Thanks for the memories. I was a bus operator out of Flushing Depot from 79-84. Who knows, I'm probably in this video. Downtown Flushing sure has changed, but it still is pretty safe and it's lively, even at night.
Wow, you left the comment 11 years ago, thats the time I moved to Corona area, flushing has a lot of my people..I am sure it bothers lots of native people out there.
Thx for posting man. Great stuff. Kudos 2u for having the presence of mind to record this back then. I remember standing under that Gertz sign w/my mom as a kid. Wow
AaaaaaaaH! The "Original Roxy" In The Boogie Down Bronx. Damn I Miss Those Good Ole Days. And Those Buses Paint Peeling And All...Now That's New York & Original At It's Very Best. 92KTU With Carlos Who Played All The Hottest Tracks.
Born in “81” and even though I don’t live in NYC (From Detroit) it’s still nice to see everything from back then. I truly enjoy the videos...Keep up the good work!
I love this whole video down to the original KISS FM!!!! Oh my God you have brought back my childhood and the best time in transit n NYC!! What folks have missed!!!!
hey man your videos are super awesome man just brings back memories good ones tho. I believe God gave you that desire to record all the videos of NYC in general. excellent work! and thanks.
The 1964-66 Flxible New Looks were almost like, in terms of where they were based, regional theatre and off-city tryouts, while at the same time GM Fishbowls ordered for MaBSTOA (5201-5525, 1964-65 and 6401-6900, 1965-66) were the "big time," spread out all over Manhattan depots to replace ancient buses (including the original 2969 "Jackie Gleason bus" that for the most part traversed what is today M86 +Select Bus Service). Incidentally, on both GM Fishbowls and Flxible New Looks, my preference has always been to the 4-piece rear window setup (as opposed to 3-piece).
I remember Flushing starting back in 1945 when my Grandmother would take me down Main Street and we would stop in the candy store first where she would buy her newspaper. As I got a little older I would be able to walk down Main street myself and always felt safe as there were police on street walking patrol and I was told if I needed help to go to the policeman. I went two PS 20 elementary school on Sanford Avenue and Bowne Street. My days growing up in Flushing were fantastic. As a young child it was really fun. I'd walk to school every morning along Sanford Avenue passing first the Union Free Synagogue then the big church with its high iron fence and sometimes run my pencil from rail to rail. As I continued to walk to PS 20 I would look at the Sanford Hotel. I had been told only special people that could stay there as it was considered very elegant in those days. Oh, my memories of early Flushing are so wonderful. Little did I know that many years later I would meet the man of my dreams in Bayside and soon found out his Father owned a business on Lawrence Street as did my Father. My husband's Father started Flushing Plumbing and ran it for about 50 plus years on College Point Blvd which was originally Lawrence Street and then my husband took it over and ran it for another 50 years. He worked there as a teenager so by the time he took it over he knew the business but still in all started at the bottom sweeping floors. My own Father started his business Auto Covers and Tops on Lawrence Street 4 blocks up from Flushing Plumbing between Northern Blvd and Sanford Avenue, and was there for many years before moving onto Northern Blvd and 190th Street in Bayside. I could go on and on but already wrote too much. Most anyone I know who grew up when I did in Flushing all have the same wonderful memories. Flushing is a whole different place today and hardly anything that resembles what I knew. It was a shame that the RKO Keiths was robbed of his treasures as it would have been a masterpiece today. After my husband and I married we moved into our first apartment on Bowne and Roosevelt Avenue. just up the street from the Bowne House. What a large beautiful apartment it was for $60.00 a month and when we left it was up to $65.00. The building is still there but unfortunately not kept the same with graffiti on the facade. I might mention that my Grandparents owned a luncheonette on Prince Street and Roosevelt Avenue and there is much to remember of the long hours my grandparents worked while living in the back of the store. I enjoy and thank you for your tours, they keep history alive. I look forward to continue reading them and informing readers of what was very special.
I remember that there were still trolley tracks on Sanford Street near Main Street by the Long Island Railroad in 1961. It showed up thru patches of asphalt.
