20 years from now when we have face mask body mods and magnet vests forcing people 6 feet apart we will be wondering what the hell is happening in this video.
It started in the 60s. With all that crime they were able to make a bunch of movies of NY city! Like the classic Midnight cowboy 1969, Death wish (1974) and Taxi Driver 1976)
It's true. I was 12 years old in 89. But I thought and reasoned like I was much older. and me and my friends stole everything you could think of. Burglarized stores late at night. Brooklyn was our playground. We felt unstoppable. Damn I miss those days :)
My father was a Conductor during this time. They don’t talk about the time when my pop was hit over the head with a 2X4 at Gun Hill Road Station. I was a little kid and I was scared to death when I found out. Thankfully, he made it to retirement..love and miss you poppa..Conductor #81000 Rest In Peace daddy.
I respect that you respect your dad. But give us that good mans name. He was not a number. The fact that he even stayed at that job after such a happening shows he was a family man.
May your father Rest In Peace and thankful for his service. I too worked in that hell hole subway from 1990-1998 in various positions over the years (Cleaner, Track Worker, Conductor, Motorman) and after several occasions of being threatened and/or assaulted I resigned moving on to the Railroads. As bad as some people think the subway system is now, it’s vastly different and better than it’s crazy and scary days from the 80’s & 90’s.
I got mugged and stabbed on the R Line and all the people around me did was walk over me, one guy wanted to take my sneakers....Never rode the train without being strapped again.
That's Very Sad. I thought most people would be trying to get you help and/or Call 911.. If someone sees someone actually being assaulted espeiciallly with a WEapon like a Knife, most People would run away (unless they are heavily trained in the Martial Arts or are packing which is basically banned in NewYokr), but I think most people would be trying to get the Victim &/or calling 911. I'm a Native New Yorker still living here
Jamal Nasir lmao who the fuck cares bout a concealed carry? It’s survival, that bs law doesn’t apply when you fear for your life especially in a city where you can’t carry. And when people say I’m strapped they mean they’re packing.
What's weird is how much of this accurately applies to today's MTA, 30 years later (before COVID of course). It was an antique then, and even more an antique now.
@@iamvinny Many lines have newer cars. E, F, R, M, J, Z, and the C and A but they're on pause due to some teething issues. The 2, 4, 5 have cars from around the 2000s that are fairly modern too. There are actually a good amount of more modern trains and it's not hard to find them.
I always love watching these old 90s documentaries. There's just something about these, from my childhood especially in the late 90s since I was born in '95, that just makes me feel very good and nostalgic...
I never got to experience the 90's since I wasen't alive at the time but the fuzziness of the videos, the type of technology coming out, the style of clothing, and the "in your face" attitude always jumped out to me. Honestly, the whole 90's culture itself really excites me.
I am 52 years old and I've lived in New York City my entire life. In 1990 I was working and riding the subways every day. Other than Ellis Henican's hair I find none of this creepy at all.
That is the story of New Yorkers until today, rush hours and more now this virus Covid19 with masks and distances and disinfectants...the story of working people...no more fun anymore...
Amy Crabtree you know in actuality there’s people who die on either tracks or homeless people on stations. Staff just sometimes put them in some rooms in a station for later when it’s more convenient for them to be sent out of the stations
+mercedesbenzc2 euro6 I had no idea about these new train lines. I live in the Bronx and the 6 has always been the best. The T seem like it would be better
"living in the moment" Yeah, I bet it must've been awesome riding a fucking TRAIN. Wow, how I wish I could live the moment of riding a goddamn train, am I right? you clown
back then people did not have cell phones to record everything so you could just murder someone and and go away into the crowd at the next station before anyone can even call the cops
You're buggin. There's wifi, digital maps, electronic boards that show the following stations, recorded voice lines for every stop (with clear audio), USB charging stations, new benches that allows for more seating, and most stations are kept clean (at least on the platforms). Clearly didn't grow up riding the MTA
The tone of this is so offputting. It's like he's making a children's educational video for adults ("Firefighters ride around in big red trucks!") combined with oddly specific whining about non-subway transportation.
@@Tibbers12 I randomly put on Tom Waits' Night on Earth theme and my friend (who had never heard of him) said it sounded like Cookie Monster singing opera, lol.
The subway system is below the sewer line. When you flush a toilet there gravity won't help, the waste needs to be pumped up to the sewers. The ejector room houses the pumps.
"...millions of people, millions of bizarre, tiny facts, all living together in uneasy balance." Those are some true and harrowing words to end the video with.
NYC has changed sooo much! I vacationed there with my kid's in 2018 and it was very clean (including the subway). We didn't feel unsafe not even for a second. It was very clean & everyone was so nice. It's mostly college age kids from out of state now. I remember going to NYC in the year 2000 and being scared to death.... It's much nicer now!
Must be in a desperate mind to take the the subway line where you’ll find strange people and derange new crimes that’s defines the subway but hey it’s faster
The 'creepiest' thing about NYC in 1990 was David Dinkins who, until de Blasio, was the worst mayor in NYC history. As for subway crime, it didn't matter where you got on or got off, because chances are your line went through some really crappy areas, with some really crappy people, as anyone who took the A train through Brooklyn could attest to.
