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I lived in Newburgh NY for about 6 months during the early 1980's.south of the train tracks was run down and in decline way back then. looks even worse now.
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I see a lot of mixed comments about this city so as 54yr resident I need to share my 2 cents. This city was absolutely beautiful at one time with history going way back to George Washington and before him a huge presence of Dutch settlers. It's breakdown started when they closed down the ship making, next was all the textile factories closing due to cheap clothing from overseas, then after that came the Urban Renewal program where corrupt city officials took advantage of govt money and employed the local mafia to get rich tearing it all down but then never rebuilding anything. In the 70s Newburgh had the cheapest property values in NY and the state was relocating all of their welfare recipients to Newburgh to save $.In the late 70s Al Sharpton came up from the city and started a race riot that was completely unnecessary and then tried to donit again in the 90s over the Twanna Brawley thing that was lie to begin with but also happened in Poughkeepsie 30 mins away. As the city started to fill up with delinquents the crack epidemic was starting to grab hold of all the poor communities in this country including Newburgh. During the 80s and 90s the city had a hurricane of problems which unfortunately was when I was growing up there. Corrupt city officials stealing all govt funding, corrupt police that turned a blind eye to everything that wasn't an easy drug arrest, crack, gang violence, AL Sharpton, and having the highest per capita murder rate in NY. In the 90s I'd watch stolen cars get stripped and set on fire from my parents 3rd floor apartment, out front the sidewalks were covered in empty crack viles of all different colors, and you couldn't walk the streets without getting robbed unless you had a large aggressive dog next to you. In the late 90s early 2000s the South American population started flowing into Newburgh because of cheap housing. It was mostly the best thing that happened to that city because they brought there family values, built business, revived the churches, and had an overall pride in where they lived but there kids also brought a new kind of crime to the city that started some pretty heavy gang wars. Thats when the guns and heroine started flooding the streets but eventually the FBI came in and helped clean that up after they built an office at Stewart Airport. Between 911 and covid theres now a ton of hipsters bringing there money up here from NYC. Some may call it gentrification others call it revitalization. Either way it's a way better place now than it has been for over 50yrs. The city still needs some work but if you only knew how much worse it was a few decades ago. Shoutout to anyone that remembers the days when J&F pizza was open until 3am on the weekends and Broadway was the local drag strip🏁
I raise my glass to you relative to what you've written. Al Sharpton also tried to move his presence to Albany relative to The Brawley Lie, but we had 'none of it'. And you're right about the history, Newburgh was 'front and center' in its heyday. As for current situations, it's good that something is being done to revitalize the city. I've visited on several occasions and have been in some of those homes on the Grand Street strip -and I must say they are 'beautiful'. Some of my pieces are in those homes...There's always hope for change. We are seeing it here in Albany -even though we get the naysayers and negative people arriving in hoards. However, if more of us can be bold to speak the truth, we can surely overcome their lies (and aggression) with the truth...by how we respect each other and how we live with each other. Bottom line Thank you for the history. Your words are priceless.
The first time I went to Newburgh was in the year you were born. It was on my way to Woodstock. Those towns (think Newburgh is a city?) different, but absolutely lovely in those years, but only a short time later, all you wrote had come to pass.
Great comment. That's basically the timeline for all urban decay. Loss of jobs, followed by an exodus and then influx of a different type of resident (sometimes good, and sometimes worse). Of course, throw in the political corruption, politicians who make big noises and then pocket the funding, drugs/crime and then hopefully, gentrification, which seems to be the only salvation for most of these once-beautiful cities.
Newburgh used to have many factories that made bricks amongst other things. They had a shipyard too. It has been said by historians that more than 1/3 of New York City was built using the bricks made in Newburgh. Newburgh was a very beautiful city. I was born there.
Not to mention the hardest natural concrete coming from rosendale ny only 30 minutes north of Newburgh. The Brooklyn bridge, the pedestal for the Statue of Liberty. I may be wrong but part of the Capitol building used rosendale cement.
I love these videos and find them so relaxing and meditative. I grew up across the river in Dutchess County and have lived in the Hudson Valley my whole life. I moved to Newburgh in 2018 and it was not willingly but there was nowhere else to go that I could afford. Since then I have really fallen in love with the city and it’s potential. I’ve met some great people here and there is beauty everywhere if one is willing to see it.
I used to live in a neighboring city to Newburgh nearly all of my life until a couple months ago, and I will say it was always talked about as the place not to go to. Which was saying something because my city wasn’t the safest either, but it was definitely much safer than Newburgh. Seeing this makes me miss my home a little bit now because it was only about 30 minutes away, but Newburgh isn’t the prettiest place to be (especially in comparison) and sadly doesn’t have much to offer. Even their mall is a ghost town. Hopefully it can be fixed up soon. The mountains are always so beautiful to look at though. ❤
Thanks for preserving this historical footage. You provide us with a familiar look at a northeastern neighborhood like so many others that once powered the country to world “superpowerdom” in the twentieth century, winding down as the information age began to take hold. Among other things, such images offer a field day for the graphic arts of every stripe -- oil painting, pencil drawing, still photography, and so on. Citified baby boomers know such urban terrain, as shown in this vid, very well. Of course, lives were lived there and lost there and probably still are to varying degrees.
Newburgh, NY is one of those towns you look at and your like how is this not a nice town. Filled with historical buildings, right on the Hudson yet it's falling apart it makes no sense.
What makes this especially sad is that this city is within commuter rail distance to New York City, and it probably had the service at one time. Had the state kept it, the city would be prosperous. An architectural mix of New York, New England, and Pennsylvania styles, and it's being left to rot into ruin. 😭😭😭😢😥☹
There never has been commuter rail service directly from Newburgh. You would have to drive across the Hudson to Beacon and get a Metro North train from there.
@@R32R38yeah it never had direct service, but there’s a ferry over the river to the train in Beacon so you can even take public transit the whole way if you don’t have a car
The cities west of the Hudson don't have as much commuter rail which contributes to why they are less prosperous. Towns like Beacon are seen as getaways for city dwellers who don't own cars.
