This should be an award winning documentary (for real). As a black woman....our communities need our black men, we as women CANNOT do it alone. STOP having unprotected sex and structure your life where it's more stable to raise a child. The beginning of the video said "very few people make it out" 😭. I'm not from Brownsville but spent 28.5 years in East New York Brooklyn housing projects.
I watching this Doc smiling and crying. If you made it out of Brownsville and made something of yourself you're strong AF. I thank God everyday for my life!
Marcus Smalls, raised in 275 Livonia Ave, #1F. I thank God I made it, praying for those still there. Somebody jumping off 300? History definitely repeats itself, because someone jumped off the same building around ‘80, ‘81.
Loool that’s nothing you got everything and every chances to made it out of Brownsville it’s only up to you… Americans just don’t realize how easy life is even in places like Brownsville, if you can make it out from ghettos in Africa or some places in Latin America like mexico , Colombia , Salvador or Honduras ghettos yes then you’re strong AF but not because of surviving projects in NY 🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️🤣🤣
I grew up in Brownsville-Seth Low Projects. I remember when they use to tell my grandmother and her friends to go upstairs before they started shooting. It was ruthless back then but the killers had a respect for the elderly and kids that don’t seem to exist today. I’m grateful I made it out. That place prepared me for the world. That place built me to be ford tough. ❤
Facts, like ngas was extra gangster back then and had personalities. The new weird ngas 110 pounds with won't even look u in the eyes, mad quit when doley,but they will pop you🤣😂✌🏿
I grew up in the Plaza in the 80s and 90s and remember Mousey and Brown, RIP Kings. I used to hang out in Garvey, Riverdale and had friends in the Nehemiah houses. I moved out in the 00s when my mother passed away from health complications. Growing up Brownsville gave me a thick skin and I go everywhere comfortably.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE PLAZA BUILDING BEHIND MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT USED TO BE CALLED PS398(NOW CALLED MS 370 I BELIEVE) ON EAST 93RD ST AND RUTLAND ROAD OR ANOTHER BUILDING CALLED THE PLAZA!!
is you talkin bout the noble drew ali plaza?..cuz if u is i use to stay in them in the late 90s..im from chicago but i had family in the plaza and i remember that mufucka was wild as hell back then ..chicago n new york so much alike it really aint no difference in da violence and hood shit dat be goin on..im from englewood an englewood would be equivalent to brownsville wen it cums to violence cuz both still very active..now in back in da day wen all our projects was up i was say the low end cuz all the projects was hot as a firecracker back in da day..cabrini always been hot cuz so many gangs was warrin but da robert taylors out south was about gettin money so you could go get weed wit no prollum back in da day cuz dey was gettin money in dem staircases..da wells stateway da ickes da hornets rockwells da dearborns..yea chicago shit was crazy
I remember as a little girl in the 70’s I was always nervous to step foot in the ville. Now 50 yrs later, I live in Brownsville and happier than ever. I’m on Saratoga Ave. The ville definitely has a history and a story behind every block, project, and lot. Thanks for this video! Very interesting to hear the back story
I used to live in Brownsville , Brownsville Houses back in the 80s and 90s. I’m in a much much better place now but I remember how rough and dangerous it was . God help those who still have to live in conditions like these all over our troubled world. Peace 2 "Brownsville Never Ran Never Will".❤️🌎
I grew up in Brownsville ,made it out alive by the grace of god 10 years ago. The hood was crazyyy back then. My face lit up when I saw “Toosie” if you know you know!!! Her name most definitely rung bells-she was OUTSIDE OUTSIDE!!! Glad to see she’s doing great 🥰
I was born in kings county. I'm culture knowledge (41). I lived in the vandyke projects. I went to p.s. 150. My mother moved us to the south when I was 10. I hated having to leave. I wanted to stay with my grandparents in Brooklyn. I missed the culture and the diversity that Brooklyn gave me. Every summer of course we would go back to visit my family and I couldn't wait to see my friends and run through the fire extinguishers on the streets lol. I have very fond memories of Brownsville. My grandmother was Ethel Davis. She was well loved and respected and like a mother to many there in the vandyke projects. Thank you brother for this documentary. Peace family
Great documentary! 🙌🏾♥️ I didn't know I was going to end up seeing people that I grew up with/knowing. I kept saying, “Oh, snap, I know him!”. 🤣 Dre, has always been fly like that! Shout out to everyone from Brownsville. I miss hanging out on Bristol Street! & He's right; Brownsville isn't a poor neighborhood; it's just dangerous and has a lack of great resources. There are a lot of houses in Brownsville too. So... 🤷🏽♀️ Brownsville Day, hanging out at the BRC, and the cookouts/block parties during the summertime were the best. & Mr. Skippa’s food is the best! 🙌🏾😋 As dangerous as 275 is, I had the most fun in school there (& Ms. Hodges gave the best hugs! RIP! 🕊). There are a lot of good things to come out of Brownsville. From Mike Tyson to Duane Martin (actor) whose family lived around the corner from me. Also, as a former NYCHA employee, I can tell you that they’ve been secretly selling off the developments in the last decade (the outside remodeling is a dead giveaway). Save your money if you’re forced to vacate! That's all I'm going to say! 🤐
Born and raised Brownville. 281, but when I got my chance to leave, I never looked back. Some good moments but majority hell hole situations. If you can live here, you can survive anywhere. I did cry listening to this because if you are not here you will never understand.
I'm from Chicago so I can relate with the big ass projects like how he told the story and was respectful and just showed love to the people that's what's missing no respect or loyalty and guidance these days
yea im from the raq too..englewood to b exact but i use to have family in brownsville and i aint gone lie ..brownsville was just as active as our shit back den...it was just like dem robert taylors and state way wars or dem dearborn an ickes war here.. my people stayed in noble drew ali plaza on new lot an mother gaston dat mufukkin was bussin !!!
I too am from the Chicago projects. My family moved in when I was 4. It was so nice, clean and beautiful, til I was 9 then I saw a slow decline of the living conditions. I got married at 21 and left my parents house. Never to return. I have good and bad memories. When they named them the projects, that's just what it was, A project. Scientist and sociologist knew it before the blueprints were made. Sad to think them folks are so demonic.
