This should be an award winning documentary (for real). As a black woman....our communities need our black men, we as women CANNOT do it alone. STOP having unprotected sex and structure your life where it's more stable to raise a child. The beginning of the video said "very few people make it out" 😭. I'm not from Brownsville but spent 28.5 years in East New York Brooklyn housing projects.
I watching this Doc smiling and crying. If you made it out of Brownsville and made something of yourself you're strong AF. I thank God everyday for my life!
Marcus Smalls, raised in 275 Livonia Ave, #1F. I thank God I made it, praying for those still there. Somebody jumping off 300? History definitely repeats itself, because someone jumped off the same building around ‘80, ‘81.
Loool that’s nothing you got everything and every chances to made it out of Brownsville it’s only up to you… Americans just don’t realize how easy life is even in places like Brownsville, if you can make it out from ghettos in Africa or some places in Latin America like mexico , Colombia , Salvador or Honduras ghettos yes then you’re strong AF but not because of surviving projects in NY 🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️🤣🤣
I grew up in Brownsville-Seth Low Projects. I remember when they use to tell my grandmother and her friends to go upstairs before they started shooting. It was ruthless back then but the killers had a respect for the elderly and kids that don’t seem to exist today. I’m grateful I made it out. That place prepared me for the world. That place built me to be ford tough. ❤
Facts, like ngas was extra gangster back then and had personalities. The new weird ngas 110 pounds with won't even look u in the eyes, mad quit when doley,but they will pop you🤣😂✌🏿
I grew up in the Plaza in the 80s and 90s and remember Mousey and Brown, RIP Kings. I used to hang out in Garvey, Riverdale and had friends in the Nehemiah houses. I moved out in the 00s when my mother passed away from health complications. Growing up Brownsville gave me a thick skin and I go everywhere comfortably.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE PLAZA BUILDING BEHIND MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT USED TO BE CALLED PS398(NOW CALLED MS 370 I BELIEVE) ON EAST 93RD ST AND RUTLAND ROAD OR ANOTHER BUILDING CALLED THE PLAZA!!
is you talkin bout the noble drew ali plaza?..cuz if u is i use to stay in them in the late 90s..im from chicago but i had family in the plaza and i remember that mufucka was wild as hell back then ..chicago n new york so much alike it really aint no difference in da violence and hood shit dat be goin on..im from englewood an englewood would be equivalent to brownsville wen it cums to violence cuz both still very active..now in back in da day wen all our projects was up i was say the low end cuz all the projects was hot as a firecracker back in da day..cabrini always been hot cuz so many gangs was warrin but da robert taylors out south was about gettin money so you could go get weed wit no prollum back in da day cuz dey was gettin money in dem staircases..da wells stateway da ickes da hornets rockwells da dearborns..yea chicago shit was crazy
I used to live in Brownsville , Brownsville Houses back in the 80s and 90s. I’m in a much much better place now but I remember how rough and dangerous it was . God help those who still have to live in conditions like these all over our troubled world. Peace 2 "Brownsville Never Ran Never Will".❤️🌎
I remember as a little girl in the 70’s I was always nervous to step foot in the ville. Now 50 yrs later, I live in Brownsville and happier than ever. I’m on Saratoga Ave. The ville definitely has a history and a story behind every block, project, and lot. Thanks for this video! Very interesting to hear the back story
I’m a Brownsville Native 🫡 LH, penthouse22 went to 327&Marcus and grew up here until I moved away so I guess I’m a survivor story cause I made it out All glory due to The Most High GOD❣️
I was born in kings county. I'm culture knowledge (41). I lived in the vandyke projects. I went to p.s. 150. My mother moved us to the south when I was 10. I hated having to leave. I wanted to stay with my grandparents in Brooklyn. I missed the culture and the diversity that Brooklyn gave me. Every summer of course we would go back to visit my family and I couldn't wait to see my friends and run through the fire extinguishers on the streets lol. I have very fond memories of Brownsville. My grandmother was Ethel Davis. She was well loved and respected and like a mother to many there in the vandyke projects. Thank you brother for this documentary. Peace family
I grew up in Brownsville ,made it out alive by the grace of god 10 years ago. The hood was crazyyy back then. My face lit up when I saw “Toosie” if you know you know!!! Her name most definitely rung bells-she was OUTSIDE OUTSIDE!!! Glad to see she’s doing great 🥰
Thank's first and foremost to the brother(s) and sister(s) that gave the people a glimpse into the lives of the Villians and the surrounding projects I was born and raised in Brownsville at 345 Livonia Ave Van Dyke projects '72. I went to P.S. 184 1st-5th grade, Thelma J Hamilton 275 6th -8th grade, and Sarah J Hale for HS, I did move to the South in '97.. I remember the great things and the not-so-great things among the many projects spoken of in this documentary. This documentary made me smile because of the good memories and made me sad at the memories of lost friends and family due to gun violence. For the most part, my living and growing up there was good, I personally didn't have any problems. I gave respect and in turn, I got respect back. I mean pretty much that's the key to life yesterday, today, tomorrow, and forever! I received so much experience and took that with me and still to this day apply it to my day-to-day living. I learned from the best and the worst. I couldn't ask for more and I don't! I love my NY accent, NY style, and mannerisms. Every place in America has its ghetto, projects or whatever they call it, and Brownsville, Brooklyn NY will always be my heart and soul! Peace to my brothers and sister who made it through and SIP to those who did not. Neva ran neva will! SALUTE!
Born and raised Brownville. 281, but when I got my chance to leave, I never looked back. Some good moments but majority hell hole situations. If you can live here, you can survive anywhere. I did cry listening to this because if you are not here you will never understand.
Was born in Brooklyn 1968. Moms moved out to cali in 79 Much love to lost souls wondering in the dark. This video made me cry looking at so much loss through out the years. So much confusion,trapped with no spiritual hope. Jesus saves. If you want it. John 3:16 dive deep on it. It’s not a fairytale. I left the city but the city didn’t leave me. Lived a life of crime for years until I met the great I am in 89. Praying for you Brooklyn. Mercy 👊🏾
I'm from Chicago so I can relate with the big ass projects like how he told the story and was respectful and just showed love to the people that's what's missing no respect or loyalty and guidance these days
yea im from the raq too..englewood to b exact but i use to have family in brownsville and i aint gone lie ..brownsville was just as active as our shit back den...it was just like dem robert taylors and state way wars or dem dearborn an ickes war here.. my people stayed in noble drew ali plaza on new lot an mother gaston dat mufukkin was bussin !!!
I too am from the Chicago projects. My family moved in when I was 4. It was so nice, clean and beautiful, til I was 9 then I saw a slow decline of the living conditions. I got married at 21 and left my parents house. Never to return. I have good and bad memories. When they named them the projects, that's just what it was, A project. Scientist and sociologist knew it before the blueprints were made. Sad to think them folks are so demonic.
I lived out here in the early 2000s. Left around 2011. It can be vicious. But also just people who tryna survive everyday. Met some real ppl. Def an experience I hold dear to my heart. I grew a lot while living here. #upthehillbville #stmarks #rockaway
Great documentary, very interesting, I’m from the UK & I recognise some of these stories from inner London projects, we call them council estates in London but they are the same thing
I grew up in the Pink Houses, until age 14. Then I moved to Long Island. Yes, the gangstas in Brooklyn were real, but they had respect for the elderly and children. Many of them would not even drink beer in front of the elders, they would put that beer/liquor up so quick. I remember the Daily News Man selling them News Papers too. Back in the days, there were the big family cookouts in the Pink Houses. The food was good, music was good, and all that. I grew up with Uncle Murda, yes sure did. Went to the same elementary school with him.
