I lived in Flushing from 1989 to 2016 and if I can choose a year to see a recording like this, it’d be 1994. In ‘94 my grandparents moved us to 42-45 Kissena (Park Hill co-op at 14:28) and it was the year I graduated from Francis Lewis high school. My grandmother passed away in June. Rangers won the Stanley cup and it was also the year I started to learn how to drive. I think this is the most meaningful video for me on RUclips..
I lived in Flushing from like 1990 - 1997 then moved to Bayside. I lived at the Skyline Towers, the one on Kissena Blvd. Those were the days man the 90s, when kids used to come out to play ALL DAY. Manhunt at night. 94 was as great year for the Rangers too, Stanley Cup victory, the only one lol.
You sure about that? In ‘91 my father bought a house in QV at the time 300K. The value now is appx 500K. Think of it as the same ratio with numbers going up.
This is seriously a gem. Back in those days there was no camera phones you had to carry a gigantic VH1 recorder lol that's what makes these old video so cool. I was born in 1985 I remember my mother taking me to Main Street all the time in the Early 90's all the department stores Sears they had a Diner in the basement. So many of the stores are gone I remember the wiz used to be there caldors dr jays ect.. I recently moved to Long Island a year ago but lived near flushing college point my whole life it's crazy how much it changed these days
I was born in Queens in 85 too but moved to the Bronx at 4 years old. I now live in Texas but I miss these days of walking around NYC, we grew up in a world with very little technology, there was something great about it, I miss it.
I was born in 1984 and I remember old department stores that aren't there no more....Caldors, nobody beats The wiz (simply known as The Wiz), many places that have since faded.
I was born and raised in Flushing off 139th St and Levitt. Back then it was a safe neighborhood. I remember Woolworth's, A&S, Peck's, RKO theatre, were I saw Star Wars. It was a different time then.
I grew up in Flushing, Roosevelt Ave btwn Parsons and Bowne. This got my tears flowing. I knew that neighborhood like the back of my hand. I left Flushing for LI in 2009, I miss it sometimes...
I'm 30 years old and I remember the Caldors there very well. My grandmother would go Christmas shopping for us there. It was kind of like a target. They sold a mixture of everything there. I remember the Woolworth there as well. Woolworth was a really popular discount store. We would go to the one on main street often and the one on junction Blvd when I was younger. I also noticed Gloria's pizza, I never had a slice but my mom raves about it to this day and she said that they made the best Pizza in the world. On another note, most of those establishments are still there or has slightly changed. The newsstand and the doughnut place and busy mall is still there.
My grandmother was a steady fixture at woolworths back in the day. She would always take us down by main street to shop. I have some fond memories of eating mac n cheese in the woolworth coffee shop. Im 29 and looking back at this video brings back memories. Its so different these days.
+Tgunzz I even remember eating at Wendy's over there before the Wendy's massacre happened. I also remember KFC over there and this hotdog stand that use to be over there that had really good hotdogs for $1 lol (I don't know why I remember that so well lol)
+NYChick101 I remember that Wendy's too. It was so crazy when that happened. I also remember begging for McDonalds whenever we would go down there lol. It brings back so many memories seeing it as it used to be. Hard to believe that's 20 plus years ago. On one hand it seems like yesterday and on the other it seems like another world.
I went to Windsor school from 88-90 and I’ve been a 7 train operator since 2004.. amazing seeing old footage compared to what it looks like today. Mostly unrecognizable.. thanks for the trip down memory lane
Pros: More face to face personal communication; kids played outside, less technology, things were more natural. Cons: crime rate, crimes were far easier to hide and cover up due to less technology.
Q17 all the way. I still remember going to coconuts just to browse the movies and buy cassettes to listen on my Walkman lol. I remember going across the street to nobody beats the Wiz to buy my first CD and DVD players. McDonalds was the spot to eat. My mom and my sibling used to go to caldor to buy Christmas decorations. Good times man. It's amazing to see how traffic wasn't as crowded as it is now.
Having grown up in Flushing I really enjoyed this You Tube. The Q 17 riding down Kisena Blvd, makes a short stop at 45-10 Kissena Blvd. This is where we lived for about 12 years.
Nice to see Pecks! I used to go there once a month and purchase things like 12 column ledgers, correction tape, typewriter ribbons, binder ring reinforcers, oaktag, carbon paper, ink and type erasers---the kind like a pizza cutter with a brush on the end of the handle... Most of you under 35 probably have no idea what most of these are, much less their use! And, oh, yes, the nifty high-tech latest combination adding machine/calculator with print-out receipt rolls! It was a 10 year employment gift for our head secretary!
Oh my goodness! I love you for posting this. This was my childhood! If you turned the camera to the right side of the street, you could of captured the library before the renovation...oh my heart!
Mike Heoh George must have been Greek and Matty had Yiddish last name so they might of been cousins or brothers from mom only. You still in that area? who is selling on hotdog pretzel cart now?
Too many memories. I remember going to Dr. Jays to cop the Jordan 12s. Moved from there to Toronto, Canada in 97. Lived at Franklin Avenue. Went to PS 20. Appreciate the upload!
My neighborhood!!! A bit surprised that Chinatown looked very different before. It look like it was in the process of becoming Chinatown in Flushing today.
