Bronx Walk NYC - Exploring in the South Bronx, June 21, 2021 (@TEchi World Walk)

[@quentin537]

I grew up at 162nd Street between Melrose Avenue and Elton Avenue from 1961 until 1982. I use to walk all over The Bronx and I did not recognize a thing! How beautiful some areas have become with all those new office & apartment buildings. When you reach 161 street I was surprise to see that 161st Street was cut off between Elton Ave and Washington Ave. That street use to run from Yankee Stadium straight to 3rd Avenue where it ended. I see now that many things have change in that area for the better because it never look that good back in the 1970's. I love it! Thank you so much.

[@ThomEchi]

The South Bronx has been going through redevelopment. In a few years living there will cost you as much as anywhere in New York City. Thanks for watching.

[@gil3484]

@@ThomEchi yes, I was raised in still live in the Bronx since 1969 and as a kid I saw many burned and abandoned building and spaces that are know beautiful tall office buildings, college building, like Boricua college on 161 and Brook Ave. The New Courthouse on 161 and Morris Ave. So many places are now rebuilt with beautiful private houses and Senior Buildings. You also have Luxury Hotels, and condominium apartment buildings. The Bronx is being improved and yes things will be as expensive here because the businesses that were here at the ports will also come back. I think NYC in general will continue to improve.

[@ThomEchi]

@@gil3484 I really think so too. For economic purposes, businesses especially Real Estate Moguls are fighting each other for a piece of the action in the South Bronx.

[@leecornwell5632]

@@gil3484 They are gonna definitely wind up bringing the 3rd Avenue Elevated line back I'm telling . God 🙏 has a big vision and some one else has vision. Something is coming back I'm telling you. Every body is still processing about the old 8 3rd Avenue Elevated line tairing it down and they were protesting about they did not want this 3rd Avenue Elevated line to come down but they torn it down like a dam fool and now the south Bronx is definitely suffering without the Subway 3rd Avenue Elevated line wich that everybody could catch the train get on the train and now they have to wait for a bus 🚌 . Nothing cannot replace or take over the 8 3rd Avenue Elevated line anymore no matter how much they run buses over there at Webster Ave Bronx Clearmount Avenue Bronx .

[@leecornwell5632]

You look at the new developments at south Bronx Clearmount Avenue Webster Ave Bronx. The mayor Eric Adams said that south Bronx definitely needs Transportation over there and he said out of his own moth and I have the article right 👍 on the news paper 📜. Eric Adams is telling the gospel truth about the 8 Third Ave Elevated line shouldn't never been talking down in the first place. you know that was a crime of taking down this 8 3rd Avenue Elevated line down . The old president Robert mosses could not stand extra elevated lines at all. They torn down the 8 3rd Avenue Elevated line down on purpose. if that was the case they should of torn down the 2 5 trains. The 2 5 8 lines has the same exact metal steel structures.

[@keishasmart6944]

I Love the BX. Can't nothing touch or comprear. To the Big Apple. Buggy Down😍

[@ThomEchi]

Glad that you are here. Thanks for watching.

[@soniaorengo4813]

I love The Bronx. My best memories lives there. God bless New York!!

[@ThomEchi]

That's awesome! Thanks for watching.

[@rw9207]

If you look at footage of the Bronx in 1982 Vs Now, It's like night and day. The people of the Bronx should be proud of how far the city has come.

[@ThomEchi]

Yes indeed! The better news is that the Bronx redevelopment is still ongoing.

[@sharonroxy8586]

Come from what

[@holland9199]

You know what I really like about your feed😀if you forward on the time bar you give the exact address and you show the train 🚆 station🤔I live in Hudson Yards and I really like 👍 going up to The Bronx and this helps me get around thank you 😊 people talk to you too

[@victorrosario2494]

Brings back so many memories of when I lived on Melrose walked all over those areas. 1972-1981.

[@ThomEchi]

Awesome! Glad you liked it.

[@nancycandelaria7822]

Yeah looks nice I used to live 178 and East Tremont. I remember PS 67 that I went to and the Bronx Zoo was like 14 block away this was 39 years ago😭

[@ThomEchi]

Thank you for watching.

[@rodneydavis7149]

I lived on Hornaday place, 2 block stretch off southern blvd, 2 blocks north and east of 181st street.

[@ThomEchi]

Good for you. Thanks for watching.

[@DD-hu3rf]

Masks outside? In the semi-fresh air? Surprised to see that!

