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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ส.ค. 2017
- There's a tiny island on the East River that you've probably never heard of, and you're not allowed to visit it.
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Most people have probably never heard of it but there is a tiny 100 by 200 foot island on the East River in New York City called U Thant Island. It’s right below Roosevelt Island and next to the United Nations headquarters and has more history per square foot than most places in Manhattan.
It’s origin dates back to the late 19th century when construction of an underground tunnel produced a tiny mound of rock that was originally named Belmont Island, after August Belmont Jr. who financed the construction project.
In the intervening years it was leased by a Buddhist spiritual group, crashed into by numerous vessels, and briefly occupied by a protesting artist.
title: The tiny island in New York City that nobody is allowed to visit
Vox: literally visits the island
*YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH*
No they didn’t, they used the shore to flip the boat over and rowed away, not like the walked around and spent a night
Lockon Stratos So what you’re saying is, it was a short visit
Island: am i a joke to u?
Mugdha Mohapatra no
"I didn't die, which is good"
Me when someone asks me how my final exams went.
LOL
Sorry I Ruined The Glorious 777 Likes By Adding One
Lol
This will be tomorrow after a final exam speech I haven't practiced
Urgh I'm going thru finals right now!!! And that's exactly how I'm feeling 😬
It looks like a big pile of trash someone dumped in the river.
which it actually is from the tunnel digging
thats actually what all of New York city looks like
@@SquarebobSpongepants BOI, we're gonna jump you for that one
I'm pretty sure I remember a documentary about how most of New York Manhattan or whatever is built on a big pile of garbage.
Oh the things you could find if you could just dig deep enough. Like a ship. Literally they found the remains of a ship used to build up the ground awhile back.
So pretty much the whole city? 🤣
I think he set it up to tip so he could stand on the island lol. Clever guy
I was thinking the same thing lol
Same
The reason he took a canoe :)
Yeah, some very nice journalism, not fearing misdemeanors to achieve a goal. The toast to himself well earned.
Journalism 100
" I Didnt Die, Which was Good. "
Me when im asked how my day went
Tim Slee ur mom
work nine eleven from eight-to-seven
Zach Vinski 😂
I didn't die, which was bad
Zach Vinski
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Useless entertaining information + amazing graphics and editing = Vox
gowo becuse it has zero use
Wooden Spoon There is no useless information. Knowledge is power.
I actually enjoyed this one. Not one Vox Video is trash
Kai Has A Long Name But then..why do you watch it??? Ehhh???
Wooden Spoon so you already knew everything about that island, right? Please dude...
Yep, that's me. You're probably wondering how I ended up in this situation
hi
Kermit the frog here
你好
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I was surprised this is a really underrated comment
If no Canoe skills, you at least have amazing narration skills! 😀😀😀
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Yikes I've literally seen dead rats on the banks of the east river
NYC sucks confirmed.
LA 4 life??
Calm down jeez. I was just joking. Besides, maybe some people just like cleaner, less polluted, and less congested places. Just sayin'.
TessellatedGuy: somehow la is cleaner, less polluted, and less congested???? bro,,,,,,,
You saw dead rats there because they were killed by the mob and dumped into the river, and the bodies are just now washing up on shore.
Whoa. You _literally_ saw them, huh? Not _figuratively?_
*record scratch *
*freeze frame *
"Yup, that's me. You're probably wondering how I ended up in this situation."
GOT MY ATTENTION REAL FAST
How are you on almost every video I watch
What are these "records" of which you speak?
Cue The Who...
Troodon The dj sound right before the frame freezed.
I thought it was cringy
I technically accidentally fell on the island, so....
Police: Am I a joke to you?
U Thant is my city
Did a bird get a hold of a keyboard? Classic.
Ms Keisha Lol is that a Jake Paul/nick crompton reference?
badfeminist England is my city, baby
Burma is my city.
Almost a sentence
**record scratch** **freeze frame**
TheFruitMugger *Laugh Track plays*
"Yup, that's me"
"You're probably wondering how i got myself into this situation"
Nothing like one big ole fat intro cliche to start the video. I didn't mind it lol.
TheFruitMugger lol
3:38 " i didn't die which was good"
Id like a fatal Subaru.
But he did manage to fall into the East River, a river so filthy the Charles River has/had nothing compared to it
John Kyon I feel like the word "yet" should be added. Have you seen the east river? He most likely contracted something. :/
John Kyon when someone ask me how my week was
As a 15 years old french, I'm glad to finally understand this type of video in english
hey man, good job
After seeing the island I wish I could forget about English and New York
@@chadwarden thanks
@@kehehe9934 Heyy nice! Hard work pays off brother
Great job there pal!