Great documentary! 🙌🏾♥️ I didn't know I was going to end up seeing people that I grew up with/knowing. I kept saying, “Oh, snap, I know him!”. 🤣 Dre, has always been fly like that! Shout out to everyone from Brownsville. I miss hanging out on Bristol Street! & He's right; Brownsville isn't a poor neighborhood; it's just dangerous and has a lack of great resources. There are a lot of houses in Brownsville too. So... 🤷🏽♀️ Brownsville Day, hanging out at the BRC, and the cookouts/block parties during the summertime were the best. & Mr. Skippa’s food is the best! 🙌🏾😋 As dangerous as 275 is, I had the most fun in school there (& Ms. Hodges gave the best hugs! RIP! 🕊). There are a lot of good things to come out of Brownsville. From Mike Tyson to Duane Martin (actor) whose family lived around the corner from me. Also, as a former NYCHA employee, I can tell you that they’ve been secretly selling off the developments in the last decade (the outside remodeling is a dead giveaway). Save your money if you’re forced to vacate! That's all I'm going to say! 🤐
I grew up in Howard Houses in the 50’s and 60’s. I went to 298 and 263. That’s when growing up was all about family and life. It’s sad to see the destruction and death that is plaguing Brownsville today. If you wanna know how it was then you better ask somebody cause it was an era of it’s own. Love my neighborhood till the day I die. Brownsville is where I’m from and I made it out. Still giving back to where I came from. I will never forget my roots. Brownsville shaped me into the man I am today. FOI SOLDIER ❤️
As a brotha from the WEST, I’ve always had a fascination with NY. Brooklyn, Manhattan(Harlem), and the Bronx(hip hop). I used to long haul and drive through NY all the time, and I was in awe just driving through! Now that my wife and I have a timeshare, we WILL be booking a NY trip..ESPECIALLY to Harlem, which’ll ALWAYS be the capital of Black America💯
WOW! This was amazing! 1. Born and raised in Vandyke (393) 2. I went to P.S. 327 3. Gma lived in BVille projects 4. SJH class of 93 5. I went to BRC for summer camp and the Heritage House. I was just in the Ville two weeks ago and found out the Red Store is now called the Red Store.
Growing up in AZ in the 90s we used to love new york shit. How the dudes talked and made intelligence cool. Knowledge of self and mathematics and studying up. All them big projects everywhere. Crazy to see how much new york has changed since then and they're still changing it. Prolly gonna be a completely different place soon.
Born in raised in Brownsville, Noble Drew Ali! Very interesting documentary. You pointed out some pertinent stuff. The first guy spoke facts. You missed the target on somethings. Do a positive Brownsville next time with more deep history. More on the people in Brownsville who have been doing positive things to change the narrative. Speak to some older adults!!
This is a great documentary. I grew up in Alabama and have met many cool people from all over NYC and they used to tell me about there experiences growing up and I could relate because I lived in Chicago for 5 weeks when I was nine years old. I turned ten there and I learned more in those 5 weeks than I had learned in my whole life. I must have spent about 3 of those weeks in Cabrini. I lived on the west side on Jackson 60612 zip. These kids these days got even more coming at them faster. Social media has a great influence in their lives whether it's negative or positive. There's a culture of greed these days . Shout out to the guys that were interviewed. I was wishing I could go to school in a place like NYC where I could have access to a library or people who would have helped me with lessons. It's trying to get like Brownsville in small towns these days. Heaven help us all. I spent the 80's in California. I know God has been with me because I have been to some hard core hoods all over the U.S. and I was accepted. I was robbed on my 10th birthday on Jackson. I had a rude awakening in the city of Chicago especially being from the woods of Alabama in 1969. I remember the music that I heard that summer like Inner city blues and Cook County Jail (B.B. King) I met Puerto Rican friends for the first time there also. I like the conversation near the end when the guys were talking the value of the real estate there. I had some cousins that lived there until they were like 14 and 15 years old and they were older than me. They left in the 70's. They lived in Brownsville, Bedford Stuyvesant and East New York. They told me about it. The people in those neighborhoods are survivors and intellectuals. I'll always respect your village when I'm visiting. I've lived long enough to love hip hop and I still see good in people. I got a chance to be there for a second and I know that's different from living there. We'll have unity one day but I probably be dead. When I was in Brooklyn I was really vulnerable because I was recovering from a broken neck and paralysis from the neck down. That's right "do unto others as you would have them do unto you". I had already seen enough before I got to New York. You probably heard about the sweet sixteen party about a month and a half ago in Dadeville, Alabama well I live near there. That was an isolated incident but it's a way of life in cities throughout the United States. I done got old and love chilling in the country. I'm almost in the suburbs of three different cities. Two small ones and a medium one. ATL is close enough for me to have lunch and be back home for dinner. A lot of people here have lived in other places and some want to bring the the wrong baggage with them they come back but there are others who come correct. Great documentary. I may not be there with you but I'm praying for the good, the bad and the ugly.
I have family that grew up in Brownsville and i would always visit as a kid and it was always such a great feeling being outside and seeing the culture of everything. I always had a feeling we weren’t really in the best environment but as a kid i just appreciated everything. To this day i have love for the ville and call it my second home. Haven’t been in over 7 years but im praying i can make it out there sometime this year 🙏🏾
Free Lunch was all of that. My mom's (May she RIP), would take us to multiple schools. Sometimes we ate free breakfast in the summer also. The food was mad good. We would have long French pizza, hamburgers, cheeseburgers, french fries, trail mix. and all of that. Breakfast was Pancakes, Waffles, Cereal, etc. Free Breakfast and Lunch was Litttttttt
I'm only 2:40 in and I already know this is going to be an incredible watch. So many of men I respect have come out of Brownsville that you cannot deny that all that adversity the people faced bred an exceptional class of winners/champions/kings of their respective craft.
And fuck all that gentrification shit too!! Same thing has happened here in Newy. They've rebuilt and pushed out all the lower - lower middle class occupants to be dispersed in all sorts of shitty regional areas.
Yes... May Ms Mathews R.I.P. She was a sweet old lady. She used to live in that building on Rockaway Ave when she got elderly. I used to sit and talk with her daily. She really was a sweetheart 💕
Watching this brings back memories. I moved out of New York but I lived in Brownsville from 1980-2001. I grew up in Riverdale Towers, went to P.S. 41, graduated 6th grade in 1987 and went to JHS 275...my favorite teacher was Ms. Sewaa and RIP to out music/band teacher Mr. Alfred. I remember being scare to go there because it had a bad rap, but it turned out to be so much fun. I was aware there was crime in the area but I didn't experience it like some of these people have. It was like a sense of community, all the kids played with one another and went to school with each other in the complex. Living in Brownsville was some of the best years of my life...and yes I do miss the paper boy on Sunday mornings.
I used to live in LH. This documentary is flooding back memories!! The fond memories outweighing the unpleasant. I'm remembering how productive the community centers USED to be, for all ages. There were educational programs, afterschool recreation, senior citizen activites, parties, talent/fashion shows, food drives, etc. A safe & joyous family atmosphere.
I grew up in the plaza, went to 275 and walked those street everyday. My husband is from Brownsville projects. Stone. Y'all probably know him. Thanks for the memories!!
I'm from Bville and I've traveled the entire world, and I never seen Brownsville as a place I need to " escape from", 50s and 60s Brownsville was a respectful place
By the 70s and 80s, not so respectful. I couldn't wait to leave. I go back because mother's house is there. She remembers the Brownsville of the 30s-60s so the neighborhood means more to her.
I'm from Van Dyke and I live outside of Philly now but I thank God for growing in Brownsville because when you leave, you realize just how tough Da Ville made you. Yea it's rough but it's home to me and I wouldn't want it any other way.
@@cutiepiea3687 It depends on where you live in Philly but overall yes. Kensington section of N Philly is the worst because its zombie land and with that comes gunplay. I actually like PA. Hoods in Philly are basically the same as hood in The Ville. Mind your business and you'll be fine.
I never grew up in Brownsville (lived in Staten Island near Park Hill late 80s-2001) but I heard of the stories coming out of Brownsville. The story of suicides from Brownsville needs to be looked at more. A lot of people from the hood suffer mental health issues. It’s not normal for humans to piss in the building hallways. Mental illness is unfortunately a taboo subject within the Black community.
