10 Things You Didn't Know About QUEENS NY

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  • @TheCerebralDude
    @TheCerebralDude 5 ปีที่แล้ว +455

    I can honestly say I have been to every neighborhood in Queens multiple times because not only was I born and raised in Queens, but I was a NYC taxi driver for 22 years

    • @cheezitfacts1221
      @cheezitfacts1221 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      U prob got some crazy stories

    • @TheCerebralDude
      @TheCerebralDude 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      cheez it facts indeed I do! I am writing my memoirs

    • @nikkidotts1279
      @nikkidotts1279 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wow!! Hats off to u!

    • @snekktikhays1780
      @snekktikhays1780 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      cheez it facts Take us to queens at once!

    • @yell0wberry
      @yell0wberry 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Eric Johnson I never drove a cab in my life and I've been in every single part of queens multiple times. Some places scared the living daylights out of me and other places scared the living daylights out of the people who saw me walk through there

  • @mocha1886
    @mocha1886 5 ปีที่แล้ว +141

    Queens girl here, born and raised 🙌🏻 ... honestly we have so many beautiful and safe neighborhoods here, great place to raise your kids 😉

  • @toheebadeshina2740
    @toheebadeshina2740 5 ปีที่แล้ว +406

    Honestly Queens NY is the most beautiful borough, with lotta history

    • @mousey_boi
      @mousey_boi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      It's so diverse, thats why i like it

    • @toheebadeshina2740
      @toheebadeshina2740 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mousey_boi yeah, it is

    • @jab7168
      @jab7168 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You have to go by neighborhood not boro.....Astoria beautiful....south jamaica not so much.

    • @silviagonzalez2264
      @silviagonzalez2264 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Toheeb Adeshina and expensive.

    • @Chance754
      @Chance754 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes Queens is the best!

  • @yoluuwee
    @yoluuwee 5 ปีที่แล้ว +678

    Queens is also the first Burough that stood up for N.Y when the West coast rappers started beefing with us 😎 So don’t sleep on Queens

    • @ceoofprosciutto235
      @ceoofprosciutto235 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Borough*

    • @Butterd4t4ss
      @Butterd4t4ss 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Anton AB it always comes back to Queens. Always remember that

    • @sha_black
      @sha_black 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Facts 💯 #qgtm

    • @rosannaperalta5635
      @rosannaperalta5635 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Is actually brooklyn

    • @wolfmanjack530
      @wolfmanjack530 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Queens is where it’s at! Always has been and always will be. Haters can say otherwise but deep down they knows what’s up. Queens is the Spot to be!!🤙

  • @josesalas2232
    @josesalas2232 5 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    I was born & raised in Brookyln but I have to say I Love Queens I love the Hispanic food in queens on Roosevelt Ave especially in elmhurst , Jackson heights , Corona & woodside !! I have close friends living there I could say it my 2nd home !!!
    Brookyln & Queens love
    #NYC

    • @savionmjallyeiither42luvr
      @savionmjallyeiither42luvr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same but I was born an Manhattan

    • @randyandbryanaplayz9703
      @randyandbryanaplayz9703 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@savionmjallyeiither42luvr same and since i lived in corona and there is very much hispanic meals there, and they might be even more delicous when ur not hispanic

    • @Lilothestitch
      @Lilothestitch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was born in Brooklyn and used to live there as a child but I was raised on Long Island.

    • @yankees29
      @yankees29 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I grew up on Long Island. I’m Italian and I love Dominican food. The shredded pork with beans and rice. Wow I’m hungry now. I think I’ll hit up Punta Cana grill.

  • @tlaloqq
    @tlaloqq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    My family moved from Colombia to Queens, after college I plan on moving back! Love the diversity and working class life style, Queens is the best representation of what hard working New Yorkers are supposed to be like

    • @yankees29
      @yankees29 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I love Colombian food.

    • @ivand9610
      @ivand9610 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not any morr

  • @lovejones0686
    @lovejones0686 5 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    Its about time!!! Born raised and have family throughout Queens. Always knew the gem in Queens. Now people know it too. So much that its changing A LOT

    • @reggierodriguez6546
      @reggierodriguez6546 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Latoya Jones LL Cool J, Ja Rule, 50 Cent, Nicki Minaj, etc

    • @thelegacyofnewyork5216
      @thelegacyofnewyork5216 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Things may have changed since the 80's, but the food and vibes always will keep it going!

  • @aarionmickles9995
    @aarionmickles9995 5 ปีที่แล้ว +217

    Sesame Street, The Cosby Show, etc.. was all shot in a studio in Queens.
    P.S. You forgot about Far Rockaway!

    • @ramonestubblefield758
      @ramonestubblefield758 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Aaron Mickles silver cup studios also five points graffiti museum was there also home of the 1964 worlds fair two airports early rap pioneers queens bridge houses north and south

    • @jasmin0930
      @jasmin0930 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      How can she show a shot of the beach and not mention Far Rock?!?!

