NYC 1985

[@SpicyDragoon]

I was born in 1993 but it's always fascinating to see the world before me in realtime and not in the background of a movie.

[@lashercollette88]

Same here. I was born in 1988 and love looking at vintage footage.

[@anonnomas4755]

This is magic litrally,I mean i bet somebody from like the 1800's thought "I wish i could see how people lived before."

[@saeedurrahman2056]

Your now 26/27

[@saeedurrahman2056]

@@lashercollette88 your now 31/32

[@DannyBoy777777]

@@saeedurrahman2056 *you're*

[@OwenLoney]

Excellent video of NYC street scenes in 1985

[@eldo59]

Nothing but awesome American cars on the roads.

[@tannawannavannabittannawan7138]

Great video of old New🍎York in the 80s! Thank you for the upload! 😊

[@67tr876]

My pleasure!!

[@michaeldinan8764]

Third Ave. from 60th to about 66th. Nice! Thanks!

[@67tr876]

+Michael Dinan Thank you ! There is a part two that goes up to 75th street.

[@ezandycle]

Great quality. Nice style as well. Most of the video shots of NYC from this period look like the shooter was on speed. Cool to simply see street shots in real time; the way most of us remember the city back in the day.

[@theoryg]

I tend to not pay attention after 1983 but I lived in the city around 1985 till 1987. It was a special experience still.

[@ursa41]

Man, watching this vid makes me feel like I'm back walking the streets of Manhattan on a Saturday afternoon, hanging out in my old diggs in the Village, hitting Times Square back in the day with my crew---now, I hardly visit Manhattan. Can't remember the last time I was in the city. Goes to show you how much I DISLIKE it NOW--GOD I MISS THOSE DAYS!!!

[@heiltruckfan]

Awesome vid!! I like to see what stuff was like back then for people, especially in cities. Also loved seeing that United Van Lines International cabover semi!!

[@richardkuszel2351]

I'm from NYC and I was in the military in 1985 , so i see what I was missing , apparently not to much , NYC still looks the same just the car's are smaller

[@ursa41]

You know, you have a point; my wife has an old friend who lives up in 80th and York and sometime last year we went to have lunch with her on a weekend. That neighborhood hasn't changed since I was born and raised in Manhattan! lol

[@67tr876]

Oh it so did it was the real new york new york back then not a fun house like it seems today. But thats why I like the upper east side it does not change much. and it has aways been a safe area too for years.

[@Luca-xx2bg]

My uncle from Serbia lives in Brooklyn 1981-1988

[@67tr876]

Man do I know how you feel ! The village is a nice place but am in love with the upper east side thats my home in the city this vid was going up 3th avenue from like 59th street to 75th street were my building was.

[@Zeus0886]

Damn the roads look pretty smooth. Now it feels like a your driving in afghanastan

[@astroboy317]

The year I arrived in New York City from my Country. 😢😢

[@Destruction-1990]

I need a time machine !! With the knowledge from now I would have the time of my life !!!

[@neogeoo1]

its needed an 80's song on this video

[@howdypartner3403]

+neogeoo1 and also to have be filmed at night xD

[@LucoLuchi]

Nairobi - Funky Soul Makossa

[@brunorc]

jules shear - steady.

[@davestewart2067]

Hall and Oates "possession obsession" is a cool video with the older marathon cabs

[@northbeachfilms]

dude, don't worry about the audio, this picture is superfanstastico. i lived there that year, and recognized those pimps in the big mobile trying to drive around you. haha. gorgeous footage, thank you for posting.

[@MegaRtret]

i never thought found a 1985 video in HD. thanks a lot!

[@briankelly9347]

Most are hd dumbass

[@Crazytwister-vw4er]

Boxy cars ruled the streets. And that’s what we need

[@kevindoss8003]

Coke bust, yellow cabs, Oldsmobile's and Cadillac's ..! The 80's !!!

[@JakeTheSnakeProductions]

My birth-year & when box-style Cadillac's n Lincoln's were new :D

[@Victor_CoverMusic]

Automobile Registrator from 1985?!!! :))

[@APA2Channel]

THATS how NYC should look. the fact that they are proposing a shitty nissan van thing as the "flagship" cab of the city beginning in 2013 is complete bullshit. I mean they're using a japanese car to represent America's most famous city! 20th century, we miss you!

[@Crazytwister-vw4er]

We need the crown vic and the Chevy classic caprice back

[@67tr876]

@Vinylrecordsneverdie thanks ya sorry was some you're most of the sound was lost for something idk why tho.

