11 Things You Didn't Know About THE BRONX
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I was born and raised here in The Bronx and you can't mention "The Bronx" with out mentioning City Island.
facts
I love the seafood at City Island...
My wedding reception was at the Lido in City Island 1964.
city island and chocha beach(orchard beach)
Words right out of my mouth.
They even made a movie named City Island.. 💪🏾🗽
As a Bronx native, I've always considered Riverdale to be the Beverly Hills of The Bronx.
Is the other way around....
It sure is...
Deadass bro, my grandmother live up there
They got a lot of Jews there too
I was born there so I know the place
Before relocating to NYC. I had only heard negative things about The Bronx. I have come to explore it more and have found that The Bronx has some really beautiful neighborhoods. It ranges from city to suburban to rural. Pelham Bay Park is beautiful and expansive. Don't rely on stereotypes.
So true
What negative things
The Bronx is the BEST borough hands down!!!!!!
Sorry but backthem Bronx was a fucking warzone or hellzone.
@@patatebanine4278 well it isn't now come visit
I came from Palermo, Sicily at the age of 14 in 1969 with my family. I grew up on 187th Street and Arthur Avenue. I loved The Bronx and the Neighborhood. Growing up on Arthur Avenue was an experience that I will never forget. Married and have three kids and 2 beautiful grandchildren. I live an hour away and still go and Visit THE BRONX!!
The Bronx had the first theme park before Disney on the east side it was called freedom land. Co-op city was built at the site after the park closed
Gaspalito R Damn I did not know that and I been going to the movie theater at co-op city for years 😂
TO be acurate co-op city was build in what was the parking lot of Freedomland..
Larry Sachs your correct the actual park was located where the Co op city power plant and the Bartow mall the rest of the 208 acres was parking. On opening day the parking lot was full and had to close the exit of the New England Highway causing a of traffic yams for miles.
Buongiorno. I was born there in the old Bronx hospital in between the mid 50's and late 50's. I have to say though i have been away for decades but as a friend here say's who is also from the city area is. You can take the kid out of the city? But you can never take the city out of the kid Capisce? Lol. I would love to get back and re visit the Bronx. I want to also if possible once i retire is to move either back to the Bronx ? Or move to Salem Mass where i also lived but back in the early 80's. I miss the cultures, wonderful Italian foods Marone ! The foods itself ??? Absolutely second to none. Anyway nice to hear your reflection on a piece of history i was unaware of or ??? Forgot about over the years. Grazie mille. Ciao.
This information is fantastic. I'm from the Bronx and I didn't know this.
Some other neat facts:
The Grand Concourse was patterned after the Champs Elysee in Paris,it is why it is so wide. The apartment buildings on it were luxury housing in the pre war period, lot of those buildings had marble interiors, sunken living rooms and floor to ceiling windows. When my dad was growing up in the Bronx (he would be 98 if he was alive today) they used to call it Jewish fifth Ave, a lot of well off Jewish folks had high end apartments there,co ops and rental, bc before WWII Jews were not allowed to live in buildings on Park or 5th Avenue due to discrimination.
Before the second world war the Bronx still had farms (what is called west farms square today was farms),used to be farms along gun hill road. The northeast part of the Bronx was relatively unbuilt up.until after WWII
What is now Bronx Community college was once the uptown campus of NYU,actually was its main campus. It included a school of engineering that developed a lot of key technology for the military in WWII. NYU sold it to the city in the early 70s when they were forced by a financial crisis to consolidate downtown. Ironically,the engineering school merged w Brooklyn Poly, and around 10 yrs ago NYU took over Poly. Back in the day NYU was a div 1 basketball powerhouse.That campus had like 80,000 students.unlike today NYU back.then was aimed at helping students from working class backgrounds to go to college, it wasn't the overpriced pseudo ivy it pretends to be today.
The Marble Hill section of the Bronx,which is across the Henry Hudson parkway from Riverdale, was once part of Manhattan. At one point they rerouted the Harlem river and most of the neighborhood ended up.in the Bronx.
The Bronx was once part of Westchester county,then was together with Manhattan
Until 1898 until it became a borough of greater NY
The old TV show 'car 54 where are you' was filmed and set in the South Bronx ( I am sure you can stream it). It was filmed in the streets in the area and also there was a tv studio called Biograph studios where the interior scenes were shot,I think it was 161st street. Looking at it it is sad to realize that within 10 years the whole South Bronx would become the symbol of urban decay.
Louis Tiffany, the famous stained glass artisan,had a studio in the Bronx where a lot of his works were created
The trees along the Bronx River in the Botanical Garden is one of only 2 old growth forests left in NYC ( the other one is along the Henry Hudson parkway at the top of Manhattan.
The Bronx was one of the largest manufacturing hubs in the world
Hunts point was home to everything from iron foundries to a mint that.made coins for foreign countries as well as wire makers,furniture,customized steel, furniture. The rail yards and dicks there were busy 24 hours a day. Port Morris in the deep south Bronx was like that as well.