    • @Everythingsharn
      @Everythingsharn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      People always forget the Rockaways

    • @kevmagill5163
      @kevmagill5163 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Rockaway Beach!

    • @jamesstark8316
      @jamesstark8316 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Everythingsharn Shhhhh, we don't want any tourists finding out about our favorite spot. Cheers.

  • @amaznngrace
    @amaznngrace 5 ปีที่แล้ว +751

    How you did not say Jamaica. YOU CANT BE FROM QUEENS IF YOU FORGET JAMAICA

    • @Ronjiggy420
      @Ronjiggy420 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      A Day 💯 #facts

    • @diegoorozco4812
      @diegoorozco4812 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Yo, she forgot Jamaica! 50 Cent!!!!!

    • @HeywoodJablome
      @HeywoodJablome 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      100

    • @SincerelyYahmina
      @SincerelyYahmina 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Amazing Grace rii

    • @charleschase559
      @charleschase559 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Not gon even click if u ain’t say Jamaica fight Jamaica is queens if u not saying Jamaica u not part queens I don’t even like going on the ave but that the heart of queens period

  • @frontdesk9426
    @frontdesk9426 5 ปีที่แล้ว +200

    Malcolm X and Louis Armstrong both lived in Queens.

    • @larryh8578
      @larryh8578 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Yes Malcolm X lived in East Elmhurst and Louis Armstrong lived in Corona

    • @mashedtomato2079
      @mashedtomato2079 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@larryh8578 damn they both lived near where I currently live, wonder how corona was like back then tho

    • @larryh8578
      @larryh8578 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Mashed Tomato Back then Corona had a sizable black population, but not as much now

    • @mashedtomato2079
      @mashedtomato2079 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@larryh8578 huh, it still does near lefrak city, but interesting nonetheless

    • @larryh8578
      @larryh8578 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Mashed Tomato Yes in that area, but at one time Northern Boulevard from Junction all the way east to the Grand Central was almost all black and all along 34th Ave

  • @discodumpling2012
    @discodumpling2012 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Queens is amazing! The unmatched diversity, culture and cuisine is the draw!

  • @WABBNMedia
    @WABBNMedia 5 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Nasir Jones , aka Nas , one of the best emcees of all time is from Queens.

    • @PPHDocumentaries
      @PPHDocumentaries 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nas was born in Brooklyn but raised in Queens.

    • @JeromeGigante
      @JeromeGigante 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@PPHDocumentaries either way he’s a QUEENS native! 💯

    • @yankees29
      @yankees29 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Run Dmc, Nore, Mobb Deep and 50 Cent all from Queens.

  • @curlnamedlauren
    @curlnamedlauren 5 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    For everyone talking about her accent, that’s what diversity is people. Many Queens natives have accents because they come from immigrant families and such. Duh!

    • @allnyc3412
      @allnyc3412  5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Thank you. Spoken like a a true NYer who realizes that not all native NYers come with perfect NY accents. Most love to criticize without bothering to think that perhaps even though I am a Queens native, (the borough of many immigrant families), that perhaps English was not my primary language. You are the first to realize this here in the comments. So thank you for your thoughtful consideration and your tolerance of people with immigrant backgrounds.

    • @curlnamedlauren
      @curlnamedlauren 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ALL NYC I gotchu girl. There’s constantly people trying to tell me I’m not from NY in my own comments and it’s laughable. Both my parents are immigrants to NYC with their families, and they all maintained accents. When you’re actually from here (and not living in a gentrified bubble) you get how that’s the case...ESPECIALLY in queens

    • @allnyc3412
      @allnyc3412  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@curlnamedlauren True dat!

    • @logan5326
      @logan5326 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lauren and the City ...foggetboutit! 👌🏻

    • @karenstjohn6759
      @karenstjohn6759 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I love her accent. Everyone has one, and a story to go behind it. I have a Detroit accent. I have a story, too. It’s not just diversity, it’s vibrancy. ❤️

  • @willbergie55
    @willbergie55 5 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    Edith and Archie Bunker from "All in the Family" lived in Queens.

    • @michaelkucinski6569
      @michaelkucinski6569 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      On TV yes, but it was filmed in Hollywood. It was a great show!!!

    • @layoung4513
      @layoung4513 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      So did the Jefferson's...... But then they got to bougie and moved up to the east side to a deluxe apartment in the sky

    • @rodprops
      @rodprops 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😂😂

    • @JackF99
      @JackF99 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh my God yes thanks they must be the most famous couple from Queens!!

    • @karalynne7616
      @karalynne7616 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh the irony! Since Archie Bunker was completely racist..🙄 I do love The Jeffersons, though.

  • @carlosss891
    @carlosss891 5 ปีที่แล้ว +221

    Home to coming to America!😂. Movie lovers u get ma point.

