Born and raised in Brownville 1954-1975. The building that you mistaking for a close library , was my public school PS 125. Raise in the Brownsville projects, in the beginning only black veterans were allowed to move into the projects in the 50's. All my home boys had a father in their homes during the 50's which was the golden age of strong black families in the hood. Back then kids were safe in the hood, much love and guidance 24-7
My Mother Would Surely Beg To Differ. But, Everyone Has Different Experiences. The Hood Was Never Safe. Also, Father’s Might Have Been In The Home, But Was He A Good One? My Grandfather Was There But Extremely Abusive And A Drunk. Yeah, Your POV Is Different From Too Many People Ik. What Projects Were You In? And, Did You Alweays Have Your TV Loud? Because, Gangs Were Heavy Around That Time As Well.
Back in the 1950s and 1960s in your childhood, there were still a lot of Jewish people and businesses that had not moved out of the neighborhood yet. Brownsville Housing Projects actually was very mixed with White and Black residents when they were first built. There was a 1960s picture posted online of a bunch of youngsters sitting on the bench of Brownsville Houses and it was a mix of White and Blacks. I tried to find the picture online again, but now I cannot find the picture and it looks like it was taken off.
This is the best BV docu I've seen its more heartfelt and as a 57 year old, old head it takes me back to the "Brownsville never Ran never will! " days shout out to Born and others telling their life experience in the Ville. Yo I went on Pitkin wit my man Nate in the 80s it was thick his cousin met us at the train and he was our pass to walk thru unharmed the wolves was out it was like downtown BKLYN used to be, regardless I always have and always will love the hood. I don't think it will change for the better its intended to be just what it is. Look at all the projects that tells most of the story if people are to change then mentality is gonna have to change therefore surroundings have to change. As long as they have projects and not newer low income housing its almost impossible for the situation to change. The inside of the projects is disgusting not the people's houses but the stairs the wall the floors, all of that creates and reinforces despair. There are good hard working people in the projects in BV Fort Greene and the South BX, the most poverty-stricken areas in NY that are stuck and forever confined to the project…
Bedstuy Brooklyn…( before they gentrified it) Lexington ave Luis Armstrong projects…Albany projects- Crown Heights. Coney Island projects. Brownsville, East NY. Downtown Brooklyn. Red-hook….etc. I love Brooklyn. There’s literally no place like Brooklyn. Everyone that visits NY always wanna experience Brooklyn. Whenever I travel and tell people I’m from Brooklyn they have so many questions to ask.
I’m from NJ but had a route in my truck all over Brooklyn and I loved driving through Brownsville, Williamsburg, and Greenpoint!!! But I miss driving down Pennsylvania Ave and Linden Blvd oh man the memories
Lower East side Checking in. Delancy/Pitt/Rivington were bad, but never as bad as South Bronx/ Brownsville/ East New York. I truly feel for the people who had to grow up in those places. Love your work on this channel, liked and subscribed. Hoping to see you reach 100k by the end of the year. Keep Grinding Sapreme.
Great episode. The second guy you interviewed, I was up north with the kid who killed that lady trying to protect those children, he got 50 to life. Son was a baby like 16-17 years old no facial hair at all. Sad situation on both sides. Shout out from the BX
Wat children he was trying to protect ???? people from howard was standing by kids he shot at the whole crowd and killed ah ah pregnant lady from howard no respect
The realest thing is you moving out. And making this documentary. It’s a mindset that needs to be broken out of. And gentrification is going to change it, like it has been taking over other hoods.
I was raised in Brownsville 70’s, 80’s, 90’s. We wanted better. Some of us went to the best schools. It wasn’t our mindset. It was the forgotten environment that no one cared about.
@@TheMekaboo1 big facts...I grew up from 1969 through 1989....Samuel J.Tilden Projects...315 Livonia Avenue..5a...it was what it was..and gentrification ain't gonna help shit...the people already there gotta want to change their atmosphere and negative mindsets
Great documentary on Brownsville. Grew up in Breukelen projects in Canarsie & glad that I made it out unscathed. Can relate to everything you & your interviewers said. Had 2 summer youth jobs in Brownsville & remember them sending you to cash your check @ the bank on Stone & Pitkin where the wolves was waiting outside to rob you. I don’t think Brownsville will ever change because it’s hard to gentrify an area that consists of so many projects. The hood mentality & streets overwhelm the majority of the people & it’s hard for them to take themselves out of that equation
@@silkysmoov44 Yes indeed! From ENY but lived in Riverdale for several years. Now in PA! It's definitely happening all over. Some folks aren't really paying attention until it affects them.
Gentrify what is exactly these area originally were populated by white ppl the projects were made for low income white ppl may yall are to young or quickly forgotten the history of nyc
Grew up in ENY during the 80s. Would take the 3 train there to see a girl named Tracy in Tilden Houses. Was horrible. So glad I made it out and live in the suburbs. All these excuses as to why people treat each other so badly. We are our own worst enemy.
Thank you. Your commentary was lit. Please be safe when you go back home to your Ole stomping grounds. Brownsville will change, don't sleep preme, they are slowly gentifying the neighborhood, but on the low. Houses that are there are going up in price 700,000 and up. Jus like what they did to the da stuy. Once you leave you won't be able to come back, you will be priced out. I live with my sister in van Dyke for few years. I came and went, never hung out. I remember a transit guy wanted to date me, but once he saw where I was living, he never came back,, I was hurt, but life went on. My sister and her children still live there. I've moved away a while ago. God bless the citizens in Brownsville, because it truly is a crime riddled place to live.
