For those on mobile Timestamps 1:00 - Van Wyck Expressway 3:37 - Queens Boulevard 5:52 - 143rd Street 7:41 - 145th Street 9:32 - Sutphin Boulevard 11:20 - 148th Street 12:35 - 149th Street 13:45 - 150th Street 15:56 - 153rd Street 18:08 - Parsons Boulevard 20:33 - 161st Street 21:33 - 162nd Street 22:33 - 163rd Street 23:40 - 164th Street 25:20 - Merrick Boulevard
Born and raised in NY moved away in 86 to California ahhh the sunshine, butt now NY is calling me to come home and take care of moms. I don’t want to move back butt I’ll do it for my favorite girl
This appeared in my YT recommendations. I grew up in Parkway Village, off Parsons Blvd and Grand Central Parkway until I was 12 and I have fond memories of shopping on Jamaica Avenue, the Coliseum and Mays as a kid. I miss Queens❤
When my parents arrived in the US from Central America, the person they were supposed to stay with wasn't home, so they spent their first night homeless on a park bench in King Park at 15:30. They ended up living in Jamaica, my Dad worked at a factory and my Mom cleaned houses. They eventually moved to Flushing because of the better schools and now they had three boys. But my Mom attended part-time college at York College, which used to be located at 14:00 and worked at the school library (I kept her company after school there) and she also worked at an Avon office located at 17:13. The old janitor of Grace church next door, Mr. Duvall, used to help her lock up in the evening. After my Mom graduated college, Avon promoted her to manager and she moved the office to the third floor of the corner building at 18:00. I attended Hillcrest H.S. and would go to her office almost every day after school. My Mom eventually retired from Avon, but first she travelled the world with the company and was very successful; they even had a painting of her in their corporate offices. My Dad was a union guy and proudly worked for an airline at JFK until he retired. I write all this because many dreams have been realized on that segment of Jamaica Avenue, not just for my family. My brothers and I are all successful, I was even lucky enough to graduate from an Ivy League school. But we remember where we came from, and that it all started with my parents spending the night homeless in a New York park. American made!
Thanks. Great video. When I grew up in Jamaica,Queens,NYC in the !940s and 1950s, there was an Elevated Train Line (Jamaica Line) over Jamaica Avenue. Jamaica Avenue was one of the largest shopping areas for Brooklyn, Queens, and Long Island. It had Gertz Department Store, etc., and many,many great Movie Theaters from Sutphin Blvd. to 168th St.(end of EL) It was a very exciting and fun place place to go to.Those were the days.Mmmmmmmm I left New York in 1972. It will always be My City.
South Jamaica, born and raised. Went to (I.S.8) JHS. Went to the best High School in Queens. Jamaica H.S. Now rocking the lone star state Texas. I will always be a New Yorker!
shock houser I also live there but it’s kinda good cause once you go to like McDonalds a lot of people hang around there and smoke , yell and it’s just to much so basically it’s alright and it has a lot of traffic
Thank you for this!!!! I’ve been in Manhattan for 1.5 weeks and have been dying to get to Queens, particularly Jamaica. I felt like I was right there with your footage and I appreciate you being on foot. it’s the best way to explore NYC in my opinion. I’m hoping you made a Bronx video as well.
I am currently residing in Houston, Texas. Lived in Jamaica (Hillside-169 Ave.), worked in Jackson Heights. I miss Queens. I miss Big Apple. Hope to return.
One thing's for sure, with the amount of bus routes serving this area (Q6, Q8, Q9, Westbound Q24, Westbound Q25, Westbound Q30, Westbound Q31, Westbound Q34, Q41, Q54, Q56, Westbound Q65 and Q110), there is NO WAY you would get lost here.
Jamaica Avenue is dead. It's just a shell of what it once was. I feel fortunate to have grown up in the 70s-80s and have glorious memories of how it once was and all the fun we had going to "The Ave".