Thanks Preme This brought back so many Memories. I Grew up in Eny on pitkin and Miller and had family in Seth Low However being from the East we consider Da Ville our Cousin ...Keep pushing out this dope content I always Enjoy your Work💯💪🏾
Thank's first and foremost to the brother(s) and sister(s) that gave the people a glimpse into the lives of the Villians and the surrounding projects I was born and raised in Brownsville at 345 Livonia Ave Van Dyke projects '72. I went to P.S. 184 1st-5th grade, Thelma J Hamilton 275 6th -8th grade, and Sarah J Hale for HS, I did move to the South in '97.. I remember the great things and the not-so-great things among the many projects spoken of in this documentary. This documentary made me smile because of the good memories and made me sad at the memories of lost friends and family due to gun violence. For the most part, my living and growing up there was good, I personally didn't have any problems. I gave respect and in turn, I got respect back. I mean pretty much that's the key to life yesterday, today, tomorrow, and forever! I received so much experience and took that with me and still to this day apply it to my day-to-day living. I learned from the best and the worst. I couldn't ask for more and I don't! I love my NY accent, NY style, and mannerisms. Every place in America has its ghetto, projects or whatever they call it, and Brownsville, Brooklyn NY will always be my heart and soul! Peace to my brothers and sister who made it through and SIP to those who did not. Neva ran neva will! SALUTE!
As a brotha from the WEST, I’ve always had a fascination with NY. Brooklyn, Manhattan(Harlem), and the Bronx(hip hop). I used to long haul and drive through NY all the time, and I was in awe just driving through! Now that my wife and I have a timeshare, we WILL be booking a NY trip..ESPECIALLY to Harlem, which’ll ALWAYS be the capital of Black America💯
I'm only 2:40 in and I already know this is going to be an incredible watch. So many of men I respect have come out of Brownsville that you cannot deny that all that adversity the people faced bred an exceptional class of winners/champions/kings of their respective craft.
And fuck all that gentrification shit too!! Same thing has happened here in Newy. They've rebuilt and pushed out all the lower - lower middle class occupants to be dispersed in all sorts of shitty regional areas.
I lived out here in the early 2000s. Left around 2011. It can be vicious. But also just people who tryna survive everyday. Met some real ppl. Def an experience I hold dear to my heart. I grew a lot while living here. #upthehillbville #stmarks #rockaway
Born in raised in Brownsville, Noble Drew Ali! Very interesting documentary. You pointed out some pertinent stuff. The first guy spoke facts. You missed the target on somethings. Do a positive Brownsville next time with more deep history. More on the people in Brownsville who have been doing positive things to change the narrative. Speak to some older adults!!
I have family that grew up in Brownsville and i would always visit as a kid and it was always such a great feeling being outside and seeing the culture of everything. I always had a feeling we weren’t really in the best environment but as a kid i just appreciated everything. To this day i have love for the ville and call it my second home. Haven’t been in over 7 years but im praying i can make it out there sometime this year 🙏🏾
Great documentary, very interesting, I’m from the UK & I recognise some of these stories from inner London projects, we call them council estates in London but they are the same thing
WOW! This was amazing! 1. Born and raised in Vandyke (393) 2. I went to P.S. 327 3. Gma lived in BVille projects 4. SJH class of 93 5. I went to BRC for summer camp and the Heritage House. I was just in the Ville two weeks ago and found out the Red Store is now called the Red Store.
Yes... May Ms Mathews R.I.P. She was a sweet old lady. She used to live in that building on Rockaway Ave when she got elderly. I used to sit and talk with her daily. She really was a sweetheart 💕
Free Lunch was all of that. My mom's (May she RIP), would take us to multiple schools. Sometimes we ate free breakfast in the summer also. The food was mad good. We would have long French pizza, hamburgers, cheeseburgers, french fries, trail mix. and all of that. Breakfast was Pancakes, Waffles, Cereal, etc. Free Breakfast and Lunch was Litttttttt
This is a great documentary. I grew up in Alabama and have met many cool people from all over NYC and they used to tell me about there experiences growing up and I could relate because I lived in Chicago for 5 weeks when I was nine years old. I turned ten there and I learned more in those 5 weeks than I had learned in my whole life. I must have spent about 3 of those weeks in Cabrini. I lived on the west side on Jackson 60612 zip. These kids these days got even more coming at them faster. Social media has a great influence in their lives whether it's negative or positive. There's a culture of greed these days . Shout out to the guys that were interviewed. I was wishing I could go to school in a place like NYC where I could have access to a library or people who would have helped me with lessons. It's trying to get like Brownsville in small towns these days. Heaven help us all. I spent the 80's in California. I know God has been with me because I have been to some hard core hoods all over the U.S. and I was accepted. I was robbed on my 10th birthday on Jackson. I had a rude awakening in the city of Chicago especially being from the woods of Alabama in 1969. I remember the music that I heard that summer like Inner city blues and Cook County Jail (B.B. King) I met Puerto Rican friends for the first time there also. I like the conversation near the end when the guys were talking the value of the real estate there. I had some cousins that lived there until they were like 14 and 15 years old and they were older than me. They left in the 70's. They lived in Brownsville, Bedford Stuyvesant and East New York. They told me about it. The people in those neighborhoods are survivors and intellectuals. I'll always respect your village when I'm visiting. I've lived long enough to love hip hop and I still see good in people. I got a chance to be there for a second and I know that's different from living there. We'll have unity one day but I probably be dead. When I was in Brooklyn I was really vulnerable because I was recovering from a broken neck and paralysis from the neck down. That's right "do unto others as you would have them do unto you". I had already seen enough before I got to New York. You probably heard about the sweet sixteen party about a month and a half ago in Dadeville, Alabama well I live near there. That was an isolated incident but it's a way of life in cities throughout the United States. I done got old and love chilling in the country. I'm almost in the suburbs of three different cities. Two small ones and a medium one. ATL is close enough for me to have lunch and be back home for dinner. A lot of people here have lived in other places and some want to bring the the wrong baggage with them they come back but there are others who come correct. Great documentary. I may not be there with you but I'm praying for the good, the bad and the ugly.
Growing up in AZ in the 90s we used to love new york shit. How the dudes talked and made intelligence cool. Knowledge of self and mathematics and studying up. All them big projects everywhere. Crazy to see how much new york has changed since then and they're still changing it. Prolly gonna be a completely different place soon.
Watching this brings back memories. I moved out of New York but I lived in Brownsville from 1980-2001. I grew up in Riverdale Towers, went to P.S. 41, graduated 6th grade in 1987 and went to JHS 275...my favorite teacher was Ms. Sewaa and RIP to out music/band teacher Mr. Alfred. I remember being scare to go there because it had a bad rap, but it turned out to be so much fun. I was aware there was crime in the area but I didn't experience it like some of these people have. It was like a sense of community, all the kids played with one another and went to school with each other in the complex. Living in Brownsville was some of the best years of my life...and yes I do miss the paper boy on Sunday mornings.