😲. Wow this is so old school. I remember these neighborhoods and the songs quite fondly😁😁😁😁 my mama was alive at this time to if I could only go back in time and see her I would tell her thank you and tell her how much I loved her
Me too I was born in late 70 and now im a 39 year old man and my mom's and dad always take the 7 train to Flushing Queens and to catch the q44 bus or q34 bus to Jamaica queens all the time I was a kid and now just seeing this video classic reminisce makes me want to cry i miss the 80 year
WASHINGTON D.C. WMATA METRO NEED TO BRING BACK TO LIFE ALL VINTAGE METROBUSES BACK TO LIFE AND TAKE THE OLD FARE BOX OUT AND PUT A NEW SMARTRIP ON ALL VINTAGE METROBUSES FROM THE 40'S 50'S 60'S AND 70'S
Before my time. This is how Flushing looked when my grandmother moved here. Another great video. My childhood era of Flushing was the 90’s. So I remember Woolworths, Genovese, Main Street McDonalds, the old Burger King, Gloria’s Pizza, Barone’s Pizza. Barones was probably like 5 years old in this footage. The only business still around is the Main Street McDonalds. There is another Gloria’s in Forest Hills, supposedly owned by the same family that owned the original Gloria’s.
Here you can listen to the song in HQ played from vinyl on a 1958 vintage table: th-cam.com/video/BCENoP23j3o/w-d-xo.html&lc=UgzEQ5EdOqIyj_JXk5N4AaABAg
gm's new looks appear to still be the best designed buses, their clever styling able to grace no matter what their sizes (slimmed; shortened), the proportionality had always been spot on with any of those ones
Love the music,love the fish bowls,love the non-airconditioned "new-look"flxibles,love the old HPS cobra heads(ITT's,GE m400A1's)and @ 12:28 the GE-m400 on the eliptical truss-arm light pole(circa 1963).This film is very important,showing Flushing from a bygone era.I was a 14yr. old bus & streetlight enthusiast @ the time.Brings back fond memories of trips to the nabe via Q44 bus.Thanks for posting.A true gem!
600 of those NYCTA or MTA buses were rebuild for resale by the Flxible corporation and Queen City transit and NJ transit have those buses until the 2000s 100 went to Queen City transit they used them until 1995 NJ transit corporation had 500 of them they used them until 2000 that's half of 20 years of service from New Jersey transit Corporation
You actually have ENY Depot in the opening of this clip and I was on that set of B-type's crossing the Willy B Bridge.the 200 series Grumman were from ENY Represent !!!
Thx :) Finally I see a Fishbowl's interior with the front parts intact... for the 1st time since mid 1978 when I left Flushing after living there more than 4 yrs. That was the last I rode any Fishbowl.
Trainluvr, you're a class act for sharing treasured memories like these. Like the subways, I grew up riding GMC Fishbowls and Flxible New Looks back in the day in the Bronx. However, with my parents I often went to Queens to visit my godparents. This is the NYC I remember well, and miss. I hope that you upload the rest of your reel soon and/or consider remastering it to digital since nowadays it is more affordable.
trainluvr I can understand. I think you and I are in the same age group and I am at times a bit overwhelmed. Modelers have been waiting over a year for me to finish my Alclad stainless steel projects and I've realized that it's worth the effort to squeeze in time whenever possible, even if it's just 15 minutes out of a busy day. But I hope that you eventually push some time in your schedule and, perhaps, drop off your film at a reputable vendor to have your film remastered. You could go a step further, take the copyright route and even sell your vids. This video is UNIQUE and no one else has anything like this. But please, strongly consider it.
Thank you for this wonderful video. I lived in Flushing, on College Point Blvd, until I was 9 years old. My father worked for Queens Transit. It was nice to see the buses rolling through Flushing.
Thos NYCTA Grumman Flxible 870 ADB buses were only in service for 3 years before they returned them back to the Flxible corporation Because of the developments of Cracked Frames in 1983
This is SO beautiful! My family moved to Flushing, Queens in 1970, so I recognized almost every building, street, and especially the buses and the RKO Keith's theater!
WoW! This is Great! Vintage Flushing. Thank you for posting this. if you have more please post them. I really Enjoy watching this. I was Born in flushing *1976 and Grew up There in the 80'S AND 90'S.