@@philliesphan334 Some towns along the river have seen an influx of residents who now work from home. As best I can tell, however, the towns have been mostly the ones to the east of the river.
Born and raised in Astoria, Queens....my aunt and uncle lived in Newburgh in the late 70's - early 90's. I'd be up there at least once a month to see my cousins. It was never an affluent city but It's very sad to see how neglected it has become in 2022.
I hadn't been here since the early 70s when I was a kid because my father had friends up this way back then... I remember sections of the town being quite old, but never as this devoid of people...
My wife and I lived there back in '83 when I left the service. I was stationed at Keller Army Hospital in West Point. I joined the Church which was located on Broadway. We were only there a few years before moving further upstate, But we had our fare share of thieves breaking in our Apt bldg. and it was really going to the dogs by the time we left. Historically, during the 50's Newburgh was a Boom Town. The docks would be brimming with visitors coming in to gamble and other vices that were available. Then other states got the wild idea of sending their poor and undesirables on a one way ticket to Newburgh and the rest is history!
The mountainous views are beautiful...had friend live in Beacon and went to Newburgh couple times..a mixed bag but mostly saw “potential” to one day be a great place..looks like Philly mixed with Baltimore mixed with Hudson NY etc
Great video, Charlie. Trees almost don't exist on those streets. I saw a very few people walking the streets. It was almost like a ghost town. What mountains are those in the distance? Excellent footage, I liked this town
Nigga said he like this town smh 🤦🏾♂️ word go there then and tell the locals how you like the town df. Nigga this the fucking trenches and you admiring the shit
Those mountains in the distance are NOT the Catskills. It's Mt. Beacon, a great place to go off roading and mtn bike until the hipsters from the city came up here pretending like they own the place and leaving there water bottles everywhere. When you see me in my jeep and want to pretend like you care about the environment remember who cleans up your garbage because they have the vehicle to carry it back down. The next time there's a forest fire up there also remember the off road clubs that volunteer their vehicles to move equipment up the mountain🤷♂️
Those mountains are part of the Appalachian's, specifically know as the Hudson Highlands with the Hudson River running inbetween Newburgh and the Beacon/Fishkill area
Early 60s This city was Readers Digest number one city in the country. Lived there from 1984 to 2007. Talked to lots of people who spent their life there. I worked for the Newburgj post office and spoke witj one lady who moved to Newburgj in 1937. She saw alot of change. Boils down to electing leaders who wanted power and control. Westchester county shipped poverty up to Newburgj, violence and crime arrived with it.
I dropped someone off when I was doing Uber one time at night. I’ve never felt so scared by just being in a city in my life. I didn’t even fully stop at stop signs on my way out of there.
I grew up in Newburgh in the 80's, graduated in 84 from NFA. as someone who still has family there and visits as often as i can... I LOVE Newburgh always will. Yeah, it isn't the safest now and from the outside looking in it might be Fd up, but I come from the era of block parties, massive basketball games at Glen Heines Center, and Broadway being lit at 2am. the Avalon skating rink when all the famous rappers would come, and we considered ourselves the 6th borough. Regardless of all the negative comments that might be written now, you would be hard pressed to find anyone from my era that has anything negative to say about "the Burgh". Long Live Newburgh and fuck anybody who says otherwise.
Death Wish was filmed in East NY, Brooklyn, which is far bigger, and during its worst days, you could envision socioeconomic improvement. In fact, Death Wish used scheduled demolition of old buildings as part of the action in the movie. The 'hood in Newburgh is one of the most impoverished places I have ever visited, and I've lived in-and-next to ENY for the past 35 years.
Definitely not as bad as Detroit. It reminds me of Bethlehem, PA as the steel mill was dying. I thought the roads in PA are bad! I used to know a girl who lived in Newburgh. She commuted to Morristown, NJ every day for her job. That was back in the 70s. It was probably a nicer place then.
Bethlehem, Allentown, Coatesville, Reading, Pottstown, Norristown, Philadelphia all follow the same decline. They took the jobs away. The Mills closed, the drugs got shipped in and the cities/towns died. Clinton and NAFTA along with the fake “war on drugs” that the government tricked everyone with for over 30 years, and boom, this is what you get. They were buying the cocaine with guns and then getting a return (in cash) off of the plight of so many, that were snared by addiction. Oh, and then the Penal system didn’t help much, unless your town built a jail. At least there you could find a job. Sad story. Shame on you, America!
Bruh Detroit has way more fucking people if Newburgh was as big it probably would be as bad and your comparison is like comparing Detroit to Philly knowing damn well Philly is worse you were better of comparing this to Allentown pa
@@blue-yc6iu Big city people don't understand how fucked up those former industrial towns are. I remember pulling up to a red light in Allentown when a hooker and a dealer got in an argument over who "seened" me first.
Cool architecture! Looks so strange to see row houses in small towns. This isn't the norm in the midwest at all. Seems like a typical run down factory town.
...its like a ghost town.... no people, no noise??... where is everyone?? - Another Great Video CharlieBoy!! - what great insight we get, of the Real America - - - It makes us sooo angry at your political "representatives" - - Its completely their Faults when this happens to a City 🤨🙄😳
All they did is help the blacks though. Why can't the blacks form a neighborhood that isn't the disgrace of humanity? I don't love politicians either, but let's get real and not ignore the truth. Newburgh problem has always been blacks. It's not even debatable.
@@mineduck3050there’s cause and effect. What caused ‘the blacks” to sullen the town??? Everywhere, most cities, folks blame the blacks, yet don’t state why. Let’s have the real, unbiased facts.
I do a lot of work in newburgh for over 10yrs and the one thing I always point out is you can be there for several hours and count on one hand how many police cars you see patrolling. It’s a small city and the cops are never around unless called in. Says a lot about the politics. It’s sad bc this city sits in a prime location on the Hudson River and has potential but it’ll never happen. Even during the pandemic some people from the city tried buying and flipping and gentrifying it but I don’t believe that’s working either… a lot of US history here too smh.
