Walking NYC's STRANGE Neighborhood : Meadowmere, Queens & Meadowmere Park, Nassau, Long Island

[@A_Lion_In_The_Sun]

There was a big fire today in Meadowmere Park, it took out three houses. You passed by them at the 14:49 mark. If strange little towns is your thing, check out South Floral Park between Elmont and the village of Floral Park. It's small and walkable, it's its own village, and kind of forgotten by the towns around it.

[@aeiq1219]

Man, you brought back memories from a long time ago. I used to work in the five towns plaza, 24 years ago, in a furniture store, and I used to go to IHOP for lunch. I remember how I had to ride in vans, because they were cheaper and faster than buses, from Sutphin Blvd, to Five Towns Plaza. I left NY 14 years ago....I miss it sometimes. Great video friend.

[@Gio_Vanni6143]

The city took my grandparent's home to build the Belt Parkway. Everytime I pass the Ocean Parkway exit I drive over where their home once stood.

[@BradThePitts]

My grandparents Maspeth home - similar situation. The LIE goes thru their old back yard. The house is still there.

[@Gio_Vanni6143]

@@BradThePitts Robert Moses was hailed by many for his work, but he chopped up many neighborhoods and displaced a lot of people. The Gowanus Parkway cut off Red Hook from the rest of the area. My friends' also had homes underneath it.

[@tom2754]

Were the people whose homes were taken compensated in any way?

[@Gio_Vanni6143]

@@tom2754 If they were, it had to be a pittance back in 1938/39. My grandparents hocked their wedding rings to put a down payment on the purchase another home that had no windows or furnace.

[@justsandy4381]

My grand parent home was taken as well to expand sunrise hiway

[@nicbd6103]

Thanks for sharing! I go to 5 towns shopping area and always wonder what's behind there. You are sooo brave! Thanks!

[@marcspector9188]

The south shore of LI/ NYC is fascinating to me, especially near Jamaica Bay. So many islands and other watercourses in the marshy soddy areas near there. And the Queens beaches are wonderful as well...

[@theCODproduction1]

It’s dirty poop water nothing about it is wonderful

[@angeladelia7472]

Great video. Lived in Queens my whole life & never heard of both these 2 towns

[@chessk0]

I was sick and while I was at home I was having fun with your videos, thank you and keep going.

[@radhadas8157]

I live in Georgia but I love New York! I have never been though. This gives me a chance to see it. Thank you!

[@A_Lion_In_The_Sun]

This is.... not the best part of NY to see.

[@SnowCatis]

My cousins live here and my mom grew up in this little area, this neighborhood is small so everyone sorta knows each other. I have a lot of memories of running around here and playing cops and robbers with my cousins at night. Thought I should share since I found this video pretty randomly.

[@davidellis5141]

Love The Action Kid going bravely where most would not. He will 🚶 all of NYC. Neither man nor dog will deter him. Very enjoyable 🚶.

[@hellen70666666]

...Yep, He a Very KOOL Dude, for Sure....!!!......:)

[@NajSinghs...CreativeRecipes]

😂❤💯💪🔥

[@dvdny]

That’s what I was thinking. I would have been worried about locals getting mad at someone with a camera.

[@mikekenney8438]

Cool stuff. I never heard of Meadow Mere. I grew up in Rockaway and Nassau I remember the shopping center back in the day.

[@LoweringMyProfile]

Chiming in from Detroit. One good thing this neighborhood has going for it is the peace and quiet, which for me is an introverts paradise! Good job as always Action Kid!

[@Nehru22]

Hello interesting profile pic. Is that a painting of you?

[@ANArce5T4RR]

What a difference across the bridge!

[@M33IRA]

A nasty winter with storms must be hell there though !

[@niviamendez1958]

The sun on the water is beautiful! Interesting neighborhood! Thanks for the walk!

[@bklynzfranchise]

I remember when that t-mobile was a pizza hut. I love 5 towns mini golf and batting range. It's a few blocks from where you were walking..

[@laalaasequin9215]

Action kid...you're a legend. Greetings from Essex, England

[@texman8150]

Interesting area. Regarding complaints about airplane noise, I look at it this way -- if you move into a neighborhood near an airport AFTER the airport was built, it is your choice to put up with the noise, so you have no reason to complain.