Look at all those beautiful Flxible and GM New Look Buses...Chicago's CTA had over 200 of them, (Flxibles) but none of them had Air Conditioning! I wish that Corgi or someone would make a model of the Flxible Buses...I have the NYCTA GMC New Looks in both the Dark Green and MTA Versions...now they are worth a lot of money, and well worth it! This was very, very well done for a Transit System I've always loved from a child growing up in the Chicago Area! Thanks, Trainlvr!
Thank you. Choo Choo Bob was the only driver that I barely knew of by name (Queens Transit). Bus riding was very exciting back then. Many buses had personalities in appearance and performance that were unique and ever changing. Drivers knew how to safely run lights to save time, and let able bodied people on or off without actually stopping. Shorting the farebox was one of my past times, and I got away with it because I only did it when lots of coins were already on the tray.
Love that you provide all these memories for people that lived in Flushing. I loved living there & my husband was born in Flushing hospital went to Flushing High & lived across from Kissena Park. Thank You
trainluvr back in the day I was 12 mi and my friends and my brother used to get to see trains but my other friends used make graffiti back in the days I dint do graffiti so I liked taking pictures of my oldest pictures in 1992 that was the first time to see mta New York City transit I was also 12 and that's my story of being a mtafan
This is priceless...would love to see the footage scanned in HD, instead of projected on the wall. The buses and area/building/signage would be so awesome to see clearly! Thanks for preserving this and sharing it!
12:21 - 12:40 That's Parsons Blvd! All these decades later and it still looks the same! Except now the funeral home is no longer there it's replaced by a new building still undergoing construction.
Event though I grew up in Flushing as a kid around this time, not matter how hard I try I still can't remember Flushing being anything but Chinese. It's like I've lived 2 lives.
the first bridge I've crossed on foot there is the Williamsburg one, and I remember the holes in its (promenade) deck where through the swirling waters could be seen below, and soon thereafter that train driver who'd held the doors open for me as I jetted down all those flights of steps to board the el back to Manhattan
I remember them well. I used to work on Grumman Flixibles and the later, Flxible Metros. Although they were smooth looking buses, they were a pain to fix! Replacing those huge one-piece windows (when vandalized) was a very annoying wrestling match, horns often didn't work, and the units with the sliding windows often leaked. The Detroit Diesel 92 series engine that these buses came equipped with eventually had an infamous reputation coined to them: "If it's not leaking oil, something's wrong with it!"
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“This is Roscoe” at 0:10 as in the legendary radio DJ Roscoe from 92 KTU. Thanks for the memory lane upload.
Thanks for the memories. I was a bus operator out of Flushing Depot from 79-84. Who knows, I'm probably in this video. Downtown Flushing sure has changed, but it still is pretty safe and it's lively, even at night.
Wow, you left the comment 11 years ago, thats the time I moved to Corona area, flushing has a lot of my people..I am sure it bothers lots of native people out there.
@@realchinese9834 they should get used to it. In chinese cities there is a lot of foreigners living there, many of them are North American
1979 ...5:12 wow 40 yrs ago i used to live 42-10 colden street building on the left ..wow moms used to work in Alexanders...
Thanks for taking me back to the Flushing of my youth! Grew up off Sanford Ave. & Main St but barely recognize the place now 💔
Great video! Q17, Q65, Q25/34, Alexander’s, Gertz, Main Street, great music, Roscoe! Thank you!
@Ted Michaels why wasn't chinatown in the video?
I love the old school fishbowl buses 😊 In the classic R&B 80s
Great music choices. Living there at the time I can attest this is what New York sounded like back then.
@TheTransitMan123 "In The Grooves" by Tomorrow's Edition, from "A Song For Everyone" (1982)
HEY,YES THAT WAS...OLD FLUSHING BABY, 80'81'
92 KTU I love it... thanks for this cool video from our era in Flushing
Thx for posting man. Great stuff. Kudos 2u for having the presence of mind to record this back then. I remember standing under that Gertz sign w/my mom as a kid. Wow
AaaaaaaaH! The "Original Roxy" In The Boogie Down Bronx. Damn I Miss Those Good Ole Days. And Those Buses Paint Peeling And All...Now That's New York & Original At It's Very Best. 92KTU With Carlos Who Played All The Hottest Tracks.
