Born and raised in Brownsville, Seth Low projects. All though i moved on to another part of Brooklyn for the better after visiting other parts of the country, there's nothing like Brooklyn. We just have step up our goals a little bit, education, careers and in our finances. I'm here to stay.
yup, almost everyone has already moved out. Brooklyn is now more expensive than upper manhattan. Washington Heights much cheaper than south Brooklyn. =(
I'm sad that I couldn't afford to live there anymore. Lived 60 of my 70 years there and loved it. Another thing you may not know is that Coney Island's amazing depth of beaches are man-made. So much more to tell, worth a full length documentary. I miss you, Brooklyn.
The library at Grand Army Plaza(GAP) is designed to look like an open book, the entrance is the spine, one cover runs up Eastern Pky. the other down Flatbush Ave
I love Brooklyn. I've lived here 24 years and don't want to leave but can't afford it anymore. Even going far out in the borough, Flatlands, Midwood, Starrett City, etc has seen prices skyrocket. It makes me sad.
What you pay in rent in the city,??? I could by two houses up here cost of living is cheap,don't get me wrong It's nice to wake up an walk to work 5am an not worry about being mugged,or stabbed !!!!!!! Lol Grew up in n.y,n.j at 10 we moved to p.a ,never seen so much woods in my life ,we live in a valley surrounded By mountains ⛰ far as the eye can see,ya don't wanna be in the woods if your from city,step on wrong property,that's where you will stay!!!!! Speaking from experience, I made that mistake I was eleven years old,I thought this guy was gonna kill me ask me who I was an where I was from when I told him,he said where an why are you fucking city ppl moving this way,then he said leave an next time he won't be so nice!!??? I never ran so fast in my life,had someone shoot at me shotgun blew the trees apart!!!!!!! Never went back there!!!!! So just be careful!!!!!!!
The title says 11 things, not all things.. I'm sure there's 100s more things and that would include the hood. Somebody failed the reading comprehension part of their regents 🤔
The Brooklyn that was, was all about families and friends. It was called the City of Churches. You didn't need a lot of money to live there and we loved the sense of community. Now, it's all about money. I was born and raised there. Moved to LI for our kids to have a yard 40 plus years ago. I miss my old Brooklyn.
Big money destroyed our Brooklyn None of these new people will ever know what real Brooklyn was and is... in our hearts Born and raised in Park Slope! Brooklyn all day!
Brooklyn = Breukelen Harlem = Haarlem New York was New Amsterdam and became New York after we "gave"it to the Brits. Renamed after the Duke of York. Flushing = Vlissingen Hempstead = Heemstede Wallstreet = Walstraat Coney Island = Konijneneiland Just a Dutchman a Jan Kees, Yankees, with some history for you. Greetings from Haarlem, the Netherlands.
The population of Brooklyn is nearly identical to Chicago. However, Chicago has three times the land area (221 sq miles) that Brooklyn has (71 square miles).
I was born and raised in Brooklyn for the first maybe 15 years but when I went back to visit it wasn’t the same. I missed the old Brooklyn; that with little we had big time fun!!
I live in Brooklyn and actually prefer it to Manhattan and/or living in the other boroughs, but love shopping in all of them!!! Each borough has its own charm!!
Any significant description of Brooklyn must include the fact that it used to be an independent city that was absorbed into the City of New York in 1898. Many people believe Brooklyn's decline in the ensuing century was a result of the city's annexation.
But, that’s almost as bad as saying that Queens was one of the largest counties In the country because it included Long Island before it was separated from it to be part of NYC
B'klyn became part of Greater NYC in 1898 for drinkable water. Its groundwater was bad. Look at Gowanus Canal. Before it was polluted by industry, it was salty. The high water table also meant brackish groundwater. Manhattan has great municipal water from upstate reservoirs.
In order for that museum to stay open, we must donate, which I do. In my opinion, they don't do enough to reach out to the rest of the surrounding communities to even know that it exists.
A very different place in fifties and sixties when I grew up, no one from brooklyn lives there anymore, completely different values now it's just a status thing, enjoy your soy latte decaf.
I grew up across from Pratt Institute and took the no 37 bus to downtown to shop at Mays, McCrory’s, A&S, Woolworth’s, Alexander’s, EJ Korvette’s and Martin’s Department store. Also, we went to the movies at the New Brunswick, Lowe’s and Adelphi theatres.
MrsSam I couldn’t stand going inside McCorys due to that weird smell of rotation hotdogs, popcorn and cotton candy. I would physically sick until I got back outside.
Grew up in Brighton Beach with everything in the neighborhood within walking distance, long train ride into the city though, lots of independence as a child roaming the streets, going to Coney Island, hanging with people every day!!! Cheap living in the 70's-played alot of paddle ball and went dancing until 3 in the morning-good times!!!!
Sad that Brooklyn's history of shipbuilding (the Navy yards) and manufacturing was not mentioned. Nor the many ethnic neighborhoods that used to exist, and the many that exist to this day. My heritage stems (in large part) from a Brooklyn neighborhood of Newfoundland immigrants in the early part of the 20th century. And hey, no mention of the Dodgers????
OH I FORGOT ABOUT THE DIFFERENT NATIONALITY IN NEIGHBORHOODS...THE ITALIAN AREA, THE IRISH AREA, THE JEWISH AREA....HER IN AZ NO BODY EVER KNOWS EACH OTHERS NATIONALITY, BACK IN THE OLD BROOKLYN YOU WERE PROUD OF WHERE YOUR FAMILY CAME FROM, IT WAS LIKE A BADGE OF HONOR....I THINK MOST WERE 2nd OR 3rd GENERATION WHEN I WAS A KID
Londons' equivalent to Brooklyn would be the area of south London across the river from the West End and the City from Battersea in the west to Greenwich in the east. And as far south as Brixton and Peckham. Just like Brooklyn large parts of that area of south London have been gentrified by hipsters. Especially Brixton and Battersea. It got gentrified from the mid 1980s onwards. But the area still has many great attractions like the South Bank area along the south side of the Thames. And Greenwich with its historical architecture and huge park.
this is a vanilla tourist video, you're expecting a bit much. i have to ask, where did the newfies concentrate? what neigbhorhood? i know that newfies were at one time very prominent as structural ironworkers, making up a quarter of local 40 ironworkers.
