JENKEM - Preserving Original Bricks from the Brooklyn Banks

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When word got out that NY was removing the majority of the original bricks from the Brooklyn Banks-for good this time-we couldn’t let these treasures be lost to the dustbin of history.
In the deadest days of quarantine lock-down, we biked out to the Banks to get our hands on as many bricks as we could carry with the idea to send them out to the skaters that made them significant.
Though it would’ve been sick to save wheelbarrows of bricks and send them out to every skater that’s ever done a wallride, we settled on four because they were damn heavy and it’s the thought that counts.
Filmed by: Ian Michna
Edited by: Rob Fraebel
Host: Alex Raspa
MORE INFO: www.jenkemmag.com/home/

Пікірлер: 230

  • @awekeys
    @awekeys4 жыл бұрын

    Literally a bank heist

  • @fortune5903

    @fortune5903

    4 жыл бұрын

    brick heist

  • @albr4

    @albr4

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@fortune5903 bank, as in banking, the stuff you skate on...

  • @mastersamurai7683

    @mastersamurai7683

    4 жыл бұрын

    Nice

  • @mastersamurai7683

    @mastersamurai7683

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Sand Hanitizer hahahaha

  • @squidwardtentacles6581
    @squidwardtentacles65814 жыл бұрын

    He said he wants 'as many as he can carry' then turns up on a bike without a backpack and takes 3....?

  • @runningtimelabs

    @runningtimelabs

    4 жыл бұрын

    haha!Yeah indeed...Seems like he was more into looking cool than focusing on bricks lifting.

  • @alfredonski

    @alfredonski

    4 жыл бұрын

    im walking in there with a duffel bag

  • @Lionel_tig3r

    @Lionel_tig3r

    4 жыл бұрын

    Think they were just tweaked. Shoulda absolutely just made a fat little pile in that corner and then come back for em.

  • @myousickoflife

    @myousickoflife

    4 жыл бұрын

    When he lifts them up and says "thats three, thats HEAVY" lol what the fuck bro?

  • @team419

    @team419

    4 жыл бұрын

    you guys should go watch nathan barley for an insight as to why they do this

  • @lurkerlew2136
    @lurkerlew21364 жыл бұрын

    Skateboarders are weird, man. I love it.

  • @chromebomb

    @chromebomb

    4 жыл бұрын

    Trying to explain to a normie: "These bricks and the under the bridge wasteland are culturally important to our community"

  • @raddog1478

    @raddog1478

    4 жыл бұрын

    have you ever played thps2? there ya go.

  • @therealwewin

    @therealwewin

    4 жыл бұрын

    Life is wierd. Skateboarding is awesome

  • @brocksamson9737

    @brocksamson9737

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your input quasimoto

  • @kevinc8369

    @kevinc8369

    Жыл бұрын

    @@chromebomb he's not a "normie" he's a psychopath because he doesn't understand the basic concept of history, culture, and sentimental.

  • @salvadorp7310
    @salvadorp73104 жыл бұрын

    I love how you can randomly bump into mark suciu in NY

  • @Lgo559

    @Lgo559

    3 жыл бұрын

    and franky spears. just abou t anyone really

  • @Ricksonsaito8
    @Ricksonsaito84 жыл бұрын

    I would take this Brick over the Supreme brick any day

  • @user-ew7nz3yw2i

    @user-ew7nz3yw2i

    4 жыл бұрын

    You just compared a joke to skateboarding history. WTF.

  • @KkK-xj5vu

    @KkK-xj5vu

    4 жыл бұрын

    Nice

  • @TheThetombraider123

    @TheThetombraider123

    4 жыл бұрын

    KZread comments are the most brain dead virtue signalling trash I have ever seen

  • @eganashenfelter9014

    @eganashenfelter9014

    4 жыл бұрын

    man remember when people used to be able to make jokes on youtube

  • @therealwewin

    @therealwewin

    4 жыл бұрын

    Supreme is poser central

  • @eletor
    @eletor4 жыл бұрын

    Amazing how quick that list changed of who got the bricks.