I recently moved to Newburgh. Nice place. Nice neighbors. It has the largest collection of historic buildings outside of New York City. Prices were very reasonable before covid. Covid caused New Yorkers to buy up property in surrounding cities causing an increase in property values in Newburgh. I have walked down every street shown in the video. On a summer's day when gardens are in bloom the city comes alive. Investors have been snapping up real estate in the downtown area so many houses are either being renovated or held to make a quick profit. I first visited the city a few years ago but this year there was a definite difference; renovations were going on everywhere. Magnificient mansions on liberty street, historic homes on Lander St and many more were being rebuilt, or renovated. this video appears to be rather bleak but visit in the spring and you'll see a more appealing city. Just a few blocks from where this video was filmed can be seen the palatial homes of Montgomery st, of Grand st., of Liberty St.,of Dubois avenue, of Gidney avenue,.. to many to mention. Developers have bought up buildings on Broadway and have renovated and rented east of Dubois. Go south of Broadway along the Hudson and you'll find more well maintained historic beauties( sorry, can't recall the name .. probably mt Washington.) Go and visit and draw your own conclusions. Check the real estate listings on Trulia, check often; to get a more accurate idea of selling prices look up the sold column on trulia- its listed under other or something like that.
bed, when you say largest collection of historic buildings i know you are lying....it only has the largest collection....of run down houses. It looks worth than Puerto Rico when hurricane Maria hit the island and took every wooden structure down.
@@agustindejesus7398 research the matter. are you currently in Newburgh? have you seen the renovations occurring? has there been an increase in property values in the last two years?
@@agustindejesus7398 take a look at the renovations on Lander street between 1st and South st. walk down Liberty street from north of South street to about 6 blocks below broadway. There is a Cathedral probably on Grand and Third street being renovated( i was told it's going to be apts. Walk across South street from close to the Hudson river to Downing Park and see the improvements. Third street at Downing park is being improved. I think you're missing all these pleasing developments.
Dam this looks like the streets of Philadelphia pa it's all the same hood to a nother hood but watch them snake ass niggas bro day will murder your ass trust me
I was watching a crime bulletin type show at 3am in the morning when I used to live in Westchester NY years ago (2011 I live in NJ now). It was a crime bulletin looking for the TOP 10 FBI's most wanted for state of NY. 4 of the TOP 10 that were wanted were from Newburgh and the #1 guy most wanted was from Newburgh. The 4 guys were are Blood gang members. Now let that sink in. As big as NY state is and the 5 boroughs too how is 4 of the top 10 from THIS small city of 30K people on that list. Goes to show you how violent this city is.
I attended New York Military Academy in nearby Cornwall-on-the-Hudson. Visiting Newburgh didn't only result in demerits, but a suspension as well. I never visited while attending the school. When I finally did, I was shocked, and I'm from East NY, Brooklyn. The hood is a relatively small section, but the poverty is heartbreaking.
@Powerule when we're you there? I've seen a Cornwall campus I think, and I've seem what looks like an abandoned north campus up there too. We're you out in Cornwall or are you calling west point Cornwall?
When i was in job corps in 1987, upstate NY (Cassadaga) , i met a girl at the Buffalo Airport who was from Newburg. She didn't say much about it, I guess this was why.
Worked up here and travelled up here a lot. Never had any problems. Even needed a jump after leaving the Home Depot and had nuumerous customers try to jump my car and help me. There's also a beautiful waterfront downtown that reminds me of Middletown, CT. It's not all bad.
@@MvrzThaArtist_ His/her point is the people are not that bad. There's an "outside" perception that people who live in these areas are crooks and cannibals. It's just not true.
@@Rocks_vs_Uzis as a developer in Upstate NY I see a lot of potential in Newburgh. It has more going for it then people realize. (You are included in that group)
newburgh was an important town in the hudson valley, fallen on hard times but ripe for revival- so much great old space to be reclaimed, could be a candidate for an artist colony type thing- not too far from NYC if you only had to go in once in a while
I've said in another comment that film studios could use the area with all the historical buildings for film sets. There are some really lovely buildings.
My brother lives upstate in Chester also lived in Monroe n I lived with him a few months and I I had to go to Newburgh to get my learners permit n lemme tell u I'd rather go to 125th st at midnight than go to Newburgh at 8am
I live in Norristown Pa. lol. Let me do it now. Corruption, pollution from planes constantly spraying over our town, bad roads, money spent in the wrong places, plight, high taxes, high utilities, no good local food stores, no businesses, crime, in a nutshell.
My husband and I with our first child lived in Newburgh for 2 yrs on the military base in 1986. Never seen it so desolate before. I loved to see the mountains.
I have lived in both Newburgh and in Zurich - and I can 100% say that you absolutely cannot find anywhere in Zurich or anywhere in Switzerland for that matter like Newburgh. Not even close.
Rough, I live close by and it’s a shame really, it really was a beautiful place to be at one point in time, this is what happens when government corruption is allowed to run rampant, you couldn’t walk down T hose streets and remain safe today, and the real heart breaking thing is there are some absolutely beautiful Victorian homes from the founding of this country still in existence there and are drug dens and places for evil to grow.
We moved to Newburgh from England in 1983. We lived in the town part of Newburgh and I recall mum and dad going down to the city library just after we arrived. Mum could spend hours in a library so dad said he'd go off for a 'pint' and meet her after an hour or so. He walked over to Broadway and into the first bar he say, it became obvious he was the only white face, everyone turned around and stared. Dad being dad just carried on, sat at the bar and had a beer, he would talk to anyone and everyone so wasn't phased, he shared a laugh and a joke with some of the patrons, they were bemused he had walked in there. My American relatives were astounded he got out of that bar alive, 😂.
An uncle of mine used to owner Italian restaurant and we used to go visit him me and my father back in the sixties and seventies and that town was beautiful back then it's a shame to see what happens when business moves on
It not only was a beautiful city during those years, but it also had a great steamboat service called The Hudson River Dayline that ran from New York City to Albany and back. Newburgh was one of the major stops.
@@petergunn9149 , glad to know your father shared those memories with you, including the Day Line. I'm known throughout the Northeast (and world) for producing models that served this company. None can compare. However, to know your father was part of this history, my glass is raised.
