Streets of Brooklyn - Annika Vitolo
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- My homemade music video for a song I wrote about my hometown of Brooklyn USA! Spread the love like a cream cheese schmear on a nice Brooklyn bagel!
(c) Annika Vitolo Music/BMI. All rights reserved.
www.iTunes.com/AnnikaVitolo www.Reverbnation.com/AnnikaVitolo
Song produced by Dean Bohana www.RockgardenMusic.com
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Loved the Video! Brought back special memories of growing up in Brooklyn! What a Beautiful Childhood growing up in Brooklyn! Thank you for this Video!
You can take this boy out of Brooklyn
but you cant take Brooklyn out of this boy
Thank you...I was born in 1949 and lived on Ocean Ave. So many of the photos are part of my life forever like the blue bridge across Sheepshead Bay etc. Tears in my eyes...left NYC in 1983. Wish you success...your song incredible!!
u were ryt: BROOKLYN IS IN MY BLOOD
love ur vid! am sharing it at my FB page.
more power to u & best of luck!!!
I was born and raised in Williamsburg,married and moved to Flatbush and ended up in Coney Island.No matter where you go in this world nothing compares to Brooklyn.Once its in your blood it always shows up in your DNA.
"Thank You for sparking my Brooklyn memories.You have done brooklyn proud ."
I love Brooklyn, but after this video I love more and more...Congratulations!!! Hugs from Brazil.
lived down old mill wise guy went to ps214
my name is Krzysztof , I was born in Poland long time ago , I used to live in Brooklyn between 1996 and 2012 , and in my opinion is the best song of Brooklyn
Annika
thank you
i love this so much, keep it up..
wow, it brought back so many memories.
I am proud to have grown up here, and I still live in Brooklyn.
Coney Island is back - bigger and better than ever as of this past April
I heard this song about a year ago and fell in love with it. The images are so...familiar. It actually made my eyes tear up. Q: is the shot at 2:32 the corner of Franklin & Fulton? Where you go through the glass walkway to get the C train?
Hi Annika, Your Video reminded me how much I loved and miss growing up in Brooklyn. I lived in several neighborhoods, Flatbush, Marine Park and Bensonhurst to name a few and I must tell you, You captured the essence of them all! Thank You.One Question, At 3:55 > Is that 26th Avenue between Benson and Bath ?... I lived at 8695 26th Ave for a short time and that looks so familiar!!!
TO BAD YOU DIDNT HAVE pigeon COUPS . LOVE ❤️ THE VIDEO, I GREW UP IN GRAVESEND BROOKLYN.
What an excellent song.......well done video, as well. Yes, the images were newer, but there are still traces there of the Brooklyn I knew and loved. I'm only in the Westchester suburbs, but I sometimes feel like I've moved to a whole new world.
Very true Annika! Brooklyn is always in your blood! thanks! Great Video!
Sam Akyaz 5670840_ went Off FuN loss. 640_ press. LuckY. FreNs. Angelo. FrNko.
I absolutely absolutely love this song and video I still live in Brooklyn Born and Raised and it actually little homesick but in a good way keep them coming
I'm 77 years old and still live here in Dyker Heights. Love it no matter what.
Thank u! I appreciate your kind words.
LOVE THIS SONG THANKYOU BRINGS TEARS TO MY EYES.
Great job - I love it . Thank you for the great memories. I love Brooklyn, too. Jahn's was also on Flatbush Ave and Church Ave. Many great times there!!
I loved this! I live in brooklyn and I never wanna leave here! NY is amazing!
This piece makes me SO HOMESICK! It is beautiful and very moving. Thank you for putting it together!
Great video, captured my heart bringing back good memories of back in the days.
Born in Brookdale hospital , grew up in Brownsville and East Flatbush. Live in Pa now,which is no comparison to brooklyn when it was nice to live there. Sorry to have left.Thanks for the peice of art and good memories.
Great song, great recording, great video! It was a pleasure interviewing you the other day on WTBQ Radio, Annika! Keep on writing and performing!
Love it. Reminds me of the brownstone that was the first home my wife and I would share when we got married in 1983.
