My wife and I lived in Brooklyn in the 70s to the 90s and we saw it all: Friday & Saturday night, 86th was jammed in both directions from 26th Ave to 18th Ave. It was like an open buffet, cars full of guys and cars full of girls checking each other out, exchanging phone numbers, setting up rendezvous at 2001 Odyssey or Pastels or wherever. Booming disco, kids driving cars way to expensive for them to actually own lol, that kid Crazy Vinny who's stand at 86th & Bay Parkway with his guitar and sing all day long. It was amazing, looking back. That's how you hooked up then, no one had cellphones or social media. We had Phonebook, not Facebook. So many people met their future spouses (and one night stands) on that street. But when people started to have tailgate parties, double parking and bringing beach chairs and coolers, it got out of hand and the people who lived in the apartments above the stores complained about the noise...all of a sudden we had new parking laws and the social scene on 86th kinda died overnight. But what fun while it lasted!
OH MAN OH MAN... WHAT MEMORIES, GOING OUT ON SATURDAY NIGHT, IF YOU DIDN'T HIT 86TH STREET, THEN YOUR NIGHT WAS NOTHIN... LOVED CRUSIN WITH MY FRIENDS... I HAD A 79 MIDNIGHT BLUE COUPE DE'VILLE... GOD WHAT I WOULDN'T DO TO GO BACK IN TIME FOR ONE MORE CRUISE...
Wow, that was my life in the 80s. I was like 18 and driving a white cady fleetwood and cruzin with a car full of my boys picking up girls. Loved those days!
I'm from 86 st. 26 yrs...Mr demeo...you are an inspiration to everyone in brooklyn...ty for Gravesend...I would be honored to audition for you....I would be truly grateful...I'm 52 and have a wonderfull13 yo son ...just want a better life than Workin 9-,5
I will be shopping for a 79 coupe. Miss the one I had from those days. Looks like a great movie and will bring back many great memories. Use to buy mixed tapes from the Car Wash on New Utretch Ave & 86 Street. Can't wait till it's release!!
86th street was where we went. Anytime day or night, it always had people going up and down it, with their hair perfect, freestyle music blasting. Didnt matter what kind of car you had as long as you had your music blasting. Good times.
miss those days big time cruising up and down yhe strip 2 or 3 times ,just hanging out then going to Vegas or Jan's to eat.Hamburger with fries melted mozzarella and gravy
Wow!!! Original born raised Bensonhurst Brooklynite !!!! Brooklyn was fantastic!! Flashback video!!!! Thank you what memories. Yep!! Under the L, cars music tinted windows
No place in the world has better lookin' girls than Brooklyn. Just a fact. NYC is the center of the universe. Always has been , always will be. The 80's was the peak of everything good . The cars, the music, the clubs . Everyone got along, the economy was booming , the whole city was thriving. the NYC life was unbeatable. It was the place to be, and I'm glad I was able to grow up in that era and experience it all.
nick avvento Only a joke Nick, but you've got to admit that the guys out cruising 86th weren't Nobel Prize winners. Most of them were New Utrecht HS / Lafayette HS cretins.
and I dated a ton of them... in the late 60's when girls would hang out on the corner of 86th and bay parkway -- with rollers in their hair covered with a kerchief, getting ready for saturday night. Oh, the black eyeliner!
My dad grew up in Brooklyn and loved to cruise 86th occasionally when it was happening! Although I was born in Brooklyn, I wasn't around for all of the good times like this. When he was just a teenager he used to work at Krispy's Pizzeria and on weekends he would go with his friends to the strip and other classic places. He came across this video with me and my brother on Facebook two years back and we have anxiously been waiting for it to come out because he wants us to see what it was like because "words can't explain. You had to be there". Was production on it stopped? What happened? My dad tells awesome Brooklyn stories and this movie would complete the set. Please let me know because we are very interested.