    • @Zorichai
      @Zorichai 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      🎶 Someone to kees, someone to mees! 🎵

    • @sirlosealot8629
      @sirlosealot8629 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Good Morning my Neighbors!!! 😂

    • @asher6657
      @asher6657 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ironically, the My-t-fine barber shop and the building they lived was in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

    • @asher6657
      @asher6657 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ironically, the My-t-fine barber shop and the building they lived in, was in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

    • @jamesstark8316
      @jamesstark8316 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rosegoldwings-4300 White Castle on Queens Blvd! My favorite hangout as a teenager in the '60s. Cheers.

  • @marellamofo
    @marellamofo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    I’ve been to Queens many years ago. Flushing to be exact. Was only there for a very short time. I want to visit again as well as all of New York City. I love your channel.

    • @STREETTRAINS
      @STREETTRAINS 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      you can come back any day with open arms!!!!!!

    • @randyandbryanaplayz9703
      @randyandbryanaplayz9703 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You should go to corona, it's filled with many and i mean MANY nice people, i should know bc i live therr

    • @yankees29
      @yankees29 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Flushing is like little China. Very bustling neighborhood with so many diverse options for dining.

  • @teachershawnee3974
    @teachershawnee3974 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I’m from Texas and watching things about NY just blow my mind! Like another country!

  • @MDformernavalperson
    @MDformernavalperson ปีที่แล้ว +6

    You forgot that the U.S. World's Fair in 1964-65 was held in Flushing Meadow, Queens, that the Mets'
    stadiums (originally Shea Stadium and now Citi Field) are in Queens, and that it is the only borough that has waterfronts on both the Atlantic Ocean and Long Island Sound

  • @jamesstark8316
    @jamesstark8316 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Middle Village native. Went to public schools in Maspeth. Hung out on Queens Blvd and Lefrak City. My first girlfriend though was from Astoria (back in the '60's when Astoria girls were tough). She could hold her own against anyone but I loved her to pieces. Cheers to all the Queens natives!

    • @terrancethomas9792
      @terrancethomas9792 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Be careful on Queens Blvd.
      Little Old Ladies from Pasadena get run over.

  • @zues2011
    @zues2011 5 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    11) Spider-Man

  • @nitziefitzie4982
    @nitziefitzie4982 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Astoria is been our home for the last 20 plus years and the neighborhood has changed a lot! It has more different restaurants, places to shop, and has more people moving in! We are lucky to be so close proximity to Manhattan.

  • @mdhbh
    @mdhbh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Queens was once the shopping hub before Manhattan. When discount stores started to be ushered in then most of the stores moved to Manhattan. I got this information from the archives in the Jamaica Queens library main branch. Go Queens Natives....🌺

    • @edski8536
      @edski8536 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jamaica Avenue......"The Ave"

    • @mdhbh
      @mdhbh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Edward Gore
      yup

  • @fyahwerks
    @fyahwerks 5 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    I live in Bronx but I have always loved the Queens

    • @reggierodriguez6546
      @reggierodriguez6546 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Brian Carless The Queens 😂😂
      I was born in The Bronx but I’ve always loved The Brooklyn.

    • @fyahwerks
      @fyahwerks 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@reggierodriguez6546 yes Rasta. The Queens The BX The BK. All the borough need a title

    • @fyahwerks
      @fyahwerks 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@reggierodriguez6546 Bronx is the only one with the

    • @reggierodriguez6546
      @reggierodriguez6546 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Brian Carless You’re wrong. There’s The Staten Island, The Manhattan, The Queens and The Brooklyn. Bronx is just Bronx 🙂

    • @fyahwerks
      @fyahwerks 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@reggierodriguez6546 hahaha. U messing with me. The up twn boogie down BX.

  • @tdadp
    @tdadp 5 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    Queens is amazing but long Island City and Astoria is not what it use be it became little Mannhattan the rents are outrageous but the food and people are amazing .

    • @mashedtomato2079
      @mashedtomato2079 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yea it's not really queens anymore

    • @playboymaxim
      @playboymaxim 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Used to go Long Island City HS, from Cambria Heights, had to take the E or F to Queens Plaza and walk lol. This was back in the early 80's

    • @litlgrey
      @litlgrey 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I lived in Woodside and Astoria in the 1960s, Whitestone in the early 1970s, and Bayside in the 1980s. This means among other things that the #7 was nearly always my line. And i can tell you i no longer recognize the area around Queensboro Plaza and Long Island City in general. Its lost all the character it once had, and has become nothing but Midtown East: Over-big, over-tall and over-clogged. Hideous to the eye, and unmanageable.

    • @YoungHeartedSoul
      @YoungHeartedSoul 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I grew up in Long Island City and have visit very seldom and every time I come back it just looks more like Manhattan every time.

