When the Irish came to Inwood that’s my family that settled there Dykman Street, my grandmother grew up on a mini farm on Staff Street which was called C Street way back in the day. Some family members stayed there all their life but most of us crossed over the Hudson to the Jersey side
Really nice video journalism. This is the Inwood that I knew. I moved uptown from Morningside Heights in 1986. My rent for a decent 1-bedroom at 261 Seaman Ave. at that point was $330 a month. When I moved out 16 years later, in 2002, it was $600/month. Definitely a tripartite division between older Irish, younger Dominican, and multiculti/Anglo bohemians like me. (The old Irish folks slowly died off, but the bars remain, and Good Shepherd school.) Urban, serviced by subways, but also "country." Racoons wandering out of the woods; wild pheasants up there in the hills, too, that would startle the joggers. I just visited the old neighborhood two weeks ago. My super, Eggie, was still there, 13 years after I left. The Indian Road Cafe serves a heck of a nice sandwich; I only wish it had been there when I was a resident. I still remember the day back in the early 1990s when the owner of the bodega on that same corner location was shot dead. Nice guy; Domincan, a family man, quiet and peaceful. Somebody robbed the place and the robbery went bad. One morning I walked down to the park and found somebody's car up on jacks with all four wheels and tires gone. The neighborhood always had shadows and the occasional murder; it would be a mistake to sanitize--and this video doesn't. One of the great (and still semi-unknown) NYC neighborhoods. I'm glad I got 16 years there.
Our FAMILY relocated to INWOOD FROM Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in March 1976, Ever since then we have lived all ITS stages of changes. However, i do miss THE Alpine Movie Theathre where at my youth I got to Watch : GREASE, Raging Bull, Deer Hunter , Taxi Driver , and on, on and on. Familia RESTITUYO from Ellwood Street.
There was also a Lowes's Movie Theatre off Broadway on Dyckman St.. Regina's Bakery on lower Dyckman off Nagle Ave, Bickford's and Alpine Bakery on Dyckman/Broadway. Thayer, Arden , Sickles, Ellwood Streets used to be predominately a Jewish and Irish population up until the late 60's , before the Dominican community influx ...@Elwood Arturo JOURDAIN
Yup my mom lived on Elwood Street growing up and went to school on Arden Street and got married there April 4th 1959. My Aunt Gene lived on Broadway between Sherman and Nagle from early 30’s till she passed in 1997
CoolBro I don’t know. But age 3 is when you can remember stuff clearly. I was in preschool and then kindergarten for a bit. I ate at an Indian cafe and we had fresh direct.
good lord these people have no idea about inwood I have lived here since 1975 moved here on my 13 th birthday the place fell apart in 1985 and has not been the same since crack killed it ! its just as bad now maybe worse even before corona I know everyone here seen some of these people I grew up in Isham Park 75-79 it was a great place all types of people . the old Baker Field at 218 Street hardly no crime then now for the 30 years this place has gone down fast very sad .
Yup, I grew up in Inwood 74-92. My mom was a 50 year resident. We all went to GSS. But the 70s took a turn for the worst and nothing will fix Inwood. Sad to see a neighborhood go down the tubes because the newcomers who pretty much ruined it.
Yea I’m Dominican and from inwood, it was really crazy people would be blasting music at night in the under the apartments and you couldn’t get any sleep..
When I grew up in the 60s we always said we lived in Inwood but we lived a few blocks south of Dyckman Street. I don’t know what that’s considered anymore
Me! We moved to Riverdale in 1975, partly because my parents were really worried about the schools in Inwood; they had gotten really bad. My mother didn't want to leave, though.
swinderby Well, there are a lot less men getting drunk and beating their wives. There's also less priests diddling kids. It's a pretty safe neighborhood.
@@ChromePalace The neighborhood is safe. Be more original. Pedro? That's not even a common Dominican name. I bet you're the smartest degenerate in your village.
My husband is from the Heights and after years of his father being a building super, he bought a house in the early 80s in the 180s near St. Nick. The family still has it today.
Enjoyed the video. Interesting that the same division exists, east vs west sides of Broadway, that existed when I grew up in the neighborhood. I lived on the east side, closer to 10th avenue with the El train, and was predominantly Irish , while the west side, with nicer housing, closer to the parks, etc was predominantly Jewish. It seems that most coops are on the west side and rental properties on the east side. Always was, and still is, a great neighborhood, no matter who's living there.=)
I'm a white chick who grew up in the suburbs of Kansas City. I live on Broadway (guess which side, Laura Gilhooly?) That divide is so NYC. I'm not a fan. It's segregation. Punto.
I liked it better when it all Irish, before the Dominicans moved in and ruined it with the guns, drugs and violence. White people know how to keep neighborhoods nice.
I, for one, have gone north to the Western Catskills, where I am the current Commander of an American Legion post - and my wife is a past Regent of a D.A.R. chapter. Some other members of that post are also former N.Y.C. residents.