Thanks for the upload! Brings back memories. I worked at the Stern's department store (now long gone) in the early 90's on Roosevelt avenue while I was at Queens College.
Awesome video!!! I lived across the street from the Botanical Gardens and then also in Skyline Towers from 93-96. This video is gold. Brought back so many memories. Thanks for sharing. I recognized so much from this video. I live out in Cali now and recently went back to visit for the first time since 96. The feel and sound of Flushing is still the same but the stores and everything else are completely different. Thank you so much for video bro.
I’m half Afghan and was born in flushing at the hospital near the botanical gardens lol everyone on my Afghan side moved out to the Bay Area in the late 90’s, we moved to Long Island and now we want out and wana move to California... trust when I say Cali is the place to be.. I’m sick of NYC
Fear Moe Dogg, The Skyline Towers? I remember those being built in 1961 when my family moved to Flushing. There were 2 bus lines that ran on Kissena Blvd. The Q 25 34 that was shown as a fraction and the Q 65. These were painted in orange and yellow and were orange below the windows and yellow above the windows and the roof. It was owned by the Queens Surface Transit Company. The NYC buses were painted dark green below the windows and light green above the windows with the title on the roof New York City Transit Authority. These buses were from the 1940s til 1958 with folding doors on the front and back. Check out on RUclips for vintage NYC buses from the World War 2 era and after.
Ahhh! The famous yet now gone Woolworth's on Main St. Brings back beautiful memories! Flushing was my home for many years. Ty for this time capsule going back in time. Much cherished and appreciated! ❤️🎉🎉🎉
Love this!!! I was 11 around the time of this video and my father and I used to do a lot of exploring around the city during those years so I remember a lot of this stuff. Flushing definitely had a significant Chinese population even then but today it's virtually 100% Chinese, packed with tons of "real" Chinese eats from the other side. I think the Caldor is where the New World Mall is today. And it's nice to know that "bothering the bus operator on their break and asking stupid questions" is not a new thing lol...
Born ('73) and raised in Brooklyn. Have a friend that used to lived in Flushing with his family back in the 80s/90s. I visited them, often, during the 90s. It was a lot less crowded and more diverse back then. Just moved to Flushing, myself, six months ago, and I'm thinking about leaving Flushing once my lease is up in June. It's just too crowded here. Crime is up, and it's happening too close to where I live. Citizen app has been going off like crazy since I moved here (just got two alerts as I'm typing this). And there's only one supermarket in the neighborhood that has American food items. All of the other "food stores" are Asian. Flushing just has a weird vibe, now, compared to the vibe it had back in these days.
I lived in Flushing for 2 years; and I used to live in a house @17:33...I then moved to Holly & Kissena...until I graduated from NYIT located on Long Island. I had to take a Long Island bus in Flushing! I only paid $150 for a single room in a basement apartment.
I was in Barbados, just married 2 years at that time!! I use to take the bus to Queens all the time, the Q44 bus!! Miss visiting Flushing, did a lot of shopping there!! Great times, great memories.
Denise Mitchell I went to its sister school. Veritas Academy. Graduated their in June most of their kids are fuckhead ghetto assholes and the education is absolutely terrible. Fuck that school and Flushing general. Veritas and Flushing always fight over the stupidest shit. Lastly my relationship with Flushing. They never bothered to bully me like middle school. Thank god.
i love this. my girlfriend is a descendant of Bowne and a member of the Parson's family. we try to make an effort to visit Bowne house every few years even though we're on the west coast now. this neighborhood is very dear to my heart.
Anyone remember shopping at Woolworths? This is so familiar if there were a time machine, I could get off anywhere in downtown Flushing and be instantly at home with the stores, busses, roads, etc.
90’s Flushing- some of the best years of my life. I always come back to these videos. I wish I had the presence of mind to record video too. I was young but my father did have a huge camcorder back in those days.
Omg!! That was awesome! I'm from flushing on linden place. The 90's in flushing was the best years of my life. This video made me tear like a bitch..lol. And we all thought main st was a zoo back then..lol. it's so much worse now!! HAHA! God bless bro, I'm gonna watch the 2017 one now. Damn the streets where dirty back then too..lol. I would play Mortal Kombat all day in Super Club Video, Super A & the one u have here on the video. I forgot the Arcade name tho :-( that blk change guy working I'd see all the time..lol! Great video!!!
OMG, its almost 30 years. It now 2021. I left Queens in 1974. There used to be a diner called the Marshals Diner. Im pretty sure it was on Kissina Blvd. I remember when Kleins Dept store was on Roosevelt Ave, near Main Street.i never knew Flushing that well, but after all these years i feel lost watching this. I dont no where the heck we are.
I know this area far too well spent a lot of time in flushing in my high school days. It’s so crazy to see what it looked like back then to what it is now. Alot of the infrastructure is the exact same just different stores.
My old stomping grounds. I lived there from ‘84-‘97. It really looks like another time. Funny how life slips by. Watching this really shows how much has changed since then, but of course that’s just how it’s supposed to go. Thank for sharing.
Excellent. Twenty one years is a lifetime ago. A fine and precious document of the past. The Chinese have done well here and I mean this in the most positive way.
