam, I'll guide you through Saigon/Cholon for the most in-depth visit you can imagine !
Be well, and keep up the amazing work !
Madison Wisconsin's grid and history is very interesting.
This video was much Much MUCH better than I thought it would be! Cheers to you and your team for an outstanding job!
I just know you would have a blast explainig CDMX’s map
Love this video!
Seconded I think mexico city is fascinating from visiting museums there
Your videos are so fascinating and visually great!
When I was a kid growing up here, I dreamed of making videos explaining the fascinating history of all the boroughs and ultimately never did. But I LOVE seeing all of this wonderful content and I hope to see you make one of each borough! So amazing
Currently watching from Park Slope, Brooklyn. Incredible video!
wow im like 7ish miles away from u
@@rslashontario ditto
Born at Methodist Hospital and raised on the corner of 1st & 7th ave above the laundromatte from the 70's. Such a great neighborhood.
At school in Albany rn but am from Park Slope, can't believe that a neighborhood I passed every day on the F train had that much history!
I also live in Park Slope!
Great work, as always! Maybe something on Chinatown & Flushing (etc.) - the history & timeline (in general and in relation to events elsewhere - e.g., the railroads, etc.)?
I think a really cool spin-off to this series would be explaining New Haven, CT's map.
It's much smaller than the cities you typically cover, but the entire place is BRIMMING with history and culture. Everything from Yale's influence to the city's strategic location on a natural harbor, nestled between two giant free-standing rocks that acted as sentry towers for the British and later, American rebels. Then there's the famous Wooster Street/Little Italy full of our beloved apizza spots. Another interesting note is that New Haven is surrounded by 3 other "Havens", West Haven, East Haven, and North Haven. All of which are separate municipalities that essentially behave as one much larger city. New Haven is also very close to New York City, and it shares quite a bit of history.
New Haven is just a super under rated New England/Tristate/East Coast city, purely because it's not a big city on its own. However New Haven County has nearly 900,000 people, the vast majority of which are less than a 25 minute drive into downtown New Haven.
If you are in New York, I'd highly suggest taking the Metro North line from Grand Central into New Haven one weekend. You can easily spend an entire day trying the amazing pizza, checking out Yale's awesome free museums, walking around Yale/Downtown, and enjoying the beautiful architecture and micro-bustle of the city. It's one of my favorite cities in the New York Tri-state, and it's super easy to get to. They also have some decent beaches compared to NYC in Stratford, Fairfield, Milford. If you've never been, and you do go one day, you can really see why super rich wall street bros buy up the property in southern CT.
Talk about it!! I'm from New haven born and raised and you're absolutely right about the street design!! Let em know @muscleman125
I learned a lot and truly love your acknowledgment of this video not being totally comprehensive. So many people want to know everything in 60 seconds, appreciate the great longer-than-a-minute format content!
I would absolutely love to see a video on Los Angeles, I am a native Southern California and that would be amazing if you made a video on LA
If he does a LA video he needs to read the book, The Ecology of Fear. LA had such an interesting history to it.
Fabulous beginning to what will undoubtedly be an undertaking that will keep you busy looking at the other 3 boroughs as well. Kudos!
My brain can’t handle any more politics, this is so soothing and I’m hooked. Thank you!
Listen to a Zac poonen sermon....real talk
Yes!!!!!
Totally agree
Driven here by the same demons.
It’s odd to think that this video has nothing to do with politics.
WHat a wonderful presentation, which I find engaging as an historian, that is done in a manner that can make history fascinating and intriguing to just about anyone who isn't;
If you wanted to go back to the UK, you could make a video on Bath and Bristol. Both have extensive history in infrastructure, culture and architecture. Outside, i would like to hear more on European cities in Holland, Germany and especially Italy with its reputation for finding roman remains constantly when building infrastructure.
Bath's would probably be about 5 minutes long lol
I would LOVE a Bristol episode. it's such an odd duck of a city
As an inhabitant of Milan, Italy, a city that is not really known for its Roman foundation, I can confirm that our last underground line was postponed by some years because of founding Roman sites, especially in the city centre
Amsterdam has a pretty cool geography history. There are probably already quite some videos about that though, and more may be coming up now they've just kicked off its 750 y anniversary festivities.
I love the banged up Chevy in front of the Van Sicklen house. Loved the London and the Manhattan videos too! Keep up the great work! Please do Toronto too?
