Jon, here's a great idea. For everyone that grew up on comics, like me, New York is the home of superheroes. I always dreamt of seeing the places from the comics if I ever visit NY. (That's why those superhero cosplayers are there). It would be awesome if you did a couple episodes showing the locations from the comics. The Doom Latveria Embassy. Avengers Mansion. Strange.Sanctum Sanctorum. Peter Parker home (you did this briefly). Fantastic Four Baxter building. Iron Fist. Captain America, Iron Man, Luke Cage.... and many more. Also famous landmarks like Yancy Steet Gang for The Thing, famous battle locations, and so on. There's so many Marvel landmarks, you can do a few per episode and ask your viewers which others they want to see. Then top it off with the true home of all superheroes, the real Marvel bullpen office in the 70's and 80's. (and their current office today too).
What I love about this video is that it highlights the many ways in which New Yorkers throughout the decades have intentionally made their city special by big and small acts of Intentional creativity.
Some ideas for your next video in this series: *New York Public Library branch inside a subway station (51st street #6 station) *Public phone booth (corner West End ave. & West 100 Street) *You can walk from Rockefeller Center to Times Square via publicly-accessible underground tunnels, as seen in this Actionkid video: ruclips.net/video/2dMNV3RDeeA/видео.html (although this may not currently be possible due to construction) I have more :)
6 1/2 Avenue is tons of fun. I used to use it to walk to work from my apartment on the Upper West Side to Midtown. It’s definitely got the Montreal vibe and also, like Bologna’s portico sidewalks, it makes a great walkway on a rainy day.
I'm from Montreal. Went many times to NYC as a tourist or for deliveries as a trucker but you keep making me discover so many gems!!! I have always been thinking I've seen it all but NO! I'll have to go back and spend ANOTHER week-end there!! Thanks to you!
Just came back from the NYC, 15-26th August! It is not the comment about this specific clip, but general about the whole series. You gave me a lot of clues , places to go, which i'm more than grateful i had a chance to see. I regret i could not find you there , accidentally, between thousands of people crossing streets, i would then bought you a drink John! All the best!
Another outstanding video, Jon! As a former New Yorker, I really miss the wooden escalators of the only real Macy's store in the U.S.--Herald Square! Thanks for reminding me about some of the greatest things about the greatest city in the world.
Like the look of Leroy's Place. We are finally heading back to New York in November after our last trip in March 2020. Didn't think it would be so long!
The Columbia St gate is inspired by Mondrian's "Boogie-woogie" paintings. One always appreciates a tip to survive the Zombie Apocalypse! I focused on the Bryan Park bathroom a few weeks ago (always walked right by it). Two nicely-dressed attendants!
@HereBeBarr I have lived in Manhattan for years, but I have learned so much from your videos! Now on my weekend strolls, working on my photography, I'm on a quest to find the various places and things that you point out. So, I just wanted to say, Thank you!! #keepemcoming
I don't know how many times I've traveled in and out of Port Authority over the last some years and never noticed that statue. I'm glad I found this video (and channel). Thanks RUclips for the recommendation.
Great collection of secrets! Thanks so much for including us! Will look forward to checking out the rest of your vids ... who else is plotting an adventure this weekend ???!!!😁
Awesome list! The best thing about Port Authority is it makes me appreciate how nice Grand Central Station is in comparison 😅 But that Ralph Kramden statue is pretty cool!!
Ah, your best type of videos! #2 was by far my favorite…so cool. Some of them I had already seen but this video either reminded them to me or it have them some extra flare…✨
I was in Macy's Herald Square last week and made a point--as I always do-- of using the wooden escalator. I remember it from when it was the only escalator in the store, back in the early 60s.
My first ever year in nyc, I managed to find 6 1/2 Ave...completely by accident! I was looking for my sister's office nearby and was pleasantly surprised to find it.
Wow, I remember at 10:00 this escalator my mom and I used to take in the good old days back in the 1990s every Sundays when we just go shopping. Some things are best left untouched.
Check out Max Neuhaus's "Time Square" in time square, it is a sound art installation hidden in plain sight, and can only be heard if you stand directly above the the subway grate between 44th and 45th street.
So many cool statues!! Would love to see them all someday! And WOW that underground library stuff!!! That's amazing! I've never heard that before! That's honestly soooo cool!!
