This, is Staten Island
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- Опубліковано 9 лип 2017
- What is Staten Island? This, is #StatenIsland.
Let me ask you a question. Have you truly been to Staten Island? Like REALLY been here? When I take the ferry home from work every day I hear, “What’s in Staten Island?”, “What do they even have there?”, “What do they do there?” and an abundance of other questions from tourists, which partly sparked the idea for this project. Well, if you’ve taken the ferry to St. George only to see the Statue of Liberty for free, just to make a U-turn inside the terminal & get back on the same boat to head back to Manhattan…then no, you haven’t been here. What’s wrong with leaving the terminal, exploring, walking around a bit, maybe having something to eat?
Living on Staten Island for 24 years has given me some insight into the so-called “Forgotten Borough”. Staten Island, actually, is the Borough of Parks. More than one-third of its landmass is protected parkland, so there are plenty of hiking trails, scenic bike paths, wild deer, hundreds of species of birds, miles of beach, and just good ole’ peace and quiet to be found, along with beautiful architecture, lakes and hidden gems. So visit Staten Island and see what it’s all about!
Song: A Thousand Years - David A. Molina
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Project Total Time: 8 Months: 3 months location scouting, 5 months shooting, 3 hours of footage, 1 week of editing.
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Growing up in the late sixties and early seventies where else can you find a place that's part of the largest most fantastic city in the world yet was so rural, beautiful and so easy to grow up in only to end up the blunt of jokes and gained such a poor reputation
atleast wu tang is forever
I live in Staten Island. Whats a Staten Island ??
Because the people who inhabit it are trash
@@lancekaplan8022 yep, ever since the bridge opened in 64 the island went down. There's no more original Staten Islanders they're all Brooklynites
@@anthonysosio I'm a original Staten Islander.
Staten Island's beautiful, often the forgotten borough, often under-rated, but for me it was once home! 👍
Staten Island might be the best borough
This is my hometown too, Shoilen will always be home
I'm from Austria. We've learned about New York a month ago in Geography. They told us everything about Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and also a bit about the Bronx. But the only thing we have heard about Staten Island was that it exists. I got interested and asked my teacher about it, but she just said: "I'm sorry but I also don't know anything about it. But maybe you can find something out about Staten Island on the internet. Well, that's what I did. And I'm pretty fascinated about it. I mean SI is a part of world's most busiest cities in the world. And this peaceful, stunning place is a not to small part of it. Amazing. And it's quite sad that we don't learn anything about this, just about the famous places.
Kind des Waldes I’m glad I could help give you some insight on our borough 👌🏼
@@mattchirico I really need to thank you for that. I can't say it too often: this is amazing.
Kind des Waldes thanks a lot 🙏🏼
If you have questions on SI NY let me know. I was a teen when I moved here.
@@arfriedman4577 Born & raised on staten island 50 years strong.
born and raised on Staten island. this is unbelievable!! thank you!!
Same
thank YOU!
I'm also
Anthony Supino Born and raised in NY I envy you.
too bad it dont look this good in real life.
Great film. In response to those of you who say "this is not Staten Island, what about the traffic and townhouses?" - you're missing the point. In my opinion, there are pros and cons to every town, but in Staten Island we often only hear and see the "cons." There are beautiful places on this island that are under utilized and appreciated. Case in point, the shot of my favorite park on Staten Island - Silver Lake. There is never anybody taking advantage of that beautiful park. Thank you Matthew for showcasing so many hidden Staten Island gems in a perspective many haven't seen before.
I like Staten Island but it doesn’t get that much attention since it has similarities to neighborhoods in New Jersey and of parts of Philly. If you’re from another part of the world, then renting a car and checking out local bars and restaurants can be a fun novelty especially if you’re from a small town out in the Midwest or west coast since contrasts to that environment
So I was born and raised in Harlem. As a kid, I traveled everywhere (so I thought) within the 5 boroughs. I remember being so proud learning to spell and understand the word “Borough” To this day I’ve traveled most of the world and I always look forward to the chance of telling people I meet about NYC, her people and the Boroughs. After seeing this beautiful video, I realized I don’t know Staten Island at all. Guys, take your home back. Polish that part of your big untold Apple. Show off your beautiful part of the world. The people, places and the food. I live in North San Diego (Carlsbad) now, but I’ll be in the city June 19th to 26th (2019) it would mean the world to me to visit the island. I’m truly sorry I never gave SI the attention she deserves.