What people sometimes forget about these cities or towns are actually on Long Island.
I had to open Google maps to understand. I'm not a new Yorker
What's long Island
@Christina23 usually a lot of people think Long Island consists of Nassau and Suffolk counties, but the truth is Long Island is divided into 4 major counties. 2 of those counties are Burroughs of NYC, which are Brooklyn and Queens. But they are located on Long Island itself. If you happen to look at Long Island on a map it looks like a big fish, lol. At the head of the fish, you will see Brooklyn and Queens. As you continue south easterly you will come to Nassau County and eventually Suffolk County. I spent my last few years as a teenager in Suffolk County and they were the best years of my life growing up.
This was a good history lesson. I was born in Brooklyn & lived there for 51 years (Crown Heights, Flatbush & Canarsie). I miss the city & enjoy learning more about the origins of Brooklyn and NYC.
do an expanded nyc with queens, staten, and the bronx
I love these kind of videos. I hope you get to do the rest of the boroughs.
Gotta stop you right there 2:01 - it's ALL-bany (like Alda) not AL(Gore)-bany 😮 But otherwise this is a really interesting and well-made video! Great topic. I was waiting for you to mention Welcome Back Kotter (look it up if you have no idea why this could have been in your video - watch the show theme)
When I was a yellow cab driver in NYC in the 70’s, it was easy to get lost in Brooklyn. I was from Manhattan, so going out to Wyckoff St., Bergen St, Van Sicklen Ave, Utrecht Av., etc, was always an adventure. I would orient myself with the Williamsburg Savings Bank building seen at 20:45 in the video. It was the tallest building and you could see it from almost anywhere in Brooklyn. I’d point my cab towards it and that would take me back to Fulton St. and the bridge back to Manhattan.
The original Gravesend map has the same characteristic four-park grid that Thomas Holme used in 1680s Philadelphia, then borrowed by Raleigh, NC in the 1790s.
And by Savannah, GA in the 1730s. I wonder if there was a common English model; it certainly couldn't have come from Boston!
You’re gunna like this www.jstor.org/stable/43324087
I love how many old historical things are just hiding in plain sight in NYC, it's hard to remember how old it is sometimes
I'm biased because I'm from there but would love to see a San Fransisco's Map Explained video!
Please do a video on Baltimore
Wonderful video! Thank you for speaking with so many great experts!
Selfishly as a Columbia University alum, I’d be interested in you tracing its history in the city, from Alexander Hamilton in Kings College to the controversial expansion into Manhattanville.
I feel like this guy's entire vibe is the embodiment of Brooklyn 😂 Great video!
Gentrified bk?
You did a remarkable job. This was concise and well-organized. You're the map scholar, so I would be interested in learning more about street orientation and how the English approached it differently from the Dutch, and how those traditions played out in the New World, specifically with Gravesend in relation to the other original towns in Kings Country. I went to high school in Worcester, Massachusetts, and I know more than a little about Andrew Haswell Green. Perhaps a video on "The Great Mistake of '98" and consolidation, and the role New York City's plentiful freshwater drinking supply (Croton), and Brooklyn's rapidly diminishing foul-tasting drinking water supply, played in that decision. Again, well done.
your hair looks so good daniel literally goals
Born & bred in Bay Ridge, never knew how & why it got its name!
Please do St. Louis next
Really appreciate these! Can tell how much hard work goes in to them
Greetings from Gravesend, UK! Very engaging video! 🙂
hey we have a gravesend in ny
This is a great channel. My 25 yr old son, a History Geek, like me, turned me on to it. Thank you.
Good Moses parted the seas. Bad Moses parted the neighborhoods.
Bad Moses prevented class wars via walls and injunctions.
Absolutely phenomenal , Daniel; thank you! When you have the time and inclination, I would love to see what you'd come up with for Green-Wood Cemetary.
1:57 it's pronounced "Awl-bany"
Bingo!!! Al-bany is in Oregon
Love the genuine geeking out at the archives.
As a non American, non-New Yorker, im going to start referring to all Brooklyners as being from King's County
That would be correct, as it's still the name of the county
The City of Brooklyn did not cover the entire county until it absorbed the town of Flatlands in 1894.
A video of the Bronx and uptown Manhattan would be cool.
No one ever talks about the long evil systemic genocide of the these native tribes. This inhumane practice was replicated from town to town until all of the America was taken. It lasted for 400 years. Heartbreaking 💔
No one talks about the propaganda you just regurgitated??
