NYC's Sketchiest Neighborhood? : Walking in The Hole
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- čas přidán 7. 08. 2020
- I walk through the Hole on the border of Queens and Brooklyn.
From Wikipedia:
"The Hole is a small neighborhood in New York City on the border between Brooklyn and Queens. It is a low-lying area, with a ground level that is 30 feet (9.1 m) lower than the surrounding area. The area is run-down, and suffers from frequent flooding. It has been described as a "lost neighborhood", and as resembling a border town from the Wild West. It is generally bordered by Ruby Street, South Conduit Avenue, and Linden Boulevard. Nearby neighborhoods include East New York, Lindenwood, Howard Beach and Ozone Park.
The Hole is home to the New York City Federation of Black Cowboys.
In 2004, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) made plans to connect the neighborhood to the city's sewer system to combat the flooding by raising the land.
In 2010, filmmakers Courtney Fathom Sell and Billy Feldman made a short documentary about the neighborhood. The film includes interviews with some of the residents as well as members of the Federation of Black Cowboys. The film premiered at Rooftop Films in 2011 and has since been archived at the Brooklyn Historical Society & Anthology Film Archives. Another film, focused on the residents living in the Hole, was made in 2016
The Hole is the site of an old Mafia graveyard, located in a vacant lot off of Ruby Street between Blake and Dumont Avenues. In 1981, children playing in the lot found the body of Bonanno crime family capo Alphonse "Al" Indelicato, who, along with fellow Bonanno capos Philip "Philly Lucky" Giaccone and Dominick "Big Trin" Trinchera, had been killed several weeks before in a Brooklyn night club store room by rival Bonanno capo Joseph Massino and his associates. In 2004, the bodies of Giaccone and Trinchera were dug up in the lot by FBI agents and New York City police detectives. The bodies were disposed of in the lot as a favor by the crew of John Gotti, who had grown up with Massino. Although not all of their bodies have been found, as many as six Mafia murder victims are believed by authorities to have been buried in the lot in the late 1970s and early 1980s. These include John Favara, a Queens furniture store manager killed because he accidentally ran over the 12-year-old son of John Gotti, and Lucchese crime family members Joseph Spione and Thomas DeSimone, on whom Joe Pesci's character Tommy DeVito in Goodfellas was based."
Filmed August 7, 2020
Timestamps
1:40 - Conduit Boulevard
4:16 - Eldert Lane
7:43 - Blake Avenue & Someone asks me for money
11:08 - Ruby Street
14:00 - 76th Street
16:38 - Dumont Avenue
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The exaggeration in video is strong. I grew up in Queens not to far from the airport. That's just a commercial zone with garages that buy cars for auctions are stored. There are lots of vacant lots which are desolate making it a prime place for organized crime to hide dead bodies. Its located in a historically low lying area prone to flooding. Few people live there, so there is not enough property taxes collected to fix it for optimal habitability.
Sounds like a kid with nominal experience in life...
@@becklaneartist especially when theres a lot of dead bodies involved. DEFINITELY not sketchy..
@@miguelmejia4656 Every community has a sketchy industrial neighborhood where cars, for auction or repair, are stored like this but the videographer didnt understand what he was seeing. From his description, I was expecting a chaotic, Four Points scenerio but it was just an industrial lot in an old neighborhood. Ive lived in several similar but far more dangerous places in Boston, Providence\Pawtucket RI and around. Yes, bodies were apparently dumped there but a lot of communities have experienced murders and dumped bodies. Its life experience that helps one recognize what's going on - he seemed shocked by an industrial lot....that's all. I grew up on Cape Cod where murders and body dumps happen. But Ive lived in places where the videographer would be NEVER be able to walk the streets never mind openly film ppl and neighborhoods...hed'd end up dead. This was just a loooong walk to an industrial park. I kept watching bc the neighborhoods with gold trimmed fences reminded me of some Portuguese neighborhoods I've lived in and forgotten about. A little tired but everyone's doing the best they can.
I lived there from 1959-1960 till about 1974. It was way different then it is now. This was the "old Italian"neighborhood, with 2 candy stores an Italian club with bocce court , Mike the jeweler and gun shop(a regular cop hang out) , we played in the street, no traffic, everyone new each other by first names. I great place to grow up Years later there were horse farms there. There was a canal where the twin ovals ball fields are then they filled in the canal to build a shopping center and caused the flooding condition. The narration of the video is not at all accurate. I was down there a few years ago with my friends that grew up there with our own tour. We met a person the lives in my childhood home and spoke with him. We also have a "Down the hole, Ozone Park reunion held in Eisenhower Park in East Meadow once a year.
This is cheap industrial/factory/buisness area. You think they gonna make cheap chairs/table. Cheap car repair in the nice part of manathan 😂
Its not dangerous. Most people there HAVE A JOB OR OWN A BUISNESS
You actualy could walk there everydays. No one will hurt you. Cause they busy fixing car. Or doing some factory work 😂
Born and Raised New Yorker and I still waiting to see the “sketchy” part.
