My home. Born in 66 when the subway and bus fare was just .35 cents. The J train went all the way to 168th street Jamaica. My Grandma lived in a 2 room apartment on Lexington west of Reid Ave, now Malcolm X Blvd and had all 6 grands for the summer with the fan in the window drawing whatever cool air from outside, priceless memories. Left in 85 Army bound. Been back several times but did not stay. Last visit in 2006, felt like the ghost of hoods past. Retired in 2014, now live in San Antonio, Texas. Still a Yankee, Giants, Knicks and Islanders fan. I do miss Brooklyn, but you learn to move on once your life evolves to an advanced standard of living. Thank you BedSty for starting me on my way, MUCH LOVE!!!!
My home! Left 30 years ago! Moved to Las Vegas with my two young children. Have been back for short visits, but it’s time to retire and stay in BedSty a while. Love Brooklyn! Thank you for sharing!
Much appreciated, I was born in Bed-Sty back in '62. Lafayette Gardens was home for 16 years. A long ways from my home in Boulder, Colorado. Thanks for the smiles and the memories.
Thank you!!! So much memories, walking there for hours. I lived there at Clifton place and I definitly falled in love with this place.I miss you Bed-Stuy. Kisses from Switzerland.
Nostrand Ave is where I got off and walked this SAME way ALL MY LIFE and its crazy how the scene done changed!! Nostrand used to be PACKED with The Bootleggers and used to be Active as all hell no matter the weather ya heard!! Nothing like Brooklyn NYC
Great video when u got off on Nostrand have I was hoping you would end up walking up Fulton street cause there are more stores to see. I used to live in Bed-Stuy and when u was walking down Gates ave;I wish u made a right instead of a right on Marcus Garvey blvd. Please do another walk though like this one, I really miss walking the streets of brooklyn. Once again great video and keep it up.
Derrick Wilks Thanks! Unfortunately it’s hard to get everything in one video and I wish I was able to, but Fulton Street by itself deserves its own video in the future.
I'm from Canada, stayed in Bed Stuy for a few days last month, on Quincy st, between Marcy and Tompkins. I walked everywhere, including most of this video. It was awesome to just casually take in the city. I'd love to stay there again.
I was born and raised in Bedstuy. Grow up in the 70s...the best of times...Spike Lee...Restoration...Prospect Park...The Chopper Bikes Hot wheel cars .. Hanna & Barber cartoons...Things have changed .....now. Still good see again.. Thank You
For decades, Bedford-Stuyvesant was one of NYC's most notorious slums; I can see that gentrification is now happening. I was born and raised in San Francisco, and one of our badass 'hoods, Hayes Valley, has become a very fashionable place to live and hang out.
Visited NY and instead of a fancy hotel in Manhattan got an air bnb in bed stuy it was class people where nice area is a little rough but its genuine reminded me a bit of home.
@@aminseif9822 crime rate, limited number of parks (1 park only) , bad service in restaurants, poor choice of grocery stores, subway line G is horrible . What are your arguments?
First neighborhood I saw when I visited NYC from the islands in 1990. Back then it was bed stuy do or die and you'd hear gun shots every night. Fast forward to me moving there in 2007 and living on Macon street. Love that place wish I never left
You can do that now, but go back to the 1980s. I was raised in Bed-Stuy. You just past a library and a medical clinic, and the B-38 overcrowded slow ass bus that takes you to Downtown is right across the street. You walk further down to Lafayette Gardens projects was a hell on earth and where I used to live many years ago. Oh did you already past Marcy Projects and Marcy pool, the pool I almost drown in when I was a little girl? You just walked past the Senior citizen home my aunt past away in. The world keeps moving in New York among the lifeless. New York is a fast moving world.
It's nothing like it used to be. Brooklyn and Bed-Stuy are turning into new Manhattan. Manhattan is the new Hollywood. It all changed. You know what a dollar is worth in New York? I believe it's eighty-seven cents and where I live at now in SC. It's a dollar and eleven cents I believe. You never get tired of New York, that's for sure. Have fun.
Thirty years ago, the only way you would go walking in Bed-Stuy was if you were in an armored personnel carrier and had a platoon of US Marines as bodyguards.
You're tripping, North Philly doesn't have all those big apartment buildings everywhere, North Philly is block after block of dilapidated and abandoned row homes and vacant Lots.
There are two way street. You won't see it on Nostrand Ave cause of the bus lanes... NYC is a very busy and crowded place to live. I LOVE it. Been in Brooklyn NY my whole life
@@ActionKid Nice!! I used to live off Marcus Garvey and Fulton ave for about 2 yrs...This was around 2002-2005 so they were actually just starting to build the stadium where the Nets play now..Love that neighborhood!