It's amazing how much has not really changed in 25 years. Sure some stations are cleaner and some lines have new trains. But on others it's still exactly the same.
Love how he says, “buses take forever”. Here we are decades later and Staten Island STILL doesn’t have a real subway train and are surrounded with buses
That’s literally like all of New York. New Yorkers always think New York has the best everything in the world and is the best place in the world. But then they get a passport and actually travel and they open their eyes. New York is cool but is not the best place in the entire world, that’s too much an arrogant statement when there is literally a whole world out there.
@Stranded NYer Sweetie, New York and America are not my home country 🤣🤣. I’ve actually lived in Asia and every continent on this planet except for Antarctica and now I live in New York for reasons out of my control...and I stand by what the fuck I said. New Yorkers are the loudest most prideful people about New York. They are always screaming about how New York is the best place in the world so I quite frankly just don’t believe that you’ve never heard people say that, but you live there. I hear it every day!!!! Especially when they realize I’m not from New York and they ask me how I like it, and I make the mistake of being honest!! They get so fucking mad “New York is the best place in the world, you’re never gonna find anywhere as good as New York, you’re just a hater, this place never sleeps, you’ll never find food as good as here blah blah blah” all while giving me death glares. I experienced this from New Yorkers even before moving to New York. I think maybe you’re not the one living in reality. Sorry not all of us find your cat sized rats charming. And we are all aware that Japan’s Subway system has a problem with sexual assault, Japan in general has that problem and their prison sentences for even murder are weak af. But New York in general has a pretty bad rape and violent crime problem too, Japan is overall much safer than New York. Nice try though!
@Stranded NYer Did you know in New York, sexual assault is such a problem, that it’s not safe to even take an Uber or ride share app?? They’re in the process of developing a female only type of ride share so that women don’t have to keep getting sexually assaulted in taxis, Uber’s etc in your perfect New York. What are your feelings on that since you feel so strongly about female only trains in New York? Please, enlighten us.
@Stranded NYer Also if you could read, you would see that I never even brought up the Japanese subway system in the first place. If you’re such a New Yorker, pull the fuck up bitch. Let’s meet, and you can show me what a Native New Yorker you are.
One plus about nowadays is that google maps is a serious life changer. whereas more people back then only knew the lines that were necessary for them or had to memorize entire maps for new places, nowadays you could put any destination into your phone and start exploring.
5:00 "Have you ever been inside a Subway restroom". Actually NO..after seeing The Warriors I haven;t actually gone inside one since 1979 ..have you lol?
I've been to a bus station bathroom in a different city that had a half inch of 'water' uniformly covering the floor. Their subways can't do worse than that, right? Right?
The ejector room is where accumulated water is pumped out into the municipal sewer system. The NY subway was sump pumps running 24 hours a day to keep the underground tunnels and stations from flooding. That's what the ejector room does.
Deadass, racist as fuck. It's like George H.W.'s campaign ad. "We can't call black people criminals anymore, but let's show black images while talking about crime." And people still fall for it.
I always felt safe riding the "R" train from Wall Street all the way to Bayridge Brooklyn no matter what time I was on the train from 1985 to 2002. 86 Street was the last stop on the R train so if you fell asleep the announcements would wake you up or just the train sitting there a while. I moved out of my hometown of Greenpoint Brooklyn back in 85. That was the "GG" then changed to "G" train. They messed up that G line til this day. I used to take the G Train to Queens Blvd and catch the F or E to Jamaica Queens my High School stop. That same "G" you would stop in Queens Blvd and change for the E train to downtown the World Trade Center in Wall Street or just to Macy's on 34th. Let's not forget the G to the F and then Coney Island last stop back in the 70s. I miss my old NYC from 80s and 90s. I never saw the grittiness just the wonderful adventure from my teens to adulthood.
Besides the crime, nothing else mentioned here is creepy about the system. I dig the abandoned stations night club idea. They can barricade the edge of the platform so that no one gets hit by trains or fall onto the tracks. Or they can fill up the stations with art like they did on the abandoned Myrtle Ave platform north from Dekalb.
+kathartic713 My line is the B/Q and 'Masstransiscope' (the artwork on the abondoned Myrtle Ave. platform between DeKalb Ave. and the Manhattan Bridge) is one of the few highlights of my daily commute.
I used to take a trip to NYC every year as a young teen and so the subway system of the 90s is all I know. I loved taking the subway to go to Chinatown and Manhattan. This was pre internet so this was a time where certain things could only be bought in NYC for me. Living in a smaller town in Florida, I couldn't get imported toys like Gundam models or hard to find Gameboy games.
I was a station supervisor at that time, Grand Central was in my zone. I can attest that GC was and is the busiest station in the system. During the rush hour the main booth R237 had lines up the stairs. I would open a window and sell tokens.
missingmochiguman The song is called 'Downtown Train', off his 1985 album 'Rain Dogs'. It would later be covered by Rod Stewart and become a top 40 hit.