The Queens County Savings Bank building was beautiful. Was torn down for the disgusting mall they put up.
That's why I got my first bank account at. A shame how a piece of our history has disappeared
Born in “81” and even though I don’t live in NYC (From Detroit) it’s still nice to see everything from back then. I truly enjoy the videos...Keep up the good work!
Same here (From Chicago)
I love this whole video down to the original KISS FM!!!! Oh my God you have brought back my childhood and the best time in transit n NYC!! What folks have missed!!!!
Rob Robinson DJ Rosko at the beginning was from 92KTU
hey man your videos are super awesome man just brings back memories good ones tho. I believe God gave you that desire to record all the videos of NYC in general. excellent work! and thanks.
wow this is so cool, the only things I recognized was the roads and the train, everything else in Flushing changed.
Great to see early-80's Flushing. I lived there at that time.
The 1964-66 Flxible New Looks were almost like, in terms of where they were based, regional theatre and off-city tryouts, while at the same time GM Fishbowls ordered for MaBSTOA (5201-5525, 1964-65 and 6401-6900, 1965-66) were the "big time," spread out all over Manhattan depots to replace ancient buses (including the original 2969 "Jackie Gleason bus" that for the most part traversed what is today M86 +Select Bus Service).
Incidentally, on both GM Fishbowls and Flxible New Looks, my preference has always been to the 4-piece rear window setup (as opposed to 3-piece).
I remember Flushing starting back in 1945 when my Grandmother would take me down Main Street and we would stop in the candy store first where she would buy her newspaper. As I got a little older I would be able to walk down Main street myself and always felt safe as there were police on street walking patrol and I was told if I needed help to go to the policeman. I went two PS 20 elementary school on Sanford Avenue and Bowne Street. My days growing up in Flushing were fantastic. As a young child it was really fun. I'd walk to school every morning along Sanford Avenue passing first the Union Free Synagogue then the big church with its high iron fence and sometimes run my pencil from rail to rail. As I continued to walk to PS 20 I would look at the Sanford Hotel. I had been told only special people that could stay there as it was considered very elegant in those days. Oh, my memories of early Flushing are so wonderful. Little did I know that many years later I would meet the man of my dreams in Bayside and soon found out his Father owned a business on Lawrence Street as did my Father. My husband's Father started Flushing Plumbing and ran it for about 50 plus years on College Point Blvd which was originally Lawrence Street and then my husband took it over and ran it for another 50 years. He worked there as a teenager so by the time he took it over he knew the business but still in all started at the bottom sweeping floors. My own Father started his business Auto Covers and Tops on Lawrence Street 4 blocks up from Flushing Plumbing between Northern Blvd and Sanford Avenue, and was there for many years before moving onto Northern Blvd and 190th Street in Bayside. I could go on and on but already wrote too much. Most anyone I know who grew up when I did in Flushing all have the same wonderful memories. Flushing is a whole different place today and hardly anything that resembles what I knew. It was a shame that the RKO Keiths was robbed of his treasures as it would have been a masterpiece today. After my husband and I married we moved into our first apartment on Bowne and Roosevelt Avenue. just up the street from the Bowne House. What a large beautiful apartment it was for $60.00 a month and when we left it was up to $65.00. The building is still there but unfortunately not kept the same with graffiti on the facade. I might mention that my Grandparents owned a luncheonette on Prince Street and Roosevelt Avenue and there is much to remember of the long hours my grandparents worked while living in the back of the store.
I enjoy and thank you for your tours, they keep history alive. I look forward to continue reading them and informing readers of what was very special.
I read this while eating a slice of Gloria pizza, which re-opened in Forest Hills.
I remember that there were still trolley tracks on Sanford Street near Main Street by the Long Island Railroad in 1961. It showed up thru patches of asphalt.
Thank you SO much for this, it brings back so many memories.
Thanks for the production/ much appreciation for our bus drivers! Great memories!