General Colin Powell was a Bronx guy,graduated from Morris High ,(same school my mom graduated from in the early 40s and a great uncle graduated from as part of it's first graduating class in 1900
My Dad was on the NYPD as a patrolman and they would call it the GAZA STRIP.. This was back in the 50s and 60s, but it was a nice area.
Njlauren much thanks for the retrospective
But no elevators & 5 flight walk-ups. OMG
The kind of buildings I was talking about had elevators, the more modest buildings off the concourse didn't in a lot of cases.
@@njlauren Hi, My friends lived on The Concourse, in a great & large apartment, but it didn't have an elevator. Marble stairs were lovely, but they were on the top floor (5th). This was in the early 60s. I was young & didn't mind too much then, Wouldn't make it now! Didn't know about the Jewish history of the area. Thanks for that info.
I am a proud Bronx wannabe native for about 30 years though I was born and raised in Brooklyn, moved after my divorce. I loved the Bronx's diversity, it's foods, the beautiful landscape of each neighborhood, it's abundance of breathtaking parks with bird watching, canoing, great hiking and biking trails, antiquated churches and walkable bridges, many highways taking you in every direction. Before the pandemic you had free trollies you can ride, or get tours to Woodlawn cemetery where Celia, jazz musicians and famous people are resting. My favorite is walking under the number 6 train along Westchester Ave where you find the coolest art murals on buildings, garage doors walls restaurants. I am quick to defend any nay sayers when putting down the Bronx. I am proud to say I live in the Bronx.
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i getchu bro, i grew up in brooklyn moving around flatbush, brownville, bensonhurst, bedstuy, ill forever have love for brooklyn moved to fordham when i was 19 had a couple friends over there that helped me n shit but i was good bc living in brooklyn we had family in the bronx and was there a lot so i been around it and knew the vibes moved into a apartment out in fordham was in fordham for 2 years or sum moved to gunhill which is where im at rn and it may not be the safest but im used to that and ive learned to work around it all i can say is im proud if where i grew up and where im at no matter what
I've never been, but your comment inspires me to visit. Would you be interested in showing me around?
The Bronx
Wherever I go, I carry the pride of my borough. Even when there's days when I get irritated with noise, traffic, and crime, I still have a mindset where I have a responsibility to represent where I come from. Some people like to look down on it. I like proving them wrong with success, and that I'm not a product of my environment perse, but neighborly and goal oriented. No matter where I go, it's a place that gives you courage, confidence and life lessons. It's hard to explain.
I feel the same way... most peopkle around the country either never heard of it, or could care less - until you took a friend there like one I made from North Carolina.... he talked about it to his friends and family for weeeks!!!
@seanoleary1979 Emphasized "For weeks"
You mean Da Bronx. 😏 I never knew Riverdale was so pretty.
She was RIGHT. "THE BRONX"💣
Remember that Fieldstone is a super wealthy enclave in Riverdale
They mean El Bronx
Try going to Wave Hill. It is in The Bronx. in RIverdale. I have done photo work there. It overlooks The Hudson river and THe NJ Palisades. The downside parking is not good.
@@ms.fortune2957 If the FDNY calls it Da Bronx on the radio then its Da Bronx
The Kingsbridge Armory, also known as the Eighth Regiment Armory, built-in 1910 is located in The Bronx and is possibly the largest armory in the world.
Lol I live near it
@Roger Warner no, it's on the 4 train
@Roger Warner yes
Yeah, right on Jerome ave. where the Woodlawn #4 train run.
Miguel Mercedes I practically lived in there. I was apart of the Washington Greys Cadets in the 90’s into the late 2000’s. Beautiful neighborhood.
Born and raised in The Bronx and it has been a teaching ground and a place where many lessons are learned and you grow and set goals for yourself and I wouldn't trade living in The Bronx for anything because it's my foundation, where my family has been
I lived in Cayuga Avenue in the Riverdale area of "The Bronx" for more than three (3) years. What you failed to mention , no criticism is why it is called
The Bronx. Here is why:
Back in the 1600 hundres there was a family that emigrated from Holland to the borough we are talking about. Needless to say it was a very wealthy family, and he decided the purchase the entire county of The Bronx, since land was extremely cheap.
The name of the gentleman who purchased it was Jonas Bronck. So when the rellatives and friends went to visit them they would say :
Let's go visit the Broncks, from one generation to another it became The Bronx.
Hope you share it with your followers.
P.S. I lived for over 40 years in New-York city and Nassau county. I really Love New-York.
Alvaro
Born and lived in the Bronx until I was 13, a great fun childhood. Thank you for telling us how we came to be called The Bronx, I never knew that.
Thank you💗🙏🏾
THANK YOU for sharing your knowledge.
I'm going to look it up.
Born and raised in “THE BRONX” I appreciate this vid!!