Thanks for posting this! This video took me on memory lane, especially once you got on the bus. I lived on Ash Avenue and knew the neighborhood very well😊 I moved from there in 1996 but do go to Flushing sometimes. It's soooo much different now (you can't walk down the street without stepping on someone's shoes..lol); its traffic congested and overpopulated.Thanks!
The fact that I am 9 years old and I still come around theses places and you got the MTA's buses and I prefer those cars 1994 so cool I've been in all of that and I get to experience how it was back in time is so cool
This is an awesome video. I lived in the Flushing area since I was born up until 2011 but my mother is till in Flushing. I just text an old friend of mine about this video because one of our old friends wound up on this video, what are the chances of that. My friend Hazel is 9 minutes and 30 seconds in standing on main street talking to two girls. Thanks for sharing this. All the old stores brings back so many memories. I had just started as a stockbroker trainee in September 94 while I was finishing highschool in Bayside. My Flushing address was 147-37 Roosevelt Ave, what happened to the last 29 years, geez. :(
1993 was the year when I've foot in Flushing and it is a really big scene here with very busy people mostly Chinese and Businesses here still keeps rising.
I miss the old Flushing dearly. Now it’s trying to become a mini Shanghai or something. So many new buildings everyone, so much traffic that it takes the buses half an hour just to go around 39th Ave to drop you off, and literally the same Chinese stores. Not to mention Downtown Flushing is filthy. I have nothing about Chinese businesses but how many damn bubble tea places and Asian coffee shops does one need on one freakin block. The new Flushing doesn’t represent the diversity we have here. It would be nice if there was a mix of everything. Would it kill them to put an American diner, or a Spanish restaurant, or a mall with actual American stores? I have to go to Whitestone or Bayside to enjoy any of these things.
Preach!!! I am Italian American and was born in Flushing in 1989. I'm still here. :) When I was doing my urban studies degree at Queens College we had to go out and interview people in the field in Flushing. We partnered up with AAFE (Asian Americans for Equality) to do a study on what the people in the neighborhood needed and wanted. They told us to only interview Asian people because--and I quote--they were the only opinions that mattered! How horrible. Anyway, even the Asian people said they wanted more American style stores and more choices. They wanted more American book stores and American dining options, so I really hope we can see some more diversity. Flushing didn't used to be all Asian, and there are still lots of non-Asians here. My family has been here since the 1940s!
Well where i relocated to from Queens, the area businesses r 80% Hispanics. And this is in the Carolinas. Hispanics here don't do American either. However, Hispanics dishes r more closely related to American. Last year i stayed at a hotel in flushing, Chinatowns. They served fried rice and other Chinese food for breakfast. It was pretty cool. I make the best of these situations. People don't see others. They only see their needs and wants.
Mocha18 no fucking shit. you guys are in flushing main street. it’s obviously going to be dominated by the asians. if you want spanish food or more of a hispanic aesthetic. go to jackson heights. just think about an asian living at jackson heights, obviously they gonna go through the same circumstances 🤕
You can say the same thing about the now latino neighborhoods in corona/elmhurst/jackson heights area... nothing but latin bakeries, latin restaurants and latin gift shops...
Look at all those AMERICAN CARS !!!!!my parents move to down town flushing from the BRONX in 79 which was a slum ...the Asian community cleaned up this area but now i notice its way too congested ...i was 17 in 94 and was in ..flushing wasn't that bad in 94.. i remember Caldor's was next to Macy's the WIZ and many other stores Busy BEE mall was a cool place to shop.. i miss the old school video game spot by northern blvd. i have virtually no reason to go there i now live in south flushing which is close to jamaica by union tpke and now the asian's are moving here.. ...i notice they are now taking over my area slowly ..its funny cause there is nothing available..i don't understand how they are getting these apts.. i feel like $$$ under the table n kicking many people out ....
The Orion Vs with the 6v92s sounded great. We had 1994 models in Orlando with 6v92s as well. The GMC and TMC RTS in the video make all the right sounds too. Thanks for sharing.
***** Nope I'm not kidding. I rode on Orion Vs with 6v92s (not in NYC, but I did see some in NYC) and they were something to behold, especially when they were still new. The Orions were all T drive buses and not V drive which is why they sound different. The Orions I rode on had the same sound as the ZF equipped Neoplans built a few years earlier in 1991.
***** They do in my opinion and were perfect for the 41/49 Orion Vs we had down here. The RTS, in can vary. I prefer Flxibles, Gilligs, or Flyers with 6v92s.
I miss playing with toys at Caldor and going down in Woolworths as well. Not to mention listening to tracks at coconuts and jumping across the street to Wiz. All Dente had fantastic slices, and the original Singas was across the st. Back in the day all my friends were legitimately diverse; Hungarian, Jewish, Russian, and some Greeks and Italians.
Damn. If only that old man knew what what was to come. Now finding pizza is more difficult than ever in the main street area. The only one that has been there for ages is the one on Roosevelt.
@0:13 Did anyone tell that nice man about Gloria Pizza? Mmm.. delicious. Now I go to Lucia Pizza. Thanks for the video. Did you know we'd all be reminiscing one day, and watching these videos? lol.