  • @chrisbeeclean1579
    @chrisbeeclean15794 жыл бұрын

    Vallely could’ve gotten one

  • @OddFuture543
    @OddFuture5434 жыл бұрын

    sad too see legendary spots be destroyed but on a positive note seeing the unity in the skate community is so beautiful

  • @ukariah
    @ukariah4 жыл бұрын

    all these legendary spots are dying before i can see them in person

  • @dhvmpyr

    @dhvmpyr

    4 жыл бұрын

    Only pain in this life :(

  • @leredditcommander8208

    @leredditcommander8208

    2 жыл бұрын

    Im going from mexico next week, gonna find probably nothing, what the F is the city of NY doing, destroying historical places.

  • @westcoast2372
    @westcoast23724 жыл бұрын

    If you haven’t signed the petition do so. So close to 50k signatures and they want to restore it back to its glory days

  • @MrAllstar

    @MrAllstar

    4 жыл бұрын

    Too late the bricks are already gone...

  • @LiL_Miss_Fiasco

    @LiL_Miss_Fiasco

    4 жыл бұрын

    www.change.org/p/nyc-department-of-transportation-save-the-brooklyn-banks

  • @gsef4157

    @gsef4157

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@MrAllstar they can add new bricks Lol just sign the petition, were tryna skate the fookn banks ked

  • @pippey73
    @pippey734 жыл бұрын

    its sad to see all of these historic sites getting demolished

  • @alecothegecko

    @alecothegecko

    4 жыл бұрын

    New ones will arise

  • @AdamCeladin
    @AdamCeladin4 жыл бұрын

    Damn it was always my dream to skate that spot :/

  • @blankearth5840

    @blankearth5840

    2 жыл бұрын

    Me too that was always my favorite spot, even though I never skated it 😔

  • @mttec23
    @mttec234 жыл бұрын

    Used to take the train from Jersey and spend the day skating the Banks probably in 1996/97’. There was an energy there in the 90’s. Def some of my best skating memories. It was like leaving reality and entering the Banks for the day. It was like it’s own society in there.

  • @JEdwards713
    @JEdwards7134 жыл бұрын

    You only took 4 and didn't bring a bag or duffle lol? Yall coulda hit a fat lick on em!

  • @MotleySchu

    @MotleySchu

    4 жыл бұрын

    bruh

  • @imadecoy

    @imadecoy

    4 жыл бұрын

    sleep af

  • @isaacdamon26

    @isaacdamon26

    4 жыл бұрын

    that was probably 20-30lbs and he had to tap out

  • @godekvideos
    @godekvideos4 жыл бұрын

    Shout out to king QUIM!

  • @dunnyify
    @dunnyify4 жыл бұрын

    Legendary spots are going away all the time it sucks

  • @pedroberoes49
    @pedroberoes494 жыл бұрын

    So sad im not going to ever see this spot irl

  • @ChrisHufnagel_Polymath
    @ChrisHufnagel_Polymath3 жыл бұрын

    Hah, thanks for sending Keith a brick. We were bummed about the banks getting shut down. So many good memories.

  • @donovanimg
    @donovanimg3 жыл бұрын

    RIP kieth hufnagel im glad y’all were able to get this to him before he passed

  • @StereoSoundAgent
    @StereoSoundAgent4 жыл бұрын

    I have childhood memories of taking the trains here before I could drive and skating the banks. This is bittersweet to watch! Thanks Jenkem

  • @basslandpdx
    @basslandpdx4 жыл бұрын

    This was dope! Thank you Jenkem

  • @Mrtravislowes2
    @Mrtravislowes24 жыл бұрын

    Why you no mention mike vallely?

  • @VintageSlide

    @VintageSlide

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ya he killed that

  • @ricardo-ge4jo
    @ricardo-ge4jo4 жыл бұрын

    Quality content always from jenkem

  • @311connoisseur
    @311connoisseur4 жыл бұрын

    Always been my favorite skate spot.

  • @thisoneisonme
    @thisoneisonme4 жыл бұрын

    Man every wheel sport has amazing clips from that place. RIP man. Wish I could have skated it once in it's heyday.