Was born in Brooklyn 1968. Moms moved out to cali in 79 Much love to lost souls wondering in the dark. This video made me cry looking at so much loss through out the years. So much confusion,trapped with no spiritual hope. Jesus saves. If you want it. John 3:16 dive deep on it. It’s not a fairytale. I left the city but the city didn’t leave me. Lived a life of crime for years until I met the great I am in 89. Praying for you Brooklyn. Mercy 👊🏾
I’m a Brownsville Native 🫡 LH, penthouse22 went to 327&Marcus and grew up here until I moved away so I guess I’m a survivor story cause I made it out All glory due to The Most High GOD❣️
Such an interesting video. Thanks for sharing with us all. Great to learn about the diff blocks and hearing the stories from the people who lived and experienced it all. Great eye opener.
I grew up in the Pink Houses, until age 14. Then I moved to Long Island. Yes, the gangstas in Brooklyn were real, but they had respect for the elderly and children. Many of them would not even drink beer in front of the elders, they would put that beer/liquor up so quick. I remember the Daily News Man selling them News Papers too. Back in the days, there were the big family cookouts in the Pink Houses. The food was good, music was good, and all that. I grew up with Uncle Murda, yes sure did. Went to the same elementary school with him.
I grew up in the plaza, went to 275 and walked those street everyday. My husband is from Brownsville projects. Stone. Y'all probably know him. Thanks for the memories!!
I was born & raised in Bed-stuy. I remember being scared to go to the Ville in the early 90s where a friend lived in Tilden. Later in life, I worked for NYCHA and was in Howard & Tilden. It could be so quiet than shots fired. It's sad that a neighborhood has been so bad for over 30 yrs😢
This is dope.i am from Marlboro Projects in bensonhurst and I started goin to Brownsville in 91.It was crazy in every hood you mentioned but I always had love on every block.
I'm from Bville and I've traveled the entire world, and I never seen Brownsville as a place I need to " escape from", 50s and 60s Brownsville was a respectful place
By the 70s and 80s, not so respectful. I couldn't wait to leave. I go back because mother's house is there. She remembers the Brownsville of the 30s-60s so the neighborhood means more to her.
I'm from Van Dyke and I live outside of Philly now but I thank God for growing in Brownsville because when you leave, you realize just how tough Da Ville made you. Yea it's rough but it's home to me and I wouldn't want it any other way.
@@cutiepiea3687 It depends on where you live in Philly but overall yes. Kensington section of N Philly is the worst because its zombie land and with that comes gunplay. I actually like PA. Hoods in Philly are basically the same as hood in The Ville. Mind your business and you'll be fine.
I used to live in LH. This documentary is flooding back memories!! The fond memories outweighing the unpleasant. I'm remembering how productive the community centers USED to be, for all ages. There were educational programs, afterschool recreation, senior citizen activites, parties, talent/fashion shows, food drives, etc. A safe & joyous family atmosphere.
I remember the pool hall on Thomas Boyland my mother lived on Lott in the 70’s when she came from Panama. There was a penny candy store also. The good old days.
What's happening here is the fear of parents and parent wanting to be parents.....Let's be parents when your children are no longer babies....It can change, maybe, I hope, Can we at least try. Excellent Documentary
I commented as soon as I clicked but as I clicked on I missed my appointment bruh, I thought it was like 20-30 minutes I looked and I had been watching for 50 minutes with plenty more to go. Saying that to say how thoro and compelling this joint is this is HBO Docu material word to my momma great work bruh…the narration is excellent!!
I am from New Orleans and have never been to any of the places in this documentary but around @48:00 I can definitely relate to some of what he said. I’m in my mid 30s and I feel old because like he said the music back then was better. He was also right when he said that back then McDonald’s and other fast food places were a treat whereas now it’s practically a daily staple for many. I also agree with how much more vulgar, crass this generation seems compared to ours/ generations of the past.
I spent a lot of time in Brownsville at my father's (Harvey L. Stone) job--he was the Executive Director at Rosetta Gaston Senior Citizen Center. I even attended Heritage House when I was a young kid. I have nothing but love for Brownsville. Yes the building at 54:45 was for seniors.
I grew up in Howard Houses in the 50’s and 60’s. I went to 298 and 263. That’s when growing up was all about family and life. It’s sad to see the destruction and death that is plaguing Brownsville today. If you wanna know how it was then you better ask somebody cause it was an era of it’s own. Love my neighborhood till the day I die. Brownsville is where I’m from and I made it out. Still giving back to where I came from. I will never forget my roots. Brownsville shaped me into the man I am today. FOI SOLDIER ❤️
I’m late! I’m just now watching. I’m from Cali an OG and we have the same story, how things was tough for us but we were a community and the last 2 generations 🤦🏾♀️ same story different places. Job well done Preme! 🙏🏾
Preme, Thanks for schooling us on Brownsville!! Basically, in order to move or exist in Brownsville you got to stay on your toes!! Understood!! This was dope!!💯 Drone views were amazing!!👌 Thanks boo!!!😍
@@TheRealRapShow all the way from Paris France I show you mad props for this incredible work. I've learned a lot about Brownsville keep up the good work brother
The visuals are outstanding. Im here with my Yung ones now watching , as they learn about where their Pops was born nd raised .. Since mine live in the south.. Salute to you Homie on this Work. #Outstanding
Wow, wow I'm just saying thank you for this evening true powerful documentary is indeed in my opinion "A TRUE CLASSIC" Again thank you for this historical/history about..........
Wow!!! I grew up in da ville. Went to 41. Went to 275. Good memories and memories I wish I could forget. It was cool seeing my cousin get interviewed in this documentary.
Your coverage of the plaza was 💯💯💯💯 it took me back to my jhs 275 days,Duney was in my class and I also knew Mousey,Tabk,Whimp,Brown,leckey, Lamont and etc..u explained it to the T Salute 🗽👊🏽
I never grew up in Brownsville (lived in Staten Island near Park Hill late 80s-2001) but I heard of the stories coming out of Brownsville. The story of suicides from Brownsville needs to be looked at more. A lot of people from the hood suffer mental health issues. It’s not normal for humans to piss in the building hallways. Mental illness is unfortunately a taboo subject within the Black community.
It starts with littering. Where i live, black people throw McDonald's bags full of food right in the parking lot. The dumpster is literally 50 feet away. I dont understand how that it is not inate to them that this is wrong. But they do it anyway. I dont even think the Puerto ricans do that. I just don't understand that.
One dude made a statement about at one point it was the crack epidemic that broke down the families and today the parents are around but the youth is out of control. I have to say that the effects of crack trickled down to the present because many of today's patients didn't have parental guidance of their own from the 80s and 90s.
I grew up in Seth Low I remember back in the 80s sitting on a bench in Howard projects on the East New York side while my friend talk to this guy. There was 2 other guys sitting on the bench next to us, these guys came around the corner shooting at the guys on the bench next to us. The guy next to us was well known street dude I think his name was house, he was killed that night. I didn’t personally know him but it affected me.
