Exploring Left Behind Housing Projects 

Watching this stirs up old memories. Lived in little bricks until age 9 until we moved to Plainfield. I ran those playgrounds as a kid. Good and bad times there.

I’ve lived in both Seth Boyden and Little Bricks before. Those were the little projects. Many in Newark like Baxter Terrace. Hyatt Ct. Pennington Ct. Riverview Ct., etc. Then we had the hi-rise projects like Dayton St. Prince St. 7th Ave. Grafton Ave. Hayes Homes, Mercer St., etc. Been to all of them.

Hey Marty, many years ago I was a worker that demolished many different project housing (Hyatt Court, Baxter Ter) to name a few. I can explain what is going on in these phases in more detail. In a nutshell, the new housing is up before and existing building is vacated and boarded up due to the fact that to renovate and bring these buildings up to code, would be more expense than to just build new ones. After the new housing is built, the housing authority doesn't really want to spend money on demolishing the old buildings unless there is a good enough reason hence many abandoned structures and keeping the funding allocated towards the future..... Many close calls when I would have to break open all the blocked up windows in the beginning phases of demolition. Be careful out their man.

Little bricks is what we called these projects off of Avon avenue. My family used to live there. I remember this place very well.

They used to call it Crazyville a 4 year old got killed by a stray bullet after that they shut it down immediately to end all the gang violence in those projects🤦‍♂️But they still weren’t as bad as the high rise projects those were living hell

I lived in the Dayton Street projects and it was GREAT! Twin City was just across the way. We had a giant field that was surrounded by the projects where we'd play softball and other gamez. We had a community center where you could play inside game and other activities. Then we had a very clean Weequaic Park, where all the families went to barbeque. The park still had the horse race tracks and the stadium steps that seem to go ip to the sky! There were no gangs but there was drugs. Most of went to work in the Burry Biscuit building or the factories along Frelinghysen Ave. Yes, those were the good old days; I wish I had of taken more time to enjoy it!

My family lived in Seth Boyden projects also. It was crazy there whew do I remember.

Ppl live in seth boyden still so u better be careful

You are very brave gong in there, I grew up there in the 80's many died in the small projects, but Dayton Street Projects up the road that have been torn down where the first to be dangerous, these progressed over time, the basements are like catacombs in the winter we used to hang out down there because of the heat.

Now believe it or not they're about to make Seth Boyden a PATH train station to connect the light rail to Newark Airport.

I grew up in the Scudder Homes projects Howard Street to be specific. I also lived in Baxter Terrace (James Street) as well and I know them all and have worked in them having once been an employee of the Newark Housing Authority.

I grew up in Felix Fuld projects. Little Bricks great memories. My entire family roots.

There's abandoned highrise apartments on Roseville Ave in north Newark

Awesome job was waiting to see your video after seeing fresh paints. I didn't realize there was more than one project. I knew of the Genesis projects that look like them not sure if any of that was it or not.

Wow!!I've definitely been to seth boyden....mind blown!

A few years back you would've got lit up going in there lol. The big projects that were next to 280 have been gone at least 25 years.

You’re an original. Hadn’t seen anyone do this kind of angle. Very interesting. 🙌🏽

Great video big up our guy Fresh Paint🙏

I was born on 7th Ave grew up in little bricks raised on Prince Street

In a few years you’ll see this phenomenon but in a bigger scale here in LA. My friends in Echo Park just found out a 150 unit building for a project like this is slated to break ground in a year or so right in front of Echo Park. But more entirely low income projects are being planned all around the City to keep up with the large influx of homeless people with drug issues who can’t hold a job.

I live near there that place was abandoned for like 20 years plus

Peace, lots of memories in Seth Boyden 100%

These low rise apt were once healthy communities, the high rises weren't maintained, Newark should be taught as a case study in racism in government and people. I was told after we moved from Riverdale the Bronx to West Orange NJ there are places middle class white Jewish people just don't go in Essex Co. Funny our Temple was in East Orange, and even after it moved I shopped and had friends there. I shopped in Newark, and my father had a Mortgage Co there, When few banks would lend money to home owners!! My father saw people who given a chance will tike pride in there home and pay there bills!!! In 40 years in Essex Co, mostly Newark and Irvington only foreclosed once and even in that case the owner had died and there were no heirs!!! My father was poor from the South Bronx, I maybe his only failure in the money thing!!

Marty! You can go check out Riker Hill Art Park, it has a hidden abandoned missile silo that was used back in the Cold War era as a middle defense network. It has Been abandoned for many many years but it’s a great place to visit!

Weird to see a place you had fond memories of be looked at like a ghost hunt..

I live in Newark and the projects u are in are called little bricks, they are by Irvine turner blvd by central high school, next to pilgrim baptist village.that’s the first place u was at Ik Bc u used to attend summer school over at central high

Sure glad you were there in the daytime Friend !!!!

My hood little bricks 🧱 you standing on a lot of history to bad wasn’t a guide from around the areas to help with ur journey just to put a story to what’s left. But good job 👏🏾 definitely took me down memory lane through my city of what’s left.