Saying "borrow" instead of "burr-oh"? And saying "notorious" (bad reputation) instead of "famous" (good kinda reputation). Very common grammatical mistake these days... 👩🏫
My husband is from Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn. I am from Harlem. He always tells me EVERYONE in the whole world knows Brooklyn. He said when asked where are you from & you say NY.They say BROOKLYN? I always laugh at him but we were in a Florida airport & a little girl started to run away & her mother said come here BROOKLYN!! I Guess he is right!!😜
My family left Brooklyn for California in 1958, when I was seven years old. We made frequent trips "home" for a number of years. Williamsburg/Greenpoint area was pretty much where I stayed. My uncle Ted was the owner/proprietor of Teddy's Tavern on Berry and North 8th Street.
Thank you! Recently learned my many times great grandparents (Rapalje family) were among the very first European settlers in this area. I’m loving learning more about the area and seeing how connected I am to the history of a place I’ve always loved.
Born raised in the Bronx and lived in Harlem for 10 years also. I moved out here in. Brooklyn Flatbush Junction/Midwood and I love it out here. I mainly wanna let people know out here in south Brooklyn is awesome as well...the hipsters be up there by Willy B n all
Wafflez-Man- I live in Williamsburg but work in south brooklyn, and I will say south BK is where it’s at!!! So much more relaxing and old school feel .. plus some of the best food around
Born and raised in Flatbush. I never go to Williamsburg. Stupid L train doesn't connect to most of Brooklyn. I can't believe people pay so much to live where it's hard to get to. Traffic horrible to take the bus there.. Flatbush getting expensive now tho. All those new office building going up on Nostrand ave..
I am a 12 year son where my parents were born in Brooklyn. My history started with my great great grandparents who were also born in Brooklyn. So much History from Brooklyn towards my family
Manhattan Beach is also in Brooklyn, adjacent to Brighton Beach, whose Boardwalk is lined with Russian restaurants. The annual Feast of Santa Rosalia on 18th Avenue in Bensonhurst is also worth checking out. And Bay Ridge has more restaurants than any other neighborhood in NYC!
A fact of life. We live in a tourist town that has exploded. Of course my ancestors took it away from the Indians and Mexicans. There will always be someone that “ruins” it for others.
Brooklyn Native Bensonhurst used to be the little Italy of New York, don’t know what it is anymore the neighborhood is totally changed, my parents still live there, but I miss the old Brooklyn I grew up.
Our son moved there 16 years ago to stay from San Diego, California. A tiny bare room in a house of random strangers here costs 1500 while he pays 2000 for a 1 bedroom in Brooklyn.
Grew up in Brooklyn, 1939 t0 1949. My parents owned and lived in a six family row home across the street from the Ridgewood Grove and alongside the elevated train tracks. There were many children of all ages on our block with all different nationalities and religions living in harmony - a true melting pot. We played stick ball in the street or in the alley lined with car parking garages on each side. It didn't matter how many kids were available to play, sides were chosen with the stick bat, and all played without fancy leather gloves, uniforms or coaches. Brooklyn was special then and for sure influenced who I grew up to be.
I'm from Brooklyn. My cousins owned a house at Sea Gate on the western tip of Coney Island. It's worth a mention as a beachside gated community with a light house.
Great video, glad to see you included the Transit Museum. I have seen other videos about Brooklyn that didn't include the museum. I also want to say your narration is excellent. Keep up the great work. Steven biffoni
Lived in Brooklyn NY 1967 to 1970 Got accepted to Caledonian School of Nursing. Lived in the nurses dorm. Best time of myife. After graduation shared an apartment with my friend who was a nurse on Flatbush Ave Sure was cheat rent back then. Our apartment was only 60 dollars a month. Those were the best years ever. Take back in a time machine.
I am sure that like every other city, Brooklyn is not all sunlight and roses but I did find that I didn't know any of the things that were talked about. I found it very interesting. Thank you!
When I lived in Park Slope, Brooklyn the parent’s Rent was $60.00 a month for a two bedroom apartment back in the 1960’s! I now own a six bedroom, three bathroom house in New Jersey. My monthly mortgage payment is less equivalent to a studio apartment in Park slope nowSlope now! 😳😳😳
I moved to Brooklyn in the lat 80s... I payed $188 for a nice size 1 bedroom apt with a dinning erea and utilities included... In early 2000s I had a 2 bedroom apt in Boarum Hill on Atlantic Avenue... After living there for 7 years my rent was $750... My landlord got me out because he wanted $1,600 for it!
My family lived in Park Slope, St. Mark's Place, and we moved in 1964. Every now and then, I check the value of the brownstone. I think it's up to 3 million plus.
Brooklyn is actually America's third largest city! If NYC did not annex Brooklyn in 1898, Brooklyn would be smaller than only NYC and la! Brooklyn rocks!
Brooklyn was actually considered Manhattan's back yard in the early years before 1900. It was a way for the Manhattanites to escape the "city" - But now Brooklyn has its own label and is of course one of the five boroughs - It's still a quieter place than Manhattan...
Ocean Parkway On June 15, 1894, Ocean Parkway became the first street in the U.S. to have a designated bike lane. The nearly five-mile stretch of road was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, the urban planning masterminds behind Central Park and Prospect Park. Make Ocean Pkwy stretches from Brighton Beach to Prospect Park and is America’s oldest Bike Path.
Great documentary!👍 You didn't mention the longest suspension bridge that made the Guinus book of world records as the longest suspension bridge in the world at the time. The Varazanno Narrows bridge that connects Brooklyn with Staten Island! This bridge has a double deck.😀👍
I got something that you don’t know about Brooklyn there black and Hispanics that living there 🤔🤔 and getting push out by the white people put that on this ......
@Jane O'Leary Actual, Central park used to be a village that was inhabited by black people; it was torn down to build central park. They were forcibly removed. Look up the history.
@Jane O'Leary Of course you don't care as it typical when talking about the wrong doings done to black people in this country. I'm not surprised. And let me guess, racism just magically disappeared, right?