As a regular E-train rider before COVID, the homeless situation is a lot worse. It’s almost 1 homeless person per car before COVID and I can only imagine how bad it is now
I was 12 in 1990, still live in NYC and yeah crime was higher in the 1980's up until around 1996 then it significantly dropped and that's a good thing. The energy in the 80's up to the early 90's in NYC was great. It feels cool again as of 2017. NYC is cool nowadays, still real but people are aware of the bullcrap more so they don't fall for it. Great city to live in.
When I used to ride the subway to school, I would leave the house a lot earlier than the majority of school kids just to avoid the drama. Good thing I got off around 1:30-2:00 and avoided them again.
That’s the NYC I fell in love with 32 years ago. I have fond memories of reading Ellis Henican in New York Newsday, the best daily newspaper ever. I miss it like I miss 1980s Manhattan.
Lol. This video was so dumb but it did give me a blast to the past. I have been riding the trains by myself since I was about 10. Well before 1990. And I am still here to tell the story. Lol. There is nothing creepy about this video except the music.
+bd10232003 Agreed. We were just trying to get from point A to point B. Yeah, there were weirdos and drunks, but they have them everywhere. What I find creepy are very quiet, lonely neighborhoods where you can't find a single soul walking the street. I found it very creepy.
Look at him walking around , touching everything, and being next to people
Especially that homeless guy, you know he had covid for sure
Look at him not wahsing his hands every 20 min, lucky dude
20 years from now when we have face mask body mods and magnet vests forcing people 6 feet apart we will be wondering what the hell is happening in this video.
those were the days
I never expected looking at crowds would make me so viscerally uncomfortable
what am I doing with my life
You are dying, that's what you are doing with your life, you and everybody else.
Des i was thinking the same, sad world
You looking into the past and our shitty subways systems.
Rumor has it... Des is still wondering what she's doing with her life
haha.. damn same xO
Imagine being homeless or a panhandler and you see this guy describing you and following you with a camera
Lol I know
Skari monst wait how you know about the soulless lol: so true
No need to follow they everywhere...
Imagine being a homeless panhandler.
😂
1:24 I got chills at "63 vice presidents, what do they all do? No one knows..."
Rubbing their balls in quarters and sending them to schools as change for school snack purchases. Look it up!
They’re basically the presidents understudy/sidekick 😂😂
Making more money than you or I. This is why the trains are filthy and they should all be arrested
They should hire 6 more to make things work.
@Michael Jurek I know, right? They're messed up.
you know whats MORE CREEPY ?? the same old fking train is being used till this day. the seats and trains looks exactly the same.
The transit authority needs money to par for the 63 vice presidents.
grrrindz they legit still use R32 trains from 1964 today
Ew
@@eagbplayz851 they are now cause of the r179, thses railfanners are mad happy
Andy A I have a Transit channel (XcelsiorFan4964) And I really wanna catch an R32
Some of you may be surprised, but 1989-1990 was actually the most dangerous point in NYC history. Crack was at its peak and crime was out of control!!
It started in the 60s. With all that crime they were able to make a bunch of movies of NY city! Like the classic Midnight cowboy 1969, Death wish (1974) and Taxi Driver 1976)
+TDTam11 FIVE TIMES as many murders! It was nuts.
I thought crime rates dropped in the 1990's...
It's true. I was 12 years old in 89. But I thought and reasoned like I was much older. and me and my friends stole everything you could think of. Burglarized stores late at night. Brooklyn was our playground. We felt unstoppable. Damn I miss those days :)
JustinLodes
So your happy about being a criminal?
If this didn’t have ‘creepy’ in the title I wouldn’t have been think anything about it while watching this. Seemed pretty interesting
please correct this my brain died trying to understand
I like trains
Yeah, all those interesting panhandlers
Facts
If this didn't have 'creepy' in the title I wouldn't have thought about it while watching. It seems pretty interesting.*
Why does everyone suddenly have this on their recommendations
Man it’s weird
Nobody knows
Corona
@@mabcap124 I know 👀
That’s creepy lol
My father was a Conductor during this time. They don’t talk about the time when my pop was hit over the head with a 2X4 at Gun Hill Road Station. I was a little kid and I was scared to death when I found out. Thankfully, he made it to retirement..love and miss you poppa..Conductor #81000 Rest In Peace daddy.
I respect that you respect your dad.
But give us that good mans name. He was not a number.
The fact that he even stayed at that job after such a happening shows he was a family man.
May your father Rest In Peace and thankful for his service. I too worked in that hell hole subway from 1990-1998 in various positions over the years (Cleaner, Track Worker, Conductor, Motorman) and after several occasions of being threatened and/or assaulted I resigned moving on to the Railroads. As bad as some people think the subway system is now, it’s vastly different and better than it’s crazy and scary days from the 80’s & 90’s.
Jesus, that's terrible. NYC was no joke in the '70s-mid '90s.
Love you remember this worlds only temporary and you will meet him again !
Why would they talk about that incident? I’m so confused
Who else is travelling to the 1990's and watching this before going?
I wish.
Fuck you
If you could time travel what would you want to go on the subway oh, you should use that technology to buy Apple stock.
@@givememore4free It's for the railfans.
