New York’s Wealth | Sands Point, Long Island, Ny

[@marisamccusker1482]

Nice videos, I grew up in Sands Point and my old house was on Plum Beach Point, you passed right by it, thanks for the memories 😀

[@cecilmahpiya]

Thank you for this brief video. Sands Point is where my parents had our third home built. The house was sold in '76/'77. Loved living a "stones throw" away from the Sound, where my collie and I walked or I rode horses along the water's edge. Love and miss Sands Point.

[@Irondiesel]

Use to go to those castles all the time and down to the water. You can bring your dog too back then. I cant believe you have to pay to get there now. Always looking to charge people. There where over 1000 giant mansions on long island but in the 60's and 70's they took to knocking them down because no one wanted to pay the up keep and utilities which were crazy expensive since none of them where built to be insulated. There is one that I know of on the south shore which in the 80's was for sale for $1 but you had to renovate it. I dont remember the name but it was like dragons nest of something. You should check out Oheka Castle also here on long island that one is actually a place for weddings. Imagine you get married in a Dam castle. Itll blow your mind it so big. It was the biggest residential home in the country till all the cheap money stated building fabricated giant homes. Not like the old at all. Lots of history on long island. There's a book called Mansions of long islands gold coast. Crazy stories about these owners.

[@josephconsoli4128]

That's what so great about being on a bike. You can go anywhere. Man, Brandon, going through your vids, I'm embarrassed to give you ideas! I think you covered everything. East Island, north of Glen Cove, is a really unique place too. It was J.P. Morgans estate - the entire island. You see his old guard house going over the small stone bridge. Also, a cool "lost" mansion in Sands Point was "Beacon Towers". The most amazing mansion on the Gold Coast. It was a gothic castle on the water. Like a monastery. It went down in the '40's, unfortunately. The English Tudor guards house is still where the entrance was and is a private home. I love it up that way. Oh, and the famous singer of the '50's-'60's, Perry Como, lived there until his death.

[@TingTingalingy]

I had to look up Beacon Towers and what a uniquely styled home. Monastery was a good description.

[@deanwelcher8999]

In Missouri and enjoy all your videos. Keep up the good work.

[@lindakurman8642]

U should go out to the hamptons and the north fork oh and shelter island. That would be fun if u get the chance

[@ceeeemdeedees7496]

It is hours out East. You’re not going to see anything because houses are set way back from the road or have 20 foot high hedges.

[@skippysshop137]

Beautiful houses and scenery. The castles are amazing. Would love to see the inside of them. One would never guess you're so close to the busy city. Cool Video!

[@MOONEYDashCam]

Right? Only about a half an hour away!

[@happyme3376]

You had 2k subscribers then, and over 20k now. Keep up the great work!!

[@MOONEYDashCam]

Thank you!!!

[@johnstalberg9983]

Great job Mooney. You are up to 23K since u shot this. Congrats.

[@alk61695]

Nice to see you back. I'm pretty sure they have a dinosaur museum in one of the castles I remember visiting a few times.

[@sebastian9947]

great vids really enjoy watching em. do a episode on greenwich ct. im a old resident late 80ś but havent been back. it be a trip to see. thanks

[@mr.trimboli2695]

The light grey castle with the circular clock tower (Castlegould) was actually built first by a son of Jay Gould, the infamous Gilded Age robber baron. But his wife didn't like it and so they commissioned the other dark brick Hempstead House closer to the water. The Guggenheims were the second owners. Daniel and Florence lived in Hempstead House while Castlegould became the stables. Their son Harry was given 90 acres of the estate and built another French Norman style mansion deeper in the wooded grounds and literally situated on a bluff overlooking the Sound. That house can only be accessed during the spring and summer tours.

[@jonathan1869]

I live close to Sands Point. My area is not nearly as nice as this, and whenever I go to the preserve, im amazed in the beaches and the wealth of the area and the people that live there. Its crazy. If you live on long island or in the city, definitely an amazing place to visit. Pretty cheap to visit it, but living there, as heard in the video, is probably out of this world

[@nasdaqua]

Thanks so much for this informative video. I never knew about these castles...will have to check it out myself. Keep up your fine work and stay safe.