@Jane O'Leary The destroying of The Village in central part happened way before the 50's do if you're trying to use white flight as justification , that doesn't make any sense. Typically whites left before the deterioration of the neighborhoods leaving those neighborhoods to the poor. If whites had stayed, it would have been mostly middle class blacks moving in. It's not a color thing. Poor white neighborhoods don't look that great either. Ever been to a trailer park?
I knew everything about Brooklyn in this video. BTW the Botanic Gardens is not part of Prospect Park, Ocean Parkway is also by Olmsted and Vaux, Manhattan and Gerritsen Beach are also beach neighborhoods and both Coney Island and Prospect Park are big Brooklyn attractions unto themselves.
I was born in Brooklyn and lived in other places, Atlanta and Manhattan. Brooklyn is inexpensive, you can rent a furnished room in a private house very inexpensively and you don't need a car to get around. You can take the subway to Manhattan if you want to go to Broadway shows or go shopping in the best stores. Or you can relax in Prospect Park or Coney Island. That's why I came back to Brooklyn, there's no place like Brooklyn and never will be.
The racist people in this comment section don't like that us "hipsters and uncultured, nasal colonizers"/their words for all white people live here. Let's hope they don't attack us
@@kennyadvocat Apartments are expensive. But there are many furnished rooms available at very reasonable rates. I am living in a furnished room now and have been here 20 years living only off my social security.
I'm living in Bklyn Greenpoint 53 yrs So many memories. For 25 cents an hour you could rent a bike. For 75 cents you could go to a choice of movie theaters. The RKO the Meserole the American. You could go to MCcarren park pool free from 8 to 10 stand on line reenter for 10 cents you made a lot of friends from all backgrounds Irish Polish Hispanic and you shared each others cultures you sometimes visited churches to get the experience . You made friends for life. You took care of each other. You fed a neighbor who feel on hard times You were taught to respect your community. Yes it takes a village and I have no intention of ever leaving this incredible place. To all who read this today stay safe keep your distance and keep up with the 15 steps . God Bless Bklyn God Bless America This to shall end.
I forgot to mention all the great stores especially Shoe stores.Ice creme parlors Vandolens and Fredricks. Vandolens was great Dave who was employed there would clean the place and my friend's and I would wait outside At 11 he would let us in as long as we purchased a egg cream or cherry coke. We would proceed to play the jukebox and listen to the Supremes for hours. He was a nice man.
I thought that neighborhood by Greenwood was Bush Terminal, squished between the Industry City loft buildings/Gowanus Expressway along 3rd Avenue and the Cemetery along 5th Avenue. That's what we called it. Now it's called Greenwood Heights, gimmie a break.
Love this! Although I don't live in Brooklyn I have been to many of these places. The transit museum has the child size trolley car that I used to go in as a child when it was in the Maspeth Federal Savings Bank on 69th St. & Grand Ave. in Maspeth. It was great to see it again when I visited the museum some years ago.
When I come to visit NYC I am staying in Brooklyn. Manhattan may be the heart of NYC but Brooklyn is the soul. I love everything you showed here. I don't think cemeteries are macabre. That cemetery is beautiful. I think it may have been featured in movies? Love your videos. Thanks for producing them.
Brooklyn= soul, agreed! If one has time, I would suggest going to out of the way destinations such as Bay Ridge or Dyker Heights. If you want to go to an area of Brooklyn that does not at all seem that you are indeed in NYC, I would recommend visiting areas such as Bergen Beach.
They messed the heart and soul of bklyn up. All these Lego buildings amongst all these beautiful tree lined streets. They changed the names of communities to make it more appealing to move too. Get em out here
I’m pure Boricua born and raised in Brooklyn . The disrespect ruined the life here . We are aiming on fixing that today don’t delay get your way today in Brooklyn New York.
One massive change I noticed in my Bay Ridge neighborhood was that the Sweeds were replaced by Chinese. Quite a change, but I have never felt apprehensive in a Chinese neighborhood. They appear to be hard working and law abiding. I always thought - to busy making a living and getting ahead to risk going to jail for acting stupid.
Lived there for 40 years and can’t afford it. Now there are mostly Arab families and businesses in Bay Ridge. All the Nordic stores are gone, but they still have the parade every year.
Grew up in GRAVESEND! 60'S & 70'S. IT WAS Great! Was just like Good Fellas! Clean Safe@ Great food Gorgious chicks! Rock n Roll! Mini bikes! Ave U. Fond memories. Its ALL GONE! Beam me up Scotty! THERES NOTHING LEFT!
Whoa! Who Knew? As somebody who grew up in Brooklyn I kinda pride myself for knowing it like the back of my hand. You referenced some interesting facts re: it's History and definitely did your Homework. The BG tree scene is stunningly beautiful (as is most) of Botanical Gardens. One thing you didn't mention is Junior's Restaurant, where they make the World's Best & Famous for their Cheese Cake. I live in Harlem now, and Junior's is to Brooklyn what Sylvia's is to Harlem. It's almost like you haven't been to either place (B or H) if you haven't Come thru (J's or S's:) Obama knew that when he visited toting back massive Cheese Cake to the White House.😉 Anyway nice video and voice I found it interesting to watch.👍:)
I was born in Brooklyn, Kings County Hospital. Lived on Pitt St. on the Lower East Side my first 3 years. Parents needed a bigger place when my middle brother was coming so we settled in Crown Heights on Union St., between Schenectady Ave and Utica Ave.. I remember driving by Ebbits Field and hearing the crowds cheer on "Da Bums". Moved to the Lewis H. Pink house projects when I was 10. Then moved to California when my Dad got laid off. Just recently moved to Texas and people to this day will ask me where I'm from and with a big grin I tell them BROOKLYN, N.Y.!!
Born in Flatbush 1947 Kings County Hospital, rasied in Bensonhurst, now living in Florida, Lenny's Pizza on 86st, .15 cents a slice, went back to Brooklyn a few years ago, didn't like it at all, they forgot Edbitt's Field, the Brooklyn Dodgers.
I think my favorite bit of Brooklyn history is in the middle of Brooklyn Bridge Park at the foot of Fulton St. This was where George Washington's army made its escape from the British in the Battle of Brooklyn (aka Battle of Long Island) in 1776. In 1814, it became the Brooklyn landing of Fulton's Ferry. The Ferry lasted 110 years at that location.
also lived in San Francisco in the 80's when it was affordable. The extreme division between the have and the have not's has really destroyed the soul of the society.