Fun video! I'm from California and I've seen a few of these "secrets". I'm actually in NY right now looking out my window at a water tower. I love them! I do have to point out that Macy's is the largest department store in the US; but not not in the world. The biggest in the world since 2009 is the Shinsegae Centumcity Department Store in South Korea.
You should try to eat at mammons flafal they have great shawarma sandwitches or go to catzes deli they have the best pastrami sandwishes or salami or cornd beef or rubben sandwiches in the world .
The Wooden escalators is one of my fave spots in NYC (there's also some between the 6th and 9th floors in the middle of the store). Also thank you for showing where the one water tower is. I was looking for it before but couldn't find it. And as a Marvel fan I definitely need to check out that Captain America statue
Excellent video as usual Jon! We rode the wooden escalators last summer, and I love the info about the NYC Public Library - WOW! Shout out from Arizona, we'll be back in Park Slope next month for another visit, we'll keep an eye out for you!
I'm a native New Yorker and there were at least 3-4 things I didn't know. Thanks. One thing...please don't point something out as a great "instagram spot" if people live on the street. The place becomes overrun with tourists (and NYers!) trying to get a photo, turning it into a Times Square carnival-like area, like Dumbo's residential Washington Street.
Hi Jon! I've been to New York for the first time a few weeks ago and omg...8 days is not enough even for Manhattan but still I did so many things and your videos that I watched beforehand were very helpful!:) I've been to many parts of Manhattan, two observation decks, yankees baseball match, central park, coney island, dumbo, whale watching, a rooftop bar and did looots of shopping (🙈), and I was in a huge rush in Macys but still managed to find one of these wooden escalators I think it was on 5th floor, there were some clothes for women if i'm not mistaken😅and the food was amazing, but a little tip: if anybody wants to eat in a restaurant, make sure to have a reservation!! I looked up some recommended places and for some of them I made the reservation 1 month before😅😅but they were absolutely worth it! I just wish I could eat more to try more things😆also the baseball game was one of the most memorable of all, i knew i was gonna like it but it exceeded my expectations! ⚾️ One thing is for sure: i have to go back to New York as soon as possible and spend at least 2-3 weeks there😌
@@mici4130 I wish I would’ve known about the captain America statue! I was there last month with my kids! I would’ve loved to have seen that I’m sure that they would have also
Born and raised in Queens - my husband doesn't know the upper floor escaltor's in Macy's are wooden! I told him we'll check it out next time we go in for Broadway Bites.
As always great content! You were also at 2 of my favorite restaurants. La Grande Boucherie (6 1/2 Ave) and The Modern (other side of the sculpture garden at MoMA) Great places to explore!
I like the bronze statues of the 14th / 8th ave subway station (Life Underground). Also 6 1/2 ave reminds me of the streets in Pittsburgh that are actually staircases. Makes for GPS fun when it tells you to make a right and its a staircase that goes down a few hundred feet.
Great video. I knew about most of these but somehow I've never heard of Lovers Lane. I'll have to go check it out. And happy to see a few of the Bryant Park secrets showing up in here. :)
Wow! I never knew 6th and a half avenue existed! I can't even think of anywhere in the world where there is a name of a street like that. Very different and cool!
Nice! I wanted to take vids/pics of 6 1/2 ave in 2019 while working at the rock. But it was a mess mostly blocked with constructions. And then with pandemic/job change never came back. Looks Ike good time to visit. Wonder it got shorter…
There's a water tower bar in the Williamsburg Hotel next time I go to NYC I want to check it out, great minds I said "I wonder if he's going to show the wooden escalator" and you did
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Jon, here's a great idea. For everyone that grew up on comics, like me, New York is the home of superheroes. I always dreamt of seeing the places from the comics if I ever visit NY. (That's why those superhero cosplayers are there). It would be awesome if you did a couple episodes showing the locations from the comics.
The Doom Latveria Embassy. Avengers Mansion. Strange.Sanctum Sanctorum. Peter Parker home (you did this briefly). Fantastic Four Baxter building. Iron Fist. Captain America, Iron Man, Luke Cage.... and many more. Also famous landmarks like Yancy Steet Gang for The Thing, famous battle locations, and so on.
There's so many Marvel landmarks, you can do a few per episode and ask your viewers which others they want to see. Then top it off with the true home of all superheroes, the real Marvel bullpen office in the 70's and 80's. (and their current office today too).