Michael Mullner , it's about 53% black now. With the remainder being growing populations of Anglos, Latinos, and Asians . Neighborhoods change all the time. Before blacks moved up from the southern states to Bedstuy, the neighborhood was quite different.
excellent video. I'll be at Dean St in April. The nearest station will be the Nostrand AV. I got to know a little of the area, pity that you went in the opposite direction 😂😂😂
This was ground zero for the crack epidemic. They once started a black EMS service founded by James "Rocky" Robinson (RIP) to pick up the bodies because the city was overwhelmed and afraid. But even more so, because he watched his Niece die in his arms after being hit by a care. The EMS took almost an hour. It was the epitome of the best of times and the worst of times. I grew up here in the 70s - 90s. I moved to Atlanta in 96'. I visit, but will never live there again. Still love my home.
I grew up there in the 90s-2000s. It was rough but it definitely wasn’t as bad as it was when you were there. It’s definitely calmer & gentrified. I do remember that time period though, don’t blame you.
I went to bed stuy in 2017 I feel in love with this city ever since i want to live in Brooklyn I literally love this city I'm from Paris I hope God gon answer my prayers one day and let's me live in bed stuy
@@sisterjames4110 you sound dumb asf shit ain’t no money issue stupid you miserable I’m a 25 year old loyer from Paris so obviously ain’t no money that stopping me GOD BLESS UR EMPTY SOUL. 🖤🖤
NAS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE RAPPERS BUT HE IS FROM QUEENS BRIDGE. I LOVE THE MUSIC THE PEOPLE AND YES BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL THATS HOW I FEEL FROM THE DEPTHS OF MY SOUL. GOD BLESS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL
putting the blame on individuals for a systemic problem isn't helping lol. Zoning laws and landlords are the real issue- so called gentrifiers are simply acting in their best interest to find a place close to work with cheap rent. Undoubtably shitty though
It's a city. Ofcourse there's going be a lot of people and a lot of concrete. That's just like me going to upstate to say Roscoe and expecting it to have a dense population and a lot of stores.
Walk through the same neighborhood during rush hour or at least mid day. 90 percent of the businesses were closed & those empty bloocks are not the true reflection of the neighborhood
For those on mobile:
Timestamps
1:10 - Exiting Nostrand Avenue Station
3:30 - Nostrand Avenue & Halsey Street
6:40 - Nostrand Avenue & Putnam Avenue
9:52 - Gates Avenue & Nostrand Avenue
13:00 - Gates Avenue & Marcy Avenue
15:55 - Gates Avenue & Tompkins Avenue
18:42 - Gates Avenue & Throop Avenue
22:07 - Marcus Garvey Boulevard & Gates Avenue
24:48 - Marcus Garvey Boulevard & Greene Avenue
27:57 - Marcus Garvey Boulevard & Kosciuszko Street
29:02 - DeKalb Avenue & Marcus Garvey Boulevard
31:48 - DeKalb Avenue & Throop Avenue
34:50 - DeKalb Avenue & Tompkins Avenue
38:00 - DeKalb Avenue & Marcy Avenue
41:28 - DeKalb Avenue & Nostrand Avenue
45:25 - Bedford Avenue & DeKalb Avenue
48:30 - Bedford Avenue & Willoughby Avenue
51:00 - Myrtle Avenue & Bedford Avenue
51:58 - Myrtle Avenue & Spencer Street
52:52 - Myrtle Avenue & Walworth Street
54:40 - Myrtle Avenue & Nostrand Avenue
58:06 - Myrtle Avenue & Marcy Avenue
My home. Born in 66 when the subway and bus fare was just .35 cents. The J train went all the way to 168th street Jamaica. My Grandma lived in a 2 room apartment on Lexington west of Reid Ave, now Malcolm X Blvd and had all 6 grands for the summer with the fan in the window drawing whatever cool air from outside, priceless memories. Left in 85 Army bound. Been back several times but did not stay. Last visit in 2006, felt like the ghost of hoods past. Retired in 2014, now live in San Antonio, Texas. Still a Yankee, Giants, Knicks and Islanders fan. I do miss Brooklyn, but you learn to move on once your life evolves to an advanced standard of living. Thank you BedSty for starting me on my way, MUCH LOVE!!!!
You’re welcome! Thanks for sharing your memories of Bed Stuy
My home! Left 30 years ago! Moved to Las Vegas with my two young children. Have been back for short visits, but it’s time to retire and stay in BedSty a while. Love Brooklyn! Thank you for sharing!