    • @YoungHeartedSoul
      @YoungHeartedSoul 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Private Eyes yes, I went there. also, The Wiz music store....nobody beats the Wiz

  • @debbiemaysonet236
    @debbiemaysonet236 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love this NYC, I was raised in Springfield Gardens Queens. What Memories this has bought me. Thank you, NYC. You have brought me back in time. It's been years, since I even thought of Springfield Gardens. I think about it oh, and I want to cry. It was a great time, growing up there. Climbing trees, eating peaches off my grandmother's trees ,what Memories. Thank you!💖💖💖

  • @anthonyC214
    @anthonyC214 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Nassau County was part of Queens. When the vote was taken eastern Queens towns did not vote to join NYC so the state made these towns Nassau County

    • @neerajanaghosh7886
      @neerajanaghosh7886 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I am so happy you mentioned this fact!

    • @quanbrooklynkid7776
      @quanbrooklynkid7776 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I didn't even know that

    • @Railoffroader2
      @Railoffroader2 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Brooklyn & Queens were once actually part of Long Island.

    • @yankees29
      @yankees29 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Railoffroader2 technically speaking it is Long Island just that it was broken into different counties run by different local government. I understand what you mean. I just think it’s funny when people act like Brooklyn and Queens aren’t actually part of Long Island.

    • @neerajanaghosh7886
      @neerajanaghosh7886 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@yankees29 Yes, most people have a hard time believing that Brooklyn and Queens are on the Western end of Long Island. As a matter of fact Nassau County was a part of Queens County until 1899.

  • @briankelly85
    @briankelly85 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    what about Shea stadium and the mets. and saint johns university???

  • @jdfireworks1969jd
    @jdfireworks1969jd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +294

    Wait...You’re actually promoting that Bernie Madoff, Harvey Weinstein, and Donald Trump hail from Queens? If it were me, I’d keep that a secret.

    • @amazonshawn97
      @amazonshawn97 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Unanimous Ignoramus real hustlers

    • @angelhdz-osaki7213
      @angelhdz-osaki7213 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yea... like I ain't even know that. ParkChester won't wanna know that either.

    • @brianregan75
      @brianregan75 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Haha that’s for sure. Queens get that money though 😂

    • @stephenhusak6098
      @stephenhusak6098 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Trump 2020

    • @jdfireworks1969jd
      @jdfireworks1969jd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Stephen Husak yeah! 20 years in Federal prison and 20 more in the New York State prison system.

  • @Wafflez-Man-YT
    @Wafflez-Man-YT 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Born and raised in NY....me and my father said many years ago queens is the most confusing biggest borough man...so many neighborhoods and the addresses are confusing also. There’s parts of queens you can only reach with a bus. And yeah there’s just a lot of cemeteries man it’s crazy

    • @sixkush5814
      @sixkush5814 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      If you're born in queens you'll find the queens adresses normal and brooklyn adresses wierd

    • @nicolasmonty3692
      @nicolasmonty3692 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      yup the Queens address is normal and Brooklyn and the other borough adresses is a little strange six kush .

  • @davidhearns2359
    @davidhearns2359 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I’m born in New Orleans but Queens NY will Always be my home ♥️

  • @punkgrl325
    @punkgrl325 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    I’m from Queens. This certainly explains why I’m completely illiterate when it comes to reading addresses everywhere else.

    • @layladecember2770
      @layladecember2770 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Right? I thought it was normal. I’d be so confused like why y’all write so weird??

    • @logan5326
      @logan5326 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      butterstix 24 ...it’s so easy and right to the point....try to find an address inThe Boogie Down like 16379 Hickeroy Ave without a GPS/taxi driver & then come back to me!

    • @jrpapi5
      @jrpapi5 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Logan i dont get the connection🙄 The BX is mainly continuing grid how would that be difficult?

    • @MIMI-jk3hr
      @MIMI-jk3hr 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too

    • @ThexEpicxKi
      @ThexEpicxKi 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same

  • @lovejones0686
    @lovejones0686 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    BTW you didnt mention Astoria Park and Pool

    • @angelhdz-osaki7213
      @angelhdz-osaki7213 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yesss

    • @allenlin8943
      @allenlin8943 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have fond memories from there, use to spend many weekends as a kid swimming in that pool. Thinking back, with how crowded that pool was, there must be so much pee in there 😫

    • @BriagoMcDick
      @BriagoMcDick 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I remember that deep ass pool with the tall diving board always bugged me out everytime I looked at it

  • @rubix187
    @rubix187 5 ปีที่แล้ว +224

    Don’t forget about Mobb Deep and Nas
    Queens get the money

  • @BlazerodRed
    @BlazerodRed 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    My parents actually told me that when they moved in to Ozone park Cyndi Lauper used to live in the end house in my street!! At this time she was famous though. But still cool how an icon lived close to me! :D

  • @KeninBoulder
    @KeninBoulder 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hi again, hey, where did you get that pronunciation of Borough? I grew up pronouncing it as if it rhythmed with Thorough. But you pronounce it as if it rhymes with Borrow or tomorrow. Your Bor is said like it rhymes with Far. I was just wondering how long you have been saying it like that. Is that new or something? Anyway, this is not a criticism, and I love your videos, I was just wondering if I had been out of NYC so long that the word changed. Thanks, KF

