Raised in the Bronx

Mad Old Picture's of the Bronx, I hope you enjoy my video from the 1800

[@oldschooldrumcorps]

Stick ball in the street, sneaking in to Yankee Stadium to watch my beloved Yankees play, walking from 169th St in the Bronx all the way to mid town Manhattan to go to the museums because I felt like doing it, going to the World Trade Center as kids, and getting in different elevators to see who would get to the observation deck first, Movies on Saturdays on Fordham Road, White Castle burgers for 20 cents each, Crotona Park, Pelham Bay Park, Van Cortlandt park, Claremont Park, Orchard Beach, City Island, Ice skating at the old Van Cortlandt Park rink...Man, it was great growing up in the Bronx, there was just as much good as the not so good. I hope the kids coming up today can enjoy life as I did, no matter what's going on around them, there's fun to be had!!!

[@aliciatisi1803]

I moved from the Bronx 50 years ago, but it will always e home. Thank you.

[@abynazario2570]

Thank you for taking back to Bronx, I'm 79 years old and still miss n.y. good work 👏

[@NYricanMinded]

Thank you for taking me on a journey to my childhood stomping grounds. Love the Boogie Down 1971-2007

[@gregoryeleary8779]

i wish i could go back to the Beautiful BRONX R I P

[@johnmcgrath6192]

Thanks. Lol, Poe Cottage was in the back yard of my bldg on Briggs ave. A buried stream ran down 194th St. You could hear the water rushing by from inside of the basement of the bldg my mother moved to (around the corner).

[@MsZine1]

Amazing how looking at these pics take you back to your childhood days. I remember playing that street chalked numbered game "Hop Scotch" which was one of the girls and some boys enjoyed. Now the roller skates that you had to use a skate key to tighten was the best lol. When you wore down those skates, we use to remove the wheels. We would then find those wooden milk crates, attach them to the crate with nails, find a piece of wood, attach that and we had a scooter to roll down the street on. Oh, we would use soda tops and nail them to the front of the crate for a design. I guess we were the original Little Rascles of the Bronx :) At 69 years old this month, I could remember many things about growing up in the Bx. We didn't have much, but we were happy, respected and loved by our parents. Thanks Carlos for taking me down memory lane.

[@johnrogers9481]

Athea... I guess you are 70 now. I'm not far behind you. Time flies eh.! How are you doing now in 2020.?

[@MsZine1]

@@johnrogers9481 yes I'm 70 now, and still living my life free and easy thank God. Hope you are too.

[@Pisces3139]

Enjoyed this very much..... I was born and raised in the Bronx.... too bad it is what it is today.... very sad.

[@BxCortez2050]

I been here all my life it aint that bad things are changing

[@DJB635]

Woolworths.....The best milk shakes ever...........Still miss that and spinning around on the counter stools....Memories!

[@TheCookfamily01]

I miss the good old days((70's) in The Bronx

[@user-lh4ry4kg9u]

Thank you Mr. Carlos Perez. From a life long Bronx Girl-I still live here & I loved what you put together. Do more!

[@sharonsamtur4034]

so well done. thank you. the Bronx was a special place ... the Bronx aura..... miss it.

[@vitosanto3874]

That's White Castle on Fordham Rd and that is p.s. 45 right behind it I think the cross street is Lorilard Place. I went to the school1950-1953 the windows on the first floor are the shop class Windows.

[@nicholasgasparino9495]

You got it right

[@mikelugo848]

Yeah I went to that school also. I think it was called Paul Hoffman JHS 45 then 1966,67,68. At lunchtime the line went out the door

[@DJB635]

Your right Mike went there in 1979....It still is the Paul Hoffman school in 2021 @@mikelugo848

[@vitosanto3874]

@@DJB635 It was the Paul Hoffman J.R. High school now It’s the Thomas Giordano Middle School. He started out as aTeacher eventually became the principal. Married the girl in the next building next to where I lived , Dolores, when he passed away they named the school after him.

[@DJB635]

Your right sir they did change the name......But the Paul Hoffman name will always stay with me@@vitosanto3874

[@danlop2714]

At 4:20, That is the White Castle that’s located on Fordham Rd and Lorillard Pl. Many may not recognize it because in this picture the White Castle is sitting right on the corner by the curb. That is no longer the case. They knocked down that restaurant and moved it in a little, and now there is parking for White Castle customers where the original White Castle restaurant once stood.

[@stevelebowitz1218]

Beautiful.Brought back some great memories. T😊.

[@trinigemz]

I have lived here for a very long time and had no idea about the history of this place unless I stumbled across this video uniquely insightful and informative. Thank you for sharing

[@californiamoto579]

My parents were born and raised in the Bronx (1939 and 1940). We just watched this together, and they were so happy! Thank you so much for putting this together.

