“Moncrief” Is Jacksonville’s Most Hood Street 💯

[@Shootskas]

I'm an Uber driver and I was driving right near 45th and Moncrief and witnessed a police sting in broad daylight on Moncrief. The cops jumped out of an unmarked vehicle and starting arresting multiple people.

[@realtv101]

I'm on this street all the time it ain't that damn dangerous its plenty other streets that are more dangerous! For the most part if you dont fuck with nobody they wont fuck with you!

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

Thats true anywhere but everyone says moncrief is the hood. Even katt williams has a joke about it

[@realtv101]

@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS Yeah it is hood for sure! It's a street over from there that's more hood in my opinion...that's where the prostitute hang out...

[@savagecheetah3154]

@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS Yep east side and Lackawanna Also

[@Makaveli13Xroy]

go on a weekend-night :)

[@femmedenise3598]

Exactly … who is this person

[@saulgster]

I'm pretty sure the people want you to go at night. Preferably Friday or Saturday night. The scene should be completely different. Just like the hood's in LA and the SFV.

[@saulgster]

Do a Pacoima, CA. 91331 drive through at night, just the whole little city. It's pretty bad along with all the surrounding cities around it. VAN NUYS, CA. SYLMAR, CA.

[@phillipcottrell7717]

@@saulgster I was born in Lakewood California haven't seen Lakewood Van Nuys or California since the 80s grew up in Jacksonville since 87 and moncrief is nothing compared to Van Nuys Lakewood or the Los Angeles area of California

[@phillipcottrell7717]

I have heard of pacoima don't remember for sure if I've been to it tho

[@ashliesheerin9768]

@@phillipcottrell7717 I grew up in a small village in the West of Ireland, them streets were real dangerous, never knew when a cow could come out of nowhere and take your life 😂

[@rockfresh1993]

@@ashliesheerin9768 beefing over milk

[@Wis_Dom]

I lived here a while back. Just like most hoods, if you mind your business, most of the time, people don't mess with you. It's usually the people who are INVOLVED in something illegal that have the most constant problems.

[@owen6033]

I’m from Canada and I’m white so I should be fine if I stay out the way and just sell a lil bit of weed or do they target white ppl cuz they got the most money

[@femmedenise3598]

That is a whole lie .. it is way more hood streets than that one.. stop speakin on the city if you don’t know what you talkin abt … #duval

[@flytexashomes5827]

You must be proud 😂

[@socorio4100]

Wow. You’re a proud hoodrat… you sure showed him

[@mikeoxlong5843]

Doesn't look all that bad to me. As a Canadian, I wouldn't hesitate to head to Holley's BBQ to grab something to eat.

[@secretarypahlscrossing839]

So maybe you aren't from Jax because you didn't show us anything. And why did you turn on Edgewood instead of staying on Moncrief?

[@daddyhpeace7]

Exactly. Why didn't you continue on Moncrief Rd ? I'd love to see you drive all the way down Moncrief Rd to Soutel Drive. But definitely at night. I once lived there.

[@rjori12]

Why does this car remind me of my Childhood 😂 at 2:36

[@owen6033]

2:36 I can’t be the only one who saw that smart car 😂😂😂

[@Teenitesy]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 I thought it was legit a toy!!!

[@sourcingsailor4987]