Also, dont sleep on NYCHA either. On thr low, they are privatizing a lot of developments. They started in Queens, with Arverne projects. Me and my brother drove by last year and it looks like a damn co-op. They are starting in Williamsburg at Jonathan Williams Plaza. Thats the projects along the J train (Marcy Ave) stop before the train goes over the Williamsburg Bridge. I saw that for myself where they security booths. I say that because it will be just a matter of time before it hits Brownsville and the East. Remember, the city is losing money with NYCHA and there no federal funding to make improvements. Look at Red Hook. For those that are 50 and over, knows what Red Hook was like in the 70's and 80's. With all the waterfront property in the back of Red Hook and the building of IKEA, that place is a gold mine. You cant even get into Red Hook unless you have a joh. No section 8, no public assistance. The days of folks holding on to apartments in NYCHA will slowly come to an end
I don’t live in Brownsville but one time this sanitation guy called me and I mentioned something about tenant patrol. He never called me again but mind you I worked for MTA and probably earned more than he did.
This is surreal, I'm from east ny, and my family lived over the bridge in Brownsville. The two neighborhoods were the same to me since we would walk there. I remember my family lived in Marcus Garvey and it was a scary place be. I see that they're trying to put the neighborhood through gentrification. The guy at the 12:42 mark is speaking the truth.
Thanks for sharing I live all the way in toronto. I have never lived in social housing but my heart always hurt when I visited NYC especially Brooklyn & BX. Praying for the families there that they can live in peace without violence and robbery.
From the few interviews, it seems the people understand the problems and the ones truly responsible for them. Convenient stores where I live are also owned by people not born in the us-sadly! Great content and insight, thanks for sharing
Those people not born here in the US like myself and others will work 14 hours a day 6 days a week & not spend alot of money on unnecessary expenses like shoes clothes am I making some sense
I'm from Ukraine originally, moved to the UK when I was 7 - stayed out in Remsen Village / BrownsVille, Crown Heights a few times when I was 18-21 because I knew people there. IDK if its the poverty, but something about it seemed somewhat familiar. Same with East NY.
Oceanhill Brownsville here. My 1st school was P.S. 327 off of Pitkin Ave. I eventually transferred to 308 in Bed-stuy when we moved to Crown Heights. I thought we moved to the suburbs bc Lincoln Terrace park had grass and no glass or Crack bottles on the baseball field and basketball court. Peace and love to everyone that was born in the 70s and had to survive the 80s in Da Ville.
Thanks for the documentary on Da Ville. I lived out in East NY off of Dumont between Cypress Houses and Linden Plaza. Across the street was the notorious Pink Houses. But whenever I was at my great grandmother house on New Lots and Penn Ave which was the epicenter of my entire family meeting place. Yea, going pass Brownsville was definitely mad rough. I remember Tilden, Van Dyke, Brownsville, Howard and Riverdale houses just to name a few. I'm surprised that you didn't get a chance to speak on Seth Low Houses and some of the other infamous streets such as: Livonia, Saratoga, Sutter, Dumont, Sackman, Bristol and Thomas Boyland. Maybe in your next documentary. Peace!
I'm from Los Angeles but now live in D.C., I also traveled the world. I always visit the Black areas in every country, even Amsterdam has a Black neighborhood. Yesterday, I visited Brownsville, near Rockaway station, and the Black culture is so strong in that section, especially with the high density of population per square mile around there. Definitely a tough and dangerous area. Unfortunately I seen about 25 RIP candles in front a store under Saratoga train station exit. On the flip side, I am envious of the people who got to grow up in a area so rich with our American Black culture, fashion, and values. I am glad I got to visit Brownsville because I did not know much being from Los Angeles. I been to Brooklyn before but never thought why do I hear Brownsville so much, let me check it out. After learning some history on Brownsville (first built for some other race, then only Black veterans allowed to live there, to what it has become today). One thing, DC cats make it clear that Crips and Bloods will never happen in D.C. I heard it many times from D.C. people. It's interesting to see Crips and Bloods development in Brownsville but not able to develop in D.C., Great Video and much props to everyone who assisted you putting this documentary together!
I'm from Flatbush , I got peoples in the ville ...( Amboy.)...... my brother Peter aka Diddy R.i.P , Boom draw R.i.P , etc there's good people in Brownsville just like there's bad people that goes every where ....
Out of all of the 5 Burroughs, Brooklyn is my favorite! Nothing like driving from one side to Broooklyn to the other side! I’m from NJ but had a route in BK and I miss them days!
I'm from Marcy Housing... my mother's from Brownsville.. Saratoga Ave....Ayo son you can't forget Smooth Da Hustla and Trigga Da Gambla Brownsville Vets Word Up
The way the dude in the store said “it’s another regular day” to see a drive by…. I wonder if he knows that that is not healthy at all for anyone. Like it’s actually crazy that that would be normal in one’s community. People need therapy and crap after those experiences.
