A Look Back: "Our Block" goes to Flushing, Queens

[@lisasahar2839]

I lived in Flushing and went to PS 22 and JHS 189. I will always love NYC!

[@ramblerguy]

So did I.

[@magamaga1827]

remember when it was actually diverse and not entirely chinese? I do.

[@SkepticalMantisCHANNEL10]

I have a lot of Flushing street videos on my channel. ❤ FLUSHTOWN ❤

[@dangafa9764]

I went to P.S. 22 too in the 80s , lived in East Flushing

[@magamaga1827]

@@dangafa9764 most of my friends went to ps 21. we used to play roller hockey there. ps 22 playground is now full of gangsters from central america

[@WankyWonk]

This is what good journalism is about. A moving story about how Flushing has touched people's lives and in turn has been transformed by new immigrants.

[@magamaga1827]

you mean 100% chinese immigrants who chased out the diversity that was once there in the 80s as you see from the start of the video. she's a fraud.

[@blancamoser3304]

Oh my goodness!! I used to live on Union street on the mid 90’s, very nice neighborhood, I truly enjoyed living there. My son was born in 1996, Flushing hospital. He is proud that he was born in Queens, Flushing NY.. excellent report from back in the past and now… ❤❤

[@SuperJuniorquintero]

I was 4 years old back then, living and still living in the Bland housing projects. Flushing represent!!!!

[@magamaga1827]

and be honest, very few blacks or hispanics left in flushing. all chinese now.

[@mizsevenoneeight685]

I grew up in Flushing…lived there from 1977 to 2007 ❤ People now talk about Toronto, but the diverse experience of growing up and going to school in Flushing rivals no other!

[@sbloomfield7314]

Wow, that's a great story. I live blocks from Union Street (Beech Ave. and Bowne St.) I love history. I remember your newsman. Thanks for the memories. your newsperson.

[@adrina911]

In 2014 I used to take the Q44 bus from the Bronx to Flushing Queens and I would get on the 7 train. Then I would go shopping at that Joyce Leslie that was on Main Street, I seen a little Mexican girl drinking this slush drink and I wonder what it was because it looked so good. That’s when I learned about the CoCo Fresh Tea & Juice, I would always buy the Mango Slush with Bubbles and I love the Bubbles. They use to have them all over the city but a lot was shut down due to COVID but I love those Mango slushes. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@YouthfulGlowBeautyRecipes]

Same here. I lived in Parkchester and would visit my grandmother in flushing. We would eat Chinese food and I would buy vegetables.

[@TheodoreRizzo]

You still in the area?

[@sbloomfield7314]

I loved the OLD Flushing. Flushing was "sold out".

[@LiveFree381]

Yugoslavia! That hit different….

[@travel9two557]

Unbelievable lolz. I literally used to work one block over next door to the Social Security office. Worked at Cyracom from 2018 to late 2022. I loved working in flushing but that church on that corner I would go in sometimes during my lunch break and sit around relax if nice outside sit on steps.

[@georgelcortes2628]

Grew up "The Block "" 146st Italian Afro-American Columbian Irish Cuban Cecq Puerto Rican West Indies Korean India Yes Da Block

[@magamaga1827]

now all chinese

[@00302998]

I love Flushing and had once lived there for about 15 years. I noticed a lot of hate in the comments below and want to say, we are all glad to see you go.

[@pgroove163]

politicians and greedy Real Estate folks are ruining Flushing!!...and that's the truth.. everyone who lives in flushing knows it

[@magamaga1827]

and we're glad to take your chinese money. you greatly over paid...but that's what racist chinese people do in order to live around only chinese people. you do not like diversity like flushing truly was in the 80s. just look at the video. you racist.

[@bski824]

Remember the indoor flea market busy bee

[@davidpagan4618]

That’s my mom too ❤😢❤

[@Dynomite611]

Born in the early 90s and went to flushing a lot as a teen. Joe’s burger should make a comeback. It was like In N Out.

[@Jim-nt7xy]

More from Elle McLogan please.

[@KellyODo]

Amazing story!

[@CHICHI816]

I grew up here in the 80s-2000s Koreans are good people

[@jenny8588]

Chinese are better , nicer , sweeter

[@furrybproductions]

​@@jenny8588 yeah, at least that's what Koreans say 🤣

[@magamaga1827]

@@jenny8588 biggest racists on the planet. just like in china.

[@norabongiorno6197]

Anything anywhere ,pre-Covid,was great no matter how bad it was

[@ramblerguy]

My only complaint back then is all the signs were not in English. They should have been with the other language secondary.

[@magamaga1827]

how about you learn english

[@chrismehos5035]

Flushing was always diverse from its beginnings with ethnic Europeans and African Americans making it their home and then other ethnicities replaced them as previous generations either passed on or moved to the suburbs or out of state.