Do you like it
@@anointedbyjesus7766 it's alright . Don't give ya hopes up boo ppl crazy out here but than again ppl crazy everywhere so 🤷 just gotta try it out for yourself
@@m.shh.3831 yeah thats very true and thank you for the encouragement need it
@@anointedbyjesus7766 no problem girl it's good to vacation here but to live here it's hard I always said when I'm done with college I'm moving away 🤣 but once u in the city it's like you don't wanna leave
@@m.shh.3831 lol wowww thats honest its very expensive there 😭 what's the hardest part
I thing I never think about when thinking of "The Bronx" is Jennifer Lopez 🙄 There's so much more to that place than one person.
She is a pop singer, and heroine for all the PuertoRicans who migrated there in the 50-60s. Still cant figure out what talent she has, other than a cool culo.
I LIKED THIS VIDEO . BUT ONE CORRECTION I HAVE TO MAKE IS THAT THE MUSIC KNOWN AS "MAMBO" ALSO KNOWN AS( "AFRO CUBAN JAZZ ") FIRST BLEW UP IN HARLEM ,BROUGHT HERE BY (FRANKIE MACHITO GRILLO) (CHANO POZO) AND (MARIO BOUZA) THE NAME SALSA WAS FIRST GIVEN TO THE MUSIC IN THE LATE 60S BY YOUNG "( NEWYORICANS)". BUT THE OLDER BORIQUA'S WOULD STILL MOSTLY CALL IT MAMBO. AND SECONDLY, EVEN THOUGH I LIKE THE VIDEO., HOW DID YOU FORGET TO MENTION (CITY ISLAND)????😦😦😦😦😦
@@jameshowell6160 YOU ARE TOTALLY CORRECT SIR EXCELLENT COMMENT THE ORIGEN OF SALSA IS MAMBO FROM CUBA CUBA AND PUERTO RICO ARE LIKE COUSINS
Shirley Jackson Jennifer Lopez is American. Puerto Rico is an unincorporated American territory (colony) obtained from Spain in the Spanish-American war in 1898. All Puerto Ricans are American citizens.
@@j.brown70 Thank you Ms Brown God Bless You
Thank you for showing everyone that the Bronx has its own history and has changed, a lot, since the 70’s. I had a gr8 apartment, huge with sunken living room and total Art Deco motifs, for a fraction of what it would cost elsewhere and now with the ferry service from the new Fulton Fish Market to Manhattan’s East Side, it’s a delightful commute. Every subway goes up to the Bronx, practically. It’s not a new cultural hub, like Brooklyn, but it’s quiet and affordable and simple to get to....especially using the D and 4 trains..both express, into Manhattan’s west and east sides. No more Fort Apache.
The highly intellectual BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE is famous for many of its esteemed graduates and high standards of education .
I went to Bronx Science from 1967 to 1970. It was the best and worst thing that ever happened to me. Those were very chaotic years!
My dad graduated from Bronx Science (we shorten the name)..
YES! No doubt about that! DeWitt Clinton H.S. Another BRONX public H.S. with its share of many, many, notable and famous graduates............
My younger brother went to Dewitt Clinton, he now works at the white house.
Its not it’s.
City Island in the Bronx has some of the best seafood in all of New York City.
I am from Jersey and couldn’t agree more. Worth the trip to get the best seafood in the area.
I remember eating at “Sammy’s” in City Island.
The Bronx is new york
I live in Jersey City and we go to city island all the time for seafood, especially in the summer time.... in fact it closer distance wise to go to city island than to go to the shore ( but not always a better option time wise)
you damn right city island has some of the best seafood restaurant.........
It's called "DA Bronx "
Da Broanx
Leely Moonstar well that’s just not fair to say
Leely Moonstar it’s because not being able to read or write and having a 50 word vocabulary is the norm there.
Jon Stewart i couldn’t imagine being as ignorant as you
Dan McDermott yes I’m being stereotypical. It’s not like Detroit, I should know better. But for Manhattan just a few miles south it’s a totally different and impersonal world. Fast, all over the place like an ant bed, and have neighbors of yours next to your 400 square foot apartment and never know them or care to do so.
I was born in the Old Lincoln Hospital at Bruckner and Southern Boulevards 68 years ago. It was built in 1868 as a retirement home for ex-slaves. I grew up with the elevated train right outside my window. It was a real conversation stopper. I went to P.S. 50, J.H.S. 98, and Bronx Science. The Bronx in the 50's was a very diverse place to grow up. There were all kinds of people, and for the most part, we all got along very well. It broke my heart to see what happened to it in the 1970's. It is now experiencing a renaissance!
Lived there before moving to California. There are beautiful sections that rival any borough or city. Missed NYC but the expense was unobtainable for me and I am a doctor lol She left out the Concourse one of the most beautiful Boulevards model after the one in Paris. The apartments with sunken living rooms were unique.
My wife is from there she say alot of people in New York are on housing? How you get on that there?