I’m from Red Hook but live in Brownsville for 5 years with my first baby mom and my oldest son and step daughter from 2010 to 2014 Langston Hughes Houses it was cool I went to work and came back I knew a few Homies out there cause I just came home from up north! Red Hook my heart and what i rep but shout out to Langston Hughes they were cool with with me 💪🏽💯🙏🏽
If I'm not mistaken, that old Library you were talking about, was on Stone Ave./Mother Gaston Blvd. It had the large statue, The Thinker, just inside. We had field trips to that Library, from the Nursery School on Sutter Ave... Good times! 💯
This guy Areaye is really onto something with his thoughts on the local tax base gained by home-ownership, and what not having that can do to a community, and even worse keep that community stuck. I am originally from Brooklyn and have lived in the NYC metro area my entire life. Recently I lived in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Bklyn and worked for the local PAL P/T in that neighborhood where I was able to get to know some folks in the community. The general consensus I picked up on is that all the new money flowing into that community is welcomed and appreciated as long as it helps the kids. Its strange to me though. Several shootings happened on the block when I was there. It'd be quiet for a few hours after, but when people see the 2 cops posted up on the scene with their arms folded, then out come the bikes, skateboards, scooters, unicycles etc and things carry on as they were just hours before like it was nothing. I am 44, so I was a kid coming up in the "bad-old days" and I dont ever remember a time where it wasnt a huge deal for the whole entire community especially when a child was shot or some type of tragic event occurs. Maybe theyre all inside organizing a zoom protest? Who knows.
@@TheRealRapShow smart-I just found it today! Shit lit and crazy how if dude never said it was 2013 I would’ve thought it was filmed this year but didn’t see any mask 😅 (ain’t shit change)
Exactly like dude said it's social construct , U don't have to be a genius to see what's happening right now in this country to these communities you just have to be around it and conscious to what's wrong and what's right about what's going on around you, and it's not just happening to black communities it's happening to low income poverty stricken communities in general but the majority of demographics in these communities are Black and Latino. It's getting to a point now where "They" don't care what your race is if your yearly financial earnings doesnt qualify to be a considered higher middle or high class ,Your considered low class citizen that will just be viewed as a liability in their eyes and in a time of a recession or systemic pandemic/collapse you will end up being dependent on the government for survival and they won't be there to provide for us like they did in 2020 next time around with the weekly stimulus checks and extra food stamps assistance, It will be up to you to survive for yourself. And they will blame it on the recession they will blame it on the food shortage and shipping delays, on war Tension with opposing countries etc for why they can't give the majority of us assistance and the first to suffer will be the middle lower classes and the poor. You have to look back in the past understand the future and look back at the Great depression in this country in the past if it happened back then it will happen again.
being from the hood you learn it's just certain things you don't do and how to move to avoid getting got lol no flashy jewelry avoid looking at people wrong I mean looks have meanings and even certain words have alternate meanings you just gotta know and stay out the way just being next to somebody you can get shot I was next to a guy I didn't know and I almost got shot with him god was with me because the bullets was hitting concrete and I felt all the gravel hitting my body and heard the bullets whipping past me
The first guy you interviewed is that Jeff? I got to the methadone clinic on Dumont and Hinsdale. But I live in Ridgewood. Most of these problems in Hood start at home the parents need to teach the youth how to act , if the parents crazy so the kids will be too. But anyway Brooklyn and Queens Unity !!
Well it’s becoming that now! I’m filming a part 2 to this documentary this winter and in Brownsville now they have built condos right across the street from the projects. And yes Brooklyn is SUPER Expensive now
I lived out there a few years around 2003 to like 2005 never had problems really not big anways but it was so grimey you could feel it...Just driving through there was depressing for me..I used to get off the 3 train right there by rockaway and Livonia and rush home three 3 long ass blocks to Hagerman and rockaway..the shootings were very frequent like.it happened at anytime..I was with the older crowd kats 30 to.40 but maybe for younger dudes might be a different experience..
I find it interesting how people come from 3rd world countries to Nyc & Florida not knowing a word of English ( including blacks from the Caribbean & Africa ) & manage to go to school , buy homes & start businesses all while " these people " that are BORN & RAISED in the U.S just sit there and complain all their lives. At what point do you look in the mirror as a culture & take responsibility ? Smh
And how do you know whether or not “these people” have tried their hardest to open up their own businesses but was denied any type of help to start off with?! Do your research before pointing fingers at them. You have no idea of the struggle that Israelites go through especially in the system of Racism/WS!!!
@@rodneybrown5112 What Welfare State system? Its hard to say no to that money white tax payers generate. Yep, racism all those people being killed and robbed in this 4th world neighborhood is racism!
@@RichardinSiam I didn't say any welfare system, all I'm saying is this! That these overseas people are standing on my ancestor's shoulders, and benefiting from Black people's fighting for the right of all to come here enjoy.
From the 1/4/2010 United States Census the total population of Brownsville, Brooklyn was 58,300. ‘White’ - 0.8%, ‘Black’ - 76.1%, ‘Hispanic’ - 20.6%, Asian - 0.7%. Land area - 1.1 Square Miles. Number of public housing developments 17 which 37% of the neighborhood population resides. The largest development is Tilden Houses - population 2,552 (1/4/2010), Apartments - 998, Buildings - 8. The NYPD precinct for Brownsville is the 73rd. The major commercial thoroughfare is Pitkin Avenue.
My dad randomly took me to NY summer of 05 to a Rucker game we did some sight seeing because he lived in Harlem in the 70s before he had me and knew his way around.....We passed the Chrescake place and further down he pulled over to stop at a store I got out the car and 🏃♂️ across the street because MOP came to mind when I saw a sign saying BROWNS VILL PROJECTS I pulled out my sidekick 2 to snap a pic all of a sudden I heard a loud voice saying Aaaaayoooo! it was my dad waving me back when I got close to home he was mad 😠 saying what's ya problem man you know where you, before I got to open my mouth he said get in the car man what's wrong with you....