My First experience of Newyork after Taxi couldn’t be bothered to take me to Manhattan. Very scary but I managed to get the Train thanks to the nice lady who helped me
Used to spend my Summers walking up and down Jamaica Avenue ... but I remember it being more heavily populated. Would love to see you do this video again in July 2019 Actionkid .... hopefully next time you can walk the full length of the Avenue all the way down to where the AirTrain is. (it's been a long while ... so I don't really know what I'm talking about but you might lol)
I went to Richmond hill high school and sometimes me and my friends would walk all of this instead of taking the train all the way from 114th Street to 153rd Street
Actionkid105 .... is there any way you can go a bit further afield to Westchester County - Mount Vernon area? There's a place I went to years ago called 'Mamaroneck' ... it was so pretty and peaceful (like a little English Village) .... I would love if you could go there, especially by the water! It would be great for those people who are unfamiliar with New York, to actually see a very different side of all the hustle and bustle. Hope you'll consider it .... thanks for these amazing videos! LONDON UK
I lived on 164th street (23:40) for a few months. that ice cream truck was there every. single. day. From early in the morning til late in the afternoon that damn melody would play from that fucking truck. Id get it stuck in my head a few times a week. I have no idea how the Halal vendor that set up his stand (also every day) across the street from the truck kept his sanity
I grew up here back in the early 2000’s going to is8 middle school, u used to be able to cop exclusive shit on the ave even weeks b4 it was supposed to drop, now it juss seems heavily corporate compared to back then
I’m from Australia. My wife and I went to NYC to elope. We wanted to really see the whole place so we stayed in Harlem. Arrived late at night via the subway walking the streets with our luggage. Quite the adventure. Love NYC. Love America.
Add me on Facebook if anything, it's: facebook.com/100006300824962 My cousin lives on 32nd st in Astoria. I'll be in town in two weeks, maybe I'll catch you walking/biking around the neighborhood. :)
I've done it before and it's definitely busy in this area. It's a transit hub and as a result there are numerous buses, car services, taxis, and trucks. You just need to be aware of your surroundings.
actionkid105 do you recommend biking on the bus lane when it's open, or is it better to just be in a regular lane with cars to the side while staying close to the curb?
Taken over in 2006. In fact, all 7 of the NYCDOT Private Companies were taken over in the mid-2000s. Our fleet has changed as well, from RTSs, Orion VIIs and Orion Vs to now those fleets retiring and being replaced by LFSs and XD40s.
@@forcechief Thank you. When I lived there the Green bus was so late I could walk from 156th to Hillside Ave before the bus got there and it would be jam packed.
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For those on mobile
Timestamps
1:00 - Van Wyck Expressway
3:37 - Queens Boulevard
5:52 - 143rd Street
7:41 - 145th Street
9:32 - Sutphin Boulevard
11:20 - 148th Street
12:35 - 149th Street
13:45 - 150th Street
15:56 - 153rd Street
18:08 - Parsons Boulevard
20:33 - 161st Street
21:33 - 162nd Street
22:33 - 163rd Street
23:40 - 164th Street
25:20 - Merrick Boulevard
I’m 162st
Born and raised in NY moved away in 86 to California ahhh the sunshine, butt now NY is calling me to come home and take care of moms. I don’t want to move back butt I’ll do it for my favorite girl
Jamaica was a hotbed for jazz and r&b back in the day. Najee, Lesette Wilson, Tom Browne, Tonni Smith, Don Blackman they were all from around the way.
The Van Wyck subway station looks quite modern, the neighborhood has got character, and this is another great video by you, Action Kid.
