I grew up in Park Slope (14th st. and 8th Ave.) in 1938 until 1950. It was a poor, mostly Irish neighborhood where most were blue collar workers and policemen. A pub was on every corner and every Friday at about 5 PM the housewives would go to the pubs and carry home buckets of tap beer when their husbands would come home from work. I had many fist fights with young Irish gangs. The view from my parents 3rd floor apartment was spectacular -- looking down at the Statue of Liberty in the harbor and the NY skyline and the Empire State building. We took that for granted. But today, that what makes Park Slope very upscale. The brownstone buildings were nothing more than railroad flats where you had to walk through every room to get to the room you want (no hallways in those apartments). What a change!
Hi Roy, I was born in 1950 in Bush Terminal,(30th st and 4th ave). I remember your area. We'd go shopping at Germain's (is my spelling correct?) on 15th and 5th ave, also Sepe's toy store on 9th and 5th ave. Wasn't there a movie theater near you?? The Sanders??? Two theaters on 9th street, The Avon and RKO Prospect. White Eagle market on 5th ave. I had friends that went to St. Johns. I went to John Jay HS on 7th ave, think it was called Manual Training in your day.
Haha - I grew up on 8th Avenue between 10th and 11th Street. My Granny was cook in the old Fischer Mansion on the corner of 8th and Carroll. Yup , it was working class west of 3rd Street (increasingly after 9th Street) but the area between 7th and PPW was always pretty posh.
Yup, the Irish didn't take any shit from anyone and were quick with the fists. I remember the mafia tried to come into our neighborhood a few times to get many of the pubs to pay protection, which was incredibly stupid as most of the residents (and patrons) were cops or had relatives that were cops. Needless to say, they weren't successful.
Hey John, our HS graduation was held at Bishop Ford because John Jay's auditorium was too small. Never traveled below 5th street and considering I spent a shitload of time on 5th ave between 20th and 9th streets (from 1958-66') I don't think I ever went up to 6th ave much except for the theater, The Sanders wasn't it??? Great stores along 5th ave. Didn't Germain's eventually put in a model car racing track on the top floor?? I moved to Bay Ridge too (75th street area; aka Bay Ridge Pkwy) in 1973 and finally left in 1989 moving upstate. Bay Ridge was swell in the 1970's, had great concerts in Bliss Park at night, just local bands. We'd sit and swill Boones Farm, smoke weed and nookie with the chicks. Remember the ship collision/fire in the Narrows in 73'?? I had a studio apartment with a back yard for $90 a month with gas/electric included, freakin' sweet. Great neighborhood. Where'd you live in Bay Ridge??
Born and raised in park slope....it was a wonderful place to live ...sadly it went down hill in the 1970s....I left in 1982.... I go back to visit now and then, now it is all yuppie...no one can afford to live there anymore unless you are wealthy....the brownstones are go gorgeous....prospect park is just heaven on earth...I do miss the old park slope, the food in Brooklyn is the best in the world...these new trendy places to dine is not what the Brooklyn items grew up with...but if you find a place to eat that serves the food we grew up with, you will be in food paradise
Born and raised in Brooklyn. Born 1950 and moved out in 1995. Lived, worked and played in Park Slope. Those were the good old days for sure....I remember the day the planes collided and the only surviving passenger was 11 year old, Stephen Baltz. They had is photo on the front page of the Daily News. He died the next day at Methodist Hospital. They have his change there in a memorial plaque. I had night mares for weeks after that...
I grew up in Kensington and crown heights and I currently have been living in miami for 17 years, but guess hwat there is no place in the world, no where makes you feel so alive and cool as my beloved Brooklyn!! thanks for this video it takes me back
Puerto Rican raised in the Bronx, lost contact with a friend from park slope, best friend in the world , we even joined the army together, would love to find him one day , at 55 I might not
Beautiful streets with lovely old buildings on them, the exact sorts of places I've always wished that someone would drive me through. Videos like this one do the job nicely.
I remember that plane, coming over the roof of my school St Francis Xavier. Never did quite get over it, saw the whole thing. We lived on Fiske Place between 7th and 8th avenues. Guess it has changed a lot if our $65 a month fifth floor apartment is now a condo, sold for $600k ten years ago! I hope they improved the furnace, the heat never made it to the top floor, but as our landlord used to tell my parents, " You can't beat that view" Since most of the neighborhood was Brownstones, we saw the whole City, and the Harbor, but it was freezing cold in the winter. I remember seeing the movie, War of the Worlds with Tom Cruise, and telling my friends, "that's the street I grew up on" nobody believed me, because it was supposed to be Boston. I finally saw it online, and it WAS filmed there! Thank God for the internet! Just wish this video had paused, and shown the street signs, so I could figure out just what I was seeing! I remember some family friends bought one of those Brownstones on Carroll Street near 6th Ave. back around 1962 ---- They paid $14, 000 for it!