I'm from Newark but my homie live in Brownsville when I first got there I felt tha vibe from my old Projects Prince st they town houses but what's crazy is for us it's like this all across America we just gotta deal with it
Watching a doc about NY projects as a man who used to live in the biggest housing projects a the time in the US, Robert Taylor homes, 4950, South side, Chicago, 1980s
U point out multiple times things the city spends money on while everyone is still poor.. a community center, a spotlight, etc. What does that mean? They shoulda handed it out to the residence instead? There's parks and public housing.. it's an extremely overpoplulated area of low income residents.. sometimes there's nothing u could do. I'm from the projects I get what you're saying but it's a lot more complex then that, there's always programs and bullshit but it doesn't make a difference. Trust me, tearing the pjs down and gentrifying isn't the answer.
Nyc jets are clean compared to Chicago. I grew up in Cabrini green in Chicago and our jets were filthy. They tore down all our jets. Chicago is a mad house now. I understand the people of Brownsville.
Between 24:54-25:17, I saw an Asian man walking by. It looks like the neighborhood is starting to get some small numbers of Asian residents. I have heard there are a few now in the area in the affordable housing programs.
Born and raised in Brownville 1954-1975.
The building that you mistaking for a close library , was my public school PS 125. Raise in the Brownsville projects, in the beginning only black veterans were allowed to move into the projects in the 50's. All my home boys had a father in their homes during the 50's which was the golden age of strong black families in the hood. Back then kids were safe in the hood, much love and guidance 24-7
Respect to you
My Mother Would Surely Beg To Differ. But, Everyone Has Different Experiences. The Hood Was Never Safe. Also, Father’s Might Have Been In The Home, But Was He A Good One? My Grandfather Was There But Extremely Abusive And A Drunk. Yeah, Your POV Is Different From Too Many People Ik. What Projects Were You In? And, Did You Alweays Have Your TV Loud? Because, Gangs Were Heavy Around That Time As Well.
Love it
Back in the 1950s and 1960s in your childhood, there were still a lot of Jewish people and businesses that had not moved out of the neighborhood yet. Brownsville Housing Projects actually was very mixed with White and Black residents when they were first built. There was a 1960s picture posted online of a bunch of youngsters sitting on the bench of Brownsville Houses and it was a mix of White and Blacks. I tried to find the picture online again, but now I cannot find the picture and it looks like it was taken off.
100% it was my generation that missed this, i was there from the early 80s, all of the 90s and very early 2000s.. it wasnt pretty at all..
Fascinating documentary. I'm obsessed with New York - particularly the rough and seedy parts of the city. So I loved this.
You wouldn't be obsessed if you had to live there!😮
This is the best Brownsville Documentary I ever seen!
Wait til you see the new one.
This is the best BV docu I've seen its more heartfelt and as a 57 year old, old head it takes me back to the "Brownsville never Ran never will! " days shout out to Born and others telling their life experience in the Ville. Yo I went on Pitkin wit my man Nate in the 80s it was thick his cousin met us at the train and he was our pass to walk thru unharmed the wolves was out it was like downtown BKLYN used to be, regardless I always have and always will love the hood. I don't think it will change for the better its intended to be just what it is. Look at all the projects that tells most of the story if people are to change then mentality is gonna have to change therefore surroundings have to change. As long as they have projects and not newer low income housing its almost impossible for the situation to change. The inside of the projects is disgusting not the people's houses but the stairs the wall the floors, all of that creates and reinforces despair. There are good hard working people in the projects in BV Fort Greene and the South BX, the most poverty-stricken areas in NY that are stuck and forever confined to the project…
Bedstuy Brooklyn…( before they gentrified it) Lexington ave Luis Armstrong projects…Albany projects- Crown Heights. Coney Island projects. Brownsville, East NY. Downtown Brooklyn. Red-hook….etc. I love Brooklyn. There’s literally no place like Brooklyn. Everyone that visits NY always wanna experience Brooklyn. Whenever I travel and tell people I’m from Brooklyn they have so many questions to ask.
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@Dan Tega . Flatbush and BushWick in da f--ing house ALWAYS
I’m from NJ but had a route in my truck all over Brooklyn and I loved driving through Brownsville, Williamsburg, and Greenpoint!!! But I miss driving down Pennsylvania Ave and Linden Blvd oh man the memories
I'm from LG projects. I went back home a few month Bed-Stuy is not the same.
Deadass i ain’t from BK but stayed there for a few and got so much love out there no other places like it fam
Lower East side Checking in. Delancy/Pitt/Rivington were bad, but never as bad as South Bronx/ Brownsville/ East New York. I truly feel for the people who had to grow up in those places. Love your work on this channel, liked and subscribed. Hoping to see you reach 100k by the end of the year. Keep Grinding Sapreme.
Thanks man
Preme you went hard on this one showing the people the real Much respect
This rap show is so real thanks big bro lots of talent from the ville
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Great episode. The second guy you interviewed, I was up north with the kid who killed that lady trying to protect those children, he got 50 to life. Son was a baby like 16-17 years old no facial hair at all. Sad situation on both sides. Shout out from the BX
That’s when he shot off the roof and killed her ????