Me too lol 😂..
Only thing "sketchy" is this dumb ass walking around asking to get beat up and robbed walk into my neighborhood and we would ask you one ? hard way or easy way give us your chit or we take it and I live in Florida LOL
Same born n raise native new yorker and still in NY.....you are a joke to make NY look bad lying saying its sketchy I'll show you sketchy you wouldn't be able to film freely
I've only been once. I'm in the PNW but when I did visit New York I really enjoyed Queens and The Bronx the Best. Of course I didn't see every inch of them but it looks like he is in a industrial neighborhood where the mechanics and junkyards are and why he is seeing all the cars in various states of repair and all kinds of big rigs and bad roads and, like he even said himself lot's of signs saying "no trespassing" connected to big private lots. Sure there are a few apartments there too. Poor people have to live somewhere. So in case he didn't know, it's not exactly quiet or cleen in these kind of areas but when the majority of the population are those who own the land and it's industrial area then that's what you get. This is not a dangerous place to live but it would be a nice place to bring a body to get rid of it. With all the noise and long stretches where you won't run into anybody who might see you with a body. Ya know. I think somebody needs to take this boy to see The New York he thinks he just saw until then, never call him
"Action Kid" again. 😜
@@redfish9599 The neighborhood really reflects it's residents. Trash, it's not something to be proud of
I cry laughed when he said "my goodness, what is this place??" about the Linden Motel. LOL..
I have been in public restrooms that are scarier than "the hole".
😂😂😂😂😂
Lol
Just to give you some perspective. This area is considered mainly a commercial zone. The cars on the street are auction car that were bought for repairs and resale by body shops which is why they don’t have plates. Commercial Zones are usually like this in NYC. You won’t find many homes in the area but the ones that you do find, the city won’t ever try to go there to make repairs due to the fact that it doesn’t have enough voting residents to make a proper complaint.
10:20 starts the residential.
Northern Bronx around the Eastchester-Dyre Ave stop at the end of the 5 train is just like that. Nothing really but body shops, gas stations, cheap hotels and fast food
Great explanation, very interesting
A lot can be done by each resident. Living in between a McD and KK every morning my front yard is trashed with paper cups and wrappers, even condoms and who is the one who cleans it up EVERY MORNING? It would look very bad if I didn't after a week. Also a simple drain pit here and there, would eliminate all that unhealthy standing water.
@Aaron Fridays Was just thinking that myself, that area is called Willets Point, it isn't on the city sewer grid nor the highway department.
There’s probably more loving, hard working and law abiding folks in that neighborhood than most of the Upper East Side of Manhattan....
As someone who lives in East NY and has for decades, I can confirm this to be true.
Same here ^^^^
Nah, East New York is jammed packed with horrible people. They ROB ROB ROB over there.
SmackItUp-FlipIt-RubItDown looking at the rubbish/trash they throw on the floor I’m going to disagree with you there. No pride in their own neighbourhood doesn’t exactly scream “loving, hard working, law abiding” . Shame really, to have a NYC address and just no care.
@@JulieWallis1963 I mentioned this to some other commenters, but it often times are people outside of the area that do not care, who come here and don’t properly dispose of trash. I have caught and reported sanitation workers who let trash fall back to the ground and can’t be bothered to do a thorough job, construction companies from other areas who dump their debris in open here areas because they don’t want to pay for bulk trash removal, etc. No, it’s not the perfect neighborhood, but this video does not give a full picture of the people who live here. Most are indeed good folks who care about the community and do the best they can.
Why is the lowest denomination on you a $20 bill when you're going into the "sketchy" neighborhood?
When walking through a sketchy neighborhood you never carry anything more than a few one dollar bills and that is it. Anything over $5 and you are asking for serious trouble.
Your asking for trouble having a $20.00 on you, and thinking he's going to give you any change.
You call that sketchy? Usually when you see a bunch of cars without plates, flatbed trucks, and a high metal fence with barbed wire.... that's called a junkyard. I've seen worse junkyards in Hawaii.
I used to work in that area years back, and you’re right, no matter what the state of a community, there are always more good hardworking people than what the news tells you.
I'm still waiting to see the "sketchy" part. 🤣🤣🤣
cause its not nearly as sketchy as places like harlem
@@AnvilMAn603 i personally disagree, i've been to both areas many times, East New York is definitely sketchier then Harlem, however it varies from street to street
@@jaretwood9558 depends on where in brooklyn, id sooner be walking around harlem then red hook for example
@@AnvilMAn603 Im going to edit my comment, i meant Harlem instead of Brooklyn. I find East New York sketchier then Harlem
@@jaretwood9558 and my brain autopiloted harlem anyway lol
I worked on the boilers in one of the apartment buildings in this neighborhood, and this is not a sketchy area. I think you need to learn the difference between sketchy and underserved. It's definitely a unique area because of the geography.
I didn't get the remark about New Orleans, either.
Wow this kid definitely lived a sheltered life. I’ve seen far worse than this neighborhood.
thank you thats my hood
i was cracking up the whole time..