I'm from Burma and since our country gets basically no recognition, this just made my day.
Hal, bar Mar tway taw
Monster Mashups aww that's awesome!💕💋
You should watch Dark Tourism, your country was featured there.
Unfortunately your country has gotten a lot more recognition in the last few months for the wrong reasons (military dictatorship) 🙁
Since you're from Burma, could you teach this dude how to pronounce U Thant's name? Thanks.
It's an island that U Thant go to....
Lol nobody gets it
Camden Freeman we get it
That joke only works if you murder the man's name, like the guy who made this entire piece and even made phone calls to research, but never bothered to figure how to pronounce his subject.
I get it
😂😂😂😂
The intro is gold
"you can't go there"
*goes there anyway*
I designed and built the arch on U-Thant Island in the 1980's. The arch design specs were 50 feet long and 19.75 feet high. It was made using 4 interconnected pipes in the shape of a catenary, It took 3 months, split evenly between design and construction. It was signed and dated.
Breath on the Wind cool
r/thathappened
For some reason i actually believe you
Crown of Grapes I think it’s because he’s using numbers
betatalk357 You can’t go there anymore to fix it.
"Bird sanctuary" = *MiB Headquarters*
From personal experience of canoeing, it's actually pretty tough to capsize a canoe due to its high walls. Congratulations on doing it man! You really have to conciously tip it in order for it to flip and it doesn't really happen by itself.
i know, that was pretty weird, its like they literally leaned into the tipping
@@pandapower5902 good thing they managed to make it out to the island before “capsizing.”
When I was a kid my dad and I would drive along the FDR and he’d always say that was where little people lived.
Hahaha. That's a dad thing to say.
Bruh spongebob lives there leave him alone
Panic! It’s Jake Slack no, spongebob lives in a pineapple under the sea.
@@annies6566 yeah bro they literally say it first thing in the show each time
Bruh spongebob is not real 10 year old
@@jmtejada8290 Thank you, captain obvious.
@@Steff_kjns ok karen
Coast Guard: You can't come to this island. No one is allowed on it.
This guy: Okay fine, I'll just canoe to about 3 feet from it, fake a crash, and stand on the island, and then post the video on TH-cam.
Coast Guard: -.-
This guy: ....Please don't sue me!!!
+Eli Johnson
This is where the saying "It's better to ask permission than ask forgiveness" comes from. Just do what you wanted to, and hope nobody finds out, and ask forgiveness if they do.
bcubed72 "Hope nobody finds out." Homie, he MADE THE WHOLE THING INTO A VIRAL VIDEO! The crap you think, no one in New York has internet?
Eli Johnson He is not allowed to visit on physically stand on top of
Tiana B But he did anyway
Yeah...but it WORKED.
And I meant to say "better to beg forgiveness than ask permission." If you wait until you have permission, you wind up not doing a whole lot of stuff. OTOH, if you just DO it, odds are nothing will happen, so long as you damage nothing of value.
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Guy Buddy make mine an egg roll
Gotta try that pu pu platter though. I love pu pu. I love eating pu pu. I love to shovel pu pu into my mouth. Oh yeah, that's good pu pu.
Really Jade Island made it into this video? I never thought it would be special enough, of course I haven't been there in over a decade. Is there something I'm missing here?
Maybe it's pu pu has improved significantly since then
this reminds me of Hey Arnold
>Tries to schedule a visit to island
>"No thats illegal"
>Takes canoe out to take pictures of island
>Whoops!
>?????
>Profit
Underrated comment 😂😂
Pls be rated
“Accidentally” walked on the island
played GTA4 so many times, but never seen this Island, further research is needed.
I tried to find it on GTA but got bored and drowned myself
Toast Cat I don't know why this is so funny to me
Toast Cat I tried to find Hook and Ladder 8 on GTA IV. I was dissapointed that at the exact same place it would be, it's not there...they couldn't at least make it an easter egg....
Thats not all in gta😂
I did that when I found out NYC had an aircraft carrier as a museum, I looked in GTA4 and it was not there. I wrote to them, contacted my local representative, I even camped outside Rockstar North for 164 days but they wouldn't see me and just thought I was a crackpot. They took my thermos flask too.
Staten Island is an island that no one should visit.
Staten Island is a shitty shitty little island inhabited by shitty shitty people
Some parts yes(north shore)
South shore is great. Plus it's better living than living in the Bronx queens and even some parts of Brooklyn.
