Here's my entire New York playlist: kzread.info/head/PLq-_cmf3H6yrQHpjwAsL-Ph-uM5EFu1MH

@donaldsawyer2618

2 жыл бұрын

He is right. I Avoid Time Square

@katianag7785

2 жыл бұрын

I hate to say but it REALLY needs to be said OUT LOUD and its that Democrats actually hurt these communities with their terrible ideas and policies, its now proven track record for DECADES that all these terrible areas are run by Democrats for most part and their LEFT WING policies and ideas... These are simple facts, go to almost EVERY BIG city across the country and you will see that a democrats has run it 95% of the time, and they run these areas for DECADES YES DECADES!!!!....... Its not 5 year or 10 years -- its now 50, 60, years of Democratic control and they are terrible areas ------- I was a volunteer for Bill clinton when i was in school in 1996 against bob dole but fast forward 25 years and im done with democrats, they have terrible ideas, i cant vote for them ever again, they dont even know what bathroom to use.. insane, no thanks

@GeeBee212

Жыл бұрын

You don't know any thing about what you speak and you most certainly didn't speak with experts on this subject. It isn't that people are disincentivized. People who were purposely undereducated will not get the jobs that pay enough for them to live. If they made a living wage, they would happily leave these government support programs. I have seen it over and over again where friends who grew up in the projects get a good job with the NYCTA making 150K. They leave these programs and even become homeowners in the very same neighborhoods. Please don't speak on the correlation between people being released from Rikers and a rise in crime. again, you sir are not qualified and you made many false equivalents.

@dannydaniel8975

Жыл бұрын

I have one question: if the yt neighborhoods are so safe and sound, how do over 50,000 kids a yr manage to get themselves abducted?

I live in East New York, in these type of places including Brownsville, if you mind your business, no one will bother you for the most part, there are always exceptions of course. The crimes you hear about, majority are generally people who are out willingly getting involved in crime, be it drugs, gangs or whatever illegal activities.

@alexandergray7194

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills reading these comments

@largegod77

2 жыл бұрын

Yeh these ppl know nothing about the hood ... The East & Bville ain’t that bad

@spankbuda5760

2 жыл бұрын

When you need to downplay the violence and criminal activities to "Oh, it's just those guy's over there that are doing it." as those same guy's are increasing their numbers each year creating more illegal activities is the reason why these areas have gotten that way. No one is trying to remove these degenerates.

@TheGQBrotha

2 жыл бұрын

@@spankbuda5760 - That is a fair point you bring up, but its often just simply the case of people trying to mind their own business. They're not trying to start anything with anyone on the streets, just want to get to where they are going and back home in NYC. :)

@spankbuda5760

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheGQBrotha Are these criminals "just minding their business" and only robbing, selling drugs, and have a designated spot where they're doing their shootings/stabbings with each other and not around the working class or innocents? Are these crackheads minding their business when they're breaking into people homes and stealing their goods on the streets in that same area so that they can get the money for dope from those same criminals to get that 5 minute high?

I’m from Manhattan, and I can say that the most dangerous part of NYC is Wall Street.

@javieroliveras344

2 жыл бұрын

Can you please tell me about it? I'm moving to NYC next year and I wanna learn more about it

@Juknopage

2 жыл бұрын

@@javieroliveras344 nyc is very sketchy at night so be careful it’s not all that bad in the morning’s and afternoons depending on where you at queens nyc is a lot more safer then any other borough in new york be yourself be ready to be strong minded and hold your own if you not prepared nyc will eat you alive it’s expensive taxes are crazy but if you working a good job n makin bread you straight

@Dangic23

2 жыл бұрын

@@theragnarokmachine2251 I meant as in dangerous to the entire world

@toomanysecrets7121

2 жыл бұрын

Juden

@Dangic23

2 жыл бұрын

@@theragnarokmachine2251 But Wall St can crash the entire world economy. And the folks there don’t care, as long as they get rich. Lol That’s dangerous.

This looks like a bustling working class neighborhood, not a dangerous slum. Open businesses with plate glass and no bars on the windows, decent looking cars on the street, not a boarded up building in sight. A real no-go zone, would look like Harlem in the 1990s, vacant boarded up buildings, some with trees growing out of them,. Bums and drug dealers everywhere. The few businesses that are still open, have bars on the windows, some of them operate, behind bullet proof glass. Most open places are government social services. This place does not look that bad really. I wouldn't want to raise my kids there, but a daytime trip doesn't look so dangerous.

@unrulytdott2824

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t advise a “daytime trip to brownsville”😭😭and there was plenty of boarded up buildings and apartments

@georgecoons6872

2 ай бұрын

las vegas nevada is far better and advanced. cheaper too.

NYC gets a lot of hate, this being one of the worst areas doesn't even look bad compared to some of the other cities in the us

@5849_Nearl

2 жыл бұрын

Brownsville and South Bronx is what people hates the most.

@MyKeeP81

2 жыл бұрын

its not about how it looks, its about the crime that occurs. it was way worse back in the day though

I worry for New York. I know it feels like a playground for the rich but the spread of poverty, homelessness, crime (esp petty crime) and drugs are EVERYWHERE now.

@Micg51

2 жыл бұрын

Everyone praying for NY downfall is very concerning. It is the economic engine of our country. We need NY to be safe, vibrant, and open for visitors.

@Jenvlogs404

2 жыл бұрын

It’s not as bad as other cities and each place is iconic or popular, it’s mentaI health there.

@Jenvlogs404

2 жыл бұрын

@@Micg51 it lost its souI since 9 II

@dodobono452

2 жыл бұрын

As a person that lives in Brooklyn it isn’t as bad as they say don’t let the media scare you

@jesseluciano1388

2 жыл бұрын

@@Micg51 who's praying for ny's downfall🤔

All those parked cars -- things couldn't be all that bad.

@harrynicholes3166

2 жыл бұрын

Ugh.....

@mjnyc8655

2 жыл бұрын

What I meant is that if the place were that crime infested, few if any would risk parking a car there.