[@TheCoastalGunner]

haha i live on 1st street....its a very quite place...the litter is because of a high tide that sometimes floods the streets during storms.....where you walked was under 9 feet of water during hurricane sandy....

[@johnrogers9481]

The place is quite what?

[@canitbe..8128]

Where’s Bones?

[@whoami-eb7cq]

Five towns shopping center used to be called TSS(time square stores) and was always a "bargain" shopping plaza with a healthy dose of nicer store

[@jolly7728]

Very nice job. An informative, casual walk through tiny "forgotten neighborhoods." A little dramatic, too, as you never know what you might come across. The zoning brings working-class residential, aquatic, light industry, shopping centers, and quiet and busy streets mixed in with some graffiti, abandoned boats, and trash lying around together in a kaleidoscopic way. Thanks for taking us to a place where most of us would probably never go but have likely wondered about in an instant at some point in time.

[@M33IRA]

From 15:00 tight cozy community! Nice homes.

[@valentinat3250]

So interesting. I live in Queens quite close to these neighborhoods. I’ve always been curious about these places and was fascinated to finally see them!

[@giovannip919]

@DashaFlushingAlisaHills Brigades I lived in Whitestone and Bayside..all those places and the Woolworth’s in flushing. Busy Bee...all great memories. Thanks!!

[@onlychildtonia67]

I’m so proud of YOU!!! You’re not far from where I work at!!! I’ve always passed by that neighborhood all my life and never walked through it. Also, the property used to be swampland. Along with the mall along the street. If you had walked further there’s a Costco, Burger King, and a Popeye’s . Also, a few miles down is Lawrence(which is Long Island).

[@mybeautifulview]

They were only hooked up to the sewer system around 2010, for decades their waste went directly into the Creek & Jamaica Bay. Certainly not a spot for wild swimming! I actually love the feel of this neighborhood ♥️

[@tdadp]

It’s nice to jump of the bridge in the summer

[@laken1804]

Only 10 years ago. I wonder what it smelled like before that.

[@eugenewalton7336]

Queens is a part of Long Island. So is Brooklyn. Physically. The separation is cultural. Most areas in Queens are known by neighborhood names and mail is addressed to the names. The other four boroughs are not that way.

[@TimeTravelWalk]

Thanks Eugene for the factcheck!

[@daystar4909]

@Jim's Girl Screw politics... they are all crooks anyways.

[@oktimanalu602]

Is that long island was reclamationed before?

[@edithjarvisfriday]

Suggestion: invest in a electric kick scooter, so you can circle the block quicker / cover more blocks~

[@steves1749]

You missed the other side of meadowmere down across Brookville blvd to bayview ave. There a restaurant on the creek where a lot of workers from JFK frequent. The bayhouse . I used to go there in the 90s

[@ActionKid]

Yup! I should have extended the walk down there too! I was reading up on it. The area you're describing is called Warnerville, after the Warner Brothers studios but it was originally a farming & fishing village. The entire area changed drastically when the JFK airport was built in Jamaica Bay.

[@tdadp]

The bay house

[@Irishmist1000]

Interesting walk AK.

[@nancypettitt2492]

AK I really enjoyed this video. It is always interesting to view how quickly one neighborhood is so drastically different from another. NY needs to overhaul those streets so that people do not have to be concerned about their houses flooding every time it rains! Thanks.

[@Mewyee1]

I think every city has a strange neighbourhood! I like the beginning shot of the video... it has a artistic feel to it with the colours makes it actually beautiful! I wonder what the housing prices are there as it’s unkept it must be low prices? Interesting video as who knew this existed!

[@FLE22P]

Absolutely love this channel.. maybe you’ll walk Levittown one day ??

[@RR-fg2rl]

Have you been to Hamilton Beach they have same flooding as meadowmere houses on stilts

[@danilaird8360]

I think Queens is my favorite place in NYC. Being from New Jersey myself, I've never been to NYC except Manhatten to see my cousin who was studying to be an actor back then. Seems like good people in Queens. I just watched a really good movie last night called Frequency and enjoyed it a lot. I think Dennis Quaid and Jim Caveizel really did a good job of the accent and the personality. Very good film. Nice video! Bless

[@diorgirl8523]

Ive lived in queens my whole life and I love it here! Hopefully you can visit one day

[@amberaslam5190]

Always drove past this area in my childhood. Interesting to see what is actually beyond the main roads. I imagine its usually louder with normal air traffic, covid has less flights going and coming. The planes probably fly pretty low. Over one town in Cedarhurst, the planes fly so low that the ground shakes. Rosedale, Inwood, Howard Beach, Rockaways all have similar feels to this area.