@@apkp1610 yeah he wasn’t aiming for her but the situation played out like that
Wat children he was trying to protect ???? people from howard was standing by kids he shot at the whole crowd and killed ah ah pregnant lady from howard no respect
This generation is cowards busting in crowds instead of really getting with a nigga.
The realest thing is you moving out. And making this documentary. It’s a mindset that needs to be broken out of. And gentrification is going to change it, like it has been taking over other hoods.
Im currently filming a new one right now it should drop next month sometime.
Not my hood
People becoming civilized will bring the change not gentrification. Gentrification is destructive to a poor neighborhood, don't get it twisted.
I was raised in Brownsville 70’s, 80’s, 90’s. We wanted better. Some of us went to the best schools. It wasn’t our mindset. It was the forgotten environment that no one cared about.
@@TheMekaboo1 big facts...I grew up from 1969 through 1989....Samuel J.Tilden Projects...315 Livonia Avenue..5a...it was what it was..and gentrification ain't gonna help shit...the people already there gotta want to change their atmosphere and negative mindsets
You put this doc together very well, good job. love fron California ❤
Hi Sapreme My Guy I'm watching all the stories catching up!! Miss U!!🥰🥰
Welcome back!
I Love Brownsville❗ Great job ❗Great content❗Keep up the Good Work❗
Bernadette Stanis ( " Thelma" ) from the show Good Times is from the Ville too. Right there on Powell if I'm not mistaken
Van Dyke
Great documentary on Brownsville. Grew up in Breukelen projects in Canarsie & glad that I made it out unscathed. Can relate to everything you & your interviewers said. Had 2 summer youth jobs in Brownsville & remember them sending you to cash your check @ the bank on Stone & Pitkin where the wolves was waiting outside to rob you. I don’t think Brownsville will ever change because it’s hard to gentrify an area that consists of so many projects. The hood mentality & streets overwhelm the majority of the people & it’s hard for them to take themselves out of that equation
They'll just tear them buildings down and make it hard to afford to live there. Happening all over.
@@johnstamos4325 the gentrification of BK is real
@@silkysmoov44 Yes indeed! From ENY but lived in Riverdale for several years. Now in PA! It's definitely happening all over. Some folks aren't really paying attention until it affects them.
I said this same thing. It’s too many projects for them to be able to gentrify it within 10 years.
Gentrify what is exactly these area originally were populated by white ppl the projects were made for low income white ppl may yall are to young or quickly forgotten the history of nyc
I loved living in Brownsville, never felt any fear out there. I met alot of good people out there.
That’s good
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Grew up in ENY during the 80s. Would take the 3 train there to see a girl named Tracy in Tilden Houses. Was horrible. So glad I made it out and live in the suburbs. All these excuses as to why people treat each other so badly. We are our own worst enemy.
was she short and brownskin from 265 ?
I'm the 70s to the 90s Brownsville... These people never lied
@LowerEastSidePRhow bout now bout ville how it look like now
Thank you. Your commentary was lit. Please be safe when you go back home to your Ole stomping grounds. Brownsville will change, don't sleep preme, they are slowly gentifying the neighborhood, but on the low. Houses that are there are going up in price 700,000 and up. Jus like what they did to the da stuy. Once you leave you won't be able to come back, you will be priced out. I live with my sister in van Dyke for few years. I came and went, never hung out. I remember a transit guy wanted to date me, but once he saw where I was living, he never came back,, I was hurt, but life went on. My sister and her children still live there. I've moved away a while ago. God bless the citizens in Brownsville, because it truly is a crime riddled place to live.
I will be filming a new one this winter Neva Eva will part 2
@@TheRealRapShow shout to L.H. Sutter and roc 301 building 💯💯💯
Also, dont sleep on NYCHA either. On thr low, they are privatizing a lot of developments. They started in Queens, with Arverne projects. Me and my brother drove by last year and it looks like a damn co-op. They are starting in Williamsburg at Jonathan Williams Plaza. Thats the projects along the J train (Marcy Ave) stop before the train goes over the Williamsburg Bridge. I saw that for myself where they security booths. I say that because it will be just a matter of time before it hits Brownsville and the East. Remember, the city is losing money with NYCHA and there no federal funding to make improvements. Look at Red Hook. For those that are 50 and over, knows what Red Hook was like in the 70's and 80's. With all the waterfront property in the back of Red Hook and the building of IKEA, that place is a gold mine. You cant even get into Red Hook unless you have a joh. No section 8, no public assistance. The days of folks holding on to apartments in NYCHA will slowly come to an end
I don’t live in Brownsville but one time this sanitation guy called me and I mentioned something about tenant patrol. He never called me again but mind you I worked for MTA and probably earned more than he did.
@@devonmitchell5294 You are so right
It’s “NEVER RAN NEVER WILL”
I’m Brownsville born Brookdale hospital
I know lol I just called it this, remember IM FROM THE VILLE TOO
Me too
Great documentary, very interesting
This is surreal, I'm from east ny, and my family lived over the bridge in Brownsville. The two neighborhoods were the same to me since we would walk there. I remember my family lived in Marcus Garvey and it was a scary place be. I see that they're trying to put the neighborhood through gentrification. The guy at the 12:42 mark is speaking the truth.
Great documentary Andre🙌🏽🙏🏽💜🔥🔥.
This is as real as it gets dope ass documentary Brownsville stand up.
Peace my brother love the documentary I’m from Brownsville myself. Great content just one thing it’s called Brownsville, never ran never will
im from there I know what its called homey but Neva Eva will means Neva Eva ran Neva Eva will.
