New York City Hoods - The South Bronx - Worst Section of the Worst Borough

Today we are in the Bronx New York, and not just any part of the Bronx but the infamous South Bronx which is the poorest section of the poorest borough in New York City. By poor we mean the highest percentage of the population living below the poverty level. 30% of Bronx residents live below the poverty level but that number swells to 37% in the South Bronx.
Violence and crime goes hand in hand with poverty and there is no exception in the Bronx. The Bronx is the most violent borough in New York City. The rate of violent crime in the Bronx is almost twice of Brooklyn and Manhattan (which includes Harlem) and nearly three times that of Queens and Staten Island.
You'll notice in this video that The Bronx of today isn't anything like that of the 1970's/1980's when the South Bronx was an urban wasteland. Long gone are the days of vacant lots, and abandoned buildings as far as the eye can see. Gentrification efforts have been ramping up but the same problems of living in urban America persist. What does the future hold for this part of the city? Does it continue to gentrify or revert back to the slums of the 1970's like in the Charles Bronson movies? Also what do you think of this area? Livable or Miserable? Please let us know in the comments!
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[@skunk71]

Bronx looks nice compared to your video on Kensington, Philly. That was godawful.

[@nono86753]

Yes, I just finished watching that one and thought the exact same thing

[@fatty3383]

I'm a Brit and totally engrossed in these videos..we've got some quite grim places over here too mind.. especially what we call council estates..not all of them but a lot.

[@ManOfEarthAndNature]

Yeah I am in London quite often for work and don't even start with how bad we got it over here. London dangerous af at night. First thing I was told is to not wear the watch I had on at a meeting if I went out that evening. I was like damn, these brits crazy. @@fatty3383

[@bella100107]

Different kinds of places

[@travelandeats8518]

Lol that’s Kensington…. Tf..

[@CorkArchives_AmbienceWalks]

Amazing video from some areas that we normally don’t see ! Will follow from now on

[@ghettomerica]

Glad you enjoyed! Thank you and welcome!

[@CorkArchives_AmbienceWalks]

@@ghettomerica thank you ! Have a good one

[@stevejames3857]

Doesn't look too bad

[@robinmiller9985]

I agree

[@JooUpdate]

this is great video! thank you my friend, see you in Bali

[@ghettomerica]

Thank you my friend. See you there!

[@ralphbiggavelltv]

Fire video 🔥 Good visuals

[@ghettomerica]

Thank you for watching! Glad you enjoyed.

[@danzena4059]

People give the Bronx so much shit and I think its really unfair to the BX. I DO understand why so many people have the view of the BX that they do and its certainly rough in areas of the Bronx. In fact, there's parts of the Bronx I try to avoid altogether but my aunt lives in Morissiana and I have no choice but to go visit her. What I'm trying to say is that the Bronx also has some BEAUTIFUL areas that I think get really overlooked. And people forget so much of the popular culture and some of the most influential people come from the Bronx (Edgar Allen Poe (had residency here), Stan Lee (Creator of Marvel), Hagan Daz ice cream, Ralph Lauren, Hip-hop and doo wop is from the Bronx, just to name a few). Either way, I enjoy your videos!

[@TGWMPE]

I love the videos.

[@jasonjay1053]

When I pass through Webster projects at night they always have at least 20 -30 people outside each building it’s crazy. It’s like the 90s when everyone was outside , They are deep .

[@fatty3383]

Very interesting videos.. I'm hooked on them..the ones where you went through Kensington phil..that looked so depressing..we have our share of places here in the uk that are quite grim..and subscribed good content 👍

[@ghettomerica]

Glad you like them! Thank you for watching and subscribing! Cheers

[@kaizersose7437]

@@ghettomerica why do you drive through peoples neighborhoods video taping people, are you the police or something, is this amusing to you? What’s really wrong with you?