[@MOONEYDashCam]

Thanks for watching

[@missa2991]

Your a really good tour guide, I had no idea of the castles etc., Something about the sounds of the car are relaxing and adventurous at the same time. 👍 Lol on the cracked windshield comment, I couldnt even tell through my own cracked screen😂

[@MOONEYDashCam]

👍😂

[@miken4593]

Just subbed. I’ve watched other dash cam videos and always wished they would talk and explain what we’re looking at. Thank you and Keep it up!

[@MOONEYDashCam]

Thanks man

[@nhra7110]

beautiful area - thanks for the tour!

[@patrick707100]

I know Sands Point well.. I am still amazed at the wealth. On your cracked windshield - broken glass on a car is all fully covered by your auto insurance. GET IT FIXED. Good video. Just found your channell and will likely follow you. Are you from Brooklyn, as I am but have moved on to Georgia. Brooklyn was a rough place to grow up. Have the scars to prove it. BLESSINGS

[@MOONEYDashCam]

Thanks man and I’m from Long Island but work around Brooklyn often 👍

[@ezp8811]

Windshield would be covered ONLY if you have full coverage... and even then it's only the windshield unless they recently changed things which I doubt.

[@chipchap1404]

Like the videos, very interesting and great commentating.

[@lindakurman8642]

Glad ur back!

[@MOONEYDashCam]

Linda Kurman I’m glad I’m back too

[@aggierowe9574]

WOW! $15? I live in North Carolina now, but you used to be able to go down to the beach with your doggies and hike for 3 miles along the Long Island Sound. For free. Then the "beach" area became littered with fishing debris and undocumented folks fishing in polluted waters. I think the preserve area went through a renovation in 2015. I have never seen it so crowded which tells me most of the area is cordoned off and it looks like a generic park. Also, there is another, Guggenheim house within the preserve but you have to pay extra. It's called Falaise.

[@TingTingalingy]

**illegal aliens

[@deadwood3764]

Ah glad your back.Was worried the plauge got yah.Hey did you notice the photography sign at both when you paid.Hope you bought the permit to take pics ha ha just kidding.Thanks for the vid!Great job as usual.

[@MOONEYDashCam]

They have to catch me first hahaha

[@58bobw]

Great Video!!! This is history i did not know prior

[@hungrysoles]

I believe that The March King, John Philip Sousa, also had an estate in Sands Point. Maybe you can out if the mansion still exists.

[@1112223333111]

Good to see ya! God Bless

[@cheatkins1611]

Went there 5yrs ago and I can’t stop dreaming about buying my house therelol ..best place for #Halloween 🎃 I thought I was the only one who new about it damn lol 30mins away from everything ..

[@davidbrothers3788]

Good gravy how much money did those guggenheims have I'm guessing the art museum in Manhattan or wherever is theirs

[@gascargo2685]

I remember this place. Last time i was there was 1998

[@visionist7]

25:33 Over 10 thousand now!

[@MOONEYDashCam]

Crazy right who would’ve thought

[@lgblgb7489]

@@MOONEYDashCam -- There's a wealth of information at: www.oldlongisland.com FYI: The castle was built as a near replica of Castle Kilkenny in Ireland by Howard Gould for his Irish bride, an alcoholic actress and long time paramour of Buffalo Bill (who remained unimpressed -- they divorced rather quickly) He called it Castlegould. The Guggenheims bought it from him (and didn't have to change the "G" monogram on the entry gates) and renamed it Hempstead House. The other "castle" is not actually the son's house; the founder of Newsday built another house on the property called Falaise, built on a cliff overlooking the Sound (Charles Lindbergh was among the guests). Believe it or not, that second castle is actually the stables for Castlegould/Hempstead House. There is a third mansion, Mille Fleur, buit by Daniel Guggenheim's widow as a sort of dower house.