I served in the U.S. Navy and was stationed in San Diego (32nd Street), went to Compton with shipmates from there, no problems, whatsoever. I was stationed in North Chicago,(NTC Great Lakes) went to Southside Chicago, with shipmates from there, AND by my lonesome, no problems, whatsoever. I was stationed in Norfolk(Norfolk Naval Station) went to hoods in Norfolk, Newport News and as far away as Richmond, by my lonesome, no problems, whatsoever! Finally, I was stationed in Jacksonville, (Naval Air Station Jax) for four years, went to every hood in Jacksonville, ate everywhere in Jacksonville, met tons of natives from Jacksonville, you want to no how many issues I had? None! Zilch! Not one! It comes down three things: 1. How you carry yourself. 2. Minding your business. 3. What you are doing, meaning your reason for being where you are at anytime. If you are doing something nefarious, chances are high nefarious acts will find you. But, if you are just having a good time, while being cautious, then, your day will more than likely be conflict free. To bring this home and prove how people are blowing J'ville's rep' out of proportion, the only incident I ever had in Jacksonville, wasn't actually in J'ville, but Orange Park. My shipmates and I went to a Chinese buffet, one block east of Orange Park Mall. The Chinese guy saw six black guys, all of size and in shape walk in. We all sat and ate, but one of my friends, didn't like Chinese food, yet, he paid for the buffet, anyway. However, the only thing he would eat was egg rolls. So, he would literally put 5 to 8 egg rolls on his plate and eat. He made two trips and even though we each paid $7.95 for All U Can Eat, the Chinese guy took the entire pan off egg rolls out of its spot and all you saw was this empty space with about an inch of steaming water underneath. We asked, "What was going on? Why did you take the egg roll pan off of the buffet, after we paid?" The Chinese guy replied, "We are out of egg rolls!" "Really?! Come on! Egg rolls is all he eats, he doesn't like Chinese food. Plus, you see all of us Navy guys walk in, you didn't have an issue then, and you gladly took our money. Now you are taking items off of the buffet bar, then lying claiming you are out? Please stop it and put them back! A Chinese restaurant running out of egg rolls is similar to McDonald's running out of Big Macs or a strip club running out of singles, it's never going to happen, ever!" I stated. That was the last time we spent money there. It wasn't eight months later he place was closed!

[@miketyler677]

So, what bars/restaurants you would recommend in Jacksonville?

[@sourcingsailor4987]

@@miketyler677 Soul Food Bistro. Just google it and you'd see exactly what I am talking about. However, i warn you, don't make any plans afterwards, because after you eat there all you'd want to do is go back home or to your hotel room and crash, as it is that damn good.

[@eyeseer1]

Katt Williams brought me here talking about this street when he joked about “Martin Creef”.

[@6ixallah]

i live like right here my g it ain’t as bad as the north side or east side my g that side of town is ACTIVE ACTIVE You keep to yourself and nobody will mess wit with you it’s only active when you want it to be

[@criticalnewstvcriticalanal2495]

Ola Jose ! Thanks a lot for your fine work ! Indeed in europe there are many cities, which are looking by far worser than in Jacksonville. Just visit the "peripherique" of Paris, or Marseille, Milan, etc. it's extremely ugly and insanly dangerous. I would love to live in FL and even in these Jacksonville areas ! P.S. the guy on the bike doin a wheely remembers me 15 years ago :-)

[@savagecheetah3154]

Huh?? Jacksonville is the murder capital of florida and has over 200 homicides a year and has way less people than paris And paris has less homocides

[@savagecheetah3154]

Please do not compare jacksonville to those places

[@criticalnewstvcriticalanal2495]

​@@savagecheetah3154 You're absolutely right, by looking at the homicides in a year paris is at 50% of those of jacksonville. Perhaps it's just the general impression of jacksonville (proximity to the sea, far more space, typ of houses, climate, etc.), compared to paris, which makes me prefer jacksonville...

[@savagecheetah3154]

@@criticalnewstvcriticalanal2495 Yea cant let Looks fool you man

[@savagecheetah3154]

@@criticalnewstvcriticalanal2495 These areas are Super active at night

[@ForClosure]

Since you down here, can you come down to Mixon town, I wanna say "what's up"

[@LachubzMusic]

Yooo I’m in pyc

[@ForClosure]

@@LachubzMusic Word?

[@YungP32208]

😂😂😂😂

[@umitencho]

4 generations of my family lived here. The problem is the land itself. It is literally toxic. My great grandmother became mentally ill, and grandmother & mother have and had cancer. The land itself is unstable as we had stories and pictures of people's new home cracking in half. Then starting with my mother's generation, there was black flight. Those who would gain a career and in time become the new elders & leaders of the neighborhood moved to other areas in the city or left. Basically a loss of capital and a brain drain. The church moving further down killed the area you initially started the video. Moncrief is a story of the what happens when people have choices on where to live when they grow up, and there is no effort to replace & maintain.

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

Louisville had the same problem because of toxic chemicals plants. I need to research more into that

[@umitencho]

@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS The city lost a lawsuit over it. Start from there.