Glad I could bring you back to BedStuy :)
Born and raised in the BX and moved to NC it is time to go home..
Once you live in Vegas for a while it's kind of hard to just leave. I always found myself coming back to Vegas,haha!
April B I love it to but the open roads got me you can really drive your car without stop and go traffic etc etc
Everybody hates Chris 🤣
That’s why we’re here
Do the Right Thing.
Hahaha
Bed stuy do or die 🤣☠️
Fact
Much appreciated, I was born in Bed-Sty back in '62. Lafayette Gardens was home for 16 years. A long ways from my home in Boulder, Colorado. Thanks for the smiles and the memories.
Also lived 470 DeKalb Avenue 63 to 73 Lafayette Garden
Thank you!!! So much memories, walking there for hours. I lived there at Clifton place and I definitly falled in love with this place.I miss you Bed-Stuy.
Kisses from Switzerland.
31:41 good man right there, went back and picked it up and put in the garbaazzhhhhh
“Live from Bedford-Stuyvesant, the livest one representin BK to the fullest” - The Notorious B.I.G.
Nostrand Ave is where I got off and walked this SAME way ALL MY LIFE and its crazy how the scene done changed!! Nostrand used to be PACKED with The Bootleggers and used to be Active as all hell no matter the weather ya heard!! Nothing like Brooklyn NYC
Great video when u got off on Nostrand have I was hoping you would end up walking up Fulton street cause there are more stores to see. I used to live in Bed-Stuy and when u was walking down Gates ave;I wish u made a right instead of a right on Marcus Garvey blvd. Please do another walk though like this one, I really miss walking the streets of brooklyn. Once again great video and keep it up.
Derrick Wilks Thanks! Unfortunately it’s hard to get everything in one video and I wish I was able to, but Fulton Street by itself deserves its own video in the future.
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Old neighborhood..I lived in the next block up gates (Quincy street)..brings back CRAZY memories 👌🏽😊‼
I was up the block from gates, on Putnam ☺️
I HAVE BEEN TO BED STUY ALOT. VERY NICE FRIENDLY PEOPLE OF ALL AGES. THANKYOU
Thanks for visiting our home parts of Brooklyn, NY : Bedford-Stuyvesant.
Hope you can visit more locations in New York, sometime.
I grew up here couldn't afford to go back so this is so cool to me
Thanks for the video. I wish I was born and raised in New York
I thought I was the only one who felt like this
Nostalgia 💝💝💝💝💝 I miss Brooklyn
I'm from Canada, stayed in Bed Stuy for a few days last month, on Quincy st, between Marcy and Tompkins. I walked everywhere, including most of this video. It was awesome to just casually take in the city. I'd love to stay there again.
I was born and raised in Bedstuy. Grow up in the 70s...the best of times...Spike Lee...Restoration...Prospect Park...The Chopper Bikes
Hot wheel cars .. Hanna & Barber cartoons...Things have changed .....now. Still good see again.. Thank You
For decades, Bedford-Stuyvesant was one of NYC's most notorious slums; I can see that gentrification is now happening. I was born and raised in San Francisco, and one of our badass 'hoods, Hayes Valley, has become a very fashionable place to live and hang out.
Long time ago . Gentified by black professionals first which made the area attractive to others.
@@dawncumberbatch7062, did you mean Bed-Stuy or Hayes Valley?
It started going bad in the early 70's That's why my family move
Wow no one asked you if they could hold a dollar
Well he wasn't the little dude from the street
Let me hold a dollar
They also didn't try to sell you over priced stolen goods that would break down on you the next day
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Jim Bo: That’d be too “risky” 😂
Visited NY and instead of a fancy hotel in Manhattan got an air bnb in bed stuy it was class people where nice area is a little rough but its genuine reminded me a bit of home.
Nostrand was my stop for 4 years. I haven't been back over there in so long. It was wild seeing this.
I remember Fulton and Nostrand in early 70's. WOW
70 and 80s for me
I love these vids, mainly the ones in Brooklyn. Gives you a general idea of where to go. Gives me a since of nostalgia
Phurious Stylezz I know right. I miss being in Brooklyn.
Bedford Stuyvesant is my favorite neighborhood in Brooklyn
Thank you
Why?
@@svitlana1500 why not
@@aminseif9822 crime rate, limited number of parks (1 park only) , bad service in restaurants, poor choice of grocery stores, subway line G is horrible . What are your arguments?
Love Brooklyn, New York ❤
But once I retired it was time to move on and relocate to a new environment
And peace of mind. No more City life!!🙂
AMEN Brotha!!!!!!