[@Tom_Samad]

I think there were some Guggenheims on the Titanic? 🤔

[@patriciaspadea2266]

Nice video. Thank you.. Benjamin Guggenheim died 1912 on Titanic. Wonder if tour inside castle came with 15 ??

[@MOONEYDashCam]

Yeah the 15 dollars was to access the whole preserve but maybe it’s a few bucks extra to go in, I’m not sure.

[@williamsimms9466]

That’s my backyard to the right at 0:00 lol

[@soter305]

Gatsby used to live in Sandpoint. About 10 years ago his house And property was sold to developers and portioned into five separate Estates.

[@jv-ep2tc]

are you talking about the kramer house? was it called lands end? [gatsby was a fictional character of course]

[@soter305]

@@jv-ep2tc Yes you are correct it is the house that inspired the great Gatsby that F Scott Fitzgerald came across while staying In great neck. I’m not sure if it’s the land end house or the Kramer house as you call it. I read an article about 10 years ago in a Long Island newspaper which told of the property being sectioned off into five different parcels for new estates.

[@jv-ep2tc]

@@soter305 i found a link to the house I was thinking of and remembered. I used to live in Port and was told many times that the house figured in the Gatsby book. so my info was "hearsay"....but here it is: www.oldlongisland.com/2011/03/kidds-rockslands-end.html

[@davidedgar2818]

The early big money was on the North Shore. I grew up there and the connections were very evident

[@johnstalberg9983]

Played basketball & baseball against Port Washington HS-- no idea this was here.

[@frankt9929]

I believe Perry Como once lived in Sands Point, then moved to Jupiter Fl.

[@samanthab1923]

Was back on the market for $2.9

[@joseyeastwood]

I thought the crack in your windshield was in my ipad mooney😄😄

[@MOONEYDashCam]

Lol

[@amilali3117]

do Scarsdale NY bro

[@terencewinters2154]

After Moses did the LIE and Northern Parkway (car only traffic ) these gold coasters moved. C.w.post college of L.I.U. was sold to L.I.U. for 1$ as a tax deduction negotiated by L.I .U. basketball coach and business teacher Clair Bee. Interesting thing about Northern Parkway is its stone bridge overpasses are each unique and of a different height but always too low for truck or bus traffic. Otherwise it would be an Expressway not a PARKWAY . IRONICALLY THE L.I.E. IS SOMETIMES CALLED THE LONGEST PARKING LOT IN THE WORLD SO MUCH FOR CALLING IT AN EXPRESS WAY. EARLY ON THE PARK WAYS HAD TOLL STATIONS TO PAY FOR THE LANDSCAPING. FYI READ ROBERT CAROS " THE POWER BROKER " .

[@joeylatz7611]

Wow didn’t even know there was a castle on Long Island

[@MOONEYDashCam]

Joey Latz me either haha

[@MyDyerMaker]

I know this is really far away from you, but if you're ever in MA or near Chappaquiddick you should do a tour there.

[@probablynotwearingpants6228]

Is the bridge still standing?

[@terencewinters2154]

One reason these counties limit growth is by real property taxes which form what I call the 100,000$ wall for city dwellers. That hasn't made Nassau and Suffolk less populated just low rise and more like L.A. strip mall like. He should visit Hewlett bay harbor on the south shore to see some outstanding golf homes and clubs.

[@ceciliapreziose3783]

Perry Como and Alan King lived on Sands Point

[@brianmcintee7303]

That’s funny I was thinking the other day I was in Hewlett and I had to dump 30 foot poles over that little 3 ton bridge into the water and said to myself havent seen any Mooney videos in a while

[@MOONEYDashCam]

I’m back!