  • @vakevic31
    @vakevic31 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I love Queens, and I lived here.🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾

  • @GrowlyBear917
    @GrowlyBear917 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm born in Manhattan, grew up in Queens. But I have a Bronx attitude, go figure! Hey I'm walkin' here, I'm talkin' here, fuggedaboudit. Went to grade school at P.S. 152 in Woodside, and Gwendoline N. Alleyne was the principal while I attended that school. Now the place is named after her. My brush with greatness. Also, Paul Simon was in the hospital while my older sister was a volunteer (candy striper). She invited him home for dinner, and he played "Mrs Robinson" on my guitar before it was a hit record.

  • @bandesj
    @bandesj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    For those of you who aren't from New York, there are more subway lines that run through Queens than just the 7 train. I guess the E, F, M, R, N, W, G, J, Z and A lines don't matter. And don't forget the Air Train. We have that too.

    • @xzcvzxvxcvz
      @xzcvzxvxcvz 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was like “Damn, the E and the A can’t even get no love??” lol

    • @geoffreyking7189
      @geoffreyking7189 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And don't leave out the fact the E and F are express trains through much of Queens.

  • @colleenhenry940
    @colleenhenry940 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Been here in Queens for 50 years, from Jamaica West Indies, Lived in South Ozone park, Carona I went to school in Flushing, worked in Elmhurst Hospital for 36 years!!

  • @playboymaxim
    @playboymaxim 5 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Fun fact: The Godfather of soul, James Brown, had a house in St. Albans

    • @MsDee409
      @MsDee409 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thats so cool to know!! Thanks for the info!!👍

    • @edski8536
      @edski8536 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I saw it.

    • @linjaysha
      @linjaysha 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I'm a Queens girl, born and raised. I lived in St. Albans when I was a kid. Everybody knew the James Brown house well!

  • @KeninBoulder
    @KeninBoulder 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    That was cute! I never heard Borough pronounced quite like that.

    • @angreagach
      @angreagach 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Right. We're not borrowing it. It's ours! (Sorry, I couldn't resist!)

  • @mrmaq007
    @mrmaq007 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great vid. Flushing has been my home for three weeks now and I love it thus far

    • @HF-rc1tr
      @HF-rc1tr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Flushing native here. Where did u live prior?

    • @mrmaq007
      @mrmaq007 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@HF-rc1tr 17 and a half years in Southern California, 16 years in El Salvador.

  • @lichi1244eva
    @lichi1244eva 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I love Queens, I grew up there, had a great childhood ❤

  • @riffrobin474
    @riffrobin474 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Corona was also the home of Jazz giant Louis Armstrong which offers a great tour of his home.

  • @foxypsycho
    @foxypsycho 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Born, raised and still reside in south side Jamaica, Queens at Rochdale Village

  • @William_sJazzLoft
    @William_sJazzLoft 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The United Nations set up an apartment complex in Briarwood for its employees. So that was where we lived while my father was with the organization. It was really a pleasant part of the city to live in and I think it remains so to this day. Being a kid of course I never paid that much attention to the addressing format. Although I adhered to it when I wrote letters to relatives. Louis Armstrong had a home in Queens within a few blocks of Jamaica Avenue. 91 neighborhoods wow! That's remarkable. I tell you what I can't wait until I come back up to the city to visit again. Thank you for your videos.

    • @geoffreyking7189
      @geoffreyking7189 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Louis Armstrong lived in on 108th Street in Corona. Now a museum.

  • @TheRabidPosum
    @TheRabidPosum 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I lived in Queens Village for 6 years and worked in all 5 boroughs, Nassau, and Suffolk. Queens is definitely my favorite. And I was on the Nassau County border and all my family and friends were on LI so location wise it was perfect, right in the middle of everything.

  • @shebacastro4729
    @shebacastro4729 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Where do you find a woman fit for a King "Queens"...... Coming to America movie

  • @wincliffy
    @wincliffy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    N. East Queens,Most ponds in the USA ,start with Alley pond park.Work way North near QB Community college into Bayside and Douglaston.

  • @yvonnerobinson4720
    @yvonnerobinson4720 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    What happen to Far Rockaway?

  • @sirlosealot8629
    @sirlosealot8629 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love your videos. Very informative amd educational. Keep the videos of NYC coming. 👍🙋‍♂️

  • @bachelorthetraveler3834
    @bachelorthetraveler3834 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Proud to be a queens native, born and raised never left

  • @teresaareces4995
    @teresaareces4995 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I lived on 79 street and 31 Avenue, went to schools in Astoria, worked in Manhattan and may last address was Exeter street in forest hills, I left New York 35 years ago, I still miss it - great memories watching this video, thank you😊

  • @Ms.Glamaris
    @Ms.Glamaris 5 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    This is home to the movie “coming to America!!”