Wow, great documentary! My mom is from Brownsville and stayed in Brownsville projects. My grandmother still lives there today in the same building. Always loved Brookyln (Brownsville specifically). Good seeing the history around all the buildings. Much love, from MD 410/443.
Informative documentary, kudos to all who made it. One thing I will say, and it could be said about anywhere around the world that has had conflict, it is too easy for older generation to have been part of the the issues and raise in it in the past, then to get older and reflective, but then to talk about the younger generation to be worse. Yes, community is something that has been dying off in many cities and countries, but the older generation have got to hold their hands up because it was on their watch! They have not been holding the community feeling together like how their elders did. Less blaming the younger generation and look within your/our self's to lead the younger generation the right way.
Facts! Brother with the red shirt brought it back. Stone Ave, Milk delivery to your door, newspaper etc.. I remember my aunt & uncle lived in the Van Dykes PJ. Going back to the early 70s Some of my best memories were there. The parties & who could for Harry’s clothing store. On Stone & Belmont. Use to get all my gear there. Those days are gone but not forgotten. Had to be there to know.
People don't understand how treacherous the Ville was back in the day, there's really no way to convey it with words. Shout out the the BRC parties in the 90's
For real I lived across from the BRC USED TO LOVE THOSE PARTIES. LOL dirty ass Coney Island Joes stand on linden. Shout out to Ms Reid my Elementary school principal in PS 184 ON NEWPORT AVE.
The Ville's northern border is Broadway from Rockaway/Cooper Aves. to the "alley". I'm disappointed The Hill, OH PJs, and everything from Barcelona (Howard Houses) and up was left out.
Trust me the changes have been traumatic for me an I use to live on Herkimer street we didn't get hit that much but alot have changed around us. Great topic to discuss and Great documentary. This is very important topics especially in nyc black neighborhoods
Very true, Herkimer St didn't get much action until maybe 10 years ago. Used to live blocks away from Broadway Junction it was always some shit going on...
Shit got sticky in Sallys for me and my mans like two months ago. Thank god we made it home thats all ima say 🤣 its one of those places man. Big ups to you Sapreme this doc giving me nostalgia. 2Ls up
I came across your video today and it blew me away. I'm from Brownsville. Born and raised. I lived in Tilden houses 265 for 34 years. Moved from there to Osborn Street for 20 years. And currently live in the Carolinas. It was actually cool seeing my brother's bedroom window and my parent's bedroom window from the parking lot shot. But, I had no idea how bad it had gotten. I lived there from 1962 when I was born to the 90s when we moved. I saw a lot living there. More than I like to think about. And I'm glad I got out. I still have family here and would love to get them out. I miss NYC. But have no desire to go back to the ghettos of NY.
Very interesting documentary my brother, I visited Brownsville in 1994. I had family in Marcus Garvey Village. Keep up the good work my brother & Salutations from Syracuse Ny!!💯💯 Peace to the God's & Earth's 🌎 *7)
Man im from yonkers and i remember back in my teenage years the mid 90s i would visit family in seth Low Pjs ahh man good times good times thanks for the documentary brother
This should be an award winning documentary (for real). As a black woman....our communities need our black men, we as women CANNOT do it alone. STOP having unprotected sex and structure your life where it's more stable to raise a child. The beginning of the video said "very few people make it out" 😭. I'm not from Brownsville but spent 28.5 years in East New York Brooklyn housing projects.
Community my as same blk mens screw each other
You're from right next door to there...very similar structure
My thoughts exactly 💯
Be the change
I feel you on that the free lunch situation I had to do the same thing when I was a kid and I felt the same way
I watching this Doc smiling and crying. If you made it out of Brownsville and made something of yourself you're strong AF. I thank God everyday for my life!
Me too 💯💯💯
aint that the truth! 🦾 Born n raised from '72 -'97 when I moved to the south. 😉😉Bless you Jocelyn 🙏
Marcus Smalls, raised in 275 Livonia Ave, #1F. I thank God I made it, praying for those still there. Somebody jumping off 300? History definitely repeats itself, because someone jumped off the same building around ‘80, ‘81.
Loool that’s nothing you got everything and every chances to made it out of Brownsville it’s only up to you… Americans just don’t realize how easy life is even in places like Brownsville, if you can make it out from ghettos in Africa or some places in Latin America like mexico , Colombia , Salvador or Honduras ghettos yes then you’re strong AF but not because of surviving projects in NY 🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️🤣🤣
Word..I lived in lh and I thought that it eat a normal life and I thank God I made it out also..lived in 301 in like 88
It is time we brag about how safe our community is, not how dangerous.
Facts..
Hilarious. You must be talking about the new area that you moved to
Facts
That will never happen, unfortunately.
Far Rock America 🇺🇸
AMEN
I grew up in Brownsville-Seth Low Projects. I remember when they use to tell my grandmother and her friends to go upstairs before they started shooting. It was ruthless back then but the killers had a respect for the elderly and kids that don’t seem to exist today. I’m grateful I made it out. That place prepared me for the world. That place built me to be ford tough. ❤
Thank you
The community is Doomed the mindset of destruction
Build you or traumatized?
@@Veteranorepublicano I said what I said. It built me. My parents inflicted trauma not the hood.
Facts, like ngas was extra gangster back then and had personalities. The new weird ngas 110 pounds with won't even look u in the eyes, mad quit when doley,but they will pop you🤣😂✌🏿
I grew up in the Plaza in the 80s and 90s and remember Mousey and Brown, RIP Kings. I used to hang out in Garvey, Riverdale and had friends in the Nehemiah houses. I moved out in the 00s when my mother passed away from health complications. Growing up Brownsville gave me a thick skin and I go everywhere comfortably.
I remember mousey from JHS 275. Grew up in Garvey
That's my school I lived 5 min from there Hopkinson ave now call Thomas boyland between lott and hegamen
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE PLAZA BUILDING BEHIND MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT USED TO BE CALLED PS398(NOW CALLED MS 370 I BELIEVE) ON EAST 93RD ST AND RUTLAND ROAD OR ANOTHER BUILDING CALLED THE PLAZA!!
NEVER MIND I NEVER KNEW ABOUT THE PROJECTS CALLED THE PLAZA !!
is you talkin bout the noble drew ali plaza?..cuz if u is i use to stay in them in the late 90s..im from chicago but i had family in the plaza and i remember that mufucka was wild as hell back then ..chicago n new york so much alike it really aint no difference in da violence and hood shit dat be goin on..im from englewood an englewood would be equivalent to brownsville wen it cums to violence cuz both still very active..now in back in da day wen all our projects was up i was say the low end cuz all the projects was hot as a firecracker back in da day..cabrini always been hot cuz so many gangs was warrin but da robert taylors out south was about gettin money so you could go get weed wit no prollum back in da day cuz dey was gettin money in dem staircases..da wells stateway da ickes da hornets rockwells da dearborns..yea chicago shit was crazy
I remember as a little girl in the 70’s I was always nervous to step foot in the ville. Now 50 yrs later, I live in Brownsville and happier than ever. I’m on Saratoga Ave. The ville definitely has a history and a story behind every block, project, and lot. Thanks for this video! Very interesting to hear the back story
Saratoga my side to
The saga of the Black experience will go down in history as the most epic tale of mankind.