D1Goddess25 Take my advice and go back to New York. You won't be sorry. Many years ago i left Albany and moved to Florida. It was a big mistake. Now i'm too old to go back to Albany and i miss it terribly. God bless you and help you go back HOME.
Many movies and TV shows were shot in Park Slope. Some of them: Goodfellas, Die Hard 3, The Intern, The Age of Innocence, Sex and the City, Girls, Sophie's Choice, Orange is the New Black
Charles P in fact one scene Robert De Niro was shot right on Smith Street and 9th Street. Right beneath the L for the F train. At the time I lived right around the corner.
I saw Deniro filming The Intern, I was working at the Petco right next door on the corner of 7th and Lincoln. Also, The Knick by Soderbergh was filmed on 8th Ave.
I became very familiar and perhaps acquainted with Park Slope in Brooklyn,in the early 2000's-It's very nice there,and full of American people-And all kinds of Americans too!😅
Went to high school there in the 1960's. John Jay on 5th st and 7th ave near Methodist hospital. Saw the plane crash too, I was in fourth grade. The plane hit a church and get this, the name of the church was Pillar of Fire! Sorry, but I still like Bay Ridge better. Nice video though.
I really want to explore the Bronx, I'm waiting for my friend who was born and raised there to show me around. Hopefully he will make time for me soon so I can share it with you.
Nice indeed, thanks. I do notice many attractive people in all your videos. I wonder NYC has a high no of attractive people per capita? Or did you happen to focus on them?
Attractive people, all else considered equal, tend to correlate with higher degrees of success. And since you can't really stay in NYC long-term (considering Park Slope is a really popular neighborhood to raise a family), there's probably a little bit more good looking people there. That's just my theory!
The girls at the beginning of the video were beautiful. I remember when that plane crashed there in 1960. I was eleven. I would like to hear from the girls at the beginning of the video. They're beautiful!
How are the theatre and museum districts where you get so much more for your money, and all those Michelin rated restaurants, how are they? LMFAO, youre not living, youre just existing.
The wife and I own a 2-Bedroom house with large Laundry room, huge back yard, garage, and built in Wood Stove, close to everything, 850.00 a month.!!! Oh, and I pay for lawn mowing service. plus, built in Sprinkler system, so my spoiled rotten Tenants do not have to water the lawns by hand. Plus 100.00 dollars off the Rent for Christmas.!!
I grew up in Park Slope (14th st. and 8th Ave.) in 1938 until 1950. It was a poor, mostly Irish neighborhood where most were blue collar workers and policemen. A pub was on every corner and every Friday at about 5 PM the housewives would go to the pubs and carry home buckets of tap beer when their husbands would come home from work. I had many fist fights with young Irish gangs. The view from my parents 3rd floor apartment was spectacular -- looking down at the Statue of Liberty in the harbor and the NY skyline and the Empire State building. We took that for granted. But today, that what makes Park Slope very upscale. The brownstone buildings were nothing more than railroad flats where you had to walk through every room to get to the room you want (no hallways in those apartments). What a change!
Hi Roy, I was born in 1950 in Bush Terminal,(30th st and 4th ave). I remember your area. We'd go shopping at Germain's (is my spelling correct?) on 15th and 5th ave, also Sepe's toy store on 9th and 5th ave. Wasn't there a movie theater near you?? The Sanders??? Two theaters on 9th street, The Avon and RKO Prospect. White Eagle market on 5th ave. I had friends that went to St. Johns. I went to John Jay HS on 7th ave, think it was called Manual Training in your day.
Roy Graboff Hi Roy, I have a question: why did you fight the Irish?
Haha - I grew up on 8th Avenue between 10th and 11th Street. My Granny was cook in the old Fischer Mansion on the corner of 8th and Carroll. Yup , it was working class west of 3rd Street (increasingly after 9th Street) but the area between 7th and PPW was always pretty posh.
Yup, the Irish didn't take any shit from anyone and were quick with the fists. I remember the mafia tried to come into our neighborhood a few times to get many of the pubs to pay protection, which was incredibly stupid as most of the residents (and patrons) were cops or had relatives that were cops. Needless to say, they weren't successful.