I am a Long time Florida resident who has not visited NYC since the early 1960s. However my grandmother grandfather aunts cousins all lived or live there. When I get the chance to travel its with the attitude anywhere except NYC. I still think I haven't missed much.
Love Brooklyn. Born and raised here but unfortunately getting too expensive to keep living here.
Facts
Born and raised in Brownsville, Seth Low projects. All though i moved on to another part of Brooklyn for the better after visiting other parts of the country, there's nothing like Brooklyn. We just have step up our goals a little bit, education, careers and in our finances. I'm here to stay.
Not barring that Brooklyn is your birthplace, would Queens be an option?
yup, almost everyone has already moved out. Brooklyn is now more expensive than upper manhattan. Washington Heights much cheaper than south Brooklyn. =(
That’s just developer and landlord greed
I'm sad that I couldn't afford to live there anymore. Lived 60 of my 70 years there and loved it. Another thing you may not know is that Coney Island's amazing depth of beaches are man-made. So much more to tell, worth a full length documentary.
I miss you, Brooklyn.
Damn
Damn you old
The library at Grand Army Plaza(GAP) is designed to look like an open book, the entrance is the spine, one cover runs up Eastern Pky. the other down Flatbush Ave
I worked there for over 30 years. One of Brooklyn’s real treasures.
One of my favorite libraries in the city. Used to study and do projects there. Love and miss Brooklyn. It has energy not found everywhere.
Beautiful Library...I used to hang out there after school, my boyfriend was security there!...took alot of pictures at the plaza too
I love Brooklyn. I've lived here 24 years and don't want to leave but can't afford it anymore. Even going far out in the borough, Flatlands, Midwood, Starrett City, etc has seen prices skyrocket. It makes me sad.
Please don't come to Florida.
@@frankied8138 you definitely don't have to worry about that, not on the Florida bandwagon at all😂
Frankie D move to queens 😂
Yeah it’s crazy expensive
What you pay in rent in the city,???
I could by two houses up here cost of living is cheap,don't get me wrong
It's nice to wake up an walk to work 5am an not worry about being mugged,or stabbed !!!!!!! Lol
Grew up in n.y,n.j at 10 we moved to p.a ,never seen so much woods in my life ,we live in a valley surrounded
By mountains ⛰ far as the eye can see,ya don't wanna be in the woods if your from city,step on wrong property,that's where you will stay!!!!!
Speaking from experience, I made that mistake I was eleven years old,I thought this guy was gonna kill me ask me who I was an where I was from when I told him,he said where an why are you fucking city ppl moving this way,then he said leave an next time he won't be so nice!!???
I never ran so fast in my life,had someone shoot at me shotgun blew the trees apart!!!!!!! Never went back there!!!!! So just be careful!!!!!!!
The narrator sure did stay away from the hood, lol
Ha
The title says 11 things, not all things.. I'm sure there's 100s more things and that would include the hood. Somebody failed the reading comprehension part of their regents 🤔
I live in crown heights
So are u talking about crown heights
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The Brooklyn that was, was all about families and friends. It was called the City of Churches. You didn't need a lot of money to live there and we loved the sense of community. Now, it's all about money. I was born and raised there. Moved to LI for our kids to have a yard 40 plus years ago. I miss my old Brooklyn.
Brooklyn is still about families and community and we still have a ton of churches❤️
Actually it was called the “Borough of Churches”.
@@johnrobinsoniii4028 That's right
@@johnrobinsoniii4028 Maybe now, not in the 50s.
Big money destroyed our Brooklyn None of these new people will ever know what real Brooklyn was and is... in our hearts
Born and raised in Park Slope! Brooklyn all day!
If i could go there, I think I'd spend much of my time on those streets with the brownstones. I love those buildings.
Thank you, I’m from Brooklyn but live elsewhere and this made me smile.
Brooklyn = Breukelen
Harlem = Haarlem
New York was New Amsterdam and became New York after we "gave"it to the Brits. Renamed after the Duke of York.
Flushing = Vlissingen
Hempstead = Heemstede
Wallstreet = Walstraat
Coney Island = Konijneneiland
Just a Dutchman a Jan Kees, Yankees, with some history for you.
Greetings from Haarlem, the Netherlands.
I like your Haarlem. Beautiful old city & much safer & cleaner than New York’s Harlem.
Yes it's original name is Breukelen and they renamed it to Brooklyn in I think the Early 1900-1920's/1930's
This video made me think about my childhood, teenage, and young adult years , left Brooklyn in 1991. Miss you Brooklyn.
Brooklyn also happens to be the largest borough by population, having almost as many residents as Chicago
The population of Brooklyn is nearly identical to Chicago. However, Chicago has three times the land area (221 sq miles) that Brooklyn has (71 square miles).
@Devon Valentino you think you sound slick. Crime is everywhere including where you live.
@Devon Valentino literally false
Brooklyn is like a damn whole state! 😂
I was born and raised in Brooklyn for the first maybe 15 years but when I went back to visit it wasn’t the same.
I missed the old Brooklyn; that with little we had big time fun!!
I live in Brooklyn and actually prefer it to Manhattan and/or living in the other boroughs, but love shopping in all of them!!! Each borough has its own charm!!
Yu have an extra room I can bunk in? 😝 damn I miss living in Brooklyn 🥲
Any significant description of Brooklyn must include the fact that it used to be an independent city that was absorbed into the City of New York in 1898. Many people believe Brooklyn's decline in the ensuing century was a result of the city's annexation.
You're 100% right
But, that’s almost as bad as saying that Queens was one of the largest counties In the country because it included Long Island before it was separated from it to be part of NYC
B'klyn became part of Greater NYC in 1898 for drinkable water.
Its groundwater was bad. Look at Gowanus Canal. Before it was polluted by industry, it was salty.
The high water table also meant brackish groundwater.
Manhattan has great municipal water from upstate reservoirs.
What about weeksville a historic black community right in Brooklyn which has a museum they were trying to get rid of 🧐
Exactly , definitely my favorite museum .
soon as they get the permits its gone
young future nope
In order for that museum to stay open, we must donate, which I do. In my opinion, they don't do enough to reach out to the rest of the surrounding communities to even know that it exists.