Besides the area that encompasses Mount Saint Mary College where my ex-girlfriend went to many years ago, Newburgh is a ghetto that is basically redlined and left pretty much to decay. The crime capital of NYS with little industry or significant investment. Not a good place to live or have your children to really be around, the drug situation is out of control and the police are too few to make much of a difference. Newburgh is a major drug trafficking corridor and plenty of drugs are trafficked in and out of that depressed area. If your kids or yourself get caught up going in and out of there, there is a great chance of losing a loved one. That's my brief take on Newburgh New York..
You just hit on something that law enforcement is likely aware, but either indifferent or perhaps not capable of eliminating. Newburgh is a major drug hub between NYC and upstate NY. I'm a NYC attorney, aware of people who use Newburgh as a stash town, as well as a point of comfort in transporting drugs between NYC and larger markets further north. Your brief take is 100% spot-on.
My aunt lived there in summer of 78 we stayed with my aunt my parents helped here renovate her up stairs apartments my dad would come back from work work for a few hours they had them done in no time I remember it was a good time.
Love those old factory looking buildings. They need to paint more of them buildings, so much brown. I like the look of the buildings though too bad if this is actually a hood.
I LIKE THE OLD LOOK OF THE AREA NICE BUILDINGS JUST NEED LITTLE RENOVATIONS TO STILL KEEP THAT OLD 18TH 19TH CENTURY FEEL TO THE CITY OR TOWN .ONE THING FOR SURE NICE 4 PLEX AND MULTIUNIT 18 19TH CENTURY BUILDINGS.
I used to live in New Windsor about 20+ years ago! Newburgh was filled with drug dealers and people you drug addicts! I worked at the bus company George M. Carroll as a bus monitor! We had to drop off kids in those neighborhoods and it was scary! I hope it’s cleaned up now! 🙋🏼♀️🇺🇸🙏🏻
Not much difference. There's considerable unoccupied property in the hood. This isn't a place anyone moves to. You're either planning on moving or stuck economically. And yes, they have proud long-time residents who are living cheaply. It just looks the same day and night. Cops want no part of the place regardless.
Never been there. I live in the left end of the state. From this view I have to say most of the buildings look rock solid. Must have had a great source for clay for bricks. Does the Hudson temper the winter as it doesn't look like ice/frost has beaten those buildings up too badly.
I guess this is the great divide. What I love about the south . There are plenty of trees and vegetation and flowers . I hope it never loses that. I don't like the lack of greenery
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I lived in Newburgh NY for about 6 months during the early 1980's.south of the train tracks was run down and in decline way back then. looks even worse now.
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I see a lot of mixed comments about this city so as 54yr resident I need to share my 2 cents. This city was absolutely beautiful at one time with history going way back to George Washington and before him a huge presence of Dutch settlers. It's breakdown started when they closed down the ship making, next was all the textile factories closing due to cheap clothing from overseas, then after that came the Urban Renewal program where corrupt city officials took advantage of govt money and employed the local mafia to get rich tearing it all down but then never rebuilding anything. In the 70s Newburgh had the cheapest property values in NY and the state was relocating all of their welfare recipients to Newburgh to save $.In the late 70s Al Sharpton came up from the city and started a race riot that was completely unnecessary and then tried to donit again in the 90s over the Twanna Brawley thing that was lie to begin with but also happened in Poughkeepsie 30 mins away. As the city started to fill up with delinquents the crack epidemic was starting to grab hold of all the poor communities in this country including Newburgh. During the 80s and 90s the city had a hurricane of problems which unfortunately was when I was growing up there. Corrupt city officials stealing all govt funding, corrupt police that turned a blind eye to everything that wasn't an easy drug arrest, crack, gang violence, AL Sharpton, and having the highest per capita murder rate in NY. In the 90s I'd watch stolen cars get stripped and set on fire from my parents 3rd floor apartment, out front the sidewalks were covered in empty crack viles of all different colors, and you couldn't walk the streets without getting robbed unless you had a large aggressive dog next to you. In the late 90s early 2000s the South American population started flowing into Newburgh because of cheap housing. It was mostly the best thing that happened to that city because they brought there family values, built business, revived the churches, and had an overall pride in where they lived but there kids also brought a new kind of crime to the city that started some pretty heavy gang wars. Thats when the guns and heroine started flooding the streets but eventually the FBI came in and helped clean that up after they built an office at Stewart Airport. Between 911 and covid theres now a ton of hipsters bringing there money up here from NYC. Some may call it gentrification others call it revitalization. Either way it's a way better place now than it has been for over 50yrs. The city still needs some work but if you only knew how much worse it was a few decades ago. Shoutout to anyone that remembers the days when J&F pizza was open until 3am on the weekends and Broadway was the local drag strip🏁
Great comment. Thank you for your perspective
The blacks caused this
I raise my glass to you relative to what you've written. Al Sharpton also tried to move his presence to Albany relative to The Brawley Lie, but we had 'none of it'. And you're right about the history, Newburgh was 'front and center' in its heyday. As for current situations, it's good that something is being done to revitalize the city. I've visited on several occasions and have been in some of those homes on the Grand Street strip -and I must say they are 'beautiful'. Some of my pieces are in those homes...There's always hope for change. We are seeing it here in Albany -even though we get the naysayers and negative people arriving in hoards. However, if more of us can be bold to speak the truth, we can surely overcome their lies (and aggression) with the truth...by how we respect each other and how we live with each other. Bottom line
Thank you for the history. Your words are priceless.
The first time I went to Newburgh was in the year you were born. It was on my way to Woodstock. Those towns (think Newburgh is a city?) different, but absolutely lovely in those years, but only a short time later, all you wrote had come to pass.
Great comment. That's basically the timeline for all urban decay. Loss of jobs, followed by an exodus and then influx of a different type of resident (sometimes good, and sometimes worse). Of course, throw in the political corruption, politicians who make big noises and then pocket the funding, drugs/crime and then hopefully, gentrification, which seems to be the only salvation for most of these once-beautiful cities.
Newburgh used to have many factories that made bricks amongst other things. They had a shipyard too. It has been said by historians that more than 1/3 of New York City was built using the bricks made in Newburgh.
Newburgh was a very beautiful city. I was born there.