[@christynr1388]

Thank you again for another great video! I love seeing these neighborhoods that I’ve driven by but never ventured into☺️

[@sabastiangabrielle7171]

I lived over in Rosedale. Sometimes I want to do a walk around. I was last back in 200 to 2002, but haven't been back since, have you been near P.S.195? also side question, what rig do you use to film? Thank you in advance.

[@fogcitygirl397]

I love your videos when you go off the beaten path.......this is so cool, I enjoyed it....Thanks for sharing.....🐼

[@aL-jy3pz]

The shopping center is actually rosedale

[@tnt8092]

The streets look more like back alley roads...cool vid

[@ActionKid]

They really do!

[@roxannes.7183]

I use to live in Rosedale, great video

[@maudeneyarber9997]

There are places all over the world that looks like that hood in Queens! Slam bam and thank you sir!!

[@vincentfalsitta5332]

I had a friend that lived there .ronny sorrentino. I grew up in rosedale NY.

[@bethbosheers8096]

Very cool walking tours and interesting information! Thanks for doIng the work. New sub today.😊😎

[@BobCindyL]

Thanks for the tour. I enjoyed it.

[@NewYorkWalker]

Very interesting walk. I don’t think I have been here. Great video👍 thanks for sharing AK

[@VirtualToursTravel]

Wow! Super strange Neighborhood! Really awesome and creepy at the same time! Thank you so much for sharing this amazing video! :)

[@monica-NJ-123]

Thank you for the walk, that little village could look nice if they fix it up a bit , nice location with the water canal and bridge xoxo

[@slimbaby4285]

My mouth dropped open when you crossed over into Long Island. How in the world can it be THAT different just over the bridge?? Seeing boats/waterfront property in the midst of that chaos confused my mind. 😂

[@stefanochiodi8800]

Funny how right when you cross into Long Island its just beautiful homes and nice lawns lmao

[@RebekahCurielAlessi]

Just fantastic Kid!!!! So esoteric and weird and arcane and messy! Everything I like!!!! I sort of watched it before I woke up and then rewatched it carefully. Mid-watchings, I looked up Meadowmere, coulda been Meadowmere Park and learned of an arcane synagogue: Derech Emunoh, that finally burned down in 2002 after some previous fires. It, the congregation then worshipped in a trailer for 7 years. The original building was beautiful - modelled after the oldest synagogue in the United States; Congregation Touro in Rhode Island I think. Anyway, I am always so happy to watch your videos. They take me places I sometimes feel I have dreamed before I see them. Thanks Kid!!!!🌉🕍🛥️🐕

[@amandascottdale6501]

Strange towns always prosper!!!’ Always❤️❤️❤️

[@walkingaroundcentralflorid1173]

I enjoyed this video thank you for sharing it!

[@Ghostsaretooreal]

Love this area-it has a huge memory/nostalgia vibe for me-it also really reminds me so much of Jamaica plain in Boston. Just some streets Cos there isn’t water there-but yeh the houses are the start of the video just before that dog starts barking-it’s just like this street that my friend lived on that I’d go to a lot. You go past Roxbury crossing and over this green bit and keep walking into JP. I lived round there for a bit too back when I was at art school. Miss the states so much! Thanks Action Kid for coming here and filming it :)

[@KD2HJP]

The Bay House, across the canal was my summer work lunch spot. Lucky boy is outstanding Greek fare as well...Many JFK work days in this neck of the world

[@scottsimensky8567]

I like the fries at Lucky Boy. They are more like potato chips.

[@Gio_Vanni6143]

Meadowmere reminds me of a few blocks off of the Belt Parkway and Cropsey Avenue. I haven't been there in a while. I know they built a Home Depot on Cropsey Avenue, and don't know if they bulldozed the homes.

[@TONYASIASMOM]

The water low in the creek but high in the street!?