I used to live in Brownsville , Brownsville Houses back in the 80s and 90s. I’m in a much much better place now but I remember how rough and dangerous it was . God help those who still have to live in conditions like these all over our troubled world. Peace 2 "Brownsville Never Ran Never Will".❤️🌎
They run chase one down yesterday.
@Global warning Film & ent He ran to a better place ain't nothing wrong with that.
@@muhamedjones122 which is fine but he can’t turn around and say “never ran never will”😂
Everytime i think about Brownsville i think about the Realness and Seriousness in MOP and their music
Can't forget Smooth Da Hustla & Trigger
💯💯
My condolences to the young man who jumped off the building,Mental Health is serious
To add on Brownsville been turn up,The Mafia used Murder Inc as Hit man,guess what their all came from Brownsville,look it up
Very decent of you to comment on that. It upset me too when he told that story, asked the cameraman to show the building.
This is history that will be here forever. Sapreme did a great job
I grew up in Brownsville ,made it out alive by the grace of god 10 years ago. The hood was crazyyy back then. My face lit up when I saw “Toosie” if you know you know!!! Her name most definitely rung bells-she was OUTSIDE OUTSIDE!!! Glad to see she’s doing great 🥰
I was born in kings county. I'm culture knowledge (41). I lived in the vandyke projects. I went to p.s. 150. My mother moved us to the south when I was 10. I hated having to leave. I wanted to stay with my grandparents in Brooklyn. I missed the culture and the diversity that Brooklyn gave me. Every summer of course we would go back to visit my family and I couldn't wait to see my friends and run through the fire extinguishers on the streets lol. I have very fond memories of Brownsville. My grandmother was Ethel Davis. She was well loved and respected and like a mother to many there in the vandyke projects. Thank you brother for this documentary. Peace family
I love this comment.
You had to be strong to grow up in this neighborhood in the 90s it was SERIOUS!
Great documentary! 🙌🏾♥️ I didn't know I was going to end up seeing people that I grew up with/knowing. I kept saying, “Oh, snap, I know him!”. 🤣 Dre, has always been fly like that! Shout out to everyone from Brownsville. I miss hanging out on Bristol Street! & He's right; Brownsville isn't a poor neighborhood; it's just dangerous and has a lack of great resources. There are a lot of houses in Brownsville too. So... 🤷🏽♀️ Brownsville Day, hanging out at the BRC, and the cookouts/block parties during the summertime were the best. & Mr. Skippa’s food is the best! 🙌🏾😋 As dangerous as 275 is, I had the most fun in school there (& Ms. Hodges gave the best hugs! RIP! 🕊). There are a lot of good things to come out of Brownsville. From Mike Tyson to Duane Martin (actor) whose family lived around the corner from me.
Also, as a former NYCHA employee, I can tell you that they’ve been secretly selling off the developments in the last decade (the outside remodeling is a dead giveaway). Save your money if you’re forced to vacate! That's all I'm going to say! 🤐
This is super dope ! Really giving the world a glimpse into the belly of the beast. Im not even done watching but this is FIRE!
Born and raised Brownville. 281, but when I got my chance to leave, I never looked back. Some good moments but majority hell hole situations. If you can live here, you can survive anywhere. I did cry listening to this because if you are not here you will never understand.
I'm from Chicago so I can relate with the big ass projects like how he told the story and was respectful and just showed love to the people that's what's missing no respect or loyalty and guidance these days
TRUE STATEMENT
yea im from the raq too..englewood to b exact but i use to have family in brownsville and i aint gone lie ..brownsville was just as active as our shit back den...it was just like dem robert taylors and state way wars or dem dearborn an ickes war here.. my people stayed in noble drew ali plaza on new lot an mother gaston dat mufukkin was bussin !!!
The only difference is the Chicago projects had snipers on the roof just to protect their drug dealer and foot soldiers
hahaha
I too am from the Chicago projects. My family moved in when I was 4. It was so nice, clean and beautiful, til I was 9 then I saw a slow decline of the living conditions. I got married at 21 and left my parents house. Never to return. I have good and bad memories. When they named them the projects, that's just what it was, A project. Scientist and sociologist knew it before the blueprints were made. Sad to think them folks are so demonic.
These are very important videos about the history of the so-called inner-cities. Thanks for your contribution.
Thanks Preme This brought back so many Memories. I Grew up in Eny on pitkin and Miller and had family in Seth Low However being from the East we consider Da Ville our Cousin ...Keep pushing out this dope content I always Enjoy your Work💯💪🏾
Thank's first and foremost to the brother(s) and sister(s) that gave the people a glimpse into the lives of the Villians and the surrounding projects
I was born and raised in Brownsville at 345 Livonia Ave Van Dyke projects '72. I went to P.S. 184 1st-5th grade, Thelma J Hamilton 275 6th -8th grade, and Sarah J Hale for HS, I did move to the South in '97.. I remember the great things and the not-so-great things among the many projects spoken of in this documentary. This documentary made me smile because of the good memories and made me sad at the memories of lost friends and family due to gun violence. For the most part, my living and growing up there was good, I personally didn't have any problems. I gave respect and in turn, I got respect back. I mean pretty much that's the key to life yesterday, today, tomorrow, and forever! I received so much experience and took that with me and still to this day apply it to my day-to-day living. I learned from the best and the worst. I couldn't ask for more and I don't! I love my NY accent, NY style, and mannerisms. Every place in America has its ghetto, projects or whatever they call it, and Brownsville, Brooklyn NY will always be my heart and soul! Peace to my brothers and sister who made it through and SIP to those who did not. Neva ran neva will! SALUTE!
Thank you
I went to Sarah j also
As a brotha from the WEST, I’ve always had a fascination with NY. Brooklyn, Manhattan(Harlem), and the Bronx(hip hop). I used to long haul and drive through NY all the time, and I was in awe just driving through! Now that my wife and I have a timeshare, we WILL be booking a NY trip..ESPECIALLY to Harlem, which’ll ALWAYS be the capital of Black America💯
Harlem world be the place of my birth, believe me son we breed the smoothest ninjas on the face of earth
Superfactx 💯💯💯
@@jerrybarnes8258 Harlem is a special place with a special history, when it comes to our people..it’s also the birthplace of my favorite rapper, PAC💯
@@kalifornia_sincitizen943 also where I was born and the birthplace of my favorite rapper Big L
@@jerrybarnes8258 and THEE hottest group to ever influence a LOT of rappers…DIPSET!!