Are you even being serious?!
It’s all anyone talks about.
What ISNT talked about is the fact that the real reason why so-called ‘natives’ lost their lands and faired so horribly with the arrival of Europeans is:
A) there is no ‘native’
This is a European concept.
These ‘natives’ viewed even themselves as different ppl and *nations, rather than this mythological simplification of ONE race of ppl in the Americas
And B) they were involved in that very same systemic genocide, long before the European arrived
And when the euro DID arrive, they constantly manipulated the White man with their own internal tribal politics and wars… and they CONSTANTLY aligned with the losing sides!
French & Indian war, American war of independence, even the Civil War!
It’s not like these ‘natives’ were sitting back and minding their own business… they were every bit as ambitious, greedy, imperialistic and expansive as the White ‘tribes’ of humans who crossed the sea…
They lost their ‘homelands’ by double-dealing, breaking treaties, & aligning with the losing sides in these wars… precisely because they too were being so aggressive, inhumane and warlike
….its just that you are allowed to practice your antiWhite racism, which you do when you suggest that ‘natives’ have/had a homeland that they were entitled to - but that ppl of European descent are NOT allowed to have a homeland of their own
It’s not reverse racism - it’s plain racism… against White ppl
Let’s remember that the ENTIRE REASON that Western Civilization came crashing upon the eastern shores of the Americas, is because a warlike desert ppl invaded, stole and subjugated the ENTIRE eastern half of the Greco-Roman world…. Yet we do not consider Arabs to be foreign occupiers, who exploited the Middle East, and are currently foreigners on white lands - yet this is how we describe white ppl in the Americas
Gross hypocrisy
The French genuinely respected the ‘natives’ that they interacted with, and paid a heavy price for that failure of doctrine, by being betrayed by these tribes with their Anglo alliances… which resulted in French being pushed out of ‘the new world’ and being replaced by British - who were FAR less accommodating
But ppl like you are only interested in perpetuating anti-White narratives, in an unprecedented attempt to rewrite history
This isn’t history.
It’s propaganda
No one talks about the propaganda you just regurgitated??
Are you even being serious?!
It’s all anyone talks about.
What ISNT talked about is the fact that the real reason why so-called ‘natives’ lost their lands and faired so horribly with the arrival of Europeans is:
A) there is no ‘native’
This is a European concept.
These ‘natives’ viewed even themselves as different ppl and *nations, rather than this mythological simplification of ONE race of ppl in the Americas
And B) they were involved in that very same systemic genocide, long before the European arrived
And when the euro DID arrive, they constantly manipulated the White man with their own internal tribal politics and wars… and they CONSTANTLY aligned with the losing sides!
French & Indian war, American war of independence, even the Civil War!
It’s not like these ‘natives’ were sitting back and minding their own business… they were every bit as ambitious, greedy, imperialistic and expansive as the White ‘tribes’ of humans who crossed the sea…
They lost their ‘homelands’ by double-dealing, breaking treaties, & aligning with the losing sides in these wars… precisely because they too were being so aggressive, inhumane and warlike
….its just that you are allowed to practice your antiWhite racism, which you do when you suggest that ‘natives’ have/had a homeland that they were entitled to - but that ppl of European descent are NOT allowed to have a homeland of their own
It’s not reverse racism - it’s plain racism… against White ppl
Let’s remember that the ENTIRE REASON that Western Civilization came crashing upon the eastern shores of the Americas, is because a warlike desert ppl invaded, stole and subjugated the ENTIRE eastern half of the Greco-Roman world…. Yet we do not consider Arabs to be foreign occupiers, who exploited the Middle East, and are currently foreigners on white lands - yet this is how we describe white ppl in the Americas
Gross hypocrisy
The French genuinely respected the ‘natives’ that they interacted with, and paid a heavy price for that failure of doctrine, by being betrayed by these tribes with their Anglo alliances… which resulted in French being pushed out of ‘the new world’ and being replaced by British - who were FAR less accommodating
But ppl like you are only interested in perpetuating anti-White narratives, in an unprecedented attempt to rewrite history
This isn’t history.
It’s propaganda
Woooh as a Brooklynite, this was very neat & insightful!!
Gravesend, Brooklyn native here. Believe me, a vast majority of the people/families who have lived here for 40-70+ years know the history of the area and its significance. Great video.