You want a pat on the back or something?
@@dumplingsboi3906 you wouldnt be able to.. you're too busy eating dumplings
Do you live in NYC? Us natives never knew anything about this neighborhood until now and we all live in Brooklyn. After a bit of research today, I found out that this area is an old body-dumping ground John Gotti used to use, and probably countless others. Don’t bash the kid. This is probably the single least known area in New York City, and I live less than 2 miles from it and never knew.
This is NOT that rough a neighborhood. As a retired boiler mechanic, I use to be here at least once a week, and never had any trouble from anyone.
I agree. It was more of a drop for stolen cars and prostitutes. I see a lot more houses in the video then were there before. not dangerous at all.
I mean 99% of hoods aren’t that bad anymore. At least compared to the 90s.
@EEETALYANO p How clever.
I worked the night shift for four years, and was in Brownsville and Harlem every night. And I lived in Harlem for three years. I grew up in the projects little man.
@@davidbarkin8269 explain the dead bodies
@@chuckiegravesfield3170 Not true. I lived there from 1959-1960 till about 1974. It was way different then it is now. This was the "old Italian"neighborhood, with 2 candy stores an Italian club with bocce court , Mike the jeweler and gun shop(a regular cop hang out) , we played in the street, no traffic, everyone new each other by first names. I great place to grow up Years later there were horse farms there. There was a canal where the twin ovals ball fields are then they filled in the canal to build a shopping center and caused the flooding condition. The narration of the video is not at all accurate. I was down there a few years ago with my friends that grew up there with our own tour. We met a person the lives in my childhood home and spoke with him. We also have a "Down the hole, Ozone Park reunion held in Eisenhower Park in East Meadow once a year.
*see a beware dog sign* "gotta be on the lookout guys. Anything could happen"
😂🤣😜
Hahahahah this video is hilarious. Must be a rich kid who never left his block.
As an ultra-white guy from upstate (Orange County) it was KIND of sketchy. I used to work there at the NYC transit yard on Sutter for a contractor. I’d have to walk from the Grant Ave station following your path (but straight to the yard). I had to carry a laptop in a backpack everyday coming and going. If I drove I had to park on Eldert close to Sutter. I just walked tall, walked quick, and tried to beat sunset in the winter. I never had a problem. The only time anything happened is once some old guy yelled out “get a tan”! Lol. Had more “incidents” on the A line than on the streets.
He said this is a crazy neighborhood as he walked by a Lexus and houses
Thats exactly what I was thinking!
Not that bad overdramatic bro
Exactly
Real shit. Wish he went to my neighborhood
That's exactly my thoughts- but the Gotti burial ground is a lot cringe!
Got us to click!
@@jmeearle8877 You aren't creeped out by the Gotti graveyard? Yikes! Sounds like they've not even excavated the bodies!
Don't care how bad a neighborhood is there's always a McDonalds.
The connection to US civilisations 😂😂
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Lol😂. Used to be White Castle
@@uncleasian8697 That's true! There's still a White Castle in Harlem. I thought they all went out of business
True that!
i'd like to see his reaction after taking a walk threw kensington in philadelphia.
The best ghetto in the world 😆😆😆
He's not going to be walking but running threw
apparently he never been 125 harlem after midnight
*through*
Riiiiggggghhhtttt. This man never been anywhere.
I worked in a hospital around there years ago, there's a lot of junk yards, garages. It's no garden spot but it's not that bad. NJ meadowlands holds a lot more Mafia corpses than could ever be here.
Yea this seems more like an industrial part of town.
I live in nyc and this neighborhood looks fine to me lol
How about your bush, does that look fine??
Stephanie LeVonne u have very low standards
@@alicepopovski6303IKR tell me about it 😒.
Before you were born that neighborhood was frightening..During the crack epedemic of the 80s It was an everyday occurrence for police to find dead bodies in the street..You youngsters never seen the real streets of Brooklyn..
@@QueensNativeNYC people forget bro.
You seem like you’ve led a rather coddled existence.. I give you props for getting out of your comfort zone but honestly... this is a standard industrial area of any city
Yeah, kind of a crap hole but no worse than any other major US city "po side of the tracks"
John Ostlund a standard industrial area... rofl, where have you been mate, are you insane? This is not even connected to the sewerage system...
christian revuelta yes Christian, I’m insane. Yada yada yada
christian revuelta there are puddles, perhaps storm water drainage improvements to be made, however I see no evidence of disconnectedness to a sewerage system. Nuance mate. Nuance.
christian revuelta yes industrial.....as far as the work done there like a supply site for construction materials. Or industrial spaces like warehouses, junk yards etc. Can’t believe he doesn’t know there’s probably a body shop or something of the sort back there seeing as how some of the cars sitting were tagged and some fairly new. The man unloading the audi from the flatbed should’ve been a hint. Smh
It's so sketchy. Look, a beware of dog sign. Oh my, standing water on the street. How frightening!
@Prínxess Saní I’m pretty sure he/she are being sarcastic.
