I’m born and raised in the great barrio , I gave back to my community!! Now in 2024 , there is salsa, dancing on 116 park ave every Saturdays from May till OCT! For sure !
I grew up in Spanish Harlem back in the 1980s and 1990s. Born and raised Nuyorican. I've lived in El Barrio all of my life. East Harlem Boricua 4 Life! ✊❤️🇵🇷
Born 'n raised in Spanish Harlem in1960s/70s. 114th Street & Lexington. Proud Nuyorican. Went to P.S. 57 & I.S. 117. Used to go to the Cosmo with my 4 siblings every summer Saturday. I remember 3 movies and a cartoon. That was our whole day!
I moved to El Barrio from Puerto Rico in 1980. Lived on 104th between 3rd & Lex for about three yrs before my 1st wife abducted me and took me to da Bronx. Before moving there I used to hear stories of people telling me don't go to spanish Harlem, that place is dangerous. The first day there I was scared cause I didn't know anybody but by the 2nd day I was feeling at home, almost as if I had lived there all my life. I used to go visit a friend from back home at 115th st and there I bumped into old friends I hadn't seen for yrs and that was all I needed. By the end of the first week there I was going out at night by myself and never had any problems with nobody. I still miss El Barrio. Love to y'all from Puerto Rico. 🇵🇷🇵🇷
The good ol' days when it had a strong sense of identity and pride. When El Barrio was El Barrio. Now it's gotten so much worse! 🤢 The failure to update restrictive zoning codes with the times combined with excessive demand for space in dwindling supply have pushed costs sky-high, driving residents and small business out of Spanish Harlem and out of town and increasing homelessness and chain stores, not to mention the big-box behemoth that is East River Plaza bringing suburbanites and their polluting cars here!
Cosmo and The Eagle on 103rd+3rd ave. Loved My old Neighborhood.... We had the that corner record/ electronics store on 106st +3rd. To Me East 86st was like My Time Square, it was in such close proximity to Home. Steakhouse Crazy Eddie Gimbels Toy Works More Movie Theaters Great times
💕Omg watching 💐Granny, Mami' dancing was everything! 🗽🌃💃🏽🇺🇲🇯🇲🏴🇮🇪🇹🇹🇮🇳🇵🇦🇨🇦🇬🇧💙🤍❤️🖤💛💚🧡🤍 Brooklyn Love From My Multicultural Familelelele 💘To Spanish Harlem!! Love Growing Up In My 70's/80's/90's NYC
They should have visited Capri Bakery! Btw no mention of abusively high rent and gentrification. High commercial rent is what drives away small business and brings more corporate/franchise businesses.
I agree they went downhill puerto ricans can do better, they make washington heights dominicans look superior. Washington heights is cleaner wealthier more organized than the boricua east harlem crackheads everywhere
How did Washington heights beat east harlem the Dominican neighborhood is thriving and the puerto rican one is garbage. I think they need to attract more businesses and fix the crime issues living in east harlem is similar to being in a third world country
I’m born and raised in the great barrio , I gave back to my community!! Now in 2024 , there is salsa, dancing on 116 park ave every Saturdays from May till OCT! For sure !
I grew up in Spanish Harlem back in the 1980s and 1990s. Born and raised Nuyorican. I've lived in El Barrio all of my life. East Harlem Boricua 4 Life! ✊❤️🇵🇷
Where do you live now?
Less go Mexicanos 🇲🇽
Born 'n raised in Spanish Harlem in1960s/70s. 114th Street & Lexington. Proud Nuyorican. Went to P.S. 57 & I.S. 117. Used to go to the Cosmo with my 4 siblings every summer Saturday. I remember 3 movies and a cartoon. That was our whole day!
I LOVE this series sooo much. Can’t wait for the Queens episode!!
I moved to El Barrio from Puerto Rico in 1980. Lived on 104th between 3rd & Lex for about three yrs before my 1st wife abducted me and took me to da Bronx.
Before moving there I used to hear stories of people telling me don't go to spanish Harlem, that place is dangerous.
The first day there I was scared cause I didn't know anybody but by the 2nd day I was feeling at home, almost as if I had lived there all my life.
I used to go visit a friend from back home at 115th st and there I bumped into old friends I hadn't seen for yrs and that was all I needed. By the end of the first week there I was going out at night by myself and never had any problems with nobody.
I still miss El Barrio.
Love to y'all from Puerto Rico.
🇵🇷🇵🇷
210 East 111st NYC 10029.🗽❤❤❤
I grew up on 103rd street. From there we moved to 117th Street between 1st and Pleasant Ave. Oh the days!
Cool that my old blocks 117 street abd frist Ave
We had a football team 117
Born and Raised I remember the Cosmo.Miss old NYC
My Next trip to New York, I'll definitely be stopping by Cuchifritos 😁🇵🇷🤗🇵🇷😋
El barrio!
Omg I LOVE THEM!!! EL BARRIO💪 SMH so missed just a faction of what it was 🙏
The good ol' days when it had a strong sense of identity and pride. When El Barrio was El Barrio. Now it's gotten so much worse! 🤢
The failure to update restrictive zoning codes with the times combined with excessive demand for space in dwindling supply have pushed costs sky-high, driving residents and small business out of Spanish Harlem and out of town and increasing homelessness and chain stores, not to mention the big-box behemoth that is East River Plaza bringing suburbanites and their polluting cars here!
God smh when ppl once were ppl. This is so good smh luv it! Nice story
I’m from Chicago but I feel bad for how some of these areas are getting gentrified and losing their character
No mention of the Cosmos??? Born and raised a block away and as a kid in the 80s the Cosmos was DA SPOT!!!
Cosmo and The Eagle on 103rd+3rd ave. Loved My old Neighborhood....
We had the that corner record/ electronics store on 106st +3rd.
To Me East 86st was like My Time Square, it was in such close proximity to Home.
Steakhouse
Crazy Eddie
Gimbels
Toy Works
More Movie Theaters
Great times
💕Omg watching 💐Granny, Mami' dancing was everything! 🗽🌃💃🏽🇺🇲🇯🇲🏴🇮🇪🇹🇹🇮🇳🇵🇦🇨🇦🇬🇧💙🤍❤️🖤💛💚🧡🤍 Brooklyn Love From My Multicultural Familelelele 💘To Spanish Harlem!! Love Growing Up In My 70's/80's/90's NYC
They should have visited Capri Bakery!
Btw no mention of abusively high rent and gentrification. High commercial rent is what drives away small business and brings more corporate/franchise businesses.
Johnny, you always end your videos so jovial! 😂😆😘🤌✌️🥰
My old blocks 117 st. Frist Avenue
Back in the day it was great to haggle with the vendors on clothes and food
It looks cleaner back then. Lol
Miles Morales is from there.
Efrain from there
Sadly was nicer then than it is now. Arguably the most dangerous neighborhood in Manhattan
I agree they went downhill puerto ricans can do better, they make washington heights dominicans look superior. Washington heights is cleaner wealthier more organized than the boricua east harlem crackheads everywhere
Get that Chipotle out.
Before gentrification..
How did Washington heights beat east harlem the Dominican neighborhood is thriving and the puerto rican one is garbage. I think they need to attract more businesses and fix the crime issues living in east harlem is similar to being in a third world country
is 102 street bad I’m supposed to be living there next year
But let’s not forget gentrification killing low income tenants of el barrio