@walte153

2 жыл бұрын

@@mjnyc8655 Unless, of course, those cars were all stolen from some other neighborhood...

@Jenvlogs404

2 жыл бұрын

@@LadyLeoASMR most in nyc don’t have cars, nyc is popular and mix everywhere, biggest accomplishment in the city if can afford registration and plates.

@cjmargiela1154

2 жыл бұрын

@@mjnyc8655 car jackings aren’t that big in ny compared to other big cities there’s 24 hr transportation everywhere you don’t need to steal a car

I do doordash once in a while in brooklyn and some orders i get offered take me to brownsville. Usually they never tip and order a lot of food, with redundant instructions like saying “walk up to the northleft building, walk down to the building, go in, type xx to be buzzed in,take the elevator to the left straight and go up to floor 19, make a left and go straight to the end, on the corner make a right and go down the hallway,leave the order in the front door” something like that. what shitty area.I delivered once there when i was starting and didnt know better and the moron said he never got the order even though i hand delivered it to him and took a pic of the apt number with the food in the other hand. That building smelled like piss and weed with guys sitting on the stairs drinking. No thanks. Generational poverty can be broken by graduating HS,getting a full time job and not having kids out of wedlock.

@loisaustin6200

2 жыл бұрын

Brave fellow. Glad you made it out alive.

@knivesgunfights526

2 жыл бұрын

Moonshadow: You have posted one of greatest comments I have ever read. There is no doubt you know what you are talking about. Your honesty is commendable and appreciated.

@MISTERKIC

2 жыл бұрын

Yea, you'll get that in any "hood". Kinda like asking for instructions to get from Main Street (Small Town) to 9 blocks away. Confusing ASF. Today if still living there, I'd just walk or (irony) take a cab.

@deezboyz4157

2 жыл бұрын

Oh dear Lord…. What a nightmare that must’ve been Moonshadow. I can’t even imagine. No way does that work out well for the Door Dash driver if he does that over the long haul. In no time, he’s gonna be accused of not delivering food, he’s gonna end up with next-to-nothing for tips. You’re final sentence is so spot-on and simple. The talking heads on places like CNN can ramble for five hours about the plight of AA’s in this country. In the end, don’t have 6 kids if you know you’re unable to financially support one. Maybe keep it to ONE kid. Think! Be responsible. Be sure the man in the picture is ready to be a father so the kid isn’t fatherless. All of these things are completely under the control of the African American. That is NOT a systemic problem. They start out in a bad spot, no doubt. But that’s all the more reason to act responsibly so you’re not just making it even worse for future generations. Just ignore everything you hear in rap music, get a high school diploma, and try a little bit.

@muhamedjones122

2 жыл бұрын

@@loisaustin6200 Exactly in these projects anything could happen.

Compared to other deprived places I have seen on this and other KZread channels. I would say Brownsville looks normal. Some of those towns in the deep south and the rust belt are really depressing.

@lgibs666

2 жыл бұрын

True. At least there are job opportunities in the NYC metro area.

@alexandergray7194

2 жыл бұрын

Also it is normal

@CynthiaNotG

2 жыл бұрын

The south ain’t charging an arm and leg to live in squalor so y’all need to stop using us to defend your filthy city.

@MaineDinero114

2 жыл бұрын

Brownsville is not normal at all its the belly of the beast.

@chairlesnicol672

2 жыл бұрын

@@MaineDinero114 Lol Even the narrator nick Johnson saying normal ppl exist out of Brownsville more or less ! Even Mike Tyson got anger issues cuz of Brownsville !

Nice to see Action Kid was interviewed! Thanks so much for inviting him, Nick

As bad as this might look, it's NOTHING like East St. Louis, East Cleveland, much of Detroit, or even Camden. BTW......what's up with the eastsides being usually worse than the westsides in many cities? LOL

@diangelo6686

2 жыл бұрын

Looks can be deceiving nyc hasn’t looked ghetto in about 15 years lol

@diangelo6686

2 жыл бұрын

And it’s hard to pick a worse spot with nyc cause there are areas that have different types of crime some areas have more rape and homeless slashing then gang shootings

@jaynyce5923

2 жыл бұрын

Not Orlando. In Orlando the west side is muuuuch worse than the east side

@wadeguidry6675

2 жыл бұрын

True, I've always lived on the east side of cities and they pretty much suck.

@ducatirottie

2 жыл бұрын

Oh Camden is worse than Ukraine! Real talk! Zombies don’t even chase human blood in Camden. 🤣🤣

Life is too short to live in a dirty housing project in a congested neighborhood. Many of these people can’t afford to move but I wish them luck to move somewhere better with more opportunity and better living conditions

@debbieweahkee3820

2 жыл бұрын

Seems like living out of your car anywhere else would be better!

@thecheck4879

2 жыл бұрын

This is all socially engineered.

@dustinwilliams2276

2 жыл бұрын

@@Gnvdth NY the cops eventually will pick you up before you make it out. Its not like other cities either, not surrounded by alot of land, lots of water thats why there's so many large bridges. I avoid NYC when possible.

Brownsville looks a lot nicer than other East coast cities bad parts of town (Philly, Baltimore, DC...). I am sure its still a rough place but there is not a lot of abandon homes, trash lots, and homeless.

@diangelo6686

2 жыл бұрын

Homeless tend to be on subways and nyc looks a lot nicer than it use to look mike Tyson talks about growing up in Brownsville in the 80s and it’s honestly very sad to hear

@mikej6624

2 жыл бұрын

The housing crisis took a lot of the abandoned buildings away

I lived in Brownsville for a yr in 2019 .... i hated it. Im from Queens so im use to a certain calmness. Brownsville is bad but you couldnt pay me to live in the Bronx🤷🏾‍♀️

@5849_Nearl

2 жыл бұрын

Which Neighborhood you live in Queens??? I’m from NYC and that Borough (Queens).

@gregorycyr9272

2 жыл бұрын

My Grandmother lived in Jackson Heights from the 60s-90s.Hello from Raleigh NC.🖐

@II.am.Gold.