Thank you for that! It brought tears to my eyes - you even had a shot of my train station (86th st, Bay Ridge!). I've been gone for decades, but I'll always be a Brooklyn girl!
I loved this. I saw so many places I remember.
Brooklyn is a bunch of crap. I left in 1978 and never missed it for an instant.
Antonio Navarro Jr Please don't feel sorry for me. I am living a great life with a terrific family in the Pacific Northwest. I am surrounded by natural beauty everyday, as opposed to the crowded streets and the never ending insanity of Brooklyn. I have seen people(some very close to me) chewed up and spit out by that place, their lives ending up a complete mess. Just glad it didn't happen to me. I find that when most people say they miss Brooklyn they are talking about their childhood. I wonder how many of those people would choose to live there now as an adult.
Ted Forman ted you are a bunch crap you must be a miserable unhappy person belive me brooklyn is glad your gone to and hope you never return its winers like you that makes brooklyn unhappy give your life to god repent thats true happiness
Dennis Cark too true, and what is a guy who left in 1978 watching a video on Brooklyn for anyway? How totally ridiculous. Obviously since the 35+ years he left a lot has changed. Brooklyn and NYC was extremely different back then, now it's a great place to live which is why so many NYers are moving into Brooklyn. In fact making a blank hateful statement on a place they know nothing about now is just troll-like. Lame.
Thank u for the lovely comment Frank! I miss Bklyn too. I'm in NJ now but at least it's not far away ;)
I REALLY enjoyed the music, the song and you're voice! I'm from Florida, yet i could feel this song and almost miss a place i have never been LOL, if thats possible!
Love it and the memories it brought back. thank you.. great song and voice.. all the best too you!!
Always will be home to me..
I was Born & raised in Brooklyn, part of my childhood & I missed it. One day I'll moved back.
Grew up in Bay Ridge in the 1950's I wouldn't change it for the world. THE BEST place ever to grow up. We had it all: Coney Island, Manhattan Beach, hopping the train to the city. always great and always will be for me. anyone who wants to post negative, or about that's it's dirty - go live on a damn farm you hick.
Wow this is a great piece. I don't know why it has not showed up at any of the Brooklyn school graduation ceremonies!!!! I am going to see if I can push the school commitee to use it for the high school I work at to add it as part of the graduation day. I really like this piece.
I really love
Thank u Robert!
GREAT VID BROOKLYN 4 EVA!!!!!! *BONES*29ER*29ST*Sunset*Bayridge*Park Slope big ups to every New Yorker
That was amazing. I haven’t lived in Brooklyn for many years but your song reminded me that I never really left.
Hi Annika, I am Vincent A Preziotti with Aragon Entertainment. We are having a Brooklyn 2020 Reunion Cruise on 11/30-12/5/2020.
I would like to discuss your wonderful video.
Thank you for your beautiful video bringing back many memories.
I will look for you on Facebook or BMI.
Great Job! Born and raised in Carroll Gardens(we used to say, it was Red Hook. Sounded Tougher).
Moved to Georgia back in the 90's. My son who was born in Queens, thinks he's a Brooklynite. He does know Brooklyn better then me.
We go back every year, at least around Christmas and celebrate the holidays with my family in Brooklyn.
Miss it a whole lot!
Thanks for the memories!
Like others here, I left Brooklyn in the mid 70's, lived in Delaware for about 1½ years, then in PA to the present ... but Brooklyn has NEVER left me. I still have family and friends in Brooklyn and in and around the NYC area. I get back to the city as often as I can now. I miss the cultural diversity, the music, and the people.
Trolley tracks, Ebbetts Field, the Granada matinees, Coney Island cyclone, baked macaroni picnics at Plum Beach, big waves at Riis Park, hydrants opened in summer heat, Lindy's in Sheepshead Bay, Bungalow Bar, Prospect Park, Brooklyn Bridge to Little Italy for lemon ice,and "we owned" the Brooklyn Museum/Botanical Gardens too! "Wheah dya think yer from, Brooklyn??" YEAHHH!
Thanks so much! I went to college (LIU) across the street from Junior's, love it! Glad u enjoyed the song & video! Thanks for writing :)
Great voice, Great song, Great Video!!! Very well done!!! It brings back so many memories. By the way; is the house at 3:54 in the video on East 54th bet M & N? If it is, my friend Vito lived there.