Wow
Same old story. Loss of industry and loss of jobs, then government moves the trash in.
Some of the houses remind me of "All in the family " TV show.
Not to mention the hardest natural concrete coming from rosendale ny only 30 minutes north of Newburgh. The Brooklyn bridge, the pedestal for the Statue of Liberty. I may be wrong but part of the Capitol building used rosendale cement.
@@1940limited people are people not trash. Ideas and misconceptions are trash
I love these videos and find them so relaxing and meditative. I grew up across the river in Dutchess County and have lived in the Hudson Valley my whole life. I moved to Newburgh in 2018 and it was not willingly but there was nowhere else to go that I could afford. Since then I have really fallen in love with the city and it’s potential. I’ve met some great people here and there is beauty everywhere if one is willing to see it.
I love Newburgh. Beautiful architecture on every street and views of the Hudson. It is a gem just waiting to be discovered.
Are we watching the same video 📸?
By discovered, you mean demolished, right?
Your funny
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I used to live in a neighboring city to Newburgh nearly all of my life until a couple months ago, and I will say it was always talked about as the place not to go to. Which was saying something because my city wasn’t the safest either, but it was definitely much safer than Newburgh. Seeing this makes me miss my home a little bit now because it was only about 30 minutes away, but Newburgh isn’t the prettiest place to be (especially in comparison) and sadly doesn’t have much to offer. Even their mall is a ghost town. Hopefully it can be fixed up soon. The mountains are always so beautiful to look at though. ❤
Thanks for preserving this historical footage. You provide us with a familiar look at a northeastern neighborhood like so many others that once powered the country to world “superpowerdom” in the twentieth century, winding down as the information age began to take hold. Among other things, such images offer a field day for the graphic arts of every stripe -- oil painting, pencil drawing, still photography, and so on. Citified baby boomers know such urban terrain, as shown in this vid, very well. Of course, lives were lived there and lost there and probably still are to varying degrees.
"Lives were lived there and lost there and probably still are to varying degrees" 🤔
Thank you for sharing this, most people don't know it's great history!
Df y’all saying history like this is present day this is literally how newburgh looks rn df
Historical,that's present day rundown drug infested neighborhood
Lots of people dying from pill popping and all the other drugs people use to substitute when their scripts run out. Thanks big pharma!
Newburgh, NY is one of those towns you look at and your like how is this not a nice town. Filled with historical buildings, right on the Hudson yet it's falling apart it makes no sense.
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True. There are beautiful Victorian homes that are within spitting distance from the worst of that town.
I went to Newburgh a long time ago but I don't remember the streets as empty as this. But whatever, this place is a photographer's dream.
Probably filmed in the AM
Bring body armor.
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Looks like the past..beautiful !
Very historic buildings, much older than you would think. Beautiful
this aint beautiful. that shit abondened
Ugly...out with the old in with the new!!!!!
They're desolate ruins now; empty shells of a community that once was.
@@avatarmoney01 Modern housing/buildings are the cheapest most ugly style and the wood houses of today wont even last 100 years.
beautiful brickwork.
What makes this especially sad is that this city is within commuter rail distance to New York City, and it probably had the service at one time. Had the state kept it, the city would be prosperous. An architectural mix of New York, New England, and Pennsylvania styles, and it's being left to rot into ruin. 😭😭😭😢😥☹
There never has been commuter rail service directly from Newburgh. You would have to drive across the Hudson to Beacon and get a Metro North train from there.
@@R32R38yeah it never had direct service, but there’s a ferry over the river to the train in Beacon so you can even take public transit the whole way if you don’t have a car
@@mmrw yessir used to ride that ferry all the time as a kid
The cities west of the Hudson don't have as much commuter rail which contributes to why they are less prosperous. Towns like Beacon are seen as getaways for city dwellers who don't own cars.
@@philliesphan334 Some towns along the river have seen an influx of residents who now work from home. As best I can tell, however, the towns have been mostly the ones to the east of the river.
As someone who lives nearby, the police drive AWAY from the gunshots at night. You're braver than I am for spending as much time there as you did.
Beacon?
He smart he went super early lol
I'd rather die than live there
Don't even look bad your just soft
Actually looks like a nice area and matter of fact I'm moving there right now
It actually has the potential to be a really nice place, the architecture is really nice, it just looks rundown.
Not without industry. Without a productive population making things that city will stay dead forever.
Born and raised in Astoria, Queens....my aunt and uncle lived in Newburgh in the late 70's - early 90's. I'd be up there at least once a month to see my cousins. It was never an affluent city but It's very sad to see how neglected it has become in 2022.
Looks like a nice area actually just old houses
@@77D777 exactly True friend
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Don’t lie to this man
@@77D777 highest crime rate in the area. Do your research brother
I hadn't been here since the early 70s when I was a kid because my father had friends up this way back then... I remember sections of the town being quite old, but never as this devoid of people...
My wife and I lived there back in '83 when I left the service. I was stationed at Keller Army Hospital in West Point. I joined the Church which was located on Broadway. We were only there a few years before moving further upstate, But we had our fare share of thieves breaking in our Apt bldg. and it was really going to the dogs by the time we left. Historically, during the 50's Newburgh was a Boom Town. The docks would be brimming with visitors coming in to gamble and other vices that were available. Then other states got the wild idea of sending their poor and undesirables on a one way ticket to Newburgh and the rest is history!
The mountainous views are beautiful...had friend live in Beacon and went to Newburgh couple times..a mixed bag but mostly saw “potential” to one day be a great place..looks like Philly mixed with Baltimore mixed with Hudson NY etc
You'll see more people out during the summer and warm weather in New York.