[@johnfinbarr1160]

As you say it looks nothing like it did in the 80s. I live off Fordham Road in 86 and going through the South Bronx was apocalyptic. I remember the boarded windows with happy family images painted on the boards, giving an creepy bitter irony as they ghosted the South Bronx with images of a happy past. What I’m seeing now looks gorgeous in contrast, notwithstanding the current issues you mention. Thank you, this video gives me great joy to see the life affirming efforts of the human spirit being rewarded. Amazing what communities can do when they are United in a cause to change their environment in partnership with good caring governance. In contrast the damage being done by neo liberalism is destroying communities the world over. I spent 30 years living in the UK and left in 2022 and saw a great community based country go down the sewer rapidly to become impoverished especially outside the London region. Very sad indeed.

[@fatty3383]

Your definitely right about the UK..once upon a time communities did stick together and has steadily declined.. probably been that way since the end of the 90s...it be interesting to know what the run down places were like before it became like it is and what year it changed.

[@roadtrip2943]

Riding the num 5 el in the 60s through the simpson,freeman, intervals, propect, jackson stops featured entire devastation right there quite viewable

[@johnfinbarr1160]

@@fatty3383 I’d say it pivoted with Thatcher’s arrival. Her coming spelt the end of a great age of UK being as cohesive a society as it ever came to be.

[@brandonhendrixson2372]

I live in lancaster pa 2 hours from the city a bunch of folks have moved down here from the bronx to Allentown reading harrisburg lebanon york all the towns in between

[@sharonbre9347]

1675 Vyse Ave. was the building I come from. It turned into the epitome of urban dystopian crime and poverty, burnt down to the ground.

[@ghettomerica]

Thanks for sharing! Thank you for watching!

[@dammitbobby283]

Not that bad for a hood. Looks like normal people doing normal things.

[@Slim545]

It’s horrible

[@frank-xp6pj]

Well a lot has to do with how the video is shot & the audio….if you was actually there driving in a car it would have a different feel to it, I’m personally working on starting a driving channel myself but I’ve been studying driving videos & practicing a lot….I erased all the driving videos I’ve done the last 4 months because I want to do something different & offer a more realistic viewing experience for the viewers.

[@universalconquest4447]

Don't let the good looks fool you, you're quick to get piped down or your cheeks clapped in the BX if you don't move right.

[@imilliemedina666]

​@@Slim545Based on what?

[@Slim545]

@@imilliemedina666 reports

[@jmelande4937]

Looks nicer than 90% of Mexico City and better than the worst of London and Paris

[@williamrubinstein3442]

Even this awful neighborhood doesnt look anywhere nearly as bad as whole areas in Philly, Chicago, Baltimore, Detroit or fifty other US cities. NY slums look a lot better.

[@matthewwhitted9179]

I didn't know NYCHA had so munch property lots of projects

[@stevencamacho5772]

I put in as well as repaired customers cable when I worked for Verizon all around the Bronx, worked out of Jerome Ave garage as an Escort...😮

[@frank-xp6pj]

Nice drive, if you shoot the video in 4k@60fps it would eliminate a lot of the motion blur from panning etc….

[@mayrasuarez8046]

Washington heights, Harlem were 2rotten apples 🍎 🍎 thanks to Giuliani today Manhattan is apparently 😊clean up.

[@SalVitroNY]

This is nothing compared to the 80s Bronx & all of NYC is walk in the park compared to the 80s when the Bronx was literally on fire burning 🔥

[@LJC4495]

Yes it was way worse in the 80s I remember when I was seven and going to visit my aunt in the Bronx every corner was just burned rubble of buildings and kids used to play on those heaps of ash 😮

[@universalconquest4447]

80s Bronx was a walk in Disneyland compared to Bronx in 78/79.

[@LJC4495]

@@universalconquest4447 78/79 the Bronx was still the same in the early 80s 🙄

[@imilliemedina666]

Nonsense. I lived there. It was nice then and it's nice now. Don't believe the Hollywood propaganda.

[@missannethrope01]

People are just not made to be warehoused and stacked on top of each other. That would drive me nuts living in a city like NY.

[@user-kk9cv7zq9v]

I wish people would stop getting on social media with there tainted tongues nobody is twisting your arm if you can't handle it than stay the hell out and shut up there millions of people that don't think like you or is such a coward.and most of all this is not only there is of new York there are other beautiful sections that will make u eat your words new York is not thinking about u there going on with there lives and enjoying it bump u

[@melflynt8997]

San Francisco is the same but smaller

[@user-kk9cv7zq9v]

@@melflynt8997 a whole lot smaller, but I like it

[@richardalexander1036]

You mean like in skyscrapers the rich live on all over the world? Stacked on top of each other... nah, it's a lot, a lot more complicated than that.