[@tdadp]

I wouldn’t want to pass judgment on people living in those homes because those homes do not always look that way this is a forgotten because of Sandy and the damage is a cost with flooding above the homes.

[@14lishazz]

I agree,not everyone got a grant or had the type of insurance that would cover all of the damage.Lots of homes around me are still damaged or lifted still waiting or being worked on.

[@dougtagg9162]

Wow! What a wild neighborhood. Thank you Action Kid.

[@lazmotron]

Another good review of a hidden neighborhood.

[@rosaannarilli4905]

Action Kid, I'm looking at the NYC, it's so sad because it looks like a really cute community. They have their own canals for their boats and view of JFK Airport.

[@josephfazio7648]

I grew up in Rosedale, went to PS 138, long time ago 😔

[@funnygal4u2]

I grew up in Rosedale too and went to PS 138

[@sabastiangabrielle7171]

P.S.195 here

[@nickchaplin5468]

I am familiar with this neighborhood.....its just a few houses.....most people that live here work for the fire department here. its in the 5 towns neighborhood of Woodmere...Its not just strange its dicapilated and flooded alot when it rains...

[@ohioalarms8364]

Do one for Broad Channel and Garrison Park they look similar to this place

[@simonh2666]

Eerily quiet. Is it always this way? Very interesting!

[@ActionKid]

I would assume it's usually like this.

[@TheEasyeman]

I need to spend more time watching these walks...grew up in nassau, married in cedarhurst...

[@aloksharma4128]

Will you be doing any video focusing on Halloween?? Would love to see Halloween decorations.

[@ActionKid]

I can try!

[@Manderz89]

@Big Cock learn how to be nice he wasn’t even talking to you

[@margomazzeo1680]

@Big Cock Ya got a little one..😂😂😂

[@alejandrocalle5326]

Hey that’s my living room in the opening shot. I should really do some painting and put up some curtains. Make it cozy. 😆

[@RebekahCurielAlessi]

Cool!!!!!

[@margomazzeo1680]

💝💝🎈

[@jayg5888]

I've lived in Valley Stream for years, usually at the IHOP on Rockaway, I'm also a Realtor and I've never even heard of this place😳. Great video.

[@laken1804]

Great tour. I like New York; Never heard of Meadowmere before, i was happy to discover it with you. It's just as if I was there personally.🙂💟👍

[@bandesj]

Wasn't the store called Denice, at 28:00, a Pathmark at one time? I've passed the area that you were walking in many, many times.

[@paj6488]

Mail carriers must have quite a time with those street names, especially when 1st learning the route.

[@ActionKid]

I read that even basic city services like sanitation, fire, and roar repair have trouble locating the neighborhood sometimes.

[@TheCoastalGunner]

Amazon screws up all my orders cause of it LOL

[@RebekahCurielAlessi]

@@TheCoastalGunner you live there????

[@TheCoastalGunner]

Yes I live here he walked right past my house

[@RebekahCurielAlessi]

@@TheCoastalGunner so cool!!! I can only imagine how fun and funky it is to live in such a place!!!!🚣‍♀️

[@patrickculhane1269]

Who remembers fleaport!!?

[@josephscionti4680]

I grew up in Queens and thought I visited every part of the borough - until I saw this video. How fascinating! And very interesting. I thoroughly enjoyed watching it.

[@habaristra6248]

The saddest thing about Jamaica Bay is that the water has become seriously polluted in the last fifty years with no hope for remediation

[@AZ-kr6ff]

It literally does not matter.

[@vincentpinlac3606]

The LIRR is about a half mile from where you are in Lawrence

[@ddrrbb2005]

I used to go the the DMV in that area. Did you get a new Camera? The quality is awesome. Thanks for posting always. Best wishes.

[@ActionKid]

Thanks, it's been the same camera I've been using for the past month.

[@Hoinareala]

I like watching your videos. Good job.

[@iPhone_3GS]

Medowmere looks alot like my hometown of Mastic Beach on Long Island! And also theres a street in Mastic called Medowmere 😂

[@imcurlyblue]

I don’t see this as strange. It’s a small neighborhood on the water. The streets are like this because it’s small.