  • @EastsideDonkey
    @EastsideDonkey4 жыл бұрын

    At least we have Session to keep the memories alive. The historical challenges are the best part about that game. Im learning about tricks that were done there that I had no idea happened.

  • @BolBoy123
    @BolBoy1234 жыл бұрын

    For the bridge to be supported, hopefully the bank might be rebuilt as it was, except this time using 'crete. The eerie train sounds when they get close, made it seem haunted !

  • @johnnyc.3261
    @johnnyc.32614 жыл бұрын

    Bro, this video was so dope. Sick to hear a bit from the legends at the end. I do think Koston should have gotten one.

  • @Smoothjazzsundays
    @Smoothjazzsundays4 жыл бұрын

    Jenkem is putting out the best skate content out of anyone. Respect.

  • @brocksamson9737
    @brocksamson97374 жыл бұрын

    Seeing the footage back than seemed so raw. Something about skating in the 90s to early 2000s is s something that can never be felt again. I can't explain it it's something you have to experience for yourself if you live throughout the course of it like I did for that time. Now and days skateboarding doesn't have that "feeling" no more. It's to commercialize trendy and being invaded by hypebeast and culture vultures which I think totally ruin the raw feel old school skateboarding. Yes I'll remove my boomer nostalgia goggles now.

  • @clivemathieu9386
    @clivemathieu93864 жыл бұрын

    All hail cardial

  • @BenjaminEatsVeggies
    @BenjaminEatsVeggies4 жыл бұрын

    Love these nostalgic mini docs. You guys should do one for EMB ?

  • @brendonmasters
    @brendonmasters4 жыл бұрын

    The lean on that 180 was beyond style holy moly

  • @itsMrNoble
    @itsMrNoble Жыл бұрын

    My friend Kim was living in the US on a student year abroad and managed to get a brick from EMB before it got completely shut down to skating. He got it and mailed to a friend of ours back in London. I hope he still has it.

  • @bryanbreezy
    @bryanbreezy4 жыл бұрын

    Love jenkem. the guy is a great journalist

  • @AtilioEscobar
    @AtilioEscobar4 жыл бұрын

    Re-spect Jenkem. Much love to the Banks, from TN.

  • @PhilWasHere
    @PhilWasHere3 жыл бұрын

    I only been skating for a year now but when I read up on iconic spots like this one it sucks because I feel like I missed out BIG TIME.

  • @ivantwopairs1766
    @ivantwopairs17664 жыл бұрын

    I hope Mike V's got the chunk of fence he knocked off. Funny thing about this spot is that the banks aren't that good or fun to skate. But as the only available bust-free spot with banks in NYC it became the center of the NYC scene. It also made skaters better because they really had to learn to pop & boost. And they look great in photo. If these were in AZ, ABQ, or Las Vegas no one would go there.

  • @strictlybusiness1679
    @strictlybusiness16794 жыл бұрын

    Stevie Williams switch 360flip into bank, The Reason

  • @mattimaranda9638

    @mattimaranda9638

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yea and he didn't hit the flat part at the top like everyone else.

  • @pas69tie
    @pas69tie4 жыл бұрын

    Sad to see the death of an icon. Zoo York crew owned this spot when I was a kid.

  • @l6s5g0
    @l6s5g04 жыл бұрын

    Awesome, bro. I have a few memories. Great times =')

  • @sssoniatsanggg
    @sssoniatsanggg4 жыл бұрын

    i got a little teary watching this :((

  • @BadOmenRGV
    @BadOmenRGV4 жыл бұрын

    Love Danny Supa. Great skater. Great dude.

  • @harrygadd5125
    @harrygadd51254 жыл бұрын

    great video.

  • @theangryitalianscottypiffi1048
    @theangryitalianscottypiffi10484 жыл бұрын

    Another legendary spot destroyed. First Love... now the banks.. Rest In Peace

  • @Greenlightdayglodist
    @Greenlightdayglodist4 жыл бұрын

    crazy that legendary spot is now gone

  • @1OffGabagool
    @1OffGabagool4 жыл бұрын

    WENNING, best switch tre ever

  • @existextinct
    @existextinct4 жыл бұрын

    Skated here in 1998 epic spot. Got a photo of myself ollieing over the wall onto the ramp

  • @kevinc8369
    @kevinc8369 Жыл бұрын

    Forever immortalized in Session Skate Sim

  • @Nollie_Fullcab
    @Nollie_Fullcab4 жыл бұрын

    Skateboarding is the best thing ever

  • @knowledgegod2635
    @knowledgegod26354 жыл бұрын

    Jenkem is Mass Appeal for skateboarding.