You’re welcome. I made it just for you.
wait, where's the chinatown I know and love?
Thanks for posting this! You captured a great period and have a nice time capsule of Flushing! Thanks!!
😲. Wow this is so old school. I remember these neighborhoods and the songs quite fondly😁😁😁😁 my mama was alive at this time to if I could only go back in time and see her I would tell her thank you and tell her how much I loved her
I wanna cry just seeing this .
Me too I was born in late 70 and now im a 39 year old man and my mom's and dad always take the 7 train to Flushing Queens and to catch the q44 bus or q34 bus to Jamaica queens all the time I was a kid and now just seeing this video classic reminisce makes me want to cry i miss the 80 year
WASHINGTON DC NEED TO REBUILD ALL VINTAGE METROBUSES FROM THE 40'S 50'S 60'S 70'S AND BRING THEM BACK TO LIFE.
Darin Wilkerson who pays? To breath new life into an old bus is daunting man. Anyway, mist have been long shredded
Most
I feel you. Not to mention New York City.
WASHINGTON D.C. WMATA METRO NEED TO BRING BACK TO LIFE ALL VINTAGE METROBUSES BACK TO LIFE AND TAKE THE OLD FARE BOX OUT AND PUT A NEW SMARTRIP ON ALL VINTAGE METROBUSES FROM THE 40'S 50'S 60'S AND 70'S
Before my time. This is how Flushing looked when my grandmother moved here. Another great video. My childhood era of Flushing was the 90’s. So I remember Woolworths, Genovese, Main Street McDonalds, the old Burger King, Gloria’s Pizza, Barone’s Pizza. Barones was probably like 5 years old in this footage. The only business still around is the Main Street McDonalds. There is another Gloria’s in Forest Hills, supposedly owned by the same family that owned the original Gloria’s.
WOW. incredible archive of NY ! Thanks for this.
The music is everything
In the groove starts 2:52
This is so jazzy wow there's r music those were the days. Thanks
Here you can listen to the song in HQ played from vinyl on a 1958 vintage table: th-cam.com/video/BCENoP23j3o/w-d-xo.html&lc=UgzEQ5EdOqIyj_JXk5N4AaABAg
gm's new looks appear to still be the best designed buses, their clever styling able to grace no matter what their sizes (slimmed; shortened), the proportionality had always been spot on with any of those ones
what songs did you use in the beggining
Love the music,love the fish bowls,love the non-airconditioned "new-look"flxibles,love the old HPS cobra heads(ITT's,GE m400A1's)and @ 12:28 the GE-m400 on the eliptical truss-arm light pole(circa 1963).This film is very important,showing Flushing from a bygone era.I was a 14yr. old bus & streetlight enthusiast @ the time.Brings back fond memories of trips to the nabe via Q44 bus.Thanks for posting.A true gem!
Great Video! Got any videos of the GMC or TMC RTSs from the 80s?
At 1:16 in to the video that Looks Like Flushing High School on Union St. I used to get the Q16 back home, Flushing High was a great school.
Alicia Myers - I want to thank you
Awesome! I felt like a kid again. Flushing was a great place then.
600 of those NYCTA or MTA buses were rebuild for resale by the Flxible corporation and Queen City transit and NJ transit have those buses until the 2000s 100 went to Queen City transit they used them until 1995
NJ transit corporation had 500 of them they used them until 2000 that's half of 20 years of service from New Jersey transit Corporation
You actually have ENY Depot in the opening of this clip and I was on that set of B-type's crossing the Willy B Bridge.the 200 series Grumman were from ENY Represent !!!
I took those buses back then. They seemed to handle more like cars than today's buses.
That is a true statement Facts me to those classic fish bow buses was the best and it is part of my childhood growing up in New York city back then
I drove those when I first started today's buses drive much much better more comfortable and the air conditioning work
YW, man. Brought back some good memories. I used to love the Grummans and fishbowls.
As someone who was born in 2001 it's cool to see Flushing like this. I constantly go to flushing, it's my go to hangout spot. I truly love the area.