Kareem Williams agreed, I grew up here and still have no idea where it is and no one mentions it
Brooklyn should be a nation on its own, cos it got all the potential, quality to stand as a nation
Open the gates for the debate on “The Mistake of ‘98” aaaaannnd ... go!
spike lee's da people republic of brooklyn
That would be a disaster lol, but I guess you could keep the gentrifiers out.
I'm Brooklyn born and bred, but the hipsters ruined it
big fact
shouldve stayed in jersey and south dakota
Feliks Gailitis fact
Facts
A very different place in fifties and sixties when I grew up, no one from brooklyn lives there anymore, completely different values now it's just a status thing, enjoy your soy latte decaf.
I grew up across from Pratt Institute and took the no 37 bus to downtown to shop at Mays, McCrory’s, A&S, Woolworth’s, Alexander’s, EJ Korvette’s and Martin’s Department store. Also, we went to the movies at the New Brunswick, Lowe’s and Adelphi theatres.
Eduardo Ramirez Jr that’s bed-stuy/Clinton hill son!
Eduardo Ramirez Jr it’s now the B38 oversized bus. The 37 runs through Sunset park
Eduardo Ramirez Jr Yes, oh my GOD, McCrory’s!
Mccrorys- My first job and I still have the register key. I had to use government papers since I was too young to work.
MrsSam I couldn’t stand going inside McCorys due to that weird smell of rotation hotdogs, popcorn and cotton candy. I would physically sick until I got back outside.
Grew up in Brighton Beach with everything in the neighborhood within walking distance, long train ride into the city though, lots of independence as a child roaming the streets, going to Coney Island, hanging with people every day!!! Cheap living in the 70's-played alot of paddle ball and went dancing until 3 in the morning-good times!!!!
OH REMEMBER THE CROWDS ON THE BEACH IN CONEY ISLAND WHEN I WAS A KID...IT WAS PACKED... THIS WAS BEFORE EVERYONE HAD AIR CONDITIONERS
@@ThePHYL A blanket of people on the beach blasting their boombox's!!! Great food on the run and cheap-really miss those days
I'm from East Flatbush! Where my Caribbean people at!
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You know they are trying to rename East Flatbush to Lefferts Gardens now. 🙄 🇯🇲
Betty Boop wait? U deadass? 😭😭😭
@Jazmine Ellery Yup! We all know where Lefferts Gardens is....and it ain't East Flatbush. They trying.....
It’s nothing like it use to be their was actual communities and life in Brooklyn now it’s just a dead over Expensive place to live 💔
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Amen brother, you got that right.
Sad that Brooklyn's history of shipbuilding (the Navy yards) and manufacturing was not mentioned. Nor the many ethnic neighborhoods that used to exist, and the many that exist to this day. My heritage stems (in large part) from a Brooklyn neighborhood of Newfoundland immigrants in the early part of the 20th century. And hey, no mention of the Dodgers????
OH I FORGOT ABOUT THE DIFFERENT NATIONALITY IN NEIGHBORHOODS...THE ITALIAN AREA, THE IRISH AREA, THE JEWISH AREA....HER IN AZ NO BODY EVER KNOWS EACH OTHERS NATIONALITY, BACK IN THE OLD BROOKLYN YOU WERE PROUD OF WHERE YOUR FAMILY CAME FROM, IT WAS LIKE A BADGE OF HONOR....I THINK MOST WERE 2nd OR 3rd GENERATION WHEN I WAS A KID
Born and raised there 1949 1974 loved the old Brooklyn !!!!
Londons' equivalent to Brooklyn would be the area of south London across the river from the West End and the City from Battersea in the west to Greenwich in the east. And as far south as Brixton and Peckham. Just like Brooklyn large parts of that area of south London have been gentrified by hipsters. Especially Brixton and Battersea. It got gentrified from the mid 1980s onwards. But the area still has many great attractions like the South Bank area along the south side of the Thames. And Greenwich with its historical architecture and huge park.
Yeah, the shipyards were mentioned...by you in da comment section! 😆
this is a vanilla tourist video, you're expecting a bit much. i have to ask, where did the newfies concentrate? what neigbhorhood? i know that newfies were at one time very prominent as structural ironworkers, making up a quarter of local 40 ironworkers.
I must say, this channel is entertaining. By the way, Brooklyn all-day everyday!
I gotta say that I'm proud 2 b from Brooklyn. Born in Brooklyn lived in NC & came back 2 Brooklyn. I love it
Okay the voice lady is adorable fighting herself to say borough lol
Saying "borrow" instead of "burr-oh"? And saying "notorious" (bad reputation) instead of "famous" (good kinda reputation). Very common grammatical mistake these days... 👩🏫
And she said lie-berry for library.
I love Brooklyn so much, it’s just too damn expensive here 🤦🏾♀️ and it’s only getting more and more expensive
True lol haha
That's you in your profile picture
@@quanbrooklynkid7776 Yes
My husband is from Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn. I am from Harlem. He always tells me EVERYONE in the whole world knows Brooklyn. He said when asked where are you from & you say NY.They say BROOKLYN? I always laugh at him but we were in a Florida airport & a little girl started to run away & her mother said come here BROOKLYN!! I Guess he is right!!😜
Yell new yorkers really are full of yourselfs.
@@SDguy3030 danm
@@SDguy3030 You'd have to be a real New Yorker to understand.
Born and raised in BK! Bushwick to be exact 💜
They took the heart and soul out of my Borough I miss the #OldBrooklyn not this new shit 😢
If you're thinking about moving here....DON'T
Thank you
Krystalina Kouture, im thinking im thinking 🤔🧐🤔
None Ya don’t
Krystalina Kouture, dont worry im not a yuppy im latino from chicago, ill blend in like a stealthy ninja
@@krystalinakouture489 You sound like one of those racists who says shit like "There goes the neighborhood". Wait.
@ Krystalna Kouture : Why not?
Spread love is the BROOKLYN WAY . 💕🦕
Yes Ma'am!