@@blakemcnamara9105 lollllllll
It's crazy how these people aren't social distancing
Ate you a liberal?
@@gonkdroidfromlegostarwarst2942 wait what does being a liberal have anything to do with social distancing??
@@gonkdroidfromlegostarwarst2942 I eat liberals for breakfast
Tf is this comment reply section?
@@sparky9943 pretty sure they're on something man
I feel so dirty watching this during Covid.
alyxibiteu51 if you can’t figure that out lol yikes
alyxibiteu51 get a grip abu lol
I'm calling in to work and quitting first thing. Repulsive video needs to be banned ffs
Just how Bill Gates and his cronies want you to feel
@Monster RR trump 2020 baby!!!
I got mugged and stabbed on the R Line and all the people around me did was walk over me, one guy wanted to take my sneakers....Never rode the train without being strapped again.
That's Very Sad. I thought most people would be trying to get you help and/or Call 911.. If someone sees someone actually being assaulted espeiciallly with a WEapon like a Knife, most People would run away (unless they are heavily trained in the Martial Arts or are packing which is basically banned in NewYokr), but I think most people would be trying to get the Victim &/or calling 911. I'm a Native New Yorker still living here
Rob Dickerson wow
strapped with what? bombs? cause a concealed carry permit is nearly impossible to get in NYC
my nigga just carry a blade wit u. What I been doing since moving to Newark
Jamal Nasir lmao who the fuck cares bout a concealed carry? It’s survival, that bs law doesn’t apply when you fear for your life especially in a city where you can’t carry.
And when people say I’m strapped they mean they’re packing.
I've lived in NYC for 9 years and I've never gone to a subway bathroom. And I never will....
I’ve been living here since 94 and I have never even seen the bathroom
I've lived here my entire life (22 yrs), and I only just saw a bathroom a couple of weeks ago. Wouldn't use it though.
The only bathrooms in the entire system that are worth using are at Times Square, mainly because they are manned by an employee that controls access.
@@WakkoKakko and the bathtoom from canal street is good
Pussy
What's weird is how much of this accurately applies to today's MTA, 30 years later (before COVID of course). It was an antique then, and even more an antique now.
Love your videos man!
The world never really changes no matter how much you think
ep3 well it does change, but many things always stay the same
it looks exactly the same
I said this too in all 30 years absolutely nothing has changed
"forgetaboutitit" is the most newyork thing I've heard in my life
that’s 80’s-90’s New York when the Italian Mafia ruled the streets. Now it’s “deadass” - born & raised New Yorker since the 90’s
I lol’ed, it was so natural too
I laughed when he said that, it just made him sound like he was joking
Deadass
Anthony deadass is said everywhere...
"What DO they all do? No one knows..."
+peppermint23
lmao
looool
+peppermint23 they all do creepy like in the 90s and go to the ghosts in the ejector rooms XD 😄😄😄
What about the stink of the NYC Subway trains.
Watch 'Dark Days'
The creepy part is that the subway looks still the same
Vince V The posters are probably new, but everything else, including stations, corridors, trains, etc has not changed.
Cause they are
They’re the same, only in a few lines there’s new trains
😂😂😂
@@iamvinny Many lines have newer cars. E, F, R, M, J, Z, and the C and A but they're on pause due to some teething issues. The 2, 4, 5 have cars from around the 2000s that are fairly modern too. There are actually a good amount of more modern trains and it's not hard to find them.
"What do they all do? No one knows"
Sounds about right.
I always love watching these old 90s documentaries. There's just something about these, from my childhood especially in the late 90s since I was born in '95, that just makes me feel very good and nostalgic...
I was born in 89 and I agree.
We're old now.
Yup nostolgic
I never got to experience the 90's since I wasen't alive at the time but the fuzziness of the videos, the type of technology coming out, the style of clothing, and the "in your face" attitude always jumped out to me. Honestly, the whole 90's culture itself really excites me.
Not including 9/11, the year 1990 had the most homicides in NYC history.
I heard about an incidence in long island when there was a war inside a cinema. I wonder if it was true
9/11 was in 01
@@lenama1234567890 yes. yes it was.
Ghassan jenainaty explain
@M Johnson doesn't make sense to include it if the comment said in 1990
I am 52 years old and I've lived in New York City my entire life. In 1990 I was working and riding the subways every day. Other than Ellis Henican's hair I find none of this creepy at all.
Word it's only creepy to non New Yorkers... just another day in the Big Apple
The only thing I would find creepy is a bathroom that’s actually open for once.
@@goliathtigerfishes 😅
People find old stuff scary, its always been that way for some reason
@@goliathtigerfishes have you ever seen Maniac? ;)
They tried to so hard to make a story, but really all they did is make me laugh.
I laughed so hard
Ur the type of person that makes everything worse even bad videos
That is the story of New Yorkers until today, rush hours and more now this virus Covid19 with masks and distances and disinfectants...the story of working people...no more fun anymore...
Amy Crabtree you know in actuality there’s people who die on either tracks or homeless people on stations. Staff just sometimes put them in some rooms in a station for later when it’s more convenient for them to be sent out of the stations
So do I make you laugh? Do I amuse you? Funny how?
