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I’ve always respected how you let reality speak for itself. A lot of RU-vidrs and documentary directors try to “dramatize” things or spin a narrative. Thanks for all the great work and stay safe out there.
@@rugerrell8871 It may look run-down, dirty and gritty, rough and rugged, but there’s also plenty of small businesses, shops and stores, and people carrying their groceries, everyone doing normal stuff
Charlie you a real one man cause aint no other youtuber would get deep like this mane. Especially for this long . Idc what anyone says cause most others would criticize and call for how they know it as being in the burrows without seeing it through truthfully.
@@fallout4greatkillsandglitc380 yeahh you must be new or trolling cause i take it you havent seen his videos of him upfront and personal / even inside strangers houses of gangbanging thugs doing cam interviews. Yeah he in a metal box but he also not familar with neighborhoods he roaming into aint no telling who waiting out there even when he roamed in Mexico
@@blossywossy100 I’m a Londoner and have an honest question- would I as a white person be in danger if I walked around Brownsville? What would be likely to happen? I grew up in a roughish neighbourhood in London but it’s absolutely nothing compared to the crime levels in the poorest districts of NYC. I’ve walked home blind drunk through the most “dangerous” places in London all my life and literally nothing happens because gangs aren’t remotely interested in people like me- they only target their opponents. I’d be interested to hear your thoughts on how safe I would be in a place like Brownsville- day or night. Thanks.
@TodayFreedom I had to get a motel room one night, right across the street from Brownsville houses, which is a big project complex in Brownsville. I walked all through Brownsville and bedstuy around midnight on a Friday, then eventually called an uber to finish my trip to downtoen brooklyn. I did the same thing the next morning. I didn't have any issues, but I was certainly aware of my surroundings. It's DEFINITELY the hood. But there are lots of people that have to travel through there all the time. There are so many people in New York. I don't think you'd have an issue as long as you didn't act like an idiot. I've done some pretty abnoxious shit in different well known hoods all over the east coast from miami to boston and everywhere in between, and never had an issue. But I'm kinda racially ambiguous. I'm southern Italian. I'm kinda the only one who knows I'm officially white. I'm not sure how that would go for you. I think you'd be fine, but you'd feel a stark difference from London. It's not as rundown as philly or baltimore tho. Even there, they'd probably iust think you're looking for drugs. Brownsville is the way it is because nyc put A TON of big project complexes real close to each other in Brownsville. I think the majority of people that live there, live in the projects. It is possible tho, that someone who has an issue with white people and knows you're not from there because they know everyone there, might start shit with you. You also, might have someone try and fool you into a deal, then rob you. I've actually had that happen myself. I have a few different friends who have been robbed at gunpoint. I typically don't keep my wallet on me, and I don't go to atms in the hood. All my white friends got robbed after leaving atms in the hood. 🤣
I used to work in Brownsville and there were times I used to travel at night through Brownsville and East New York. These neighborhoods are not safe but I never had a problem. As long as you mind your own business, stay out of trouble, be nice to other people and don't look for or take part in a confrontation, you won't have any problems. Also, some of these areas are becoming gentrified, parts of Brownsville, Crown Heights, Bed Stuy and Fort Greene. Obviously, Brownsville still has a long way to go to become as safe as let's say Fort Greene or Bushwick, since Brownsville is still known for its high crime rate, unemployment, poverty and homelessness, however, I find Brownsville for its arts, entertainment, reconstruction/building renovations, and the location (Brownsville is surprisingly a very green neighborhood that has lots of parks), to be promising.
That's the word for any place you go! I have lived in Brownsville practically all my childhood! And was able to move through every area up and down Rockaway Ave! And never any problem!