[@ThomEchi]

In New York City almost everyone wear a mask outside.

[@DD-hu3rf]

@@ThomEchi my husband is from NYC. I knew they were doing that in Manhattan, Brooklyn didn't think S Bronx would be also doing so, in Summer, outside!

[@ThomEchi]

@@DD-hu3rf Thank you. Anyway, South Bronx is still part of New York City's five boroughs. At the time of filming the video, no one is allowed to ride the bus or subway without a mask. I think that mandate is still in force even now. However, I've seen a number of people on subways and buses without masks.

[@Dragon_rls]

Branch Covidians.

[@Avenue72nd]

Nice relaxing walk🤗. Wow, there were lots of stores in that area.

[@ThomEchi]

Yes indeed! The South Bronx is thriving. Thanks for watching.

[@peterlania2784]

Brings back memories

[@asaliamilina3257]

I see this all the time where the old criminal court no naration

[@benjamineggleston9848]

A lot was left out the South Bronx is big.

[@ThomEchi]

Yes indeed! Check out my youtube playlist of South Bronx. I have just posted another South Bronx vid. Check that one out too. Thanks for watching.

[@seanberry1969]

Feels so good

[@ThomEchi]

Glad you do. Have a great day.

[@Amaddiegrace]

How is it like living in New York? My whole family is from the Bronx and I WISH I would have been too cause it seems like there’s so much culture to it, history and more. I love hearing the stories from my abuelita when she tells them❤️ it seems like it was a good place to live back then. It seems like there is so much to do! I love how you can just walk to where you need to be. Here in Florida you have to drive far to EVERY WHERE 😩😩

[@ThomEchi]

New York City is a great place to live, but it has its pros and cons like all big cities. Your Granny (Abuelita) must have told you many interesting stories. Of course, Florida is more rural, it's like living in the New York suburban where you need to drive everywhere. Thanks so much for watching and sharing.

[@holland9199]

When i go up to The Bronx it’s a different vibration and feel, I really like it up their and prices are affordable when buying merchandise, I live in the Hudson Yards and I really like being with my peeps 😊(during the day 🙄) lol 😂

[@ThomEchi]

@@holland9199 Thanks. There are many more videos of different Bronx Neighborhoods

[@afifa6984]

I know people have health problems. 😢

[@frankal1090]

Love how many people are not following covid saftey measure!👺

[@ThomEchi]

Many people are careful around this part but not all as seen in this video. Thanks.

[@afifa6984]

I got my body from THE BRONX.

[@benligon9616]

Thinking of buying a condo in the South Bronx in the Melrose neighborhood. I believe the area of you walking on 149th and 3rd Ave is Melrose? Would you recommend Melrose or another neighborhood in the South Bronx? Someone told me to check out Mott Haven. Would appreciate your thoughts/feedback. By the way, love your videos.

[@ThomEchi]

I know the South Bronx as a whole is going through some extensive redevelopment. This is similar to the historic Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan redevelopment back in the days. However, shopping for a house/condo require personal due diligence. You will need to check everything out for yourself. Sorry, I'm unable to advise you. Thanks for watching.

[@leecornwell5632]

​@@ThomEchi You for got one thing to mention is the old 8 Third Ave Elevated line that s definitely missing right now. it's completely dead without the Third Ave Elevated line. no matter how many buses they run over there. Nothing cannot replace or take over the 8 Third Ave Elevated line anymore.

[@ThomEchi]

@@leecornwell5632 Wow! That's way back. Originally operated by the New York Elevated Railway, an independent railway company, it was acquired by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) and eventually became part of the New York City Subway system. By the way where do you reside now?

[@frankal1090]

Plot twist: the person recording had to upload this video thru icloud cuz 2 mins after was he/she got done filming 3 dudes in motorbikes creeped up and stopped him took his phone, wallet,and lunch. Welcome to dah bronx.

[@ThomEchi]

That would be surreal for publicity. But man, the victim would not find it funny..lol.

[@realtor778]

Is it dangerous as the rap that south Bronx has? I’m thinking of staying at an Airbnb in South Bronx, Parckchester area. Metro #line 6 is walking distance

[@ThomEchi]

That's more like in the '80s and '90s. However, like in all big cities, you still have to be cautious about your surroundings. Usually, if you don't bother people they will not bother you.

[@ajpine1856]

Just need to do something about all the non licensed non food handlers mostly non tax payers off the sidewalks that make it frustrating to have to walk through! Not to mention the few assholes selling and doing drugs right in the open - need to do something about that too!