2 жыл бұрын

@@5849_Nearl south side jamaica

@joevaccaro6655

2 жыл бұрын

You can pay me to live in the Bx, the night life there is underrated. Queens is overpriced.

@II.am.Gold.

2 жыл бұрын

@@blackcherry6877 in flushing .. kew gardens yea

When UPS and DHL have to deliver stuff with police escorts, you know the neighborhood is fucked

@Sonturist

2 жыл бұрын

They don’t do that but they keep delivering during daylight hours

@alexandergray7194

2 жыл бұрын

Right but that's not a thing that happens

@capochef1124

2 жыл бұрын

Cap

@dodobono452

2 жыл бұрын

That never happened

@sundaybest27

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it does happen in very rough areas. Camden is one.

A city can't expect to function effectively if you don't have decent housing for people who earn a low-average wage

You do not even know how lucky I was to get out of this neighborhood after accidently renting a room here and not knowing it was a bad area. The police even stopped and asked me and my friends that where helping me move my stuff, If we were lost? Like that was pretty much all it took to set in my panic and get me looking to get the hell out of this part of new york. looking at this video I feel I must have been a bit past this area, not sure cause I only ever tool the subway to get anywhere, but it is the same subway line

@shivanshna7618

2 жыл бұрын

How did you find new flat ? Quickly must be quiet a headache

@shannonbaldus5458

2 жыл бұрын

@@shivanshna7618 yes I was already looking for a place to rent a room not really the whole apartment so it was a bit easier.

@xtrey19x

2 жыл бұрын

We’ve seen worst neighborhoods on this channel. Periodically the NYPD and the Feds haul in one of the young trouble making crews, like they did last week in the Bronx.

I never miss an upload, the musical intros alone make it worth it

Thank you for all you do Nick. Your service is definitely very valuable😇.

I also noticed families that live in housing projects never leave but even worse that it's becoming a generational cycle. Woman gets housing, has daughter, signs up daughter for benefits. Daughter has kids, now they're signed up for benefits. Three generations under benefits. Most of those families either live in the same apartment complex or the same street. I also heard some housing tenants rent their apartments while they live somewhere else in another state or country & when housing sends the letter regarding annual inspection, they travel back to be present for the inspection, like they're living there but aren't. People would joke it's part of hustling, but people that scam the system are the reason many aren't deemed as eligible, especially those who really need it.

@serious7179

2 жыл бұрын

It's the same in poor white communities, and it's the delinquent, absent fathers who help contribute to the signing up for benefits issues.

@javiermori1710

Жыл бұрын

Yes.i started workin part time in grocery store during covid and was stunned bout 90% of business is EBT Snap Program. And ppl who have jobs drive decent cars etc are all getting snap benefits. Gaining the system for many ppl. Obviously i know most people especially with kids qualify but many ppl who just downright scheming to not pay for food.

I grew up in Brownsville/ENY in my grandparent's house in the late 1980s. They moved to FL and then my mom and I moved to East Flatbush and then we settled in East Flatbush/Canarsie. Brownsville is on the other side of Canarsie and I have never experienced anything negative going into Brownsville or surrounding areas. I now live in PA and watching your video has given me such a wave of nostalgia watching you drive through streets I know all too well. Thank you for this video and this comment was in no way a takeaway from those whose opinions and experiences might be very different from mine.

Thanks Nick,another great video!

This was a really good video. It relates a lot of information which we didn’t know. Your guests did a great job of giving the lowdown on how it really is. Their knowledge really helped give an understanding beyond what is in the news.

@MISTERKIC

2 жыл бұрын

More valuable insight via subscribers 🙂 who lived in these places.

Nick you read my mind!! I was just going to type you regarding AK's (Action Kid) all morning trek through Brownsville I saw last month but you beat me to it. Great to see both of my favorite podcasters link up! I used to binge watch AK's NYC videos when he was in that city. Now that he moved to Miami not so much anymore.

@NickJohnson

2 жыл бұрын

Yep

I grew up in Brooklyn and lived there for 30 years. My father was born in Brownsville, way back in the fifties, but only lived there until he was a toddler and didn't remember much about it. Before he started school, my grandparents moved to Flatlands, and finally to Mill Basin. I grew up in Marine Park and Bay Ridge - attended public school all my life and graduated from a CUNY school. I lived through the eighties and early nineties which was easily the worst block of time to be a NYC resident. There's always been a massive divide between eastern and western Brooklyn. Neighborhoods like East New York, Brownsville, and Bed-Stuy have always been awful. Some places like Canarsie and Crown Heights have gotten marginally better, but generally the changes that most Brooklyn neighborhoods have undergone in my lifetime have been for the worse. Having been gone for many years, it never ceases to amaze me that people are willing to pay such extortionate rents and to fork over such ludicrous sums of money to buy in New York City. For what? New York City doesn't really offer anything that you can't find in a decent medium sized city or even in a nice small town. Culture? Sure, the best museums in the world are there. In terms of art, music, history, and even food and drink, the variety that you have available to you is staggering. But how many people who live in the five boroughs are going to the Museum of Natural History every weekend? How many are going to the opera regularly or seeing classical music performed for free in a park? How often do they attend a Broadway show? And while it's true that you can find any thing from Armenian food to Brazilian to Yemeni to Zimbabwean, it's not like the average person is traveling all over the city to seek those places out. Outside of Manhattan and the various ethnic enclaves in the other boroughs people mostly go with Chinese or Italian pretty much the same way people do in most other big cities. If you're in Astoria you might go with Greek food and in Richmond Hill there's plenty of Indian, but being able to eat traditional Ethiopian food is probably not the determining factor for whether a place ought to be considered livable or not. What benefit is there to being a NYC resident? High taxes, and for what? The quality of life is terrible. Crime is on the rise. Most of the best jobs have moved away to the suburbs. There are still great jobs left to be found, but they're mostly for people in finance or people who are in a trade union. The public transportation is overpriced, unreliable, and downright dangerous. Commute times are ridiculous. I'd rather live in Plattsburgh and commute to Buffalo every day than live on Staten Island and have to commute to Queens or to The Bronx. Leaving NYC was the best thing I ever did. You could offer me a five story limestone on the Upper West Side and I still wouldn't go back. I'd sell that thing for the first decent offer I got and buy property someplace else and never work again. Anybody who thinks that he or she can justify dropping $2,500 a month to live in a shoebox with no yard space or a guaranteed parking spot is insane. But you know what? Places like Brownsville are necessary. They serve a certain niche. Nobody in other parts of the city, the metro area, other parts of the state, or the rest of the country wants those people living next door to them. There's nothing in Brownsville, so nobody has any reason to go there. And even if you wanted to go there, it's not the easiest place to reach by NYC standards. You really have to go out of your way to get there, and that's essentially a good thing. When those buildings went up they were gorgeous. If you could travel back in time and see what that neighborhood looked like immediately after the war you wouldn't believe your eyes. In only a few generations it's been ruined, likely forever. But because we have places like Brownville, there's hope for the rest of the city. If Brownsville were to disappear, those people would have to go live somewhere else, and they can't afford to leave the city, so they'd just have to be relocated to some projects someplace else, and nobody wants to live next to a project, so let them stay there.