You forgot the Huge hair brush tucked on the waist side of their sweatpants with their cutoff Funhouse tee shirts and Capezio dance shoes. Real funny looking ! (New Utrecht Ave. in the house ! )
2:00 Guys wore these half shirts first, it was what you wore under your shoulder pads for football, then guys just started wearing them. TG the women took that trend over.
And Yes this was way back in 70's to the 90's happened to be the ONLY scene heard lots of crazy stories about it all, native New Yorker but was way too young to experience it back then.
I guess I come back every 3 years. Was this movie ever released? It hurts my heart how 86th St has changed. The smells are disgusting. The streets are littered with garbage. I'm glad I got to see the best of 86th times.
bklynbum091 yup I remember exactly the night they did that, they changed all the street signs to no standing/parking after 7pm, we tried to pull over and hang and the cops came right away busting chops, writing tickets, taking away benzi boxes, we still kept it alive for a while after that
Let me tell u I grew up in that life style I was born in 1978 but my mom is from bensonhurst she went to p.s 97 school then lafeyete high school across the street from Marlboro projects my dad was from. The city alphabet city Ave a so he had that city life style my mom from bensonhurst boy my dad met his match !! When he met my mom on 86 st in 1976 my dad and his friends were cruising 86 st in his 1969 convertible caddy he seen my mom with her friends he pulled over right away starting talking to her and the rest is history. If it were not for 86 st I would not be here or my brother n sister 😂 anyway I no it's a long story but I got nothing else to do . Lol so r.i.p dad I miss you I miss hearing your story's about Brooklyn about just life , I miss Everytime my friends came over to the house u would tell them sit down eat and listen to my story's lmao I miss takeing you to spamoni gardens to eat pizza and have a spamoni I miss as a kid u takeing me to Nelly Bly kid rides I miss everything about u . I wish u can give me some advice right now dad I'm going thru something!!! 💔💔 It's not the same without u I'm 😭 as I type this mom is o.k don't worry see u one day pop in heaven
Why the Funhouse??? Whaddayathinkinabout? That's in Manhattan. I didn't see anything about Pastels disco. Although it was 2 blocks away from 86th St.....it was the closest and most significant club to ever grace the presence of Brooklyn nightlife.
Hey MrRobDale hi its nice to meet you love this trailer Crusin 86th Street I'm from Pennslyvania but always wondered what it was like growing up in New York thank you
Back when the neighborhood was the neighborhood. It was a glorious time. Guidos were all over the place. It was before grunge and before the tiny hats decided to change the area into little hong kong.
For real if we had iPhones back then you would’ve seen how really was no social media no Texan each other or personal interaction mangling hang out real social content
My wife and I lived in Brooklyn in the 70s to the 90s and we saw it all: Friday & Saturday night, 86th was jammed in both directions from 26th Ave to 18th Ave. It was like an open buffet, cars full of guys and cars full of girls checking each other out, exchanging phone numbers, setting up rendezvous at 2001 Odyssey or Pastels or wherever. Booming disco, kids driving cars way to expensive for them to actually own lol, that kid Crazy Vinny who's stand at 86th & Bay Parkway with his guitar and sing all day long. It was amazing, looking back. That's how you hooked up then, no one had cellphones or social media. We had Phonebook, not Facebook. So many people met their future spouses (and one night stands) on that street. But when people started to have tailgate parties, double parking and bringing beach chairs and coolers, it got out of hand and the people who lived in the apartments above the stores complained about the noise...all of a sudden we had new parking laws and the social scene on 86th kinda died overnight. But what fun while it lasted!
I remember midnight madness when they closed down 86 th street
OH MAN OH MAN... WHAT MEMORIES, GOING OUT ON SATURDAY NIGHT, IF YOU DIDN'T HIT 86TH STREET, THEN YOUR NIGHT WAS NOTHIN... LOVED CRUSIN WITH MY FRIENDS... I HAD A 79 MIDNIGHT BLUE COUPE DE'VILLE... GOD WHAT I WOULDN'T DO TO GO BACK IN TIME FOR ONE MORE CRUISE...