Bruh there’s litter everywhere, everything is covered in spray paint, doesn’t have ANY drainage, doesn’t have sidewalks. This is what most would call ghetto.
If you watch some of his other videos where he shows his face, it becomes abundantly clear why he thinks this is the sketchiest neighborhood in NY lol
I went to check his other videos. Surprisingly he walks through Brownsville. LOL
Lemme guess. He is a white boy. Probably Jewish. Lol
@@Kardaszpm he's asian, the people in Brownsville seemed nice to him.
He picked this area knowing he would not be in danger by the boys in the hood,Actionkid is not stupid.
Is it dangerous to walk in Someone's area in usa??
Why is he there ??
Gentrification.smh
As a New Yorker who has driven and walked that area regularly , that’s NOT sketchy lmao. I can show you what sketchy REALLY looks like 😂. You wouldn’t even wanna walk around these places with a camera.
My great grandfather built a house down there on Sapphire Street. It was the family home of my grandmother and her 10 siblings. She would tell me stories all the time about growing up "down the hole". It may not be the same as it was but this guy was a tool with his narration.
Fancy seeing you here! I located the house, and will try to bring my mom for a drive by :)
You see neighborhoods like this in a lot of industrial cities. Always wondered how and why they got like this. Thanks for taking us where most people would never dare to go. Stay safe.
A few wrong statements and a lot of exageration, it's not that bad of a neighborhood.
stevie0310 Are you blind?
@@pamelawoodall5891 no it not. He went to the worst part. First this neighborhood has a big development called gateway with a mall with brands like target JCPenney home depot and bj's . Also starrett City is full of middle income people. This neighborhood doesn't even make the top 10 worst neighborhoods in the city.
@@pamelawoodall5891 Are you 4 real?
During the crack epidemic of the 80s East NY, Brownsville, Buschwick and Bed-sty sections of Brooklyn was a killing field.. It was an everyday occurrence for cops to find dead bodies in the street.. You youngsters never seen the mean streets of Brooklyn..
That part of East New York ain’t so bad. It’s in the eastern part of ENY towards Queens but once you go down linden boulevard towards Flatbush it gets crazier. I live out here in East New York and it is kind of rough most of the shootings you hear about are from here or Brownsville
I lived here once and I can tell you this man is exaggerating
Im over here dying laughing at this clown. Even the park thats over there is pretty decent compared to other neighborhoods in EAST NEW YORK
Sketchy, but he’s walking around filming 😂🤣
That's CZcams for u . Willing to die bout that shit 🤣
Dude should look up Skid Row Los Angels, and I don’t mean the 80’s hair band.
It’s during the day. I’m born and raised in NY and during the day it’s usually fine unless you walk directly into a project and you’re not a resident of said project.
Hernando Cortez they’re different kinds of bad neighborhoods. I wouldn’t walk down skid row because of the homelessness and mental illness. For the most part homeless and mental illness have places they stay that are some what hidden.
As an ex truck driver who’s been all over the USA. This is not that bad at all. I find it hard to believe this is the sketchiest NYC has to offer. If it is, be very grateful.
I recommend visiting certain parts Brownsville around 9-10pm for some real action
Try Van Dyke, Tilden Bville houses...Lol
Dominique Laise only if you hold my hand...I’m clowning,stay up and stay healthy in these weird days beautiful lady.
@@Terracecasualx5 Ha! GAY
Ass Pounder I’d already figured that out by your name,thanks for letting me know but I’m not really into that scene thanks. Enjoy yourself but don’t forget to use protection,AIDS might not be a killer anymore but you still don’t want it do you Cecil?
It’s still a great video I enjoyed watching it 💕
I watched and kept waiting to see the 'sketchiest' neighborhood. Dude, please. I suggest you never go to the south side of Chicago where I came up.
So is that what U call your wife bush, "south side"?
@@lazarusjackson1792 i know Brooklyn ain't no joke!
@@lazarusjackson1792 born and raised in NYC!
I been in South side Chicago. You are right
Or any neighborhood in the fair city of Detroit!
Hi Actionkid, I stumbled across your channel, without trying you made me laugh, like the car beeping, you said time to walk across! You narrate very well, your also very very likeable! I've been to NY state for Lake Placid Olympics, awhile ago!! I've been watching for about 6 months! I thought the ferry trip with the storm was scary, but you still had a huge smile on your face! Your a great action kid! Be careful!! BRADY.
Wow. I have never been to this neighborhood. Thanks for showing us. AK you are entertaining, knowledgeable and fun to watch.
Rent is still 3k a month
I live not too far from that area and the rent is still going up
😢
Lol
I don’t doubt it
You're right. No matter how bad the neighborhood is, most people are good honest people, not criminals. There may also be more criminals in the area, but there are tons of good people who just can't afford to get out.
Good honest people don't live surrounded by trash.
@@williamforsythe5850 There is something unavoidable there
@@williamforsythe5850 crime is the right way to go in a city. But if youre in a village dont do crime. Crime is awesome!