[@craigchiddo2794]

I worked on the arizona ice tea guys house up that way back in 2000

[@MOONEYDashCam]

I’m sure that’s a small modest house lol

[@lionreyez2416]

I appreciated the castles. I have to do some research on why they would build Castles in America but Hearst Castle in California Newspaper as well. Sir Lucifer The Great

[@groovy9125]

Thanks BM, that was one of the best videos yet! And thanks for spending the entrance fee for us. What a great collection of homes on such beautiful lots! Next time I'm in NY, Sands Point and the Preserve are on the bucket list. I'm not sure if there's much driving here, but there's a place called "Westbury Gardens" that's nice; been there once. If not for a KZbin video, maybe you can just go there for a picnic sometime. Website: www.oldwestburygardens.org p.s.: Could you get Stuntman to do a "Neutral Drop" on that 20-ton bridge? 😂

[@terencewinters2154]

Jake la motta restaurant in Pt washington and a formerly great tennis academy where McEnroe gerulaitus trained to be international champions.

[@ceeeemdeedees7496]

Tennis Academy is still there. Mac grew up nearby. It’s nice. It’s between Middle Neck (main artery of Sands Point) and Shore Road.

[@terencewinters2154]

All this area was once farmland and the gold coast housed the Post family on your cereal box rivals to Kellogg.

[@samanthab1923]

I think the Post's were in Greenwich CT

[@terencewinters2154]

@@samanthab1923 Marjorie meriwether posts estate sold to liu was called hillwood.

[@samanthab1923]

Terence Winters Hillwood was her estate in DC. Now a museum & gardens.

[@terencewinters2154]

Send the correction to wikipedia because what you are saying contradicts what I heard verbally from an liu participant business teacher and coach clair bee , and what wikipedia has said on the internet in writing .Maybe the posts had some other land not called hillwood .

[@terencewinters2154]

@@samanthab1923 their campus history on line indicates some involvement with a hubby of hers stockbroker e.f. Hutton of " when e.f.hutton talks everybody listens " ad, and a refurbishment of a manse by businessman named Winnick.

[@lcvillafan]

Have you got any more murder locations and more gangster ones lined up

[@MOONEYDashCam]

Yes they’re on the list those just take a bit more research and planning that’s all

[@marcjohnson643]

Do the rat Joey Massino and his J & S cake social club in Maspeth

[@joshuatelem8796]

I miss seeing your videos

[@victorharderson8782]

I believe Frank Costello lived in Sands Point when he was boss of the Luciano Family

[@syntychiahintsin-tee-shaks2256]

What do these people do for a living? Talk about mansions. You might want to explore the historical African American waterfront communities on the north shore near the Hamptons. The land and cottages were sold to the AA middle class in the 1950s. Now those homes sell for millions of dollars. It’s crazy.

[@lxcc7762]

I just come back from sand point , i didn’t find it ,is it open during C19,please tell me address thank you 🙏

[@MOONEYDashCam]

It’s called Sands Point Preserve Conservancy

[@lxcc7762]

MOONEY Dash Cam ：just search by that name? Do you know What time it will be close , can fishing or not ? Thank you for your answer 👍

[@MyDyerMaker]

I'd chuckle if you rolled up on a protest.

[@MOONEYDashCam]

It’s happened before but I didn’t have the camera rolling

[@MyDyerMaker]

@@MOONEYDashCam Dang, stay safe man.

[@edwardfrench945]

D'yer Maker that would be hilarious 😂 Great upload Mooney 👍

[@mrkane4143]

Fix that manifold leak! Been forever

[@MOONEYDashCam]

NEVERRRRR

[@groovy9125]

Nooooo, don't ever fix that manifold! Your vids just wouldn't be the same without the noise! LOL

[@terencewinters2154]

Harry hopman trained gerulaitus and McEnroe

[@korwinortiz7]

Why your truck engine sounds so bad?

[@jamesalbright4666]

Lol, for $15 over 2,000+ people got to see the castle.

[@amanitamust]

10 commercials really

[@paularatadba5835]

Vanderbilt Motor Parkway was built for one of the first to have a horseless carriage Gloria Vanderbilt You don't want to drive on Motor Parkway it's boring.

[@davidbrothers3788]

I'm guessing at least one Rockefeller lived there it looks like somewhere Andrew Cuomo would live I just recently found your channel and enjoy it alot especially the videos about the mafia

[@lynnpalmer5509]

all those amazing million dollar (or more) and the roads are crap