@MISTERKIC

2 жыл бұрын

Culture. 247 Everything. Diversity Everything. Things I miss about NYC, and Brooklyn.

@NickJohnson

2 жыл бұрын

Shermann comment of the year so far!!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@redcomic619

2 жыл бұрын

I actually think New York offers a lot that the average U.S. city cannot. The main attraction being a truly urban lifestyle similar to what is the norm in Europe. NYers are the only ones who can reasonably live their lives without a car, catch a train any and everywhere, and live within walking distance to any amenity imaginable 24 hours each day, 7 days a week. The rest of America is inherently suburban by design and function. The problem is the city has been taken over by liberalism, which has led to lawlessness and a lack of affordability. Even worse is that all of the common sense independents and conservatives are running away, which just leaves the place more liberal. People need to stay in New York and vote the Dems out because it’s a one of a kind city and IMO New York State (Upstate) is the most beautiful place on the continent. New York may not be perfect, but it is a place worth saving!!!

@Ben-jq5oo

2 жыл бұрын

@@redcomic619 How will a change to a Republican city administration help? (I’m following from Australia so need your American perspective). What would the conservatives do differently? Thanks

@chosenhighheart

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. I grew up in The Bronx in the 70's -90's but lived in middle class areas. The what I like to call ""all by design" deterioration I witnessed was appalling. What truly made the Bronx wonderful were the Silent/Great generations that came before the boomer generation. These people cared about family values & true community. Everyone looked out for each other. The piss poor boomer parenting and selfishness destroyed everything. Look at how drastically different the early 60's were from the late 60's. Of course there were exceptions, but overall the boomers lowered standards and raised the bar for crass materialism. So sad.

Thank you for another great video. I was born and raised in Brooklyn, but no longer live there. Brownsville has been a “rough” area for a long time. It will take a miracle to change it.

@MaineDinero114

2 жыл бұрын

Right I was born and raised in Brownsville and growing up there you have to observe everything cause anything can happen.

@IReminisceNYC

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sthmohtwenty I always visit home, but I prefer a smaller rural community.

@IReminisceNYC

2 жыл бұрын

@Speedy speedster plays That area around Sutter Ave is no joke. The sad part is that there are plenty of good, decent hard working people in that area and they’re just trying to survive…🤦🏾‍♀️

@WhoCares3001

Жыл бұрын

@@Sthmohtwenty That's so dumb!

@timothyzakaria7397

Жыл бұрын

@@Sthmohtwenty despite the cost of living and the street crime I love NY and this is coming from an introverted man. NY is like home and I was born in the South. It's different the culture and food

This is a great video. I can’t wait to watch the next one!

Brownsville is poor and working families. It’s not ritzy or glam, but mostly no one will bother you if you’re not in a gang or a criminal too. I don’t know who thought putting all this housing together was a good idea.

@Sonturist

2 жыл бұрын

@@JT-cl9np really! Omg 😆

As a trucker, I delivered to the Bronx Brewery, and the Chinese Market, I found the people to be very friendly, and helpful, and that was pretty cool. Hunt's Point, was kinda scary, but I got through it okay! All in all I had a nice time delivering to New York in general, and I went there at least six times in the ten years or so, I drove.

@hezmydaddyo2722

2 жыл бұрын

How’s trucking going for you? I hear many are parking.

@edwardjackson1418

2 жыл бұрын

@@hezmydaddyo2722 I don't drive anymore, since my stroke!

@hezmydaddyo2722

2 жыл бұрын

@@edwardjackson1418 oh, I’m sorry. Take care of yourself. 🙏

@Creativemoonbun

Жыл бұрын

My dad also is kinda a trucker he delivers mail to people he loves his truck idk why lol 😂

@timothyzakaria7397

Жыл бұрын

@@hezmydaddyo2722 I like the new mayor and I'm homeless I am trying to get to Brooklyn but I hope to come out of homelessness. Not good especially when it gets bitter cold but there is no place on earth like NY. I was born in a really small town and it's nothing like NY.

It’s still bad over here but we’ve become more wiser to hiding and settling our beef personally from the authorities.

@mrj3986

2 жыл бұрын

Its best for everybody......

Thanks AK for saying/showing that Brownsville is not as bad as people think. THANK YOU!!!!

Good interview, Nick Johnson! 🙂

Mike Tyson was from Brownsville, but did not grow up in a housing project.

@MISTERKIC

2 жыл бұрын

Truth. He probably was from BV, but Catskills, NY is where Cus trained him in his career. Upstate NY. Many many miles (maybe 2 hours) from Brownsville, Brooklyn. Mike would've caught a felony had he stayed there regularly at that time/era. BK was definitely a trap then .

I grew-up in Brownsville and East New York (Van Dyke Projects, Howard Houses...) from 1975-1997, then I moved to Harlem. When I go through there now, it's entirely different than when I grew up. Like someone else mentioned, nowadays, if you mind your business, you'll be fine. That wasn't the case when I was there. I also grew-up during the "crack-years" so it was a very different time.