B.I.G
Yas!
the brooklyn love building
You forgot the most important fact, the name Brooklyn came from the Dutch they named it Breukelen ( A Dutch village in the Netherlands)
My family left Brooklyn for California in 1958, when I was seven years old. We made frequent trips "home" for a number of years. Williamsburg/Greenpoint area was pretty much where I stayed. My uncle Ted was the owner/proprietor of Teddy's Tavern on Berry and North 8th Street.
Mike Holmes I’m from Greenpoint too! Love going to Teddys
Loved Teddy's!!Many happy and fun times there! a true iconic spot- and right on the corner- the best
You must have left with the Dodgers, who left for LA at the same time.
Love these videos on NYC. hope you keep them up!
Thank you! Recently learned my many times great grandparents (Rapalje family) were among the very first European settlers in this area. I’m loving learning more about the area and seeing how connected I am to the history of a place I’ve always loved.
Grew up in Bklyn but never knew about the Dyker Heights Christmas thang. Didn't know the history of Eastern Parkway, either. Cool stuff!
Born in fort Greene raised in east flatbush, I still need to explore more of Brooklyn.
Born raised in the Bronx and lived in Harlem for 10 years also. I moved out here in. Brooklyn Flatbush Junction/Midwood and I love it out here. I mainly wanna let people know out here in south Brooklyn is awesome as well...the hipsters be up there by Willy B n all
Wafflez-Man- I live in Williamsburg but work in south brooklyn, and I will say south BK is where it’s at!!! So much more relaxing and old school feel .. plus some of the best food around
I'm in South Brooklyn and I agree with you
I used to live by Brooklyn college in 2012. I love and miss that area soo much
Born and raised in Flatbush. I never go to Williamsburg. Stupid L train doesn't connect to most of Brooklyn. I can't believe people pay so much to live where it's hard to get to. Traffic horrible to take the bus there.. Flatbush getting expensive now tho. All those new office building going up on Nostrand ave..
Shhh let's not talk to loud
I am a 12 year son where my parents were born in Brooklyn. My history started with my great great grandparents who were also born in Brooklyn. So much History from Brooklyn towards my family
Manhattan Beach is also in Brooklyn, adjacent to Brighton Beach, whose Boardwalk is lined with Russian restaurants. The annual Feast of Santa Rosalia on 18th Avenue in Bensonhurst is also worth checking out. And Bay Ridge has more restaurants than any other neighborhood in NYC!
the gentrification is so real.
PREACH
A fact of life. We live in a tourist town that has exploded. Of course my ancestors took it away from the Indians and Mexicans. There will always be someone that “ruins” it for others.
Everyone wants to be the last person to arrive before it went bad.
Luxury rentals, hipsters, & dog walkers. That's a key sign your neighborhood is gone..
Unfortunately it's the truth.
Brooklyn Native Bensonhurst used to be the little Italy of New York, don’t know what it is anymore the neighborhood is totally changed, my parents still live there, but I miss the old Brooklyn I grew up.
I was born there in 1963 and grew u0p there in the 1970's. Weft Brooklyn in 1976 and illnever live there again
lots of chinese, lots less italians, a notable turkish presence
What an awesome videos very well done,
Amazing video thank you so much
You left out the Brooklyn Dodgers, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn tech H.S., Greenpoint Avenue, etc....
You-forgot-to-mention-Brooklyn- Bums-Dodgers---Ebbets- Field！-Great ArtSchool--Pratt-Instutute---Boys- High--Tecbinical- High- School
Our son moved there 16 years ago to stay from San Diego, California. A tiny bare room in a house of random strangers here costs 1500 while he pays 2000 for a 1 bedroom in Brooklyn.
Grew up in Brooklyn, 1939 t0 1949. My parents owned and lived in a six family row home across the street from the Ridgewood Grove and alongside the elevated train tracks. There were many children of all ages on our block with all different nationalities and religions living in harmony - a true melting pot. We played stick ball in the street or in the alley lined with car parking garages on each side. It didn't matter how many kids were available to play, sides were chosen with the stick bat, and all played without fancy leather gloves, uniforms or coaches. Brooklyn was special then and for sure influenced who I grew up to be.
I'm from Brooklyn. My cousins owned a house at Sea Gate on the western tip of Coney Island. It's worth a mention as a beachside gated community with a light house.
“bedford-stuy” any new yorker calls it “bed-stuy”
Great video, glad to see you included the Transit Museum. I have seen other videos about Brooklyn that didn't include the museum. I also want to say your narration is excellent. Keep up the great work.
Steven biffoni
Brooklyn born and never leaving
Lived in Brooklyn NY 1967 to 1970
Got accepted to Caledonian School of Nursing. Lived in the nurses dorm. Best time of myife. After graduation shared an apartment with my friend who was a nurse on Flatbush Ave
Sure was cheat rent back then. Our apartment was only 60 dollars a
month. Those were the best years ever. Take back in a time
machine.
I am sure that like every other city, Brooklyn is not all sunlight and roses but I did find that I didn't know any of the things that were talked about. I found it very interesting. Thank you!
I visited Green Wood Cemetery two years ago that was an amazing experience. I recommended it.
IT IS BEAUTIFUL...THEY GIVE TOURS OF IT, THE BIRDWATCHER SOCIETY MEET THERE...
My mama is there
When I lived in Park Slope, Brooklyn the parent’s Rent was $60.00 a month for a two bedroom apartment back in the 1960’s! I now own a six bedroom, three bathroom house in New Jersey. My monthly mortgage payment is less equivalent to a studio apartment in Park slope nowSlope now! 😳😳😳
NYC is a horrible place to live in. Rent is crazy everywhere now. Even south Brooklyn too expensive. Born and raised and cant wait to get out...
I am surprised it was that low in the 1960’s. I lived in Augusta, Georgia, back then and rents were that or more. Crazy!
Can i come visit?? Jane Doe
I moved to Brooklyn in the lat 80s... I payed $188 for a nice size 1 bedroom apt with a dinning erea and utilities included... In early 2000s I had a 2 bedroom apt in Boarum Hill on Atlantic Avenue... After living there for 7 years my rent was $750... My landlord got me out because he wanted $1,600 for it!
My family lived in Park Slope, St. Mark's Place, and we moved in 1964. Every now and then, I check the value of the brownstone. I think it's up to 3 million plus.
Brooklyn has ALWAYS been cool. Period.