Wow! This made me really miss Brooklyn and I became even more nostalgic when I realized I went to PS 278 with the artist! Way to go Annika.
Great tune. Reminded me of an uptempo "Walking in Memphis". Understand Bay Ridge / Fort Hamilton not much changed since my days there!
There is no place like Brooklyn. I grew up downtown Brooklyn in Clinton Hill. l lived on Willoughby in my Noni's brownstone. Pratt Institute tore down blocks of brownstones to build dormitories. We were devastated .We continued to still live in Brooklyn near Coney Island. Brooklyn a subway ride to Manhattan.
Great job, that’s my home!
Iam. 74 years old now and Iam the last Brooklynite in my family I was born in Cumberland hospital in Brooklyn The same hospital my father was born in We lived in Red Hook I live in Florida now but I will always be a Brooklynite the Garden spot of the World
wow that is too funny...what a small world...tell him Bridget Roe said hello..do you guys still live in Brooklyn?? I am now in Crystal River FL
Enjoyed so much. Left in 1971, Breaks my heart to see the riots and destruction going on. Went on dates.to Coney Island, 1959,
1 in 7 Americans have roots in Brooklyn. If you think about it there is no better place to come from. I retired to South Florida like a third world country. English is a second language.
Man, I wish Brooklyn was still a place for Brooklynites..... I left Brooklyn after 38 yrs about 3 years ago. Born and raised in Sunset Park, lived there and Bay Ridge my whole life but for a short stint in Manhattan...But a million dollar shit hole for a house no longer made sense to me. Neither did the over crowding, sardine can subway, etc. Yet I still go back to Brooklyn every couple of mnths to visit fam/fiends and just walk the streets. It's missed. Hey Bucks cnty, I live in willow grove!
@AnkV19 Thanks alot :) Thats really useful. And I know right? i never thought she would actually say yes, the only thing im dreading the the plane journey form london to Newark airport (8hrs and 20 mins :o ) cos im actually staying in New Jersey in my friends mansion but visiting NY for a night then coming back to NJ in the morning. Any recommendations for what i should do in new jersey aside from go to six flags theme park which i know is first on my list :)
Me encantaría vivir en estados unidos.. es mi sueño.. se que algún dia tendre dinero para vivír allí❤ , no es el sitio mas caro , tampoco es marginal.. es perfecto para mi.. se que estaré allí❤❤❤
First I wanna say that this was a nice song Hun..tho it really showed most of what's new n you n me both know that...that ain't brooklyn..da old world has been gone for quite a while no what I mean!!! But still a nice song!!! Be good Hun!!
Not a rhetorical question, I am curious: Exactly what are the things you needed to know that you learned on the streets of Brooklyn?
I never get tired of listening to this awesome video! Thanks for the wonderful Brooklyn memories. Always in my heart. The greatest place on earth.
We one a battle of the bands in Bensonhurst near that V bridge. We won due to the song choices Devil in a blue dress. Gimmie some lovin, Whiter shade of pale, like that. Miss the place.
I left Brooklyn during the "Blizzard of 78" to live in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Your video was well made and reminded me of simpler times past.
continued success to you on your journey.
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Thanks Annika! I live half way around the world now, but Brooklyn is still home. Your video made me laugh and smile and brought tears to my eyes also. Super ... go girl!
My kingdom for a slice of pizza from 18th Ave in bensonhust.........
The best place in the world to have grown up in!
Thanks for the post!
I'm from Mill Basin & moved to Florida 33 years ago!
Nice to revisit through your video!
I moved to FL 7 yrs ago, but as you can see from my username, I'll always be a Brooklyn girl. Thanks for some great memories - I miss it sooooooooo much!
I was born and raised in Park Slope in the 50s.What a special time and place.Thanks.
Wow Annika, that brought back such great memories. Loved the song too!
I used to work on Carroll and Nevins ave, Brooklyn is great. this kid is from Da Bronx
This brought back so many memories. Excellent video!!
This is a great video. I have this song in my head all of the time. This is Mrwhitedragon8 mom But he likes it also
I enjoyed this video very much. It made me smile and cry at the same time. Thank you for sharing it with everyone!
