I was a teenager at this time remember all of this. Passengers always helped no one stood around videoing back then.

@DWilliam1

Жыл бұрын

No one had a cell phone…

@angc.8810

Жыл бұрын

@@DWilliam1 exactly cell phones nowadays could be a good and a bad thing. It depends on how people use them. Me i see an emergency I dail for help and then you have people who see something happening and stand there filming 🙄

@richiebee1984

Жыл бұрын

I WAS 5 YEARS OLD LIVING IN BROWNSVILLE BACK THEN!!

@Bloodsport1

Жыл бұрын

Videotape with what?

@martareitmajer

Жыл бұрын

Probably because they didn’t have handheld cameras…

This was in 1989 and 33 years later the city's repeating it.

@DWilliam1

Жыл бұрын

It was much worse back then. People have no idea. NYC had about 5 times the amount of murders than we do today.

@DonGivani

Жыл бұрын

Keep voting Blue and you will see groundhog day every single day

@SIKE01

Жыл бұрын

they voted for DINKINS over GIULIANI.

@laughalotitsgoodforyourbod7627

Жыл бұрын

@@DonGivani red blue it’s happening in both states. Them fossils need to go all of them roaches.

@MrGarrycamp

Жыл бұрын

​@@SIKE01 GIULIANI blue didn't make matter better either just worse if you were a person of color in NYC during the 90's, so stop defending that trump wannabe deutch bag!

Well atleast in 1989 if u committed a crime u stayed in jail

History has a funny way of repeating itself

@sofiavondell7943

Жыл бұрын

Well ::…..we knew this was coming, completely intentional

@simone2125

Жыл бұрын

Yup! You took the words right out of my mouth

@astroprotector

Жыл бұрын

same people back then causing problems are the same people today causing the same problem. THe big ass elephant in the room everyone is afraid to call out for fear of being labeled racist

@astroprotector

Жыл бұрын

@@SkrillexIloveyou1232 At no time I mentioned any specific race. You in your feelings of insecurity I see 👀

@laughalotitsgoodforyourbod7627

Жыл бұрын

Yes and someone told me it doesn’t repeat itself unless you want it to.

I love old reports like this

In 1989, I was working in my 1st full time job at Mount Sinai on 96th street. Thanks for the memories. Wish the 2nd Ave line was finished then. 😅

I was 19 years old living in New Jersey. I remember this.

@JC-fd8ho

Жыл бұрын

Is America all like that? In terms of crime

@abdjayyusi5915

Жыл бұрын

@@JC-fd8ho No

@chickencharlie4539

Жыл бұрын

@@JC-fd8ho Mainly, big cities, NYC, Chicago, Baltimore, Memphis, Rochester, New Orleans, Oakland, Tulsa, Portland.

So eerie.. it's like watching today's news, right now. The city has backslide to it's worst of times, and this horrible economy and job situation will only worsen it. Add to that, people no longer help each other, but instead encourage violence solely for their entertainment. I'm glad I moved out of Queens and got a job in Long Island. I commuted from queens into manhattan, through ghetto brooklyn, for 10+ years for college and work and have seen almost all of it. After COVID and the release of criminals from Riker's island onto the subway and bail reform, things noticeably got worse.

@keepinitreal567

Жыл бұрын

And at the same train stop that’s always the most Trouble 125 street 456 line !

@Raven1180

Жыл бұрын

Such a weak man you are. Just reading your words says it all.

@alephnull7410

Жыл бұрын

Can we all say what the common factor between now and then is?

@devious100dd

Жыл бұрын

Well, in NY if you try and help someone and you injure the perpetrator, you will go to jail, you will be arrested and run through the system. NY needs to do away with their “duty to flee” policy. NY needs self defense laws that don’t favor criminals. Life long moderate dem, but I am done with the soft on crime liberal politicians that are more concerned about teaching children about sex and homosexuality, than keeping our city safe. Voting Lee Zeldin.

@shawnhall9792

Жыл бұрын

Well you know queen's is apart of long Island so technically you didn't leave lol

Nothing has changed I’m 33 I was born in 89 😂😂

Nothing has changed on the 125th street station in East Harlem. There’s always some one of shady activity going on there.

@CHARIOTangler

Жыл бұрын

I wonder why...