I grew up in NY during the 1940s and 50's when The Bronx was "The Bronx". For those who grew up during that same time period, you already know what I mean. You just had to be there to live it because trying to describe it would be generationally impossible. It was the center of the universe, or at least it felt that way. With Yankee Stadium, The Bronx Zoo, Jerome Avenue, The Grand Concourse, Fordham Road, Van Courtland Park, Orchid Beach The New York Botanical Gardens and more, The Bronx was a whole continent all to its own. Back then, us kids ruled the streets, the parks, the sidewalks, and the schoolyards, with our mothers all housekeeping at home and our fathers out working five days a week from 9 to 5. Stickball, slug, johnny on the pony, ring o' levio, skully and more, were among the many games and sports we played. Could you today imagine dozens of kids ages four and five playing out on the sidewalks and riding their tricycles up and down completely safe and unsupervised! Each age group from kindergarten up through high school each had their own turf and pecking order of popular and popular friends. Everyone wanted to be a major league baseball player, a scientist, teacher or rock n' roll star. The Bronx back then always scored in the 99 percentile on the SAT's. As teenagers, we would sometimes venture out into the other boroughs, but The Bronx was always our home. Anyway, fondest memories of a world we thought would last forever until the day that it was... gone!
Much Respect.
@@naturalbornskrilla3843 Thanks, in this strangest moment in time, your words just hit the heart and tears are rolling down my eyes. Who, ever thought back then that we would be dealing with all this crazy shirt today?
@@naturalbornskrilla3843 SIR IT WAS STILL THAT WAY IN THE 60'S AND EARLY 70'S!!!😉😉😉 MAN WHAT WENT WRONG...😒😒😒
My Father is of your generation. He also feels the same. I wish I could have experienced that America
I grew up on Walton and 167. In the late 60s and 70s. It was as you described. THE Bronx.!
PS 114 on Jerome.
Nice times to remember.
I live in the bronx so I had to click on it xD
Rin The Cat Dumpling factz
Born in the south bx,so I had to click😎
Facts i live on Fordham
Uptown 😎
Same
Spent a lot of summer days on City Island in the '50's. The water, the food and the women were all spectacular. Thanks for the memories Maureen.
City Island was not mentioned, you can get the best seafood there. The Bronx Zoo, one of the largest zoos in the world... also the botanical gardens which are just stunningly beautiful.
As a native, I have to say I learned a lot I didn't know for my 34 years
I am orignally from THe Bronx, KIngsbridge. Went to PS 86. One place that was not mentioned is Wave Hill in RIverdale. It overlooks the Hudson RIver and the NJ Palisades.
Same 👍💯
@@lsachs07 Yeah ? What year did you graduate ?
The Bronx also has The Bronx River, the only pure fresh body of water in NYC. I volunteer to keep it clean twice a month
Edit: Damn, all these responses lmao. Keep in mind people I never said the river was clean enough to take your kids for some summer fun. It’s NYC, of course there’s disgusting things in the water which is why I help to remove things from time to time. Regardless it’s still the only *naturally fresh* body of water in the city.
Nice! When my brother played pony league baseball back in the 70s they had games at the ballfields Bronx Park East near I believe Allerton Ave (or was it Pelham Parkway? 🤷🏽♀️😊), I used to go exploring down by the BX river. It was a beautiful natural spot to hang out in as a child. I also remember seeing fish in the river once when hanging by the river but near the park up by E232nd st. in the early 80s. I was happily surprised because I had thought the river was too dirty for fish to live there. But glad to know it’s being tended to.
Man I'm from Hoe ave n Freeman. That is a lie b. That's a disgusting dirty ass river. That bs water front they build on Whitlock is dirty. The soil is contaminated.
@@j.brown70 That's Pelham Park.
Terry RaXaMor G. Yes and Thanks for the reminder! That’s what I thought but couldn’t be sure. (My brother’s team’s name was Pel Park.) He also played at Allerton ball field but I think I mostly recall the one off Webster Ave not too far from the Metro North stop area, or the general vicinity (Botanical Gardens I think) - It was a long time ago. (As an aside, and I’m not sure if I’m the “b” in your previous comment about something being a “lie”, - and if I am wrong about that and what I’m thinking you’re referring to, then my bad and please do disregard - but, I did occasionally see fish in the Bx River. I was surprised b/c I also thought the water was too dirty. And at the risk of making this long response even longer, ☺️ I found a 2019 Washington Post article about the Bx River and despite its history of being polluted/toxic (it’s a bit cleaner now compared to what it was), small fish do live in the waters. (And as it turns out, snapping turtles!). I found the article here www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/snapping-turtles-help-scientists-figure-out-how-clean-the-bronx-river-is/2019/08/13/33896b56-9db2-11e9-b27f-ed2942f73d70_story.html
@@j.brown70 I grew up over that way and a few of my friends got really sick messing with that river. I go sit at the water front sometimes and the garbage that's in that water and how dirty and dark that water is. And the term "b" is a slang the way a lot of us uptown say after a sentence. It's a habit not disrespect.
Let's not forget that the silent version of Frankenstein from 1910 was filmed in the Bronx
As a Bronx native, my funniest memory was travelling through western Europe where for some reason most of the locals we drank or ate with thought we must be so tough to live where Bonfire of the Vanities is set. Kept asking if I had stabbed or shot anyone, or had I suffered these assaults. had great laughs watching their faces when I would teach them the true beauty of The Bronx. ie. Landmarks like Dykeman House, the VanCortlandt manor house. and more 17th to 18th century historic locals. Love Da Bronx Through and Through!!!!