[@phyllisjenkins6137]

I loved your video, we moved to the Bronx in 1949, and stayed there it was great seeing how it used to be. Thank you.

[@carmelasilvestri4634]

Hey Carlos This was beautifully done I remember many of those places. They were great times. We did not have much but we made due with what we had. Thank you for bringing me down memory lane. Take care.

[@MrMarkgeller]

Hunts Point boy here. Longfellow and Seneca 1948-1960. Ps48. Southern Boulevard was our Disneyland!

[@thelmagineegonzalez9406]

Recuerdos inolvidables del South Bronx. I raised my children in the South Bronx. I live near Pelham parkway for many years. I am old and thinking about moving out of the Bronx to another state, it is hard.

[@Dtd908]

So many great memories. My daughter was born in Bronx Lebanon hospital 20 years ago. Seeing Fordham rd and third ave shopping area was brought back so many memories. Thanks for sharing!

[@steffigavin9152]

It will always feel like home to me. So glad and proud to have been born and raised there.

[@jimprior5700]

ME TOO

[@richarddeleon3558]

Good but slow down a little,we want to live those days.

[@sharonsamtur4034]

i just press pause

[@michaeledwards4662]

HEY, got offa' my car and don't sit on the stoop. LOL

[@monel58]

Anyone remember playing skully???

[@johnrogers9481]

Skully,.sure. In.a.way it was a form of hop scotch. Chalk numbered squares and finger shoot your bottle cap filled with melted crayon or wax from number to number. Fun in 1963.! Yeah, I remember.

[@francespereznunn]

It was cool the streets were so clean ever one looked happy unlike today where people are nasty and dont care what the world looks like

[@dezic33]

Man memories, born and raised. I lived across the street from Crotona park and pool on 173rd and 3rd down the block from bathgate ave which was thriving with a lot of stores in the 60'S and 70'S. Then the 3rd ave El came down from 149th st to Fordham rd in 1974 was a kid then and always outside playing everday thru snow and heat great times, simpler time and miss the block parties too.

[@MsZine1]

Wow we were nearly neighbors. I lived on 170 and Fulton Ave. Up the block was St. Paul's place and across the street was an entrance to Crotona Park. We use to go row boating on Indian Lack in the summer. They had concession stands where we would buy hot dogs and soda. In the winter when the lake froze, we would go ice skating on that lake. I learned how to swim at Crotona pool. Wow this really took me back to my childhood days growing up in that part of the Bronx.

[@danielmelendez9943]

love the great shot of grand Concourse, the 5th avenue of the Bronx

[@arfcomcobra]

I grew up on 165th St and Sherman Ave. April 4-5, 1968 they burned the neighborhood down, we moved to Bainbridge, Mosholu Pkwy. We moved so fast we left our furniture. I slept on a mattress on the floor for about a month.

[@amysneegas9953]

great show, I will send my cousin from City Island this link

[@FormerlyNYVulgarian]

Great video and soundtrack but that 16 bedroom mansion is actually a few blocks down at 1857 Anthony Ave by Mt.Hope.

[@smileysmiles2035]

yeah i lived at 1840 anthony in the late 90's and that house was right across from us so thats not 2066..but great video!

[@katherinefratto9997]

Thank you for the beautiful trip down memory lane born in the fifties I enjoyed seeing what it was like before my time & I appreciate you for sharing this !

[@joeyjohn9950]

Nicely done, I was a Fordham Jr. I will say this the attitude of you got a problem doesn't really show who good people are in the Bronx at that time. Mostly we were family. No problem unless you screwed with us LOL other than that it was a great place to go up in the '60s and '70s. Thanks a lot man beautiful

[@twistedsista4467]

I grew up on Decatur Avenue when the 3rd avenue el was still there. Loved summers on the roof, stoop and johnny pump blasting. Lived there from 1957 to 1982.Thanks for memories.

[@lauraf3700]

Hey! 'That's my house at the 14 second mark. The white and brick one. Very cool pics!

[@mickeyblue2647]

Live here all my life, but the pass is gone forever, the old Lincoln hospital was where our mother took use, grew up on 139th street, st Ann's church was one of our play grounds, along with st Mary's park,people's park across PS 30 ,137 and 138 st between brook and st Ann's was our shopping area, the Puerto Rican theater was our Latin music and entertainment paradise, and the Bronx theater was our go to theater every Saturday ,the people in our neighborhood were our second mother's and fathers who were allowed to correct us when we were naughty, we respected our elderly, teachers, police, you could walk the streets and no one bothered you,food was cheaper and healthy, candy was one penny, nurses wore white dresses and hat's, and one of my favorite places to go to was Randalls island for our Puerto Rican fiesta .😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎👍thank you for sharing this video with us.