Hey John, our HS graduation was held at Bishop Ford because John Jay's auditorium was too small. Never traveled below 5th street and considering I spent a shitload of time on 5th ave between 20th and 9th streets (from 1958-66') I don't think I ever went up to 6th ave much except for the theater, The Sanders wasn't it???
Great stores along 5th ave. Didn't Germain's eventually put in a model car racing track on the top floor?? I moved to Bay Ridge too (75th street area; aka Bay Ridge Pkwy) in 1973 and finally left in 1989 moving upstate. Bay Ridge was swell in the 1970's, had great concerts in Bliss Park at night, just local bands. We'd sit and swill Boones Farm, smoke weed and nookie with the chicks. Remember the ship collision/fire in the Narrows in 73'?? I had a studio apartment with a back yard for $90 a month with gas/electric included, freakin' sweet. Great neighborhood. Where'd you live in Bay Ridge??
Born and raised in park slope....it was a wonderful place to live ...sadly it went down hill in the 1970s....I left in 1982.... I go back to visit now and then, now it is all yuppie...no one can afford to live there anymore unless you are wealthy....the brownstones are go gorgeous....prospect park is just heaven on earth...I do miss the old park slope, the food in Brooklyn is the best in the world...these new trendy places to dine is not what the Brooklyn items grew up with...but if you find a place to eat that serves the food we grew up with, you will be in food paradise
I haven't lived in Brooklyn for 20 years. These videos amaze me of what it looks like now.
I hope you had a good reason for leaving the greatest city in the world.
Born and raised in Brooklyn. Born 1950 and moved out in 1995. Lived, worked and played in Park Slope. Those were the good old days for sure....I remember the day the planes collided and the only surviving passenger was 11 year old, Stephen Baltz. They had is photo on the front page of the Daily News. He died the next day at Methodist Hospital. They have his change there in a memorial plaque. I had night mares for weeks after that...
I love your videos. New York is such a beautiful city. Its fascinating to me. Thanks for taking the time to make them available!
I grew up in Kensington and crown heights and I currently have been living in miami for 17 years, but guess hwat there is no place in the world, no where makes you feel so alive and cool as my beloved Brooklyn!! thanks for this video it takes me back
Puerto Rican raised in the Bronx, lost contact with a friend from park slope, best friend in the world , we even joined the army together, would love to find him one day , at 55 I might not
Have you tried looking at Facebook? I found two boyhood friends this way.
I have a feeling that you will find your friend. I found three girls that i used to play with when we were kids using Facebook. Try that!
I'm born an raised in Park Slope. No place like it!
Thanks for sharing. :)
same
Me too
when you go to colombia south america..i think you should change your mind.
EliLove954 You were born and raised in a beautiful area.
Beautiful streets with lovely old buildings on them, the exact sorts of places I've always wished that someone would drive me through. Videos like this one do the job nicely.
I remember that plane, coming over the roof of my school St Francis Xavier. Never did quite get over it, saw the whole thing. We lived on Fiske Place between 7th and 8th avenues. Guess it has changed a lot if our $65 a month fifth floor apartment is now a condo, sold for $600k ten years ago! I hope they improved the furnace, the heat never made it to the top floor, but as our landlord used to tell my parents, " You can't beat that view" Since most of the neighborhood was Brownstones, we saw the whole City, and the Harbor, but it was freezing cold in the winter. I remember seeing the movie, War of the Worlds with Tom Cruise, and telling my friends, "that's the street I grew up on" nobody believed me, because it was supposed to be Boston. I finally saw it online, and it WAS filmed there! Thank God for the internet! Just wish this video had paused, and shown the street signs, so I could figure out just what I was seeing! I remember some family friends bought one of those Brownstones on Carroll Street near 6th Ave. back around 1962 ---- They paid $14, 000 for it!
I love this video I moved to California in February & I miss New York so much!! 😭💔
D1Goddess25 Take my advice and go back to New York. You won't be sorry. Many years ago i left Albany and moved to Florida. It was a big mistake. Now i'm too old to go back to Albany and i miss it terribly. God bless you and help you go back HOME.
Let me ask you, why did you move to california ?
I have never visit to NYC and California, I'm from Greece
I love Brooklyn, good night.
