Definitely appreciate the backstories of these locations! Most native New Yorkers wouldn't know. I thought Five Points was in the financial district all this time. Probably one of my fave videos on your channel thus far.
He does a pretty good job here. I used to go to Chintown on Sundays with my parents in the sixties. My grandparents had a restaurant caddy corner form Bryant park on 42nd. st. They also owned part of Port Arthur restaurant in Chinatown. It was located right above Chinatown fair where all the kids who play games. My grandfather had his funeral at the big church in Chinatown. That church he shows is where his funeral was. All my cousins knew Chinatown well. It is also much larger than it was in the 1960's. My grandmother was the best bootlegger in NY and Chinatown.
As immigrant kid from HK growing up in Chinatown, this brought back memories and you did a good job dude, pretty spot on with the finer points of the neighborhood.....thks! Greatly appreciated from a kid from the old neighborhood......
Your insights and thoughtful commentary make your vids worthwhile to watch---sets them well above the ordinary NYC walk-n-talks out there. Thanks for caring enough to do such consistently good work. Much appreciated.
I am going to NYC for the first time next month and am watching these types of videos to familiarize myself with the area. You are the best tour guide I have run across and I cannot believe you only have 62K subscribers. Your witticisms and knowledge is on point. Keep up the grind and great work! As a side note, I was going to tag Aji Ichiban as a place to visit and am sad to see that it is permanently closed. Edit: speeling iz hard
SO glad I found your videos, Tom! Was looking for a good virtual walking tour of some of my favorite NY neighborhoods for my GF and I on this chilly winter day. Yours are encyclopedic in their information, hilarious and so well thought out. Really well shot and edited as well. I come away wiser and with an eager anticipation of walking them in real life once the weather gets warmer again ... but this time I will appreciate them with even more context! Looking forward to watching the rest, You have found your calling, Tom ... f%^K the law! You are doing far more good for humanity by making us appreciate what's around us! Travel Channel, Discover, PBS ... Someone give this man and his crew their own show!!
love your comments at 16:30ish onwards regarding energy and fresh passionate ideas that builds this so ever culturally diverse city if NYC. And thanks for making these vids of NYC. Kudos man!
Hello Tom! I love this kind of videos, although I understand 90% of what you say because Spanish is my native language. I still enjoy these videos and walk the city with you. Hugs from Argentina❤️
@@tomdnyc1 thanks, sorry about that wild commet .. I was not paying attention ! But i do like your video's and like the longer ones.. No need to entertain us jyst be yourself and it will all work 😂
If ur in the neighborhood go to wo hop it’s a really snug basemnt Chinese restaurants with pictures everywhere and amazing when I went someone told me they flew all the way from Los Angeles just to eat the food again
Hey! Thanks for yet another really interesting video! Have you thought about maybe making them around 10 mins long, so you won't be freezing😱 by the end and more people could afford to watch them from start to finish? I would have watched Chinatown - Walking Tour part 2, ... part3, part4...:)
Thanks so much! I'm still tinkering with the format and length. I'll let you know when I release my tour of every block of NYC - it will be 127 hours long and you will want to cut your arm off.
Tom, have you considered a walk in Calvary Cemetery where the Godfather funeral was filmed? It would be interesting to see how the set there has changed.
Thank you for the tour! My kids decided when we visit NYC we have to go to Aji Ichiban! We will only have a little time in NYC, anyone have any more suggestions for where we should visit? I wanted to visit Ferrara’s in Little Italy but your video of the neighborhood said it’s super touristy :( Should we still go?
you should have a television travel show
Definitely appreciate the backstories of these locations! Most native New Yorkers wouldn't know. I thought Five Points was in the financial district all this time. Probably one of my fave videos on your channel thus far.
Through the years I walked around Chinatown and I never realized it's deep history.
Thank you for this information.
amazing start to finish, as usual.
Appreciate it! Thanks for watching.
Tom, You are one of the top three Vloggers in New York... I loved it thanks.
He does a pretty good job here. I used to go to Chintown on Sundays with my parents in the sixties. My grandparents had a restaurant caddy corner form Bryant park on 42nd. st. They also owned part of Port Arthur restaurant in Chinatown. It was located right above Chinatown fair where all the kids who play games. My grandfather had his funeral at the big church in Chinatown. That church he shows is where his funeral was. All my cousins knew Chinatown well. It is also much larger than it was in the 1960's. My grandmother was the best bootlegger in NY and Chinatown.
The Chinatown video of Manhattan was the best! Hello from Florida!