Thank you. this was wonderful and upbeat!
ANIKA !!!! It's Chris.. I LOVED the video !!! And the song gave me all kinds of flashbacks... KUDOS !!!
did i really see HAROLD'S PHARMACY??? WOW. great video. this old brooklyn girl says you've totally nailed it.
Nice song, upbeat and believable.
Great Song Annika, And A Great Video Of The Streets Of Brooklyn!!!
I enjoyed so much the first time from home, that I watched it again here at work!
GREAT TUNE! GREAT VID!
Thank u Claudia! I appreciate u taking the time to leave such a lovely comment & am glad u enjoyed the song & video!
I PUT IT ON FACEBOOK
Beautiful song & tribute of your neighborhood Brooklyn , NYC , job well done Annika 👍😄 , thanks for sharing (even though I'm 10yrs late)😁.
.God bless from 🌴 Honolulu , Hi🌴
Thank you so much!
this is a very moving and beautiful video Annika it made me laugh and smile I was born in brooklyn and so were my 4 kids I still have family in brooklyn , brooklyn is the best place on earth ..it is home to me for always=) Thank you so much Annika! I am crying happy tears now... I love Brooklyn , it is my heart and soul!God bless U Annika ! I love the song too, hey ,it has to be great coming from a Brooklyn girl.. you ! :D
My friend John sent me the link to this. He's in Florida but he's from Clinton street. I'm from Smith street 28 years ago. I live near Nashville and have been writing songs for a long time. You did a great job on the song. I miss Brooklyn but like you said, there's no changing a Brooklynite. I have this feeling inside that people in other parts of the country will never quite understand how we feel. Maybe it's the idea some of us have that surviving in Brooklyn makes us strong.
Like 55802 I grew up in Brooklyn, Sheepshead Bay to be exact, and living in California reminds me every day of how real Brooklyn is, and how lucky I was to spend my first 3 decades there. Hope you have every success--your song and montage capture the spirit and excite the soul. Next time you're in Greenpoint go to Mug's for a beer, Sikorsky's for great kielbasa, and Bamonte's for great Italian food---fuhgeddaboudit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks, Annika! My whole family was born and raised here (going back a LONG time), and I loved this! I'm sending it to all of my family and friends - and also to the "wannabes", the ones who just got here and "think" they're New Yorkers. They gotta realize that just because they all of a sudden came here to live because it's "cool", they don't know anything about the REAL Brooklyn. Thanks again!
Love the new pics, just awesome! I'm from mill basin, i just loved the pics of Roller roaster, the pictures of the houses on the water(thought that had to be mill basin), Amity little league, floyd bennett field , cyclone baseball, randazzo's and of course my alma mater brooklyn college. Thanks and great job
Brooklyn will always be home!
Thanks for making me smile and bring back great memories of the greatest place in the world and memories of family and friends. I haven't lived in Brooklyn since '79 and I visit as much as I can, I miss it very much. Thanks also for a great song - will buy it for sure, promoted on facebook too!
Best to you and cheers to all the Brooklynites !!
Great to see you back!!! I still cry watching your video....Thank you so much!!! I know 99 percent of the pictures,...Growing up is Sheepshead Bay ...moving to Bensonhurst....going for the submarine races :) Joe's of U is one of the BEST!! You can leave Brooklyn but Brooklyn will never leave you!!!
Ona
If you get a chance, Annika, check out my current band GALLEON; and also my old Brooklyn band FIREFLY. They're both on MySpace but I'm not allowed to list their page addresses here. In 1976, Firefly showcased at the Esplanade Lounge on Bay 50th Street! Let me know what you think of us. And rock on!
Elliott Michaels
Annika you have truly captured the experience and essence of Brooklyn. This is the BEST! I especially like the Mr/ Soptee pic, the sneakers over Sheepshead Bay and most of all the pidgeons eating the pizza...that is truly a NY site. As a transplanted Brooklynite to Atlanta for 31 yrs, thanks for the memories. A great way to start the day!
Just beautiful! I left Brooklyn in 1979, but it will always be HOME and the answer to the question "Where are you from". You are soo right , once in your blood, it never leaves! I miss it each and every day! Thanks for the great images and a really good song. Im off to go find it on iTunes now!