This video is so far from the truth smh. The truth is that everyone in NYC knows “Inwood” aka Washington heights or the Heights for its Dominican population and for getting drugs lol. Seriously since the 70s,80s and still today you can go up there and get the best weed or coke for the best prices 🤷🏻♂️. Ask any Brooklyn drug dealer where they get there stuff from if you don’t believe me 😂😂. And how come not one Dominican was interviewed meanwhile they account for over 80% of “Inwood”s population?
Before the Dommies infested the neighborhood, Whites lived there. There wouldn't be a corner for the Dommies to crap all over if it not for the Irish. You're welcome.
Wow I love these videos, they show you the NYC neighborhoods that you wouldn't see on TV or in the movies. I would love to see more of these videos
When the Irish came to Inwood that’s my family that settled there Dykman Street, my grandmother grew up on a mini farm on Staff Street which was called C Street way back in the day. Some family members stayed there all their life but most of us crossed over the Hudson to the Jersey side
Man i lived here when i was 3 to 5 and it was AWESOME. Everywhere you look, are your friends.
Really nice video journalism. This is the Inwood that I knew. I moved uptown from Morningside Heights in 1986. My rent for a decent 1-bedroom at 261 Seaman Ave. at that point was $330 a month. When I moved out 16 years later, in 2002, it was $600/month. Definitely a tripartite division between older Irish, younger Dominican, and multiculti/Anglo bohemians like me. (The old Irish folks slowly died off, but the bars remain, and Good Shepherd school.) Urban, serviced by subways, but also "country." Racoons wandering out of the woods; wild pheasants up there in the hills, too, that would startle the joggers. I just visited the old neighborhood two weeks ago. My super, Eggie, was still there, 13 years after I left. The Indian Road Cafe serves a heck of a nice sandwich; I only wish it had been there when I was a resident. I still remember the day back in the early 1990s when the owner of the bodega on that same corner location was shot dead. Nice guy; Domincan, a family man, quiet and peaceful. Somebody robbed the place and the robbery went bad. One morning I walked down to the park and found somebody's car up on jacks with all four wheels and tires gone. The neighborhood always had shadows and the occasional murder; it would be a mistake to sanitize--and this video doesn't. One of the great (and still semi-unknown) NYC neighborhoods. I'm glad I got 16 years there.
Modern Blues Harmonica the news about inwood got me here
Cus they going to kick out the pple n raise rent
thanks for sharing that
Our FAMILY relocated to INWOOD FROM Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in March 1976, Ever since then we have lived all ITS stages of changes. However, i do miss THE Alpine Movie Theathre where at my youth I got to Watch : GREASE, Raging Bull, Deer Hunter , Taxi Driver , and on, on and on. Familia RESTITUYO from Ellwood Street.
There was also a Lowes's Movie Theatre off Broadway on Dyckman St.. Regina's Bakery on lower Dyckman off Nagle Ave, Bickford's and Alpine Bakery on Dyckman/Broadway. Thayer, Arden , Sickles, Ellwood Streets used to be predominately a Jewish and Irish population up until the late 60's , before the Dominican community influx ...@Elwood Arturo JOURDAIN
Yup my mom lived on Elwood Street growing up and went to school on Arden Street and got married there April 4th 1959. My Aunt Gene lived on Broadway between Sherman and Nagle from early 30’s till she passed in 1997
"You can see the Dominican influence everywhere, really"
*cuts to Cachapas y Mas, a Venezuelan restaurant*
It's EYE-Sham
I lived here in 2008-2010 when I was 3-5. Good times.
How can u remember anything from those ages?
CoolBro I don’t know. But age 3 is when you can remember stuff clearly. I was in preschool and then kindergarten for a bit. I ate at an Indian cafe and we had fresh direct.
it is pronounced EYE-sham like the family pronounces it
so interesting, I spend lots of time in NYC, I need to explore more neighborhoods
Check out Washington Heights, it's underneath Inwood
@@hereisayana8207 been there several times, I like it there
@@hereisayana8207 The 2 best reasons for leaving NYC far behind are Wash Hts and Inwood..
good lord these people have no idea about inwood I have lived here since 1975 moved here on my 13 th birthday the place fell apart in 1985 and has not been the same since crack killed it ! its just as bad now maybe worse even before corona I know everyone here seen some of these people I grew up in Isham Park 75-79 it was a great place all types of people . the old Baker Field at 218 Street hardly no crime then now for the 30 years this place has gone down fast very sad .
Yup, I grew up in Inwood 74-92. My mom was a 50 year resident. We all went to GSS. But the 70s took a turn for the worst and nothing will fix Inwood. Sad to see a neighborhood go down the tubes because the newcomers who pretty much ruined it.