Those were the good old days! The discos, cruisin', hanging out, the shopping.....great memories! Saw John Travolta filming too! 💗
Whenever I'm on 86th street and I see the classics, I always give them the thumbs up! 👍👍👍👍
i just lost the love of my life we grew up on 86 street thank you for making me smile in memory of john siringo
Wow, that was my life in the 80s. I was like 18 and driving a white cady fleetwood and cruzin with a car full of my boys picking up girls. Loved those days!
Is this movie ever goin to come out ,am still waiting .lol
Great Memories I'm glad we take it back every year now
I'm from 86 st. 26 yrs...Mr demeo...you are an inspiration to everyone in brooklyn...ty for Gravesend...I would be honored to audition for you....I would be truly grateful...I'm 52 and have a wonderfull13 yo son ...just want a better life than Workin 9-,5
86th Street Was Awesome Back In The Day !!! 💃🎶😂 Fun Times !!!
I will be shopping for a 79 coupe. Miss the one I had from those days. Looks like a great movie and will bring back many great memories. Use to buy mixed tapes from the Car Wash on New Utretch Ave & 86 Street. Can't wait till it's release!!
We used to hit up 86th street, there was even a rap song about it. But truth be told, Juniper Valley Park and Francis Lewis Blvd blew it away.
My Dad was Alex who Owned the Vegas Diner... he would be so happy to see how you've featured it in your films!
We filmed our latest TV show inside the Vegas Diner the day after they closed.
Momma Squish tell your father thanks for closing Vegas diner down. Now we got nowhere to go.
Momma Squish yea thanks to your father it's Asians took it over. Thanks again.
Now it's a Chinese Buffet!
@@MrRobDale what tv show?
86th street was where we went. Anytime day or night, it always had people going up and down it, with their hair perfect, freestyle music blasting.
Didnt matter what kind of car you had as long as you had your music blasting.
Good times.
miss those days big time cruising up and down yhe strip 2 or 3 times ,just hanging out then going to Vegas or Jan's to eat.Hamburger with fries melted mozzarella and gravy
@Joe Konopski. You know the Vegas is gone, right?
Makes me wanna go outside and drive with my foot hanging out the window !!!
I USE TO DRIVE THAT WAY LMAO +Gr Bo
Not in the Caddy you dont. Owwwwwww.
Love your video! Love 86th St! ✨🌹✨
Wow!!! Original born raised Bensonhurst Brooklynite !!!! Brooklyn was fantastic!! Flashback video!!!! Thank you what memories. Yep!! Under the L, cars music tinted windows
To bad it is so different now. It's really sad.
It changed so much,practically makes me cry!
💞💞💞💞💞 Fabulous memories Thank you William.
No place in the world has better lookin' girls than Brooklyn. Just a fact. NYC is the center of the universe. Always has been , always will be. The 80's was the peak of everything good . The cars, the music, the clubs . Everyone got along, the economy was booming , the whole city was thriving. the NYC life was unbeatable. It was the place to be, and I'm glad I was able to grow up in that era and experience it all.
Now it's over,I ordered Spaghetti and clam sauce, I got noodles and ketchup lol.
They were glorious times.
Thank you for bringing this to the table. This is gonna be great! One thing though...I wanna be an extra! Hahaha!
Yep I lived on Bay 29th and Bath same block as my Brother Zane Joey D
hot summer nights and good time and great memories...!
I still crusie my iroc down 86th st lol good times back then
Yeah, the jealous ones.
nick avvento
Only a joke Nick, but you've got to admit that the guys out cruising 86th weren't Nobel Prize winners. Most of them were New Utrecht HS / Lafayette HS cretins.
and I dated a ton of them... in the late 60's when girls would hang out on the corner of 86th and bay parkway -- with rollers in their hair covered with a kerchief, getting ready for saturday night. Oh, the black eyeliner!