Wow I absolutely love this and thank you for sharing. The bus stops right in front of the building I lived in for some years. Beech and Kissena. 7 train for life.
In that decade of the 90s, 2 years after the tranquility in Flushing, New York because of their fear of the Green Dragons gangs, well I leave you my big greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Brings back great memories.... All those stores gone for good... My dad's office was on 37th Ave... Now 2023 Flushing is nothing even close to 1990s...
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You don't realize how much has changed until you see something like this. Doesn't seem that long ago, but life is very different.
How cool that you thought to do this back in 1994. It's like traveling back in time. Awesome!
exactly i am fascinated by the video old on the old NYC or other city of USA
Totally Awesome 👌 thank you so much.
I lived in Flushing from 1989 to 2016 and if I can choose a year to see a recording like this, it’d be 1994. In ‘94 my grandparents moved us to 42-45 Kissena (Park Hill co-op at 14:28) and it was the year I graduated from Francis Lewis high school. My grandmother passed away in June. Rangers won the Stanley cup and it was also the year I started to learn how to drive. I think this is the most meaningful video for me on RUclips..
so i guess this was before most of the korean and chinese businesses moved in?
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@@xenonmob...... A-So!!!!!!
Do you remember the name of the pizzeria at the 12:09-12:12 mark?
I lived in Flushing from like 1990 - 1997 then moved to Bayside. I lived at the Skyline Towers, the one on Kissena Blvd. Those were the days man the 90s, when kids used to come out to play ALL DAY. Manhunt at night. 94 was as great year for the Rangers too, Stanley Cup victory, the only one lol.
Back in the days when houses were still affordable.
you mean back when everything was affordable....and you can buy things for less than a quarter.
Thats a line that generations will repeat over and over...lol.
This comment was from 4yrs ago and it's gotten even worse since. Damn.
You sure about that? In ‘91 my father bought a house in QV at the time 300K. The value now is appx 500K. Think of it as the same ratio with numbers going up.
Old people in 1994 looked at video from 1964 and said, “Back when houses were still affordable.”
Legend has it that man is still looking for the pizza joint down the corner.
lmao
lol
He probably went to Lucias’s Pizza
Gloria's was still there I believe.
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Almost brought tears to my eyes.
Same
me too man, me too...
slim dvill good memories from back in the day..I lived in off Roosevelt Ave..got a little crazy for awhile but cool place....ore Asian
slim dvill flushing was pretty cool back I. the day
same here
YOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...ORIGINAL FLUSHTOWN...the memories...
This is seriously a gem. Back in those days there was no camera phones you had to carry a gigantic VH1 recorder lol that's what makes these old video so cool. I was born in 1985 I remember my mother taking me to Main Street all the time in the Early 90's all the department stores Sears they had a Diner in the basement. So many of the stores are gone I remember the wiz used to be there caldors dr jays ect.. I recently moved to Long Island a year ago but lived near flushing college point my whole life it's crazy how much it changed these days
I was born in Queens in 85 too but moved to the Bronx at 4 years old. I now live in Texas but I miss these days of walking around NYC, we grew up in a world with very little technology, there was something great about it, I miss it.
It’s funny you say that. I left in 94/95, but most of my friends from then have either moved to ling island or elsewhere
I was born in 1984 and I remember old department stores that aren't there no more....Caldors, nobody beats The wiz (simply known as The Wiz), many places that have since faded.
Yeah but a crowded place like NYC I’m sure plenty of people were doing this
I was 19 in '94....sure brings back a lot of memories.
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I was born and raised in Flushing off 139th St and Levitt. Back then it was a safe neighborhood. I remember Woolworth's, A&S, Peck's, RKO theatre, were I saw Star Wars. It was a different time then.
What a time capsule. Now u got me searching for all types of old NYC footage! Thanks for thinking to film this and thank you for posting.
I grew up in Flushing, Roosevelt Ave btwn Parsons and Bowne. This got my tears flowing. I knew that neighborhood like the back of my hand. I left Flushing for LI in 2009, I miss it sometimes...
Is this Kim who lived on the 1st floor, father was the Super I think? If it is we used to date in like 1989 lol
My uncle George working his hot dog truck at 6:15 !!
You couldn’t miss him, you can see the smoke from the Souvlaki from Northern Blvd
Nice
waas he the 50 c guy? my friends and i still miss him?.. long after hot dogs cost a dollar or more he was still .50 we would fill up.
I'm 30 years old and I remember the Caldors there very well. My grandmother would go Christmas shopping for us there. It was kind of like a target. They sold a mixture of everything there. I remember the Woolworth there as well. Woolworth was a really popular discount store. We would go to the one on main street often and the one on junction Blvd when I was younger. I also noticed Gloria's pizza, I never had a slice but my mom raves about it to this day and she said that they made the best Pizza in the world. On another note, most of those establishments are still there or has slightly changed. The newsstand and the doughnut place and busy mall is still there.
My grandmother was a steady fixture at woolworths back in the day. She would always take us down by main street to shop. I have some fond memories of eating mac n cheese in the woolworth coffee shop. Im 29 and looking back at this video brings back memories. Its so different these days.
+Tgunzz you're right, it's very different now. It's definitely a different vibe there these days.