I'm only 2:40 in and I already know this is going to be an incredible watch. So many of men I respect have come out of Brownsville that you cannot deny that all that adversity the people faced bred an exceptional class of winners/champions/kings of their respective craft.
Much love from Newcastle Australia all the to Brownsville BK!! One love everybody.
Thanks for watching
And fuck all that gentrification shit too!! Same thing has happened here in Newy. They've rebuilt and pushed out all the lower - lower middle class occupants to be dispersed in all sorts of shitty regional areas.
I lived out here in the early 2000s. Left around 2011. It can be vicious. But also just people who tryna survive everyday. Met some real ppl. Def an experience I hold dear to my heart. I grew a lot while living here. #upthehillbville #stmarks #rockaway
Great work, love the documentary and when I asked my mom she definitely remembers Coney island Joe's being open before 1984.
Great documentary. The cities are rough but there's lots of love there too. My dad working hard kept us out of the hoods.
I remember growing up in the PJs
back when anybody MOM’S can check you and you listen & respected them
Born in raised in Brownsville, Noble Drew Ali! Very interesting documentary. You pointed out some pertinent stuff. The first guy spoke facts. You missed the target on somethings. Do a positive Brownsville next time with more deep history. More on the people in Brownsville who have been doing positive things to change the narrative. Speak to some older adults!!
Who would watch? Or want to watch?
Imma say this the best documentary I seen on Brooklyn (Brownsville) ever sun!!! Keep up the hard work and dedication brother much respect!!!
I appreciate that
This was dope. Real good look at the history of Brownsville. Salute to the creator
I have family that grew up in Brownsville and i would always visit as a kid and it was always such a great feeling being outside and seeing the culture of everything. I always had a feeling we weren’t really in the best environment but as a kid i just appreciated everything. To this day i have love for the ville and call it my second home. Haven’t been in over 7 years but im praying i can make it out there sometime this year 🙏🏾
Great documentary, very interesting, I’m from the UK & I recognise some of these stories from inner London projects, we call them council estates in London but they are the same thing
WOW! This was amazing!
1. Born and raised in Vandyke (393)
2. I went to P.S. 327
3. Gma lived in BVille projects
4. SJH class of 93
5. I went to BRC for summer camp and the Heritage House.
I was just in the Ville two weeks ago and found out the Red Store is now called the Red Store.
PS.327 WAS THE BEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. TOO MANY GOOD MEMORIES
@@dsteelz81 WORD!
Much love & salutes from a brownsvillian to another brownsvillian the documentary was indeed for filling & informative. Peace!
Yes... May Ms Mathews R.I.P. She was a sweet old lady. She used to live in that building on Rockaway Ave when she got elderly. I used to sit and talk with her daily. She really was a sweetheart 💕
Thanks!
THANKS YAYA
Free Lunch was all of that. My mom's (May she RIP), would take us to multiple schools. Sometimes we ate free breakfast in the summer also. The food was mad good. We would have long French pizza, hamburgers, cheeseburgers, french fries, trail mix. and all of that. Breakfast was Pancakes, Waffles, Cereal, etc. Free Breakfast and Lunch was Litttttttt
Free lunch was litt!! I went whether there was food at home or not.
This is a great documentary. I grew up in Alabama and have met many cool people from all over NYC and they used to tell me about there experiences growing up and I could relate because I lived in Chicago for 5 weeks when I was nine years old. I turned ten there and I learned more in those 5 weeks than I had learned in my whole life. I must have spent about 3 of those weeks in Cabrini. I lived on the west side on Jackson 60612 zip. These kids these days got even more coming at them faster. Social media has a great influence in their lives whether it's negative or positive. There's a culture of greed these days . Shout out to the guys that were interviewed. I was wishing I could go to school in a place like NYC where I could have access to a library or people who would have helped me with lessons. It's trying to get like Brownsville in small towns these days. Heaven help us all. I spent the 80's in California. I know God has been with me because I have been to some hard core hoods all over the U.S. and I was accepted. I was robbed on my 10th birthday on Jackson. I had a rude awakening in the city of Chicago especially being from the woods of Alabama in 1969. I remember the music that I heard that summer like Inner city blues and Cook County Jail (B.B. King) I met Puerto Rican friends for the first time there also. I like the conversation near the end when the guys were talking the value of the real estate there. I had some cousins that lived there until they were like 14 and 15 years old and they were older than me. They left in the 70's. They lived in Brownsville, Bedford Stuyvesant and East New York. They told me about it. The people in those neighborhoods are survivors and intellectuals. I'll always respect your village when I'm visiting. I've lived long enough to love hip hop and I still see good in people. I got a chance to be there for a second and I know that's different from living there. We'll have unity one day but I probably be dead. When I was in Brooklyn I was really vulnerable because I was recovering from a broken neck and paralysis from the neck down. That's right "do unto others as you would have them do unto you". I had already seen enough before I got to New York. You probably heard about the sweet sixteen party about a month and a half ago in Dadeville, Alabama well I live near there. That was an isolated incident but it's a way of life in cities throughout the United States. I done got old and love chilling in the country. I'm almost in the suburbs of three different cities. Two small ones and a medium one. ATL is close enough for me to have lunch and be back home for dinner. A lot of people here have lived in other places and some want to bring the the wrong baggage with them they come back but there are others who come correct. Great documentary. I may not be there with you but I'm praying for the good, the bad and the ugly.
Thanks man
Growing up in AZ in the 90s we used to love new york shit. How the dudes talked and made intelligence cool. Knowledge of self and mathematics and studying up. All them big projects everywhere. Crazy to see how much new york has changed since then and they're still changing it. Prolly gonna be a completely different place soon.
Watching this brings back memories. I moved out of New York but I lived in Brownsville from 1980-2001. I grew up in Riverdale Towers, went to P.S. 41, graduated 6th grade in 1987 and went to JHS 275...my favorite teacher was Ms. Sewaa and RIP to out music/band teacher Mr. Alfred. I remember being scare to go there because it had a bad rap, but it turned out to be so much fun. I was aware there was crime in the area but I didn't experience it like some of these people have. It was like a sense of community, all the kids played with one another and went to school with each other in the complex. Living in Brownsville was some of the best years of my life...and yes I do miss the paper boy on Sunday mornings.
Was born in Brooklyn 1968. Moms moved out to cali in 79
Much love to lost souls wondering in the dark.
This video made me cry looking at so much loss through out the years.
So much confusion,trapped with no spiritual hope.
Jesus saves.
If you want it.
John 3:16
dive deep on it.
It’s not a fairytale.