[@user-kk9cv7zq9v]

@@richardalexander1036 well there's nothing we can do about it, I'm trying to keep my sanity, than to be worrying about what's going In this sick and troubled world we live in god is what's important

[@cosmologybey0]

Oh snap. Just seen myself in your video

[@superwariobro]

lets goooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ghettomerica]

My bro! Let me know anywhere you wanna see next!

[@tilog6839]

If this is the worst of the worst of New York City then New York is in a lot better shape than many other cities.

[@DT-oh6gx]

yea it doesn't look that bad now cuz it's daytime. come thru at night. different story. different people😂😂

[@universalconquest4447]

I used to take the train from Brooklyn just to punk you BX kids at night in your own neighborhoods. I would give you guys weggies, ask about Dirty Mike from Bedstuy.

[@BobbyDouglas-my4fh]

Whatever they ain't god🙄🥱

[@imilliemedina666]

You know nothing. I live in the Bronx and this is a wonderful area. Did you see one speck of litter on the ground? You are slandering people you know nothing about.

[@rodolfoayalajr.8589]

Much better than Kensington, Pa.

[@jakedesimine1782]

Haddy racks is from Mitchell projects

[@zaynabharris3140]

From philly been two new york a few didn't like to many damn people l couldn't it would drive crazy 😅

[@gregoryclarke7842]

Are you sure that this is the worst of the worst? Seems nice and normal in comparison to Kensington…Philly

[@snipersquat4758]

Look nice to you but come here in night time you see it if is nice for you.

[@dim5577]

Take me there to yourself, I will clean the streets

[@Someguy13seven]

Just wall it up and if we need something inside we'll send Snake Plisken

[@roadtrip2943]

These are functioning neighborhood's, much worse back in the 60s was the stretch of freeman, Simpson, prospect and intervale along the Westchester and southern blvds el corridor.

[@718ray]

I lived on simpson and 167 and on intervale closer to Westchester from the mid 90s to like 2004..good old memories chilling with the kids on the block. No place like home!

[@jaylewis5035]

If I was Puerto Rican I would love to live here.

[@robinmiller9985]

I’m white and I’d love to live here

[@ralphbiggavelltv]

Im from this hood born and raised. Trust me fam you dont want to live here. 💯

[@imilliemedina666]

I'm Italian and from the Bronx and this is a beautiful neighborhood with nice people and great food. The person posting this video has chosen to slander my home town.

[@imilliemedina666]

​@@ralphbiggavelltvBaloney. I'm from the Bronx

[@LJC4495]

Ummm...what the heck does that mean????

[@manilograniglia]

the age of muscle cars is over

[@2easy4gaming12]

Gotta go down south for that bro😅

[@ShawshankR3demption]

I noticed a lack of them when I lived in Cleveland and a shit ton of them down here in Arizona

[@melflynt8997]

It's a West Coast ,Down south thing I guess

[@melflynt8997]

It's not over in California Bay Area were the king of muscle cars

[@sheldonhchambliss1385]

I visited the south bronx on my birthday

[@user-kk9cv7zq9v]

New york city beautiful but if they would get rid of those eyesores those public houses it sure would be much prettier, they should of been torn down long time ago

[@cleanbowled1767]

Some here are quick to condemn and denigrate what looks like a relatively clean part of the Bronx; however, the neighborhoods portrayed here are infinitely cleaner and healthier that the areas of squalor, crime and filth earlier Italian, Jewish and Irish immigrants had to live in upon arrival to "the land of the free and the hone of brave"!!!

[@byronlee8646]

146 Willisave ya heard

[@HMurphy]

SHOW THE STREET SIGNS OK T Y

[@waynegoodman3345]

Doesn't look to bad there are much worse parts of the USA like Kensington,Baltimore,Gary,Camden,St Louis etc

[@keikeigallard]

Since when is the Bronx the worst borough? I grew up in the Bronx including the south Bronx and it ‘s no worst then any other borough.