  • @blankearth5840
    @blankearth58402 жыл бұрын

    Long live The Banks Of Bricks 🧱 🛹

  • @wubonkald322
    @wubonkald3224 жыл бұрын

    Went to Brooklyn banks in 1999,got a few clips on the banks,such a shame they are taking it down

  • @brockfrreminz6659
    @brockfrreminz66594 жыл бұрын

    Big ups for real. RIP

  • @skataholic
    @skataholic4 жыл бұрын

    Harry Jumonji deserves a BRICK!

  • @WolfWould
    @WolfWould4 жыл бұрын

    I have an old Reese Forbes from 15/20 years ago on my wall

  • @maxsimeck902
    @maxsimeck9024 жыл бұрын

    Man I like this music

  • @RyansGlassReviews
    @RyansGlassReviews4 жыл бұрын

    Glad I got my BK Banks bricks 🧱

  • @coeszila6504
    @coeszila65044 жыл бұрын

    From the west coast that spot was a spot I always wanted to check out in real life like not even to skate just to feel the true east coast vibe smh rip

  • @KillumiGnarly
    @KillumiGnarly4 жыл бұрын

    sad what a cool looking spot

  • @proffessasvids
    @proffessasvids3 жыл бұрын

    heart breaking to see it in that state!! lovely idea to reward the og's with a part of it though. i wonder how much skin was deposited on each brick over the years lol the place must literally be filled with skaters dna. bless lads hopefully they rebuild it in brand new brick lol (dreaming again) xx

  • @brandonblack40483
    @brandonblack404834 жыл бұрын

    That’s so fucking dope! Never got to make the pilgrimage there but I watched all that footy as a kid!

  • @jamie_deakin
    @jamie_deakin4 жыл бұрын

    mannnn i was there in 2010 they just closed them for the first work. couldn't get in because cops were on you straight away. 3 months i tried and never got to skate there. thought one day i'd get too

  • @mychannel-jj9py

    @mychannel-jj9py

    4 жыл бұрын

    Go at night I managed to find a spot

  • @christhomasen7407
    @christhomasen74074 жыл бұрын

    I was there for most of those tricks done , mike V needs a brick , the trick were done further up the bank by the wall

  • @zvonimirmikic2932
    @zvonimirmikic29324 жыл бұрын

    Nice content

  • @Unxpekted
    @Unxpekted4 жыл бұрын

    "I sent you a brick" sounds like Escobar talk but no just a skateboarder with a literal brick haha.

  • @christhomasen7407
    @christhomasen74074 жыл бұрын

    I was there when mayor g.was in his limo when the mike V almost got hit by the limo , next day a huge wall was put on top of the lil wall , then Edwin Delarosa bmx guy jumped over the huge wall !!!

  • @sapple3236
    @sapple32364 жыл бұрын

    bless up

  • @havanalarkclub4530
    @havanalarkclub45304 жыл бұрын

    That was tight

  • @importon
    @importon4 жыл бұрын

    hangin on

  • @evanderholyfieldsear
    @evanderholyfieldsear4 жыл бұрын

    gangstarr in the back was an excellent choice

  • @-_-Code-_-
    @-_-Code-_-4 жыл бұрын

    jav was a great pick, but so was pappalardo.. new york kids through and through, grew up at the spot.

  • @alexanderkuhn6172
    @alexanderkuhn61724 жыл бұрын

    Respect

  • @johansilva5612
    @johansilva56124 жыл бұрын

    is there nothing we can do to save it?

  • @rocketgrunt5252

    @rocketgrunt5252

    4 жыл бұрын

    There's a petition you can sign online...it's close to 50 thousand

  • @Lgo559
    @Lgo5593 жыл бұрын

    man this is sad to know this place no longer exists

  • @ericpluard819
    @ericpluard8194 жыл бұрын

    what was that gang starr song towards the end?