What I love about this video is that it highlights the many ways in which New Yorkers throughout the decades have intentionally made their city special by big and small acts of Intentional creativity.
:)
That gift shop is so cool!
hope you can visit someday!!
Thank you for sharing the wooden escalator. New to me!
I've seen the Ralph Kramden statue. They should have an Ed Norton statue in front of the sewage department too!
So happy I got see visit the wooden escalators at Macy mall
My favourite RUclipsr, you’ve inspired me to go to New York next year
I've lived in NYC. Most of my life & honestly didn't know about some of these!
Underground book storage!?!? Mind blown
If there's a zombie problem in NYC, you know where to find me.
Public sculpture in New York deserves a video of its own. Maybe one video for each century.
Great video for tourists and natives like me.
Thumbs up.
1:56 So, this where Phoebe Buffay made her arts.
I always smash the Like Button, even before viewing your posts because I know that I'll always enjoy your content! Thanks, Jon!
So amazing to have all of these in one video!
Glad you like them!
Some ideas for your next video in this series:
*New York Public Library branch inside a subway station (51st street #6 station)
*Public phone booth (corner West End ave. & West 100 Street)
*You can walk from Rockefeller Center to Times Square via publicly-accessible underground tunnels, as seen in this Actionkid video: ruclips.net/video/2dMNV3RDeeA/видео.html (although this may not currently be possible due to construction)
I have more :)
I loved the Monster theme store! 😀 It looks super neat! 😀
I passed the Cap statue at the Barclays often. Great to know where it is now.
Oh man 6 and a half ave is so convenient on a lunch break to cut through streets!
6 and a half avenue sounds like an entrance into the Wizarding world lol
6 1/2 Avenue is tons of fun. I used to use it to walk to work from my apartment on the Upper West Side to Midtown. It’s definitely got the Montreal vibe and also, like Bologna’s portico sidewalks, it makes a great walkway on a rainy day.
I've done that. When I lived on 53rd st.
Very nice and interesting 👍
I love the hidden gems In NYC. Great video as always Jon.
I'm from Montreal. Went many times to NYC as a tourist or for deliveries as a trucker but you keep making me discover so many gems!!! I have always been thinking I've seen it all but NO! I'll have to go back and spend ANOTHER week-end there!! Thanks to you!
P.S. I even had a bagel with strawberry creamed cheese in a Brooklyn deli at rising sun with a view on the skyline...we should try this one morning!
Just came back from the NYC, 15-26th August! It is not the comment about this specific clip, but general about the whole series. You gave me a lot of clues , places to go, which i'm more than grateful i had a chance to see. I regret i could not find you there , accidentally, between thousands of people crossing streets, i would then bought you a drink John! All the best!
Literally have been to Bryant Park many times and never realized there’s a secret bunker underneath 🤣. That’s a pretty cool find.
same
Another outstanding video, Jon! As a former New Yorker, I really miss the wooden escalators of the only real Macy's store in the U.S.--Herald Square! Thanks for reminding me about some of the greatest things about the greatest city in the world.
Thanks for watching!
Those vintage escalators! I've ridden them a lot; they even sound different.
We have those in sydney too
Like the look of Leroy's Place. We are finally heading back to New York in November after our last trip in March 2020. Didn't think it would be so long!
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More things to look out for. Thanks!!!
Gonna take you weeks to fit all the picks in!
The Columbia St gate is inspired by Mondrian's "Boogie-woogie" paintings.
One always appreciates a tip to survive the Zombie Apocalypse!
I focused on the Bryan Park bathroom a few weeks ago (always walked right by it). Two nicely-dressed attendants!
Leroy’s Place is just like an afternoon inside Tim Burton’s brain! (Or maybe Jim Henson’s)
I’ll go with Tim Burton!
Haha, exactly!!! thank you!
@HereBeBarr I have lived in Manhattan for years, but I have learned so much from your videos! Now on my weekend strolls, working on my photography, I'm on a quest to find the various places and things that you point out.
So, I just wanted to say, Thank you!! #keepemcoming
I don't know how many times I've traveled in and out of Port Authority over the last some years and never noticed that statue. I'm glad I found this video (and channel). Thanks RUclips for the recommendation.
Awesome work!