@Trini190

Жыл бұрын

They have meth clinics and shelters around there that’s why

@beastmode63

Жыл бұрын

Nasty and disgusting

@hakimbandaru1915

Жыл бұрын

Of course it is. Just look at the people it houses. You see black you know it’s time to run the opposite way.

@Zeus-qz2yj

Жыл бұрын

From the video the station looked better back in 89 lol

Definitely feels like the 80s all over again and I was born in 88 😫

And same shit still going on Today but even worse!!!!! Smh!

I took this exact train 5 days a week for years during this time. For the most part it was still safer than it is today. Bernie goetz is a hero

@thomaskwiatkowskiesq.328

Жыл бұрын

Is there another Bernie around, willing to put everything on the line for the sake of the safety of others? I don't think so...$5 and the brief humiliation of being threatened with a screwdriver are in the minds of most nowadays New Yorkers a small price to pay for a piece of mind.

This video reminded me of the TMNT movie from 1990. The reporters voice and interviews were similar to the intro from the movie

Wow yeah i heard some serious stories from back in the day

@doroniteam612

Жыл бұрын

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@benjaminjohn5784

Жыл бұрын

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@doroniteam612

Жыл бұрын

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Жыл бұрын

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Жыл бұрын

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Made a slight mistake we're going right back to the days of the Wild Wild West when you have to be strapped in order to protect yourself

@strongbad2016

Жыл бұрын

Being strapped is the best move ever. If NYC legalizes this expect crimes to drop big time. Criminals will think twice before acting stupid. There r reasons why there were lots of acts of crimes being stopped by armed citizens on the scenes in red states

@eddieb1995

Жыл бұрын

@@user-yv7dt5je1l we should be smarter than that. This is a criminal mind set. I can, therefore I will.

MORE VINTAGE NEWS, PLEASE🙏🙏🙏🙏

History repeats itself

This is pretty the same crap that going on now and least back then new Yorkers had more heart!!!!!

@DjBolt11

Жыл бұрын

A huge difference that can be seen. Everyone is quick to record you now instead of helping you. Sad reality

@healthyandrew5294

Жыл бұрын

@@DjBolt11 most of them are illegal immigrants

@dannybx78

Жыл бұрын

They're called snitches. Anyone who records you on their phone without your consent.

I remember working security in the late 80s and I seen a lot of crazy stuff going on between the Bronx, Manhattan, and Queens

PS what happened to the guardian angels I guess you have to ask the X- mayor of New York Bloomberg that question

@stephenheath8465

Жыл бұрын

They left around this time that when those BK Kids start running around on the Trains

Well in 2022 it looks like we went back to the 1980's. Welcome back! It's a horror story.

Oh wow! I remember Reg Wells! 💛

This is gross

33 years later and nothing has changed 🤦🏾‍♂️

@nathanbradshaw5517

Жыл бұрын

Alot has changed. The crime in the 80s was much more rampant. Did you not read they had over 16K felonies a year... Its less than half that now

@thtbulumad7290

Жыл бұрын

@@nathanbradshaw5517 exactly people really forget about the late 80s and early 90s it was way worse than today. Most homicide tolls were in the hundreds or even thousands in major cities across America add the crack epidemic to that also and conditions were definitely worse back then

The 6 train looks the same at least from the outside as it looked back then.

@alijordanx8954

Жыл бұрын

The 6 trains are old

@aqua2poweros699

Жыл бұрын

It had r142as for a good 15 years until they were then transferred by the 7.

@AlgonquinRider810

Жыл бұрын

They're using the same subways cars, difference is then they were only about 5 years old

1989 was better than 2022 was.

@METALFACEDOOMXXXX

Жыл бұрын

Lay off the crack

@marcchevalier3750

Жыл бұрын

Wrong. Sloppy ugly hair, boxy fashion, etc. 1920s to 1940s AMERICA NYC will always be SUPERIOR than those eras you mentioned

@METALFACEDOOMXXXX

Жыл бұрын

@@marcchevalier3750 Lay off the crack! 80's were the best you fucking coocoo clock!

@abdjayyusi5915

Жыл бұрын

Have you seen the crime difference of 1989 and 2022????

@somethinggrand144

Жыл бұрын

No

Some things never change

If you don't have a any criminal charges against you what's the stop you from possessing your own firearm it's getting to that point we're going right back to

@temporarybackup5077

Жыл бұрын

It's still sort of a social taboo mainly pushed by the folks that benefit greatly from controlled chaos who's wining and dining here watching it all unfold but really got vacation homes elsewhere. More dysfunction means more funding for their programs, means more siphoning monies to the right pockets until it makes it war full circle back to the top.

