Brooklyn's Forbidden Armory | 13th Regiment Explained

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The 13th Regiment Armory, a historic landmark designed by architects Rudolph L. Daus and Fay Kellogg, was built between 1892 and 1894 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City. Currently serving as the Pamoja House, a homeless shelter for men managed by Black Veterans for Social Justice, Inc., and supervised by the New York City Department of Homeless Services, the armory bears an expansive yet austere design. Noted for its forbidding appearance, it stands as a symbol of strength and community, reflecting the ethos of togetherness encapsulated in its Swahili namesake, "Pamoja."
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  • @ITSHISTORY
    @ITSHISTORY2 ай бұрын

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  • @nebbrooklyn5966
    @nebbrooklyn59662 ай бұрын

    I got to service the boilers down there. Very unique basement. I’ll never forget seeing the all wood bowling alleys real old school!

  • @SithLordAnakin
    @SithLordAnakin2 ай бұрын

    Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx at a time had an area as a Womens Shelter and today theres a ROTC center also on its grounds.

  • @theequalizer9154
    @theequalizer91542 ай бұрын

    This Armory was converted into a homeless shelter for men more than 30 years ago. It is an ominous building, yet beautiful at the same time. It's in a very old area of Brooklyn New York.

  • @bunk95

    @bunk95

    2 ай бұрын

    Homeless shelters and armories are fictional. Did someone tell you thats untrue?

  • @theequalizer9154

    @theequalizer9154

    2 ай бұрын

    @@bunk95 ????

  • @Not_You_2

    @Not_You_2

    2 ай бұрын

    We know. That's what the video is about

  • @pagilbondourbrian

    @pagilbondourbrian

    2 ай бұрын

    RAINBOW DIVISION 🌈

  • @rkyat
    @rkyat2 ай бұрын

    This makes me want a vid on the Kingsbridge armory

  • @Bekim8310

    @Bekim8310

    2 ай бұрын

    Yes, that would be cool!

  • @Paulie1232
    @Paulie12322 ай бұрын

    My uncle worked here years ago, beautiful 😍

  • @vincenthprice2260
    @vincenthprice22602 ай бұрын

    I used to live in Brooklyn I know exactly where that armory is in Bed Sty

  • @TheMarkaorso
    @TheMarkaorso2 ай бұрын

    Hi I serve in the Bedford and Atlantic ARMORY. Co C 1/106 Infantry 42nd Infantry Division I cry when they took the armory away. I am now the last one alive from my Unit there are so much history plus an underground tunnel to railroad and shooting range in the basement. I serve there full time

  • @bunk95

    @bunk95

    2 ай бұрын

    Armories and infantry are fictional things. Did someone tell you thats untrue?

  • @rongendron8705

    @rongendron8705

    2 ай бұрын

    I was a full time AST for the Natl Guard '68 to '69, at the Jamaica NYC & W.66th St. NYC Armories, until I was discharged in '69! The head of the Bedford & Atantic Armory AST's offered me a job, but I would have to reenlist, so I didn't take the job! I was first in the HDQT. Co.42nd Inf. & then in the 102nd Med. Batt.

  • @bunk95

    @bunk95

    2 ай бұрын

    @@rongendron8705 you were/are fictional or one of my slaves thats lied about with that fiction?

  • @TheMarkaorso

    @TheMarkaorso

    2 ай бұрын

    @@bunk95I see your a lose soul but don’t worry you don’t have to thank us

  • @Sniperboy5551

    @Sniperboy5551

    2 ай бұрын

    @bunk95 Take your meds

  • @cruzcontrol1504
    @cruzcontrol15042 ай бұрын

    Top Notch ! The Armory buildings around the city have long been fascinating and one worth noting is the Kingsbridge armory in the west Bronx. Ryan it is so big that in 1970 I saw them fly a helicopter IN THE BUILDING !!! If you ponder how insanely dangerous that is, please do, because I sure have, but the thousands in attendance cheered it on !!!

  • @rongendron8705

    @rongendron8705

    2 ай бұрын

    I was in the Army Natl Guard ('63 to '69), but also was a full time A.S.T., at the Jamaica, NY & W.66th St. NYC Armories, for 19 mos. in '68 & '69! I was accepted to OCS in 1968 & would have served at the Kingsbridge Armory for training, but 'chickened out' at the last minute! Would have liked to see it!