I knew I wasn't BUGGING when I said why Pelham Bay feel dumb big!
Eric Ayala ayooooo u gay
#WH2TB2013 What happened to the boy that stabbed afrika bambaataa in his apartment?
Stan Lee was raised in The Bronx just to let yall know😏💪☝️
That I didn't know...
Thomas Simmons he was at clinton?! wowww
Gackts665 GOALS
AYEEEEEEEE
Gackts665 I’m proud to be from the Bronx
We lost 80% of our buildings in the South Bronx. It was crazy!! My mom came home one night and the landlord literally told her.. the building is finished!! He left!! The building was massive and absolutely beautiful. They don’t build apartments with space like that anymore. The whole block literally died overnight. Even in those hard times we were able to be happy!! We did create a strong sense of community and friendship with our family, friends and neighbors. They always tried to help one another. I still have wonderful memories of those times.
Had family that lived there. Walked through it on my way to st peter s catholic school
Excellent information, thank you
I don’t think of J low first when I think about the Bronx.
maciverandy1 lol !
Big pun
I think of j lo every second of the day
Edward Martinez J Lo is Bitch
I think of Fat joe or the terror squad
Another mention is that Celia Cruz is buried here
She’s not buried
Woodlawn Cemetery
Also, Tito Puente at the woodlawn cenmentery.
Vanessa Yates when I was a kid I loved her music even as an adult now her music is still wonderful
jesus salvador AZUCA
The Bronx is also home to the best (and most underrated) non-rock music genre, freestyle dance music. That's where TKA, George Lamond, coro, Cynthia, Judy Torres, Noel, Stevie B, Johnny O, and all the other freestyle dance music greats started.
I was raised in the Bronx till I went off to college. My family and I lived just west of Jerome Avenue, and we used to take the Jerome Avenue IRT to go everywhere in NY. I'll always have a special place in my heart for the Bronx.
You forgot about city island
I just go there to eat Sammy's Shrimp Box you heard...Lol
Garry Sessoms johnnies better tho fAm
@@deansolistino im not up on dat one ??
Garry Sessoms lol right across the way from Sammie’s. When you go to city island Sammy’s is last restaurant on right- johnnies is last on left.🍤🍤🍤
Garry Sessoms them crab legs tho🤤
All Roads lead to & from Da Bronx😎. Thank you for the video🤗
Katwoman I wish I could love this comment, and not just like it!!! God bless
True, which is why I love my borough!
As a resident of southeastern Michigan I have met and call friend several people born and raised in The Bronx. They and their respective families relocated to my area many years ago. They are without doubt some of the nicest people I've ever met ! Also worth mentioning is 'their Bronx accent' which they've retained, lo these many years in Michigan. Thank God!
Wonder if you were Obrien family from Tinton ave
The Franz Family were from the Bronx. Mr. Franz's mother and grandmother would visit their son in Detroit during the summer. They took the New York Central. Mr. Franz was a WW2 USN vet and just missed the bombing at Pearl Harbor as his ship had left a day earlier and was out to sea. Taps were played at his funeral after Mass by the local veterans association.
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Love, love, loved this video, thank you!
Borough
The Bronx gets its name from the family that owned it - Bronks. When people were going to visit the family on their farm ( their farm was the entire Bronx) , they’d say ‘I’m going to the Bronks’ that’s why we say ‘The Bronx’
Actually, our borough gets the article THE Bronx due to Jonas Bronc originally settling his farm and house along the main river. Today, we know it as The Bronx River! Since the borough is named for this Dutch settler, and he chose the convenience of building along a river, the later settlers bestowed this region with the same title. All rivers are referred to by the article 'the'. The Mississippi, the Colorado, the Hudson, and thus The Bronx!
Wow, you learn something new everyday and I’m a newyorker
Actually its "jonas broncks" they renamed the borough the Bronx its was more easy to spell and brandable
@@JoseMorales-lw5nt he was actually swedish!
@@frips1000 I never knew that! Thanks for the info 😉
Please do City Island, Co-op City and more in depth Van Cortlandt Park.
I was always fascinated by the Van Cortlandt family cemetery, as a child. It's in the first line of hills, Northeast of the playing fields.
Is there still a pony ride around a track, for small children, at the stables? Is there ice skating on the lake?
Good 1. Co-op was an amusement park oh and Soundview was a military base. There are so many great historial facts.
I love your voice... it's soothing and uplifting! 😊
Great video... thanks !
I remember when the residents & business owners of Little Italy were totally against McDonald's coming into the neighborhood. I definitely understood their concern. I truly enjoy going to eat at the various restaurants during the spring\summer. There is something so cool about having a meal seated at a sidewalk table with a loved one at a family owned restaurant in a neighborhood filled with so much history. I love my borough.