I struggle to see what exactly the point of this video even was.
Maybe it was to give an overview of the New York City Subway?
To show people what a judgmental prick this guy is.
Idk youtubers nowadays will make a video about anything
i don’t think this guy was a youtuber
I agreee
Why the fuck am I watching this
Cos it was meant to be creepy, but It wasn't...
Lol that 4, 5, 6 line is still crowded today
Yep, until the T train will be finished, maybe
grand central still crowded too
*****
Yep and the W is replacing Q in queens i think
+mercedesbenzc2 euro6 I had no idea about these new train lines. I live in the Bronx and the 6 has always been the best. The T seem like it would be better
Lin Chavez the shit head part wasn't necessary. I do find it odd that they are just now making a second avenue train line.
As a New Yorker I can’t even conceive a bathroom in the subway, other than those little corners at the end of each station
Shay no wayy, I’ve never seen a single subway bathroom in the 16 years I’ve lived in nyc
@@Momo-bb2fn You've never been to Times Square station?
Undecided more times than I can count, I’ve never seen one
@@Momo-bb2fn There's bathrooms right next to the music store. It's probably the only ones in the system that get cleaned.
New stations have bathrooms. Hudson yards.
No masks, no social distancing, not a cell phone in sight....just everyone living in the moment.
Simply vibing
Those were the days.
Volomette the joke went right over your head, it seems.
Singapore Pearl I thought this virus thing was made up
"living in the moment" Yeah, I bet it must've been awesome riding a fucking TRAIN. Wow, how I wish I could live the moment of riding a goddamn train, am I right? you clown
"you walk past the sign that sends shivers down your spine" lmaoo
I know right, I just won't be able to sleep tonight thinking of the EJECTOR ROOM lol
1990, a simplier time when people werent as cynical as they are now
back then people did not have cell phones to record everything so you could just murder someone and and go away into the crowd at the next station before anyone can even call the cops
playboipoop 😂
Its a sewage ejector pump station FFS. they have then in almost every city state and town
Dude had some nerve to stand right in front of the turnstile
Ikr
And stand at the door talking to the camera while getting off the train
1am and I am watching an old, creepy documentary about subway
Respect
New york subways are romantic....love the oddities and ghost stations
Almost never changed or updated considering all the money it brings in. They did clean up graffiti.
It's too old to be updated. They're trying to do it now but they're just going to screw it up.
Rich Sullivan imagine being a upset that a city is safer than before
@@jcinfan Now it's going down the tubes again thanks to Comrade DeBlasio.
Rich Sullivan i live in WH,i can walk to the bodega without having to worry compared to 10 years ago. You’re probably from Jersey Rich.
You're buggin. There's wifi, digital maps, electronic boards that show the following stations, recorded voice lines for every stop (with clear audio), USB charging stations, new benches that allows for more seating, and most stations are kept clean (at least on the platforms). Clearly didn't grow up riding the MTA
A perfect New York "fugeddaboudit!" at 0:45
lol
Ha
Honestly think he was faking it.
Ghost Murmur me too
Lmao
The tone of this is so offputting. It's like he's making a children's educational video for adults ("Firefighters ride around in big red trucks!") combined with oddly specific whining about non-subway transportation.
You probably take a limo to work every day though. :)
Time and Place. TV was a bit more staid back then, not the silly fest you see now.
These 30+ year old subway cars from 1990 are still regularly used today in New York for multiple different subway lines.
2:27 is that cookie monster singing?
That's the great Tom Waits, but now I'll always hear Cookie Monster.
@Jonathan Sakks C is for Cookie, that's good enough for me
Legendary TOM WAITS
@@Tibbers12 I randomly put on Tom Waits' Night on Earth theme and my friend (who had never heard of him) said it sounded like Cookie Monster singing opera, lol.
No
The subway system is below the sewer line. When you flush a toilet there gravity won't help, the waste needs to be pumped up to the sewers. The ejector room houses the pumps.
That's still kinda creepy, but not in the way I expected
I liked the mystery better
KingTitan Yes
thank you!
@@IguanaJoose Yeah if you like doing handstands while taking a deuce
"...millions of people, millions of bizarre, tiny facts, all living together in uneasy balance." Those are some true and harrowing words to end the video with.
NYC has changed sooo much! I vacationed there with my kid's in 2018 and it was very clean (including the subway). We didn't feel unsafe not even for a second. It was very clean & everyone was so nice. It's mostly college age kids from out of state now. I remember going to NYC in the year 2000 and being scared to death.... It's much nicer now!
And I don't see too many changes since then. The subway still remains quite a dump for me I try to avoid as much as possible.
wouldve been funny if he got robbed during the filming..
he actually did lol
He'll avoid filming 2;00 - 4;00
@Carpet Hooligan lmao
@Carpet Hooligan Are you kidding?