+Tgunzz I even remember eating at Wendy's over there before the Wendy's massacre happened. I also remember KFC over there and this hotdog stand that use to be over there that had really good hotdogs for $1 lol (I don't know why I remember that so well lol)
+NYChick101 I remember that Wendy's too. It was so crazy when that happened. I also remember begging for McDonalds whenever we would go down there lol. It brings back so many memories seeing it as it used to be. Hard to believe that's 20 plus years ago. On one hand it seems like yesterday and on the other it seems like another world.
I still live in Flushing Queens NYC...Which arcade was that??
I grew up in Flushing in the 80 s and moved back in 1990. Thank you for the memories. I love my hometown.
I went to Windsor school from 88-90 and I’ve been a 7 train operator since 2004.. amazing seeing old footage compared to what it looks like today. Mostly unrecognizable.. thanks for the trip down memory lane
Glad you enjoyed it!
took drivers ed at winsor in 81
The clock and Woolworths and RKO. It is full of great memories 💜
1994 New York was much better than 2018 New York.
1994 was the best year
Crime wise no?
@@dubreil07 but it's still better than now.
Pros: More face to face personal communication; kids played outside, less technology, things were more natural.
Cons: crime rate, crimes were far easier to hide and cover up due to less technology.
Q17 all the way.
I still remember going to coconuts just to browse the movies and buy cassettes to listen on my Walkman lol.
I remember going across the street to nobody beats the Wiz to buy my first CD and DVD players.
McDonalds was the spot to eat.
My mom and my sibling used to go to caldor to buy Christmas decorations.
Good times man.
It's amazing to see how traffic wasn't as crowded as it is now.
If coconuts didn't have what you wanted, then you go to The Wiz. The Wiz was always the back up! 😄😄
Gloria's on Main St. was the best pizza joint in Flushing, went there a couple of times early '70's. Probalbly long gone by now.
The owner's son is an older guy now and re-opened at the Midway Theater in Forest Hills. Same recipe is still used.
@@trainluvr COOL!
I had just graduated Queens College and heard Jerry Seinfeld speak at my commencement. Sega genesis was the shisnick back then !! Techmo bowl Baby!!
This video is a gem. I remember going to Woolworth’s, Barnes and Noble’s, Coconuts. Parking was so easy to come by. Things were different back then.
Having grown up in Flushing I really enjoyed this You Tube. The Q 17 riding down Kisena Blvd, makes a short stop at 45-10 Kissena Blvd. This is where we lived for about 12 years.
Nice to see Pecks! I used to go there once a month and purchase things like 12 column ledgers, correction tape, typewriter ribbons, binder ring reinforcers, oaktag, carbon paper, ink and type erasers---the kind like a pizza cutter with a brush on the end of the handle... Most of you under 35 probably have no idea what most of these are, much less their use! And, oh, yes, the nifty high-tech latest combination adding machine/calculator with print-out receipt rolls! It was a 10 year employment gift for our head secretary!
That was the place for creative minds back then... now it's MacBooks and stuff...
Oh my goodness! I love you for posting this. This was my childhood! If you turned the camera to the right side of the street, you could of captured the library before the renovation...oh my heart!
Looked cleaner back then.
I was 22 back then living on Long Island, would come into the city now and then. I now live in forest hills.
at 6:16 theres George Athanasopolous who ran the hotdog/souvlaki cart then sold it to Matthew Rosenzweig. Matty passed away last week Rest In Peace
He sold it to him? Matty told me they were brothers. That's weird.
they were as close as brothers for sure
It explains why George cover for him at times. Thank you.
Mike Heoh George must have been Greek and Matty had Yiddish last name so they might of been cousins or brothers from mom only. You still in that area? who is selling on hotdog pretzel cart now?
Mike Heoh how Matty pass old age? What ever happen to George? I graduated High school in area 1990 and pass thru there to catch 7 train home.
I’m 55 grew up in flushing
In Vegas now🇺🇸🇺🇸
same here, 53. looking to move to vegas. what part? do you like it?
Too many memories. I remember going to Dr. Jays to cop the Jordan 12s. Moved from there to Toronto, Canada in 97. Lived at Franklin Avenue. Went to PS 20. Appreciate the upload!
Possibly! How old were you when you went to PS 20?
Dr jays gone now man. Got to go to Fulton mall or the ave
I went to PS 20 back in 1993
@@Night_Dragon11 what grade?
@@casso9 Second grade, my bilingual teacher was Mrs. Schwartz, a hispanic lady.
man you always have the best footage of vintage NYC. Thanks!!
This is more like the Flushing, Queens that I remember. I dpn't even recognize it anymore.
My neighborhood!!! A bit surprised that Chinatown looked very different before. It look like it was in the process of becoming Chinatown in Flushing today.
I was 12 and riding the q27 to bayside from here I remember all of this fondly
Thanks for the upload! Brings back memories. I worked at the Stern's department store (now long gone) in the early 90's on Roosevelt avenue while I was at Queens College.
I lived in Jackson Heights. I went to high school in Flushing. Took Roosevelt avenue to go home.