I left the city but the city didn’t leave me. Lived a life of crime for years until I met the great I am in 89. Praying for you Brooklyn. Mercy 👊🏾
I agree 🙏🏾
I’m a Brownsville Native 🫡
LH, penthouse22 went to 327&Marcus and grew up here until I moved away so I guess I’m a survivor story cause I made it out All glory due to The Most High GOD❣️
Such an interesting video. Thanks for sharing with us all. Great to learn about the diff blocks and hearing the stories from the people who lived and experienced it all. Great eye opener.
Thanks for watching.
I grew up in the Pink Houses, until age 14. Then I moved to Long Island. Yes, the gangstas in Brooklyn were real, but they had respect for the elderly and children. Many of them would not even drink beer in front of the elders, they would put that beer/liquor up so quick. I remember the Daily News Man selling them News Papers too. Back in the days, there were the big family cookouts in the Pink Houses.
The food was good, music was good, and all that. I grew up with Uncle Murda, yes sure did. Went to the same elementary school with him.
They be Wildin in Long Island too
I grew up in the plaza, went to 275 and walked those street everyday. My husband is from Brownsville projects. Stone. Y'all probably know him. Thanks for the memories!!
Born, bred and raised in Brownsville. Gotta sit down and watch this from beginning to end later today.
Coming up did you have redbones around?
Great documentary. I live in Bay Ridge and don't know much about Brownsville. Just drove through it once at night
You forgot about the infamous Broadway Juntion lol! This was really cool again I enjoyed this! Maybe you can do ENY and talk about the Pink Houses.
I was born & raised in Bed-stuy. I remember being scared to go to the Ville in the early 90s where a friend lived in Tilden. Later in life, I worked for NYCHA and was in Howard & Tilden. It could be so quiet than shots fired. It's sad that a neighborhood has been so bad for over 30 yrs😢
Thanks for contributing to the ville thru your work and thanks for watching. NYCHA STAND UP!!!
This is dope.i am from Marlboro Projects in bensonhurst and I started goin to Brownsville in 91.It was crazy in every hood you mentioned but I always had love on every block.
To the 1st dude “I was born in DC in 71 & I hear you” he spoke nothing but facts
I'm from Bville and I've traveled the entire world, and I never seen Brownsville as a place I need to " escape from", 50s and 60s Brownsville was a respectful place
Didnt John Gotti come from Brownsville ?
@@pauobunyon9791 east New York
By the 70s and 80s, not so respectful. I couldn't wait to leave. I go back because mother's house is there. She remembers the Brownsville of the 30s-60s so the neighborhood means more to her.
I'm from Van Dyke and I live outside of Philly now but I thank God for growing in Brownsville because when you leave, you realize just how tough Da Ville made you. Yea it's rough but it's home to me and I wouldn't want it any other way.
So is Brownsville worse than Philly then?
@@cutiepiea3687 It depends on where you live in Philly but overall yes. Kensington section of N Philly is the worst because its zombie land and with that comes gunplay. I actually like PA. Hoods in Philly are basically the same as hood in The Ville. Mind your business and you'll be fine.
I used to live in LH. This documentary is flooding back memories!! The fond memories outweighing the unpleasant. I'm remembering how productive the community centers USED to be, for all ages. There were educational programs, afterschool recreation, senior citizen activites, parties, talent/fashion shows, food drives, etc. A safe & joyous family atmosphere.
Thanks for sharing
Yes Langston hues day.. the rec center at the bottom of 301..alot of good memories but it was wild..
I’m from Brownsville I witnessed a lot and I made it out that mud ✍🏾🤙🏾and I’m 44 yrs old.🙏🏾🙌🙌🤜🏾
Nothing but respect for that bro 💯👊🏽 stay up g 👊🏽👊🏽
Aye what school did you go to?
I'm from the Ville went to P.s184 used to hit the BRC can't wait to watch this in its entirety. God bless to all yal
I remember the pool hall on Thomas Boyland my mother lived on Lott in the 70’s when she came from Panama. There was a penny candy store also. The good old days.
What's happening here is the fear of parents and parent wanting to be parents.....Let's be parents when your children are no longer babies....It can change, maybe, I hope, Can we at least try. Excellent Documentary
Thank you for all your hard work in producing this- we are all brothers and sisters in the end
Thank you.
I commented as soon as I clicked but as I clicked on I missed my appointment bruh, I thought it was like 20-30 minutes I looked and I had been watching for 50 minutes with plenty more to go. Saying that to say how thoro and compelling this joint is this is HBO Docu material word to my momma great work bruh…the narration is excellent!!
Yessir, Happy years my guy to you and your entire family. Thanks for watching
@@TheRealRapShow same to you my guy✊🏾
Award winning documentary worthy Sir!!! Outstanding job!!!
Thanks for watching my friend.
Listening to the 1st dude got me shaking my head. Why do people protect criminality?
I am from New Orleans and have never been to any of the places in this documentary but around @48:00 I can definitely relate to some of what he said. I’m in my mid 30s and I feel old because like he said the music back then was better. He was also right when he said that back then McDonald’s and other fast food places were a treat whereas now it’s practically a daily staple for many. I also agree with how much more vulgar, crass this generation seems compared to ours/ generations of the past.
Rip 🙏🏼 the best bike shop every!!! He taught me how to patch a flat!
Nuff respect
Dread Ruben Brownsville og of bikes rip
I spent a lot of time in Brownsville at my father's (Harvey L. Stone) job--he was the Executive Director at Rosetta Gaston Senior Citizen Center. I even attended Heritage House when I was a young kid. I have nothing but love for Brownsville. Yes the building at 54:45 was for seniors.
Thanks for watching
I grew up in Howard Houses in the 50’s and 60’s. I went to 298 and 263. That’s when growing up was all about family and life. It’s sad to see the destruction and death that is plaguing Brownsville today. If you wanna know how it was then you better ask somebody cause it was an era of it’s own. Love my neighborhood till the day I die. Brownsville is where I’m from and I made it out. Still giving back to where I came from. I will never forget my roots. Brownsville shaped me into the man I am today.
FOI SOLDIER ❤️
I’m late! I’m just now watching. I’m from Cali an OG and we have the same story, how things was tough for us but we were a community and the last 2 generations 🤦🏾♀️ same story different places. Job well done Preme! 🙏🏾
Preme, Thanks for schooling us on Brownsville!! Basically, in order to move or exist in Brownsville you got to stay on your toes!! Understood!! This was dope!!💯 Drone views were amazing!!👌 Thanks boo!!!😍
love u holly
❤️ u 2!!!
that's anywhere love
@@TheRealRapShow all the way from Paris France I show you mad props for this incredible work. I've learned a lot about Brownsville keep up the good work brother
The visuals are outstanding.
Im here with my Yung ones now watching , as they learn about where their Pops was born nd raised ..
Since mine live in the south..
Salute to you Homie on this Work.