[@northbeachfilms]

@67tr876 seat belts in a new york cab ain't natural! but that sound vaguely familiar from the 90's. and i remember seeing some signs posted that made me laugh. like seat belts are gonna help you survive those rides? in the 80's it was still 'hang on for your life' -- there is a great film shot in nyc from that era with patricial arquette, i think, can't remember the name. gotta look that one up again.

[@thejadedmessiah]

Let me know when you find it!

[@steveabitante8220]

Yeah it was CLASSIC!

[@67tr876]

@northbeachfilms Thanks a lot man ! wow some pimps driving in the upper east side you dont see that much lol.

[@67tr876]

@northbeachfilms haha ya o btw do you rember when you got in to a cab and the rock cats use to tell you to buckle up. Now idk if that was there in the 80s but I know sure in the 90s I heard that a lot when you got in to a cab. It was something like "Hi this is the rock cats telling you to buckle up for a self ride and plz come see use at radio city music hall" ya something like that.

[@briankelly9347]

84 sealtbelt law passed for new york dummy

[@67tr876]

@AVTreasures Thanks man and ya I think it was filmed with something of that type.

[@nightmuffin937]

Who Watches The Watchmen?

[@hectorlopez1069]

I need doc brown DeLorean time machine to go back through time.

[@gli7utubeo]

nice. thx.

[@James7796ify]

i was born in 96. not even close to 85 but i wish i lived this. such a bummer

[@James7796ify]

Almost. Wasn't meant to be

[@saeedurrahman1992]

+Yoshimitsu483 so you are 19 years old

[@ras124]

why?

[@davidzachary7152]

This looks like a cinematic movie? What camera was it?

[@AVTreasures]

Awesome!! Man, the quality is beyond excellent for 1985!! That looks every bit as good as a digital recording made today! Was it recorded on 3/4" tape and shot with a movie camera or something?

[@thejadedmessiah]

How did you get this footage if I may ask? Is there anymore?

[@BackInAGiffy]

this is so surreal.

[@heiltruckfan]

Forgot to add that I also loved seeing that Autocar roll off truck at 1:15

[@augustushofmann]

Back to the time when taxis in NYC were great big American beasts...today there are only eco friendly ugly plastic crap all over the city

[@Crazytwister-vw4er]

Yep. We need the boxy giants back on the road

[@stphndelvacchio46]

My dad works for white rose he's a 2nd shift assistant been there for 22 year I was born 83 yea but I wish I was a teen in the 80s

[@grasmereguy5116]

I was born in 1970, so I was a 1980s teen, except for me the thing about being an '80s teen is that at the time I wished I was a late-1960s teen. Peace, man!

[@saeedurrahman2056]

@@grasmereguy5116 your now 49/50

[@saeedurrahman2056]

Your now 36/37

[@grasmereguy5116]

@@saeedurrahman2056 Dude, you're making it sound like I have less than one year left. 49 out of 50 Actually, my 50th birthday is in August. I've never been that old before!

[@saeedurrahman2056]

@@grasmereguy5116 no it means your either 49 or 50 because I don't know the date you were born so by the year is either 49 or 50

[@iraklifutkaradze510]

❤❤

[@ljmorris6496]

American cars....❤

[@APRocksnyc]

I was there and still f#@king here!

[@StuyJamaicaYonkers]

I was 1 in Brooklyn lol

[@67tr876]

@dutchrobbie100 I know I wish we still had cool looking cars now. But with all this green crap we cant

[@prankster1590]

And the suddenly. weeeh weeeh weeeh. The Ecto-1 passes by. Going to catch some ghosts.

[@Untilhecomes85]

I was born in 85💪💪💪

[@saeedurrahman2056]

Your now 34/35

[@northbeachfilms]

@67tr876 they gotta get downtown somehow... haha

[@whatsyournameson7208]

Treasure that !

[@Crazytwister-vw4er]

Simple times

[@indyfan22k]

@67tr876 have fun with paying lots of money for gas !

[@BackInAGiffy]

So weird

[@Michael-q1t9n]

How boring !

[@67tr876]

So that's what your girlfriend said about you ?? Ah man that sucks dude

[@stas182]

I find it sad that people would have nostalgia from a time in NYC history when all you could see walking down 42nd Street is porn theaters, go go bars, and people trying to sell you cocaine. Oh and let's not forget the sky high levels of crime and low quality of life. NYC was terrible 30 years ago!

[@ras124]

I thought it was AWESOME!!!

[@davestewart2067]

Have heard its sterile today. Anyone who isn't tremendously wealthy forced out of Manhattan

[@briankelly9347]

Just like today it was better then don't belive that lies

[@Crazytwister-vw4er]

Today you got way more crime