The Secrets of HighBridge Park 

I may not live in NYC, but I am a firm believer in history, & preserving history. It's awesome to see all the granite stonework being preserved to it's former glory. I enjoy watching your videos! Keep up the good work!

Love your spirit. Great exploration!

Interesting video. ..love your channel. I'm a resident of Toronto Canada but used to spend days touring around the Five Boroughs checking out roads, bridges and subways. A bit of an infrastructure geek....nothing beats NYC in the cool factor! Keep up the good work!

I grew up in Highbridge. It was a terrific neighborhood.

Hope to get in there soon. I lived at 175th and Amterdam Ave in the 50s. Moved to LI in 63.

@crazydriver: now that the bridge has been opened to the public perhaps you could do a follow up video to document the changes made since 2012. thx

So interesting thank you for sharing!

Thank you for making this great video. It is so important that we preserve our history and people like you help to document those days gone by. I will probably never get to see this park, but please let us know when it opens and what happened to the fixtures. Thanks again

I really like this video ,it remains me when i was in mexico in those old streets that now are gone ,

Nice work Joe. As a kid in the sixties, and from the other side of the river, we treated the HighBridge as our personal playground. Yes it was locked off but we got in the Joe way. Few people know the big masonry bridge pier is hollow, it was were the teens would drink beer. Kids could also explore the original aqueduct from inside it. Mostly the bridge was used for diving in the river. The daredevils jumped from the higher girders 3 or 4 on the arch.

Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful video that shows history.

I was born in the Bronx in the 50's on University Avenue. After my neighbor was murdered on the street walking his dog at night by a black man we moved out of the Bronx. Many good memories of Highbridge area before it turned bad.

I remember as a kid I was never allowed to go to the pool at high bridge park, and my mom was always cautious with me around 168th and fort Washington by presbyterian hospital because of the halfway house there.

I love this video of the history of the HighBridge! It is really awesome! Thanks for posting it!

Bonus Video! Thanx, Joe!

Thanks for the tour!

I am a big fan of your vids and love how you show hidden gems and tell the history and purpose, I live in London which is ever changing and at what seems a faster pace these days. the same thing happens here history local history is swept away for souless mordern!!! i agree like you its a crime and a crying shame. preserve our great cities.

Great show.

I lived on Ogden Avenue moved out 72 age 12 when I was on the bus going over 181st Bridge

You should do a follow up video. I grew up on 172 & Amsterdam and was always afraid to go in that park in the 80's