Brooklyn invented "cool"
Brooklyn is actually America's third largest city! If NYC did not annex Brooklyn in 1898, Brooklyn would be smaller than only NYC and la! Brooklyn rocks!
Brooklyn was actually considered Manhattan's back yard in the early years before 1900. It was a way for the Manhattanites to escape the "city" - But now Brooklyn has its own label and is of course one of the five boroughs - It's still a quieter place than Manhattan...
Miss Bklyn so much!!! So much has changed since I was there, must go back for a visit!!!
East New York still the jungle don’t come over here 😂💪🏾
YOG Ghostbuckz lol New Lots ❤️
YOG Ghostbuckz but they starting to gentrify my neighborhood ☹️
Jahmina Stephens 💯
YOG Ghostbuckz 80 street and Ave K 👀👀 Hipster Killed Brooklyn it’s Disgusting
exactly !
Miss my home BK 4 LYFE!! ✌🏾
Love Brooklyn but never got to explore my trips were always brief hopefully next yr il be able to do a lot of stuff.
Oh Lord I’m in love with Brooklyn
Ocean Parkway
On June 15, 1894, Ocean Parkway became the first street in the U.S. to have a designated bike lane. The nearly five-mile stretch of road was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, the urban planning masterminds behind Central Park and Prospect Park. Make Ocean Pkwy stretches from Brighton Beach to Prospect Park and is America’s oldest Bike Path.
West Indian day Parade on Labor Day in Brooklyn’s is the largest parade in New York
Yeah, that's when all the shootings occur. Blood sacrifices for the filthy voodoo masters.
BK was BK until all those mid west, corn husker, hippester showed up
One more fact, speaking of trains, Brooklyn is home of the highest subway station in the world. Smith-9th Street on the F and G lines
Oh yeah.....the F 🚆
I❤️BROOKLYN 😜
Me Too!!
BKLYN, The livest boro. 👑🎤
Great documentary!👍 You didn't mention the longest suspension bridge that made the Guinus book of world records as the longest suspension bridge in the world at the time. The Varazanno Narrows bridge that connects Brooklyn with Staten Island! This bridge has a double deck.😀👍
I got something that you don’t know about Brooklyn there black and Hispanics that living there 🤔🤔 and getting push out by the white people put that on this ......
💯💯💯💯
Jane O'Leary the same way blacks were pushed out to build central park
@Jane O'Leary Actual, Central park used to be a village that was inhabited by black people; it was torn down to build central park. They were forcibly removed. Look up the history.
@Jane O'Leary Of course you don't care as it typical when talking about the wrong doings done to black people in this country. I'm not surprised. And let me guess, racism just magically disappeared, right?
@Jane O'Leary The destroying of The Village in central part happened way before the 50's do if you're trying to use white flight as justification , that doesn't make any sense. Typically whites left before the deterioration of the neighborhoods leaving those neighborhoods to the poor. If whites had stayed, it would have been mostly middle class blacks moving in. It's not a color thing. Poor white neighborhoods don't look that great either. Ever been to a trailer park?
I knew everything about Brooklyn in this video. BTW the Botanic Gardens is not part of Prospect Park, Ocean Parkway is also by Olmsted and Vaux, Manhattan and Gerritsen Beach are also beach neighborhoods and both Coney Island and Prospect Park are big Brooklyn attractions unto themselves.
I was born in Brooklyn and lived in other places, Atlanta and Manhattan. Brooklyn is inexpensive, you can rent a furnished room in a private house very inexpensively and you don't need a car to get around. You can take the subway to Manhattan if you want to go to Broadway shows or go shopping in the best stores. Or you can relax in Prospect Park or Coney Island. That's why I came back to Brooklyn, there's no place like Brooklyn and never will be.
The racist people in this comment section don't like that us "hipsters and uncultured, nasal colonizers"/their words for all white people live here. Let's hope they don't attack us
I don't see how Brooklyn is cheap. Haven't seen a cheap apartment here since the late 90's
@@kennyadvocat If you live in a Co-Op on the south end of Brooklyn like I do, it's cheap. The only thing you pay is rent, no utilities.
@@kennyadvocat Apartments are expensive. But there are many furnished rooms available at very reasonable rates. I am living in a furnished room now and have been here 20 years living only off my social security.
@@billyt.7306 yes i'm in Flatbush area. =) Its looking like develpers are coming in tho. May not be cheap for long. =(
We have alot of history and some beautiful neighborhoods in Brooklyn. The heart and soul hasn't gone anywhere. Still here and better than ever🍂🍁
I'm 9 and been living in Brooklyn my whole life! It amazing!
I'm living in Bklyn Greenpoint 53 yrs
So many memories. For 25 cents an hour you could rent a bike. For 75 cents you could go to a choice of movie theaters. The RKO the Meserole the American. You could go to MCcarren park pool free from 8 to 10 stand on line reenter for 10 cents you made a lot of friends from all backgrounds Irish Polish Hispanic and you shared each others cultures you sometimes visited churches to get the experience . You made friends for life. You took care of each other. You fed a neighbor who feel on hard times
You were taught to respect your community. Yes it takes a village and I have no intention of ever leaving this incredible place. To all who read this today stay safe keep your distance and keep up with the 15 steps . God Bless Bklyn God Bless America
This to shall end.
I forgot to mention all the great stores especially Shoe stores.Ice creme parlors Vandolens and Fredricks. Vandolens was great Dave who was employed there would clean the place and my friend's and I would wait outside
At 11 he would let us in as long as we purchased a egg cream or cherry coke. We would proceed to play the jukebox and listen to the Supremes
for hours. He was a nice man.
I thought it was twelve steps.
If I heard you correctly, did you say South Slope? I know Park Slope! Near
Boerum Hill. Both are near Prospect Park.
I thought that neighborhood by Greenwood was Bush Terminal, squished between the Industry City loft buildings/Gowanus Expressway along 3rd Avenue and the Cemetery along 5th Avenue. That's what we called it. Now it's called Greenwood Heights, gimmie a break.
Love this! Although I don't live in Brooklyn I have been to many of these places. The transit museum has the child size trolley car that I used to go in as a child when it was in the Maspeth Federal Savings Bank on 69th St. & Grand Ave. in Maspeth. It was great to see it again when I visited the museum some years ago.