Little Italy is what non Bronx people call New Albania.
with all the italian store?...... right
@@nickyboombots1946 They are Albanians running the Italian stores
@@nickyboombots1946 > CLOWN !!!
Not entirely there are like 4 shops owned by Albanians if you aren’t from the neighborhood please don’t talk
I lived on 183rd and 3rd the albanians have taken over as far as. Being the supers most of those resturant owners in author ave live further north cause everything surrounding author ave is wild as fuck 180th and belmont to crotona in 2019 is all CR1PS and patrias all the kings and bloods are on webster the bronx is beautiful and so are the familys its the heroin addicts and 💉 drugs that give the bronx and east harlem the highest rates of h.i.v. as a former addict drugs kill destroy familys neiebhorhoods and citys we need a drug free with the exception of weed bourough 149th and third is the most disgusting place on earth
Don't forget Woodlawn cemetery, near where i grew up in the North Bronx, overlooking the Bronx River. Founding during the Civil War, many famous people buried there, including Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Celia Cruz, Herman Melville, the Woolworth family, Bat Masterson and Irving Berlin
Thanks for posting this. Very fascinating. I didn’t know most of these facts and I grew up in Westchester County, New York.
Who else noticed the fly at 3:38
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Five8 finest when the fish 🐟 is fresh
Yup!
Unavoidable at a fish market like that
Thought it was on my screen at first.
2:01 white house in Riverdale is where Lou Gehrig lived when he played for the New York Yankees!
Shirley Jackson stfu
The white hall
@Charles J.
South East corner of Independence Avenue and 252nd Street . 🦅
And Van Cortlandt Park is the City’s third largest municipal park.
Thanks for such informative news.
Born in Manhattan but The Bronx raised me 🖤 loud and proud 👏🏽
Well the bronx did a good job !!!! Miss jessica
R BEAUMONTII - Oh absolutely. I get a little upset when people try to play my city with “Oh it’s very very bad.” Luckily I came out okay and never had an issue. I mind my business and never fucked with the streets. I still have amazing friends from there very few because I didn’t need much, most have moved out to other states. The Bronx New Generations of music artist has been rising from Cardi B to rapper ABoogie, others have gotten into politics like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and others are aspiring to be actors/actress.
@@jessicam0345 for the most part u and i are on the same boat u sound like you hella chill and have a good head on your shoulders...you made ya folks proud....glad ur from my town
Jessica Cortez don't give a f*** about the Bronx so stop that s***
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣people with your fancy house in Riverdale your still part The Bronx!
Mira Pimen Hernan 😊
they try to distance themselves because theyre white capitalists
Mira Pimen Hernan People of or dominantly descendant of european ethnicities & are socially recognized as such. Portuguese- and Italian-American are white.
Mira Pimen Hernan first of all thats not even the point i was making and I said nothing about “skin color”, im talking about whiteness as a social construct that binds Euro americans together, regardless.
i never said mixed people cant exist lmfao. plus I have an African American mother and a Black Puerto-Rican & Irish father, so again, tf u mean lol.
and wdym the mentality comes literally historically from racism and classism. i’m from Boston Secor projects by Dyre Ave on the 5 so ik wtf im talking about.
its the truth but an ugly one and if u feel emotional abt it, why acknowledge it and be on the right side of history, and carry on.
Mira Pimen Hernan we all may be part of the system but there are oppressors and oppressed
Your presentation was amusing,thanks I enjoyed it
Enjoyed this!
Thanks for this video everyones always whats to show the negative side of da bronx.
Amour Flower Bro y is the commentator coming st and everyone especially with the old white lady voice
Amour Flower always shows the negative. This was so positive and I’m happy they did this.
It’s called “The Bronx” because it was where a family named “Broncks”owned huge farm and most all the land ,when visiting them people would say ,” We are going to visit THE BRONCKS ’” the. ...”THE” was Kept as it’s official name .
Now that's an interesting factoid that I never knew 💯😯. Thanks for sharing the knowledge 🙂
The Broncks
I just put basically the same thing!! Learned it in 6th grade and never forgot! :)
Yes, when Jonas Bronck one of the first European settlers arrived and bought acres of land.
@@ashs.4104 The Bronx was called (Rananchqua) by the native Siwanoy.
Awesome thanks!
Interesting. Thanks for sharing
Birthplace of Mr. Polo himself: Ralph (Lifshitz) Lauren
I might have changed it too, must have come in for some serious ball breaking.
ב''ה, top ten Jewish cowboys
No.12 it has some of the coolest museums like Edgar Allan Poe Cottage, Bartow-Pell, and Van Cortlandt House! 😉
Never mentioned who the Bronx was named after Jonas Bronck from England.
@@salvatoremileto69 it wasn't a bad list, but could have mentioned a more unique list
Actually it’s Edgar Allen Poe’s birth home that is still there!
@@ixamxmsright lol nope it is his death home. I used to work with them including the other houses listed :). He lived there for a short time with his wife and mother in law. They moved there from Manhattan because of her illness and also his cheating ways.