@@BigMonDem0821 That's great! When I worked in Brownsville, I found people to be surprisingly very nice, chill and laid back. They have a lot of culture, good food and great taste in music. You will always find nasty people no matter where you go, but most people are nice rather than mean. Brownsville is no exception. And as you said, that's anywhere you go. I wouldn't want to live in Brownsville because this is not my jam, I prefer the vibrant city nightlife similar to that of Greenpoint and East Village, and Brownsville still has a long way to go in terms of building restaurants, shops, bars, nightclubs, gyms, community centers, movie theaters, concert halls, etc, but visiting Brownsville, I am totally cool with that. I don't go to Brownsville anymore because of my busy work schedule.
Nah, you can mind your business here and still get got over nothing,great for you that nothing has happened, but when you have to worry about people you love walk out the door and will make it back by the end of the day
@@andremiller9919 I agree with you, cause when I worked in the Bronx (Mott Haven) for a few weeks, on my way home from Mott Haven, I was cursed at and almost got brutally beaten because I accidentally touched somebody with my bag, and they made a huge fuss about it and threatened to beat me up if I don't get out of the train, even after I apologized since it was an accident as the train was very crowded, and the wonderful New Yorkers, no one wanted to help me even after the lady who I accidentally hit with my bag threatened me. Nasty people. That's why I avoid working or going to the Bronx altogether. And the cops said they couldn't press charges since I wasn't physically hurt, thank God. They were nice and understanding when I complained but they said that no matter what a person tells me, it's legal as long as I am not physically assaulted, but they get threatened there by locals every day and they told me that it's normal for them in that area. I don't feel safe going there. I almost got hit by a car there too because a driver made an illegal U turn and crossed the sidewalk while listening to loud music, I am not kidding. Cops told me to avoid that area like a plague.
My old neighborhood I see nothing has changed. I definitely don’t miss it had some fun times tho but New York as a whole is definitely changing for the worst glade I got out when I did. Be safe out there Brownsville is no joke 💪🏼💪🏼
@@julienbee3467 of course it is most things that has been happening recently has been done to innocent bystanders. You have to always be aware of your surroundings day or night. I was never out on the streets nor getting in trouble went to work everyday I was just fortunate nothing bad happened
I drive around this area for work, it’s definitely not the best but thankfully I never felt like my life was in danger. I go into the NYCHA buildings and everything else, most ppl are fine as long as you mind your business, just keep your eyes open and be aware of your surroundings, I’m also a White guy in case that matters. Stay safe out there!
Its very dangerous in the morning its safer but nighttime it’s crazier. I know a woman that lived over there she was leaving for work at 6am her and her neighbor it was still dark out and she heard 40 shots . She said they were scared to walk to the train. Its no different then Chicago. Broad daylight shootings .
East New York has been one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in NYC for a very long time. There is never a reason to go there which is kind of the reason it's so fucked up in the first place. Brownsville. Canarsie. East Harlem in the 130's. Jamaica Queens. South Bronx. Ocean Hill. In NY a general rule is: If there are check cashing places, liquor stores, bodegas, hardly any banks, then you're not in a good area. There are parts of Brooklyn with nice homes and relative safety, while other areas are full of drugs and as a full grown man I wouldn't even walk the street at any time of the day. These days a person should expect to get mugged or robbed anywhere. Even in a quiet small town. If you visit NYC, you should always be aware of your surroundings, avoid unsafe areas especially during off hours, don't display money or jewelry, common sense goes a long way.
@@YesIamMichelleC Canarsie is wild, I had to protect a young lady walking by herself at night from an older creep following behind her. She was so into her music and destination; she didn’t know she was being followed. I asked that weirdo what the duck are you doing and he disappeared into the closest corner. This summer I had on a black bandana as a mask, and another weirdo with a chick by his side, asked me about some gang shit, pressing me over a damn bandana and told me don’t wear it out there anymore... 🤣🤣🤣 Canarsie ain’t all good either.
I don't get how people can sleep in a noisy city. If it's not people opening and closing doors, its the train. If it's not a train, it's a kid being stupid. If it's not a kid being stupid, it's sirens. If it's not sirens, it's gunshots. That's how it is in some other cities. I can not sleep in Congress Heights in DC. Too much people & lots of shooting going on. Forgot to mention the crime. I've been robbed in broad daylight on my own block.