It starts with littering. Where i live, black people throw McDonald's bags full of food right in the parking lot. The dumpster is literally 50 feet away. I dont understand how that it is not inate to them that this is wrong. But they do it anyway. I dont even think the Puerto ricans do that. I just don't understand that.
I was born & raised in Bed-stuy. I remember being scared to go to the Ville in the early 90s where a friend lived in Tilden. Later in life, I worked for NYCHA and was in Howard & Tilden. It could be so quiet than shots fired. It's sad that a neighborhood has been so bad for over 30 yrs😢
Man nyc is a very interesting place to me from the outside looking In, it’s so fucking populated, so many different cultures, so many people with anger ego aggression and I’ve always wondered why now I see , that place is the real Gotham city. I got so much respect to anyone that made it out of that city frfr . Cause it’s so much shit going on
One dude made a statement about at one point it was the crack epidemic that broke down the families and today the parents are around but the youth is out of control. I have to say that the effects of crack trickled down to the present because many of today's patients didn't have parental guidance of their own from the 80s and 90s.
It’s funny I was born and raised in Long Island but ALWAYS wanted the city life. When I decided on moving to BK, Brownsville is somewhere I wouldn’t even consider. I ended up in the Stuy when my kids were 16 and 7 and both my children’s fathers were born and raised in the PJs, Canarsie GM from The Ville, and LG. I was telling my son and daughter and it may sound crazy, but I wish we could have experienced life in the some of these “challenging” neighborhoods. Not forever because I surely would have gotten out of there, but I listen to so many stories from both of my kids fathers and from my girls who were born and raised there and hear about so many experiences good and bad that have helped to shape them to who they are today. Thank God I have good kids and my son turned out not to be a street kid, something that he may have gravitated towards. For now he’s good with visiting and hearing stories from his pops, and so am I. I am truly a firm believer that if you live ANYWHERE in NY you can make it anywhere, but coming from those places is som’ different.
good afternoon my brothers ...i was born in kings county hospital...and raised across from brownsville...from 1968-1973....i loved it ...great people ..great stores on belmont.. great .great school P.S 284...i go everywhere i can ...stayed out in the snow till 10 pm ...my moms be calling us ..its time guys ...family was family ...we loved it ...i had the best childhood ever.....time changed ...people changed....life was great ...im sad for how it is today... my parents took us out in time ...i visited back in '77..and '82....its was not and will never be the same ...bless you al in brooklyn east nyc..amen...
I am from New Orleans and have never been to any of the places in this documentary but around @48:00 I can definitely relate to some of what he said. I’m in my mid 30s and I feel old because like he said the music back then was better. He was also right when he said that back then McDonald’s and other fast food places were a treat whereas now it’s practically a daily staple for many. I also agree with how much more vulgar, crass this generation seems compared to ours/ generations of the past.
Such an interesting video. Thanks for sharing with us all. Great to learn about the diff blocks and hearing the stories from the people who lived and experienced it all. Great eye opener.
What's happening here is the fear of parents and parent wanting to be parents.....Let's be parents when your children are no longer babies....It can change, maybe, I hope, Can we at least try. Excellent Documentary
Wow!! I lived in the Brownsville Houses @ 308 Sutter Ave. Got tired of gambling, smoking, womanizing, hustling and playing street ball. I left in 1984 to enter the military. Did 6 years in the service. Headed down to Atlanta, Georgia. I carried all that I learned in Brooklyn around the world. And people just know that "I been there and done that". New York thanks for all the intercity training for without it I could never have made it this far!!!
I spent a lot of time in Brownsville at my father's (Harvey L. Stone) job--he was the Executive Director at Rosetta Gaston Senior Citizen Center. I even attended Heritage House when I was a young kid. I have nothing but love for Brownsville. Yes the building at 54:45 was for seniors.
Peace and blessings brother! I use to work in Murrys steaks!✊ I remember everything about Brownsville I'm 53 years old .I moved to Brownsville in 1975 I lived in 366 sutter Back then you did something wrong on the block all the parents got on your ass... ...My Hood Brothers back in the day was fat Sam blue minute , Caddlic ,Manzee fat twins Born son.. Vandyke! ..My Brownsville brother's was Cory Corrock! Killer Kevin Kev. Alphonso ,stomach, Big Spady....And many other brother's that passed 🙏 I moved to Ga 5 years ago to give my son a chance a better quality of life. I remember the over pass over by lovina..I did my dirt when I needed to eat 💯 I remember some of my brother's did a couple of stick up at the gas station on mother Gaston! That spot was Good money all day and everyday for robberies.I'm not proud of the things I did back in the mid 80' and early 90' but I hope God forgive me on judgement day. Brother Sapreme your documentaries are official on point. Thanks for sharing STAY BLESSED!!! Big Will from the ViLL 💪
People don't understand how treacherous the Ville was back in the day, there's really no way to convey it with words. Shout out the the BRC parties in the 90's
For real I lived across from the BRC USED TO LOVE THOSE PARTIES. LOL dirty ass Coney Island Joes stand on linden. Shout out to Ms Reid my Elementary school principal in PS 184 ON NEWPORT AVE.
This is dope.i am from Marlboro Projects in bensonhurst and I started goin to Brownsville in 91.It was crazy in every hood you mentioned but I always had love on every block.
Well done brother Salute ❤💪🏾 *Always heard The Soldiers painted on the bottom of Brownsville Houses back in the day were painted by returning Vietnam Vet. *PS 284 had swimming lessons. Theres a pool in the school *Sallys name comes from Sallie Mathis...community activist. There was a big scandal surrounding it all in the 80s. * Rappers MOP come from up the hill
Big respect on this Documentary.. i'm from Brownville Projects. Lived there most of my youth. I remember the days when we had block parties on brownsville day. Only to have it shot up. I remember days where you couldn't walk thru langston hughes even to get to belmont to go to harry's sneaker spot where my aunt fran used to work. I lived in vandyke i lived in howard and brownville pj's. Different vibes to them all. But what i would say is, most people in the pj's stuck together if you were from there. Or if you played ball and they knew you had a future playing. Dudes would look out. Went to 175 before it turned to redirection. They went to marcus (263). I'll never forget where i came from, cus it made me. But i damn sure aint going back. Oh, what i will say is i remember playing in the abandoned school on the corner of rockaway and blake ave. I drove by a couple of years ago and its all fixed up to something else now. Salute
I watched the show and it brought back memories. My mother moved to Brooklyn in 1963 after living Alabama and my dad. She moved on Amboy Street between Pitkin and Sutter with her nine children and two grandchildren. I started headstart at PS 156 but buy the time I got to first grade a new school was build and that was PS 327 and I went there by the time I got to the 5th grade I think they added the 6th grade to the school but we moved to the popular Howard Projects on Stone Avenue, so then I had to attend David Marcus Junior High School 263 that's where I met my group of friends that I hung out with at school. We walk to school and home and a lot of times we ran home. We stayed there until 1972 when we moved to North Carolina. At that time it was a real culture shock, until i went to stay with family after High School while they had surgery to help with the kids the city I thought had changed but it was me. I before retiring was talking to a co-worker about the high school I graduated from in North Carolina and he wanted to see my yearbook so I brought him not only my high school yearbook but my autograph book from David Marcus 263, he laughed. He could not believe I still has it.
Wow!!! I grew up in da ville. Went to 41. Went to 275. Good memories and memories I wish I could forget. It was cool seeing my cousin get interviewed in this documentary.