[@ThomEchi]

Hahaha! watch the latest video I posted today starting from the general location. Well, the Police cars are parked along side those vendors. The law enforcement knows that people have to hustle for their survival in this pandemic era. Thanks for watching.

[@afifa6984]

Don't eat too much sugar huh.

[@vector8310]

I lived in the Michelangelo Apartments, which are across the street from Lincoln hospital. The 149th and Grand Concourse station should've been renamed after me since I went up and down those stairs so many times. I also worked at Hostos College. I am really grateful that you took the time to record this walk, especially along 149th. Incidentaly, some people call this section of the Bronx The Hub, since the central post office and Lincoln, as well as the Third Avenue shopping district are centrally located relative to the other 4 boroughs of the city. I wish you could walk though the courtyards of the Michelangelo apartments. It would be great to see how they look today. I left in 1985. Thanks again. You do great work. Consider me a new subscriber.

[@ThomEchi]

Welcome! Thank you sharing. Have an awesome day!

[@raulroca4694]

Donde quedaban los clubes latinos mas famosos de la época de la salsa dura?

[@ThomEchi]

No sé de club de salsa. Soy un camarógrafo callejero. ¿Qué te gusta de este video?

[@afifa6984]

Some people wanna be big ok.

[@ashleyfeliciano8279]

Thanks for the video. Fun just exploring with you

[@ThomEchi]

Awesome!

[@johnetheridge5833]

I was born in 1961 and lived on 169th street and 3rd avenue in the Claremont houses until the mid 1970’s lived in the bronx most of my life i live and in manhattan for work now. LOVE THE BOOGIE DOWN FOR EVER .

[@ThomEchi]

Interesting memories. Thanks for watching.

[@afifa6984]

I like fast food too 😜

[@charlespatsky7060]

grandparents live at 453 E 160th Street still have flashbacks of what it was like in neighborhood

[@ThomEchi]

How long ago was that? I suppose you moved to another state or city? Thanks for sharing.

[@charlespatsky7060]

@@ThomEchi family moved my grandparents by about 1964 closer to family in Connecticut.

[@leecornwell5632]

You know what's really really missing is the old 8 3rd Avenue Elevated line that used to run between Gun hill road and Clearmount Avenue Webster Ave Bronx and 149 street 3rd Avenue helping out the 2 5 trains 🚃. That was back in the earlier 70 s when they torn down this 8 3rd Avenue Elevated line back in 1973 1974.

[@leecornwell5632]

Nothing cannot replace or take over the 8 3rd Avenue Elevated line anymore.

[@leecornwell5632]

Thank you for liking my reply. They definitely need to bring this 8 3rd Avenue Elevated line back in the south Bronx between Gun hill road and Clearmount Avenue Webster Ave Bronx. Alots of people are definitely suffering without the 3rd Avenue Elevated line I'm telling you. Another thing to they are definitely gonna tair down the old houses on Clearmount Avenue Webster Ave Bronx where the old 8 line used to run . It's gonna be the affordable housing . God has the vision and some one else has the vision. I'm just letting you know that now.

[@juliorivera870]

I ♥️ NY 🇺🇸

[@ThomEchi]

Thanks for watching.

[@Dragon_rls]

Meda meda

[@afifa6984]

We all healthy right.

[@ThomEchi]

Well, not everyone. Thanks for watching.

[@jessicaeshenbrenner2827]

🎉🎉🎉❤🎉🎉

[@deniaberson7708]

The plaza where you will shopping for a month take deluxe items

[@ThomEchi]

There are shopping centers in the Bronx. Thanks for watching.

[@danieleyre8913]

Can someone please answer: Is this a lot of what was demolished in the late 70s & Early 80s and then later rebuilt?

[@ThomEchi]

Thanks @Daniel Eyre for stopping by. I am attaching here a section of South Bronx redevelopment from Wikipedia. I hope it answers your question. Beginning in the late 1980s, parts of the South Bronx started to experience urban renewal with rehabilitated and brand new residential structures, including both subsidized multifamily townhomes and apartment buildings.[30] The Sunnyslope estate, later the Bright Temple A.M.E. Church, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. Over $1 billion were spent on rebuilding the area through the 1990s, with 19,000 apartments having been refurbished and more than 4,500 new houses having been built for the working class. More than fifty abandoned apartment buildings on the Major Deegan Expressway and the Cross Bronx Expressway were renovated for residential use. Over 26,500 people moved into the area. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Bronx

[@danieleyre8913]

@@ThomEchi Thanks. It’s making a lot of sense now how it went from looking like Germany at the end of the war to what it is now. It’s insane how it degenerated to how it was in the late 70s. I know it was always the borough of New York more for the less affluent working class, but in the 40s and 50s it was still vibrant and functioning like it is today.