[@lyfeofbill2764]

@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS There use to be a trash incinerator plant in that area so toxic ash was in the top soil.

[@jax_inc2855]

My hood lost my brother in 2004 right across the street in the winn dixie plaza

[@willbygosh4887]

Hasn't changed since the early 70s when I lived in Jacksonville,not as many muscle cars,gas was 30 cents a gallon.

[@Brian00007]

What decade would you say it started to get bad?

[@savagecheetah3154]

@@Brian00007 80s

[@Brian00007]

@@savagecheetah3154 thanks for the response

[@SlotSeekers]

Now the cheapest you will see in Jacksonville is 3.99

[@SearchIndex]

@@Brian00007during the Cuban boat people crisis and cocaine cartels in the 80s when police departments were so hard to man that they stopped doing background checks

[@gregoryarmstrong4200]

I used to buy herion there back in the day on 13th n moncreif on that corner store its called flints they used to sell fire plates of food for cheap

[@phillipcottrell7717]

This is my old neighborhood it's really not as bad as it's portrayed

[@bobbygene4418]

It's on and popping now

[@tray8162]

@@bobbygene4418naw

[@derekb7814]

The only other place I've seen them drive dirt bikes and 4 wheelers on public streets is Baltimore. Interesting to see this here. Either way, much love to Duval Co.!

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

Its very common in many places. Miami but only the worst areas.. all of Florida really

[@joshferguson3113]

I used to drive down moncreif all the time had a co worker who lived there but it's a rough area for sure.

[@MadMetaGamer]

Ill give it to you, moncrief is pretty hood, but you need to go to springfield near downtown jax. Youre not seeing anything til you drive down union street and make your way into Springfield from there. Born raised and lived in jax my whole life

[@allyouget320]

I miss Mary Ann's chicken that used to be off of 45th and moncrief.

[@Meitsme1966-w2t]

OMG! Just look at all the dead bodies everywhere! Folks, I'm a 76 year old lifetime resident of Jacksonville, and I grew up near Moncrief Road. It's not half as bad as these current videos would lead you to believe. Crime can and does occur everywhere, but lay off our neighborhoods. And that's what they are: "neighborhoods," not just "hoods." Some pretty awesome people came out of there, including yours truly and my six siblings, none of whom are in prison and none of whom were ever robbed or shot dead on the street. That green grocery store? It was C&C when I was growing up. Run by a white couple who, as far as I know, never had problems in the community. The church across the street is St. Matthew Baptist, where many of my present day values were formed. I have great memories of the Moncrief community, including Simonds-Johnson Park.

[@sz5876]

Katt Williams brought me here. People who live here just need to act like normal Americans and this neighborhood will be ultra safe.

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

Its very dangerous. Katt williams is hilarious

[@hunterivey]

Hey can you drive through places like Midfield, AL, College Park, GA and Hurtsboro AL, next time when you drive again, put your camera behind the windshield, so it won't be so obvious for people to see it.

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

We did videos in college park ga. Also bham hoods like midfield and westfield all that

[@hunterivey]

@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS oh I didn't see those, oops, but make sure if you drive in Hurtsboro again, put your go pro behind the windshield, so it won't be so obvious that they can see it.

[@Slightly_Sadistic]

I'm originally from that area. That is home to me.

[@WhoIsKeese]

Anybody lived on moncrief & 35th st in 2006 ? I used to live there in the house on the corner as a kid.

[@richardcranium1025]

I'm on moncreif and edgewood 3 days a week ain't nothing bad about it.

[@Ultrajamz]

Already sounds hood.

[@JobyJoby-iw2wr]

Recalling when Moncrief Road was the 'color line' well into the 1960s - better times.

[@lyfeofbill2764]

Actually if you know the true history of Jax, the area around Moncrief and Soutel was the first black owned golf course in the south. It was owned by AL Lewis (Who also owned most of American Beach). White people purchased the land that would become Washington Estates. So in reality the land just migrated back to black hands.

[@lasaviabrown7920]

Cant go wrong with a cadillac no matter what year it is oldschool or new

[@ericktwelve11]

Jose, which state is better than Florida in your opinion

[@jaezone3400]

This dude treating the black side of jax like it’s the Jacksonville Zoo train or some sh*t…..