If your born there that’s what you know… that’s with everything in life not that hard to understand I’m from there and moved to Connecticut and couldn’t sleep was to quiet
@@CharlotteDrillsAndBeefs jus what type of attention because I don't see it as you say fam...shine light on ALL the dark. It's needed to show people that don't know exactly what we go thru here. All his hood videos help inform the world of our suffering.
@@fatceaserdagreat241 Speak your mind.Some commenters want to dictate, How Charlie Bo run his channel.But what ever he decides on the content I've not complains.He can do what he wants.
@ 2:55 after he drove under the L train he crossed into East New York Brooklyn for a few blocks (Another Dangerous Area)... The video cuts back to Brownsville @ 3:16.
On man I miss Brooklyn, I’m from NJ but had cousins in Brownsville on Rockaway Ave and also Linden Blvd!!! So much fun in the 80’s hearing all of the loud hip hop music and the rap battles in the projects!!!
@@misterclownface RU-vid search bar: “Brownsville Brooklyn Shootings”. You’re misinformed & completely out of touch on a neighborhood you never been to & know nothing about. Brownsville literally has the highest crime rate in NYC.
Oh its INVADED ALL RIGHT.......VIDEO SARATOGA, HOWARD, PARK PLACE, PROSPECT PLACE, ST MARKS, BERGEN........AS USUAL THE FORGOTTEN AREAS OF BROWNSVILLE🧐🧐🧐
Brownsville, Brooklyn is the equivalent of The South Bronx….same buildings….same Bodegas….same train stations running on the top…same air of uncertainty. Dangerous!!!
I think I went here by accident once back in the later 00's. I was staying in a motel at 39th and 4th and forgot to change subway lines and realised that something was up when I became the only white person on the train and people were looking at me like I was nuts. I got off at one of the elevated stations like the one in this video and asked the woman at the ticket booth and she told me that I should have changed lines fourteen stops ago and to go back up and go fourteen stops back the way I came and under no circumstances to leave the station and I took her advice. Only other city I had that was DC, asked another kind black lady for directions back to my hotel at a bus stop and she told me to take a taxi which was waiting at the lights and I said I was ok to walk and she replied that she lived there and would not walk that route and I took her advice and got the taxi. I miss USA, haven't visited in fourteen years. I enjoy your videos, Charlie, keep up the good work.
Man this is just my bike ride home lol you were like two blocks from my building at one point. I’ve lived in Brownsville all my life so when I hear how dangerous the neighborhood is most of the time I’m like “ you mean Mother Gaston is dangerous, the rest of Brownsville isnt really dangerous, just unsafe”.
If you on a bike dressed in all black, aint no one gon bother you. Problem is my bike is rather expensive lookin. Nice lights and everything. Also i mostly ride at night
LMAOOOOOOOOOOO COME OUT HERE AND SEE FOR YOURSELF I TRIPLE DARE YOU AND TALK THAT SHIT! I BET YOU WONT MAKE IT BACK HOME. I PROMISE YOU WONT. AND THIS AINT NOTHING COMPARED TO THE 80S/90S IT WAS 1000X WORSTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
I live right over there in van dyke and it's actually not that bad . Plenty times I've come from the club with no problem or late at night from work or w.e.
Charlie one of these days you should do some more northwest hoods like Yakima WA, Toppenish WA, Sunnyside WA, Aberdeen WA, Lakewood WA, SeaTac WA, Gresham OR, and Ontario OR You should also revisit Seattle, Tacoma, and Portland and drive around their actual worst areas for a better look into the real shit of the NW
@@evanharkey7100 yeah, all Yakima county is like that, especially Toppenish and Sunnyside, they are actual ganglands. Aberdeen also got a lot Sureños 13 and nazi/peckerwood gangs heavily feuding with each other. WA got some dirt on it that no one realizes
@@aaronconstantine1292 nah cause holly park and rainier vista aren't really ghetto. yeah they're housing projects but they're all super redeveloped into nice ass houses and if anyone outside of Seattle saw either of them without knowing any better they'd assume it was a typical suburbia. He should really go through Chinatown and Pioneer Square and 3rd Ave Downtown for the real grimey shit but if he just wants the hood then he should do Rainier Beach, Brighton, Hillman City, Mt. Baker on Rainier Ave, and Aurora Ave in Northgate/Bitter Lake
One thing that always stands out on CharlieBoi313's videos is the amount of trash on the streets and sidewalks he captures on film. Although there was quite a bit of garbage in this video, there wasn't those huge volumes of, "straight outta Mogadishu" some of his other videos have....