That bucket in the shop dumped on Ben almost seems to simulate what I would imagine would be getting tea bagged! Lol
Wow, Jon!!! Great video!!! Love The Commuters statue!♥️ Thank you so much!!!
Great collection of secrets! Thanks so much for including us! Will look forward to checking out the rest of your vids ... who else is plotting an adventure this weekend ???!!!😁
Thanks 🙏🏻 for allowing us to film your epic place.
Awesome list! The best thing about Port Authority is it makes me appreciate how nice Grand Central Station is in comparison 😅 But that Ralph Kramden statue is pretty cool!!
Or Moynihan, but I hear they're going to do renovations on Port Authority.. well "hear"
@@HereBeBarr Fingers crossed…haven’t been to Moynihan Hall yet, very high on my list for when I finally get back to NYC!
The wooden escalators at Macys are cool 😎
Ah, your best type of videos!
#2 was by far my favorite…so cool.
Some of them I had already seen but this video either reminded them to me or it have them some extra flare…✨
Grazie 🙌🏼😂
I didn't know about most of these, and I've grown up here!
What a wealth of information! Appreciate the research you do.
I appreciate all the pizza you eat! 😅
Wow thi video was awesome 😄
Thanks 😁
1:26 Used to live in Montreal🇨🇦 and I agree
Cheers from San Diego California
I remember seeing 6 1/2 Ave on a trip to NYC just before the pandemic. I also explicitly visited Port Authority to see the statue of Ralph Kramden.
OMG so much fun especially “meet me on avenue 6 1/2!” HA!
Bryant Park Public comfort room kind of familiar it's that from the umbrella academy last scene?
Great Jon 😊👍🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹
I was in Macy's Herald Square last week and made a point--as I always do-- of using the wooden escalator. I remember it from when it was the only escalator in the store, back in the early 60s.
My first ever year in nyc, I managed to find 6 1/2 Ave...completely by accident! I was looking for my sister's office nearby and was pleasantly surprised to find it.
Haha 😂 I’d prob just thought it was some kind of symbolic sign and not actually followed the path
Wow, I remember at 10:00 this escalator my mom and I used to take in the good old days back in the 1990s every Sundays when we just go shopping. Some things are best left untouched.
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Florida girl here and I've actually been on those wooden escalators in Macy's, they definitely got my attention.
Very cool, especially enjoyed seeing those escalators.
Check out Max Neuhaus's "Time Square" in time square, it is a sound art installation hidden in plain sight, and can only be heard if you stand directly above the the subway grate between 44th and 45th street.
Wow, i took those wooden escalators for granted.
Great video
I learnt a lot- Thanks for sharing 😀 ☝️
So many cool statues!! Would love to see them all someday! And WOW that underground library stuff!!! That's amazing! I've never heard that before! That's honestly soooo cool!!
I have the weirdest love/obsession for those Macy escalators all my friends think I’m crazy 😅
Fun video! I'm from California and I've seen a few of these "secrets". I'm actually in NY right now looking out my window at a water tower. I love them!
I do have to point out that Macy's is the largest department store in the US; but not not in the world. The biggest in the world since 2009 is the Shinsegae Centumcity Department Store in South Korea.
Yes, someone else pointed that out! Now i know.
I thought the mega mall in Minnesota ? Right ?
You should try to eat at mammons flafal they have great shawarma sandwitches or go to catzes deli they have the best pastrami sandwishes or salami or cornd beef or rubben sandwiches in the world .
LOVE THIS CHANNEL
The Wooden escalators is one of my fave spots in NYC (there's also some between the 6th and 9th floors in the middle of the store). Also thank you for showing where the one water tower is. I was looking for it before but couldn't find it. And as a Marvel fan I definitely need to check out that Captain America statue
Wow. I actually took those wooden escalators in Macy’s because a native new yorker told me to check them out
There is always something to do in New York Jon !
Excellent video as usual Jon! We rode the wooden escalators last summer, and I love the info about the NYC Public Library - WOW! Shout out from Arizona, we'll be back in Park Slope next month for another visit, we'll keep an eye out for you!
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Great vid. If you are ever in London, the Liberty store on Regent Street has incredible wooden escalators.
I love the escalators in Macy's
I'm a native New Yorker and there were at least 3-4 things I didn't know. Thanks. One thing...please don't point something out as a great "instagram spot" if people live on the street. The place becomes overrun with tourists (and NYers!) trying to get a photo, turning it into a Times Square carnival-like area, like Dumbo's residential Washington Street.