@@dfc99nyc well....yeah, sometimes it was accurate....
great Nostalgia... it was "Franny Lew" in Queens or 86th street in Brooklyn...2 best cruising spots to go on any given night!
Great Video !! Greetings From London UK 🇬🇧
My dad grew up in Brooklyn and loved to cruise 86th occasionally when it was happening! Although I was born in Brooklyn, I wasn't around for all of the good times like this. When he was just a teenager he used to work at Krispy's Pizzeria and on weekends he would go with his friends to the strip and other classic places. He came across this video with me and my brother on Facebook two years back and we have anxiously been waiting for it to come out because he wants us to see what it was like because "words can't explain. You had to be there". Was production on it stopped? What happened? My dad tells awesome Brooklyn stories and this movie would complete the set. Please let me know because we are very interested.
Had the 79' cutlass,Dice on the rearview,pumping Diamond Girl lol!
omg the best! What fun times we had.
Ain't nothing like this now.
totally want to see this when it comes out
Remember when is the cheapest form of conversation
Tony soprano ovah here... Hehehehe
Awesome Job Willy!
You forgot the Huge hair brush tucked on the waist side of their sweatpants with their cutoff Funhouse tee shirts and Capezio dance shoes. Real funny looking ! (New Utrecht Ave. in the house ! )
My grandmother lived on bay 28th between 86th and benson.
I grew up on 17th Ave between 86th and Benson
2:00 Guys wore these half shirts first, it was what you wore under your shoulder pads for football, then guys just started wearing them.
TG the women took that trend over.
Good old days, when I had hair lol.
It was great. Glad we have the memories.
And Yes this was way back in 70's to the 90's happened to be the ONLY scene heard lots of crazy stories about it all, native New Yorker but was way too young to experience it back then.
Went to Lafayette, Spumoni Gardens for lunch Pastels at Night Fugedeboutit!
Home ♡
I guess I come back every 3 years. Was this movie ever released? It hurts my heart how 86th St has changed. The smells are disgusting. The streets are littered with garbage. I'm glad I got to see the best of 86th times.
Ummmm, I was there, how it ended was the 62pct they started writing tickets for tint, loud music, ppl hanging out, constantly harassing everyone.
bklynbum091 yup I remember exactly the night they did that, they changed all the street signs to no standing/parking after 7pm, we tried to pull over and hang and the cops came right away busting chops, writing tickets, taking away benzi boxes, we still kept it alive for a while after that
Et cui bono? What year was this?
@@bidarts why?
When things were good
Miss thoes days so bad!!!
They filmed the wedding scene from Goodfellas at the Oriental, seen DeNiro outside!
Welcome to my life. Can't wait.
Howya doin Ro, modorn this feels like a thousand years ago, nothin left of nothin no fuckin where!! Scusa my French Hun, be good!!🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🐘🐼🐬
Fantastic project did it come out yet I would love to see it
Let me tell u I grew up in that life style I was born in 1978 but my mom is from bensonhurst she went to p.s 97 school then lafeyete high school across the street from Marlboro projects my dad was from. The city alphabet city Ave a so he had that city life style my mom from bensonhurst boy my dad met his match !! When he met my mom on 86 st in 1976 my dad and his friends were cruising 86 st in his 1969 convertible caddy he seen my mom with her friends he pulled over right away starting talking to her and the rest is history. If it were not for 86 st I would not be here or my brother n sister 😂 anyway I no it's a long story but I got nothing else to do . Lol so r.i.p dad I miss you I miss hearing your story's about Brooklyn about just life , I miss Everytime my friends came over to the house u would tell them sit down eat and listen to my story's lmao I miss takeing you to spamoni gardens to eat pizza and have a spamoni I miss as a kid u takeing me to Nelly Bly kid rides I miss everything about u . I wish u can give me some advice right now dad I'm going thru something!!! 💔💔 It's not the same without u I'm 😭 as I type this mom is o.k don't worry see u one day pop in heaven
Your taking forever to do this movie. Holy shit. It’s been over 3 years.