Great video, Charlie. Trees almost don't exist on those streets. I saw a very few people walking the streets. It was almost like a ghost town. What mountains are those in the distance? Excellent footage, I liked this town
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Nigga said he like this town smh 🤦🏾♂️ word go there then and tell the locals how you like the town df. Nigga this the fucking trenches and you admiring the shit
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Those mountains in the distance are NOT the Catskills. It's Mt. Beacon, a great place to go off roading and mtn bike until the hipsters from the city came up here pretending like they own the place and leaving there water bottles everywhere. When you see me in my jeep and want to pretend like you care about the environment remember who cleans up your garbage because they have the vehicle to carry it back down. The next time there's a forest fire up there also remember the off road clubs that volunteer their vehicles to move equipment up the mountain🤷♂️
Those mountains are part of the Appalachian's, specifically know as the Hudson Highlands with the Hudson River running inbetween Newburgh and the Beacon/Fishkill area
Brick city! So much character in the architecture...imagine the stories if these places could talk...
Early 60s This city was Readers Digest number one city in the country. Lived there from 1984 to 2007. Talked to lots of people who spent their life there. I worked for the Newburgj post office and spoke witj one lady who moved to Newburgj in 1937. She saw alot of change. Boils down to electing leaders who wanted power and control. Westchester county shipped poverty up to Newburgj, violence and crime arrived with it.
Westchester types are a holes. Place deserves better fate.
I dropped someone off when I was doing Uber one time at night. I’ve never felt so scared by just being in a city in my life. I didn’t even fully stop at stop signs on my way out of there.
Used to live in Newburgh when I was young then moved to Highland Falls
Great video 6:18, hope your subs reaches 593K 😁. May God bless you, your family and all the fans of the CharlieBo313 channel 🤗🤗
It was once a thriving city. Manufacturing firms left and so did the obs. It's A shame.
The buildings look like they were made to last. High quality. Must have been a very attractive.place at one time.
I grew up in Newburgh in the 80's, graduated in 84 from NFA. as someone who still has family there and visits as often as i can... I LOVE Newburgh always will. Yeah, it isn't the safest now and from the outside looking in it might be Fd up, but I come from the era of block parties, massive basketball games at Glen Heines Center, and Broadway being lit at 2am. the Avalon skating rink when all the famous rappers would come, and we considered ourselves the 6th borough. Regardless of all the negative comments that might be written now, you would be hard pressed to find anyone from my era that has anything negative to say about "the Burgh". Long Live Newburgh and fuck anybody who says otherwise.
Wow it still looks like the 80's never left that city!! Reminds me of Coming to America movie or Death Wish 😎🙏
Death Wish was filmed in East NY, Brooklyn, which is far bigger, and during its worst days, you could envision socioeconomic improvement. In fact, Death Wish used scheduled demolition of old buildings as part of the action in the movie. The 'hood in Newburgh is one of the most impoverished places I have ever visited, and I've lived in-and-next to ENY for the past 35 years.
What a dream it would be for Newburgh to become revitalized
With what money? What's the incentive? There's no industry there and no rail. It's dead.
Definitely not as bad as Detroit. It reminds me of Bethlehem, PA as the steel mill was dying. I thought the roads in PA are bad! I used to know a girl who lived in Newburgh. She commuted to Morristown, NJ every day for her job. That was back in the 70s. It was probably a nicer place then.
Far more violent and dangerous than Detroit. Newburgh, Camden, Gary all make Detroit seem safe and sound.
Bethlehem, Allentown, Coatesville, Reading, Pottstown, Norristown, Philadelphia all follow the same decline. They took the jobs away. The Mills closed, the drugs got shipped in and the cities/towns died. Clinton and NAFTA along with the fake “war on drugs” that the government tricked everyone with for over 30 years, and boom, this is what you get. They were buying the cocaine with guns and then getting a return (in cash) off of the plight of so many, that were snared by addiction. Oh, and then the Penal system didn’t help much, unless your town built a jail. At least there you could find a job. Sad story. Shame on you, America!
Bruh Detroit has way more fucking people if Newburgh was as big it probably would be as bad and your comparison is like comparing Detroit to Philly knowing damn well Philly is worse you were better of comparing this to Allentown pa
@@blue-yc6iu Big city people don't understand how fucked up those former industrial towns are. I remember pulling up to a red light in Allentown when a hooker and a dealer got in an argument over who "seened" me first.
A very good video. Lots of old world buildings. Better than what goes up these days.
Cool architecture! Looks so strange to see row houses in small towns. This isn't the norm in the midwest at all. Seems like a typical run down factory town.
...its like a ghost town.... no people, no noise??... where is everyone?? - Another Great Video CharlieBoy!! - what great insight we get, of the Real America - - - It makes us sooo angry at your political "representatives" - - Its completely their Faults when this happens to a City 🤨🙄😳
All they did is help the blacks though. Why can't the blacks form a neighborhood that isn't the disgrace of humanity? I don't love politicians either, but let's get real and not ignore the truth. Newburgh problem has always been blacks. It's not even debatable.
@@mineduck3050there’s cause and effect. What caused ‘the blacks” to sullen the town??? Everywhere, most cities, folks blame the blacks, yet don’t state why. Let’s have the real, unbiased facts.
@@mineduck3050 And what's Monticello's problem?
I do a lot of work in newburgh for over 10yrs and the one thing I always point out is you can be there for several hours and count on one hand how many police cars you see patrolling. It’s a small city and the cops are never around unless called in. Says a lot about the politics. It’s sad bc this city sits in a prime location on the Hudson River and has potential but it’ll never happen. Even during the pandemic some people from the city tried buying and flipping and gentrifying it but I don’t believe that’s working either… a lot of US history here too smh.
Keep voting for democrats, NY!
How do a city police force fail at keeping streets safe for four decades? Newburgh is not large. The Newburgh pigs are the shame of pig land
Upstate isn't democrat, kkk is huge in upstate ny @@1940limited
This cesspool of a place at least looks better than Philly and the biggest cesspool of them all Detroit.
Gary Indiana is the number one cesspool.