GREAT video. Thanks!!
Hi Jon! I've been to New York for the first time a few weeks ago and omg...8 days is not enough even for Manhattan but still I did so many things and your videos that I watched beforehand were very helpful!:) I've been to many parts of Manhattan, two observation decks, yankees baseball match, central park, coney island, dumbo, whale watching, a rooftop bar and did looots of shopping (🙈), and I was in a huge rush in Macys but still managed to find one of these wooden escalators I think it was on 5th floor, there were some clothes for women if i'm not mistaken😅and the food was amazing, but a little tip: if anybody wants to eat in a restaurant, make sure to have a reservation!! I looked up some recommended places and for some of them I made the reservation 1 month before😅😅but they were absolutely worth it! I just wish I could eat more to try more things😆also the baseball game was one of the most memorable of all, i knew i was gonna like it but it exceeded my expectations! ⚾️
One thing is for sure: i have to go back to New York as soon as possible and spend at least 2-3 weeks there😌
You could live there your WHOLE life and still not see everything!
@@keywestfan2503 ...and the list just keeps growing every year😆
@@mici4130 I wish I would’ve known about the captain America statue! I was there last month with my kids! I would’ve loved to have seen that I’m sure that they would have also
@@keywestfan2503 oh yeah I def want to visit cap next time too😌
i live in nyc and i still watch these videos lol
6 and a half ave! Tons of corridors like that in European cities
Bam
Born and raised in Queens - my husband doesn't know the upper floor escaltor's in Macy's are wooden! I told him we'll check it out next time we go in for Broadway Bites.
You should!
How awesome! We need to go back to NYC and check out some of these! -S
That awesome piece of working history the wooden escalator was alone worth watching thanks loved it
Bill in Fort Wayne Indiana
The infotmations re very informative and usefull for traveller wanna going to new york..
Hey man I’ll be there next month can’t wait
As always great content! You were also at 2 of my favorite restaurants. La Grande Boucherie (6 1/2 Ave) and The Modern (other side of the sculpture garden at MoMA) Great places to explore!
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Great Video!
When I went to NY , Bryant Park was my favorite place 😍.
I like the bronze statues of the 14th / 8th ave subway station (Life Underground). Also 6 1/2 ave reminds me of the streets in Pittsburgh that are actually staircases. Makes for GPS fun when it tells you to make a right and its a staircase that goes down a few hundred feet.
I should heck out that Captain America statue before that Bed Bath & Beyond closes for good!
I think that's your second video from outside the Bryant Park escape hatch. You need to get in and show us the other side and how it works!
Never filmed there... oh man IF they let me in i'd love to go haha.
Great video. I knew about most of these but somehow I've never heard of Lovers Lane. I'll have to go check it out. And happy to see a few of the Bryant Park secrets showing up in here. :)
Thanks Brian!!
I almost tripped on those stairs lol you have to be very careful
They’re wonky
Great content ;)
I have been on the wooden escalators but the other 9 are now on my list when I next go to the Big Apple
Wow! I never knew 6th and a half avenue existed! I can't even think of anywhere in the world where there is a name of a street like that. Very different and cool!
Awesome hidden secrets of nyc video
Beautiful ❤️❤️
I think the dude's got something going on with Serene.
Wow, I'm from NJ and have gone through Port Authority probably over 100 times, and never noticed the statues since I'm just trying to get to my bus.
Exactly 😂
That escalator at Macys is loud !!
Macy's doesn't quite cover the whole block -- which itself another fun bit of history.
The first time I was in NYC was as a kid in the 1980s and I remember the wooden escalators.
Wow so cool :)
Fantastic
Jon should play the new Captain America in MCU or there should be a new character called “Captain New York”
@bb I agree - Jon = Captain New York priceless😂😊😄😁
Nice! I wanted to take vids/pics of 6 1/2 ave in 2019 while working at the rock. But it was a mess mostly blocked with constructions. And then with pandemic/job change never came back. Looks Ike good time to visit. Wonder it got shorter…
Great time yes!
excellent video
There's a water tower bar in the Williamsburg Hotel next time I go to NYC I want to check it out, great minds I said "I wonder if he's going to show the wooden escalator" and you did
Really cool 😎