    • @rsbobeenie
      @rsbobeenie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      itsAmmie it's where Eddie Murphy came to find his Queen.

    • @Acord718
      @Acord718 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      And Spiderman

    • @antoniosalley4061
      @antoniosalley4061 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      My Queen lives in South Bronx

    • @knutinho2001
      @knutinho2001 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      His Mama called him clay ima call him clay

    • @cliffpadilla5871
      @cliffpadilla5871 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Actually parts of it were shot in Brooklyn.

  • @osgabriel20
    @osgabriel20 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Interesting info about NYC thanks for sharing

  • @janice8523
    @janice8523 5 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    Queens girl here.. my home🇺🇸❤️🥰

  • @peterruddick1952
    @peterruddick1952 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lived in Flushing briefly when on a new job in Woodside... enjoyed familiarizing myself with Queens (on foot and public transit, of course)... amazed at the density of buildings and people and how everything usually functions smoothly in spite of this. The wall of people on Main St. at rush hour in Flushing reminds me of pics of Asian population centers

  • @BarryNYC-28
    @BarryNYC-28 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Great video. I'm from the Bronx but I've worked and shopped in Astoria. Also, Astoria-Ditmars Blvd. is a fun place to hang out. I also love to hang out in Long Island City. Both areas are fantastic and are definitely up-and-coming. New York City is the best city in the world. We have so much to offer. Each borough has something great to experience. 👍

    • @BarryNYC-28
      @BarryNYC-28 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@qjtvaddict Hey! Mr. qjtvaddict. I hope that you get over your "qjtvaddiction" to ignorance. It'll probably take some time but you can do it. Hang in there buddy. 😂

  • @mrsluckyladybug
    @mrsluckyladybug 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I am from Queens. My Mom,Dad and i lived with my Grandma.I grew up in Woodside. When i got older we moved way out on Long Iland.I keep pictures of my Grandmas house and photo of apartment Building were i grew up.

  • @edantes2008
    @edantes2008 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Most tourists that come to visit New York City only see Manhattan, when the other Boroughs have so much to offer, all different and all with their respecting charm about them, I now live in Orlando, Florida but if I was to be young again I would move back to Queens in a heart beat. One of the things I miss the most about Queens is the diversity of cultures, the extensive variety of exquisite restaurants, you don't need to travel the world to experience real authentic cuisines from Eastern European countries, South America, The Caribbean Islands, as well as Italian, Greek, French, Russian, etc, you name it. Queens has it all.

    • @geoffreyking7189
      @geoffreyking7189 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I have lived in Berlin and Prague, and I can tell you that most of young people (under, say, 45) are at least as familiar with Brooklyn these days as Manhattan.

  • @DJGNYC84
    @DJGNYC84 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    My Hometown Borough...........Miss Home a lot (Queens Village)

  • @Flygreensox
    @Flygreensox 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I love my borough
    We have the best
    Women hands down
    💯💪🏿💯....south side til I die✌🏿

  • @slickanimations9258
    @slickanimations9258 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm from Jamaica Queens, lived there my whole life until I graduated highschool and moved to Texas. It's nothing like where I'm from and I miss it deeply. This video is gold though makes me feel at home even though I'm far away. Hopefully one day I can go back to stay.

  • @LususxNaturae
    @LususxNaturae 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Okay but the FLEX with the famous people got me beyond weak 🤣😂🤣

  • @tomq5180
    @tomq5180 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    a funny and delightfully cheerful presentation of queens, ny! hooray, queens!

  • @amazing50000
    @amazing50000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The reason why Queens uses their neighborhoods name on their postal addresses instead of "Queens, NY" is because before 1898 all the neighborhoods that now make up the Borough of Queens used to be it's own Cities and Towns or part of Cities and Towns. Long Island City was actually a "City", Flushing, Queens was "The Town of Flushing", Jamaica, Queens was "The Town of Jamaica". Just like the Borough of Brooklyn used to be "The City of Brooklyn" before 1898, which is why Brooklynites still put "Brooklyn, NY" on their postal addresses.

  • @cncentertainment596
    @cncentertainment596 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    saint albans queens housed a lot of musicians and artists during the harlem renaissance

    • @PicklezTV
      @PicklezTV 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      💯💯💯💯

    • @robertbutler2360
      @robertbutler2360 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

  • @urbanismogdl1092
    @urbanismogdl1092 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The Ramones were from Queens 🙏

  • @reginaldwilkinson6019
    @reginaldwilkinson6019 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The Museum of the Moving Image has hosted many wonderful exhibitions. Queens is also the birthplace of Martha’s Bakery.

  • @NVR-fold
    @NVR-fold 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Home to, Ft. Totten, a n historical fort. Walt Whitman, ad N.Y. Mets baseball team.