  • @whyjnot420
    @whyjnot4202 ай бұрын

    Theres an old National Guard armory in my town. Built 1910. Its basically a rec center of sorts now. More or less always has been tbh. Was even used as the gym for our high school from something like 1920-1965. edit: Just searched and apparently the Civil Air Patrol still uses it. Even though the Park & Rec dept. has been running it since the 90s.

  • @bunk95

    @bunk95

    2 ай бұрын

    A placed lied about with that fiction is near you?

  • @edgardbmedia
    @edgardbmedia2 ай бұрын

    Love it. Can you do a video on my hometown armory. In The Bronx which is the Kingsbridge Armory. It is one of the most famous one, they even filmed movies in there

  • @Mk99987
    @Mk999872 ай бұрын

    The militia and the armory do not “ predate” the USA. The armory was opened in 1892.

  • @jack_dagnel
    @jack_dagnel2 ай бұрын

    Cool video literally live down the block

  • @roryoconnor4989

    @roryoconnor4989

    2 ай бұрын

    Hey neighbor!

  • @theequalizer9154

    @theequalizer9154

    2 ай бұрын

    I must tell the two of you who posted here, that is some of the most beautiful architecture and Brownstone homes I've ever seen in the country are in that area.

  • @dgonthehill
    @dgonthehill2 ай бұрын

    ty

  • @Greenlaser
    @Greenlaser2 ай бұрын

    reupload? or did another channel recently post a story on this, i remember seeing it somewhere a month or two ago

  • @alexanderboulton2123
    @alexanderboulton212322 күн бұрын

    For certain reasons, the fact that it's now a homeless shelter makes it even more ominous.

  • @harrymaciolek9629
    @harrymaciolek96292 ай бұрын

    Detroit has a Grand Army of the Republic building also with a castle theme. Are these some sort of Freemason/Templar fantasy thing from the 19th century?

  • @shanepaynter5591
    @shanepaynter55912 ай бұрын

    Worcester, Ma (it’s ok nobody says it right, it’s Wister) has an armory converted to housing homeless vets. It’s an amazing building helping amazing people and almost identical looking

  • @bunk95

    @bunk95

    2 ай бұрын

    Armories and homes less veterans are fictional things. Massachusetts is fictional too.

  • @shanepaynter5591

    @shanepaynter5591

    2 ай бұрын

    Until November and January thankfully

  • @GrafRamolo
    @GrafRamolo2 ай бұрын

    I swear I saw it in the intro of another kind of videos.

  • @briancostich4288

    @briancostich4288

    Ай бұрын

    Yes I know, which video you're talking about.

  • @fortress1133
    @fortress11332 ай бұрын

    Almost every vacant building in NYC is being converted into shelters with all the migrants trying to make a new start in the most expensive area in the country. In 1900 this was the place to do that but now with average rent of $5,000 a month it's not that place anymore.

  • @bunk95

    @bunk95

    2 ай бұрын

    New York City is fictional. Did someone tell you New York City exists outside of fiction?

  • @manfocused
    @manfocusedАй бұрын

    Bed-Stuy! I lived on Lexington Ave bet. Throop & Tompkins from '84-'01. That armory is on Marcus Garvey Blvd (once Sumner Ave), bet. Jefferson Ave (not Street) & Putnam Ave, and my Junior high school (JHS 35, now a grade school), was/is 4 blocks away on MacDonough St bet. Marcus Garvey Blvd & Lewis Ave. I remember the days of walking down Putnam Ave towards Marcus Garvey to get home after school. Some days it felt like it took FOREVER to walk down that block. That armory is HUGE. They used to have concerts in the armory back in the '80s.

  • @johnjack902

    @johnjack902

    5 күн бұрын

    True

  • @NYCLIVINGLIFE
    @NYCLIVINGLIFE2 ай бұрын

    I was at Bedford and atlantic for a month in 2020. These buildings are assessment shelters until they move you to a permanent shelter.

  • @bunk95

    @bunk95

    2 ай бұрын

    The buildings are fictional things?

  • @NYCLIVINGLIFE

    @NYCLIVINGLIFE

    2 ай бұрын

    @@bunk95 it's real bro

  • @benbaer4697
    @benbaer46972 ай бұрын

    I agree with you. The poor will always work harder than the rich.