Ahh yes, a crime report in NYC during the "Fear City era". I bet subway crime like this was happening every 45 mins

43 years later..... same sh*t

And the beat goes on...

30 years later with all the technology we have today this should never happen

Was this last night's news??? Ow wait, it's from 1989!

Reg Wells was such a strange looking dude, but I remember as I kid I used to watch channel 9 just to see this weirdness. Wonder if he is still with us?

NYC had over 2k homicides in 1989 😳

NYC at it's Best.

We need Batman 😂😂

@dannybx78

Жыл бұрын

Or Godzilla. Even King Kong.

Wow we have not come far from 1989 …. Rolls eyes

@Tubman94

4 ай бұрын

Same trains and all

Wow same same

The more things change, the more they stay the same 1989>2022

We also had the Guardian Angels and the Traditional Muslims who got off and on the different cars at various stops, as well as the Transit Cops. It made a big difference.

@MohammadHassan-ud8iq

Жыл бұрын

Traditional Muslims who protected people on the train. Never heard about that.

@rmd4138

Жыл бұрын

@@MohammadHassan-ud8iq Yep. Black Traditional Muslims. Headquarters was on Bushwick Ave. in Brooklyn. If you are a Native New Yorker who rode the trains frequently, especially in Brooklyn, you would remember.

We need more Bernard Getts

hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, weak mean create hard times. current we are in early part of the 4th stage. I believe we will be in hard times in a few years

Same perps basically too...

Reg wells hair 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Just trying to keep your eyes open.👁️🙏👁️. all the time God bls u all.🙏.

Over 30 years later and the same things are happenimg smh😢

I remember that. I used to take the train to work. Switched to the express bus. Then switched to driving instead.

The Grunge of the 90s is back 🤣😂

I've been saying it for years we are heading back to the 80s,sure the numbers aren't as bad but just give it some time,things move in cycles,more cops on the stations means less cops in the streets,its a loose loose ,be safe everyone

They are interviewing ACTUAL new yorkers. Not the hipsters and strictly interviewing in manhattan people all the time.

Anybody else google the names of those interviewed to see what they’re up to now?

Ms Gay Yee is a Cutie 🥰😊 Pie 🥧🥧

@Frankieefootballmundial

Жыл бұрын

She not that cute

@calvinbealer7264

Жыл бұрын

@@Frankieefootballmundial You must be Blind as Hell then San Juan Puerto.

@guns4toilets

Жыл бұрын

She is one fine piece of...tail

@thesheik9318

Жыл бұрын

That was in the '80s. If she's still alive she's old as s*** and you thirsty guys would still bang her.

We need real subway vigilante to protect the riders from criminals.

40 years later, the radios still don't work. Units going 75-T under without coverage. Every train stinks and has some nut job on it. Bye NYC. I know you'll go down and then come back up but I won't be alive for it.

Can you guys post 30 minute Ch 9 newscasts with Tom Dunn before 1981 ASAP

I miss the 80's and 90's

@johnlewis3891

Жыл бұрын

Crime was much worse back then.

@astroprotector

Жыл бұрын

Club scene was lit! I was at the Palladium, Limelite, Nelly's, Study 54. You name it! I was there!!

@albihysenaj5997

4 ай бұрын

@@johnlewis3891 it’s not any better today

@johnlewis3891

4 ай бұрын

@@albihysenaj5997 It's much better today. In the 80s, there wasn't a single year in which the city had less than 1,200 murders. By contrast the city had 386 murders.en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_New_York_City

Going through the same thing now

@dannybx78

Жыл бұрын

We must take action now, or more of us will be dead or locked up.

The guy Reg Wells aka Raggie Harris has already passed away in 2000.

Just like 2022!

Oh my goodness I remember all these reported when I was a kid damn I am this all in 2024 because I’m 47 now damn

Damn I remember them red trains

Ed Koch was Mayor and Mario Cuomo was Governor at that time- both DEMOCRATS. Let that sink in….