First neighborhood I saw when I visited NYC from the islands in 1990. Back then it was bed stuy do or die and you'd hear gun shots every night. Fast forward to me moving there in 2007 and living on Macon street. Love that place wish I never left
You can do that now, but go back to the 1980s. I was raised in Bed-Stuy. You just past a library and a medical clinic, and the B-38 overcrowded slow ass bus that takes you to Downtown is right across the street. You walk further down to Lafayette Gardens projects was a hell on earth and where I used to live many years ago. Oh did you already past Marcy Projects and Marcy pool, the pool I almost drown in when I was a little girl? You just walked past the Senior citizen home my aunt past away in. The world keeps moving in New York among the lifeless. New York is a fast moving world.
Thanks for sharing your experiences in Bed-Stuy
It's nothing like it used to be. Brooklyn and Bed-Stuy are turning into new Manhattan. Manhattan is the new Hollywood. It all changed. You know what a dollar is worth in New York? I believe it's eighty-seven cents and where I live at now in SC. It's a dollar and eleven cents I believe. You never get tired of New York, that's for sure. Have fun.
DAMN!!!!!-- THERE goes the neighborhood-
Thirty years ago, the only way you would go walking in Bed-Stuy was if you were in an armored personnel carrier and had a platoon of US Marines as bodyguards.
From California, nice video of BK @12:46 I spotted Biggie walking up the block lol
Go one haha
Where is Stuyvesant , Willoughby and Vernon
I love Bedstuy much love ❤️❤️
Identical in many ways to N. Philly. especially from the Art Museum, north to Temple U area.
You're tripping, North Philly doesn't have all those big apartment buildings everywhere, North Philly is block after block of dilapidated and abandoned row homes and vacant Lots.
@24:00, you can spot my house that was here at Lexington Avenue.
My Hometown of BROOKLYN NY BED STUY DO OR DIE....LOVE MY CITY
This is where I used to live
I wanna go there the hood is where the magic came from superstars that changed the world
While I was visiting I was at Katz deli and that deli was super good
My old place was the building in the middle on the right side at 5:31
Awesome!
The city of lil kim
Kam2Drippyッ
How was it
Great video! Would you say it's safe to walk around for a first time visitor to NY? Thanks.
Yes I feel it is safe
Yes
Не город, а мечта👍
Watching AK's old silent videos at x2 speed
I just wanna visit at least once a year. I couldn't see myself living in New York
What time do you go to these places? Seems like hardly anyone is ever on the streets!
I’m from California and it crazy asf seeing that there isn’t any 2 way streets
There are two way street. You won't see it on Nostrand Ave cause of the bus lanes... NYC is a very busy and crowded place to live. I LOVE it. Been in Brooklyn NY my whole life
Dope!! Shoulda walked down Fulton though...probably my favorite street out there
I did another video of Fulton Street from Broadway Junction to Brooklyn Bridge Park th-cam.com/video/k7cH4_lurU4/w-d-xo.html
@@ActionKid Nice!! I used to live off Marcus Garvey and Fulton ave for about 2 yrs...This was around 2002-2005 so they were actually just starting to build the stadium where the Nets play now..Love that neighborhood!
Do the Right Thing is a million times more iconic than Everybody hates Chris, so why's everyone only talking about that show?
Good to see BedStuy is still black and hasn't "flipped" like Bensonhurst!
Michael Mullner , it's about 53% black now. With the remainder being growing populations of Anglos, Latinos, and Asians . Neighborhoods change all the time. Before blacks moved up from the southern states to Bedstuy, the neighborhood was quite different.
It did. Hard to tell by this vid but gentrification hit those same streets. I went to play basketball and they were playing frisbee on the court lol
Michael Mullner don't worry, the Chinese ain't passing flatbush anytime, they too busy taking over west Brooklyn
The neighborhood of Notorious B.I.G, one of my favorite rappers. R.I.P Biggie
My home 💕
I use to live on Macon Street between Tompkins and Throop. Bed Stuy...Do or Die!!!
Good one! Fave it.
Thanks!
Never been. Needed reference for a painting. Thanks!
excellent video. I'll be at Dean St in April. The nearest station will be the Nostrand AV. I got to know a little of the area, pity that you went in the opposite direction 😂😂😂
Glad you liked it! And going the other way is the neighborhood of Crown Heights! Maybe that will be a future video.
actionkid105 Thank you 👏👏👏🗽🗽🗽
Love to see one of lavonia ave with the street signs opp of the projects
Wow I would hav really enjoyed this more if only I knew the streets and ave the camera won't even show the signs
This was ground zero for the crack epidemic. They once started a black EMS service founded by James "Rocky" Robinson (RIP) to pick up the bodies because the city was overwhelmed and afraid. But even more so, because he watched his Niece die in his arms after being hit by a care. The EMS took almost an hour.