I’m late! I’m just now watching. I’m from Cali an OG and we have the same story, how things was tough for us but we were a community and the last 2 generations 🤦🏾♀️ same story different places. Job well done Preme! 🙏🏾
The first dude interviewed spoke some real facts about the youth and what’s missing between them and us as the older generation but it’s still all love respect that mess✊🏾
That’s my guy SQ, we he’s talking is what I spoke to him as a youth, we couldn’t tweak them shit. They watched us then took it to another level. Salute to my brother
Wow the older things are the more they remain the same I'm proud of you my brother for doing this documentary it brought back so many memories and thoughts I appreciate you for doing this documentary. I grew up in Brownsville in the early fifties went to public school 184,189,Harry a Eisman junior high school known as 275 and my sister went to 263 David Marcus back in the day things were bad back then but much more like on steroids today. Brownsville always had a serious tribal history and I put the emphasis on tribal because that's who we are we are the tribes of America that have been put on reservations. I moved out of the Van Dyke 395 in 1974. Hit me back if you're having any questions. Peace Family 🌎🐢
Being from DC .I used to love to go up to NY.HARLEM. pick up come back.What a great city.first time there I was amaze because we got there around 3 am in the Morning. Man I could not believe my eyes.people were everywhere The City that never sleeps. We would say.going to hoop wop Diddy, New York City.City so nice ,they had to Name it twice.surper fast.Surper.slick.
I came across your video today and it blew me away. I'm from Brownsville. Born and raised. I lived in Tilden houses 265 for 34 years. Moved from there to Osborn Street for 20 years. And currently live in the Carolinas. It was actually cool seeing my brother's bedroom window and my parent's bedroom window from the parking lot shot. But, I had no idea how bad it had gotten. I lived there from 1962 when I was born to the 90s when we moved. I saw a lot living there. More than I like to think about. And I'm glad I got out. I still have family here and would love to get them out. I miss NYC. But have no desire to go back to the ghettos of NY.
Godamn.. Brooklyn sure had they're own thing going on.. Sheesh.. I live and born and raised up in the South Bronx Rises in Morris Houses Where Morrisana Houses, Webster Houses and Godamn Butler Houses. And they had they own thing going as well. .... NYC wasn't no joke back in the days and still is.. To me I wish they never build these projects all over these city back in the days. I love this video.. From a Bronx Native.
#TeamBrownsville I was born and raised in Van Dyke (1984-2005). My favorite Brownsville pastime is the Block Parties! The Block Parties were a day of UNITY for all (most) surrounding projects.
Thanks Preme This brought back so many Memories. I Grew up in Eny on pitkin and Miller and had family in Seth Low However being from the East we consider Da Ville our Cousin ...Keep pushing out this dope content I always Enjoy your Work💯💪🏾
I went to jus 275 in 1966 was called Harry A Eiseman Junior High School. Lived at 622 Chester Street across from the Junior High school. You could see the school from my second floor window. It was tough then. Kids getting robbed by the b60 bus stop on the corner Rockaway and Hegeman Street.
Your coverage of the plaza was 💯💯💯💯 it took me back to my jhs 275 days,Duney was in my class and I also knew Mousey,Tabk,Whimp,Brown,leckey, Lamont and etc..u explained it to the T Salute 🗽👊🏽
I grew up in Seth Low I remember back in the 80s sitting on a bench in Howard projects on the East New York side while my friend talk to this guy. There was 2 other guys sitting on the bench next to us, these guys came around the corner shooting at the guys on the bench next to us. The guy next to us was well known street dude I think his name was house, he was killed that night. I didn’t personally know him but it affected me.
The primary problem is that these kids show no respect because they have never been respected only feared or have fear themselves. They become what they fear the monster in the dark
Facts! Brother with the red shirt brought it back. Stone Ave, Milk delivery to your door, newspaper etc.. I remember my aunt & uncle lived in the Van Dykes PJ. Going back to the early 70s Some of my best memories were there. The parties & who could for Harry’s clothing store. On Stone & Belmont. Use to get all my gear there. Those days are gone but not forgotten. Had to be there to know.
Preme, Thanks for schooling us on Brownsville!! Basically, in order to move or exist in Brownsville you got to stay on your toes!! Understood!! This was dope!!💯 Drone views were amazing!!👌 Thanks boo!!!😍
@@TheRealRapShow all the way from Paris France I show you mad props for this incredible work. I've learned a lot about Brownsville keep up the good work brother
The visuals are outstanding. Im here with my Yung ones now watching , as they learn about where their Pops was born nd raised .. Since mine live in the south.. Salute to you Homie on this Work. #Outstanding
I lived in Brownsville and finally got a chance to leave 2yrs ago. It was the best decision I ever made. You literally feel like you’re drowning & can’t breathe or see your way out. You’re pretty much living in prison without the bars. Projects are designed to keep you there so you don’t have to leave. They put everything you need in a 4 block radius so there’s never a need to leave the neighborhood. I once viewed that as a blessing until I realized it’s done to keep you stuck.
This should be an award winning documentary (for real). As a black woman....our communities need our black men, we as women CANNOT do it alone. STOP having unprotected sex and structure your life where it's more stable to raise a child. The beginning of the video said "very few people make it out" 😭. I'm not from Brownsville but spent 28.5 years in East New York Brooklyn housing projects.
Community my as same blk mens screw each other
You're from right next door to there...very similar structure
My thoughts exactly 💯
Be the change
I feel you on that the free lunch situation I had to do the same thing when I was a kid and I felt the same way
It is time we brag about how safe our community is, not how dangerous.
Facts..
Hilarious. You must be talking about the new area that you moved to
Facts
That will never happen, unfortunately.
Far Rock America 🇺🇸
AMEN
I watching this Doc smiling and crying. If you made it out of Brownsville and made something of yourself you're strong AF. I thank God everyday for my life!
Me too 💯💯💯
aint that the truth! 🦾 Born n raised from '72 -'97 when I moved to the south. 😉😉Bless you Jocelyn 🙏
Marcus Smalls, raised in 275 Livonia Ave, #1F. I thank God I made it, praying for those still there. Somebody jumping off 300? History definitely repeats itself, because someone jumped off the same building around ‘80, ‘81.
Loool that’s nothing you got everything and every chances to made it out of Brownsville it’s only up to you… Americans just don’t realize how easy life is even in places like Brownsville, if you can make it out from ghettos in Africa or some places in Latin America like mexico , Colombia , Salvador or Honduras ghettos yes then you’re strong AF but not because of surviving projects in NY 🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️🤣🤣
Word..I lived in lh and I thought that it eat a normal life and I thank God I made it out also..lived in 301 in like 88
I grew up in Brownsville-Seth Low Projects. I remember when they use to tell my grandmother and her friends to go upstairs before they started shooting. It was ruthless back then but the killers had a respect for the elderly and kids that don’t seem to exist today. I’m grateful I made it out. That place prepared me for the world. That place built me to be ford tough. ❤
Thank you
The community is Doomed the mindset of destruction
Build you or traumatized?
@@Veteranorepublicano I said what I said. It built me. My parents inflicted trauma not the hood.
Facts, like ngas was extra gangster back then and had personalities. The new weird ngas 110 pounds with won't even look u in the eyes, mad quit when doley,but they will pop you🤣😂✌🏿
The saga of the Black experience will go down in history as the most epic tale of mankind.
I grew up in the Plaza in the 80s and 90s and remember Mousey and Brown, RIP Kings. I used to hang out in Garvey, Riverdale and had friends in the Nehemiah houses. I moved out in the 00s when my mother passed away from health complications. Growing up Brownsville gave me a thick skin and I go everywhere comfortably.
I remember mousey from JHS 275. Grew up in Garvey
That's my school I lived 5 min from there Hopkinson ave now call Thomas boyland between lott and hegamen
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE PLAZA BUILDING BEHIND MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT USED TO BE CALLED PS398(NOW CALLED MS 370 I BELIEVE) ON EAST 93RD ST AND RUTLAND ROAD OR ANOTHER BUILDING CALLED THE PLAZA!!