I love NYC🙂💖
Many movies and TV shows were shot in Park Slope. Some of them:
Goodfellas, Die Hard 3, The Intern, The Age of Innocence, Sex and the City, Girls, Sophie's Choice, Orange is the New Black
Charles P in fact one scene Robert De Niro was shot right on Smith Street and 9th Street. Right beneath the L for the F train. At the time I lived right around the corner.
I saw Deniro filming The Intern, I was working at the Petco right next door on the corner of 7th and Lincoln.
Also, The Knick by Soderbergh was filmed on 8th Ave.
You make very nice videos, thank you!
This video is amazing! Keep up the good work 😊
Wow that's beautiful 😍
My mom's friend lives in one of these houses!
great vid btw
I love your videos
I became very familiar and perhaps acquainted with Park Slope in Brooklyn,in the early 2000's-It's very nice there,and full of American people-And all kinds of Americans too!😅
Fascinante, hermoso y tranquilo barrio para caminar, pasamos con mi familia una semana maravillosa de octubre 2019
Went to high school there in the 1960's. John Jay on 5th st and 7th ave near Methodist hospital. Saw the plane crash too, I was in fourth grade. The plane hit a church and get this, the name of the church was Pillar of Fire!
Sorry, but I still like Bay Ridge better. Nice video though.
I don't mind going to NewYork for a vacation
Candice Perry Neither would i
Can I ask what neighborhood would be a cheaper alternative? Love the videos!
Cheaper alternative in Brooklyn: Bushwick, Crown Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant,
Myblockny thank you for replying!
¡Very nice! I love your videos. Can you upload a video of bronx, Crotona Av? (Please)
I really want to explore the Bronx, I'm waiting for my friend who was born and raised there to show me around. Hopefully he will make time for me soon so I can share it with you.
Whatever you do, don't go to the Bronx alone, it's a dangerous area, especially for young woman walking alone with a camera. Stay safe.
Nice indeed, thanks. I do notice many attractive people in all your videos. I wonder NYC has a high no of attractive people per capita? Or did you happen to focus on them?
My camera doesn't discriminate, it captures everything in front of it. And beside, It's New York, everywhere I go I see a great picture.
I reckon this means that NYC does have a fair share of attractive people
Attractive people, all else considered equal, tend to correlate with higher degrees of success. And since you can't really stay in NYC long-term (considering Park Slope is a really popular neighborhood to raise a family), there's probably a little bit more good looking people there.
That's just my theory!
I was born on 23rd and 4th Ave
Why didn't you show Prospect Park?!
I showed Prospect Park in the Prospect Heights neighborhood video:
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Oh, juicy! I'll check it out.
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Nobody takes pictures of their neighborhoods in the winter time
Ela mora em park sloap kkkkk
The girls at the beginning of the video were beautiful. I remember when that plane crashed there in 1960. I was eleven. I would like to hear from the girls at the beginning of the video. They're beautiful!
I was in ST Saviour's Grammer School when the crash happened.
I have lived in park Slope my whole life I did not know a plane crashed
ShadowAtom 4028 Yes, in 1960
@1400deadwood good afternoom>>>>
I grew up in park slope in the 70's 80's 90's it was much better then !! that was real brooklyn, not these implants
You think the 70s were good.The 50s were even better.
Youre a dolt!
Rent, condominiums are sky high.
maybe 3rd best bk hts 1st old mill basin dkyer hts park slope battle for 2nd 3rd 4th
Park Slope feels too quiet, Otherwise great area
But rent is why I moved out of New York City and moved to the south. You get so much more for your money
but then you live in the south..
How are the theatre and museum districts where you get so much more for your money, and all those Michelin rated restaurants, how are they? LMFAO, youre not living, youre just existing.
It was a great neighborhood till all the uppies and now the hipsters came they destroyed Brooklyn
JOhn get out of my city.
The wife and I own a 2-Bedroom house with large Laundry room, huge back yard, garage, and built in Wood Stove, close to everything, 850.00 a month.!!! Oh, and I pay for lawn mowing service. plus, built in Sprinkler system, so my spoiled rotten Tenants do not have to water the lawns by hand. Plus 100.00 dollars off the Rent for Christmas.!!
Looks nice, too bad Brooklyn died when the Dodgers left town.
The whitest neighborhood ever lmao
There's something about Brooklyn that I don't like, at all. But I find it beautiful anyways.
It's beautiful now, but Park Slope/Windsor Terrace were shitholes back in the 60's/70's.
Yeah well that was back in the day. Now, most people can't even afford to live in Park Slope.