Some criminals are good….Off the clock
Yeah exactly. That's why police is and always has been a public service first. The people who get harmed the most by bad criminal justice laws are people like this, and I don't really mean abuse of power even though that exists. Abuse by criminals is far more prevalent.
Really interesting listening to your stories and viewing the difference areas bro 👍🏽
Thanks so much for this video Actionkid...it's most interesting seeing this section of the city i never explored or ever will...Keep up your labor of love and continue showing more unusual venues. Glad you didn't take your E scooter with you that day.
Why do i see nice cars
@@estelaangeles2346 because it's not a scetchy area. Lol. I live down the block. I never comment on videos but this one is ridiculous.
I’ve lived in NYC all my life and I never heard of The Hole !
Bro he made this shit up
Chile this is made up
@Lora Larose I live in the East and if you feel it's a whole.. that's on you.
Facts
@@sinz8185 yo I bet he's using some lingo from back when the Italians lived in the east some outdated shit
For the people that truly don't have a clue(and not from NY): unless its well after 8pm or so on a hot weekend evening, he has nothing to worry about; its like any other hood. Meanwhile, Up in 72nd street on the west side of Manhattan(tourist trap), another woman was slashed yesterday. The "city" is especially more dangerous, especially now, as nyc crime has risen 12% OVERALL within the last 2 months.
@Aaron Fridays No. And not caused by your ignorance, either(smh).
@Aaron Fridays lmaO
I'm going to allow you to believe that, as I'm looking for the bridge I left somewhere in my closet to sell you....
I'm not from NY but the time I went to visit the city on the UWS, this guy was getting mugged on near 110 street, not sure if the victim got hurt. Also in 2018 a man got decapitated on that same neighborhood. So, yes...crime can happen anywhere by anyone, rich or poor. I'm from California and I live in a small city which has been compared to Chicago crime rate...thankfully the crime has reduced since shelter in place. Basically, if we want our neighborhoods to improve, residents need to speak out and also participate to make a change...not only hold signs but to make a real difference. Btw, I hope to return to NYC in the near future...I really enjoyed the city, the people and the atmosphere.
A guy got dismembered somewhere in Manhattan, too
Ehh Brownsville takes the cake
As a native New Yorker, there are FAR more sketchy areas in NYC. This area is just commercial and not residential. He wants sketchy? Take a trip to Brownsville, walk around Broadway Junction at night or take a trip to the South Bronx.
Wow, that was fascinating! Thank you so much. You sure can walk fast.
My old neighborhood. So many good memories..
Where are you at now? ....asking for a friend
If this guy thinks this is sketchy I would’ve loved to seen him walk through the south Bronx in the 70s. Anybody who lived in that and survived it has my respect. This neighborhood looks like half the hoods in philly
This area was never as bad as East New York (by itself) or brownsville. I remember driving
out to the Sanitation Dump where Starrett City now occupies and there were two blocks of burned out tenements and fire bombed houses you had to walk through to get to the sanitation dump. The whole area burned in 1977 blackout. Rows of tenements just left burned out. That's where they filmed Death Wish 3 (parts of it) On Hendrix Street, Glenmore Ave, van Siclen, Stanley Ave. FUN place if you like to live dangerously.
oh man, u saved me here...havent been out of the house for over 14 months :( thx for these videos :) I mean it, i grew up in a neighbourhood like the hole, its bad to outsiders but u get used to it and gain some mad survival skills.
This compared to the Bronx is one of the cleanest neighborhood's ever.
I was thinking this dude apparently never been to the Bronx, the Bronx is in shambles.
Depends on where in the Bronx. Not all of the Bronx is horrible and actually much of it is nice, like Riverdale
Macoy do you even know Brooklyn or the Bronx lol.. you sound like you’ve watched too much tv and/or movies. Both boroughs have affluent areas and poor areas, much like all of America.
many nice areas in the bronx.... throgs neck, morris park, country club.... not all of it is dirt and grime coming from someone who has lived there for 20 years.
There more to the Bronx than then just the south Bronx.
I’m glad everyone knows this guy clearly is misinformed and not from around here. It’s a Commercial area and loads of the residential houses are actually quite nice and new. I wondered if I showed this to the people working and living there what would they say.
Who is crazy enough to buy real estate here? Seems like a poor investment.
"Michael Hunter" I recently discovered the area as far as that train station at the beginning. It is the Grant Avenue Train Station. Or it sure looks like it. I found some nice stores at Liberty Avenue nearby. Of course it is a long train ride from Manhattan to there. I have not explored very far around the area but as far as what I have seen, the area is very ghetto very much like the area around 149th Street and 3rd Avenue in the Bronx. The suburban looking homes look nice but there is a very obvious atmosphere of drug culture, and everything that typically goes with such neighborhoods.
It's from his perspective. You can't say he's right or wrong. Well, you can say it, but it doesn't mean you're correct. I'm a life long NYC resident and to me, that looked like a shitty neighborhood. No offense to anyone living there. Just my perspective. See what I mean?