NEVER MIND I NEVER KNEW ABOUT THE PROJECTS CALLED THE PLAZA !!
is you talkin bout the noble drew ali plaza?..cuz if u is i use to stay in them in the late 90s..im from chicago but i had family in the plaza and i remember that mufucka was wild as hell back then ..chicago n new york so much alike it really aint no difference in da violence and hood shit dat be goin on..im from englewood an englewood would be equivalent to brownsville wen it cums to violence cuz both still very active..now in back in da day wen all our projects was up i was say the low end cuz all the projects was hot as a firecracker back in da day..cabrini always been hot cuz so many gangs was warrin but da robert taylors out south was about gettin money so you could go get weed wit no prollum back in da day cuz dey was gettin money in dem staircases..da wells stateway da ickes da hornets rockwells da dearborns..yea chicago shit was crazy
I used to live in Brownsville , Brownsville Houses back in the 80s and 90s. I’m in a much much better place now but I remember how rough and dangerous it was . God help those who still have to live in conditions like these all over our troubled world. Peace 2 "Brownsville Never Ran Never Will".❤️🌎
They run chase one down yesterday.
@Global warning Film & ent He ran to a better place ain't nothing wrong with that.
@@muhamedjones122 which is fine but he can’t turn around and say “never ran never will”😂
I remember as a little girl in the 70’s I was always nervous to step foot in the ville. Now 50 yrs later, I live in Brownsville and happier than ever. I’m on Saratoga Ave. The ville definitely has a history and a story behind every block, project, and lot. Thanks for this video! Very interesting to hear the back story
Saratoga my side to
My condolences to the young man who jumped off the building,Mental Health is serious
To add on Brownsville been turn up,The Mafia used Murder Inc as Hit man,guess what their all came from Brownsville,look it up
Very decent of you to comment on that. It upset me too when he told that story, asked the cameraman to show the building.
Everytime i think about Brownsville i think about the Realness and Seriousness in MOP and their music
Can't forget Smooth Da Hustla & Trigger
💯💯
I’m a Brownsville Native 🫡
LH, penthouse22 went to 327&Marcus and grew up here until I moved away so I guess I’m a survivor story cause I made it out All glory due to The Most High GOD❣️
I was born in kings county. I'm culture knowledge (41). I lived in the vandyke projects. I went to p.s. 150. My mother moved us to the south when I was 10. I hated having to leave. I wanted to stay with my grandparents in Brooklyn. I missed the culture and the diversity that Brooklyn gave me. Every summer of course we would go back to visit my family and I couldn't wait to see my friends and run through the fire extinguishers on the streets lol. I have very fond memories of Brownsville. My grandmother was Ethel Davis. She was well loved and respected and like a mother to many there in the vandyke projects. Thank you brother for this documentary. Peace family
I love this comment.
I grew up in Brownsville ,made it out alive by the grace of god 10 years ago. The hood was crazyyy back then. My face lit up when I saw “Toosie” if you know you know!!! Her name most definitely rung bells-she was OUTSIDE OUTSIDE!!! Glad to see she’s doing great 🥰
Thank's first and foremost to the brother(s) and sister(s) that gave the people a glimpse into the lives of the Villians and the surrounding projects
I was born and raised in Brownsville at 345 Livonia Ave Van Dyke projects '72. I went to P.S. 184 1st-5th grade, Thelma J Hamilton 275 6th -8th grade, and Sarah J Hale for HS, I did move to the South in '97.. I remember the great things and the not-so-great things among the many projects spoken of in this documentary. This documentary made me smile because of the good memories and made me sad at the memories of lost friends and family due to gun violence. For the most part, my living and growing up there was good, I personally didn't have any problems. I gave respect and in turn, I got respect back. I mean pretty much that's the key to life yesterday, today, tomorrow, and forever! I received so much experience and took that with me and still to this day apply it to my day-to-day living. I learned from the best and the worst. I couldn't ask for more and I don't! I love my NY accent, NY style, and mannerisms. Every place in America has its ghetto, projects or whatever they call it, and Brownsville, Brooklyn NY will always be my heart and soul! Peace to my brothers and sister who made it through and SIP to those who did not. Neva ran neva will! SALUTE!
Thank you
I went to Sarah j also
Born and raised Brownville. 281, but when I got my chance to leave, I never looked back. Some good moments but majority hell hole situations. If you can live here, you can survive anywhere. I did cry listening to this because if you are not here you will never understand.
Was born in Brooklyn 1968. Moms moved out to cali in 79
Much love to lost souls wondering in the dark.
This video made me cry looking at so much loss through out the years.
So much confusion,trapped with no spiritual hope.
Jesus saves.
If you want it.
John 3:16
dive deep on it.
It’s not a fairytale.
I left the city but the city didn’t leave me. Lived a life of crime for years until I met the great I am in 89. Praying for you Brooklyn. Mercy 👊🏾
I agree 🙏🏾
I'm from Chicago so I can relate with the big ass projects like how he told the story and was respectful and just showed love to the people that's what's missing no respect or loyalty and guidance these days
TRUE STATEMENT
yea im from the raq too..englewood to b exact but i use to have family in brownsville and i aint gone lie ..brownsville was just as active as our shit back den...it was just like dem robert taylors and state way wars or dem dearborn an ickes war here.. my people stayed in noble drew ali plaza on new lot an mother gaston dat mufukkin was bussin !!!
The only difference is the Chicago projects had snipers on the roof just to protect their drug dealer and foot soldiers
hahaha
I too am from the Chicago projects. My family moved in when I was 4. It was so nice, clean and beautiful, til I was 9 then I saw a slow decline of the living conditions. I got married at 21 and left my parents house. Never to return. I have good and bad memories. When they named them the projects, that's just what it was, A project. Scientist and sociologist knew it before the blueprints were made. Sad to think them folks are so demonic.
I lived out here in the early 2000s. Left around 2011. It can be vicious. But also just people who tryna survive everyday. Met some real ppl. Def an experience I hold dear to my heart. I grew a lot while living here. #upthehillbville #stmarks #rockaway
Great documentary, very interesting, I’m from the UK & I recognise some of these stories from inner London projects, we call them council estates in London but they are the same thing
I grew up in the Pink Houses, until age 14. Then I moved to Long Island. Yes, the gangstas in Brooklyn were real, but they had respect for the elderly and children. Many of them would not even drink beer in front of the elders, they would put that beer/liquor up so quick. I remember the Daily News Man selling them News Papers too. Back in the days, there were the big family cookouts in the Pink Houses.
The food was good, music was good, and all that. I grew up with Uncle Murda, yes sure did. Went to the same elementary school with him.
They be Wildin in Long Island too
You had to be strong to grow up in this neighborhood in the 90s it was SERIOUS!
Great documentary! 🙌🏾♥️ I didn't know I was going to end up seeing people that I grew up with/knowing. I kept saying, “Oh, snap, I know him!”. 🤣 Dre, has always been fly like that! Shout out to everyone from Brownsville. I miss hanging out on Bristol Street! & He's right; Brownsville isn't a poor neighborhood; it's just dangerous and has a lack of great resources. There are a lot of houses in Brownsville too. So... 🤷🏽♀️ Brownsville Day, hanging out at the BRC, and the cookouts/block parties during the summertime were the best. & Mr. Skippa’s food is the best! 🙌🏾😋 As dangerous as 275 is, I had the most fun in school there (& Ms. Hodges gave the best hugs! RIP! 🕊). There are a lot of good things to come out of Brownsville. From Mike Tyson to Duane Martin (actor) whose family lived around the corner from me.
Also, as a former NYCHA employee, I can tell you that they’ve been secretly selling off the developments in the last decade (the outside remodeling is a dead giveaway). Save your money if you’re forced to vacate! That's all I'm going to say! 🤐
This is history that will be here forever. Sapreme did a great job
I grew up in Howard Houses in the 50’s and 60’s. I went to 298 and 263. That’s when growing up was all about family and life. It’s sad to see the destruction and death that is plaguing Brownsville today. If you wanna know how it was then you better ask somebody cause it was an era of it’s own. Love my neighborhood till the day I die. Brownsville is where I’m from and I made it out. Still giving back to where I came from. I will never forget my roots. Brownsville shaped me into the man I am today.