This is very fascinating to me just seeing how different hoods look
I recently moved to Newburgh. Nice place. Nice neighbors. It has the largest collection of historic buildings outside of New York City. Prices were very reasonable before covid. Covid caused New Yorkers to buy up property in surrounding cities causing an increase in property values in Newburgh. I have walked down every street shown in the video. On a summer's day when gardens are in bloom the city comes alive. Investors have been snapping up real estate in the downtown area so many houses are either being renovated or held to make a quick profit. I first visited the city a few years ago but this year there was a definite difference; renovations were going on everywhere. Magnificient mansions on liberty street, historic homes on Lander St and many more were being rebuilt, or renovated. this video appears to be rather bleak but visit in the spring and you'll see a more appealing city. Just a few blocks from where this video was filmed can be seen the palatial homes of Montgomery st, of Grand st., of Liberty St.,of Dubois avenue, of Gidney avenue,.. to many to mention. Developers have bought up buildings on Broadway and have renovated and rented east of Dubois. Go south of Broadway along the Hudson and you'll find more well maintained historic beauties( sorry, can't recall the name .. probably mt Washington.) Go and visit and draw your own conclusions. Check the real estate listings on Trulia, check often; to get a more accurate idea of selling prices look up the sold column on trulia- its listed under other or something like that.
bed, when you say largest collection of historic buildings i know you are lying....it only has the largest collection....of run down houses. It looks worth than Puerto Rico when hurricane Maria hit the island and took every wooden structure down.
@@agustindejesus7398 research the matter. are you currently in Newburgh? have you seen the renovations occurring? has there been an increase in property values in the last two years?
bed, nothing to research. As a matter of fact a week ago i was visiting friends in Newburgh....still the same, nothing pleasant to the eye.
@@agustindejesus7398 take a look at the renovations on Lander street between 1st and South st. walk down Liberty street from north of South street to about 6 blocks below broadway. There is a Cathedral probably on Grand and Third street being renovated( i was told it's going to be apts. Walk across South street from close to the Hudson river to Downing Park and see the improvements. Third street at Downing park is being improved. I think you're missing all these pleasing developments.
Dam this looks like the streets of Philadelphia pa it's all the same hood to a nother hood but watch them snake ass niggas bro day will murder your ass trust me
I was watching a crime bulletin type show at 3am in the morning when I used to live in Westchester NY years ago (2011 I live in NJ now). It was a crime bulletin looking for the TOP 10 FBI's most wanted for state of NY. 4 of the TOP 10 that were wanted were from Newburgh and the #1 guy most wanted was from Newburgh. The 4 guys were are Blood gang members. Now let that sink in. As big as NY state is and the 5 boroughs too how is 4 of the top 10 from THIS small city of 30K people on that list. Goes to show you how violent this city is.
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Newburgh isn’t alone because Niagara Falls is also an economically depressed and violent city. It is the most dangerous city in western New York.
I attended New York Military Academy in nearby Cornwall-on-the-Hudson. Visiting Newburgh didn't only result in demerits, but a suspension as well. I never visited while attending the school. When I finally did, I was shocked, and I'm from East NY, Brooklyn. The hood is a relatively small section, but the poverty is heartbreaking.
@Powerule when we're you there? I've seen a Cornwall campus I think, and I've seem what looks like an abandoned north campus up there too. We're you out in Cornwall or are you calling west point Cornwall?
When i was in job corps in 1987, upstate NY (Cassadaga) , i met a girl at the Buffalo Airport who was from Newburg. She didn't say much about it, I guess this was why.
Worked up here and travelled up here a lot. Never had any problems. Even needed a jump after leaving the Home Depot and had nuumerous customers try to jump my car and help me. There's also a beautiful waterfront downtown that reminds me of Middletown, CT. It's not all bad.
Working and living are two different things
@@MvrzThaArtist_ His/her point is the people are not that bad. There's an "outside" perception that people who live in these areas are crooks and cannibals. It's just not true.
I love Newburgh. It’s going to be the next Brooklyn.
Exactly.
Which part, East New York or Brownsville?
@@Rocks_vs_Uzis as a developer in Upstate NY I see a lot of potential in Newburgh. It has more going for it then people realize. (You are included in that group)
newburgh was an important town in the hudson valley, fallen on hard times but ripe for revival- so much great old space to be reclaimed, could be a candidate for an artist colony type thing- not too far from NYC if you only had to go in once in a while
Without industry Newburgh will stay dead. The society has to make things or it becomes 3rd world.
Just across the river , Beacon did it 20yrs ago, it's Newburghs time.
I've said in another comment that film studios could use the area with all the historical buildings for film sets. There are some really lovely buildings.
My brother lives upstate in Chester also lived in Monroe n I lived with him a few months and I I had to go to Newburgh to get my learners permit n lemme tell u I'd rather go to 125th st at midnight than go to Newburgh at 8am
can you do Norristown Pennsylvania ?
I live in Norristown Pa. lol. Let me do it now. Corruption, pollution from planes constantly spraying over our town, bad roads, money spent in the wrong places, plight, high taxes, high utilities, no good local food stores, no businesses, crime, in a nutshell.
Come to Binghamton and Elmira next. Right down the road!
And Albany.
Yes even worse places.
My husband and I with our first child lived in Newburgh for 2 yrs on the military base in 1986. Never seen it so desolate before. I loved to see the mountains.
Don’t forget the motorcycle museum when you visit. The best!
And if you get thirsty, Newburgh Brewing Company is a decent visit.
Even in Zurich, you can find places like this
I have lived in both Newburgh and in Zurich - and I can 100% say that you absolutely cannot find anywhere in Zurich or anywhere in Switzerland for that matter like Newburgh. Not even close.
I have a aunt that lives down there, I was a kid the last time We visited Newburgh in the 80's!
So beautiful
I am from the 845 so i am very familiar newburgh. go out there at night. ull see alot of crazy shit when its dark.
It's gritty with character love the old buildings👍👍👍🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
2:28 best crack/dope spot
lots of beautiful buildings
I live in the five boroughs of New York 😭😭 looking at this I couldn’t believe this is New York I forget New York has more to it.
What state would you guess?
One of the best motorcycle museums in the world there! Motorcyclepedia.
Nice to see a lot of happy people out and about
I find it utterly charming.
Holy crap I didn't know you were here,I'm over near Poughkeepsie ✌️
Town has cleaned up a lot. Used to look way worse even just 12 years ago.
It has but it still doesn’t look good
Right? It's not better. It's just slightly less worse than it was
What mountain is that in the background? It kinda reminds me of Mt Vernon most of the streets you either going downhill or up one
This town looks like it could be cool if people and money came back with all those old brick buildings
There’s a lot of gentrification going on now. There are some beautiful streets with cafés etc. One bedroom apartments are going for 2K/month!