Thx for another great video Nick hoping to visit 🇺🇸 sometime around labour day weekend but at least your videos give me great insights on what I should expect

Thanks for sharing this 👍🙏

I absolutely love the way this guy talks😸 such a positive inflection on statements that arent so positive. Its like sarcasm without the hostility. Anyways I thinks its very amusing and refreshing. Thank you😊

@bottlethrower1544

2 жыл бұрын

He sings a sad song with an upbeat tempo

@Rome274

2 ай бұрын

My thoughts exactly

*Eight words:* *Go at night, and not in the Winter.*

@passionscott4877

2 жыл бұрын

Plz..winter aint never scared a newyorker lol

@superbrownbrown

2 жыл бұрын

@@passionscott4877 *No, that wasn't my point. Violence and crime increases at night, and during the Summer.*

You should interview Louis Rossman if you make another NYC video hes a independent business owner their and makes several videos on the real estate situation there. He also makes a lot of circuit board repair videos because that is his primary job.

@NickJohnson

2 жыл бұрын

I like him! He's awesome!

@awpetersen5909

2 жыл бұрын

I know him, as Well.

@darkprince2490

2 жыл бұрын

yeah man let's all become on big happy family.

@lisakaler4121

2 жыл бұрын

@@NickJohnson well, are you gonna interview him then ?

Despite growing up in Brooklyn I almost have never been to Brownsville, except maybe passing through it on a major street like Linden Blvd. I use to frequent nearby East New York and Cypress Hills though.

There’s no way out. I came and left nyc and I don’t see how you’d climb out of NYCHA with wages and high rent. That’s why people go south. NYC can only house the rich or the really poor.

@Ben-jq5oo

Жыл бұрын

This seems to be the way all cities are going. San Francisco, Sydney, London. Very sad.

@ordinary_deepfake

Жыл бұрын

I lived in the projects NYC rent was like 400$ 500$ 3bedroom

You should interview Here Be Barr he’s from New Jersey but lives in Brooklyn, and he gives a very good description about the boroughs, culture, and food in New York.

@thepartydontstarttil

2 жыл бұрын

Yaass! I forgot about John! Great, no nonsense content ✊🏽

@DONNYPESO

2 жыл бұрын

he's from Brooklyn now if you lived there for a long time that is where you from

@CajunGators

2 жыл бұрын

City sucks. No one cares.

EXCELLENT JOB 👍

The pleasant piano 🎹 to talking about Brownsville is classic, that’s original 👏😆. And come to think of it, if every Brooklynite listened to a Mr. Rogers type of melody when they woke up in the morning, they wouldn't give you that mean grill 😬 as you walked past them, you'll probably get a smile 😀 and a hello 😂🤣🤣

The most ruthless criminals are located in the Financial District dressed in suits.

@jara1462

2 жыл бұрын

it looks much better than where private property owners live, we need full socialism

@pauldziejman

2 жыл бұрын

@@jara1462 or, you could go make something of your life instead of leeching off society.

@AngelLuisEspada1970

2 жыл бұрын

😁

@jara1462

2 жыл бұрын

@@pauldziejman small business owners and private property owners are the real parasites leeching and stealing labor of workers

@cheaplaughkennedy2318

2 жыл бұрын

Very true.

Usually a neighborhood reflects the attitude of the people who live there

Thanks to action kid I saw and learnt so much about New York every single burrough.Great content from him.Thanks Nick I do love all your vlogs as well.

First time I’ve actually seen Action Kid. Have Enjoyed his videos.

Good and insightful interviews. The way the news discribes the neighborhoods you'd think it was complete squawler and distruction. There's kind and loving folks there and lots of hope. Thank you for sharing this.

Maybe do a video about current prices, food, gas, rent, bills etc.

Awesome Nick your videos get better and better- you are the KING OF TRAVEL INFORMATION AMERICAN CONDITION SCIENCE 10/10 sciencing brah

it used to be shameful to get assistance. if you are able to work. work. benefits are supposed to be temporary. it's not punishment to stop welfare. it's actually harmful to give people free money. tbh

@davel7014

2 жыл бұрын

Receiving benefits has become a way of life, and many feel it's an entitlement.

@jpjp3873

2 жыл бұрын

Amen brother!

@franciscoguzman1065

2 жыл бұрын

@Bruno Betty with the recession it’s gonna be even more. 🤦‍♂️

@franciscoguzman1065

2 жыл бұрын

@@BrunoBerryhoneybuns1370 well i get your point with that but it’s crazy the billions of dollars this country is sending worldwide . Not everyone is privileged in the country and has a great job. Everything is going up. Inflation etc. Rent prices etc. I do agree with you though about people who can work should work.

@darienmiller1032

Жыл бұрын

If you have a problem with "free money", attack bailouts for predatory banks, trillion dollar rax cuts for the wealthy, and massive subsidies for tech and oil giants.

Yeah, NYC has become way too gentrification, but crime and property values has sky rocketed. Brownsville and East NY have always been places that I have been warned to stay away from those places in BK for decades.

@susieblanco2722

2 жыл бұрын

*gentrified

was not expecting AK to be your star guest, love him from his channel.

@NickJohnson

2 жыл бұрын

He's awesome!

i never had a problem with Brownsville I live in Queens NY and visit Brownsville all the time. it's not as bad as you make it seems,

I love your little songs!

He should have invited a Brownsville native. Ik he invited some people from NY but they are kinda looking from the outside looking in. Yes they did give useful information but you rather want to get an idea from a natives day to day point of view.

@manfredmann2766

2 жыл бұрын

Was thinking the same thing. He did a great job in other videos regarding that.

@DONNYPESO

2 жыл бұрын

​@@mikej6624 it doesn't matter if he's a native if he been there enough times that he will know

@NickJohnson

2 жыл бұрын

It's not always easy to find people in an area to talk

@narvaisthequiet7988

2 жыл бұрын

@@NickJohnson that's understandable

Born and raised in Brownsville, Brooklyn. There's a reputation and saying,( I'm from Brownsville, never ran never will ). The only place I know, that has beautiful people ....you never want to cross.