  • @naazriin
    @naazriin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    As someone who is from Queens, I really suggest whoever isn't from there should visit! The Pizza is great, and Chinatown is very fun to explore! although, Flushing can be a bit dangerous, so it's best to be careful There.

  • @juliosuboch1325
    @juliosuboch1325 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    What about queens village? Whitestone ? Flushing ?

    • @___Runnaz3768
      @___Runnaz3768 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Julio Suboch no worries, she’ll probably make part 2.👌🏾

  • @jamesbrown9553
    @jamesbrown9553 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Archie & Edith Bunker Lived In Queens & George Jefferson & "Ugly Betty", & "King Of Queens"...All Shows From Queens.

    • @WilMars-rr1ny
      @WilMars-rr1ny 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah but KING OF QUEENS have alot of phony Queens scenes though.

    • @causeeffect7624
      @causeeffect7624 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      everybody loves raymond...

    • @RMA8159
      @RMA8159 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Seinfeld.....

    • @RMA8159
      @RMA8159 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ghost, Tasha, Angie & Tommy from Power! 🤣

    • @cassidyjohn3903
      @cassidyjohn3903 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@causeeffect7624 I'm fairly certain Everybody loves Raymond actually takes place in Lynbrook(Long Island), but there may have been scenes in Queens since Robert worked for the NYPD.

  • @80sDECADEshouldNEVERLEFT
    @80sDECADEshouldNEVERLEFT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The part of Queens I visited and was in a relationship with someone from Guyana at the time (me visiting from California) was mostly people of Guyana, Trinidad/Tobago or similar on the A Line subway where the person lived!! I visited NY a few times too😀😀

  • @ander7018
    @ander7018 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Best place to live in NYC. Best of all worlds.

  • @michele-kt
    @michele-kt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The best view of the Manhattan skyline is from L.I.C. going into Manhattan on the 59th Street bridge. It's the most famous, most photographed, and the one you see on postcards!

  • @voidfilan5055
    @voidfilan5055 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I grew up in north Jersey and now live in North Carolina but always loved Queens for trips to Shea stadium with my dad to watch my beloved METS👍‼️

  • @febtek
    @febtek 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    USOpen in Flushing has more than 22 OUTdoor courts, not indoor. It's possible there are 11 indoor, reverse of what was said. Lots of great food is just North, into mostly Chinese Main Street , just past the Natatorium by the Home Depot. Corona Park is also home to Citi ballpark and a golf course.

  • @remedy9648
    @remedy9648 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Bayside, Queens, my home town, was the home of the first movie studios and was supposed to be “Hollywood”, but they decided the winters weren’t suitable for year round filming and moved it to Cali. Bayside and Little neck also sit on Little Neck Bay, a gorgeous area where you can walk, bike, picnic and take your boat from here, to Manhattan or to the Hamptons, or anywhere else you’d love to go (not that I have a boat). Also home to Fort Totten, a Civil War era fort that still houses military personnel and is incredibly cool to see, especially the cannon ball dents scattered throughout the fort.
    They didn’t mention Jamaica, an amazing place that you can shop til you drop and not break the bank, get top notch tattoos and find fantastic flavors of food til you bust.
    It is diverse, it’s what makes Queens the best place to live. It’s rich in cultures and so you can find every kind of performing art imaginable to show off the worlds best in music, drama, dance, martial arts. Not to mention the Queens Botanical Gardens in Flushing, an incredibly beautiful place amid a bustling city, easy to get lost for a day there.
    The down side....try affording the houses and rents. Queens is fast becoming a place where once the older generations sell their homes, you can expect to pay anywhere from 700,000 to 1 million and more for a house, and I’m not talking about a mansion or one with a giant yard. Rents are astronomical, especially close to the Long Island Railroad stops because of the ease of getting into Manhattan, Currently, in my area encompassing a 15 mile radius, you can expect to pay anywhere from 2,000 to $2,500 a month for a 2 bedroom apartment, 3 if you hit the jackpot.
    It’s definitely a great place to live and to visit. This video barely did it justice.

  • @rosean374
    @rosean374 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Nanny, and The King of Queens is how I first came to know about Queens

  • @sotimaa
    @sotimaa 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Your forgot Farrockaway !

  • @xnxtlvlx4194
    @xnxtlvlx4194 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I'm from Queens Village!❤
    "Queens get the Money long time no cash
    I'm caught up in the hustle when the guns go blast
    The fool retaliated so I had to think fast
    Pull out my heat first, he pull out his heat last…"

  • @ivyvazquez1612
    @ivyvazquez1612 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love how i recognize every single picture the video has , I’m proud to say I’m part of queens!

  • @653j521
    @653j521 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Do people in NYC pronounce borough as if they want to borrow something from someone? I thought it was like burrow into the ground.