It was the epitome of the best of times and the worst of times. I grew up here in the 70s - 90s. I moved to Atlanta in 96'. I visit, but will never live there again. Still love my home.
Definitely a lot of good and bad history to the area. Thanks for sharing.
I grew up there in the 90s-2000s. It was rough but it definitely wasn’t as bad as it was when you were there. It’s definitely calmer & gentrified. I do remember that time period though, don’t blame you.
The only question is where my boi Chris at?
Honking at each other must be like getting a fix for the day....
what hidden cam are you using
I went to bed stuy in 2017 I feel in love with this city ever since i want to live in Brooklyn I literally love this city I'm from Paris I hope God gon answer my prayers one day and let's me live in bed stuy
Thank you!
Jene Omeima
God ain’t answering shit. Get your money and move there. Its in YOUR hands
@@sisterjames4110 God may put you in the position to make the money to move!
@@sisterjames4110 you sound dumb asf shit ain’t no money issue stupid you miserable I’m a 25 year old loyer from Paris so obviously ain’t no money that stopping me GOD BLESS UR EMPTY SOUL. 🖤🖤
George's barbershop...RIP big George
@1:43 on the left is the Walgreens where Fedex takes all your packages cause they’re not about to actually deliver anything
Do the Right Thing!
Please make a video where you turn left on Monroe street ❤️❤️
You can do a walk through any neighborhood using Google Maps. Just change to street view, and start moving the mouse in any direction you want to go.
Is that where Billy Brags about walking alone?
Always will be home 🏡 💌
NAS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE RAPPERS BUT HE IS FROM QUEENS BRIDGE. I LOVE THE MUSIC THE PEOPLE AND YES BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL THATS HOW I FEEL FROM THE DEPTHS OF MY SOUL. GOD BLESS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL
I LOVE QUEENS ALSO. ANYWAY LOVE TO EVERYONE CON MUCHO CARIÑO CINDY
Omg u was right by my house I live in Marcy
Shout-out to my neighborhood
Hi! It was morning? In what time was your walking?
This was around 9:30 AM
Where is fulton street where Biggie through down?
Wonderful video! I may have to tour NYC deeper when i go back lol.
Yup. There’s so much to visit in NYC, even for native New Yorkers.
Awesome dude!
Did you Film hidden? How did you Film?
lets play a game calledd... 'spot the gentrifier'
putting the blame on individuals for a systemic problem isn't helping lol. Zoning laws and landlords are the real issue- so called gentrifiers are simply acting in their best interest to find a place close to work with cheap rent. Undoubtably shitty though
If you own a Mercedes, you don't have to use your signals in NY.
Lol same with Escalades
Do the Right Thing! visit Bed Sty home of Spike Lee.
How cool! Pre Covid!
Been here
How would they survive without their horns?
Thats where i worked Key Food.But just two years🙋
Corleone?
Look at these to see how the street are because I m doing delivery for amazon there.
NAROCK!
Walter Becker grew up in Bed-Stuy
i wish he would have turned down lafayette ave, or green ave, left in 91 still gone, but the stuy looks alive and well...god bless.
He walked the Bedford-Stuy alone!
its very safe what do you mean
I think he's referring to the Billy Joel song, You May Be Right" ??
@@patleonardo1889 Sure am.
My dreams 😔😥
Neymar
You are a brave young man! Doubt I'd walk those neighborhoods by myself or with someone.
It's NOT that bad. You are being dramatic
@@jaxpax2566 Obviously you are just use to it. I am not being dramatic at all. The neighborhood does not look inviting to me at all. Ijs...
Pls tell ppl what streets and ave
Better to do the vids in summer time
Shout out to Brian Glaze Gibbs!
11:18 you was walking by my old home
Lived on Gates ave
9:00 is my home block NA RoCK where KeyFood at
Upstate is and looks way better way to much concrete people really need to spread out finally
It's a city. Ofcourse there's going be a lot of people and a lot of concrete. That's just like me going to upstate to say Roscoe and expecting it to have a dense population and a lot of stores.
Not Albany
Walk through the same neighborhood during rush hour or at least mid day. 90 percent of the businesses were closed & those empty bloocks are not the true reflection of the neighborhood
Quincy and Franklin
Show more street sign
Beginning looks like Video game Max Payne