[@leecornwell5632]

​@@danieleyre8913 The 8 Third Ave Elevated line was demolished aswell like a dam ass in 1973 1974 . However if you ride to north Fordam Road you will definitely see the old 3rd Avenue train station walls still remaining and Gun hill road track frames trestle half of it is still up and the subway system line is definitely still up and the court house at 161 street is still up I'm telling you

[@leecornwell5632]

The Third Ave Elevated line is definitely missing. That's the reason why you see alots of developments over there and they are definitely gonna tair down the old houses and rebuilding the affordable houses because something is coming back I'm telling you that now. You know in your heart ❤️ that is definitely missing something that was important to everyone that helped out the 2 5 4 6 lines to point A to point B. some cars and trucks need to be taking off the road and bring this Third Ave Elevated line back. They just don't rebuilding the whole entire community south Bronx Clearmount Avenue Webster Ave Bronx developments for nothing. Alots of people are still processing about non stop 🛑 about they did not want this line to come down.

[@johannypaulino2953]

Thank you for posting this. Very nostalgic. ❤️❤️❤️

[@ThomEchi]

My pleasure! Thanks for watching.

[@Mico8791]

It’s another world from where I live. I only went for work but fell in love with it.

[@ThomEchi]

Hahaha! Good for you. Please check out the videos on the channel. Thanks for clicking.

[@CharlotteDrillsAndBeefs]

This is the most dangerous area in NY?

[@ThomEchi]

Not at all!

[@afifa6984]

Oops I mean 😋

[@sharonroxy8586]

No thanks

[@ChefKevinRiese]

Actually that's south south Bronx if under 149 th street. I worked that area for 35 years and so glad I left! Yeah its really great if you like overcrowding, gang violence and dirty air. That place sucks!

[@ThomEchi]

So how long ago since you left? Thanks for your feedback.😚

[@ChefKevinRiese]

@@ThomEchi Sep 21. I have seen much improvement since I moved to NY in 1985. I was running a service based company but between covid and how business unfriendly NY is and the fact that I,m 65 it was time to throw the towel in. Now I live in VA right on the Chesapeake Bay. In a weird way I do miss it sometimes.

[@ThomEchi]

@@ChefKevinRieseSo you left in September 2021? Once you live in New York all your life, it's hard to live anywhere else comfortably. Now you have a lot of high rises popping up and big corporate offices moving in. Pretty soon the South Bronx will be as expensive as Hell's Kitchen in Manhattan.

[@ChefKevinRiese]

@@ThomEchi You are right. New building everywhere! I dont know where displaced people would relocate. Maybe East NY? There is a nice restaurant row on the Bruckner right before you cross the 3rd ave bridge. It used to be antique row but they are gone now. Another change.

[@franciscopedrodonascimento]

Muito legal essa parte

[@ThomEchi]

Gracias por ver.

[@lizandrogomez5191]

I live in the broxe

[@ThomEchi]

What do you mean " I live in the broxe?"

[@lizandrogomez5191]

The Bronx. Ahora a cambiado. Ya no es como antes. Lo sacaban en las noticias

[@ThomEchi]

@@lizandrogomez5191 Sí, el Bronx ha pasado por muchas remodelaciones.

[@kirbyburden2755]

Love seeing this! If you see videos from the 70s and 80s, you can see this is what America is about! I 've only been to NYC once, been to a few places around the world and NYC is a city that is calling me back. Want to visit the South Bronx and planning my next trip!

[@ThomEchi]

Thanks for watching.

[@afifa6984]

It's the water sewages

[@ThomEchi]

Where?

[@gurbinderkaur6548]

Nice vedio

[@ThomEchi]

Thank you. Have a great day

[@gurbinderkaur6548]

@@ThomEchi send what's up no

[@ThomEchi]

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[@williamlandweer7106]

Where are the markets and where do you park? What a rat race.

[@ThomEchi]

You park where ever the city permit you. Thanks for watching.

[@ChefKevinRiese]

Its a shit hole!