This appeared in my YT recommendations. I grew up in Parkway Village, off Parsons Blvd and Grand Central Parkway until I was 12 and I have fond memories of shopping on Jamaica Avenue, the Coliseum and Mays as a kid. I miss Queens❤
When my parents arrived in the US from Central America, the person they were supposed to stay with wasn't home, so they spent their first night homeless on a park bench in King Park at 15:30. They ended up living in Jamaica, my Dad worked at a factory and my Mom cleaned houses. They eventually moved to Flushing because of the better schools and now they had three boys. But my Mom attended part-time college at York College, which used to be located at 14:00 and worked at the school library (I kept her company after school there) and she also worked at an Avon office located at 17:13. The old janitor of Grace church next door, Mr. Duvall, used to help her lock up in the evening. After my Mom graduated college, Avon promoted her to manager and she moved the office to the third floor of the corner building at 18:00. I attended Hillcrest H.S. and would go to her office almost every day after school. My Mom eventually retired from Avon, but first she travelled the world with the company and was very successful; they even had a painting of her in their corporate offices. My Dad was a union guy and proudly worked for an airline at JFK until he retired. I write all this because many dreams have been realized on that segment of Jamaica Avenue, not just for my family. My brothers and I are all successful, I was even lucky enough to graduate from an Ivy League school. But we remember where we came from, and that it all started with my parents spending the night homeless in a New York park. American made!
WOW. Awesome story.
Thanks. Great video. When I grew up in Jamaica,Queens,NYC in the !940s and 1950s, there was an Elevated Train Line (Jamaica Line) over Jamaica Avenue. Jamaica Avenue was one of the largest shopping areas for Brooklyn, Queens, and Long Island. It had Gertz Department Store, etc., and many,many great Movie Theaters from Sutphin Blvd. to 168th St.(end of EL) It was a very exciting and fun place place to go to.Those were the days.Mmmmmmmm I left New York in 1972. It will always be My City.
...my birthplace. Memories...light the corners of my mind.
Much Love Jamaica Queens!!!
Best part was hearing the Mr. Softee truck. Left Queens in '72.
Memories, lived by 168 St. I love Jamaica, Queens.
born in Jamaica hospital. Southside til I die. I miss NY.
My whole life is in Jamaica Queens from P.S86 to Van Wyck jhs to Jamaica hs now living in Texas
South Jamaica, born and raised. Went to (I.S.8) JHS. Went to the best High School in Queens. Jamaica H.S. Now rocking the lone star state Texas. I will always be a New Yorker!
I'm from Jamaica Queens.
Denzel Reid wait Denzel dude do you go to psis268Q
Is it bad
shock houser I also live there but it’s kinda good cause once you go to like McDonalds a lot of people hang around there and smoke , yell and it’s just to much so basically it’s alright and it has a lot of traffic
I live in Lansing Mi. now, born and raised in Jamaica Queens 130th Ave
@@jellyman9089 I went to PS 30
Thank you for this!!!! I’ve been in Manhattan for 1.5 weeks and have been dying to get to Queens, particularly Jamaica. I felt like I was right there with your footage and I appreciate you being on foot. it’s the best way to explore NYC in my opinion. I’m hoping you made a Bronx video as well.
Thank you so much! You can check out the videos I've made walking in the Bronx: th-cam.com/video/DauqpCF21fY/w-d-xo.html
I love Jamaica NY.
I’m from Bk, got fam lived in South Queens, spent a good bit of time there visiting, I dug it
This tour is great for people to watch if they are new to the neighborhood.BTW I moved to Jamaica NY on May 2018
Wish there was footage of the old Jamaica El around somewhere
Que buen video. Te transportas al sitio como si fueras tu el que camina por esas banquetas. ¡Saludos!
I miss Jamaica Queens.
Grew up there.
I miss Queens too 😐
@@blacklacenyc6592 Mine as well.
Miss my city😫
Thx 4 sharing. I enjoyed 'revisiting' the old homestead
I grew up on 149th st and Jamaica aVe in the 50s, very cool video
I am currently residing in Houston, Texas. Lived in Jamaica (Hillside-169 Ave.), worked in Jackson Heights. I miss Queens. I miss Big Apple. Hope to return.
Beautiful in jamaica new york
There is a mural on the side of the Hardware store. It is for Mr.Tonpete. He was a neighborhood icon. Good man. He that Old Skool NY. Thank u. ✌️🖖
Tonpete came out on some movie scene, can't remember if it was coming to America? Or something else?
@@esojanacig9230 it was the second Cosby Show on CBS, in the 90s during the introduction.