*Nothing has changed*

I was 18 living in the Bronx worked in Manhattan and went to city college in Manhattan. I had friends and family in Brooklyn Manhattan and queens I’ve never been afraid or had an issue riding the subways back then. I’ve never witnessed a crime. I knew there were crime I feel like the news was a little over exaggerating things. Because I would travel on the train all different times of the day and night. Back then I could sit in a park at night and didn’t have to worry about any gun fire I could sit on the steps of my building at night or day and no one would bother you. For me times was better back then. You didn’t have a whole lot of mentally I’ll walking the streets so freely.

@devious100dd

Жыл бұрын

Just because you were fortunate to not experience a traumatic experience does not mean the dysfunction didn’t exist. Now as you say it is more visible cause liberal democrats don’t want dangerous mentally ill people in institutions, they don’t want criminals in prison. When Lee Zeldin pointed out that Hochul’s plan on crime didn’t mention incarceration, she responded in part “I don’t know why thats so important to you” a complete disregard of NewYorkers safety.

@jjcruz4307

Жыл бұрын

@@devious100dd I lived through the 80s and remember how bad it was. It is starting to get that way again. But it was bad for many, many years before it was bad enough that people demanded change from their political leaders and held them accountable by voting them out. We’ll see what happens this election but I’m afraid we may not be there yet. It will get worse and worse before it gets better. I hope I’m wrong.

Same as today 2022,,,,,,,,

So nothing new under the sun as it is written. People act like what's going in NY is worst then we get a reminder of how it really was.

"same as it ever was" -David Byrne/Talking Heads 1980

The online video editor said "f#ck it, I'm going home early tonight". Just kidding, these retro videos are cool

@somethinggrand144

Жыл бұрын

Might as well inflation lol

I had to look up last years stats on felonies. 2023 had 554, 2022- 539. When you think about our population being 1.5 MM more people, it changes my perception on how “bad” it really is.

0:10 I love that haircut from 80-90

History repeat again

Corporations need to pressure the city to do more or they’re going to loose employees.

is like we never learn

More than 30 years later. No improvement 10/2022

NYC being NYC.

Idk why . But for some reason the past 3 years I keep seeing the number 66 every where even in this video ..

A mans alias when he goes to gay bars “gay yee”

I see the subway crime pattern all the way from the 1980s to the 1990s and far worse now in the 2020s

Yo the classic looks un real 1989

I think this was from April 1989.

Nothing Changed

How was the subway crime in the 90s ? 🤔 I'm very curious. Did it get any better compared to the 80s ?

@johnlewis3891

Жыл бұрын

Crime decreased in the 90s, above and below ground.

@SexyBeautifulBabe

Жыл бұрын

Yea it did .. the 90s is a when nyc was a republican city

@stephenheath8465

Жыл бұрын

@@johnlewis3891 Once them Queens dudes murked that witness protection cop that was the begining to the clean up and Guliani came three years later

@dannybx78

Жыл бұрын

Rudy Guiliani and Mike Bloomberg style, back to back.

Same people committing the crimes.. it’s time to evolve

The blacks been a menace

Congrats to everyone who is early And who found this comment 👏 ❤

Nothing really changes...

No cell phones social media

Damn I was born this year. Lol.

nothing has change. MTA have this problem for decades and what did they do? Nothing. it's all blah blah blah.

I was 5 years old at this time my mother tells me about the scar above my eyebrow she said we was walking to the 3 train in east New York Brooklyn and someone through a bottle and the glass hit me above my eye this was in my be 80s

@Trini190

Жыл бұрын

Omggg

They were helpless. There was no social media to. help them!

All time high subway crime that sounds familiar.

It kinda looks like today with a vhs filter

1:19 nah 💀

.. please don't blame me , i was just born .. ☺️

Usual suspects at it 3 decades ago as well?

@melindaschlongdongfootlong3608

Жыл бұрын

Get a life. You're obsessed

Wow 125st lex ave train station looked a lot more brighter and colorful compared to today it look a mess probably had addicts upstairs I wasn’t alive in 89

I just refuse to be a victim again on MTA so I told the judge the next time somebody attack me I guess I'll be going to jail again cuz I attack back I don't randomly attack people but anyone who attacks me I don't know who going to the hospital either one of us going to jail and somebody going to the hospital. I try not to be bothered by some of these people on the train I didn't talk some sense into a whole bunch of crazy people on the train after my situation but I also told them you might be scaring other people but you not scaring me I didn't live a life of being scared and I don't scare that easily. I just didn't want to be another Bernard who shot people who attacked him going to jail for attacking back it's sad how our system works