[@therealworld7351]

I’ve been to every neighborhood in every borough too many times to count cause I like to travel the city like you and even I never heard of this place

[@ActionKid]

It's a forgotten part of New York City and used to be self sufficient. Used to be a farming & fishing town until the area got developed with JFK airport and all the roads. Now it's totally dependent on the roads and urbanization around it.

[@thespace2983]

Subscribed, thank u I miss all the beautiful parts of NYC.

[@BradThePitts]

Due to the lay of the land, Meadowmere was hit HARD by Hurricane Sandy, that may explain the bent street signs.

[@tuutts39]

Imagine how wet it is during the thaw!

[@ActionKid]

I've read that snow removal gets passed up here too because of the neighborhood's location

[@tuutts39]

Yikes! I lived in Canada for a bit and the thaw was brutal and a brown, sandy, soggy mess! I’m from L.A. so I nearly needed hospitalization.

[@empressqi1722]

Feel free to come to Poland if you wish to see "strange"

[@ActionKid]

Maybe one day!

[@lazmotron]

What neighborhoods are weird in Portland?

[@lazmotron]

We want to know Strange Portland.

[@JeepDude_1]

@@lazmotron ALL NEIGHBORHOODS are strange in Portland!!!! But o/p says POLAND

[@lazmotron]

Your right, it does say Poland, thanks for point it out. Poland has Auschwitz so I'm sure that there are some really strange places there.

[@wombat1238marsupial]

You are right Ken the small neighbourhood of Meadowmere does look like it's been overlooked for too long, sad really😢

[@EphemeralProductions]

I think it’s a pretty cool lookin place. It’s got a unique charm i like.

[@funnygal4u2]

Rosedale is my old neighborhood... only my house was closer to Green Acres Mall, but I know all over here also since I was a kid. In this shopping center where the Lowe’s is, used to be Mays when I was a kid and then it became Fleaport Fleamarket. The Lowe’s used to be Pergamens, Wholesale Liquidators was in that shopping center too. Across the way was a shopping center with the store TSS, and a fruit store called Big Banana.

[@richardburriesci7723]

THIS GUY IS A GOOD TRUE FILMMAKER 👍

[@dorothymerrell6091]

This is a very interesting video. I think that the older homes have been there for may many years. Like you I believe they are owned by hard working people.

[@robertdemartino8678]

Back in the 1960's and earlier if you went north on Brookville Blvd from Rockaway Blvd there were houses to the right that were built on stilts over the swamp and there was a dirt road that went out to them off of Brookville Blvd. There were probably about 15 houses out there and one was right on Brookville Blvd. They started to abandon them in the late 60's early 70's

[@yllenhoj]

Yeah my family lived on 148th and Brookville Blvd for about 16 years. That area was only a few blocks away from where “snake road” really got rural. We played in the swamps all the time. And hung near the TACAN tower ( near where the Eastern airlines plane crashed ) ..

[@z978ady]

Might want to acquire a dog bite map from a newspaper or city agency while trekking outback just to avoid wild dog packs. Very interesting videos.

[@keet3028]

The visual at the beginning 😭! I know the residents are saying that’s not fair. Lol.

[@martinamills7755]

That’s my friend 😍😘 he has angels 👼🏾 watching over him 🙏🏾🙏🏾 he’s good ❤️

[@Muhanyawa13]

Keep spirit making vidoes for us💪

[@sharon-qc3gn]

This area is also called 5 towns and Lawrence, its so quaint, there's also a very nice restaurant back there..on the water

[@jeffmerhar9424]

Hard to believe that it's so close to the city

[@winowillie99]

I remember the 5 towns mall from the 60's to the 80's. Used to be an A&P on the right where it says "store for rent."

[@yvettemurray7259]

I think it was Pathmark

[@PostcardCathy]

Yeah, it wasn’t an A&P. There was one on Hungry Harbor Rd though. There used to be a movie theater in the mall.

[@eugenewalton7336]

Love these videos! How many pairs of shoes have you worn through?

[@dutchessa559]

To me the basics look pretty familiar, I think way way back this was Dutch wharf area, build by the creek so they could bring the boats in by tide. Makes sense due to the name Nassau county (the last name of our Royals is Orange-Nassau) Long Island was named Nassau for some time too, long time ago. See Wiki.

[@magdasantiago3279]

Your videos give space for contemplation... I like that!!!