Tour of Long Island City's Siiick NYC Views, History, and Art 

I like watching Tom's videos while I sit and eat raisin bran in the morning. Thanks, Tom

16:34 I’m glad i’m not the only person who thinks you look just like Penn Badgley!!

i like this guy it's good honest straightforward content

Love the Ragtime in the transitions.

That serial killer look at the 16:45 is the best part of the video

Lots of very beautiful B roll in this episode. The shot with the top of the Empire State Building way off in the distance was really cool.

Most underrated channel on RU-vid

Tom, I’m surprised you didn’t mention Court Square Diner bc that’s been in LIC for a very long time and it actually used to be called Court House Diner. Also, Five Points used to be called The Phun Factory. I’ve been inside one time being invited by my friends who were “artists” lol and it was really impressive what they did to the inside of it. It’s a shame now it’s all gone but hey at least these new places have washer in units 😂. Great stuff as always Tom, keep them coming baby!

My old man used to work at Silvercup in the early 60's. Gave me a tour of the joint once - pretty cool. He would deliver bakery products to Da South Bronx back then. Yikes.

Sick Plug! Awesome tour, Tom. I have family living in Long Island

good video, Eric you make Tom look great

I love your videos Tom, it has given me a new set of eyes when looking at this city. What a treasure your videos are!

Another good video Tom. Stay Safe And Don't Breath This Dirty Air.

I still can’t believe LIC looks like an extension of the city. I went to LICHS in the mid-2000s, the neighborhood has done a complete 180.

Love your tours Tom. Love your sense of humor as well.

Tom is an amazing historian & tour guide. He seems to know each and every block of NYC. I’ve lived here since 2000, and still learn something new from every video. Thanks Tom! 🙌🙌🫶🙌🙌

I grew up in the QueensBridge Projects. 41-14 12th street until Aug of 1962 when we moved to College Point Queens. I notice the street that Tom is on when he was doing the piece on the "projects" is not within the projects itself and for good reason. It was a fairly dangerous place in 1962 and probably alot more dangerous now so he was very smart to hang on the outskirt of the neighborhood.

Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth of Talking Heads lived in a loft in Long Island City. Their LP Fear of Music was partially recorded there.

Ur awsome tom love NYC cant wait to explore more

RIP The old Creek and the Cave, and please do a solely historical tour of Riker’s Island

I was waiting for that Pepsi sign...cuz...you know.

Another very informative video Tom. Being from Manhattan, the only experience of LIC was taking the paddle wheeler from 34th St, to Water’s Edge Restaurant back in the 90s.

Gracias Tom!

Learned alot Tom! Thanks! LIC has gorgeous views of the Manhattan Skyline

Just found your channel and its really good content !

I'm glad to see you took the time to smell the roses.🌹 lol They are pretty in pink:-) 💖Artists! 🎨🖌Yes! I wonder if anyone lives in that Long Island industrial sign building? That might be an interesting place to live! I love Snow Geese! 🦆 Okay, it's a duck but it was the closest emoji I could find that mimicked it. lol

The 1st time I visited NYC I stayed in Long Island City, and I GPS'd the MoMa, and the MoMA PS1 popped up, So I went since it was so close,.......I thought that was the actual main MoMA lol. Boy was I wrong for a couple of years🤣🤣

I REALLY ENJOY THOSE VIDEO FROM TOM IS LIKE A STORY CLASS

Awesome!

Great video

In the early 2000s when the city rezoned the waterfront, it closed two private clubs that had been there for years: East River Tennis Club and Tennisport. The river front should absolutely be public space, but it's still jarring to see the waterfront look SO different! Also, RIP Waterfront Crabhouse!

great channel !!!

you’re so funny and i appreciate the hip hop history :)

great video of my neighborhood! Heading to Gantry today actually lol

The bridge is over, the bridge is over ble baba , takes me back lol, great content as always 👍

I was just in LIC staying at the The Local hostel on 45 Ave. Great food and bars!

22:00 😂😂 True tho. Great video Tom

Thank you again tomdnyc for your work/videos with these different historical excursions, stories about New York City... Also, about this Tv series " Sex and City". Even some one tell me that only way I have to stay alive, if I watch Tv series "Sex and City" or someting like this, for one year, I still couldn't watch this Tv series, unlike interesting, different kind other Tv series, like for example Horror tv series " Tales from the Darkside", Tv series " 30Rock", " Curb your Enthusiasm" and others... P.S. I lived 24 years in New York City and this city always remains a part of my life (the same home city, as my home city Tbilisi), with all its pluses and minuses, with its diverse architecture, culture, characters, history of different parts of this City... Sincerely, Alex

Tom you’re one of the best tour guides. Can you do outside of NYC and LI again please 🙏

Nice!

Top top - Anyone visiting NY or lives in NY - go see Tom’s comedy shows Let’s See What Else and Tom’s monthly comedy show. One of the best things I did while I was in NY - super nice guy and was a great night - watch the monthly special via live stream now - funny and interesting guests talking about NY. 🙌🏻

TOM ! FANTASTIC ! LOVE WHAT YOU AND THE TEAM DO ! ( ERIC) ALL GOOD I LIVE IN LIC . I also watch all of your episodes!! love the pizza one! SICK PLUG !!!!!!@!!