[@TheDjp198]

THAT IS WHITE CASTLE ON FORDHAM RD AT 4.20 MINS

[@altnewser6484]

I lived around the corner on Hoffman Street and went to JHS 45 right behind the White Castle.

[@TheDylan6908]

That's my guess too.

[@stuie-notstewie9255]

@@altnewser6484 I went to JHS 45 in 1968...

[@samuelspade889]

Yepper

[@DJB635]

Used to go to Junior high school 45 right next to it in 79.......That was my breakfast and lunch and dinner....lol

[@lilly8090]

Thanks for the memories ,I had the privilege of growing up in the Bronx during this era wow loved the trip back in time!🙏🏼👌

[@TheDylan6908]

Yup I lived on Holland Ave bet Astor and Waring in the White Plains Rd/ Pelham Pkwy area. My parents bought a house there in 1956 when I was 5.. We had moved from 147th street and Brook Ave. Damn I got old.

[@anaid4718]

Thank you great job alot of the places I grew up was Reminiscent

[@dwaynewarren866]

That was great thank u for pictures that shows the rich history of the Bronx I love the Bronx wouldn't live no other place...... Bronxpride

[@Sudor82]

don’t know whats better. the pictures or that beat

[@isabelrodriguez6455]

Born at Lincoln Hospital in the South Bronx & still visit on a regular my mom still on 163rd & Fox St👍Thanks for this video ☺️

[@oscarbeauchamp8500]

man, my old stomping grounds, lived on Claremont parkway and 171st. Street next to Crotona park.went to Roosevelt high on Fordham rd. Thanks Carlos for your lovely pics from the past.

[@Coqui-Media]

I remember moving into Simpson Street between Westchester Avenue and 163rd Street and it was beautiful. That was 1960. By 1971, it looked like London after the blitz!!! Been living 90 minutes from London, England now since 1980 and when I show my friends here what it was when I left, they cannot believe that anyone got out alive! I know the Bronx had it's beautiful parts but I will always wonder why the South Bronx went and got so very bad :(

[@commonsense9494]

Drugs my friend and when they built CooP city all the Jews went to live there and the landlords burned down their buildings for insurance

[@kathe992ilo6]

Ron, look at the young woman sitting on the back bumper of a car with a little boy on a bike. She looks like Aunt Marie. I can’t believe how old some photos are.

[@BazEelboricua]

loved it! grew up in morris heights in the 70s and 80s

[@crim101a]

White Castle a couple of blocks up from Roosevelt High School my Nana lived across the street from Roosevelt HS. I would try to go to White Castle every time. Fordham Road and I don’t remember the cross street.

[@deirdre1122]

Thanks for the great memories.

[@eileendefrancis9124]

The only White Castle I remember was right across the street from Fordham College.

[@nicholasgasparino9495]

Been there more times than I can remember.

[@bikethebronx9465]

Great video. Enjoyed every minute!

[@Nat.DLS_]

When you’re on the 4 train, you can still see the faded sign of where it says “LOWE’S GRAND” I find that to be pretty cool. I realized that I think 2 years ago. Crazy.

[@dennistaylor6342]

I miss the Bronx

[@MrElliotc02]

Thanks for the memories.

[@bjmartinez6808]

Pics moved to fast couldn't read the info.

[@TheDylan6908]

Bj, I agree. I was still reading the captions when the pictures changed.

[@wendyaston7836]

OMG! I used to live a block away from Lebanon hospital in Sheridan ave! 😊😊😊

[@nilsarodriguez829]

Q recuerdos aquellos. Nunca los puedo olvidar !!!

[@roybille51]

God Photos. Would like to see more photos of Throggs neck.

[@handyrus]

I went to High School on E .164th Street in 1964. After school, at the corner candy store, you could buy an egg-cream for 15 Cents (or pay with a subway token)

[@forresttrump4]

great job showin da bronx

[@blackronin6943]

Love the video. I do need to point out though the scene you labled as Charlotte Street is actually Tiffany Street in the Hunts Point section.

[@bxbuff]

The White Castle at 4:21 is on Fordham Road between Hoffman Street and Lorrilard Place (Still there, too)....

[@elvisdone6094]

Great job.

[@dv7548]

Really enjoyed this tour of bronx.

[@rvelez9891]

Thank you for the memories, always miss my Bronx

[@banksee2013]

Thanks for the video 🤙🏼 amazing

[@Ostrich101R]

Good to see the history!