FOI SOLDIER ❤️
As a brotha from the WEST, I’ve always had a fascination with NY. Brooklyn, Manhattan(Harlem), and the Bronx(hip hop). I used to long haul and drive through NY all the time, and I was in awe just driving through! Now that my wife and I have a timeshare, we WILL be booking a NY trip..ESPECIALLY to Harlem, which’ll ALWAYS be the capital of Black America💯
Harlem world be the place of my birth, believe me son we breed the smoothest ninjas on the face of earth
Superfactx 💯💯💯
@@jerrybarnes8258 Harlem is a special place with a special history, when it comes to our people..it’s also the birthplace of my favorite rapper, PAC💯
@@kalifornia_sincitizen943 also where I was born and the birthplace of my favorite rapper Big L
@@jerrybarnes8258 and THEE hottest group to ever influence a LOT of rappers…DIPSET!!
I remember growing up in the PJs
back when anybody MOM’S can check you and you listen & respected them
WOW! This was amazing!
1. Born and raised in Vandyke (393)
2. I went to P.S. 327
3. Gma lived in BVille projects
4. SJH class of 93
5. I went to BRC for summer camp and the Heritage House.
I was just in the Ville two weeks ago and found out the Red Store is now called the Red Store.
PS.327 WAS THE BEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. TOO MANY GOOD MEMORIES
@@dsteelz81 WORD!
Growing up in AZ in the 90s we used to love new york shit. How the dudes talked and made intelligence cool. Knowledge of self and mathematics and studying up. All them big projects everywhere. Crazy to see how much new york has changed since then and they're still changing it. Prolly gonna be a completely different place soon.
Born in raised in Brownsville, Noble Drew Ali! Very interesting documentary. You pointed out some pertinent stuff. The first guy spoke facts. You missed the target on somethings. Do a positive Brownsville next time with more deep history. More on the people in Brownsville who have been doing positive things to change the narrative. Speak to some older adults!!
Who would watch? Or want to watch?
This is a great documentary. I grew up in Alabama and have met many cool people from all over NYC and they used to tell me about there experiences growing up and I could relate because I lived in Chicago for 5 weeks when I was nine years old. I turned ten there and I learned more in those 5 weeks than I had learned in my whole life. I must have spent about 3 of those weeks in Cabrini. I lived on the west side on Jackson 60612 zip. These kids these days got even more coming at them faster. Social media has a great influence in their lives whether it's negative or positive. There's a culture of greed these days . Shout out to the guys that were interviewed. I was wishing I could go to school in a place like NYC where I could have access to a library or people who would have helped me with lessons. It's trying to get like Brownsville in small towns these days. Heaven help us all. I spent the 80's in California. I know God has been with me because I have been to some hard core hoods all over the U.S. and I was accepted. I was robbed on my 10th birthday on Jackson. I had a rude awakening in the city of Chicago especially being from the woods of Alabama in 1969. I remember the music that I heard that summer like Inner city blues and Cook County Jail (B.B. King) I met Puerto Rican friends for the first time there also. I like the conversation near the end when the guys were talking the value of the real estate there. I had some cousins that lived there until they were like 14 and 15 years old and they were older than me. They left in the 70's. They lived in Brownsville, Bedford Stuyvesant and East New York. They told me about it. The people in those neighborhoods are survivors and intellectuals. I'll always respect your village when I'm visiting. I've lived long enough to love hip hop and I still see good in people. I got a chance to be there for a second and I know that's different from living there. We'll have unity one day but I probably be dead. When I was in Brooklyn I was really vulnerable because I was recovering from a broken neck and paralysis from the neck down. That's right "do unto others as you would have them do unto you". I had already seen enough before I got to New York. You probably heard about the sweet sixteen party about a month and a half ago in Dadeville, Alabama well I live near there. That was an isolated incident but it's a way of life in cities throughout the United States. I done got old and love chilling in the country. I'm almost in the suburbs of three different cities. Two small ones and a medium one. ATL is close enough for me to have lunch and be back home for dinner. A lot of people here have lived in other places and some want to bring the the wrong baggage with them they come back but there are others who come correct. Great documentary. I may not be there with you but I'm praying for the good, the bad and the ugly.
Thanks man
These are very important videos about the history of the so-called inner-cities. Thanks for your contribution.
I have family that grew up in Brownsville and i would always visit as a kid and it was always such a great feeling being outside and seeing the culture of everything. I always had a feeling we weren’t really in the best environment but as a kid i just appreciated everything. To this day i have love for the ville and call it my second home. Haven’t been in over 7 years but im praying i can make it out there sometime this year 🙏🏾
Free Lunch was all of that. My mom's (May she RIP), would take us to multiple schools. Sometimes we ate free breakfast in the summer also. The food was mad good. We would have long French pizza, hamburgers, cheeseburgers, french fries, trail mix. and all of that. Breakfast was Pancakes, Waffles, Cereal, etc. Free Breakfast and Lunch was Litttttttt
Free lunch was litt!! I went whether there was food at home or not.
I'm only 2:40 in and I already know this is going to be an incredible watch. So many of men I respect have come out of Brownsville that you cannot deny that all that adversity the people faced bred an exceptional class of winners/champions/kings of their respective craft.
Much love from Newcastle Australia all the to Brownsville BK!! One love everybody.
Thanks for watching
And fuck all that gentrification shit too!! Same thing has happened here in Newy. They've rebuilt and pushed out all the lower - lower middle class occupants to be dispersed in all sorts of shitty regional areas.
Yes... May Ms Mathews R.I.P. She was a sweet old lady. She used to live in that building on Rockaway Ave when she got elderly. I used to sit and talk with her daily. She really was a sweetheart 💕
Watching this brings back memories. I moved out of New York but I lived in Brownsville from 1980-2001. I grew up in Riverdale Towers, went to P.S. 41, graduated 6th grade in 1987 and went to JHS 275...my favorite teacher was Ms. Sewaa and RIP to out music/band teacher Mr. Alfred. I remember being scare to go there because it had a bad rap, but it turned out to be so much fun. I was aware there was crime in the area but I didn't experience it like some of these people have. It was like a sense of community, all the kids played with one another and went to school with each other in the complex. Living in Brownsville was some of the best years of my life...and yes I do miss the paper boy on Sunday mornings.
I used to live in LH. This documentary is flooding back memories!! The fond memories outweighing the unpleasant. I'm remembering how productive the community centers USED to be, for all ages. There were educational programs, afterschool recreation, senior citizen activites, parties, talent/fashion shows, food drives, etc. A safe & joyous family atmosphere.
Thanks for sharing
Yes Langston hues day.. the rec center at the bottom of 301..alot of good memories but it was wild..
This is super dope ! Really giving the world a glimpse into the belly of the beast. Im not even done watching but this is FIRE!
This was dope. Real good look at the history of Brownsville. Salute to the creator
Born, bred and raised in Brownsville. Gotta sit down and watch this from beginning to end later today.
Coming up did you have redbones around?
Imma say this the best documentary I seen on Brooklyn (Brownsville) ever sun!!! Keep up the hard work and dedication brother much respect!!!
I appreciate that
To the 1st dude “I was born in DC in 71 & I hear you” he spoke nothing but facts
I grew up in the plaza, went to 275 and walked those street everyday. My husband is from Brownsville projects. Stone. Y'all probably know him. Thanks for the memories!!
I'm from Bville and I've traveled the entire world, and I never seen Brownsville as a place I need to " escape from", 50s and 60s Brownsville was a respectful place
Didnt John Gotti come from Brownsville ?
@@pauobunyon9791 east New York
By the 70s and 80s, not so respectful. I couldn't wait to leave. I go back because mother's house is there. She remembers the Brownsville of the 30s-60s so the neighborhood means more to her.
Great documentary. The cities are rough but there's lots of love there too. My dad working hard kept us out of the hoods.
I'm from Van Dyke and I live outside of Philly now but I thank God for growing in Brownsville because when you leave, you realize just how tough Da Ville made you. Yea it's rough but it's home to me and I wouldn't want it any other way.
So is Brownsville worse than Philly then?