Fellow QC grad here. Had some friends who worked at Sterns so probably passed each other several times :)
Awesome video!!! I lived across the street from the Botanical Gardens and then also in Skyline Towers from 93-96. This video is gold. Brought back so many memories. Thanks for sharing. I recognized so much from this video. I live out in Cali now and recently went back to visit for the first time since 96. The feel and sound of Flushing is still the same but the stores and everything else are completely different. Thank you so much for video bro.
You're welcome.
skyline 1989-2009 building 5
I’m half Afghan and was born in flushing at the hospital near the botanical gardens lol everyone on my Afghan side moved out to the Bay Area in the late 90’s, we moved to Long Island and now we want out and wana move to California... trust when I say Cali is the place to be.. I’m sick of NYC
@@Baharigak cali is where all.the afghan thots live. Where all the afghans daughters and parents drink alcohol openly. Good job thats where u belong
Fear Moe Dogg, The Skyline Towers? I remember those being built in 1961 when my family moved to Flushing. There were 2 bus lines that ran on Kissena Blvd. The Q 25 34 that was shown as a fraction and the Q 65. These were painted in orange and yellow and were orange below the windows and yellow above the windows and the roof. It was owned by the Queens Surface Transit Company. The NYC buses were painted dark green below the windows and light green above the windows with the title on the roof New York City Transit Authority. These buses were from the 1940s til 1958 with folding doors on the front and back. Check out on RUclips for vintage NYC buses from the World War 2 era and after.
Even though 30 years has passed, a lot of the architecture is still pretty recognizable
Deep memories of my childhood, from Gloria's Pizza as come out the train to RKO Keith's seing the '10 Commandment' or 'King Kong'.. Thank You !!!
Ahhh! The famous yet now gone Woolworth's on Main St. Brings back beautiful memories! Flushing was my home for many years. Ty for this time capsule going back in time. Much cherished and appreciated! ❤️🎉🎉🎉
I remember this like yesterday!!! Woolworth, wow, love the food and seats
Love this!!! I was 11 around the time of this video and my father and I used to do a lot of exploring around the city during those years so I remember a lot of this stuff. Flushing definitely had a significant Chinese population even then but today it's virtually 100% Chinese, packed with tons of "real" Chinese eats from the other side. I think the Caldor is where the New World Mall is today. And it's nice to know that "bothering the bus operator on their break and asking stupid questions" is not a new thing lol...
Lmao I was 11 during this too…. I agree with all you said. Maybe we know each other lol
Born ('73) and raised in Brooklyn. Have a friend that used to lived in Flushing with his family back in the 80s/90s. I visited them, often, during the 90s. It was a lot less crowded and more diverse back then. Just moved to Flushing, myself, six months ago, and I'm thinking about leaving Flushing once my lease is up in June. It's just too crowded here. Crime is up, and it's happening too close to where I live. Citizen app has been going off like crazy since I moved here (just got two alerts as I'm typing this). And there's only one supermarket in the neighborhood that has American food items. All of the other "food stores" are Asian. Flushing just has a weird vibe, now, compared to the vibe it had back in these days.
I lived in Flushing for 2 years; and I used to live in a house @17:33...I then moved to Holly & Kissena...until I graduated from NYIT located on Long Island. I had to take a Long Island bus in Flushing! I only paid $150 for a single room in a basement apartment.
My hometown. My old stomping ground. I miss 90’s Flushing, but yo, did u guys see the drug deal at the arcade?
Facts lol
What u mean that guy worked there he was Quarter guy..he would give us change for dollars...stop spreading lies
@@oochiewally2783 idk it looks like a drug deal to me. Also did you know him personally? Maybe he got all of those quarters from dealing cabbage.
@@hey9433 i lived around there and used to play video games there 30 yrs ago.....
Yo was you around when there was shootout at that one Wendy’s on main st?
I live in flushing, this is just wow
I was in Barbados, just married 2 years at that time!! I use to take the bus to Queens all the time, the Q44 bus!! Miss visiting Flushing, did a lot of shopping there!! Great times, great memories.
graduate of Flushing HS
class of 75
Gloria s pizza.enough said
Denise Mitchell omg i go there now it’s so ghetto and so much fights
Denise Mitchell I went to its sister school. Veritas Academy. Graduated their in June most of their kids are fuckhead ghetto assholes and the education is absolutely terrible. Fuck that school and Flushing general. Veritas and Flushing always fight over the stupidest shit. Lastly my relationship with Flushing. They never bothered to bully me like middle school. Thank god.
i love this. my girlfriend is a descendant of Bowne and a member of the Parson's family. we try to make an effort to visit Bowne house every few years even though we're on the west coast now. this neighborhood is very dear to my heart.
Anyone remember shopping at Woolworths? This is so familiar if there were a time machine, I could get off anywhere in downtown Flushing and be instantly at home with the stores, busses, roads, etc.
Whoever took this video is the man.
How lovely to see my Flushing. I'm proud to be from Flushing! :D
Thank you for this video. I'm going back in time remembering so much greatness.
How the eff did you have the foresight to record this?! Amazing.
90’s Flushing- some of the best years of my life. I always come back to these videos. I wish I had the presence of mind to record video too. I was young but my father did have a huge camcorder back in those days.
I remember that section of Main st at 3:30, the Radio Shack and video store with arcade games in front. thanks for the video.