@MISTERKIC

2 жыл бұрын

WordUP

From this video, Brownsville doesn't exactly look nice, but at least it doesn't look completely trashed and run down either.

@phongphong4640

2 жыл бұрын

Mr. John's video is for entertainment. You have to come to our Magical city in person to understand why we love our City so deeply.

@MISTERKIC

2 жыл бұрын

And it's not.

I do tend to talk a lot of trash about downstate but I really do hope the best for these people in these areas. We all deserve much better as Americans

@gregorycyr9272

2 жыл бұрын

I am originally from Binghamton NY,live in Raleigh NC.

@deezboyz4157

2 жыл бұрын

One tiny thing that might help a little bit: just be smart about having kids. Ya know? Don’t have four children if you know darn well you’ll never be able to support them in NYC. There’s s always ignorance at the bottom of any big issue…. There are other matters complicating things as well, but so often a part of a big problem involves people making bad decisions.

@pass_da_knoccs83

6 ай бұрын

Of course u gonna talk trash if u from upstate NY 😂😂😂 Y'all miserable

FYI, at 2:58 you passed by a pharmacy on Livonia Ave. That corner housed the headquarters of the 1920s Murder Inc!

@NickJohnson

2 жыл бұрын

Dang!

@billh.1940

2 жыл бұрын

My mother was raised in that building in 1920s, murder inc. was down stairs. Bullet holes from them in wall. It was always a slum.

Nick, my fiance and I are huge fans, since the beginning! I'm from Bushwick, we were all raised to stay away from this area... Once you cross Broadway Ave towards East, NY... It's called the Dark Side. I moved to Bellingham, WA ten years ago and never looked back!

@lyndaslocs

2 жыл бұрын

I've seen delivery people without police escorts.

@moperson1

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah to BH Washington.

Your songs😂 Nick Johnson you are too much!

The mappy bit was great in this one!

50% graduation rate is sad :(

Brownsville is not that bad. Flatbush sometimes is worse, especially during the summer time because of gun violence. The truth is the benefit system discourges people from moving up. If you make $22K a year, you have full medical benefit. That plan is even better than many big corporate CEOs have. On top of that, you have housing, food stamp, etc. Once your income is over a certain threshold, you need to pay at least part of that. It eats up a big chunk of your paycheck.

@tonynasaofficial

2 жыл бұрын

How is there gun violence I thought NYC had strict fun laws

@MISTERKIC

2 жыл бұрын

A lot of truth. I had a 3 bedroom, 2 bath, large terrace apartment for 20 years. I always worked, but qualified then for something called a Section 8 Voucher. Instead of 1200 a month, I paid 924 for rent. got 200 a month in EBT Food Stamps, and awesome Medical benefits. I overstand why and how people there become complacent, with no real incentive to move. Now that I've moved to the South, it's HELLA MORE EXPENSIVE! Mortgage, Water Bill Electricity Bill, GAS PRICES, Property tax, Home & Car Insurance, Lawn Care...the list goes on. My monthly expenses in Brooklyn? 1200. Rent, Food, Transportation. Didn't need a car, just hop on a train, bus or hail a cab. All of my utilities were included with the rent. I could leave all the lights on, and every faucet running, leave out of town for a week, and my rent was the same Monthly expenses here in the South? Almost 2k. I make more money now in warehousing (the only effin jobs in a small town) so my skill set had to change. No more office jobs sitting behind a computer here. In any case, I dig your videos, the concept and Brownsville is overrated in terms of being "Bad" but it ain't so bad anymore. You won't get jacked for your coat or sneakers anymore 🙂

@MISTERKIC

2 жыл бұрын

@@tonynasaofficial LMAO.

@Jay-bw3fl

2 жыл бұрын

And THIS is exactly why government entitlements should be limited to 3 months without exception with no option to Re apply.

@aztekempire

2 жыл бұрын

@@MISTERKIC Some ppl know how to play the system, down south u don't so much Government assistance.

Nice work on this one, Nick!! :)

@NickJohnson

2 жыл бұрын

Ok Aaron.

@aaronhow1932

2 жыл бұрын

@@NickJohnson Cheers, Nick! :)

I appreciate these guys coming on the video and giving their opinion but I highly doubt these guys have really really immersed himself into Brownsville. I work in Brooklyn not to give away my profession but I work all throughout Brooklyn and Brownsville, East New York, and East Flatbush are probably the worst areas I frequent. It’s riddled with gang violence, drug addiction, homelessness, and it’s overall just unsanitary.

@bigmood8370

2 жыл бұрын

@Stranded NYer yeah I know what I said East Flatbush gets down.

@MISTERKIC

Жыл бұрын

Bruh, grew up up and lived in ENY, Linden Blvd ( pick a project) 48 years of my life. Lot of us commenting, lived and worked there. We ain't just commenting. What Moon said was 100...nah, 1000!

@MISTERKIC

Жыл бұрын

@Stranded NYer AND? F you addressin me for?

It still doesn't look as bad as east st Louis or east Cleveland.

This is a very crazy neighborhood. I used to go grocery shopping at Food Bazzar in that neighborhood Brownsville. I took the L train to Livonia Avenue. I also used to go on Pitkin Avenue to shop as well. It was a very long street with a lot of shopping stores.

I grew up here. My childhood Barber shop "Bus Stop Barber Shop" on Pennsylvania & Wortman was in the first still shot.

Im from the other side of Brooklyn. A few years ago I decided to go to Walmart on Long Island for the first time in my life (we don’t have Walmart in NYC). For some reason, the address/direction on Google took us right to the middle of the projects in Brownsville. Everything was fine until an unsuspecting minivan turned out to be an unmarked cop car, they turned the sirens on and started a high speed chase with another car out of nowhere and we were caught in the middle. Definitely sketchy. Looks fine during the day, but bullets know no face. Avoid if possible.