[@magamaga1827]

just one ethnicity there now. chinese.

[@chrismehos5035]

Real estate through the roof

[@km1366]

Yes, ridiculous prices

[@mascara1777]

My childhood home is now worth $1 million! My family moved in the 90's though.

[@chrismehos5035]

Can’t find a home anywhere in north Queens for under a million any more

[@magamaga1827]

sadly only chinese money

[@fpvsmurf]

Aside from folks in the PJs, I bet it's hard to find families from 1983 still living in the same neighborhood. It's mostly newcomers post 1990. Of course their perspective will be different than those in 1983.

[@magamaga1827]

true. but be honest about these newcomers. they are 99% from one place and that is mainland china. nobody else is welcomed into flushing. try renting an apt. there now as a not mainlander. good fkkng luck

[@SkepticalMantisCHANNEL10]

@@magamaga1827 there are many Hispanics too

[@TheodoreRizzo]

I love New York diversity.

[@magamaga1827]

flushing isn't diverse. just only chinese.

[@LiveFree381]

Anybody went to PS 20 or PS 21? 1989-1998???

[@georgelcortes2628]

Yes ,hung out with "20 crew" As well

[@RogueBurn]

I lived off of Union and 34th in the 60's to 80's. Left just before crack took the stranglehold.

[@meanstoaend]

...instant recognition for me, seeing yellow brick facade of St. Michael's Church, and the fruit stand on the corner there.

[@mendezgloria]

Great to see the scenes of 1983 Flushing! Elle McLogan made my teeth hurt, is so cloying

[@daniel401k]

Does anyone know the red headed twins?

[@TheodoreRizzo]

Why people leave New York?

[@davidpagan4618]

The real shameless family ❤

[@MrScottie68]

I remember going to Main Street Flushing as a child in the early 1970s, came back in the early 2000s and the change was so dramatic and not in a positive way. The overcrowding and filth was so evident. And as far as all of this reported “diversity” goes, it’s a smoke screen…..it’s all Asian. I didn’t see any white, hispanic or blacks on the streets…..seems like they were all pushed out.

[@jjmcg9184]

I dont even like getting off the 7 sometimes because all of the asian invasion out there. Its like there's hardly any regular stores around. But nyc has allowed this to happen when they couldve nipped it in the bud from the start.

[@Whatsgood12345]

You guys are a bunch of losers 😂

[@magamaga1827]

this sums it up perfectly. the fake news thinks diversity means anyone but white folks.

[@walterheading7994]

Flushing is overdeveloped with no end in sight. We now have another Beijing in our own backyard. I'm sure Xi Ping is very happy that the CCP is flourishing here in America. When my ancestors came to America they embraced the culture not replace it.

[@dtbetter2277]

Really? Their children will be as Americanize as you are and help this country because they are hardest working people and families that believe in the value and dreams as your ancestors. It is BS that you think this way!!! Please change you mindset!!!

[@magamaga1827]

@@dtbetter2277 you're wrong. i also grew up in flushing. the idea was to assimilate into american culture, not chase it out of the neighborhood like they did. chinese values ARE NOT american values. why would we import millions of communists? flushing is a disgrace in 2024. no diversity, all chinese. that's how xi wants it.

[@davidpagan4618]

Am I bugging that the A student from hati they could have let him get some more throws that shows the bull lol of nyc 😂that disk landed in the in field

[@kateherman5004]

Went back in 2003 for the first time in 30yrs. I was so disgusted and mortified, i swore i would never go back. And i havent and wont. My grandparents embraced the country, learned the language and assimilated. They didnt try to change the country into what they just left.

[@diegoflores9237]

Funny thing is the first European immigrants didn't assimilate and learn the language because we don't speak a native american language. So shut it

[@pawsfurGod]

​@@diegoflores9237YESSSSSSSSSS

[@rickyli5455]

Shout out to grandma and mom's!

[@afgaviatorav8app160]

Let’s not pretend. Flushing went down the toilet. I went back after almost 40 years to visit and it was a horrible experience. Too many people! No one pays attention to street lights, there are clothes hanging out of windows, it was filthy…I didn’t even feel like I was in America. It felt like a third world country.

[@dtbetter2277]

Maybe you need to open up more and don't only view the world from your eyes. This is probably what they said about your great grand parent's neighborhood and look how you feel it was great back in those days.

[@magamaga1827]

@@dtbetter2277 she's right. flushing was a beautiful place prior to the arrival of the chinese. those are facts.