PS More great videos like this one please.
Keith Boone come on over!
I’m from San Diego man! Party on!!!!
It’s normal. Most people never visit Staten Island. To be honest, there’s not much to see despite some historical areas and the traffic can be annoying. That said, I do like visiting occasionally.
This is truly amazing. I love every bit of it. For the people who have never visited Staten Island, this is an example of how you have no idea what you're missing.
NewYorkGaming exactly why I made this
Staten Island was just a small little town until they build the Verizanno(?) bridge. I like many moved there after the bridge was built. I was a NYC Detective stationed at the 122 Pct on Hylan Blvd. It was a great place to raise a family. A lot of memories.
I am not from Staten Island but I've become fascinated with it simply because other NYC people make fun of it so I started doing some searching and ended up here. Not disappointed.
Ninjaken thank you, I tried to show it in it’s truest light
Loved this! This is what I love about the borough - its green open spaces and nature trails. Thanks for capturing just some of that!
Here's the thing.... all that "OPEN SPACE" the narrator speaks of is rapidly transforming into a sea of eye sores in the shapes of town houses crunched together along treeless streets and rows of "any town USA" shopping plazas. There was so much beauty on Staten Island. It's painful to watch it all torn down by greedy developers. All the forested woods and wild places of my youth that weren't protected under the Greenbelt banner have been demolished. Stunning historic homes torn down in order to squeeze in a few more attached condos.... For Christ's sake, they even demolished Mt. Manresa and that wonderful property!!! Ponds, lakes and beaches where we once fished and connected with nature are now mostly fenced off as private luxury estates. It's disgraceful what they've done to neighborhoods like Shore Acres for example. At least the Greenbelt is protected. A small victory for those who grew up on the Island. And, thankfully the yupster gentrifier transplants haven't taken the borough like they have Brooklyn and Queens. In a way, Staten Island is probably the last strong hold for native New Yorkers. Something well worth celebrating and holding on to.
I lived on Staten Island from around 4 to 9 or 10 I think, during the 80s. I remember my family moving back to Rochester when I was in 4th grade. Even though I was only there for a short time, I have so many memories, and it is painful to think of all of the things that were changed. I was born in Rochester NY, but I almost consider Staten Island to be my true home. When me and my family came back to Rochester NY, so many things seemed foreign. My favorite TV shows I watched back when I was in Staten Island started going off the air too :(
Literally can see the right-of-way of what would have been the completed Willowbrook Pkwy @ 1:40. Really great shots and, of course, very skillfully editing!
I miss my hometown. The way it was when I was growing up. Before it gained notoriety for the wrong reasons. This was a beautiful video. Thank you for showcasing the beauty of Staten Island.
W O W... Awesome cinematography. Truly captivating Staten Island's beauty. Great job.
Delly Flay thanks a lot
That, and so much more. There's definitely a whole lot more to be seen in Staten Island than what's in this video, as great as this video is. A little under 60 square miles with National, State, and City parks, and so much more culture than anyone that only knows the Staten Island Expressway would ever understand. Great video! and Thank you!
I LOVE STATEN ISLAND. ALWAYS HAVE, ALWAYS WILL!😍😍😍
Yes!!
Whoever chose this piece of music, I just want to let you know it gave me chills up my spine and a lump in my throat🙌. Made me truly believe in my heart that we are the Greatest Borough. Utmost most of thanks.😪💜🙏💖🙌
Thats exactly what I wanted you to feel
Wow. Thank you for this.
It's great seeing familiar spots captured more beautifully than ever before.