[@haikeaintiaani9183]

Kind a amsing idyllic looking city much work put to itwhen build ground up but it is clearly haunted and scool of life vibe is hard that city is so big dork like me from fi land cant realise it just by momentarily looking

[@greenflock8091]

Can’t watch anymore.. it’s like watching South Africa

[@imilliemedina666]

How do? Because of the color of the people? Did you see one speck of litter? What is it that you find offensive?

[@greenflock8091]

@@imilliemedina666 you okay?

[@greenflock8091]

@@imilliemedina666 who mentioned skin colour! Give your head a wobbly

[@imilliemedina666]

@@greenflock8091 So what do you find offensive?

[@greenflock8091]

@@imilliemedina666 did I say I find something offensive? What’s your narrative?

[@HMurphy]

PASS EAST 162 ST AND TELLER AVE BX NYC SOUTH BX USA GOING UP TOWN

[@bornpsychopath2996]

Go to rpt home of rapper Kay hound

[@jakedesimine1782]

Coke boy flip is from Mott haven rip

[@bxboro4662]

@jakedesimine1782 That’s false! Flip was from Morris PJs (169th St & Washington Ave) French Montana reps Mott Haven tho!

[@YildirimOzmur-gq2yi]

Can anybody name the song on 2:36 ? Thx in advance.

[@universalconquest4447]

Weakest song bro... you don't know what real rap is.

[@warfaze00]

Watching from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺. This is so bad. Worse than Africa or Asia. Zombies from apocalyptic movies.

[@imilliemedina666]

How so? Specifically, where did you see "zombies"? I live in the Bronx. Did you see one speck of litter? I'd rather live here than a TYRANNICAL DICTATORSHIP like Australia.

[@Officialupc]

You passed my hood and just filmed the mural. This wack shit is getting reported. Phuk you

[@Brian00007]

Why?

[@Officialupc]

@@Brian00007 y not

[@arthurhudson3592]

The Main 3 Places to Be New York California and Miami if you not there yo shit dead

[@17cmmittlererminenwerfer81]

Wherever you see murals, you know you're in a liberal paradise, and it's just a matter of time before everything goes to shit.

[@stricknice5260]

I’m sure if it was a mural of Trump you’d be square dancing in front of it cutting a rug so Stfu!😃

[@debralavorata546]

Who says the bx is the worst bourough, crooklyn ls

[@justinmohansingh635]