  • @brianj6762
    @brianj6762 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Scrabble? Cemeteries? Houdini's grave? How about Ella Fitzgerald? Louis Armstrong? Ethel Merman? Maria Callas (from birth to age 3)? The Flushing Remonstrance (1657) in which English settlers in the Dutch colony declared their rights to religious liberty and which later informed the Bill of Rights? And the home in which they wrote that document is still standing on Bowne Street in Flushing?

    • @Acord718
      @Acord718 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Houdini's grave is in my neighborhood and I believed he lived there for sometime.
      Ridgewood Queens

    • @pleasureyoung7167
      @pleasureyoung7167 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks I'll check that out

  • @johncafiero9636
    @johncafiero9636 ปีที่แล้ว

    Where did you find the Postal Carrier in the Pony Express Postal Department uniform???

  • @dumontthe5th
    @dumontthe5th 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    There are three great suspension bridges in Queens: the Triborough/Robert Kennedy; the Bronx Whitestone and the Throgs Neck Bridge not to mention the Unisphere, the largest globe in the world!

  • @rosemarieparker8394
    @rosemarieparker8394 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was born and raised in Long Island City New York. I now live in Charlotte, NC which can't hold a candle to Queens, NY. I miss it and am coming home in the Spring of 2020. It's the greatest city in the world! I love it! I was wrong to leave it and I will never leave it again!

  • @leomarshall6535
    @leomarshall6535 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    #5 , simplified...
    (A) The hyphen functions as a decimal point.
    (B) Queens neighborhoods have their own postal identities because they were once independent villages, except for Auburndale.
    I'll add #11...
    Queens used to be a lot bigger. The eastern 2/3 of Queens seceded in 1898 to avoid joining the merged NYC (it's now called Nassau County).

  • @michele-kt
    @michele-kt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love that about Queens. You can look at the address and know exactly where it is. Makes finding an unfamiliar address easy! A person can get lost in Brooklyn for years and never find their way out! Lol!

  • @sergiofernandez1863
    @sergiofernandez1863 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I grew up so close to the church where they have the scrabble street sign. I dont think I really noticed that it has the scrabble numbers on it.

  • @dannygay84
    @dannygay84 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was born and raised in the south Bronx I now live in Queens and it's been 10 years I have to admit I love queens I now am glad I call Queens home.

  • @trevordantzler5781
    @trevordantzler5781 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Try being raised in the Rockaways, witch the rest of Queens will not acknowledge. Iloved the video.

    • @MrKingVulture
      @MrKingVulture 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Trevor Dantzler 🤣🤣🤣💯💯💯💯

    • @jasmin0930
      @jasmin0930 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Jealousy cause we got it so good being so close to the ocean air it marvelous and doesn’t feel like you’re cooped up in the city. We have the benefit of being in open spaces but still close enough to see the sights people pay big bucks to see.

    • @pleasureyoung7167
      @pleasureyoung7167 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol

    • @eddieotero2726
      @eddieotero2726 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Far Rockaway... The real South Queens

  • @bellataliana1974
    @bellataliana1974 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Grew up in Ridgewood Queens and am proud… I am first generation … it’s diverse and it’s where my whole family settled after coming over from Italy. Real feel of community and so much to see and do

    • @goldfinch102
      @goldfinch102 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Grew up in ridge wood too

  • @chrislauterbach8856
    @chrislauterbach8856 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Home to probably the best German Restaurant in NYC: Zum Stammtisch Restaurant, located on Myrtle Avenue in Glendale. I used to drive there from Flushing.

  • @leahallyannah
    @leahallyannah 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    *clicks off bc you didn’t mention jamaica*

    • @ahadfaruq4
      @ahadfaruq4 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol

    • @mbolding3673
      @mbolding3673 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And she sounds west Indian. That's probably why she stated its not tough enough. Jamaica represents the grity side of QB.

    • @tajriano
      @tajriano 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mbolding3673 lmao so true

    • @NightStars1122
      @NightStars1122 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, she did. 7:11 she mentioned Donald Trump is from Jamaica Estates. LOL

    • @mbolding3673
      @mbolding3673 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@NightStars1122 lol how bout it

  • @Prophezora
    @Prophezora 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Interesting thing on the address format! I was always wondering that. It seems other cities in Europe and other parts of the world do something similar.

  • @YoungHeartedSoul
    @YoungHeartedSoul 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I actually attended school and was in the same class as Nasir Jones, or Nas. Lived in L.I.C a few blocks from him. I drove limo for many years and can say Queens to me is probably the most beautiful boro followed by the Bronx, Staten Island, Brooklyn and Manhattan last just because it's a concrete jungle.

  • @mrpower328
    @mrpower328 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was born and raised in Brooklyn but I love Queens. Queens is my favorite borough'

  • @DJL0455
    @DJL0455 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I spent the first five years of my life in Woodside. I was born in Astoria, in the same hospital as Christopher Walken. My parents and grandparents used to shop at Walken's Bakery.

    • @ronk7186
      @ronk7186 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too! Astoria general and left woodside in 1964 when i was 8...so glad my whole block did back then!