@@cutiepiea3687 It depends on where you live in Philly but overall yes. Kensington section of N Philly is the worst because its zombie land and with that comes gunplay. I actually like PA. Hoods in Philly are basically the same as hood in The Ville. Mind your business and you'll be fine.
you a good speaker home girl a real one because gangsta moms make sure them kids get right thats real love
I’m from Brownsville I witnessed a lot and I made it out that mud ✍🏾🤙🏾and I’m 44 yrs old.🙏🏾🙌🙌🤜🏾
Nothing but respect for that bro 💯👊🏽 stay up g 👊🏽👊🏽
Aye what school did you go to?
Moving out of brownsville is the best thing that ever happened to us we move out in the late 90s 🙏🙏,,
Brownsville forever be my home
Much love & salutes from a brownsvillian to another brownsvillian the documentary was indeed for filling & informative. Peace!
I never grew up in Brownsville (lived in Staten Island near Park Hill late 80s-2001) but I heard of the stories coming out of Brownsville.
The story of suicides from Brownsville needs to be looked at more. A lot of people from the hood suffer mental health issues. It’s not normal for humans to piss in the building hallways. Mental illness is unfortunately a taboo subject within the Black community.
It starts with littering. Where i live, black people throw McDonald's bags full of food right in the parking lot. The dumpster is literally 50 feet away. I dont understand how that it is not inate to them that this is wrong. But they do it anyway. I dont even think the Puerto ricans do that. I just don't understand that.
Projects are supposed to be temporary housing, meaning if you grew up there, your children should not.
No lie detected I was wondering how grown folk been in the projects for 50 years?
I was born & raised in Bed-stuy. I remember being scared to go to the Ville in the early 90s where a friend lived in Tilden. Later in life, I worked for NYCHA and was in Howard & Tilden. It could be so quiet than shots fired. It's sad that a neighborhood has been so bad for over 30 yrs😢
Thanks for contributing to the ville thru your work and thanks for watching. NYCHA STAND UP!!!
I live on Hegeman near Brookdale hospital since 2012. I'm originally from Newark. Cool documentary!
Yo I'm from Ville but the other side . Go to your exact area the end of the month to see cuzzo coming from Texas. How is the area now?
Listening to the 1st dude got me shaking my head. Why do people protect criminality?
Man nyc is a very interesting place to me from the outside looking In, it’s so fucking populated, so many different cultures, so many people with anger ego aggression and I’ve always wondered why now I see , that place is the real Gotham city. I got so much respect to anyone that made it out of that city frfr . Cause it’s so much shit going on
One dude made a statement about at one point it was the crack epidemic that broke down the families and today the parents are around but the youth is out of control. I have to say that the effects of crack trickled down to the present because many of today's patients didn't have parental guidance of their own from the 80s and 90s.
I feel so sorry for the kids and families here, as well as the elderly. Have to worry going outside… I’m so sorry.
Rip 🙏🏼 the best bike shop every!!! He taught me how to patch a flat!
Nuff respect
Dread Ruben Brownsville og of bikes rip
It’s funny I was born and raised in Long Island but ALWAYS wanted the city life. When I decided on moving to BK, Brownsville is somewhere I wouldn’t even consider. I ended up in the Stuy when my kids were 16 and 7 and both my children’s fathers were born and raised in the PJs, Canarsie GM from The Ville, and LG. I was telling my son and daughter and it may sound crazy, but I wish we could have experienced life in the some of these “challenging” neighborhoods. Not forever because I surely would have gotten out of there, but I listen to so many stories from both of my kids fathers and from my girls who were born and raised there and hear about so many experiences good and bad that have helped to shape them to who they are today. Thank God I have good kids and my son turned out not to be a street kid, something that he may have gravitated towards. For now he’s good with visiting and hearing stories from his pops, and so am I. I am truly a firm believer that if you live ANYWHERE in NY you can make it anywhere, but coming from those places is som’ different.
Great documentary. I live in Bay Ridge and don't know much about Brownsville. Just drove through it once at night
good afternoon my brothers ...i was born in kings county hospital...and raised across from brownsville...from 1968-1973....i loved it ...great people ..great stores on belmont.. great .great school P.S 284...i go everywhere i can ...stayed out in the snow till 10 pm ...my moms be calling us ..its time guys ...family was family ...we loved it ...i had the best childhood ever.....time changed ...people changed....life was great ...im sad for how it is today... my parents took us out in time ...i visited back in '77..and '82....its was not and will never be the same ...bless you al in brooklyn east nyc..amen...
I am from New Orleans and have never been to any of the places in this documentary but around @48:00 I can definitely relate to some of what he said. I’m in my mid 30s and I feel old because like he said the music back then was better. He was also right when he said that back then McDonald’s and other fast food places were a treat whereas now it’s practically a daily staple for many. I also agree with how much more vulgar, crass this generation seems compared to ours/ generations of the past.
Such an interesting video. Thanks for sharing with us all. Great to learn about the diff blocks and hearing the stories from the people who lived and experienced it all. Great eye opener.
Thanks for watching.
What's happening here is the fear of parents and parent wanting to be parents.....Let's be parents when your children are no longer babies....It can change, maybe, I hope, Can we at least try. Excellent Documentary
Wow!! I lived in the Brownsville Houses @ 308 Sutter Ave. Got tired of gambling, smoking, womanizing, hustling and playing street ball. I left in 1984 to enter the military. Did 6 years in the service. Headed down to Atlanta, Georgia. I carried all that I learned in Brooklyn around the world. And people just know that "I been there and done that". New York thanks for all the intercity training for without it I could never have made it this far!!!
I spent a lot of time in Brownsville at my father's (Harvey L. Stone) job--he was the Executive Director at Rosetta Gaston Senior Citizen Center. I even attended Heritage House when I was a young kid. I have nothing but love for Brownsville. Yes the building at 54:45 was for seniors.
Thanks for watching
Peace and blessings brother! I use to work in Murrys steaks!✊ I remember everything about Brownsville I'm 53 years old .I moved to Brownsville in 1975 I lived in 366 sutter Back then you did something wrong on the block all the parents got on your ass... ...My Hood Brothers back in the day was fat Sam blue minute , Caddlic ,Manzee fat twins Born son.. Vandyke! ..My Brownsville brother's was Cory Corrock! Killer Kevin Kev. Alphonso ,stomach, Big Spady....And many other brother's that passed 🙏 I moved to Ga 5 years ago to give my son a chance a better quality of life. I remember the over pass over by lovina..I did my dirt when I needed to eat 💯 I remember some of my brother's did a couple of stick up at the gas station on mother Gaston! That spot was Good money all day and everyday for robberies.I'm not proud of the things I did back in the mid 80' and early 90' but I hope God forgive me on judgement day. Brother Sapreme your documentaries are official on point. Thanks for sharing STAY BLESSED!!! Big Will from the ViLL 💪
thanks alot
That's real blessing to you my brother
People don't understand how treacherous the Ville was back in the day, there's really no way to convey it with words. Shout out the the BRC parties in the 90's
facts and I dont think people realize how treacherous ENY is now, I think they got the most dangerous in NYC title now.
For real I lived across from the BRC USED TO LOVE THOSE PARTIES. LOL dirty ass Coney Island Joes stand on linden. Shout out to Ms Reid my Elementary school principal in PS 184 ON NEWPORT AVE.
go back further...I came up from the 1970s thru the late 80s...saw a whole lot of stuff
I'm from the Ville went to P.s184 used to hit the BRC can't wait to watch this in its entirety. God bless to all yal
This is dope.i am from Marlboro Projects in bensonhurst and I started goin to Brownsville in 91.It was crazy in every hood you mentioned but I always had love on every block.
Well done brother Salute ❤💪🏾
*Always heard The Soldiers painted on the bottom of Brownsville Houses back in the day were painted by returning Vietnam Vet.
*PS 284 had swimming lessons. Theres a pool in the school
*Sallys name comes from Sallie Mathis...community activist. There was a big scandal surrounding it all in the 80s.