To Mr. Miranda: I grew up in Inwood and left in 1989; Inwood was not dangerous in 1981, it became dangerous after 1981....
Comon....Post was NOT safe in 81. I grew up on Isham between Broadway and Vermilyea and even that was a bit shady.
No actual Dominicans interviewed here..how nice..smh
EXACTLY! SMH too!
Good ol hypocritical elitist uber liberal NY Times. Complete putzes!
Not everyone is Dominican in Inwood. Grew up there since 1965.
@Tony Stark I am Dominican I live in Inwood and I speak English so stop the stereotype, please.
Yea I’m Dominican and from inwood, it was really crazy people would be blasting music at night in the under the apartments and you couldn’t get any sleep..
Lin Manuel’s POP!
that is pretty cool actually
that’s why I’m here! no lie! love him!
I’m just here because I’m filming here in March. Looks nice 🙂
Such a nice area in Manhattan. Could you guys do a video on Rockaway Park in Queens? That would be awesome since I lived there.
shame about the schools
good neighborhood. would be a great neighborhood if it wasn't for the motorcycle 'gangs' roaring through the neighborhood at 3am.
Crime Every Day. Heard more gunshots in 2018 than i did in last decade.
Wow. Different types of Hispanic Heritage humans who live in Inwood, Manhattan is quite different from any other boroughs of New York. 😃
When I grew up in the 60s we always said we lived in Inwood but we lived a few blocks south of Dyckman Street. I don’t know what that’s considered anymore
Washington Heights most likely
I lived there from 1955-1966
anyone watching these videos from 1960s inwood
So sad it's no longer an Irish neighbourhood. I wonder what the crime stats are now.
Me! We moved to Riverdale in 1975, partly because my parents were really worried about the schools in Inwood; they had gotten really bad. My mother didn't want to leave, though.
swinderby
Well, there are a lot less men getting drunk and beating their wives. There's also less priests diddling kids. It's a pretty safe neighborhood.
My name is Del See Oh Sorry no. The dominican side has a high burglary and break in rate but stay mad pedro.
@@ChromePalace
The neighborhood is safe. Be more original. Pedro? That's not even a common Dominican name. I bet you're the smartest degenerate in your village.
Please make an update video!!!
I can dig it !!!
Used to be Irish before the Dominican arrived
Used to be Native Americans before foreigners arrived. 😁👍
@@sonyx5332 that's nice.
Houses in Manhattan?I never knew
me neither..
My husband is from the Heights and after years of his father being a building super, he bought a house in the early 80s in the 180s near St. Nick. The family still has it today.
Grace район!!!
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i lived here ten years ago.
Enjoyed the video. Interesting that the same division exists, east vs west sides of Broadway, that existed when I grew up in the neighborhood. I lived on the east side, closer to 10th avenue with the El train, and was predominantly Irish , while the west side, with nicer housing, closer to the parks, etc was predominantly Jewish. It seems that most coops are on the west side and rental properties on the east side. Always was, and still is, a great neighborhood, no matter who's living there.=)
I'm a white chick who grew up in the suburbs of Kansas City. I live on Broadway (guess which side, Laura Gilhooly?) That divide is so NYC. I'm not a fan. It's segregation. Punto.
I like when here was all Dominican people.... These newcomers will take away the grit and koolness this place used to have
I liked it better when it all Irish, before the Dominicans moved in and ruined it with the guns, drugs and violence. White people know how to keep neighborhoods nice.
It’s EYE-SHAM
weird that a resident would pronounce it wrong
wanna live there 8 months
Northwood, Algonquin
Why don't they highlight these many different areas of NYC, instead of only highlighting Times Square???
The best place to live
The worst place to live compared to the way it used to be@Egidia Consigliere
Also this is a great neighborhood for drugs and Marijuana
2:16 ohh? So crime?
The best!!!!!
miranda
Where have all the Inwood Irish gone?... ruclips.net/video/xnG6pLwOflQ/видео.html
I, for one, have gone north to the Western Catskills, where I am the current Commander of an American Legion post - and my wife is a past Regent of a D.A.R. chapter. Some other members of that post are also former N.Y.C. residents.
So the quality of the neighborhood between the eastern and western parts of broadway have nothing to do with the populations?
This video is so far from the truth smh. The truth is that everyone in NYC knows “Inwood” aka Washington heights or the Heights for its Dominican population and for getting drugs lol. Seriously since the 70s,80s and still today you can go up there and get the best weed or coke for the best prices 🤷🏻♂️. Ask any Brooklyn drug dealer where they get there stuff from if you don’t believe me 😂😂. And how come not one Dominican was interviewed meanwhile they account for over 80% of “Inwood”s population?
Parking is so bad...
aea
They're only talking 2 white ppl.
not true 2:49
Before the Dommies infested the neighborhood, Whites lived there. There wouldn't be a corner for the Dommies to crap all over if it not for the Irish. You're welcome.