Oh, thank you so much for the memories!! I'm 74 and now retired to Florida. This video made me so homesick I cried. I have no one left living in Brooklyn so I have no way to go back to visit. So sad. I'm saving this video for a visit I can make. Again, thank you.
Great to see you back!!! I still cry watching your video....Thank you so much!!! I know 99 percent of the pictures,...Growing up is Sheepshead Bay ...moving to Bensonhurst....going for the submarine races :) Joe's of U is one of the BEST!! You can leave Brooklyn but Brooklyn will never leave you!!!
Ona
It's been 30 years for me, but seeing everything just brought back all the memories. From all the fruit markets & pizza places on 86th St offa Bay Pkwy, to Juniors, to Nathans, to Randazzos, etc etc etc. One of these days when I have extra dough, I wanna come back.
Great Song and Video. Grew up In Bay Ridge. You hit the nail right on the head. Sent it to all my friends, some from Brooklyn, now Arizona! Everyone loved. Sent it to radio stations in NYC requesting them to play it. It could be a hit in my opinion! I hope to make it!
@moondance208 YOU CAN NEVER TAKE THE PERSON OUT OF GOOD OLD BROOKYN ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU COME FROM BENSONHURST EVEN IF YOU LEFT FOR YEARS ESPECIALLY IF YOU GREW UP THERE TILL YOU WERE 25 ANYWHERE YOU GO THEY SAY I BET YOU CAME FROM BROOKLYN I SAY YOU BETTER BELEIVE IT . GREAT VIDEO
Wow very cool! I so love Brooklyn ... not a native, but definitely a fan ... many family members there who grew up in Bensonhurst and Bay Ridge ... graduated from Ft. Hamilton and Newtrick (not sure how to spell) But excellent photo montage with great music and lyrics ... thanks for sharing :)
This is great. I was born in Brooklyn, and now live in North Dakota. There is so much I miss. The song is wonderful. You are right (see closing comments). Brooklyn is not a place... it's alive in us where ever we go. Spumoni Gardens rocks! Thanks for making my day ;-)
Cool song, liked it. Grew up in SHB, but when I visited it recently it wasn't anything like it was in my time, Its a different place for someone who left over 50 years ago. Its a Brooklyn for a newer generation, us Rock'n Roller's/ Doo Wop guys had our day.
What possibly can you say about " H O M E " , that doesn't bring a smile to your face while a tear drops from your eye,...Home Sweet Home,...time doesn't change that ! I left the streets of Brooklyn a long time ago,...but I'm coming Home October 2013 !
This is pretty amazing. As a fellow Brooklynite I get emotional seeing it. What's strange is there's a pic that's actually from my block! It's not like it's a famous landmark or anything, so cool (it's at the 2:25 mark). Amazing song
Thank You so much for this video! I am a Bklyn born. I haven't lived there for 25 years but They're right when they say You can take the boy out of Brooklyn but you CAN'T take Brooklyn out of the boy. It brought back alot of good memories.
anyone remember 2 Jacks Luncheonette on Clarkson Ave? Frenchies Bike Shop? the little guy who sold the greatest knishes in the universe from a beat up old silver push cart? Ikes Toyland? Ike was my Dad...thanks for the song, i know how you feel.
Grew up in Sheepshead Bay from the age of 5 to my early 30's. What a fantastic trip down memory lane.
Man, I miss a Roll n' Roaster Roast Beef sandwich :-) Nothing quite like it here in San Diego.
Thank you for that video and song.
I teared up when I seen this. Awesome video. I lived in Brooklyn for 27 years before I moved down south two years ago and haven't went back yet. I took some images before I left, if you'd like to use for something, it's cool, let me know.
Super song. Loved it.Great tune and voice. Real professional. Love Brooklyn too.The photos were a top choice. I posted the video on my Facebook page and everyone who moved out of town were moaning with homesickness. Good luck with it.
Thank you for this video. I grew up in Sheepshead Bay, and spent many days with my father watching the boats, and buying fish. I also used to go to Brighton Beach,( Brighton Private) and Coney Island for the Tuesday night fireworks. Joan