Brownsville is bigger than what you just show. You forgot Union Street, Howard Ave, Sutter Ave, Tapscott, Sally's, Amboy, the entire Pitkin Ave district, and the pool area.
I’m from the south side of Chicago. I live in Brooklyn now. I’ve been in the “roughest” hoods in NYC and didn’t feel the same way I feel when I’m in Chicago. I feel relatively safe in NY compared to Chicago. I’m not ignorant to the fact that NYC is much safer now. The only encounter that really made me nervous was being stopped and frisked randomly by NYPD on a dark block at 1am in Bed Stuy when I first moved here 8 years ago.
I'm from brooklyn and lived in chicago for 4 years and definitely felt way more unsafe in chi. Even in the hood in ny you get foot traffic, local businesses, and way less violent crime. In Chicago you get stretches of empty dark places with slow moving cars with tinted windows. Not to mention hearing gun shots and the occasional shooting less that a block away.
@@Southpaw128 Also more gangways, alleys, and a handful of abandoned buildings on every block in the hood in Chi. It can go from completely quiet and desolate to shit popping off out of nowhere. Your description summed it up accurately 💯
Feeling safe in nyc is cool but that's the crazy shit about it. You can be in areas where you feel safe and boom out of nowhere you got little kids getting hit by random bullets. In NY even in the safest neighborhood mfs will pop off on some dumbshit. But trust me the hoods he showed on this video. You walk alone at night and you take the wrong turn and and up in some projects where you're not known forget about it. You might not get killed but you will definitely feel the aura of just being watched and potentially robbed or set up. But chicago with those empty streets and Allys and all that yeah that's a diff level.
@@piiikabooicu How you described it is how I felt in Chicago. A lot of areas feel safe on the surface but would pop off. Not the englewoods or lawndales, those are obvious but parts of rogers park, humbolt park, etc you'll think you're in a safe middle class neighborhood and then a random persons car will get lit up or random drive bys. You have to keep your head on a swivel in chicago anywhere you go. In brooklyn too I guess but I dont have that pressure on my chest when I walk through brooklyn. Maybe just cause im from here.
@@piiikabooicu I keep my head on a swivel just about everywhere I go. That’s how Chicago trained me. I know shit ain’t sweet in NY. Please believe. I’ve walked thru Brownsville/East NY after dark and I was fully aware of where I was at. I stayed in the projects in Canarsie for a little bit and I still felt way safer than being in the roughest hoods in Chi. And I’m not trying to glorify or even compare who has the toughest hoods. It really hurts my heart to see what’s happening in my home city. I just knew I had to get the fuck up out of there. I have a seed now, and I couldn’t imagine trying to raise him there. That’s one of the main reasons why I left. I knew I didn’t want to start a family there.
Not sure why they always say Brownsville East NY so dangerous. Not as bad as other cities outside of NY. Don't get me wrong..can be a rough neighborhood but I dont think it's as bad as some people think
Actually those streets are way safer and the slum and tenements and burned out buildings of the 70s and 80s are all gone. It's a whole new looking area compared to when. Mike Tyson grew up.
I live in Bushwick and today I almost got stab doing delivery in Brownsville. People hate for no reason. No education. Nothing. Just people angry with the world cursing and acting aggressive all the time. Don't go there.
That's the average including the good areas in a very large city. That means nothing if you're in Brownsville at night. Brownsville's crime rate is very high.