I don't know what you're looking at homie. Looks like a shithole to me.
The people who work there would say "I work in a shitty area". The people who live there would say "this is a shitty area". I understand feeling a sense of pride, but don't let it blind you to the reality. That's an ugly neighborhood.
very interesting! thanks for the tour!
The historic component of the Gotti body dumping ground was intriguing. I have always enjoyed learning new information about the mob stories. After reading the stories about the crime families it was nice to be taken to the streets to put a visual to the information I have learned. I noticed there are articles that state this area is the forgotten ten blocks of NYC. Thanks for exploring it.
Im from NY and I have seen many places like this but they are called junk yards. Not scary..
Fr. I'm from NY too, and I've never seen a video this over exaggerated. Dude is clearly not from here, everything he's saying is in disbelief like it's a third world country.
@Catherine Vidal he said sketchy, not scary. there's a CLEAR difference. open the fucking ears.
@@miguelmejia4656 wow such hostility.
@@RaytheGrayt Really, this is so clearly a commercial junkyard area that happens to have a few people living in it.
@@miguelmejia4656 It's fuckin NY. A lot of spots look sketchy.
I know this area well. It's lower than the surrounding streets and so is constantly flooding. Been like there forever. Used to be a largely Italian-American area (back in the 1980s). I once visited a friend and had some good homemade meatballs in one of those wood frame houses. I believe this is where Goodfellas was filmed in the early 90's. The childhood scenes where the guys are all hanging out in front of the social club.
Further down, you'll find a piece of land that's owned by the Black Cowboys Association. No joke, there are horses, pastures and black cowboys there. Only in Brooklyn, NYC!
Eu moro no Rio de JANEIRO, 45 minutos da Cidade... tem uma area aqui que também TEM cavalos e vacas.
"onthemarginofgrace" Of course. And yet in the greatest sense there is a sad reality. How many neighborhoods in the NYC area changed for the better within the past several decades? An 80 year old friend of mine who grew up in NYC told me that the Mosholu area in the Bronx and actually much of the area that the Number 4 Elevated Train rail runs through used to consist of very respectable neighborhoods of working-class people of Jewish and/or Italian ethnicity or culture . That was sometime before the 1970s or even before the 1960s. It eventually turned into a lower class , welfare , high crime neighborhood .
I used to drive past that the black cowboys association all the time get back to LI after work. NY is definitely a one off place haha
The land that was owned by the black cowboys is in Queens, and it’s now owned by the city. It’s called “Gallop NYC: therapeutic horseback riding” it’s run by the parks department.
@@eshaw119 you are correct. It's queens and it's across the street from the hole. The cowboys lived there when they had the horses.
I lived all over NYC for 27 years. One of the types of people I met more than I care to remember are people like this guy. Typically they were educated aspiring professional transplants who sought "street cred" by "exposing" less desirable areas of the city. What I found annoying were the conversations they had with their peers which were nothing more than using urban plight as bragging rights as cover for glibness. Once I was on a train listening to a young career girl tell her out-of-towner friends she traveled to Harlem and was amazed to discover it had some beautiful brownstones. I was waiting for the point of the story to unfold. Well, I discovered the point unfolded - I traveled to Harlem.
Don't want to ruin your theory but what if he just grew up in the good parts of NYC and lived a very sheltered life, never getting the chance to explore the city. I'm not saying I'm 100% certain that's what his life has been but I know some people who grew up a life like that in New York.
@@professional.commentator totally true I met people who are like that they lived in the nicer area's in nyc and were sheltered and never really explored the city only places they would go to is of course central park and time's square.
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@@professional.commentator 97 street and Columbus is nice until you walk 2 blocks down to the projects. Both worlds .
@@luckylove5021 I was thinking more of Brooklyn and Queens.
“Buddy” hate to brake the news to you, it’s like that all over.
For people from third world it's the most luxury neighborhood ever seen 😍
You are a love! 👐💙🙌
@@Shay-nu7id ：）
@Christie in third world put food on table it's already very hard...
Oh, I am for Serbia and ... you are very "smart" but we in Belgrade have freedom, not maskes, not De BlaDEBILIO, not mandatore vacc ... and I was in NYC 10 times, I think ... epic town ... but your philosophy " Just do it" & Time is money is passe.
Time is NOT money ... you see now.
And ... Serbia is corona free place ... good for me .... and I am NOT a SLAVE.
Sorry for my bad american english .. lol 🤣
@@vesnabe8552 I never went to Bulkan,, curious world there😁
I worked in this neighborhood for years for the telephone co. Its super commercial and not very well kept. Lots of automotive activity legal and otherwise! But it is on the upswing with new developments. C'mon son there are sketchier neighborhoods than this!
Great video 👍 I've never heard about this area before, even though I've been in Brooklyn many times.
this is a amazing video for someone like me....far away from the usa but it feels like i walk there.nice done.thank you.
Its not the worst because i see nice cars
I've never heard anyone call this place "The Hole" in my 19 years of living not from me or my elders.