One thing's for sure, with the amount of bus routes serving this area (Q6, Q8, Q9, Westbound Q24, Westbound Q25, Westbound Q30, Westbound Q31, Westbound Q34, Q41, Q54, Q56, Westbound Q65 and Q110), there is NO WAY you would get lost here.
Jamaica Avenue is dead. It's just a shell of what it once was. I feel fortunate to have grown up in the 70s-80s and have glorious memories of how it once was and all the fun we had going to "The Ave".
My First experience of Newyork after Taxi couldn’t be bothered to take me to Manhattan. Very scary but I managed to get the Train thanks to the nice lady who helped me
3:49 -My childhood place where my mom & I went there used to 🛍 in the mid 1980s.😐
I used to long walk from Merrick to 111th along Jam. Ave. 🙂
Man I miss New York.
Used to spend my Summers walking up and down Jamaica Avenue ... but I remember it being more heavily populated. Would love to see you do this video again in July 2019 Actionkid .... hopefully next time you can walk the full length of the Avenue all the way down to where the AirTrain is. (it's been a long while ... so I don't really know what I'm talking about but you might lol)
I could definitely attempt to make another trip out there!
Oh yea... funkin for Jamaica!)) Awesome tour, man! Kidz are happy as always! ;) It's pretty windy tho...
I went to Richmond hill high school and sometimes me and my friends would walk all of this instead of taking the train all the way from 114th Street to 153rd Street
Eric Bhagwandeen I know we did it when we didn’t want to catch the J train to Jamaica center because we had nothing to do
God bless you man! Excellent video. I was going to suggest this but you read my mind even here in Florida! Born and Raised in these parts..
It's crazy because i live down in Guy Brewer, and Jamaica Ave ain't far from me
I spent my grade school years living in Parkway Village near Union Turnpike. I went to PS 117
Actionkid105 .... is there any way you can go a bit further afield to Westchester County - Mount Vernon area? There's a place I went to years ago called 'Mamaroneck' ... it was so pretty and peaceful (like a little English Village) .... I would love if you could go there, especially by the water! It would be great for those people who are unfamiliar with New York, to actually see a very different side of all the hustle and bustle. Hope you'll consider it .... thanks for these amazing videos! LONDON UK
A little bit far for me but I’ll keep it in mind!
A lot better than how it used to be
I miss my hometown so much.
I go to Jamaica ny very 4 times a week with my mom mostly shoppers world
Huh
What is it? A grocery store?
Shoppers World is my
favorite store 😄
Go there whenever I visit NYC
Live in Kentucky now.
Miss jamaica 😄😄😄😄💝💝💝💝💝 buenos recuerdos
Never been there but it reminds me of chicago
I lived on 164th street (23:40) for a few months. that ice cream truck was there every. single. day. From early in the morning til late in the afternoon that damn melody would play from that fucking truck. Id get it stuck in my head a few times a week. I have no idea how the Halal vendor that set up his stand (also every day) across the street from the truck kept his sanity
I guess some people have more tolerance than others!
I love my borough of queens 💪🏾
Much love for the 11435
Ugh! You stopped less than 3 blocks from Bellitte Bicycles, "The Oldest Bike Store in the USA"!
John Hammer I know what ur talking about that’s were I got my first bike but they closed that bike shop
@@deaddead6828 is not closed, I live here in Jamaica.... just so you know
There is a bike store in Princeton. NJ that claims to be the oldest.
Wow I haven't been there since I was 24 born and raised there and I'm living in colorado now and I'm 38
Not for nothing but I'm glad they fix Jamaica avenue because Jamaica avenue so ghetto
looks like a beautiful place to live
If you be on Jamaica Ave a lot , when he passed the movie theater you were expecting to hear “ sour , sour , sour “ 😭😭
Alexander Da Dancer fr
A lot of the stores on this street as of 2023 have either closed or are now closing. Not to mention that this street has since become a Busway.
King Kullen supermarket opened on Jamaica avenue in 1939. It was supposed to be the first modern supermarket .
Wow tks 👍
I really miss it but all my friends moved or gone fam moved away so got nothing there anymore
I grew up on shore ave/ supthin blvd, before leaving 109th and guy brewer.