[@yolandasoto2231]

I grew up in the Bronx. My address was 2355 Morris Avenue. I have great and scary memories. I remember the blackout. Thank you for sharing. New York will always be my home. The water hydrant was so much fun. I grew up there 1968-1989

[@mdejesus3888]

You was very lucky you got out 😊 so enjoy where you at I'm pretty sure you're better off and I am now 😊 thank God 🙏 never again 🙏💪the ones that we looking at those pictures are very nice but the ones now from the 80s and 2020 it's ridiculous they build houses but there's no peace of mind.

[@williamgermann6551]

LOVED IT!

[@DrZ99]

Great video. Thanks for posting it, Carlos. I really enjoyed viewing it. I grew up in the Bronx (1943 - 1960), it was a great place then and still is.

[@mdejesus3888]

😂😂😂😂🤣👁️👈

[@victoriapappakostas9377]

thank you so much

[@handyrus]

Anyone remember what a 'spaldeen' was?

[@ntro1943]

That would be Fordham rd, that area would be between Webster ave and the Bronx Zoo, the building to your very right is J.H.S 45. Behind the school is little Italy.

[@keko922]

I enjoyed this video, I have been looking for any pictures near Prospect Avenue and either Beck St or Fox st. If you know where I could find any old ones I would appreciate it

[@lewisbowlby6118]

Some called it 'hop scotch'. We called it 'potsie'.

[@emiliomauleon3846]

Thank's I really miss the Bronx.

[@MrFindogradio]

A video i did on the bronx with many old bronx pictures

[@bronxbum]

Many great pictures Carlos. Thank you. Some notes. My parents were married at Our Lady Of Victory, 1941. My Grandfather was married at St. Raymond's in 1910. He was stationed at Ft. Schuyler, Throggs Neck and knew the light house pictured. He also had a private bus service cor the troops at Ft. Schuyler to the village of Westchester [now Westchester Square] in his off duty time.

[@charlesseiderman29]

If I had to live anywhere in the U.S. it would be Da Bronx!

[@pjdoughertyitservices8844]

yes Carlos very much

[@johnetheridge5833]

BOOGIE DOWN FOR LIFE

[@DA-gn2my]

Hey, where is the scelley boards and the stick ball fields

[@mikesambo76]

That’s looks like the White Castle in Fordham rd 550 E Fordham Rd Bronx, NY 10458

[@mikesambo76]

@4:20

[@mikesambo76]

Yup it is

[@pizzanpepsi]

Gave you thumbs up but, having hard time reading captions because slideshow is too fast or I can't read fast enough because I went to Bronx schools:)

[@Supervillainmc]

That White Castle is that off Bruckner Blvd in Soundview?

[@corazom284]

enjoyed. memories.......

[@lissettevasconez9939]

Man, I will always carry the Bronx in my ❤️... I was born on 153 street and third ave, not far from Lincoln hospital. Then my parents moved to northern Manhattan Inwood which was next door to the Bronx ,basically near to riverdale and Fordham road.

[@maryshovelson847]

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[@pjdoughertyitservices8844]

greatness Carlos

[@dantean]

HELL YES, I REMEMBER CRACK TOP! I'd play it now if I had someone to play with. Did anyone else play play Chinese Handball but call it "slugs"?

[@mfb3042]

If you didn't have trouble the Bronx was a great place to start your life. I loved the way people connected from the South Bronx to the North Bronx. When you're a kid it was all good.

[@twistedsista4467]

Also, White Castle should be in every community 😁

[@audschaeffer3135]

Time stamp 4.44 corner is bus stop for #52 to orchard beach. Sometimes buses would come in 2 at a time! A happy day for me when i was young.

[@pjdoughertyitservices8844]

my 1st visit to Bronx Julius Erving set Rose Hill Gym record of 37 points; Fordham won the game though!!!

[@kram...]

SOUNDVIEW

[@robertvisconti1669]

Was very good next time go slower so you can read captions

[@maryanndalton5029]

It was nice seeing pictures of the south, central and east Bronx but none of your photos are of my area known as Kingsbridge, Marble Hills, Spuyten Duyvil you don’t show any of these area in the Northwest Bronx it is as if this part of The Bronx doesn’t exist. Why Doesn’t this part exist?

[@kentbernard4319]

ps 67 herman ridder theodore roosevelt bryant ave college ave de kalb da bronx NYC YO !!!!!!!!!!!

[@bowwinkle6651]

Wow Is That Place Located In New York City I Recently Visited Yankee Stadium In The Bronx The Area Was Overcrowded Conjested With Traffic And Streets We’re Extremely Filthy , Drug Addicts , Beggers Demanding Money Can’t Believe How Bad It Got

[@rinasoba1980]

white castle, off bruckner, and 183 JHS>

[@rinasoba1980]

or 123 jhs

[@sebastiaofilho4653]

Ddd