I left flushing Queens in 1999 and moved to long island NY love the video..
I miss the old NY!!! Omgosh look how nice this neighborhood used to be!!! Clean and I can actually understand the signs
It looks the same
Omg!! That was awesome! I'm from flushing on linden place. The 90's in flushing was the best years of my life. This video made me tear like a bitch..lol. And we all thought main st was a zoo back then..lol. it's so much worse now!! HAHA! God bless bro, I'm gonna watch the 2017 one now. Damn the streets where dirty back then too..lol. I would play Mortal Kombat all day in Super Club Video, Super A & the one u have here on the video. I forgot the Arcade name tho :-( that blk change guy working I'd see all the time..lol! Great video!!!
20+ years ago it's just how I remember Main Street Flushing. Woolworths was still there!!
OMG, its almost 30 years. It now 2021. I left Queens in 1974. There used to be a diner called the Marshals Diner. Im pretty sure it was on Kissina Blvd. I remember when Kleins Dept store was on Roosevelt Ave, near Main Street.i never knew Flushing that well, but after all these years i feel lost watching this. I dont no where the heck we are.
Ahh, just before smartphones. When people looked straight forward and had good posture
Not "just before" but *way* before
@@joecool9739 not really, first smartphone was in 1992, Simon Personal Communicator, and mainstream smartphones came out couple years later
Listen, Woolworth’s and Q58 bus. That’s all I need to say… I’m tearing up while watching this.
Back in 1990, I used to live on Cherry Avenue near Parsons Blvd.
That is a 1982 gmc rts bus at 0:55, their is a MSBA diesel bus at 9:00, and you riding 1986 gmc rts on q17 in the last video.
Yo I remember riding that bus on the Q16 or Q76 to school
I know this area far too well spent a lot of time in flushing in my high school days. It’s so crazy to see what it looked like back then to what it is now. Alot of the infrastructure is the exact same just different stores.
My old stomping grounds. I lived there from ‘84-‘97. It really looks like another time. Funny how life slips by. Watching this really shows how much has changed since then, but of course that’s just how it’s supposed to go. Thank for sharing.
Excellent. Twenty one years is a lifetime ago. A fine and precious document of the past. The Chinese have done well here and I mean this in the most positive way.
Thanks for posting this! This video took me on memory lane, especially once you got on the bus. I lived on Ash Avenue and knew the neighborhood very well😊 I moved from there in 1996 but do go to Flushing sometimes. It's soooo much different now (you can't walk down the street without stepping on someone's shoes..lol); its traffic congested and overpopulated.Thanks!
The fact that I am 9 years old and I still come around theses places and you got the MTA's buses and I prefer those cars 1994 so cool I've been in all of that and I get to experience how it was back in time is so cool
This is an awesome video. I lived in the Flushing area since I was born up until 2011 but my mother is till in Flushing. I just text an old friend of mine about this video because one of our old friends wound up on this video, what are the chances of that. My friend Hazel is 9 minutes and 30 seconds in standing on main street talking to two girls. Thanks for sharing this. All the old stores brings back so many memories. I had just started as a stockbroker trainee in September 94 while I was finishing highschool in Bayside. My Flushing address was 147-37 Roosevelt Ave, what happened to the last 29 years, geez. :(
The good old days
1993 was the year when I've foot in Flushing and it is a really big scene here with very busy people mostly Chinese and Businesses here still keeps rising.
REMEMBERING BEAUTIFUL TIMES IN FLUSHING QUEENS. WHOLE DIFFERENT WORLD NOW, TIME FLIES BY REAL FAST!
Gonna miss the whine of those old Detroits. A much simpler time it was. Cool video
I miss the old Flushing dearly. Now it’s trying to become a mini Shanghai or something. So many new buildings everyone, so much traffic that it takes the buses half an hour just to go around 39th Ave to drop you off, and literally the same Chinese stores. Not to mention Downtown Flushing is filthy. I have nothing about Chinese businesses but how many damn bubble tea places and Asian coffee shops does one need on one freakin block. The new Flushing doesn’t represent the diversity we have here. It would be nice if there was a mix of everything. Would it kill them to put an American diner, or a Spanish restaurant, or a mall with actual American stores? I have to go to Whitestone or Bayside to enjoy any of these things.
Preach!!! I am Italian American and was born in Flushing in 1989. I'm still here. :) When I was doing my urban studies degree at Queens College we had to go out and interview people in the field in Flushing. We partnered up with AAFE (Asian Americans for Equality) to do a study on what the people in the neighborhood needed and wanted. They told us to only interview Asian people because--and I quote--they were the only opinions that mattered! How horrible. Anyway, even the Asian people said they wanted more American style stores and more choices. They wanted more American book stores and American dining options, so I really hope we can see some more diversity. Flushing didn't used to be all Asian, and there are still lots of non-Asians here. My family has been here since the 1940s!
Well where i relocated to from Queens, the area businesses r 80% Hispanics. And this is in the Carolinas. Hispanics here don't do American either. However, Hispanics dishes r more closely related to American. Last year i stayed at a hotel in flushing, Chinatowns. They served fried rice and other Chinese food for breakfast. It was pretty cool. I make the best of these situations. People don't see others. They only see their needs and wants.