You can feel the sadness
Newburgh has beautiful buildings everywhere
Them streets looks wild
Where do you reside Sir ?
your goated, Thank You!!!!.
Rough, I live close by and it’s a shame really, it really was a beautiful place to be at one point in time, this is what happens when government corruption is allowed to run rampant, you couldn’t walk down T hose streets and remain safe today, and the real heart breaking thing is there are some absolutely beautiful Victorian homes from the founding of this country still in existence there and are drug dens and places for evil to grow.
You mean business corruption.
@@brainxtc2171 "Business" controls government, so corruption is inevitable.
We moved to Newburgh from England in 1983. We lived in the town part of Newburgh and I recall mum and dad going down to the city library just after we arrived. Mum could spend hours in a library so dad said he'd go off for a 'pint' and meet her after an hour or so. He walked over to Broadway and into the first bar he say, it became obvious he was the only white face, everyone turned around and stared. Dad being dad just carried on, sat at the bar and had a beer, he would talk to anyone and everyone so wasn't phased, he shared a laugh and a joke with some of the patrons, they were bemused he had walked in there. My American relatives were astounded he got out of that bar alive, 😂.
I used to do business with Charles B Merrill’s office equipment. Marsh was the owner when I left the industry. What class operators. Long time ago
An uncle of mine used to owner Italian restaurant and we used to go visit him me and my father back in the sixties and seventies and that town was beautiful back then it's a shame to see what happens when business moves on
My father went here in the back in the forties and fifties said it was such a beautiful city what a shame 😞
It not only was a beautiful city during those years, but it also had a great steamboat service called The Hudson River Dayline that ran from New York City to Albany and back. Newburgh was one of the major stops.
@@RexStewartoriginals My Father rode that ferry from Manhattan island would tell me lots of stories of when he grew up 👍
@@petergunn9149 , glad to know your father shared those memories with you, including the Day Line. I'm known throughout the Northeast (and world) for producing models that served this company. None can compare. However, to know your father was part of this history, my glass is raised.
Besides the area that encompasses Mount Saint Mary College where my ex-girlfriend went to many years ago, Newburgh is a ghetto that is basically redlined and left pretty much to decay. The crime capital of NYS with little industry or significant investment. Not a good place to live or have your children to really be around, the drug situation is out of control and the police are too few to make much of a difference. Newburgh is a major drug trafficking corridor and plenty of drugs are trafficked in and out of that depressed area. If your kids or yourself get caught up going in and out of there, there is a great chance of losing a loved one. That's my brief take on Newburgh New York..
You just hit on something that law enforcement is likely aware, but either indifferent or perhaps not capable of eliminating. Newburgh is a major drug hub between NYC and upstate NY. I'm a NYC attorney, aware of people who use Newburgh as a stash town, as well as a point of comfort in transporting drugs between NYC and larger markets further north. Your brief take is 100% spot-on.
It looks peaceful and clean
Lol I live 10 minutes from there. It’s funny because the waterfront by the Hudson River is really nice but you walk a few blocks and see this
I would LOVE to live here..
My aunt lived there in summer of 78 we stayed with my aunt my parents helped here renovate her up stairs apartments my dad would come back from work work for a few hours they had them done in no time I remember it was a good time.
If it wasn't for the cars in the video it feels like going back in a time machine 60 yrs ago.
Love those old factory looking buildings. They need to paint more of them buildings, so much brown. I like the look of the buildings though too bad if this is actually a hood.
I LIKE THE OLD LOOK OF THE AREA NICE BUILDINGS JUST NEED LITTLE RENOVATIONS TO STILL KEEP THAT OLD 18TH 19TH CENTURY FEEL TO THE CITY OR TOWN .ONE THING FOR SURE NICE 4 PLEX AND MULTIUNIT 18 19TH CENTURY BUILDINGS.
I used to live in New Windsor about 20+ years ago! Newburgh was filled with drug dealers and people you drug addicts! I worked at the bus company George M. Carroll as a bus monitor! We had to drop off kids in those neighborhoods and it was scary! I hope it’s cleaned up now!
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This is where the State of New York first shipped poor from NYC over 70 yrs ago.The same occured in Poughkeepsie.
Would be interesting to start doing a day & night series, just to see the difference
Not much difference. There's considerable unoccupied property in the hood. This isn't a place anyone moves to. You're either planning on moving or stuck economically. And yes, they have proud long-time residents who are living cheaply. It just looks the same day and night. Cops want no part of the place regardless.
Never been there. I live in the left end of the state. From this view I have to say most of the buildings look rock solid. Must have had a great source for clay for bricks. Does the Hudson temper the winter as it doesn't look like ice/frost has beaten those buildings up too badly.
Most people don't realize that these people would probably never move if given the chance. They get used to it pretty fast....
Beautiful!!!
I grew up In Schenectady before moving to Los Angeles and parts of this town look the same as Schenectady
I guess this is the great divide. What I love about the south . There are plenty of trees and vegetation and flowers . I hope it never loses that. I don't like the lack of greenery
its people deserve better
Some of those buildings look like what I saw in Montreal and Toronto Canada 🇨🇦. Urban blight in upstate New York on the Hudson River.
I'd love to walk around here. Reminds me of a few movies.
Wow! some beautiful historic buildings that need preservation. That place is overdue for some Gentrification!!!
Maybe it'll all go the way of Bunker Hill in L.A..
7:36 right side where the black fence is Washington’s headquarters
Some of the architecture remind me of Downtown Yonkers.
Hey Charlie 🙋🏼♂️
What car you drive?
A Rumpo
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OK.
Thank you.
It looks about the same as it did last time I was there in 1983. It might even look better. There is hope!
Interesting ;)
I knew a kid from this city and he wasn’t lying when he described it to me. There are little city’s like this all over the country and it’s sad.
Thank Globalization and corporate greed.
True. But Newburgh is unlike any place I have ever visited. It's like dropping the worst part of Baltimore into an otherwise nice general area.
How many large grocery stores do you see while out?