@@ixamxmsright en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe_Cottage :)
The Bronx is the best NYC borough. We have the best pizza, Chinese food, Puerto Rican food, seafood and Italian pastries, not just in Little Italy, but also on Allerton Ave. It also has the original home of the famous author of horror stories, Edgar Allen Poe on Kingsbridge Rd off of the Grand Concourse and Valentine Ave. Home of Rap, Salsa, The Bronx Bombers- "Yankees", hand ball, stick ball, off the point and ringolevio!!
Great reportage!
Proud to have been born in the Bronx and to have spent a lot of my childhood there at my gramdparents' place. Nothing but good memories
You didn't mention the waterfall near 180 st ?
Rob where exactly. I need to experience this
180th street, close to west farms square
Forgot the street lol
It’s west farms square and e180 it’s the Bronx river park I live up the block
PS that wakanda forever symbol resembles the Bronx salute
Great vid!
Beautiful interview love it
40 dislikes from Riverdale lol
Half of those are from people in Manhattan,BK,SI,and Queens
Lmaooooo
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You forgot: The Grand Concourse. Bronx High School of Science (Bronx Science). Fordham University.
Sir. Fuentes lol what about the grand concourse?
baron perez the laugh's on you. You don't know the history of the boulevard or know anything about architecture.
www.lehman.edu/vpadvance/artgallery/arch/buildings/GrandConcourse.html
hnn.us/article/120374
172 grand concourse
Yankee Stadium?
Didn't mention Hunts Point.
Amazing facts 😮. Thank you
Another hidden secret is the old subway tunnel that runs under the neighborhood called Highbridge. When I was very young my mom took me on the 2 car train called the Shuttle. It ran from 161st Yankee Stadium under our neighborhood and popped out the other side where it crossed a bridge over the Harlem river and terminated at the site of the old Polo Grounds (Giants). The bridge is gone now but the tunnel is still there waiting to scare kids with it's pitched black insides. They probably tore out the tracks now but we we first ventured inside there were these metal boxes that were placed between the rails and if you didn't carry a good flashlight you would wined up tripping over them which produced skinned legs and knees. We loved playing in it as kids and it had hidden rooms and different levels. If you look hard you can find the entrances and rail fans have visited long after we were gone.
the shuttle actually started at 167th street
What fascinated me was the DOLLAR SAVINGS BANK BUILDING on the Grand Concourse by Fordham Road with the large clock at the top of it. There was just something historical about that building whenever I saw it.
I remember it. Grew up in the 60s at Kingsbridge & Sedgwick, right across the street from the VA hospital. Also remember Edgar Alan Poe house and the armory.
Wasn't it named dime savings bank before decades of dollar debasement
Was a few blocks from where I grew up. It was a significant part of my little world.
They always label us the cest pool.. giving you that oh you from The Bronx tone and face..yes I am and The Bronx is poppin!!
Of course bronz is beautiful its just some people dont know how to acr
Bronx is a cesspool.
Actually, I grew up in Brooklyn and went to Bronx Science and most everyone looked at me like I was infectious when I said I was from Brooklyn.
Beckala67 facts we hate Brooklyn here
Jacobs monroe just like household
Thanks for this information it's very important great video 📹👍
Great job! Keep up the good work.👍
Thanks for the video. As a Bronx native (and current resident) I greatly appreciate it. Good stuff.
I lived in the Bronx 20 years and loved every minute of it.
GREAT video!!!!!
I lived in Riverdale. Specifically Spuyten Duyvil which is considered a sub-neighborhood of Riverdale. And I remember asking the board president of my coop "is it Riverdale or the Bronx?" And he said to me "Depends. If you are buying a place here its The Bronx. If you are selling it, its Riverdale."
Jamaican born, bronx raised. I enjoy my childhood growing up in the Bronx, taught me a lot about life
Like what? which were the best buildings to graffiti?
@@lcaceci43 So doing graffiti on a building is learning about life to you? New York is full of intellectuals, you can walk down the street and come across five percenters teaching and spreading knowledge to random strangers, which is not something you see in other cities but is very common in New York. Also, it being so multicultural means you're exposed to more perspectives and how others view and interact with the world.
@@lcaceci43 why don't you let him explain
First time my wife and I went to NY was 2011. We enjoyed Arthur Ave way more than Mulberry. Cheers from LA
Little Italy .. barrio Italiano
Stay in LA!
@Louis Reyna yes.. but that's how we know it as barrino Italiano
@Louis Reyna I understand however there are still alot of Italian restaurants there.. my favorite spot is Ann and Tony's that's a Italian family restaurant and has been there for years. If you want Italian food we go to "barrio Italiano". Additionally I take my kids there for the fair every summer St. Anthony.
Ay, vato- what's wrong with E.LA? Best food ever. Check it out Homie..
i love your video thanks
Great Video
I would have to add that it is also known as The “Boogie Down” Bronx Lol 😝
Lol 😂 I was waiting to see this comment as many ppl from the Bronx get the nick name “Boogie Down” due to this reason, I’ve heard ppl yelling, “ hey boogie down” when greeting someone they know from the Bronx😂
THANK U MAMA , " THE BOOGIE DOWN !!!!$$#
That's the way I refer to it🤩
Love it. Doo Wop music was also invented in The Bronx.