You guys are crazy not safe… grew up in Newark

Born and raised in Newark and lived in two of the housing "projects" there. The Bishop Walsh (which have been torn down) and the Ivy Hill apartments (which should be torn down). Anyway was a firefighter for the city for 31 years. Old abandoned wood frame houses would have the windows boarded up with plywood and 2x4's with long bolts and secured on the inside the same way. See that that didn't work either so the city went to cinder block and mortar to keep the drug users out. A sledge hammer and the cinder block breaks just fine. Don't miss it. The city that is. But have had some good memories of the late fifties and up to the riots. Since then "Brick City" is just a tired old and dead ONCE great city. Kept alive by corrupt politicians and those too poor to leave.

And remember at one time this was home to families!children played & had fun....and dreamed!

Seth Boyden. I hit these building up prob a year or so before they started boarding them up completely. They were bad. I remember being in the county and so many people saying the location they got nailed and hearing the words “Seth”

Bricc City!!

James Baxter Terrace...it's been torn down...

Grafton Ave 4life

I cant believe the state can let such a place go....the materials alone

Y'all wanna something crazy? There are over 300 people living in those seth boydon building. All drug addicts. How do i know? My sister is in there somewhere. I'll be going in there to look for her

looks like seth boyden terrace. on frelinghuysen.

Crazy there's a brand new apartment building right next to these💀

Where is this at?

I used to live in 116 seth boyden terrace first court lost a few friends out there also

Damn if you had been walking thru there in 07,08 you would have turned straight back around😂 seth boyden wasnt nun to play with my grandma lived on dayton street many years i went to dayton street school An from 5-7 grade went to peshine ave to graduate from 8th grade but yes they most definitely demolished them recently maybe 2 yrs i hoppe they rebuild then because so many ppl displaced in Newark its crazy I was one of them so displaced i had to leave Please create more affordable housing in newark nj

I wasnt sure till later on what he was attributing the abandonment to. But I think he is saying they were closed down because of too much drug dealing. Were the tenants rehoused in newark? I have thought in the six months I was staying in newark over a number of years that there was attempted gentrification going on.

South Side vs. Weequahic

All my years in Newark, you never know who is on the other side of the door waiting to blow your head off.

Lil Bricks the best Projects in Newark nj

They knocked down all the projects in Newark and moved everyone in new developed town house communities

That's on muhammed ali, jeliff avenes. Little Bricks.

My city finally knocked them down

But million dollar 8777 Collins Ave in south beach Miami is the bldng to collapse

Little Bricks and Death Boyden

Ask the people who live there they are still around in the area...it's funny how no one came to explore when black families actually lived there. I went to LA Spencer elementary I know a lot about the area cause I grew up in it .. it was great times and bad times know that! Good people and bad ones lived there. Truth is you guys wouldn't be able to come there to explore unless you were buying dope back in the day. I'm from Stella Wright's and Stratford.. miss those day good or bad

Woah that’s a lot of bandos 🤩

Listen it makes no difference what projects it is you all do know they had two go two city hall and get approval of going in side these abandoned projects so with that being said a movie will be mad out of these projects then they will tear them down no the movie will be made from there recordings off there 🎥 this is why they are recording they had two get the city approval in fact they are starting the demolished now on Dayton st facts

R.I.P Lil bricks #southside

I live there from 1997 to 2003, I left because I had a opportunty to buy my first home

Little Bricks 2 Seth Boyden no mas

8:13 ❤️

Those r called little bricks...thats not seth boyden..

Did a lot of partying at BT!

The first projects are the Little Bricks. Peace 7

Many shootings in that area. That’s right off Muhamed Ali ave. Now you just find body’s via OD or natural. Boy you lucky you made it out of one of those units.

Keep exploring and you will find God behind one of dem doors 🚪 Stay from around this domicile ya not welcomed.

Little bricks 💪🏽

The Bricks!!! The city… Where the rats a beat dat ass!!!

That's called Lil Bricks.. They shut it down and supposed to be doing renovations... Maybe Shaq will get involved...

ask about pistol whippin phil da felon

Newark is NOTHING like Detroit at all. There’s a lot of new construction around those buildings.

My stomping grounds

Sad with soo many homeless

Might be a million in the walls

That’s ok the poor can continue to destroy their houses the city will just build new ones , MUST BE NICE

That looks like little bricks

Hi I have the full history of all Newark projects. Sad many good and bad memories. When time were good community was unity and we all loved and respect our neighbors. Yessss my wealth was the beautiful memories of families who wanted good for their children. When drugs were deliberately planned in this city it destroyed generations of families. Yessss everyone one is focused on buying property for profit while the homeless walk the streets mentally ill from the use of drugs. I know who brought the heroin in the city 1967 while the police looked the other way when Italians mafiosa. Handed out drugs to many beautiful blk men who became sick from this hatred and evil introduction to my people. No one talks about this it need to be taught in urban communities so this will neeeeeever be repeated. The children at some point need to know what happened to their uncles, aunts, parents and grandparents. The truth shall be televised whats in the dark God will bring to the light.

Both were massive drug dealing spots.

Lol. They have no clue.

Don’t come back here. Next time, you won’t make it out.

Once Apon A time Year To Date

Just want ya to know don’t get it mistaken my city makes more money than yours that’s a fact BrickCity If you know you know

Welcome to SOCIALISM

This devil said a uzi

That's my old hood nigga it's little bricks