Not discrediting anything just sharing my experience.
I used to drive the B13 and B20 bus routes between 1982-2013 and never heard of that term either. As a teen, in the 70"s, i worked where the movie theater is now. It used to be a one story department store called "Times Square Stores". It was a chain. Much like Target is today. Back in the 80's, none of those developments were there yet. The Postal Facility. Gateway Mall and all the surrounding housing. The only thing back by Spring Creek was the landfill across the Belt Parkway. Which was still active back then! The smell of garbage on a hot day was pretty bad. And these giant horse flies that would bite!..........Driving those bus routes were good times for me. I got to know the people in the neighborhood and have pleasant memories. Just a brief history lesson. You sound like a nice young man. I think the guy who posted this was a little misinformed about a few things. But i enjoyed the tour. AND i ate in that McDonald's in the 70's when it was brand new. And yes, i know i'm old.........ha........Peace to you and God bless you!
@@jameslauth544 Lol thanks for the history.
I grew up in East NY so it's nice for me to be to know that.
Google maps shows the area as "the hole"
@@jaretwood9558 Still have never heard a single soul say that
@@justincarrington4157 facts I never heard it as the hole either and I live 10 min from there
I think it’s a junkyard... not abandoned cars.
Junkyards are fenced in. Most cars there are either abandoned or stolen and dumped.
I agree with Janice, he walked by the junkyard, I think it's extra storage for the junkyard...its up to the city to stop that but doesn't look like anyone down there will complain.
@@WillieDuitt1 the street is extra storage or a street?
They're cars bought at dealer/private auctions, these cars are bought dozens at a time and kept there while waiting to get fixed up before sale
@@SlicerVorzakh Interesting. They are lucky if people don't come at night and strip them
That is true, there are good people in every neighborhood in NYC. Just because a neighborhood is thought of as "bad" does not mean that everyone who lives in the neighborhood is bad. Treating everyone like they are bad only continues the cycle of problems and makes life more difficult when it is really not necessary
Be careful when walking through stagnant (or even flowing) water, there are likely many pathogens in there that could make you sick. This goes for all areas of NYC in every neighborhood in every borough of the city. Even the richest of the rich neighborhoods has fetid water!
Illegal immigration causes this, once the borders are secure and Democrats are out every city will be going up. Stop the social programs you don't work you don't get money it's that simple. Deport all the drug addicts and lazy people that rely on the government.
"Hopefully I dont get wet ,splash splash" lol looks like most cities in america
People love getting wet in florida
You were in Brooklyn the moment you stepped out of the train. The train station is in Brooklyn.
Yes. If he wanted to go to the border of Queens and Brooklyn, he should have went the opposite direction from the train station. In this video he was only walking deeper into Brooklyn.
I actually had a house there in the 90's. Its in the shadows of Linden Plaza. Try not to disparage other people's neighborhoods just because of how it may look to you on certain day. I have family on autumn ave not far from there. Yes some parts of brooklyn have come up but there are good people who still live there just as any place in the world.
Amen
Of course there are nice decent people in all neighborhoods. Red Hook in Brooklyn is filled with crack hookers and drug dealers. I went by there one time when down the corner two dealers were chasing each other and firing Uzis (Israeli machine gun type pistols). Yet all over the place are many cars parked, belonging to the nice working people who live there.
Cry a river
Well said Shawn.Well said
He’s not saying the people are bad. But it is what it is. Your neighborhood looks like a park compared to living in the slums in India. Be thankful he even wanted to do a video of your dump.
Nice video of The Hole. Thanks, pal!
Loved it !!! 😊
He was headed towards the highrises, got shook when dude asked him for $, and he took a hard left.
Lol
You are very brave AK...thanks for the trip...I was on the edge of my seat!!
Hello from yonkers ny I never heard of the hole before so thanks for sharing this video ✌️
Right on the corner of Blake Ave and Drew St, my great grandfather built that house. I grew up hanging around there with my cousins. My Great Aunt and Uncle lived right across Drew St. So many cousins down the Hole.
Wow! Great video! Thanks for showing me a part of New York City that I would not have seen on my own or even knew existed.
Passed on Linden Blvd and didnt know places around it were so run down
10:25 - "It looks a little bit sketchy, you never know what's going to happen. Also a beware of dog sign over there." 😄
good video. thanks for posting.
Great reportage on different aspects of big cities.
Phenomenal video like always buddy 👌 👍
Go to Flint or Detroit. You will see interesting places.
Looks like Cleveland to me. No biggie.
Or Richmond.
Gary Indiana
East St. Louis, IL . . . what's left of it.
Rhode Island or Springfield ma
Great walk!
Wow, high-quality and accurate photography, can I have your advice? I live in Israel and I am also interested in doing the same idea and photographing streets and neighborhoods in this way, what camera did you use and how did the video shoot not move much during the walk?
i'd rename this video...this is far from sketchy and unfairly demonizes poverty.
Um no, it fairly shows what a poor neighborhood looks like. It's called ghetto.