Interesting, keep up the good work & bless 🙏🏿
YESSSSSSS watching now Friend!!
Dam I remember Harry's and Simon's clothing stores on Belmont had all the new gear first that's back in the 80's & 90's 🔥
Thanks for sharing I live all the way in toronto. I have never lived in social housing but my heart always hurt when I visited NYC especially Brooklyn & BX. Praying for the families there that they can live in peace without violence and robbery.
Your welcome but I’m filming a part 2 of this documentary it drops next month! This is nothing compared to what you’re gonna see next.
From the few interviews, it seems the people understand the problems and the ones truly responsible for them.
Convenient stores where I live are also owned by people not born in the us-sadly!
Great content and insight, thanks for sharing
Those people not born here in the US like myself and others will work 14 hours a day 6 days a week & not spend alot of money on unnecessary expenses like shoes clothes am I making some sense
I love and pray for my people. Brownsville in my heart. People born. The struggle trying to eat. I got nothing but love and respect for the ville
“ it’s not where u live at it’s the people “! 9:23
Word ❤
I'm from Ukraine originally, moved to the UK when I was 7 - stayed out in Remsen Village / BrownsVille, Crown Heights a few times when I was 18-21 because I knew people there. IDK if its the poverty, but something about it seemed somewhat familiar. Same with East NY.
I love my hood,🗣️ Brownsville, Never Ran Neva will
362 Sutter Avenue.
Love the doc. Brownsville, Neva Ran, Neva Will
And the squirrel.
lol me too 362 sutter 2h
Glad I move out from there, smh 🤦🏾♀️. I only go to see family and that’s it. Sad but true
Oceanhill Brownsville here. My 1st school was P.S. 327 off of Pitkin Ave. I eventually transferred to 308 in Bed-stuy when we moved to Crown Heights. I thought we moved to the suburbs bc Lincoln Terrace park had grass and no glass or Crack bottles on the baseball field and basketball court. Peace and love to everyone that was born in the 70s and had to survive the 80s in Da Ville.
Thanks for the documentary on Da Ville. I lived out in East NY off of Dumont between Cypress Houses and Linden Plaza. Across the street was the notorious Pink Houses. But whenever I was at my great grandmother house on New Lots and Penn Ave which was the epicenter of my entire family meeting place. Yea, going pass Brownsville was definitely mad rough. I remember Tilden, Van Dyke, Brownsville, Howard and Riverdale houses just to name a few. I'm surprised that you didn't get a chance to speak on Seth Low Houses and some of the other infamous streets such as: Livonia, Saratoga, Sutter, Dumont, Sackman, Bristol and Thomas Boyland. Maybe in your next documentary. Peace!
New doc on Brownsville drops next month with Seth low houses and more.
1:27 First Thing Came To Mind "Thought He Had Cane But It Was Gold Medal Flour!"
Tapping in Bro💯💯💯💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾 looking back this documentary was pure Greatness!!!! You really was in the trenches putting in that work!!!!
Heavy Gratitude for sharing
My family was raised on TapScott and some is still there til this day I’m always gonna visit it’s love Neva Ran Neva Will 💯🌎
My aunt's and my mom was raised on Tapscott
Great work bruh
I'm from Los Angeles but now live in D.C., I also traveled the world. I always visit the Black areas in every country, even Amsterdam has a Black neighborhood. Yesterday, I visited Brownsville, near Rockaway station, and the Black culture is so strong in that section, especially with the high density of population per square mile around there. Definitely a tough and dangerous area. Unfortunately I seen about 25 RIP candles in front a store under Saratoga train station exit. On the flip side, I am envious of the people who got to grow up in a area so rich with our American Black culture, fashion, and values. I am glad I got to visit Brownsville because I did not know much being from Los Angeles. I been to Brooklyn before but never thought why do I hear Brownsville so much, let me check it out. After learning some history on Brownsville (first built for some other race, then only Black veterans allowed to live there, to what it has become today). One thing, DC cats make it clear that Crips and Bloods will never happen in D.C. I heard it many times from D.C. people. It's interesting to see Crips and Bloods development in Brownsville but not able to develop in D.C., Great Video and much props to everyone who assisted you putting this documentary together!
I'm from Flatbush , I got peoples in the ville ...( Amboy.)...... my brother Peter aka Diddy R.i.P , Boom draw R.i.P , etc
there's good people in Brownsville just like there's bad people that goes every where ....
C.i.p Diddy
that old building was a court house many decades ago
the building next to the liq use to be bell Atlantic telephone company
RIP ODDBRAWL
Out of all of the 5 Burroughs, Brooklyn is my favorite! Nothing like driving from one side to Broooklyn to the other side! I’m from NJ but had a route in BK and I miss them days!
Grew up in Brownsville Tapscott street never ran never will
I'm from Marcy Housing... my mother's from Brownsville.. Saratoga Ave....Ayo son you can't forget Smooth Da Hustla and Trigga Da Gambla Brownsville Vets Word Up
Bern Nadette Stanis from Good Times and New York Yankees 2nd baseman Willie Randolph were also from Brownsville
Dam Preme... Great documentary but my bad for showin up late. Never got a UA-cam notification
The way the dude in the store said “it’s another regular day” to see a drive by…. I wonder if he knows that that is not healthy at all for anyone. Like it’s actually crazy that that would be normal in one’s community. People need therapy and crap after those experiences.
Facts
I said that because People in the Area have become so conditioned to the violence that it’s almost become normal
Prince is a real brother. He deals with reality and hard knocks!