@GuerrillaGorilla023

2 жыл бұрын

This comment. The people are underestimating how fast things can go left in Brooklyn

@jerome8564

Жыл бұрын

Oh no a speed chase happens everywhere

@Yamakasi_

Жыл бұрын

I witness the same a few days ago. Happen all the time in Brownsville. A lot of cars without tags they don't even respect red lights at night

You're best song by far 🤣

The problem is that if you get rid of the shelters, you'll end up with make-shift tent cities like you have in LA. Unlike Texas, there's not a whole lot of open spaces to have a homeless community ( (eg. community first formerly homeless shelter in Austin). It's not an easy problem to solve, is it?

@leemelvin6514

2 жыл бұрын

the problem is the government allowing crime to foster and promoting a welfare state. i could clean up these places in 1 year easy.

@oldrello2322

2 жыл бұрын

@Clayton Mileto he might have a point even though he stated it slightly odd

@CajunGators

2 жыл бұрын

You’ve clearly never been down to Austin. Go look at 5th st downtown. Lmfao

@CajunGators

2 жыл бұрын

@@oldrello2322 no he doesn’t. I live in Texas. Austin was the worst example to use. Come to downtown and find out

@CynthiaNotG

2 жыл бұрын

You’ve never been to Texas. I moved here. There’s tent cities under 59 and 45 like you wouldn’t believe. Difference is I’m not paying 3650 a month anymore to have the same issues.

Brownsville, and some other places in NYC can be pretty bad, but they are not so bad compared to where I grew up: the streets of Newark, NJ. Fun place!

Thumbs up automatically 👍 have a good weekend everyone

@NickJohnson

2 жыл бұрын

Always :)

What does Mappy think of this neighborhood?

@mosessutherland1847

2 жыл бұрын

he may like it for the price to rent but has to maintain the room of bb and roaches

@NickJohnson

2 жыл бұрын

Mappy says NO WAY, he'd be nervous

This was a great show. Crime went down when "Stop and Frisk" was implemented.

@mrtopcat2

2 жыл бұрын

...and vice versa

@ThinkerHaistTV

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sure crime would go up if they stop and frisked in rural areas as well... 🙄

@NSgeg765

2 жыл бұрын

Went down when it was ended more than 10 years ago. It was ruled unconstitutional.

Guys like Kenneth (AK), That’s a Shame MaryJane, Urbanist, Tom Delgado…. Are the reason I started watching KZread at the start of Covid! I’m hooked for life now✊🏽✊🏽🙏🏼✊🏽✊🏽

Interesting to learn about the earning conundrum with lower wage people.....full time V Part time. We have a similar situation here in Australia. really great vid mate....thanks

@NickJohnson

2 жыл бұрын

Yep 🇦🇺

The neighborhoods on the west side or North Brooklyn are beyond gentrification. Williamsburg, Dumbo, Cobble Hill, Brooklyn Heights and Boreum Hill are basically more expensive than most of Manhattan (good luck find a 1 bedroom under $4500 in dumbo). Also, COVID has been a huge boom for Brooklyn as people migrated away from Manhattan. Brooklyn really feels pre COVID normal, but Manhattan (especially midtown) seems like it has a bit to go to get back to how it felt before COVID.

@NickJohnson

2 жыл бұрын

Yes Nick totally agree

@peinves662

2 жыл бұрын

It’s what called dollar worth piece of ****

@deezboyz4157

2 жыл бұрын

$4500 a month for a one bedroom in DUMBO? Are you serious? God, I make $300k a year and a I feel pretty good about that. I’d barely be able to live there! That’s insane.

Never ran never will-Brownsville. Nick’s channel is The Best!!!!. Now we need a video on how no matter how bad a neighborhood in NYC is the homes cost a lot

@ogtripplog

2 жыл бұрын

Lotta New Yawkaz done moved down here to Philly for dat reason bro'haaam

@B_Me1111

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭🙂

@WhoCares3001

Жыл бұрын

"Never ran never will Brownsville" is NOT a thing. Yoy mixed uo the expression. Try again! Yall get on youtibe a pretend lol!

@donaldsawyer2618

Жыл бұрын

@@ogtripplog I have plenty of family in Philly. Original Philly people. Great city! Great people. Y’all get a bad rap too

@ogtripplog

Жыл бұрын

@@donaldsawyer2618 Word word I do agree. Lifelong Philly bul I do agree. Da ppl here give my city a bad rep n they need ta be flushed outta here

Thank you Action Kid for telling the truth Brownsville is not as bad as people will have you believe

When there is housing projects, good people move out and homeowners sell because property values drop alot. The system has been broken since the Vietnam war.

I thought the murder rate in NY was way lower than it used to be?

@peterwelby

2 жыл бұрын

It is. In 1990 there were over 2000 murders a year. Now there are 500 per year with a larger population. NYC is still one of the safest cities in America. There are many cities with much higher crime and murder rates.

@diangelo6686

2 жыл бұрын

It is use to be over 2000 murders a year

@DK-oy6ee

2 жыл бұрын

@@peterwelby Yes that’s what I thought. I remember there were moremurders every year in New York than in 20 years of the U.K. versus Irish IRA conflict.

@xtrey19x

2 жыл бұрын

@@DK-oy6ee it is way lower, but what time period are you comparing? Brownsville may be considered the worst neighborhood in NYC, but there are worst neighborhoods in other states and cities.

@DK-oy6ee

2 жыл бұрын

@@xtrey19x I’m thinking of 1990.

Do you drive all over America pretty much nonstop? Thanks again for exploring our huge country and making good social medai connections for serious meaningful discussions. I find housing, employment security, hostile people, crime, and violence to be the issues. That's good to hear that people in Brownsville are trying to make thier lives better by socializing and having community most areas have zero sense of community and safety.

@Micg51

2 жыл бұрын

God just imagine that fuel bill 😳

@eriklarson9137

Жыл бұрын

@Ekaterina Kozhevnikova I also like pizza.