* Rappers MOP come from up the hill
Big respect on this Documentary.. i'm from Brownville Projects. Lived there most of my youth. I remember the days when we had block parties on brownsville day. Only to have it shot up. I remember days where you couldn't walk thru langston hughes even to get to belmont to go to harry's sneaker spot where my aunt fran used to work. I lived in vandyke i lived in howard and brownville pj's. Different vibes to them all. But what i would say is, most people in the pj's stuck together if you were from there. Or if you played ball and they knew you had a future playing. Dudes would look out. Went to 175 before it turned to redirection. They went to marcus (263). I'll never forget where i came from, cus it made me. But i damn sure aint going back. Oh, what i will say is i remember playing in the abandoned school on the corner of rockaway and blake ave. I drove by a couple of years ago and its all fixed up to something else now. Salute
Dam Belmont sneakers
Don't forget simmones sneakers spot across the street from harrys
I watched the show and it brought back memories. My mother moved to Brooklyn in 1963 after living Alabama and my dad. She moved on Amboy Street between Pitkin and Sutter with her nine children and two grandchildren. I started headstart at PS 156 but buy the time I got to first grade a new school was build and that was PS 327 and I went there by the time I got to the 5th grade I think they added the 6th grade to the school but we moved to the popular Howard Projects on Stone Avenue, so then I had to attend David Marcus Junior High School 263 that's where I met my group of friends that I hung out with at school. We walk to school and home and a lot of times we ran home. We stayed there until 1972 when we moved to North Carolina. At that time it was a real culture shock, until i went to stay with family after High School while they had surgery to help with the kids the city I thought had changed but it was me. I before retiring was talking to a co-worker about the high school I graduated from in North Carolina and he wanted to see my yearbook so I brought him not only my high school yearbook but my autograph book from David Marcus 263, he laughed. He could not believe I still has it.
Wow!!! I grew up in da ville. Went to 41. Went to 275. Good memories and memories I wish I could forget. It was cool seeing my cousin get interviewed in this documentary.
I’m late! I’m just now watching. I’m from Cali an OG and we have the same story, how things was tough for us but we were a community and the last 2 generations 🤦🏾♀️ same story different places. Job well done Preme! 🙏🏾
The first dude interviewed spoke some real facts about the youth and what’s missing between them and us as the older generation but it’s still all love respect that mess✊🏾
That’s my guy SQ, we he’s talking is what I spoke to him as a youth, we couldn’t tweak them shit. They watched us then took it to another level. Salute to my brother
Thank you for all your hard work in producing this- we are all brothers and sisters in the end
Thank you.
This was done wellllllllll. I’m not at all from here, my boyfriend is and I can’t believe he made it out but I’m glad he did.
I grew up in Sally's aka Brownsville gardens,who watching this know!
Award winning documentary worthy Sir!!! Outstanding job!!!
Thanks for watching my friend.
love this Sis an OG & talking the real 🙌🏾 we gotta grow & change 🙏🏾 Love the VILLE we are the Real! Never ran never will!
Wow the older things are the more they remain the same I'm proud of you my brother for doing this documentary it brought back so many memories and thoughts I appreciate you for doing this documentary. I grew up in Brownsville in the early fifties went to public school 184,189,Harry a Eisman junior high school known as 275 and my sister went to 263 David Marcus back in the day things were bad back then but much more like on steroids today. Brownsville always had a serious tribal history and I put the emphasis on tribal because that's who we are we are the tribes of America that have been put on reservations. I moved out of the Van Dyke 395 in 1974. Hit me back if you're having any questions.
Peace Family 🌎🐢
I live in 395 3rd floor u probably knew my grandma
Being from DC .I used to love to go up to NY.HARLEM. pick up come back.What a great city.first time there I was amaze because we got there around 3 am in the Morning. Man I could not believe my eyes.people were everywhere
The City that never sleeps. We would say.going to hoop wop Diddy, New York City.City so nice ,they had to Name it twice.surper fast.Surper.slick.
That one dude loved the house parties lol u could tell he was reminiscing hard
I came across your video today and it blew me away. I'm from Brownsville. Born and raised. I lived in Tilden houses 265 for 34 years. Moved from there to Osborn Street for 20 years. And currently live in the Carolinas. It was actually cool seeing my brother's bedroom window and my parent's bedroom window from the parking lot shot. But, I had no idea how bad it had gotten. I lived there from 1962 when I was born to the 90s when we moved. I saw a lot living there. More than I like to think about. And I'm glad I got out. I still have family here and would love to get them out. I miss NYC. But have no desire to go back to the ghettos of NY.
" Beefs don't die, people do" NY ppl drop jewels all day
You really brought me back remember when the big R used to have the dudes selling the bootleg movies 2for5 vhs tapes
Godamn.. Brooklyn sure had they're own thing going on.. Sheesh.. I live and born and raised up in the South Bronx Rises in Morris Houses Where Morrisana Houses, Webster Houses and Godamn Butler Houses. And they had they own thing going as well. .... NYC wasn't no joke back in the days and still is.. To me I wish they never build these projects all over these city back in the days. I love this video.. From a Bronx Native.
#TeamBrownsville
I was born and raised in Van Dyke (1984-2005). My favorite Brownsville pastime is the Block Parties! The Block Parties were a day of UNITY for all (most) surrounding projects.
Van dyke day
Thanks Preme This brought back so many Memories. I Grew up in Eny on pitkin and Miller and had family in Seth Low However being from the East we consider Da Ville our Cousin ...Keep pushing out this dope content I always Enjoy your Work💯💪🏾
I went to jus 275 in 1966 was called Harry A Eiseman Junior High School. Lived at 622 Chester Street across from the Junior High school. You could see the school from my second floor window. It was tough then. Kids getting robbed by the b60 bus stop on the corner Rockaway and Hegeman Street.
You forgot about the infamous Broadway Juntion lol! This was really cool again I enjoyed this! Maybe you can do ENY and talk about the Pink Houses.
Damn..I remember the army men on the buildings..I lived in 301 Sutter..LH
Your coverage of the plaza was 💯💯💯💯 it took me back to my jhs 275 days,Duney was in my class and I also knew Mousey,Tabk,Whimp,Brown,leckey, Lamont and etc..u explained it to the T Salute 🗽👊🏽
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JHs 275 Class of 86
I grew up in Seth Low I remember back in the 80s sitting on a bench in Howard projects on the East New York side while my friend talk to this guy. There was 2 other guys sitting on the bench next to us, these guys came around the corner shooting at the guys on the bench next to us. The guy next to us was well known street dude I think his name was house, he was killed that night. I didn’t personally know him but it affected me.
The primary problem is that these kids show no respect because they have never been respected only feared or have fear themselves. They become what they fear the monster in the dark
This!! This is the comment
Facts! Brother with the red shirt brought it back. Stone Ave, Milk delivery to your door, newspaper etc.. I remember my aunt & uncle lived in the Van Dykes PJ. Going back to the early 70s Some of my best memories were there. The parties & who could for Harry’s clothing store. On Stone & Belmont. Use to get all my gear there. Those days are gone but not forgotten. Had to be there to know.
Preme, Thanks for schooling us on Brownsville!! Basically, in order to move or exist in Brownsville you got to stay on your toes!! Understood!! This was dope!!💯 Drone views were amazing!!👌 Thanks boo!!!😍
love u holly
❤️ u 2!!!
that's anywhere love
@@TheRealRapShow all the way from Paris France I show you mad props for this incredible work. I've learned a lot about Brownsville keep up the good work brother
The visuals are outstanding.
Im here with my Yung ones now watching , as they learn about where their Pops was born nd raised ..
Since mine live in the south..
Salute to you Homie on this Work.
#Outstanding
I lived in Brownsville and finally got a chance to leave 2yrs ago. It was the best decision I ever made. You literally feel like you’re drowning & can’t breathe or see your way out. You’re pretty much living in prison without the bars. Projects are designed to keep you there so you don’t have to leave. They put everything you need in a 4 block radius so there’s never a need to leave the neighborhood. I once viewed that as a blessing until I realized it’s done to keep you stuck.
Thanks for watching.