Born and raised here. I love how you captured all the beauty this Island has to show! I'm going to tell everyone I know to watch this! Wonderful job ❤️❤️
Christine K thanks a lot!
Great video, and accompanied by a great soundtrack, music is what usually makes the video. im just glad i got this video off of a recommendation list. worth the 8 months!
Leponce37 would you believe me if it took me 3 months to find the perfect song? (It really did) and what video were you watching that this came up on? Just wondering
This is great video both captured and edited! Proud to be a part of this beautiful and great borough! Love SI
A well done video of the unique scenery of Staten Island. Like any place there is a beautiful and not so much side to SI. Staten Island is a wonderful part of the great and crazy tapestry of the 5 boroughs of NYC.
Greetings from Norway! A very very good dronevideo. Calming and exciting at the same time!
I always try to capture little beauties along the island but, WOW! Thank you for showing how beautiful Staten Island really is and for the list of where these amazing shots were taken. We all have complaints on this island but I see no reason to use this thread as a place for them. Nothing but love here and for this island I've been on for 9 years now which I am proud to call home! Sharing this everywhere because everyone needs to see this! Thanks again! 💙
I don't like Staten Island. It sucks
Waiting for Wu Tang Clan to pop up
Amazing! Thanks so much for making/posting this.
Beautiful and exciting! Thank you.
This is such a beautiful depiction of staten island. Thank you. I hope you make another one.
jorgecornet thanks a lot!
I'm proud and happy to be a StatenIslander for over 17 years! Video liked and very much appreciated!
Staten Island, my childhood home borough from a baby and up. I will always love ❤️ Staten Island 💃🏽😊💃🏽
I’m traveling to NYC for the third time is August and this time I’m staying on Staten Island in a B&B. This video has only confirmed I’ve made the right choice. I’ll take a few days in Manhattan surely, but this island has so much to offer it seems 🙏🙏🙏
Very nice video. Congrats to Max Rose, who is now Staten Island's Congressman.
As a former resident of Staten Island I’ll always enjoy being a part of it as always enjoying to revisit all the time from Long Island
Simply a great video! The time and effort put into this shines through....
Bill VanGlahn thank you for noticing
Yasss; this video stunningly captures the island. Amazing.
I had a senior couple that was vacationing here in south Texas, I was surprised to see a small rental car pull up to my curbside and have a couple of old people come out and say hi. They introduced themselves and asked me is I was thinking of selling my house. I told them that perhaps in two years when my kids were a bit older that I was considering moving to San Antonio, the real surprise came when they asked if I would be willing to go visit them at their home in Staten Island that had similar craftsman architecture. They stated they would evenly trade their house for mine. Supposedly they were wanting to relocate to south Texas for the warmer weather and very little traffic. Never been to SI and don't know what it really looks like but this video is nice.
goose bumps, beautiful
I love you Matthew! You did a amazing video! Happy holidays to you and yours! 😍
It’s not fair that it doesn’t get the respect it deserves I walked across the Bayone bridge today and it was beautiful!!!
Born and raised on Staten Island. Was so lovely before the Verrazano Bridge was built. Now it's a different place. I had the best of it.
I was born in Staten Island and have since moved, but when I went back it has changed and seems much crowded.... it'll always be home🤗
I love this video. It makes me miss my home. I know SI has kinda gone to shit but it's still my home. So thank you for showing the beauty of Staten Island.
Nice shots. We have a tree service in Staten Island, so you can appreciate the beauty.
Although this is great, you've exposed some of my secret places! haha
you mean to tell me that there's a small town on my backdoor? And new yorkers know about this?
I am proud to see this positive depiction of our borough
Born and raised on staten island. I am proud of it. I do miss it to this day.
Matthew -
A co-worker told me about this video - not sure how I missed all the fanfare when you first posted it. As a hobbyist photographer and someone who's dabbled with video editing myself, I know how much work you put into this (a shit ton). You did an amazing job. I work on the island and this showed me more of the hidden gems that I didn't know about - and you showcased them so beautifully. Perfect song choice, too!