TheSmokinApples I'm from Staten Island and i agree lmao!
clutz5991 these people probably don't travel and or respect other areas besides the rural town they were raised in.
exactly staten island is horrible, dont come here.
Little known fact: It was on this island where they taped the 1980s Nickelodeon show "U Thant Do That on Television" .... guffaw.
lobstertexas wait really?
@@Hi-uv7nn nah is joke
@@Hi-uv7nn omg
Not little known enough
"I declare U Thant a sovereign nation!"
*Oscar pulls guy aside*
"You know, you can't just say it and expect it to happen."
"I didn't say it, I declared it."
I lived in New York for 20 years, about 8 of them with a view of that island and always wondered what it was. Thanks for clearing it up. I can die happy now.
u thant go there
yung herman yes
haha I get it...wigger
yung herman LOL
yes u than
u thant u thant go there?
Excuse me, *Long* Island
where are my long islanders at
Where are my Rikers Islanders at?
Ah right without internet ^^
@@Dear_Mr._Isaiah_Deringer a year later and no one has answered you
great effort! glad you went out for the rest of us 👍😊
This video is somehow really soothing..
Anything is ASMR if you're brave enough
Why TF are people traveling hundreds of miles to vacation in Hawaii?? Just open this island and people only travel like 200 feet
Sayton Dette you stupid to think its just that haha, there's an entire culture there w/ beautiful sights, food, & more
and 200ft? horrible minimalization take a math class
And you call him stupid
Sayton Dette Hawaii is closer to me
Hundreds of miles? More like thousands of miles at least. LA is 2479mi from Hawaii and it's the closest major mainland US city.
(Source: Google www.google.ca/search?q=la+to+hawaii+distance&rlz=1C1CHBF_enCA715CA715&oq=la+to+hawaii+&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j0l5.4055j1j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 )
Dale Stephanson I greatly appreciate you citing a source for your claim that New York is thousands of miles away from Hawaii
I absolutely love all of your items VOX. I wish there was more of it everyday.
*record scratch* Yep that’s me. You’re probably wondering how I ended up in this situation...
Did you know the Dutch bought the whole island of Manhattan for $24? Nowadays a square FOOT of land in NYC can cost more than $1000 😱
Josh Womble who didn't know
No they conquered it, and they were no skyscrapers or Times Square in the 17th Century.
Prins van Oranje it was owned by native Americans in which the Europeans purchased it
I just learned that fact while watching the Defenders on Netflix
Zach Gerrity Spoiler Alert!
Thanks for telling me about this place ill be shure to visit Jade Island next time I go to New York City.
Its safe to say that this is the best and funniest videos Vox has ever made! 👍🏽👍🏽
Absolutely loving the editing in this video! You’re so talented!
"Despite my total lack of experience" 2:46 *Paddle falls in water*
DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME KIDS
It was another guy
Thee was sskmeone else
Sad I see that island every week from the highway...
*This was suprisingly pleasant! Thank you!* 🤗
I heard there was a underground door to tunnels they don't want anyone to know what's going on !
U Thant visit this island
The Quantum Cast 😂😂
I thought this comment was worthy of my like but it had 69 likes already so I felt it was best not to like it.
The Quantum Cast *Yes he did.*
*He was sick of your jokes and wanted to die there.*
*W H E E Z E*
Dad jokes 101 ...lol
Low key advert for Jade Island Tiki bar
Pronounced "OO TANT Island". The H is silent. He was Secretary-General of the U.N.
Stands on island *gets shot by a mile away*
*tucked away fr-*
_-lol rip-_
-thats easy-
-let me try-
-I actually didn't know how to do it before.-
*No how do you do it?*
--I meant how do you strike things up.. -- *Nevermind* I _kinda_ figured it out.
Yeah, this is the place I would like to live in. Away from everybody.
Except for the cormorants.
every time it rains, the east river smells of sewage. No you do not my guy
I don't like this place
Go to Montana or Alaska...
Protip: Any island designated as a "Bird Sanctuary" will smell strongly of bird crap. Very strongly. I know this from unfortunate experience.
Proud Burmese here. 🇲🇲
Is the east river really that shallow at 3:29? Granted, they were pretty close to U Thant, but this is still quite interesting to watch two guys standing in the middle of the river.
*Hot tip* : LIC Boathouse often does free canoe trips out on the East River that circle around U Thant Island before heading back. If you're curious to see it up close, I'd recommend hitting up one of those trips.
Usa:you cant vist Uthant island...
