Thank you so much Tom for mentioning the Red Hook projects in this video! I grew up there and I was hoping that you would include it in your talk! Can you do a video on Franklin Ave in Crown Heights? Would love to see and hear your take on that neighborhood!
Same! I came to see the old neighborhood and hear about the projects. My grandmother was from here on Dwight Ave and my mom and her sister, Judie and Sonia were raised here in the 60s and 70s. I grew up coming to visit from the Bronx in the 80s till early 90s. Always loved the view of the Statue of Liberty from grandmas window and watching the Macys 4th of July spectacular 🎇🎆🗽⛴⚓️🛳🚢⛵️🛥🌅
Red Hook was a very rough area in the 70’s,80’s, and into the 90’s,I grew up in Boreum Hill and used to go to the public pool back then in Red Hook . Changed alot since then , gentrification definitely a big part of that . If you get a chance , go check it out . Big art scene down there.
Best NYC tour guide in the city for the city. Tom’s busting with information about everywhere in NYC. You get all the RU-vidrs together and they still wouldn’t know more than TDNYC... we need to spread the word and get Tom more followers. Live video soon I hope 🤞
I went to the elementary school down the street from Defonte’s P.S 27 you can see it when you turned left on Columbia to go to Defonte’s. I love my neighborhood ❤️ I was born in Red Hook Projects. I'm proud of where I'm from. 🥰
Nathanael Greene settled in Georgia after the Revolution after being awarded Mulberry Grove plantation outside of Savannah in the war. He died in 1786 to sunstroke (the native Rhode Islander was not accustomed to the humidity down here) and is buried in a place of honor at the center of Johnson Square. Greene Square was also named for him. His widow, Kitty, hired a tutor named Eli Whitney to educate her children and while living at Mulberry Grove he invented the cotton gin. When George Washington visited Savannah on 1791 he called upon Kitty Greene who he had always been friendly with. While in town he stayed at the home of another Revolutionary War hero General Lachlan McIntosh on Oglethorpe Street. It’s now a vacation rental, so you can stay in the house Washington stayed in.
I like that you're including interviews in your videos again, and it's nice to see one of the less hipster parts of Brooklyn 😊 Ignore the negative comments from viewers. You're doing your thing, and that's just fine! Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺
You didn’t go get some meatballs, or a piece of furniture, or ride the IKEA Ferry? The IKEA cafeteria has one of my favorite views of Lady Liberty, haha. Thanks, Tom! ❤️🗽
Tom knows his stuff and Phil does too. I will be visiting Red Hook tomorrow with my wife and this video gives me a real hard start on the day. Glad I found out it.
I'm very serious , Tom ...your videos are so good !! Hats off to Phil's excellent videography as well ... You guys rock !!! Y'all are hands down , the very best on RU-vid!! Not just the tours you do , but the overall atmosphere you create ..the history lessons , the "seamless" blending of what connects these neighborhoods to each other and the rest of the city , it's very very entertaining... I really don't know why you don't have millions of viewers ! Love you guys ! 👍❤️
As a person who lives in Red Hook I think you should also get the perspectives of the people that this in the area. What you have shown is the perimeter of red hook. There are many great things on the inside as well. The neighborhood is very gentrified but we have made the best of it. For what you have shown you have done a great job.
Thank you so much for this video! I just stumyupon your work here on RU-vid and I’m officially hooked😉Subscribing and can’t wait to sit back and enjoy all your videos☕️📺you’re amazing, keep up the great work🎥🎞🎬📽🙏🏽
@@golferpro1241 Would you believe I've never heard of Meelin ! I just google it there to find out where it was. It's a similar distance from Meelin to Cork as it would from southern tip of Manhattan to Stamford. From what I have read it's a small village ! So many beautiful villlages like that in Ireland that retain the rural vibe. Unfortunately many are suffering as a lot of the young have migrated to bigger cities to seek employment .
Hi Tom, can you do a vlog on Harlem, as I visit there in 2015,and would love to know more about the area,the history, Harlem renisenice etc. As your guides on new York boroughs are so interesting. 👍🏿
I study Planning in college atm, your videos help me so much ! seeing different effects and theories in real life is amazing & I also hope to go to New York soon!
This is fantastic, love NYC and stayed in Brooklyn last time we visited. often travel back on Queen Mary which leaves from the Red Hook area and Covid willing should be calling in twice for the day later in the year..straight to Sunny's bar and the Key Lime Pie shop!
I miss my neighborhood!!but I'll never move back!!I I'm enjoying my Florida life..I visit once a year,in fact I will be out there in July..my mom still lives out there in the p.js..
This is my neighborhood! Thanks for doing us proud. If you’re in the area, visit Black Flamingo on Van Brunt for coffee and Baked (also on Van Brunt) for amazing pastries.
Great video . Red hook is the 2nd biggest project housing after Queens Bridge housing. Used live there about 17 yrs ago, still have family members there. A gold mine neighbor ,everybody wants in now
Nice one Tom! Long time viewer first time commenter. Coming back to the city very soon and Red Hook is def on my list to check out first hand. Great job as always mate
Oh I could tell you so much about there, Carroll gardens, and Park Slope! My grandpa was a stevedore along the docks up until 1965. My dad was a Merchant Marine and my mom worked at bushy ship yard.