Well done! And congrats on the recognition you've received for it!
Patrick Bianchi thanks a lot Patrick!
This video deserves a million views maybe more not just 128k
Yasir Siddiqui 🙏🏼😇
Great video. They call us the forgotten borough. this proves that we are more beautiful than any other of the 4 boroughs
South Beach, Stapleton, Port Richmond, the Number 7 Bus, Verrazano Bridge, Hylan Blvd ...so many memories 🗽🗽✌, have a blessed day everyone!
Wow I am visiting new York in a few weeks, I didn't plan on going to Staten island but after this video I will definitely go take a look
mllelunatic did you go?
luv!!... S.I.! you got the projects, you got the rich parts,an you got what you see here.. well done video/cinematography is on point
Amir NY City thank a lot!!
We need a part 2!!!! We are so lucky to live among all of this beauty.
Stephen Ferdinando I would love to but a part 2 wouldn’t be able to live up to this!
Fantastic. Encouraging. Eye Opening. This video documentary of S.I. is outstanding and overdue. I have already shared it with dozens of friends.
Charles R. Thanks a lot Charles! You’re the man!
Very mesmerizing, amazing shooting, I hope someday to visit America and in particular there
Where I grew up, remember all of this
it is wonderful
Lived in south beach when beach was open and had best amusement park.
Went to p.s.39
Great memories walking to beach
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Hey Matt...Great videography...Completely Awesome...Great flying skills!!!Keep up the great work...Old P&M Crew Member...
Ah it's cool being able to know where a lot of these shots were as someone who lives here. There were a lot of small things I've never seen before that you managed to make so beautiful though, props.
Thank you Matt....looking forward to showing this to my grandkids.
Mike Signorile awesome!
Beautiful film, congratulations on this labor of love!
Guappo4Prez2012 thank you!
By the way this is a GREAT video. Thanks for making SI proud!
Can't believe that is New York City too 😱😱😱👌🏼
BETTER BELIEVE IT BUDDY
Beautiful! It was nice see something similar to what my ancestors, many of them oystermen, would have seen - all that water and greenery! But I was disappointed that I couldn't see the end scene because of those ads in the way!
Great work on scouting these locations! Awesome edit
thanks !
Beautiful !
Nice video! I’ve never actually stopped on Staten Island. But it looks so much more liveable than the other boroughs!
100% is, check it out!
Video was well made..Very nice!
Even the glorious music and picky takes couldn’t make it beautiful
I was in NYC 2 years ago. I took the ferry to Staten Island, and then I began to walk and walk and walk, it was amazing for me,, I couldn't know several places there because I was walking. I would like to come back. Greetings from Colombia
Yea if you’re ever back in NYC, make a day trip out of SI. There’s a lot of great places to eat
@@mattchirico hello Matt, thanks for your recommendation. Yes,,, restaurants, graveyard ships, stadium, bridges,, there are a lot of places. I hope to know The Bronx, Harlem and Queens too. I like the old places.
Great job Matthew! Keep up the good work.
Sir Ray thank you!
Not so bad when you put it that way. I miss it, maybe, I don't miss it much cause I live in paradise now. Growing up there in the 70s and 80s is something I wouldn't trade for anything.
Loved your video thank you 😊
Love this video. Thank you.
Michael Christopher no brother, thank YOU!
I am heading to Staten Island today for a little drone exploration and I am completely inspired by your videos! Really well done.
Jerome Strauss thank you! If you make a video or something let me know
It will take me a while to make the video, but I already have some pictures on Instagram (jsdronephotography). I hit a lot of the places I saw in your video!
As a fellow islander I have to say that that was awesome... I've lived here my whole life and there were some spots in your video that I have no idea where they are on the island... you should put up a location list, so please can go check some of those places out.
Also, with regards to the drone footage, did you need to get any sort of permission to fly near the Ferry or the bridges? I would love to get some awesome video from above of those places, but am afraid of getting in trouble by authorities.