When I come to visit NYC I am staying in Brooklyn. Manhattan may be the heart of NYC but Brooklyn is the soul. I love everything you showed here. I don't think cemeteries are macabre. That cemetery is beautiful. I think it may have been featured in movies? Love your videos. Thanks for producing them.
Brooklyn= soul, agreed! If one has time, I would suggest going to out of the way destinations such as Bay Ridge or Dyker Heights. If you want to go to an area of Brooklyn that does not at all seem that you are indeed in NYC, I would recommend visiting areas such as Bergen Beach.
Please don't come.
I have always been drawn to Brooklyn, I am a Canadian and hope to visit someday, thanks for all the great places in Brooklyn I may visit😁👍🏻
They messed the heart and soul of bklyn up. All these Lego buildings amongst all these beautiful tree lined streets. They changed the names of communities to make it more appealing to move too. Get em out here
I’m pure Boricua born and raised in Brooklyn . The disrespect ruined the life here . We are aiming on fixing that today don’t delay get your way today in Brooklyn New York.
Jesus has always been the Answer.
Wasn't entertainer Jackie Gleason born in Brooklyn?
YES HE WAS...HE WOULD USE HIS CHILDHOOD ADDRESS ON THE HONEYMOONERS SHOW,,, II THINK IT WAS CHANCEY STREET
Gleason's Gym is still here.
he got his start in show buz as the MC at the Halsey St playhouse on Saratoga Ave
Greenwood cemetery is not in south slope. In fact there is NO “south slope”
MY GRANDMA AND GRANDPA ARE BURIED IN GREENWOOD CEMETERY
Calling it south slope is purely a real estate ploy
One massive change I noticed in my Bay Ridge neighborhood was that the Sweeds were replaced by Chinese. Quite a change, but I have never felt apprehensive in a Chinese neighborhood. They appear to be hard working and law abiding. I always thought - to busy making a living and getting ahead to risk going to jail for acting stupid.
Lived there for 40 years and can’t afford it. Now there are mostly Arab families and businesses in Bay Ridge. All the Nordic stores are gone, but they still have the parade every year.
Fantastic newsreader ♥️ℹ️
Grew up in GRAVESEND! 60'S & 70'S. IT WAS Great! Was just like Good Fellas! Clean Safe@ Great food Gorgious chicks! Rock n Roll! Mini bikes! Ave U. Fond memories. Its ALL GONE! Beam me up Scotty! THERES NOTHING LEFT!
I love the video !! Thank you !!
I'm born and raised in Brooklyn. Gentrification and hippies destroyed Brooklyn. I miss the old grimmy Brooklyn lol
Mara L It's all Trump's fault 😬!!!
Mara L BAD=Trump deal with it 😈
mrpower328 ..what is gentrification
@@1weazy291 don't know,,,, hehehehe
Gotta blame the Hippies for something. I blame them for clean LSD & generally caring about shit.
Whoa! Who Knew? As somebody who grew up in Brooklyn I kinda pride myself for knowing it like the back of my hand. You referenced some interesting facts re: it's History and definitely did your Homework. The BG tree scene is stunningly beautiful (as is most) of Botanical Gardens. One thing you didn't mention is Junior's Restaurant, where they make the World's Best & Famous for their Cheese Cake. I live in Harlem now, and Junior's is to Brooklyn what Sylvia's is to Harlem. It's almost like you haven't been to either place (B or H) if you haven't Come thru (J's or S's:) Obama knew that when he visited toting back massive Cheese Cake to the White House.😉 Anyway nice video and voice I found it interesting to watch.👍:)
YOU CAN GET JUNIORS CHEESECAKE ON LINE NOW...
An if ya get involved with drugs ,it won't last long???? All the woods in the world,an ppl don't see what i see??¿??
Not everyone is food centric, some people don't consider it a plus or minus to a city
We had the Brooklyn Dodgers before they went to LA and now are called LA Dodgers but remember it was BK first.
I born and raised in the bronx but now I am living in Brooklyn since 1986. I love ❤ Brooklyn.
Brooklyn glory days are long gone
I USED TO GO TO CONEY ISLAND, TO THE BEACH, THE WATER BY THE BEACH WAS SO SALTY!! MY DAD AND, SISTER WOULD COME WITH ME, AND RIDE THE CYCLONE!
Fishing in Sheepshead Bay. I like going for Porgies and Sea Bass.
I was born in Brooklyn, Kings County Hospital. Lived on Pitt St. on the Lower East Side my first 3 years. Parents needed a bigger place when my middle brother was coming so we settled in Crown Heights on Union St., between Schenectady Ave and Utica Ave.. I remember driving by Ebbits Field and hearing the crowds cheer on "Da Bums". Moved to the Lewis H. Pink house projects when I was 10. Then moved to California when my Dad got laid off. Just recently moved to Texas and people to this day will ask me where I'm from and with a big grin I tell them BROOKLYN, N.Y.!!
Nobody wants to live in Brighton Beach, lol
Little Russia
Grew up in Brooklyn in the 70s... what a great time and place to be a kid!
Born in Flatbush 1947 Kings County Hospital, rasied in Bensonhurst, now living in Florida, Lenny's Pizza on 86st, .15 cents a slice, went back to Brooklyn a few years ago, didn't like it at all, they forgot Edbitt's Field, the Brooklyn Dodgers.
I think my favorite bit of Brooklyn history is in the middle of Brooklyn Bridge Park at the foot of Fulton St. This was where George Washington's army made its escape from the British in the Battle of Brooklyn (aka Battle of Long Island) in 1776. In 1814, it became the Brooklyn landing of Fulton's Ferry. The Ferry lasted 110 years at that location.
also lived in San Francisco in the 80's when it was affordable. The extreme division between the have and the have not's has really destroyed the soul of the society.
I think a lot of Comments are blaming White People, rather than Rich People- the Ruling Elite.
I am a Long time Florida resident who has not visited NYC since the early 1960s. However my grandmother grandfather aunts cousins all lived or live there. When I get the chance to travel its with the attitude anywhere except NYC. I still think I haven't missed much.
They can't make a good pizza here in FLorida. Brooklynite here...living now in Florida.