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

economical inclusion. welcome to post segregation world.

[@pattencycling]

Nothing going on bro

[@savagecheetah3154]

It’s not the worst hood in jacksonville that’s why It’s worse at night tho

[@Gregtman502]

Moncrief rd has alot of hoods off of it

[@gerriallen3966]

Stop with the half whistle mouth noises!!

[@davidbrazell5179]

I feel you on the wanting to go home and have fun that's the story of my life but instead I'm working my ass off for diddly shit smh

[@webeewatchin1977]

Nah ride down 21st and phoenix. On the east side. Way worse.

[@joseluzarraga5676]

Ft myers does have hooks

[@bludgeonedtodeath90]

When I saw who the people on the street were from, I was not at all surprised that this place was dangerous.

[@haleynutt3081]

it’s because they are poor……. we aren’t getting paid enough to live and eat out here,, that’s what makes you turn to crime not anything else ab you like where ur family originated or your skin color

[@bludgeonedtodeath90]

@@haleynutt3081 You're snowflake. There are also bad neighborhoods where poor Whites live. Most are very clean and safe. How about that?

[@Meitsme1966-w2t]

Why? What was it about "the people on the street," whom you obviously do not know, that made you know the area was dangerous? (Oh, grandmother! What big eyes you have!)

[@williammaddox2871]

it was daylight please dont go recording at nite you jus might be nx on channel 4 news

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

We done plenty of videos at night

[@mesa620]

Katy Williams brought me here

[@kevina5519]

You got to take that trip at night to really experience it .

[@MR250K]

Myrtle Ave aka murder Ave around the corner

[@grorgewrite3634]

crime is rampant in cities because most cities have alot black ppl im black so i can say that

[@MichaelSmith-yg8mc]

it is true. i fucking hate what our race of people have become.

[@TalkMyShiit]

Lol you sound obtuse …

[@SearchIndex]

⁠@@TalkMyShiit Chris Rock did a whole skit on the subject

[@stanleybrown2254]

Its only dangerous for people that are doing dangerous things just like any major inner city..what's new

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

umm no, its scary to get out at a nice hotel there.

[@SlotSeekers]

I was in moncrief for a track meet and there was a shooting 😬

[@corinnajune]

I mean, we live in the US, there’s always a shooting

[@DeliahAyala.2.14.91.]

It's funny, for it being so "dangerous and ghetto" it's a clean, pretty little neighborhood. It looks nice. You wana see scary come out to Downtown Phoenix, AZ .....

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

Jacksonville murder rate much higher than Phoenix. You got crackheads, they got killers.

[@6ixallah]

just moved from phoenix to Jacksonville and all I gotta say is people In phoenix are sweet compared to the crime out here lol believe me this street is nothing compared to the other ones on the north side of jax or east This is more close to the west side of Jacksonville which is a little bit more calm but like still bad where I live and like the south across the bridge is like the Scottsdale of jax like the nice part next to the beach where all the beach cribs and apts are so it just varys in jax

[@lucyintheskywithdiamonds2537]

Looks can be deceiving! They really didn’t get into the bad parts around Moncrief. Night time there is a entire different story, daylight fhe goons are fast asleep. I live in Jax Arlington area And have also live in Phoenix about 15 years ago and speaking from my experience Jacksonville is much worse and it’s not even close. Phoenix just had a severe drug problem. Jacksonville had a severe gang problem.

[@789qazify]

Phoenix is safe compared to duval, y’all got a bunch of junkies and downtown phoenix compared to moncrief isn’t a good comparison. Downtown jax has a lot of crime too since that’s where hoods on each side of town meet as well as all the drugs, crime, junkies and homeless mfs downtown

[@walleyehunter8862]

No helmets speeding is deadly

[@LAN04H]

please gtfo of the left lane, YOU are the most dangerous part of the northside in this video.

[@LILQUEENKONGG]

#DUUVVAALLLLLLL

[@saltybatch29]

FREAKVILLE!!!

[@deadbreaker8576]

Bert rd worse

[@rakim6466]

Looks nice to me