He wouldn’t laugh
Was a little disappointed that he didn't keep rhyming after his first two lines 0:21 - 0:27
...And he could have rhymed limousines with Queens
Roses are red, violets are blue
To get home by bus takes an hour or two
Augusto's discount helicopter rides Be ready to lie to avoid a crime
woulda made the rest of the video a helluvolot more epic
Must be in a desperate mind to take the the subway line where you’ll find strange people and derange new crimes that’s defines the subway but hey it’s faster
The 'creepiest' thing about NYC in 1990 was David Dinkins who, until de Blasio, was the worst mayor in NYC history. As for subway crime, it didn't matter where you got on or got off, because chances are your line went through some really crappy areas, with some really crappy people, as anyone who took the A train through Brooklyn could attest to.
2:03 - These cops were pretty handsy.
2:02 he touches the girl in a very improper way. Look at his face before touching her. He knows what he is doing, i.e., it was not unintentionally.
@@betofc89 why don't you file a report
It's amazing how much has not really changed in 25 years. Sure some stations are cleaner and some lines have new trains. But on others it's still exactly the same.
where is the rest of the video
I believe this segment was from The MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour.
Joseph Davis just like the system,they got us all enslaved,nothing will change if the people don't change. that's why I got out of this video.
True
You must’ve never rode the train in 90 to say that nothing has changed
Two questions you never want to be asked are:
Yo what size are those? And Yo you know what time it is?
Almighty Sosa _ True that lol
Why is that? I mean I have an idea what you’re talking about but just want to know specifically
lmfaooooooo bro said why is that but for real though
"yo you got the time"
"nah b my phone is dead"
Almighty Sosa Not if you have a blicky on you then I got the time and size
I've only been asked what size my shoes are once, and I said "Not yours"
I lived in NYC in 1990. It didn't seem creepy, just the best way to get around.
why am i watching in 2020 thinking ew hes touching EVRRYTHING
Why are you gay?
Why are you gay?
Don't become one of those pussies from Demolition Man afraid of basic physical contact.
I'll tell you what is even more "creepy": that reporter Ellis Henican looks exactly the same today as he did in 1990. Vampire anyone?
ellis henican was 31 in 1990...he looks like he's 45 here
All those years riding the subway really take their toll on the human body.
@@RockandrollNegro lol
Forget about it
filmidioten lol.
No Metrocards yet, no credit or debit card transactions. Cash only at the booth, buy a token that was it!
NO WONDER OUT DEBT HAS CLIMBED TO HELL
DEMOCRATS ARE THE WINNING ASSHOLES
Simpler times...
Apparently the tech for implanted microchips are here but I would rather a debit card any day. Implanted microchips feel too intrusive to me.
Patriotis I see that happening in 12 years in 2030
2020 they year the city finally disinfected the MTA!!!!
from what? New York City? Better make way for the hipsters and rich douchebags, oh but I forgot you guys are "New Yorkers too" now. Gee whiz
Love how he says, “buses take forever”.
Here we are decades later and Staten Island STILL doesn’t have a real subway train and are surrounded with buses
Are the buses slow
I watched this video, where is my wallet?
I saw the dude that grabbed it, he was in the video
I’ll help you find it for $10
i lold
where is my virginity
These posts are fucking hilarious 😂
omg that song during the homeless person montage
hana bee damn your are really cute. Wanna go out sometime
I saw her first!
@Chil Pollins Correct. Tom Waits' "downtown train."
Lol
Pretty dope huh?!?
I’m pretty sure I saw myself in this video from 30 years ago. Sad part is I’m still taking the same dam train!
That man checking pay phone for change was a throwback.
2:45 The E train has more homeless people than anyone really line. True in 1990. True today.
sabirsal yes sir! seen it myself
sabirsal And still doubles in the Winter. Lol
Add the R train into the mix too. That train is all tunnel.
Well, as long as the weather remains the same, it will be forever true.
I just went to NYC this summer and I was mostly using the E train. The people there were kind.
Legend has it that all the trash you see on the tracks/platforms in this video is still hidden in nearby parts of the stations to this day.
I used to thin NY had the greatest train system in the world, then I traveled to Japan and it made NYC metro seem like a third world system.
That’s literally like all of New York. New Yorkers always think New York has the best everything in the world and is the best place in the world. But then they get a passport and actually travel and they open their eyes. New York is cool but is not the best place in the entire world, that’s too much an arrogant statement when there is literally a whole world out there.
@@creolechicken2.080 thats not true. Most of us think the mta is terrible
@Stranded NYer Sweetie, New York and America are not my home country 🤣🤣. I’ve actually lived in Asia and every continent on this planet except for Antarctica and now I live in New York for reasons out of my control...and I stand by what the fuck I said. New Yorkers are the loudest most prideful people about New York. They are always screaming about how New York is the best place in the world so I quite frankly just don’t believe that you’ve never heard people say that, but you live there. I hear it every day!!!! Especially when they realize I’m not from New York and they ask me how I like it, and I make the mistake of being honest!! They get so fucking mad “New York is the best place in the world, you’re never gonna find anywhere as good as New York, you’re just a hater, this place never sleeps, you’ll never find food as good as here blah blah blah” all while giving me death glares. I experienced this from New Yorkers even before moving to New York. I think maybe you’re not the one living in reality. Sorry not all of us find your cat sized rats charming. And we are all aware that Japan’s Subway system has a problem with sexual assault, Japan in general has that problem and their prison sentences for even murder are weak af. But New York in general has a pretty bad rape and violent crime problem too, Japan is overall much safer than New York. Nice try though!