Great doc fa sho. 12:37 dude definitely noticed how you sonned him on camera but let it slide 😂😂
I’m from Red Hook but live in Brownsville for 5 years with my first baby mom and my oldest son and step daughter from 2010 to 2014 Langston Hughes Houses it was cool I went to work and came back I knew a few Homies out there cause I just came home from up north! Red Hook my heart and what i rep but shout out to Langston Hughes they were cool with with me 💪🏽💯🙏🏽
If I'm not mistaken, that old Library you were talking about, was on Stone Ave./Mother Gaston Blvd. It had the large statue, The Thinker, just inside. We had field trips to that Library, from the Nursery School on Sutter Ave... Good times! 💯
me and my cat jumped at the first shot during the intro lol
lol
Brownsville…..
Never Ran-Never WILL! 💯
this is fire fire fire 🔥🔥🔥 love from Toronto
Thanks Fam, Toronto what's good y'all
np fam all da best to you ya hurddddd@@TheRealRapShow
This guy Areaye is really onto something with his thoughts on the local tax base gained by home-ownership, and what not having that can do to a community, and even worse keep that community stuck. I am originally from Brooklyn and have lived in the NYC metro area my entire life. Recently I lived in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Bklyn and worked for the local PAL P/T in that neighborhood where I was able to get to know some folks in the community. The general consensus I picked up on is that all the new money flowing into that community is welcomed and appreciated as long as it helps the kids. Its strange to me though. Several shootings happened on the block when I was there. It'd be quiet for a few hours after, but when people see the 2 cops posted up on the scene with their arms folded, then out come the bikes, skateboards, scooters, unicycles etc and things carry on as they were just hours before like it was nothing. I am 44, so I was a kid coming up in the "bad-old days" and I dont ever remember a time where it wasnt a huge deal for the whole entire community especially when a child was shot or some type of tragic event occurs. Maybe theyre all inside organizing a zoom protest? Who knows.
I grew up in 362 my mother was the library teacher at ps150 ms Mcbride rih 🙏🙏🙏
me too 362
Wasn’t this documentary uploaded a long time ago
Yes in 2014. It’s to get people ready for the sequel dropping this month.
@@TheRealRapShow ok I feel your drift
@@TheRealRapShow smart-I just found it today! Shit lit and crazy how if dude never said it was 2013 I would’ve thought it was filmed this year but didn’t see any mask 😅 (ain’t shit change)
Exactly like dude said it's social construct , U don't have to be a genius to see what's happening right now in this country to these communities you just have to be around it and conscious to what's wrong and what's right about what's going on around you, and it's not just happening to black communities it's happening to low income poverty stricken communities in general but the majority of demographics in these communities are Black and Latino.
It's getting to a point now where "They" don't care what your race is if your yearly financial earnings doesnt qualify to be a considered higher middle or high class ,Your considered low class citizen that will just be viewed as a liability in their eyes and in a time of a recession or systemic pandemic/collapse you will end up being dependent on the government for survival and they won't be there to provide for us like they did in 2020 next time around with the weekly stimulus checks and extra food stamps assistance, It will be up to you to survive for yourself. And they will blame it on the recession they will blame it on the food shortage and shipping delays, on war Tension with opposing countries etc for why they can't give the majority of us assistance and the first to suffer will be the middle lower classes and the poor.
You have to look back in the past understand the future and look back at the Great depression in this country in the past if it happened back then it will happen again.
being from the hood you learn it's just certain things you don't do and how to move to avoid getting got lol no flashy jewelry avoid looking at people wrong I mean looks have meanings and even certain words have alternate meanings you just gotta know and stay out the way just being next to somebody you can get shot I was next to a guy I didn't know and I almost got shot with him god was with me because the bullets was hitting concrete and I felt all the gravel hitting my body and heard the bullets whipping past me
In the 90’s, I used to hang with my friends and cousins out there.
The first guy you interviewed is that Jeff? I got to the methadone clinic on Dumont and Hinsdale. But I live in Ridgewood. Most of these problems in Hood start at home the parents need to teach the youth how to act , if the parents crazy so the kids will be too. But anyway Brooklyn and Queens Unity !!
Preme, Thanks for showing us where you come from. My friends out east tells me, Brooklyn will be the most expensive borough!! Thanks!! 😍
Well it’s becoming that now! I’m filming a part 2 to this documentary this winter and in Brownsville now they have built condos right across the street from the projects. And yes Brooklyn is SUPER Expensive now
The Absolute Truth. I find moves into the suburbs, the homeowners pay for their town or village school taxes.
I’m from the 90z and yes, Brownsville is hell on earth. Something has to change asap
Lightbulb is a cool dude
I lived out there a few years around 2003 to like 2005 never had problems really not big anways but it was so grimey you could feel it...Just driving through there was depressing for me..I used to get off the 3 train right there by rockaway and Livonia and rush home three 3 long ass blocks to Hagerman and rockaway..the shootings were very frequent like.it happened at anytime..I was with the older crowd kats 30 to.40 but maybe for younger dudes might be a different experience..
Word up ☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️
Amazing
I find it interesting how people come from 3rd world countries to Nyc & Florida not knowing a word of English ( including blacks from the Caribbean & Africa ) & manage to go to school , buy homes & start businesses all while " these people " that are BORN & RAISED in the U.S just sit there and complain all their lives. At what point do you look in the mirror as a culture & take responsibility ? Smh
These people from 3rd world countries are benefiting from Black Americans from us fighting against this WS system.