#Outstanding
This was done wellllllllll. I’m not at all from here, my boyfriend is and I can’t believe he made it out but I’m glad he did.
Wow, wow I'm just saying thank you for this evening true powerful documentary is indeed in my opinion "A TRUE CLASSIC" Again thank you for this historical/history about..........
How soon ppl forget about how notorious NY was and still is, thank you for your comment
Wow!!! I grew up in da ville. Went to 41. Went to 275. Good memories and memories I wish I could forget. It was cool seeing my cousin get interviewed in this documentary.
I live on Hegeman near Brookdale hospital since 2012. I'm originally from Newark. Cool documentary!
Yo I'm from Ville but the other side . Go to your exact area the end of the month to see cuzzo coming from Texas. How is the area now?
Dope documentary it really showed the beauty and the struggle of living in Brownsville.
You really brought me back remember when the big R used to have the dudes selling the bootleg movies 2for5 vhs tapes
Very good documentary!! Love from Buffalo, NY
Really i want to go to Brooklyn, it's see so Nice.
Thanks for thos video.
Your coverage of the plaza was 💯💯💯💯 it took me back to my jhs 275 days,Duney was in my class and I also knew Mousey,Tabk,Whimp,Brown,leckey, Lamont and etc..u explained it to the T Salute 🗽👊🏽
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JHs 275 Class of 86
I never grew up in Brownsville (lived in Staten Island near Park Hill late 80s-2001) but I heard of the stories coming out of Brownsville.
The story of suicides from Brownsville needs to be looked at more. A lot of people from the hood suffer mental health issues. It’s not normal for humans to piss in the building hallways. Mental illness is unfortunately a taboo subject within the Black community.
It starts with littering. Where i live, black people throw McDonald's bags full of food right in the parking lot. The dumpster is literally 50 feet away. I dont understand how that it is not inate to them that this is wrong. But they do it anyway. I dont even think the Puerto ricans do that. I just don't understand that.
Dope documentary fam , im from MGV but grew up in 10 amboy , I went to ps.183 and ps.327 , you brought back a lot of memories with this
love this Sis an OG & talking the real 🙌🏾 we gotta grow & change 🙏🏾 Love the VILLE we are the Real! Never ran never will!
One dude made a statement about at one point it was the crack epidemic that broke down the families and today the parents are around but the youth is out of control. I have to say that the effects of crack trickled down to the present because many of today's patients didn't have parental guidance of their own from the 80s and 90s.
Award winning UA-cam video visuals information and i like the emphasis on interacting with viewers. I’m watching from pgc MD close to DC
Thank you
I grew up in Seth Low I remember back in the 80s sitting on a bench in Howard projects on the East New York side while my friend talk to this guy. There was 2 other guys sitting on the bench next to us, these guys came around the corner shooting at the guys on the bench next to us. The guy next to us was well known street dude I think his name was house, he was killed that night. I didn’t personally know him but it affected me.
Wow, great documentary! My mom is from Brownsville and stayed in Brownsville projects. My grandmother still lives there today in the same building. Always loved Brookyln (Brownsville specifically). Good seeing the history around all the buildings. Much love, from MD 410/443.
Fam not only heard the doc u could feel it thru their words&I'm from Baltimore,keep doin ur thing fam OFFICAL!!!
Thanks Carolyn.
Last dude talking. Had me rolling 😂. I can listen to him talk all day. Mad funny
Informative documentary, kudos to all who made it. One thing I will say, and it could be said about anywhere around the world that has had conflict, it is too easy for older generation to have been part of the the issues and raise in it in the past, then to get older and reflective, but then to talk about the younger generation to be worse. Yes, community is something that has been dying off in many cities and countries, but the older generation have got to hold their hands up because it was on their watch! They have not been holding the community feeling together like how their elders did. Less blaming the younger generation and look within your/our self's to lead the younger generation the right way.
Facts! Brother with the red shirt brought it back. Stone Ave, Milk delivery to your door, newspaper etc.. I remember my aunt & uncle lived in the Van Dykes PJ. Going back to the early 70s Some of my best memories were there. The parties & who could for Harry’s clothing store. On Stone & Belmont. Use to get all my gear there. Those days are gone but not forgotten. Had to be there to know.
People don't understand how treacherous the Ville was back in the day, there's really no way to convey it with words. Shout out the the BRC parties in the 90's
facts and I dont think people realize how treacherous ENY is now, I think they got the most dangerous in NYC title now.
For real I lived across from the BRC USED TO LOVE THOSE PARTIES. LOL dirty ass Coney Island Joes stand on linden. Shout out to Ms Reid my Elementary school principal in PS 184 ON NEWPORT AVE.
go back further...I came up from the 1970s thru the late 80s...saw a whole lot of stuff
The Ville's northern border is Broadway from Rockaway/Cooper Aves. to the "alley".
I'm disappointed The Hill, OH PJs, and everything from Barcelona (Howard Houses) and up was left out.
Sapreme you did it again!!Howard Houses my old stomping grounds Baby!!!
Trust me the changes have been traumatic for me an I use to live on Herkimer street we didn't get hit that much but alot have changed around us. Great topic to discuss and Great documentary. This is very important topics especially in nyc black neighborhoods
Very true, Herkimer St didn't get much action until maybe 10 years ago. Used to live blocks away from Broadway Junction it was always some shit going on...
Shit got sticky in Sallys for me and my mans like two months ago. Thank god we made it home thats all ima say 🤣 its one of those places man. Big ups to you Sapreme this doc giving me nostalgia. 2Ls up
Damn..I remember the army men on the buildings..I lived in 301 Sutter..LH
This was truly a great dope documentary. 🙏🏾
I came across your video today and it blew me away. I'm from Brownsville. Born and raised. I lived in Tilden houses 265 for 34 years. Moved from there to Osborn Street for 20 years. And currently live in the Carolinas. It was actually cool seeing my brother's bedroom window and my parent's bedroom window from the parking lot shot. But, I had no idea how bad it had gotten. I lived there from 1962 when I was born to the 90s when we moved. I saw a lot living there. More than I like to think about. And I'm glad I got out. I still have family here and would love to get them out. I miss NYC. But have no desire to go back to the ghettos of NY.
Very interesting documentary my brother, I visited Brownsville in 1994. I had family in Marcus Garvey Village. Keep up the good work my brother & Salutations from Syracuse Ny!!💯💯 Peace to the God's & Earth's 🌎 *7)
I enjoyed your documentary and watched it all. It brought back memories. I went to high school at Redi. Tfs 💜
Thanks for watching
Man im from yonkers and i remember back in my teenage years the mid 90s i would visit family in seth Low Pjs ahh man good times good times thanks for the documentary brother
I’m from the SC but Van Dyke my second home. I really love the Ville!