TH-camrs:U THANT VISIT UTHANT ISLAND
Dexo 27 he didnt tho
He is not allowed to visit on physically stand on top of
When I was clicking on this video I was thinking about the exact island in this video lol. Never knew it had a name though, thanks for sharing :D Used to pass it everyday on the way downtown on the FDR Drive.
I’m surprised the coast guard wasn’t on you. Great video though! Had no idea that island even existed.
Said the same thing.. how he's allow to canoe in the river. Besides that. Knew it was there
Wait isn't this island in GTA 3??
Nadia More I'm sorry, where's your sandbox game that you created?
gta 5 is a bad game.
Wout B shooter games are bad, except blizzard's
Kirua Kaiba "Except blizzard's"
Kirua Kaiba eh i dunno about that
i find overwatch kind of overhyped in my opinion, i prefer valve shooters over blizzard's
I hope that Camera was waterresistent
Leo U. Gopro
REALLY enjoyed this. Thanks.
your narration was adorable! ♥
love the informative video. cool stuff!
Guess what I'm the king of NYC and I visit whenever I want
Rollo Larson you guys are absolutely deranged. He wasn't even talking about that and your psychotic rage forced you to mention it. Get over it. You lost. America won. Get psych help
Michael King Uhh, is there a deleted comment I'm missing or something? This seems like a bit of an overreaction...
Sgneezen - he's just your typical delusional trump supporter
Michael King you just replied to four words with 6 sentences. i think you might be the one who needs a little help :(
i have my own island.. its called depression island you can find it by passing anxiety road
e d g y
Your the edgiest edge
I cut myself on that edge
OW dude your edginess cut me from the interwebs!
😭😂💀
Vox seriously has some of the best entertainment I have seen on TH-cam!
"I declare U Thant a sovereign nation!"
Buddy, that ain't gonna work.
I have no idea how i got here lol
im surprised this wasnt about the brother islands, which are on the northern part of the east river and closer to hells gate and housed mental asylum/hospitals and private homes, or hart island, which housed many buildings and is currently the main NYC potters field (place to bury unclaimed bodies) because both of those are really interesting places as well
There will be many more after this, because of this video.
Also, you totally tipped the canoe on purpose… I like your spirit. 😎
Making tiny scraps of spare land in big cities into protected wildlife zones sound genuinely good actually.
Of course he tipped a canoe
Weenie Hut Jr's Have you never heard of jump cuts? Idiot.
And Tyler too?
ffs, now hundreds of people are going to be flocking to this island... seriously...
sully stfu
I'm on my way now to set up a colony.
As a New Yorker you taught me something new, never heard of this island.
What wasn't shown when he tipped the canoe was the last of those endangered birds flying away in a blind panic into the path of an oncoming jet.
RIP Double-Crested Cormorant
???? - 2017
Wtf I've seen that island before and literally thought nothing of it
Love this episode great job
Thank you for this video!!! :-)
Your a really good yt keep it up man
Fun fact: the east river isn't actually a river.
Savvy what is it then?
Raju Efem sewer
Raju Efem its a tidal estuary.
Day Cruz also yes.
It's Stalin's nuke test site
this was genuinely a lovely video. thanks, vox.
That was great thanks for the tour.
I absolutely enjoyed that, short and sweet and to the point. Bravo!
This was well done. I liked the reporter too. Not overbearing or sneeringly political.. Just a cool guy with some nice tats. Keep doing these! I will watch
Area 52 has been found
Great video! I was unaware of the island. Also, sorry that you fell in the water!
i pass this every day on my way to school, and always wondered about this lil island!
there is literally at least 16 bird nests on that one tiny island...
even the birds in NYC don't have much living space
Next thing you know, FBI knocks on your door
Wow..I'm born and raised in New York and never heard of this island. Thanks for the information!!
They said “don’t go to the island,” so you went a metre out from the island in your canoe, fell out, then was just on the island, looking at some protected Cormorants. I think the shallow water around the island counts as the island.
"the island was to be called Belmont island".
Castlevania fans :say no more
Coast Guard: No you can't visit that island, it's completely off limits to the public.
Vox: *I'm gonna pretend I didn't hear that*
Thanks Bro!!!!
I'm going in two days, I'll be on the lookout for it
as a non-US citizen I thank you commenters for the warning about this river
this guy really just used the "yup, that's me" intro unironically
Huh.
That intro was probably the best intro i've seen on TH-cam. Like i'm pretty sure i've seen that in a movie but it was so natural here
Really well done video!