And how do you know whether or not “these people” have tried their hardest to open up their own businesses but was denied any type of help to start off with?! Do your research before pointing fingers at them. You have no idea of the struggle that Israelites go through especially in the system of Racism/WS!!!
@@ladymessenger1586 its a fact that these people benefit, and you would do homework you would know.
@@rodneybrown5112 What Welfare State system? Its hard to say no to that money white tax payers generate. Yep, racism all those people being killed and robbed in this 4th world neighborhood is racism!
@@RichardinSiam I didn't say any welfare system, all I'm saying is this! That these overseas people are standing on my ancestor's shoulders, and benefiting from Black people's fighting for the right of all to come here enjoy.
Shit grim out here boy….15yr old got killed in front the store on Livonia and Rockaway last week
From the 1/4/2010 United States Census the total population of Brownsville, Brooklyn was 58,300. ‘White’ - 0.8%, ‘Black’ - 76.1%, ‘Hispanic’ - 20.6%, Asian - 0.7%. Land area - 1.1 Square Miles. Number of public housing developments 17 which 37% of the neighborhood population resides. The largest development is Tilden Houses - population 2,552 (1/4/2010), Apartments - 998, Buildings - 8. The NYPD precinct for Brownsville is the 73rd. The major commercial thoroughfare is Pitkin Avenue.
Goodstuff homie
Funny thing, Brownsville looks better kept up than many other parts of New York.
Kept up !!! Man Brownsville surrounded by projects it's a living hell nobody wanna live there
😂😂😂😂😂 Brownsville is a cesspool of trash. Looks kept up? Man you saw one clean parking lot and you think it's kept up. Lmao
My dad randomly took me to NY summer of 05 to a Rucker game we did some sight seeing because he lived in Harlem in the 70s before he had me and knew his way around.....We passed the Chrescake place and further down he pulled over to stop at a store I got out the car and 🏃♂️ across the street because MOP came to mind when I saw a sign saying BROWNS VILL PROJECTS I pulled out my sidekick 2 to snap a pic all of a sudden I heard a loud voice saying Aaaaayoooo! it was my dad waving me back when I got close to home he was mad 😠 saying what's ya problem man you know where you, before I got to open my mouth he said get in the car man what's wrong with you....
Iron Mike would definitely come across this! He watches all this shit'
Props
I'm from Newark but my homie live in Brownsville when I first got there I felt tha vibe from my old Projects Prince st they town houses but what's crazy is for us it's like this all across America we just gotta deal with it
I'm from Newark, too, but South 8th and 13th Ave.
Watching a doc about NY projects as a man who used to live in the biggest housing projects a the time in the US, Robert Taylor homes, 4950, South side, Chicago, 1980s
U point out multiple times things the city spends money on while everyone is still poor.. a community center, a spotlight, etc. What does that mean? They shoulda handed it out to the residence instead? There's parks and public housing.. it's an extremely overpoplulated area of low income residents.. sometimes there's nothing u could do. I'm from the projects I get what you're saying but it's a lot more complex then that, there's always programs and bullshit but it doesn't make a difference. Trust me, tearing the pjs down and gentrifying isn't the answer.
Realest thing I seen in NYC was me, I was staring right in the mirror at the soul of a real nikka 💯
East 22nd STREET FLATBUSH AVENUE Newkirk/Ditmas !!!! BROOKLYN Stand Up !!!!!
The dead end !!
18:07 Speedy wassup...dude walk by wit a cane 🤦🏾♂️🤣 but the ville definitely different these days much safer but still dangerous
I too am from Brownsville, late 60's early 70's! 422 Blake ave! VDC(Van Dyke Crushers)
Nyc jets are clean compared to Chicago. I grew up in Cabrini green in Chicago and our jets were filthy. They tore down all our jets. Chicago is a mad house now. I understand the people of Brownsville.
I'm from tilden my dad told me when i got older how it was
Sapreme represent Brooklyn new york ok.queens new york i represent.keep doing your thing word up son
24:29-24:54 got me Ctfu 🤣🤣🤣
Good documentary tho 💪🏾💪🏾
Was Rockaway fashion named after that Rockaway store?
Brownsville Home Sweet Home!!!! 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾 #NeverRan #Neverwill
A real shit hole
Between 24:54-25:17, I saw an Asian man walking by. It looks like the neighborhood is starting to get some small numbers of Asian residents. I have heard there are a few now in the area in the affordable housing programs.
Yes its becoming very gentrified
@@dashaunstallworth8122 So does this mean there are more white people moving in now?
I seen a young sister get her earrings snatched on Belmont,the robbers ran in the projects,she messed around and chased them
PART 2 COMING THIS WINTER
I remember BBB store in Brownsville in the 70s
1977 BLACKOUT DESTROYED BELMONT AVE
Leon from Money & Violence at 16:26 - 16:40
Hope an all is well Spreme u wst tri to come on yesterday🌹🙏🌹
Langston Hughes projects is I think by far one of the worst projects in the tri state area.
That’s some Real shit thanks for shining some light on my Hood that’s where I’m from 💕 Neva Ran and Never Will
Part 2 this winter!!! even better
@@TheRealRapShow I’m going to give you a story too about my husband king 👑 he from Brownsville from Atlantic Towers he ran shit ask about him
@@TheRealRapShow also in doing time now life be in jail 33yrs