Now it has been over 7 years....
@@JohnnyDeura joke. It’s all Chinese now
beautiful
Memories from the past. Where did all the time go?
those were the days,now 86th street is fillied with rickshaws
Best post ever!
all the italians moved out, that was a choice that was made
And yellow fevered white guys.
Because the Italians sold out.
From Bay Parkway to new trick Avenue when it I turned you couldn’t move bumper-to-bumper each way one hour to go from one way!!
It’s not like that anymore, things changed
we went there every weekend. my best friend meet his wife there.
LOVE!!!! IT!!!
Cruised 86th st all the time back in the day,,,,kings highway boys
I think its safe to say this Documentary isnt coming out..
TWO TONE BLUE 76 MONTE CARLO....WITH TRUES and VOGUES.....AND THE THUMPING SYSTEM!!!only in brooklyn !
Where can I see this?..how long is it?..
Loew's movie,seen all the Rocky's there!
We were from Queens,and I'll agree it was a special place...So was NYC in the day.
Now ? NYC is the land of sissies.
Sergio Techini suits and Decks ftw 🇺🇸
Decks lol!
Jahn's and Dee and Dee !
86 st was great but dont forget Kings Highway on thursday nights.
its all we ever knew, back and forth driving all night up and down 86ST
At 1:02 he says BUICK when it's clearly an Oldsmobile Cutless Supreme 442. Rookie mistake.
Why the Funhouse??? Whaddayathinkinabout? That's in Manhattan. I didn't see anything about Pastels disco. Although it was 2 blocks away from 86th St.....it was the closest and most significant club to ever grace the presence of Brooklyn nightlife.
Now it's a department store lol.
Good music
Divine at the Fun house, That was a site!!
Demeo sounds like big time Tommy
How can you watch the whole video. Can't find it anywhere.
Nice! You are excellent at producing movies! Can I be in your next one?
Rayne Evans. of course you can!
Looks great cuz
Hey MrRobDale hi its nice to meet you love this trailer Crusin 86th Street I'm from Pennslyvania but always wondered what it was like growing up in New York thank you
You're very welcome
What's the name of the first song that's playing as the credits are rolling as he walks up to Lenny's? it starts off saying 'Yo Yo Yo Yo"
+Gus214 Rock Your World - Weeks & Company
Thanks Kushyet!
G Q
Back when the neighborhood was the neighborhood. It was a glorious time. Guidos were all over the place. It was before grunge and before the tiny hats decided to change the area into little hong kong.
Great!
What about the car chase scene from the French Connection?
wheres the movie ??
I love doing this it was so fun
Where can you watch it ?
Shine up the Capezios (or Crayons)! Goin' to Plaza Suite tonight!!
Those were the days
Awesome
86 was great back then nothing like it to bad it changed
For real if we had iPhones back then you would’ve seen how really was no social media no Texan each other or personal interaction mangling hang out real social content
Where can I get the full movie of this or do they not have this I want to buy it please let me know
Its not out yet
I get up in Gravesend and cruised 86th St in my boyfriend coupe de ville! Bokln baby
86th Street Brooklyn rules😊
Midnight masness closed down 86 th street back in the late 70s
Hi, does anyone know if this is going to be a movie or a documentary? thanks
It's a documentary, ya mook
I cannot find the documentary!!! Where is it?????
Did they finish the doc??
The last piece of music at the end of the video is called?
Chams De Baron shirts, Jordache jeans, skippys Gold chains with the horn on it, diamond earring
Ck1 cologne too..
@@purplesword5536 No. Pierre Cardin.
@@jonclarkson5911 paco rabbane.. Hehehehe
So when is this movie coming out??? it's 2018 and bensonhurst is now beijinghurts!