[@mareksbesprozvannijs3463]

Good video

[@hellokitty8552]

I’ll bet they were LEGAL immigrants

[@Sheri7029]

I lived in Flushing my whole life. Lets not pretend its better than it it is by people who have no clue. They notice the immigration but dont mention the undocumented aliens issue. The community is poor. The area is dirty and overcrowded. Takes hours to find parking. This video is tied with a pretty red bow and is not complete.

[@furrybproductions]

You either don't live in Flushing or you only stay around Main St and Roosevelt Ave because Flushing is one of the cleanest and most open areas in NY. Flushing isn't a poor neighborhood, you're living in the poorest section of that neighborhood. It's REALLY easy to find parking in Flushing as long as you're not by Main St it's pretty much as easy to find parking as it is in Manhattan and once you're closer to Kew Gardens there's parking everywhere. Flushing's Chinatown/Koreatown is not all of Flushing and were you to count all of Flushing then yeah, there's a lot of undocumented Russian/Polish/Ukraini immigrants as well as the Asian ones you're probably referring to. But that's what going to happen in the most diverse place on Earth. SMH

[@Sheri7029]

This seems to be about personal perspective related to living standard comparisons, expectations, how frequently you visit & when. That Russian area you mentioned is not in Flushing. Sure parking is great if it's daytime... but I'm referring to the evenings after coming home from work. Do you know that Flushing had gardens with flower patches? Do you know there were amusement areas such a movie theaters and arcades? There were less people drinking & sleeping & spitting in the streets? As I said before, I've lived in Flushing for decades and have seen it's slow indisputable decline.

[@pgroove163]

correct.. I'm a long time resident in Flushing.. it is overcrowded, expensive, and being ruined by corrupt and greedy politician / real estate developers. which is nothing new to most of NYC..a real shame.. so many good people here still..

[@pgroove163]

​@@furrybproductionsI've lived in Flushing for 55 +yrs.. I have lived in downtown area as child and outside " main Street" for decades. It's still a great place to live.excellent schools and some wonderful public parks and & wonderful people..but the corrupt unReal Estate developers and their greedy local politician friends are ruining Flushing..

[@1stoptech]

A celebration for the stagnation of America. The country looks the same as 40 something years ago and the wages have barely moves. Congratulations

[@taneashacortez3795]

I'm an 80’s baby. Flushing is dirty and over crowd. Why is nobody talking about that?

[@km1366]

It's highly populated yes. It's Flushing not Kansas. It has best restaurants in the United states

[@nottyQ1]

I visit this area quite often because I work in flushing sometimes and usually in the Main and Flushing Ave area. It is definitely overcrowded and can be a little overwhelming sometimes but you can get a lot of shopping 🛒🛍️ done 👍🏾 for pretty reasonable prices.

[@furrybproductions]

Flushing isn't overcrowded. Main Street between Northern Blvd and Cherry Avenue is crowded. Pretty much everywhere else in Flushing is wide open with lots of space. You can walk with your arms stretched out and not touch anyone for blocks. So unless you're only in that section of Flushing, that doesn't apply at all.

[@christianjmj6460]

@@furrybproductionsThat covers a sizable portion of the area. It’s filthy and reeks of garbage. Litter and rats are commonplace. The masquerade of legacy media is absurd.

[@christianjmj6460]

@@furrybproductionsLet’s not forget the plethora of “massage parlors”. The population density makes things more difficult for natives. Increased labor pool and higher demand for housing make rates unaffordable. Not exactly the American dream many think it is. The migrant crisis only exacerbates the situation.

[@staremmitor7946]

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[@carltonmcroy3222]

It's a shame that Flushing is no longer American.

[@norabongiorno6197]

47-38 157th Street

[@magamaga1827]

used to be a wonderful street. now you will get robbed by migrants on a scooter in front of that house

[@dennis-uk7ke]

It's disgusting now

[@dtbetter2277]

Do don't have a clue. Over developed, Yes. But the newer beautiful Condos and business center put to shame most areas in NYC even Midtown Manhattan. This would not have happen if not for the new Americans with their Hardworking and family values.

[@LanceBoyle-z2g]

​@@dtbetter2277you must be chinese, you guys ruined flushing. Bunch of spas and ktv garbage, all supermarkets are asian, western beef re open cause they know the neighborhood, didn't even last 1 year. Now its some asian market, has 20x more business than western beef had. What this video says is no longer there, cause 75% chinese

[@magamaga1827]

@@dtbetter2277 you lie. they are not americans. it's entirely mainland chinese developers linked to the ccp in china. the poor people of flushing are hard working and have family values, yes, but they aren't living in the billionaire condos that are an eye sore to long time flushing natives. flushing asians are the poorest group in the city. terrible how they have to walk into back yards in whitestone to steal used bottles and cans