Thx :)
Finally I see a Fishbowl's interior with the front parts intact... for the 1st time since mid 1978 when I left Flushing after living there more than 4 yrs. That was the last I rode any Fishbowl.
don't believe 'home depot' was in nyc i the early '80's....
I noticed the bus drivers don't turn on their headlights in the day time
@ciboii22 NO luck. can't find the song "In The Groove" ;-(
Trainluvr, you're a class act for sharing treasured memories like these. Like the subways, I grew up riding GMC Fishbowls and Flxible New Looks back in the day in the Bronx. However, with my parents I often went to Queens to visit my godparents. This is the NYC I remember well, and miss. I hope that you upload the rest of your reel soon and/or consider remastering it to digital since nowadays it is more affordable.
Its no longer about money. Its time, and its the reason most people take their vintage memories to the grave without sharing.
trainluvr
I can understand. I think you and I are in the same age group and I am at times a bit overwhelmed. Modelers have been waiting over a year for me to finish my Alclad stainless steel projects and I've realized that it's worth the effort to squeeze in time whenever possible, even if it's just 15 minutes out of a busy day. But I hope that you eventually push some time in your schedule and, perhaps, drop off your film at a reputable vendor to have your film remastered. You could go a step further, take the copyright route and even sell your vids. This video is UNIQUE and no one else has anything like this. But please, strongly consider it.
ACLTony
Ok I will. Much more time next year.
trainluvr
Thanks guy. Take care and again, thanks for these wonderful and very memorable videos.
Thank you for this wonderful video. I lived in Flushing, on College Point Blvd, until I was 9 years old. My father worked for Queens Transit. It was nice to see the buses rolling through Flushing.
Before it was conquered by Ch1na
@ciboii22 Yes but we are trying to figure out WHO sung that song.
Thos NYCTA Grumman Flxible 870 ADB buses were only in service for 3 years before they returned them back to the Flxible corporation Because of the developments of Cracked Frames in 1983
the buses were permantly pulled Feb 8,1984
Thanks for doing this! Lots of old familiar sights.
Absolutely love this vid and the music. Great work.
Wow man. Just how cool is this video. Nice memories. Better time, better place. Thanks bro.
This is SO beautiful! My family moved to Flushing, Queens in 1970, so I recognized almost every building, street, and especially the buses and the RKO Keith's theater!
I appreciate your approving comment!
WoW!
This is Great!
Vintage Flushing.
Thank you for posting this.
if you have more please post them.
I really Enjoy watching this.
I was Born in flushing *1976
and Grew up There in the 80'S AND 90'S.
Look at all those beautiful Flxible and GM New Look Buses...Chicago's CTA had over 200 of them, (Flxibles) but none of them had Air Conditioning! I wish that Corgi or someone would make a model of the Flxible Buses...I have the NYCTA GMC New Looks in both the Dark Green and MTA Versions...now they are worth a lot of money, and well worth it! This was very, very well done for a Transit System I've always loved from a child growing up in the Chicago Area! Thanks, Trainlvr!
Love those Flxibles & fishbowls in green livery!
I drove out of Flushing depot 1978-1985. Remember all of those buses and lines. Wondering if I was driving any of the buses in the video. Nice work!
Thank you. Choo Choo Bob was the only driver that I barely knew of by name (Queens Transit). Bus riding was very exciting back then. Many buses had personalities in appearance and performance that were unique and ever changing. Drivers knew how to safely run lights to save time, and let able bodied people on or off without actually stopping. Shorting the farebox was one of my past times, and I got away with it because I only did it when lots of coins were already on the tray.
Love that you provide all these memories for people that lived in Flushing. I loved living there & my husband was born in Flushing hospital went to Flushing High & lived across from Kissena Park. Thank You
trainluvr back in the day I was
12 mi and my friends and my brother used to get to see trains but my other friends used make graffiti back in the days I dint do graffiti so I liked taking pictures of my oldest pictures in 1992 that was the first time to see mta New York City transit I was also 12 and that's my story of being a mtafan
Wayne Tarus ya drove me around the borough then !!!! man , late 70s flushing was pretty crazy,lol
Where are you filming from at around the 10:55 mark with Gertz in the background? You seem pretty high up.
is that a 3-car R42 J train on the willy b?