That Brownsville song! 😁 Nick 👍

Nick we are from NY state I was born in Brooklyn but wasn't raised there.we would be totally lost driving in NY city! Take care you are very brave!

@NickJohnson

2 жыл бұрын

Ok Liz!

As a New Yorker, this is very accurate. I’m from Long Island, NY.

@BrogeKilrain

2 жыл бұрын

How’s Wyandach doing ? 😆😆

@sugar2th173

2 жыл бұрын

It’s accurate but you are nowhere near the trenches.

@shivanshna7618

2 жыл бұрын

Where though isn't long island big and long ? Lol

@sugar2th173

2 жыл бұрын

@@shivanshna7618 yes and it’s hardly Brooklyn though they have some rotten neighborhoods too.

@shivanshna7618

2 жыл бұрын

@@sugar2th173 could be I only know long island from how I met your mother .

In the middle 60's I used to go to Brownsville to party; they were the best parties in Brooklyn and all on my friends there got out; they went to State University and then moved on. One lady got a PhD one guy got an MBA. One guy is a lawyer but these were the most highly motivated....you can get out if you get on the pipeline...but to my knowledge none ever went back. The State University started the EOP program in 1968 and it gave some a chance at college. City University had the SEEK program. For the average there is no path.

@donaldprice9230

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Nick for another great video!!!

East Ny right next door to Brownsville is pretty bad as well.

@MISTERKIC

2 жыл бұрын

Not so much anymore. I'm a vet from there. Still visit 3-4 times a year. Lived there 48. ENY!

Yeah, I remember when I lived in NYC years ago, Brownsville was pretty scary (especially after dark) back then as well.

Problem most don't realize, regardless of where you live, not everyone can be rich and famous or successful. The idea that everyone can succeed if try is meritless. There's never been enough jobs at any 1 point in time where everybody can be the boss, or supervisor or highest paid employee. There will always be a need for some to be on the lowest rung of the ladder and work way up. If you never worked way up, didn't try hard enough. But you can't be manager just because someone else is manager. If everyone was manager, there'd be no workers. Then all the managers would have to do work that's beneath them. That won't work.

I was born in Brooklyn, ( Bed- Stuy in the 60s, moved to Queens in 66 but still visited other family in Brooklyn quite often. Brooklyn in general was a decent place back before the 70s of course it had some crime like any place else but it was not organized crime or crime by groups of people instead I recognized individuals. Brooklyn like most other parts of the nation became really crime ridden by the late 70s when Black leaders were assassinated, jobs left NYC for other cities and states placing most residence on unemployment status or in un-gainful employment status resulting in many of Blacks finding themselves on Government assistance, And then the mind altering drugs were disbursed throughout the Black communities, schools were ill funded and by the 1979 the shit hit the fan. When we see areas in such critical conditions it is because some very powerful and influential people want them to be in such condition. It keeps certain minority or what most may consider those less desirable in their place and uncompetitive with the mainstream of society. If the elitist and power brokers pay to kill off a peoples sincere and dedicated leaders, dish out substandard education, remove gainful employment and saturate the population with mind altering drug, Then you have the recipe for Brownsville's across this nation when they have no genuine and accredited leadership among its people then one can provide them with some pretentious ones to lead them astray.

@tonikaye6734

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe if Black Lives Matter really cared about black people they would use their $$$ to help the good blacks instead of spending $$$ on luxury goods and real-estate for their own selfish self.

Why are so many bags of trash on the curbs? I am from Chicago, trash pick ups are mostly in the alleys, or large dumpsters in designated areas.

U.S the greatest country in the world 🌎🇺🇲🎉

@robertko5425

2 жыл бұрын

Yep - Camden NJ, and East Saint Louis are the GREATEST CITIES in the world.

@troublesome9three993

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertko5425 hahaha 🤣 you lying my gee.

@jeffking4176

2 жыл бұрын

I agree, but like all nations, we do have our problems. [ but that’s “human nature “]. 📻🙂

@jeffking4176

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertko5425 Don’t know about Camden, but as for E.St.L., in a couple more decades, it’ll be a peaceful little farming community, at the rate it’s going.”🤣

If this was the 1990s, you wouldn't have been able to casually walk around like that and record. times have changed...

I worked at a charter school in Brownsville in 2014-2015. I had no idea of the level of danger of the area. The day I interviewed at the school, it was a bad snow day and I got badly lost--wandered alone for twenty minutes. Nothing happened. The school was well-run. There were many kids who worked hard and wanted to learn. But there were also kids clearly scarred and dealing with mental health issues. I did not experience any safety issues while traveling to and from the school. Hope the kids at the school are still helped to go further.

@frederickbartholomew6290

10 ай бұрын

I moved from the Caribbean at the age of 12 years from crystal white sandy beaches, blue clear water, summer fun children and adult regattas yearly to Brownsville/East new york in late 2003. It was a total culture shock I was way more mature and quiet compared to the other students around my age. My father an his family came to the US back in the late 80s, growing up on Herkimer Street was kinda like the subberbs to me it only changed when you went one block down to Rockaway Ave where guys who were kinda gang related hang out, around that time but my parents never allowed myself my brother, sister and my cusings outside as much only with adult an present. All this was a total 360 compared to my Caribbean experience. In the early 2000s RNB was more present in the music industry but around the same time I came an a year or two before alot of Rappers started putting out Gansta rap music that hit main stream which changed the environment totally. If you grew up around these areas staying inside was a safe choice especially at night just to minimize being indirectly involved in criminal activities or getting randomly Robed, jumped or targeted by gangs/individuals randomly. That was about 20yrs ago. It have changed alot compared to 20yr ago I can only say as much because I was sheltered from my environment but I did hear alot about criminal activities, shooting robbing and harassing. Also alot of it was total ignorance hyped up through social engineering of rap music most indavisual tried living viqurasticly through rap icons and street thugs. The lack of opportunities and leadership for young adults inbreed unstable and young criminals sad to say.

LOL and some new songs as well.... 10/10 songing

At one time brownsville was really bad hundreds of abandoned buildings back in the 70s and 80s nothing like it used to be.