Mocha18 no fucking shit. you guys are in flushing main street. it’s obviously going to be dominated by the asians. if you want spanish food or more of a hispanic aesthetic. go to jackson heights. just think about an asian living at jackson heights, obviously they gonna go through the same circumstances 🤕
You can say the same thing about the now latino neighborhoods in corona/elmhurst/jackson heights area... nothing but latin bakeries, latin restaurants and latin gift shops...
Look at all those AMERICAN CARS !!!!!my parents move to down town flushing from the BRONX in 79 which was a slum ...the Asian community cleaned up this area but now i notice its way too congested ...i was 17 in 94 and was in ..flushing wasn't that bad in 94.. i remember Caldor's was next to Macy's the WIZ and many other stores Busy BEE mall was a cool place to shop.. i miss the old school video game spot by northern blvd. i have virtually no reason to go there i now live in south flushing which is close to jamaica by union tpke and now the asian's are moving here.. ...i notice they are now taking over my area slowly ..its funny cause there is nothing available..i don't understand how they are getting these apts.. i feel like $$$ under the table n kicking many people out ....
Wowww. So cool! I just took a trip down memory lane. Thank you.
The Orion Vs with the 6v92s sounded great. We had 1994 models in Orlando with 6v92s as well. The GMC and TMC RTS in the video make all the right sounds too. Thanks for sharing.
Ceasar K Rock You're kidding me right? @ 9:51 it's obvious that the GMC RTS sound a lot better then that Orion V despite having the same engine.
***** Nope I'm not kidding. I rode on Orion Vs with 6v92s (not in NYC, but I did see some in NYC) and they were something to behold, especially when they were still new. The Orions were all T drive buses and not V drive which is why they sound different. The Orions I rode on had the same sound as the ZF equipped Neoplans built a few years earlier in 1991.
+Caesar K Rock DUDE! In MY opinion the 6v92TA will never sound good in an NYCTA Orion V! The GMC RTS Sounds way better and more POWERFUL!!!!
***** They do in my opinion and were perfect for the 41/49 Orion Vs we had down here. The RTS, in can vary. I prefer Flxibles, Gilligs, or Flyers with 6v92s.
+2004OrionVIICNG AHA!!!!! SEE!!!!!! someone finally understands me! & WGAF if its 4 months old?
Flushing is where me and my family lived in the 1960s and Fran Drescher lived in the same neighborhood at the same time.
What a classic vídeo when My parents where young at that time
I miss playing with toys at Caldor and going down in Woolworths as well. Not to mention listening to tracks at coconuts and jumping across the street to Wiz. All Dente had fantastic slices, and the original Singas was across the st. Back in the day all my friends were legitimately diverse; Hungarian, Jewish, Russian, and some Greeks and Italians.
This makes wish I had a camcorder back then. The QBx1 bus line is throwback Queens for real
Shoutout to you for thinking about recording this
Blessed to see the vehicles my car seat was in in 94
Damn. If only that old man knew what what was to come. Now finding pizza is more difficult than ever in the main street area. The only one that has been there for ages is the one on Roosevelt.
he'd roll over in his grave. he was prob a WW2 vet fighting for a place he wouldn't even be welcome in 2021.
@0:13 Did anyone tell that nice man about Gloria Pizza? Mmm.. delicious. Now I go to Lucia Pizza. Thanks for the video. Did you know we'd all be reminiscing one day, and watching these videos? lol.
Wow I absolutely love this and thank you for sharing. The bus stops right in front of the building I lived in for some years. Beech and Kissena. 7 train for life.
old flushing n.y. a real epicenter of n.y.c. truly an amazing place.
indeed. epitome of what queens once was. now in 2022 literally every inch of flushing is owned by the chinese communist party.
Those were the good days where driving thru Main Street didn’t take the same amount of time as traveling to Boston.. lol..
Can't believe it's been over 10 years! A lot has happened :o
Candy Hyo it’s been over 20 years
Hi Candy! It's now 27 years..where are you now? I remember those good old days very well..miss that Woolworth! 😪👍🍀
@@valentinooliveri3012now it’s been 28 years
When NYC was the best! After 9/11 its changed significantly for the worse NYC had way more character back then the people and the city
I lived in Flushing in 1994. I remember everything.
In that decade of the 90s, 2 years after the tranquility in Flushing, New York because of their fear of the Green Dragons gangs, well I leave you my big greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
There were a few bad areas in flushing back then but very small maybe like 1-5 blocks. It's calmed down now.
Love your Flushing videos. Do you have any from 78-79?
Lived in Beechhurst till 1962 rode q15 bus.
attended flushing high school.
An amazing vid of one of my most frequented places!
Brings back great memories.... All those stores gone for good... My dad's office was on 37th Ave... Now 2023 Flushing is nothing even close to 1990s...
I was Baptized at St. Michael’s and use to go to Lucias Pizza. PS32. The OTB is still there.
I've been to that coffee shop! The one that is immediately there when the video starts. "Best coffee in the world"
Wow just wow so glad I found your channel this bring back memories
Woolworth ! And peck office plus was my 1st job. That radio shack Caldor. Man I feel old.
Entertainment world...that was great to see again! Never thought I’d see the inside of it ever
You took me back ❤