Woww Excellent!!!!!! Pls, post more Kiss FM, WKTU, and WBLS mixes!!!!!!!
I have a couple more good ones and I will post someday.
@@trainluvr Thank you sooo much!!! 😃😊
This is priceless...would love to see the footage scanned in HD, instead of projected on the wall. The buses and area/building/signage would be so awesome to see clearly! Thanks for preserving this and sharing it!
Old school all the way!! Thanks for sharing!
i spy a bit of Parsons and Gcp in jamaica snuck in there at the End..Smoothly Done ;)
wow, I've never seen so many buses on one road! were there different routes overlapping the same road?
I just saw 5 buses in a row
Yup it's downtown Flushing Main Street and Roosevelt Ave a major intersection.
@XGRIMYONEX Planet Rock by Africa Bambaataa
Great bus and rail and the radio clips are great showing how Kraftwerk and other got airplay thanks to the DJ's!
Thank you for the blast from the past/historical capture! (Did you become a bus driver?) I loved hearing Rosko's voice, too!
cool video bro if you don't mind me asking what type of buses are these like year, make, and model
You're welcome. Glad there are some appreciated people out there.
Awesome awesome video. Haha 1:40 that bus driver got pissed. Hey I remember those traffic lights with only the green and red bulbs.
Thanks for these great clips. Great perspective on the cost of capturing on film, too.
Great video!!! Who sung the song, "In the Groove" I like that song!
me too even 11 years later
Wow, loved seeing the Q17 roll down Kissena. I was just a baby then.
what is the last song in the video
12:21 - 12:40 That's Parsons Blvd! All these decades later and it still looks the same! Except now the funeral home is no longer there it's replaced by a new building still undergoing construction.
I used to live on Cherry Avenue in Flushing.
Does anyone know who sings the song "
in the groove?"
Tomorrow's Edition
Caesar St. John thanks!
I found hard to image a double decker on the Q44 until I saw the photo in a 1976 issue of Motor Coach Age about Queens. Lawrence Stelter, 6/20/24
Event though I grew up in Flushing as a kid around this time, not matter how hard I try I still can't remember Flushing being anything but Chinese. It's like I've lived 2 lives.
the first bridge I've crossed on foot there is the Williamsburg one, and I remember the holes in its (promenade) deck where through the swirling waters could be seen below, and soon thereafter that train driver who'd held the doors open for me as I jetted down all those flights of steps to board the el back to Manhattan
Awesome video and music. It really captures the era.
It's when Flushing-Main Street, Queens begun turning Asian since the mid-late 1970s 🇨🇳🇹🇼🇭🇰🇰🇷, during the disco era ✨️🌌🕺🏻💃🏻
Wow! I rarely see footage of the Grumman Flxible 870s. So this was a real treat. Thanks for posting this video!!
I remember them well. I used to work on Grumman Flixibles and the later, Flxible Metros. Although they were smooth looking buses, they were a pain to fix! Replacing those huge one-piece windows (when vandalized) was a very annoying wrestling match, horns often didn't work, and the units with the sliding windows often leaked. The Detroit Diesel 92 series engine that these buses came equipped with eventually had an infamous reputation coined to them: "If it's not leaking oil, something's wrong with it!"
Flushing definitely looked like Chicago at Bronzeville/ Wicker Park/ Uptown Area (My Hometown) back then.
Great video. I see one of the 5000 series FLXIBLE’s made it into the dark blue and white livery
Gday luv
Flushing High School graduate
January 1975
WKTU Latin Rascals. LIL Louie Vega
like bus
@knightclassic1 oh yeah this is before they were big in the city
This is wonderful
I noticed a Jamaica bus and green line bus at the 5:02 mark but Jamaica and Green didn't go to flushing.what gives?
I live in the house by the funeral home
So many wonderful memories. Thanks for posting this videos!
Also via Q27 bus to Roosevelt ave. for the #7 to Shea Stadium on game day.
Does anybody know the song at 1:25
Disco 92 wktu when I was a kid walking up kissena that's what u heard. Knock knock on wood, I will survive,