As immigrant kid from HK growing up in Chinatown, this brought back memories and you did a good job dude, pretty spot on with the finer points of the neighborhood.....thks! Greatly appreciated from a kid from the old neighborhood......
such a handsome guy!
I know, right? I'd like a tour of his bedroom 🤣
Your insights and thoughtful commentary make your vids worthwhile to watch---sets them well above the ordinary NYC walk-n-talks out there. Thanks for caring enough to do such consistently good work. Much appreciated.
Just love your videos watch all of them. Cheers from Australia.
Cheers, mate!
Bro...your videos is like the Coolest ever
Thanks for watching!
I am going to NYC for the first time next month and am watching these types of videos to familiarize myself with the area. You are the best tour guide I have run across and I cannot believe you only have 62K subscribers. Your witticisms and knowledge is on point. Keep up the grind and great work!
As a side note, I was going to tag Aji Ichiban as a place to visit and am sad to see that it is permanently closed.
Edit: speeling iz hard
In terms of information and comedy you're my favorite new york tour youtuber!
I agree. The others seem to take themselves a bit seriously!
Thanks - I hope to never disappoint you!
Just found your channel..I’m addicted..Mahalo
Love this! Please make one for each neighborhood! Really enjoy your speaking style!
I love re-watching your tours! #knowledgeispower
Super cool walk and nyc history.
Thanks!
Dy-no-mite tour, Tom! Your concentration walking through so many people and still sharing the knowledge is impressive 👍🏼
That heart throb Leo OMG 😂😂😂
Thank you very much for your knowledgeable and interesting guiding tour of my dream city
Beauriful. Thanks for touring us,
Thanks for watching!
Maybe one of your best tours, loved the EB White quote. Made me do a deep dive into his New York book. Thanks for being you.
Wish this video was around before my trip to New York last November - so many great restaurant recommendations!
Brother, you are an institution! A wealth of wonderful knowledge!
Tom, you are great, i love this video and informations, Chinatown is a place full of culture and history. Thank you.
Nice one.. your like a walking talking Wikipedia!
Thanks, I hope to one day develop the charisma of Wikipedia as well.
Walkiepedia man
I love everything about this!!!
I'm glad there is nothing I could have done differently with this video to make you love it more!
Love the history, and love your commentary about cities and diversity!
love your videos....👍
nice tour . thank you. ~JDS/CT
Much respect to you Tom. You are very intelligent.
You the man Tom 👍
Its crazy 😜 didn’t know all that about Chinese immigrants 👍 great job as always
I love this kind of walking video, looks great. And very informative.
Thanks - it's all a work in progress. Looking forward to having the channel and videos evolve.
SO glad I found your videos, Tom! Was looking for a good virtual walking tour of some of my favorite NY neighborhoods for my GF and I on this chilly winter day. Yours are encyclopedic in their information, hilarious and so well thought out. Really well shot and edited as well. I come away wiser and with an eager anticipation of walking them in real life once the weather gets warmer again ... but this time I will appreciate them with even more context! Looking forward to watching the rest, You have found your calling, Tom ... f%^K the law! You are doing far more good for humanity by making us appreciate what's around us! Travel Channel, Discover, PBS ... Someone give this man and his crew their own show!!
Nice vlog very impormative
The history here is fascinating!!!!
Update to my last statement... You’re gifted. Thank you for your videos.
Appreciate tons of information/history. Great job.
Thanks, more coming!
I love your tours! Tons of great information in every tour.
Bravo! So informative and knowledgeable!
Tommy, I just love your videos!
lupelupelupe Thanks, Lupe!
@@tomdnyc1 do u ever hang out with your viewers?
My third fix and I’m hooked.
Yup! A walking encyclopedia!! 😊 Great video. 👍
love your comments at 16:30ish onwards regarding energy and fresh passionate ideas that builds this so ever culturally diverse city if NYC. And thanks for making these vids of NYC. Kudos man!
This is absolutely fantastic!!!!!
I just discovered you and have spent a better part of the weekend watching your videos --they are fantastic !!!
Great tour as always! Thank you Tom.
Love the channel.
Admire your impartiality. So refreshing. 🙏🏽
Super tour xx
Love Tom is so informative I’ve lived close to New York for so long I I Didnt know half the stuff
Another great one champ!
Great work Tom. Enjoyed your videos very much. Keep it up bro.
Thank you a lot. great video, great information, great everything¡¡¡ :-)more videos please¡¡¡¡ :-)
More videos coming right up!
lOVE chinatown. ty
I thoroughly enjoyed your video 👍🏽
Love your videos!