I started at LaGuardia CC in 2013. I was amazed, passing the beautiful artwork at Five Points during my commute (from Bed Stuy which I absolutely dreaded). It was so sad to see the works covered in white paint.

It's great that you show me a map I just wish there was an outlet where I could look at a map all this technology and you can't just look at a map

I use to live up road from park when i was first born

tom goes to queensbridge!! love it!!!

Wow, Ruth Snyder! I did a play called Machinal in the late 80s, it was loosely based on her with a bit of Upton Sinclair thrown in, and we used that photo at the end of the show as a projection. The reporter that took the photo had the camera tied to his ankle, btw.

OMG you do look like the guy from “You”!!! Love your videos 👍🏻

We have a Ravenswood in Chicago.

good to know👍is NYC still the epicenter for artists?

My hometown! (You know how long I had to say “Astoria”, cause no one outside Queens knew what LIC was?)

Sitting in my backyard in sunny Arizona watching tomas

I have started saying "totes presh" in my real life and I blame these videos entirely. 😅

I need to see Dakota apartments properly, was in Strawberry Fields, saw John's memorial. Thanksgiving 2014.... I didn't sign up for shopping for five days put it that way ...need to go again, well so glad I found memory plank for the founders of Macy's... Obsessed with with Titanic so had to find, and to have my pic in front of Tiffany's....Moon River❤

You forgot to mention Mobb Deep.

I guess that's what I should do make a RU-vid video with a map that just sits there

What about the mental hospitals and the hospitals in general? Btw, thanks a lot for this video.

A cup of coffee and a spliff go well with Tom showing the sad reality of the NYC art community. 🤘Not selling out! 2024

I really enjoyed this video, Tom! I rarely be at Queens, especially Long Island City. It looks really nice down minus the gentrification part🥲💯

A new video!

hi tom!

16:41 😂 I FR Busted Out LoL BOLOL 😁 😉 ✌️ 🙏

Amazing history. Yes do rikers island

Tom I live in Arlington Heights,IL. Future Home of the Chicago Bears.

can you walk across the 59 st bridge? is there any fine dining in the area?

❤🇱🇨!!! #THANKYOU !!!

Another cute and funny vid thanks for good info tommy . 🍻

LIC is my homeland 😂 and I didn’t know most of this stuff

Yeah Tom, you definitely could be Joe’s brother in the show , You lol

Yassssss Kweens!

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i wish u would start every video like that

Hey what about Sunnyside????

What borough of New york do you live in & why did you choose to live there?

Please review : Defonte's Red Hook Brooklyn 🇮🇹

Ole Tommy boy from woodside

Queens use to incorporate what is now Nassau County. After the consolidation of 1898, Nassau County was created in 1899.

I lived in Vernon Blvd, Long Island City from 1986 to 1994. This area was made up only of factories. On the weekends it used to look like a ghost town.

I just want Tom and Atun-Shei Films to be friends

Hey Tom! What's up?

In fairness @tomdnyc... I actually did think you were actor from You, well a year ago 😂😂😂

Tom'" SickPlug'" Delgado Lol

when ny went for the olympics and was going to build a west side stadium queens west was going to be the olympic village and all the building would have been for the athleates and officals and such.

Long video 👍👍

I hope Phil is doing well!

This was the future site of Amazon’s second headquarters until Amazon withdrew. A lot of real estate “speculators” were burned. I was devastated for the flippers and realtors ;) Its still overpriced and ugly so by the myopic standards of NYC it qualifies as decent.

OMG u do look like Bob Ross in that pic, lol.

Whatever the opposite of gentrification is, Far Rockaway is it

YOUR COOL DUDE I HAVE TWO GROWN DAUGHTERS FOUR GRANDKIDS

Just curious..the Andy Warhol factory days are long gone, has all the cool shit left the building as well dude? just need to know the art scene..thx

You really do look like Penn Badgley's twin.

6:30 setting the blueprint for the British Conservative Party?!

DO YOU LIVE IN LONG ISLAND CITY

HOW ARE YOU A GOOMBA ME TO TOM AM ALSO I WAS BORN IN NEW YORK CITY I LIVE IN WEST SIDE OF FLORIDA I HATE BEEN HERE WAY TO LONG IM GOING BACK TO NEW YORK IM A SEMI RETIRED LOCAL SINGER AND GUITARIST OVER FIFTY FIVE YEARS TOM DO YOU PLAY ANYTHING IM LOOKING FOR A DRUMMER

My Austic brother says Tom looks Ted Bundy the serial murderer from the 70,80, I think he was lawyer.

I liked LIC before the over development. It stinks now.

*Thanks* for the informative tour ... perhaps less eight second* shots of durty filthy pigeons walking tho' Lulu Missing (at Sea) was artsy fartsy :) i know, can't please everyone * considering my attention span is only four seconds ** lost track of what Tom was saying. Not that I would know the difference between a county, municipality or city We can't all be lawyers ** or have more than one thought at a time * * *

* * * I digress 🙄

ur face reminds me of Joe from YOU

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