Grotty 1928 OTIS traction elevator, refurbished @ 38-09 43rd Ave, New York City

Miller building
Elevator Information
• Location: 38-09 43rd Ave, Long Island City, NY
• Manufacturer: OTIS
• Year: 1928 (Source: streeteasy.com/building/38_01-...)
• Type: 2-speed traction
• Capacity:
• Stops: 4
Recorded 18. November 2015

[@joshs4594]

I love this. Brings back memories of when I was a kid when my father would take me to work with him in Manhattan. Around noon he'd go around midtown to visit his accounts and many of them had old Otis elevators in their buildings like this one (without the scratched-in graffiti, of course). Excellent video. Gold star. 🌟

[@BlackstoneBuilding]

It's really sad to see this epic old lift in such a bad condition. You can tell how beautiful it once was just by looking at the cab

[@blueauraretriever]

This is one of the best lifts in NYC!!

[@Elevationnation04]

When you’re at the top floor in the elevator just starts up the sound the motor makes us just so beautiful

[@mrmattandmrchay]

It's had a partial modernisation but this is still a very scary lift - love the way the doors open in a "I don't really give a s**t" attitude style HAHA! Great lift.

[@LondonAndSouthEastTransport]

mrmattandmrchay xD

[@plateshutoverlock]

Nice phallus on the door. Makes me super confident on the safety of this elevator!

[@mondocjenson-dy8zd]

giving someone a Hard time...

[@Meliodas1999]

I like the motor of that traction elevator. It is EPIC and so vintage.

[@edurobgam]

i love the sound of the motor

[@MiddieTV]

Me too!

[@Bombiedude.]

Nice motor sound

[@ElevatorsfromSweden]

EPIC Motor! :D

[@Bombiedude.]

Ive actually heard otis was the only company making automatic door elevators back in the 20s and they were the first company to develope automatic ones

[@Bombiedude.]

Wow really neat old elevator lots of character and nice motor

[@Bombiedude.]

I also like the old fashioned bell sounds it makes too

[@liftsadventurevideosinfran7966]

I love the motor on that one !! 😀

[@747sooner]

Epic traction motor startup!

[@Bombiedude.]

The buttons seemed to have been modernized at a later time because they look in better shape than what other old elevator buttons look like

[@yayawsh1388]

Motor sound !!!

[@NANA-jt4dq]

Wow this takes you back doesn't it :)

[@LondonAndSouthEastTransport]

1:33 for awesome motor

[@CityLifeinAmerica]

Gah you were here and you didn’t let us know! I’d love to film an elevator with you and discuss some stuff!

[@251Aloha]

Nice elevator!

[@tonygamerrblx0]

Grotty OTIS Elevator!

[@neaelevator]

Wow what a find!!!

[@SproutyPottedPlant]

Epic motor!!! Super grotty I like it!

[@milos.]

I didn't know elevators with automatic doors were produced back in 20's 😳

[@Bombiedude.]

when its moving it makes really funny noises

[@johnelevator777]

You came to New York! :)

[@VancityElevators]

Amazing motor!

[@LDTV22OfficialChannel]

I remember watching this

[@lilhonda93]

Their commitment to NEVER cleaning anything in awesome, too.

[@miaugato93]

the whole damn building is grotty xD and was that a spark sound at 0:25?

[@dykodesigns]

Wow, that's a pretty run down place. Perfect for beno, great lift for him to play around with. Is that a wooden cab or does it only appear to look that way?

[@HeritageElevators]

I believe it is made of metal but i don't know for sure

[@Bombiedude.]

The freight elevator looks older than this one

[@Bombiedude.]

I wonder if that freight elevator still works because it looks like its been deralict for quite a while

[@herotroll1]

This elevator is sooo creepy

[@aybgreg6748]

LIC is getting fancy now. They're getting rid of the old Warehouses.

[@IanGSully]

Let's just call that the "Alley elevator"! 😂😂😂

[@upanddownadventures]

Did you get to ride the freight elevator? Also, is this an industrial building? That could partly explain why it is so run down looking.

[@aybgreg6748]

Yeah, it looks like it is or was a Warehouse.

[@gtavstepfordcounty1733]

it did sounded like a spark

[@gtavstepfordcounty1733]

might have been a welder testing the fuse

[@vukjovanovic5878]

Elevator is scary wheter this elevator closes or not?

[@Ih8kone]

PTL Buttons.

[@peterdeutscher1442]

This is elevator needs fixtures improvement! I'm suggest you do this video... Pretty freighted me for that old elevator door open like killed elevator feed!... (Oh dear me, how startled me about this elevator!!!)

[@iak_25]

How old is the elevators🛗

[@ellie_2538]

Wow I'm scared

[@peterdeutscher1442]

Yes it is! 😱

[@user-ce8yr8ns8f]

oh my god this elevator is too old

[@CooteRJ_84]

Doesn't seem like a refurb but it definitely needs updating.

[@GaryBeltz]

That elevator could use a cleaning at least if not an interior makeover.

[@altagraciavaldez4716]

Groos

[@peterdeutscher1442]

What?

[@vitkovskiy69]

Mice

[@willford8475]

What a miserable place!

[@diegovaldez7195]

How disgusting

[@peterdeutscher1442]

They life think goes to hell this old elevator is like antique in car!

[@altagraciavaldez4716]

too filthy

[@peterdeutscher1442]

That's life want goes to hell entry like an "Aniaue old elevator in vintage car!" 😰