@Stranded NYer Did you know in New York, sexual assault is such a problem, that it’s not safe to even take an Uber or ride share app?? They’re in the process of developing a female only type of ride share so that women don’t have to keep getting sexually assaulted in taxis, Uber’s etc in your perfect New York. What are your feelings on that since you feel so strongly about female only trains in New York? Please, enlighten us.
@Stranded NYer Also if you could read, you would see that I never even brought up the Japanese subway system in the first place. If you’re such a New Yorker, pull the fuck up bitch. Let’s meet, and you can show me what a Native New Yorker you are.
5:03 The most 90's grab I've ever seen in my life
In 1990 the subways might have been creepy, but your haircut was awesome.
seems kinda normal to me.. whats so "awesome" about it?
Ah good old stylish MULLETS.
Quel that was a shit hairstyle. From the 80s
It's just regular hair not cut low not trimmed or taken care of.
Rob Vincent dirty asf
0:46 I like how he say “forget about it”, like Mafia
It was a joke
Domenic Cercone why would u respond to an old year comment
@@Mr.watashi just forget about it
Makes me wanna watch hey arnold
“My God, what goes on in the ejector room? “
Ejections
This really is masterful storytelling. Excellent editing, excellent writing, excellent camera work, excellent choice of music and mood. Perfect job.
lol at these old MTA tokens before they introduced the MetroCard! Now they're collector's items.
Wheatley GLADOS I still have some of those old tokens.
Jessy V. keep them!
Jesse V. get rid of them!
eat them!
Sleep with them!
The Part When He Starts Talking About The Ghost Stations Is Scary As Fuck With That Music In The Back.. lmao
3:53 i breathed really deeply when he said that.
How is this "creepy?"
It isn't creepy. It's interesting.
"Do you know what's the most dangerous time to be in the subway? Middle of the night right? Wrong...." This guy a legend
4:34 Ghost station night clubs... wow. That was an actual idea. 90's NYC didn't give a fuck!
Actually still sounds pretty awesome. "Industrial" vibe. Just find a way to keep the drunks off the tracks.
When there's something strange!
In the neighborhood...
Who you gonna call?
Ghost busters!
One plus about nowadays is that google maps is a serious life changer. whereas more people back then only knew the lines that were necessary for them or had to memorize entire maps for new places, nowadays you could put any destination into your phone and start exploring.
And yet compared to the late 1970s, this looks downright luxurious...
5:00 "Have you ever been inside a Subway restroom". Actually NO..after seeing The Warriors I haven;t actually gone inside one since 1979 ..have you lol?
Piggy-Pike *Warriors
Piggy-218 I only saw sumway restroom in Roscoe street station ;)
Piggy-218 I have. Nothing beats taking a leak at night with a drunk and bum waiting for you to finish.
RoCCo CarmeLL Fuck yeah my dude, reference is on point
I've been to a bus station bathroom in a different city that had a half inch of 'water' uniformly covering the floor.
Their subways can't do worse than that, right? Right?
Watching this in the age of corona virus it's even more trippy
night hawk Diaz this is good compared to now!
Should tell you how bogus the shutdown is.
@@Danielfucks69 with the coming election i was expecting some kind of false flag... Mass shooting, terror attacks this was way bigger than i expected
AGE?? It's only been a few months. Hardly enough time to erase the way we've always lived.
The ejector room is where accumulated water is pumped out into the municipal sewer system. The NY subway was sump pumps running 24 hours a day to keep the underground tunnels and stations from flooding. That's what the ejector room does.
watching this in 2020, when they allude to “criminals” (1:50) on the subway, they show black kids. Can’t unsee it.
Bro they were showing the kids getting out of school and they showed the video of the kids not because of the criminal statement
Goondof “There are more subway criminals than ever before, and they are getting younger and younger every year”
This is verbatim from the video.
Some not so subtle racism
They be on code...
Deadass, racist as fuck. It's like George H.W.'s campaign ad. "We can't call black people criminals anymore, but let's show black images while talking about crime." And people still fall for it.
I always felt safe riding the "R" train from Wall Street all the way to Bayridge Brooklyn no matter what time I was on the train from 1985 to 2002. 86 Street was the last stop on the R train so if you fell asleep the announcements would wake you up or just the train sitting there a while. I moved out of my hometown of Greenpoint Brooklyn back in 85. That was the "GG" then changed to "G" train. They messed up that G line til this day. I used to take the G Train to Queens Blvd and catch the F or E to Jamaica Queens my High School stop. That same "G" you would stop in Queens Blvd and change for the E train to downtown the World Trade Center in Wall Street or just to Macy's on 34th. Let's not forget the G to the F and then Coney Island last stop back in the 70s. I miss my old NYC from 80s and 90s. I never saw the grittiness just the wonderful adventure from my teens to adulthood.
95th is the last stop, but more people get off at 86th (buses to Staten Island).
Whenever I hear Jamaica Queens I think of 50 Cent.