Tremont avenue and Cousins recording studio on Fordham and Webster
Dion and the Belmonts - Belmont Ave.
No it wasn't.. I'm from the Bronx Soundview section. Dion and the Belmont's didn't come until late fifties. What about ppl like the Drifters, the Dominoes, the Cadillacs came way before.
"Rock,Rock,Rock(1956)movie with Alan Freed and a few early Rock n Roll acts featured in it were originally from the Bronx.Some scenes were filmed in Bronx River Park and other locales in the borough. Check it out online esp.on U-tube.
@@OldCorpsEd Dion lived on Sedgewick avenue. Somehow I don't think "Dion and the Sedgewicks" would have worked as well.
The Grand Concourse was built after WW1 to honor the troops and to duplicate the boulevards of Paris.
At the entrance to Pelam Bay park their was also a large memorial to soldiers of WW1. Today it is filled with graffiti. My great grandfather was assistant postmaster, and my grandfather designed some of the Botanical Gardens. Where the new fish market is now, that was called Hunts Point, now mostly populated by Puerto Ricans. Where Tremont avenue intersects with Bruckner blvd was the end of the electric TROLLEY line that transected the whole Bronx from East to West. Then like they did in many cities across the country, GM payed off the politicians to replace the clean electric trolleys with smelly polluting buses. You could walk from Yankee stadium across the Harlem rives bridge to watch the Giants play in the POLO GROUNDS. Today, a minority, crime infested public housing project, City Island not far from Orchard beach has some of the best seafood restaurants in NYC. and a ferry at its far end takes unclaimed bodies to a whole island dedicated to be a potter field. For years the MAJOR DEGAN EXPRESSWAY went unfinished due to lack of funds.It was supposed to link in to MANHATTAN. It ended in mid air just behind old Yankee stadium. I use to love roller skating there as there was zero traffic and a good surface. Many private beaches lined LONG ISLAND SOUND in Throggs Neck. You paid 25 cents and could enjoy them all day long.
Nice info video and sweet narration
One correction, Salsa is actually a “musical melting pot” created by many different Latin American communities in New York (Puertorriqueños, cubanos, panameños, colombianos, venezolanos, etc.). Cuba’s contribution to Salsa came via Guaracha. Other groups contributed different elements. The name Salsa, actually came from a Venezuelan show called “La hora de la salsa” where people like Willie Colon, Ruben Blade, Celia Cruz, Oscar Leon, would perform.
No one dances Salsa like Puertoricans.
I grew up in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx. I remember St. Mary's Park and Crotona Park with the outdoor swimming pool. During the summer, we used to take the 3rd Ave El to Crotona Ave . You could swim for free in the morning.
NEVER KNEW THE FULTON FISH MARKET MOVED .I JUST THOUGHT IT CLOSED DOWN. THANK YOU FOR THIS INFORMATION
Btw, there's a reason why it's referred to and named "The Bronx".
Pretty darn good. I learned alot.. thanks
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BORN AND RAISED IN “DA” BRONX 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻 I AM A PROUD BRONX NATIVE 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
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Dumb bitches out here yelling “periodt” again 🥴
FACTS!!
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Great video!, l would like to add other interesting facts like the Edgar Allan Poe cottage in The Bronx, and famous musicians like Billy Joel and Ace Frehley (The REAL Spaceman of KISS!).
Poe cottage is in THe Bronx. Diid yoiu know that it was moved from one art of the boro to its current location.
ln God We Trust also Al Pacino
I've been there ugh the roof is so low and they still have the bed his wife died in and the attic is small as hell the house is extremely cramped
This video was awesome 🤩. I’m very Proud to say I’m from The Bronx. I do miss her.
Nice tour!!! :)
THE BEST PIZZA EVER ARE THE ITALIAN PIZZAS IN "DA BRONX"
WHEN I LIVED THERE, A BIG SLICE OF PIZZA WITH DOUBLE CHEESE WAS ONLY .35 CENTS AND THEY WERE DELICIOUS, TASTY YUMMY AND WITH A LOT OF MEAT.
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Rosa Colon musta been a while back 🍕🍕🍕
All caps means you are shouting.
I LIVE IN DA BRONX AND I AGREE
$2.75-$3.00 now, but still the best.
What century was this?
First UN meeting was at CUNY Lehman College, where there old gym is at.
Wow didn't know that
In 1945-46 London hosted the first meeting of the General Assembly in Methodist Central Hall, and the Security Council in Church House. ... The Security Council also held sessions on what was then the Bronx campus of Hunter College (now the site of Lehman College) from March to August 1946.
I'm a CUNY Lehman alumna and I did not know this! Thanks!
Yeah back then Lehman campus was an extension of Hunter College. I think it got renamed Lehman and independent of Hunter in the 60s
Wow! Did not know that.
LOVE it !!!
Thank you for such a great video! My students are going to enjoy learning more about their home borough.