When l lived there guy brewer was called” new York Blvd “😊
Man I really miss outside right now #ronalife
I grew up here back in the early 2000’s going to is8 middle school, u used to be able to cop exclusive shit on the ave even weeks b4 it was supposed to drop, now it juss seems heavily corporate compared to back then
Very nice 👍
Peace brothers 😀 thanks
I see They gentrified some parts of Jamaica Queens.
I do want to take a trip with my kids and show them where I grew up at maybe when this virus is over Im heading that way
Ayeeee you passed by my crib 148 st❗️
Awesome!
you should have seen jamaica av in the 1960s like I did
could I use a small bit of this footage for a music video?
Tell is what location are for the ones who has moved away
Can you walk through Bronx at night next? 😝
Grovel lmao, u sick fuck
Yes we can!
I’m from Australia. My wife and I went to NYC to elope. We wanted to really see the whole place so we stayed in Harlem. Arrived late at night via the subway walking the streets with our luggage. Quite the adventure. Love NYC. Love America.
We also had to lug our luggage down Jamaica street because part of the subway was down when we headed back to JFK.
Me and Grandma did all the time!
That’s were I live
Where
@Richie Pietro no shot you took the time of day to type that out
That movie theatre actually came out sucessful
Wow. I know all these stores :oo
Because I still live there. Some stores got closed tho, but that's ok
20:07 I’m at the combination pizza hut and taco bell
lmaoo its a big difference between Tokyo and NY. Tokyo mad clean, the road is soo smooth and its mad quite.
Jesusantimos las zonas de gueens en jamaica
I've bought my fair share of bootleg jordans off 165th lol.
And designers bootleg bags lol.
@@renelledickerson8466 i got 2 pair of fake pradas from there when those prada sneakers were poppin years ago.
South Side on the house
Rts Tmc at 16:24
Great video as always! Do you have Facebook/Instagram/Twitter?
Thanks! Yes I do but they’re not associated with my channel in any way and would like to keep it private.
Add me on Facebook if anything, it's:
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My cousin lives on 32nd st in Astoria. I'll be in town in two weeks, maybe I'll catch you walking/biking around the neighborhood. :)
I love new york city
OMG HE liked my comment
Ended near my house
I see there aren't any bike lanes here or any cyclists...have you ever tried biking through here or know if it's doable without too much of a hazard?
I've done it before and it's definitely busy in this area. It's a transit hub and as a result there are numerous buses, car services, taxis, and trucks. You just need to be aware of your surroundings.
actionkid105 do you recommend biking on the bus lane when it's open, or is it better to just be in a regular lane with cars to the side while staying close to the curb?
Beautiful is in north america
No more Green Bus Lines? Things have really changed.
Taken over in 2006. In fact, all 7 of the NYCDOT Private Companies were taken over in the mid-2000s.
Our fleet has changed as well, from RTSs, Orion VIIs and Orion Vs to now those fleets retiring and being replaced by LFSs and XD40s.
@@forcechief Thank you. When I lived there the Green bus was so late I could walk from 156th to Hillside Ave before the bus got there and it would be jam packed.
I remember qell
I live next to kick USA OMG
Awesome!
Sour, sour!
good job.amazing place.
anthonius sujana it's not really amazing. It's like a bad place to be lol
nyrforever1 fuck you I live in Jamaica and it’s a amazing place
It looks like a rathole nothing compared to Amsterdam 🤣
So that's where that trin stations gos
Where are the Jamaicans?
In Kingston, Jamaica.
looks like downtown jozi
Welcome to mc dowels
20:05 Das Racist brought me here
. Jamaica She A You.
Jamaica ave aka bootleg boulevard lol.
I live in Peshawar very dirty city
NISE.LOK.MB.JM.
IM.F.MAN.IM.SE.TOR.JM.
HY.20.20.MB.IM.SE.TOR.J..M.
Nicki minaj hood,
sorry guys no disrespect, but thakfully i left that piece of s**** YEARS AGO .