  • @2serene1993
    @2serene19934 жыл бұрын

    Just like EMB, glad a few got some relics of a bygone age.

  • @Skrevr-yb6hx

    @Skrevr-yb6hx

    4 жыл бұрын

    Old School skate spots RIP.

  • @andydreadsbmx
    @andydreadsbmx4 жыл бұрын

    Glad I got mine years ago, not a whole brick but a small chuck that was broken.

  • @zeqolned
    @zeqolned4 жыл бұрын

    Mark needs one for sure

  • @RevanMartinez
    @RevanMartinez4 жыл бұрын

    Train wreck back noseblunted the rail, and Jamie Thomas has a sick line there

  • @erino5528
    @erino55283 жыл бұрын

    So glad I got a trick there before it got demolished. I ended up putting it on my channel. Mike V was there as well doin bonless's

  • @DillaDawgForever
    @DillaDawgForever4 жыл бұрын

    I’m going to NYC now to get mine...

  • @HgihAsFcuk
    @HgihAsFcuk4 жыл бұрын

    "No Trespassing" *looks around* *hops fence*

  • @habfewufbq3ouwfwfcq3r

    @habfewufbq3ouwfwfcq3r

    4 жыл бұрын

    Basically what most skaters do😭

  • @AnttiBrax

    @AnttiBrax

    4 жыл бұрын

    "I'm a sign, not a cop" Besides... If it says "no trespassing" there's probably something worth trespassing in there.

  • @sylgar45
    @sylgar454 жыл бұрын

    Why no bag pack/bags?

  • @skarceoneafd9609
    @skarceoneafd96093 жыл бұрын

    Living here in SF my dream was to visit and skate the banks.. RIP!

  • @buckodonnghaile4309

    @buckodonnghaile4309

    3 жыл бұрын

    You ever skate China Banks in SF?

  • @mattimaranda9638
    @mattimaranda96384 жыл бұрын

    To this very day, I dwell on not landing the switch barley grind down the 10 stair I tried back in 2004. I tried it again a couple years later but still no luck. Out of all the bigger close-to-makes I've had over the years, that's the one that got away.

  • @nvsoliveira
    @nvsoliveira4 жыл бұрын

    Cards is the best dude!

  • @Nitroh-
    @Nitroh-3 жыл бұрын

    someone give me a little update? so is it all completely gone yet or not? sad things like this happen, carlsbad gap, brooklyn banks so many more legendary spots just gone.

  • @matthewjswider
    @matthewjswider4 жыл бұрын

    Skated the banks in 98’ with the Hamburg skate crew.

  • @kevincaudron1714
    @kevincaudron17144 жыл бұрын

    mike vallely deserves one!

  • @LixiSan
    @LixiSan4 жыл бұрын

    3:30 jerry forgot to bring a backpack

  • @tyronsmith7938
    @tyronsmith79384 жыл бұрын

    What said in Quim's T shirt, "if you don't skate ????"

  • @jlong-ov5dz

    @jlong-ov5dz

    4 жыл бұрын

    don't start

  • @bakerjaht
    @bakerjaht4 жыл бұрын

    Fucking John cardiel man, such a class act. "Oh! BIG LOVE MAN! The Sup?!" Hahah the fucking best ever

  • @traddad9172
    @traddad91724 жыл бұрын

    Send one to *all* my 90s East coast heroz

  • @michaellance961
    @michaellance9614 жыл бұрын

    Luan Oliveira is very thoughtful to do that.

  • @danmandem
    @danmandem4 жыл бұрын

    1:52 When you haven't unlocked that part of the map yet in Tony Hawks Pro Skater

  • @bgax
    @bgax3 жыл бұрын

    Papalardo from long Island?

  • @TheHouseMafia1
    @TheHouseMafia14 жыл бұрын

    for the culture

  • @yotam2182
    @yotam21824 жыл бұрын

    big up

  • @creatureStudios
    @creatureStudios4 жыл бұрын

    Keep one for us! ;)

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