I second this, I would love to see a location list
Anthony Parisi I'll get that list out in the description tomorrow(:
Some are re-occurrences, but these are the spots in order:
1) South Beach Pier
2) Docs by Huguenot Ave and Bloomingdale off Arthur Kill
3) Silver Lake
4) South Beach Dolphins
5) St. George
6) Wolves Pond (fun trails)
7) Lighthouse Hill (great walk up, great Tibetan Museum)
8) Marshlands in Fresh Kill
9) CSI
10) Wolves Pond
11) Lemon Creek (can walk there from Mount Loretto there is a trail)
12) Marina Cafe
13) West Shore Rail (I think)
14) Stapleton
15) Goethals Rail Bridge (this actually connects to NJ, why it doesn't work no clue)
16) Mount Loretto (there is a bald eagle there now)
17) South Beach
18) Ferry
19) Bayonne Bridge which is now raised
20) Tanks off West Shore
21) Richmond Town
22) Miller Field (great bike ride all the way up to Ft. Wadsworth)
23) Mount Loretto Tower on the beach
24) Snug Harbor.
I think I missed a few, but that's it for the most part. Fun things that I think are missed are Clay Pit Pond, Conference House park which imo are the best trails in SI. Highrock Park, trails are poorly marked, but it's a good hike through there - can see chipmunks and various other animals and birds.
Cool video!
Awesome. Most of the locations I know, there were just a couple I didnt, namely that rail bridge with the two cement structures on each side...
Samantha D'Angelo check it out now in the bottom of the video description
Wow actually Staten Island video I can share with friends !
So psyched to see people watching this beautiful video.
Excuse me, short film. "Video" is a downgrade.
Staten Island, Brooklyn and Manhattan are my favorite boroughs :)
ay that's what I'm talkin' about!
Great transitions! Saw this on reddit
This does put a smile on my face
appreciate it!
Beautiful video of
Staten Island!
mary caufield thank you!
I love Staten Island, correct the forgotten borough that is never mentioned by the news. but once in a while when someone hit and run or road rage or crash, Staten Island is mentioned when something happens.
Awesome Well Done 👍
Show this video in the terminals in New York & in Staten Island. Thank God for the Greenbelt and The Protectors of Pine-Oak Woods for trying to keep Staten Island open and green!
I wish they'd show it there
Beautifully done.
Nicholas Castoro thanks
Really well done! Awesome!
Lovely, thank you. Yes, please leave the open spaces on our Staten Island, OPEN. No more developers.
Sanchieb right?!
This is so true that's why I moved over here
you got that right
Bunker Boy Gaming: "Staten Island is the greatest part of nyc"
You're so right. It took me about 50 years to realize that. lol
You couldn't pay me enough money to live in the other boroughs.
Well done. Thank you
Ronald Cotton thank you!
Good video, i miss Staten Island!
Wonderful video.
sjtom57 yes!
As a native born islander I have to say this video is spectacular!
I wonder though why, some sights weren't included? Like the S I zoo,... Wetserleigh park....pictures of the ferry, and boats. I would have liked to seen more.... Hope there is a part 2...., thank you
Linda M thank you! Maybe there will be(;
I wanna live there !!!! I see a lot of future in Staten Island !!!!!
Excellent
Dude this is excellent work.
Anthonysonaplane thanks a lot Anthony!
Thank you so much for this! I’m a proud native New Yorker. I’ve lived in 4 of the 5 boroughs (Sorry! I don’t know the Bronx!) and Long Island. But Staten Island is where I will stay. We are the “Forgotten Borough “ but our island is also a hidden gem. We have everything here! Thank you for portraying this in such a beautiful and positive way. And thank you everyone for such beautiful comments! 🗽
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Nice to fly a drone around SI. Much easier than getting around by car on the roads. Grew up there in Castleton Corners. Farrell HS grad.
VirFi!
Nice job!
Great Drone footage. Looks
Like the work of a DJI Spark. 2 shots of the Verrazano without traffic. Very rare. Lol