Cool !
Fascinating
Besides the crime, nothing else mentioned here is creepy about the system. I dig the abandoned stations night club idea. They can barricade the edge of the platform so that no one gets hit by trains or fall onto the tracks. Or they can fill up the stations with art like they did on the abandoned Myrtle Ave platform north from Dekalb.
+kathartic713 My line is the B/Q and 'Masstransiscope' (the artwork on the abondoned Myrtle Ave. platform between DeKalb Ave. and the Manhattan Bridge) is one of the few highlights of my daily commute.
Drunk people jumping barriers is gonna be a HUGE liability problem. It can't be done.
Just make heavy duty barriers from floor to ceiling
I used to take a trip to NYC every year as a young teen and so the subway system of the 90s is all I know. I loved taking the subway to go to Chinatown and Manhattan. This was pre internet so this was a time where certain things could only be bought in NYC for me. Living in a smaller town in Florida, I couldn't get imported toys like Gundam models or hard to find Gameboy games.
I was a station supervisor at that time, Grand Central was in my zone. I can attest that GC was and is the busiest station in the system. During the rush hour the main booth R237 had lines up the stairs. I would open a window and sell tokens.
That music at 2:23 is just so ridiculous, I love it.
It's Tom Waits.
Anyone care to share the song's name?
missingmochiguman The song is called 'Downtown Train', off his 1985 album 'Rain Dogs'. It would later be covered by Rod Stewart and become a top 40 hit.
Matt Jarvie
Thanks for the response!
hahahahaha
looking at old videos always give me a little bit of fear of death time is the enemy
Time is the fire in which we burn.
...and no one holding a smartphone, now that is what you call, “creepy“ ...lol
Ok boomer
Ok boomer
Delta -iwnl- lame
@@sherbaum1985 ok
Nick Friend stfu
As a regular E-train rider before COVID, the homeless situation is a lot worse. It’s almost 1 homeless person per car before COVID and I can only imagine how bad it is now
I was 12 in 1990, still live in NYC and yeah crime was higher in the 1980's up until around 1996 then it significantly dropped and that's a good thing. The energy in the 80's up to the early 90's in NYC was great. It feels cool again as of 2017. NYC is cool nowadays, still real but people are aware of the bullcrap more so they don't fall for it. Great city to live in.
But when crime was high the rents were low. Now good look even finding an affordable apartment in Bushwick.
Thanks to Rudy Giuliani, crime dropped
The use of lead additives with gasoline was banned. All those pollutants caused restricted mental development leading to more impulsive behaviour.
So where did all the criminals and homeless people go after the mid '90s? Idaho?
@@KAO-lj3oz they killed a lot of the homeless. A ton just "vanished" around 1995.
“You walk past the sign that sends figures down your spine”
The ejector room (so scary)
The art direction is crazy. So many intricate camera angles and swoops. Might as well give it a Grammy for best motion picture.
you know what’s creepy?? how the eff this guy walks around without swinging his arms , oh the humanity ..
The fact still remains true for the E train. Plenty of homeless esp late night if you to Jamaica. Less homeless? The 7 :D
Thank God I live near 52nd Lincoln ave!
2:03 - look where the policeman has his thumb on girl
That's creepyyy he even looked too
Not one phone in sight everyone is just living life
Why is this in recommended? I think we should all 00:46...
Veryyy underrated comment!! 🤣
When I used to ride the subway to school, I would leave the house a lot earlier than the majority of school kids just to avoid the drama. Good thing I got off around 1:30-2:00 and avoided them again.
so what was the difference when you first rid the subway at school till the end of school
Was this back in the early '90s?
That’s the NYC I fell in love with 32 years ago. I have fond memories of reading Ellis Henican in New York Newsday, the best daily newspaper ever. I miss it like I miss 1980s Manhattan.
That just sounds terrible
Thank god it's gone
Nothing changed. I bet the chain is still there.
Worst hours to commute are 7:30 - 9:30, and 3:00 - 5:30
30+ years later and the subway system hasn't changed, from the homeless people to the filth to the sardine trains at rush hour.
Lol. This video was so dumb but it did give me a blast to the past. I have been riding the trains by myself since I was about 10. Well before 1990. And I am still here to tell the story. Lol. There is nothing creepy about this video except the music.
facts all there was was graffiti and I'll ride it to point a to point b
+bd10232003 Agreed. We were just trying to get from point A to point B. Yeah, there were weirdos and drunks, but they have them everywhere. What I find creepy are very quiet, lonely neighborhoods where you can't find a single soul walking the street. I found it very creepy.
+bklynAtrain Truth! People in the streets meant safety in numbers.
bd10232003 Exactly.
I would say, that depends where your from.
1:06 look like gmails lmao
This is so true! Wow!
Lol, true
I don’t get it
I would never live in New York bc it seems my life would be wasted just waiting in lines everywhere and commuting
Confirming that that is how it is here.
They say 25% of it is
Right, because no one ever commutes in the suburbs or cities like Los Angeles.
@@guydreamr at least you're in your car, not packed like sardines.
Such a good report. I was on those trains everyday in the 90’s going to work.