I lived in All 5 Boroughs in New York City-Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, and Staten Island. The Bronx is not poor, anywhere in the rest of the 4 Boroughs is not poor either considering paying $1,200 for a studio apartment. The Bronx is not the poorest county in New York State but still, but it is the cheapest Borough out of the 5 Boroughs. Boroughs Median Sales Price 2023- Manhattan $1,160,000- Brooklyn $900,000-Queens $605,000-Staten Island $550,000- The Bronx $519,000. The Bronx has 18 nice areas 1.Woodlawn Heights 2.Mount Haven Landing 3.Fordham 4.Morris Park 5.Pelham Bay 6.Country Club 7.Locust Point 8.Throgs Neck 9.Pelham Gardens 10.Baychester 11.City Island 12.Eastchester 13.Parkchester 14.Spuyten Duyvil 15.Fieldston 16.Riverdale 17.Middletown/Westchester Square 18.Clason Point. Brooklyn has 31 nice areas 1.Manhattan Beach 2.Gerritsen Beach 3.Sheepshead Bay 4.Madison 5.Georgetown 6.Canarsie 7.Bergen Beach 8.Mill Basin 9.Marine Park 10.Homecrest 11.Seagate 12.Gravesend 13.Mapleton 14.Kensington 15.Borough Park 16.Flatlands 17.Midwood 18.Ditmas Park/West Flatbush 19.Bath Beach 20.Dyker Heights 21.Bensonhurst 22.Windsor Terrace 23.Brooklyn Heights 24.Dumbo 25.Park Slope 26.Williamsburg 27.Greenpoint 28.Downtown Brooklyn/3rd Central business district/3rd city area in New York City 29.Bay Ridge 30.Carroll Gardens 31. New Utrecht Queens has 31 nice areas 1.Astoria 2.Ditmars Steinway 3.Long Island City: 4th Central Business District/ City area in New York City. 4.Maspeth 5.Elmhurst 6.Forest Hills 7.Lindenwood 8.Hamilton Beach 9.Broad Channel 10.Belle Harbor 11.Neponsit 12.Roxbury 13.Breezy Point 14.Laurelton 15.Rosedale 16.Queens Village 17.Little Neck 18.Bellerose Manor 19.Douglaston 20.Bayside 21.Bay Terrace 22.Beechhurst 23.Whitestone 24.College Point 25.Malba 26.Murray Hill 27.Auburndale 28.Utopia 29.Holliswood 30.Glendale 31.Middle Village. Staten Island has 34 nice areas 1.Todt Hill-Richest Suburban area in New York City. 2.Dongan Hills 3.South Beach 4.Arrochar 5.Grasmere 6.Emerson Hill 7.Grymes Hill 8.Sunnyside 9.Castleton Corners 10.Manor Heights 11.Graniteville 12.Bulls Head 13.Travis 14.New Springville 15.Heartland Village 16.Aspen Knolls 17.Midland Beach 18.Egbertville 19.Lighthouse Hill 20.Richmond 21.New Dorp 22.Oakwood 23.Great Kills 24.Eltingville 25.Annadale 26.Arden Heights 27.Village greens 28.Woodrow 29.Huguenot 30.Rossville 31.Pleasant Plains 32.Tottenville 33.Prince's Bay 34.Charleston. Manhattan has 28 nice areas 1.Downtown Manhattan/ 2nd Central Business District/ City area of New York City. 2.Midtown Manhattan/ 1st Central Business District/ City area of New York City. 3.Battery Park City 4.Two Bridges 5.Chinatown 6.SoHo 7.NoHo 8.Greenwich Village 9.Fort George 10.Roosevelt Island 11.Lenox Hill 12.Yorkville 13.Carnegie Hill 14.Upper East Side 15.Upper West Side 16.Governors Island 17.Chelsea 18.Kips Bay 19.Rose Hill 20.Murray Hill 21.Tudor City 22.Hell's Kitchen 23.Garment District 24.Sutton Place 25.Gramercy Park 26.Tribeca 27.Hudson Yards 28.Bloomingdale. Every Borough has more than double the nice areas than The Bronx.

[@RRDB92]

good. let it stay the worst !

[@melflynt8997]

Im from the Bay Area i wouldn't mind living there neighborhood looks cool

[@Slim545]

Lol looks are deceiving

[@melflynt8997]

@@Slim545 Yeah I know

[@universalconquest4447]

@@Slim545 You don't gotta tell dudes from California that, they hoods look like Mickey Mouse and Disneyland compared to the East Coast.

[@imilliemedina666]

The Bronx is beautiful. I lived there for years. Don't believe these haters. They've never been there and are voicing opinions based on Hollywood stereotypes

[@melflynt8997]

@@imilliemedina666 💯

[@Mkvine]

Detroit looks more hood, Bronx looks kind of nice.

[@veronicagarcia6603]

The bx isn’t the worst borough sorry 😌.. I seen places in Philly and Baltimore that are bad next to my boring

[@bigprob8744]

Did you see any pictures or footage of the bronx back in the 70s n 80s it was literally hell on earth thankfully its alot better now than it once was.

[@veronicagarcia6603]

@@bigprob8744 yes Ofcourse I’m from the Bronx born and raised so yes I do know but it’s come a long way n it’s not ugly now

[@sonnysantana5454]

2' funny even the nice sections of the boogey down bronx have teeth

[@MC-tl3fi]

Biden help Ukraine 👏👏américain dream

[@awesomedude4428]

Lmao, see Paris and London's ghettos, it's like 1000000 times worse.

[@Self_Truth7]

More crime in nyc

[@terryslota2224]

fup democRATic run city and state, so what;s new?

[@anthonylewis8086]

A lot better than some condemned jurisdictions in re-PUKE-blican controlled states!!!