Tom, you da best! Thanks for your video and knowledge.
You're welcome!
Awesome video. Was just there this past weekend and I learned a lot from watching this
Love these videos.can you do Jackson Heights soon ?
I love Jackson Heights - will do!
WoW 🤗 Thank u
Always liked Wo Hop (downstairs)
loved this video!
A lot of great information. Loved hearing this. I’m going to watch this again.
Thanks - keep watching it on repeat until you start losing friends over it.
tomdnyc LOL
Another great tour.
Hello Tom! I love this kind of videos, although I understand 90% of what you say because Spanish is my native language.
I still enjoy these videos and walk the city with you. Hugs from Argentina❤️
Gracias por el apoyo! Y bueno pues, uno de estos dias voy a tener que hacer un video en español!
tomdnyc Hablas español? 😃 Que bueno! Espero que hagas un video en español o aunque sea subtitulado. Abrazos!
I enjoy your video's. Please also include other parts of NY, not just Manhattan.
Julian Vigder for sure! I’ve done some parts of Brooklyn already with ActionKid actually! But I’m gonna do some myself soon!
Amazing memory. Have you written a tour guide book?
Loved it - in 2018 we stayed at hotel on Bowery. You and Sarah were a great tag-team on a recent video. I enjoy your work.
Great video. Hoping you're going to do loads more like this.
I'll be doing more like this and other types as well - got some things in the pipeline!
@@tomdnyc1 glad to hear it. Really like the informative style.
I really agree your work I've never been in Newyork
Dude, love your tours. But how could you avoid all of East Broadway?
The best walking tour on UA-cam
Yeah im glad for the longer video ! All be it stiil short but longer tgen mist of your videos !
Thanks, I'll make them longer as long as I think they are interesting.
@@tomdnyc1 thanks, sorry about that wild commet .. I was not paying attention ! But i do like your video's and like the longer ones.. No need to entertain us jyst be yourself and it will all work 😂
Nice video
Thanks!
Wohop is so good!
Love your videos. BTW, Ichiban means basically “number one” meaning the best . . . In Japanese. Those were Japanese characters on the sign too.
As I've said many times before, you're awesome...
Excelente!
Muchas gracias!
You are both funny and charismatic.
Nice
Another great video! We've learned so much watching all your videos.
I'm glad, thanks for watching!
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The mulberry park there is alot of chess like you said, also park near Williamsburg Bridge you can see italian bowling
If ur in the neighborhood go to wo hop it’s a really snug basemnt Chinese restaurants with pictures everywhere and amazing when I went someone told me they flew all the way from Los Angeles just to eat the food again
Btw he was a snotty LA prick
I wanted you to walk inside and see the grumpy dumpling woman. It would have been fun. Lol
Is this the start of the epic beard? 🤣
Hey! Thanks for yet another really interesting video! Have you thought about maybe making them around 10 mins long, so you won't be freezing😱 by the end and more people could afford to watch them from start to finish? I would have watched Chinatown - Walking Tour part 2, ... part3, part4...:)
Thanks so much! I'm still tinkering with the format and length. I'll let you know when I release my tour of every block of NYC - it will be 127 hours long and you will want to cut your arm off.
@@tomdnyc1 )) looking forward to it
Tom, have you considered a walk in Calvary Cemetery where the Godfather funeral was filmed? It would be interesting
to see how the set there has changed.
Albert Malkowski thanks for the tip! I’ll get to it for sure!
Thank you for the tour! My kids decided when we visit NYC we have to go to Aji Ichiban! We will only have a little time in NYC, anyone have any more suggestions for where we should visit? I wanted to visit Ferrara’s in Little Italy but your video of the neighborhood said it’s super touristy :( Should we still go?
On thing I rarely see in Chinatown, either (Manhattan ,Flushing or Sunset Pk.) is clothing stores
Hi Tom!) Such an interesting video! Woud like to watch about Russian and Ukrainian community in NYC) please show as around)
Thanks! And yeah, I would love to do a video on those communities.
tomdnyc sounds awesome! look forward to watching the video then 🙌🏻😊
You're making me hungry. Haven't been in Chinatown is several years. No longer living in the area.
Nice video, but would have expected a little more on Canal St than a reference to there bonce being a canal there.
Confucianism s influence of the 5 relationships is very family oriented. 3 of the 5 relate to family relations
You should move to Beijing, and count how many America Towns there are.
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Goats!