  • @DeadlyVenomKing
    @DeadlyVenomKing15 күн бұрын

    the 23rd Regiment Armory, also known as the Bedford Atlantic Armory. heard there was a tunnel linking to the 13th regiment

  • @user-pc3io5ji1o
    @user-pc3io5ji1oАй бұрын

    You should do one about the San Francisco armory

  • @Planner38
    @Planner382 ай бұрын

    It is unfortunate that a grand, historical building is used to house bums. A building of this magnitude should be used for grander purposes.

  • @bunk95

    @bunk95

    2 ай бұрын

    What about the waste humans?

  • @pappabear4977

    @pappabear4977

    2 ай бұрын

    I agree.

  • @couriersix8294
    @couriersix82942 ай бұрын

    this armory looks almost identical to the 69th on kingsbridge road in the bronx

  • @johnjack902

    @johnjack902

    5 күн бұрын

    Old world structures

  • @bbiggz5820
    @bbiggz582022 күн бұрын

    Kingsbridge Armory! Tht whole area is rich in history !

  • @andreweden9405
    @andreweden94052 ай бұрын

    With everything that's happening in New York City these days, it's hard for me to even imagine why anyone would choose to live there. It's a dark, horrendous, failed experiment.

  • @bunk95

    @bunk95

    2 ай бұрын

    When compared to places made for human slaves to be put into?

  • @rudiruttger
    @rudiruttger2 ай бұрын

    sad

  • @daveweiss5647
    @daveweiss56472 ай бұрын

    Weird, in Europe military regiments have maintained their urban barracks using them for recruiting, their office and logistics some training and communications,etc... it keeps the militarybtied into the local communities, where they have parades and musical events with their bands, etc... it is a shame this was lost in America and even though the military is in many ways revered here it is culturally very segregated and distinct from American communities...

  • @bunk95

    @bunk95

    2 ай бұрын

    Militaries are fictional. Did someone tell you militaries exist outside of fiction?

  • @rturney6376
    @rturney63762 ай бұрын

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  • @bigdude6538

    @bigdude6538

    2 ай бұрын

    I thought your little icon on top was a pizza at first, as in “nuyalk peetza” looking closer it’s a ‘party’ hat? What the hell yall, I don’t understand. Maybe you went to a cool rave or concert there? That makes some possible sense…

  • @rturney6376

    @rturney6376

    2 ай бұрын

    @@bigdude6538sorry, i am proud 😊of the guy who did the video. Nothing more. Poor choice on my pay.

  • @johnjack902
    @johnjack9025 күн бұрын

    If you believe this was built in the 1890 s i got a bridge for sale

  • @user-oy4vx8zt8k
    @user-oy4vx8zt8k2 ай бұрын

    American Homeless Poor Downtrodden in The Richest And Greatest Country in The History Of The World. Sad

  • @johnbrown8570

    @johnbrown8570

    2 ай бұрын

    Richest yes. Greatest? Not even close.

  • @user-oy4vx8zt8k

    @user-oy4vx8zt8k

    2 ай бұрын

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  • @jetsons101
    @jetsons1012 ай бұрын

    "How did the homeless come to occupy one of New Yorks most unusual buildings?" Why --- Thanks the democrats and their open border..... Thanks to Ryan for another enjoyable watch, thanks for helping to keep history alive.

  • @Peter-Du

    @Peter-Du

    2 ай бұрын

    Drinking, drugs, free stuff for votes , getting high, Etc.

  • @stephaniekearse9647

    @stephaniekearse9647

    2 ай бұрын

    That's why reading is fundamental that armory been converted to a homeless shelter 30 years ago wanna know who was president then? It was Bill Clinton there was no migrant drama like you complain about and government was normal not like the stupidity now

  • @bunk95

    @bunk95

    2 ай бұрын

    Home are fictional. This video is fiction.

  • @user-yy9hk9od9u
    @user-yy9hk9od9u2 ай бұрын

    The White House should be a migrant shelter.

  • @pagilbondourbrian
    @pagilbondourbrian2 ай бұрын

    I think that The 69th Regiment Armory,( East 25th street and park avenue)is the last one to not be a shelter of some kind.🤔