@@bigmacdaddy1234 you clearly didn't understand what he said. Sketchy and poverty shouldn't be synonymous. You never know where life will take you, stay humble or get humbled.
@@Alicia_W413 And you didn't understand what I said.
"jahn hall" poverty is a symptom not the illness.
Why shouldn’t poverty be demonized? It sucks and sucks that anyone has to be in it. It SHOULD be hissed at.
Good Morning! Nice to see you this morning and thank you for the tour. Have a great day! xo
Thanks and for you too. Happy weekend from Argentina good luck! 🇦🇷🙋♀️⚘
Brilliant thanks for sharing.
Grew up in Rosedale- a few blocks where Brookville Blvd turned into “Snake Road”. Basically a 1 1/2 lane serpentine shaped road that took you thru the swamp over to Rockaway Blvd. we played all day as kids in those swamps. Sold hub caps, chased feral dogs, lit bottle rockets at the low flying planes sitting at the TACAN towers and found dead hogtied bodies while looking for our pot plants. All at the age of 14. Miss the old days in Queens. Fistfights and drinking by night in the forts we build in the swamps near PS 195.
Actionkid: *Literally goes to any neighborhood*
“OMG stay safe Actionkid omg so dangerous”
He's already been assaulted in the past so it's just well wishes, we don't wanna see him get hurt
Ana Irene Martinez foolish kid
No harm came his way. It's one more area in NYC. Be safe walking out of your door. You never know what's gonna occur once you're outside, or inside.
ActionKid is the kid of action. All he has to do is use his superpowers and make the whole scene an Action Movie. Then take them to jail.
Nandito. OMG, he did stay safe.
Keep discovering neighborhoods like this one it's really interesting
You may call the hole sketchy, but thankfully you completed your video without altercation, nothing stolen & nothing broken.
When you see bushes and high grass along the sidewalks that would be well kept in most places you know your in a sketchy hood. I spent a lot of time in the roughest neighborhoods in Philadelphia. North Philadelphia also known as the badlands looks exactly the same.
dont insult where poor people live in order to make a buck
Maybe u should go back to Texas
@@eddiew2325 why don't you go back to Texas
@@ceecjjj you first
What he was saying didn't even sound correct, most of that area look commercial a lot of trucks and old cars for insurance claims.
@cc what video did you watch?
Interesting walk AK. I know about that problem with street sewer pipes being too low to flow out correctly. The Bronx Throggs Neck area had a lot of swampland. At some point the city built new sewer pipe systems and roads to get better drainage. The height of the pipes and the roads were then oh ten feet higher than before. A problem with doing this is that the local houses front door floor level was one floor LOWER than the new street level. Amazing.! Over decades most houses were raised up one entire floor level, bringing the front door back up to street level, and adding another full floor to the homes. Going to that area today and you will find a few houses that were not raised. These houses have their front door way down below street level, down a flight of stairs. Also that's why most homes there have four full floor levels, a sub basement and even an attick. So man, it is a major project to raise up the sewer pipe system to a level that works.! As said below, that whole area will one day be bulldozed, redesigned and rebuilt.
This looks like many typical neighborhoods in Queens and Brooklyn. Some of these rundown places are getting almost unaffordable to live in. What I see here is opportunity for the future.
That's my old neighborhood. I use to live in Cypress Hills on Linden Blvd. Watched them build Linden Plaza. Attended P.S. 214, I.S.218, and the school that I hated the most was Franklin K. Lane. Thank goodness in my sophomore year we relocated to N.C. Now if I was there when they were building Linden Plaza, always went to TSS (Time Square Stores), Milk Jug, and Wesson's Hamburger joint, then you know that was a LOOOOOONG time ago. I'll give you a little hint, I'm a grandfather now, and loving every bit of it. ;D
I've been around there many times. It's hardly that sketchy. You only showed a few rundown homes. A worse neighborhood is Jamaica around Guy R. Brewer before you get to Jamaica.
I live right there guy r is a 5 min walk its crackhead central over there south road guy r brewer-suptin
@Lillv772 That area of Guy R Brewer right before York College does seem pretty sketch to me. The area down by Cross-Bay blvd is OK. Never felt unsafe like I do by the projects in Brooklyn or Bronx.
@@GizmoMaltese queens is a joke. the bronx and brooklyn will eat queens alive.
@@chuckiegravesfield3170 No doubt, with all the criminals you guys have :)
East New York is sketchy.Around New Lots ave.Had a friend that lived there.
‘Beware of dog’ sign always means a bad neighborhood lmao
I live right down the block. This neighborhood is quiet and not bad at all. Nothing weird!
Very interesting vid ! Hi from Northern Ireland 😎
4:27 That Hotel is a 1 🌟 joint. Filled with unsavory characters & bedbugs. Stay away !
Hahaha... Starts with "one of NYC's most run down neighborhoods" as he passes a beautiful shiny BMW parked right there with all the windows down.... 0:22 😅😂🤣
I was waiting for someone to do this vid
When was the last time you were in Flatbush?