Riding a Fishbowl to Parkchester - 1998 NY Bus Service

[@joshuaafrifa8134]

Omg NOOO WAY!!! The guy walking in the Bus at 5:35 in front of the MTA building (which is the Metro North office) is a family friend, Carlton Willams. He definitely lived in Parkchester but unfortunately he passed away several years ago. He was in his early 60s. So sad. I miss him. As you see he was always smiling! 😢

[@thedonofallbuses288]

There was so much diversity back then compared to what it is today. I miss all the old/non hybrid buses; REAL buses!

[@THXEB-nj5wr]

there still is diversity today...

[@angelumanzor3083]

It's not even remotely as diveserse as it was back then...

[@oochiewally2783]

@@THXEB-nj5wr loved that movie

[@oochiewally2783]

not in manhattan..i call it boston now cuz everyone is from now..you want diversity? go to to my hometown of Queens

[@extremeking425]

dumbass it’s still fucking diverse, nyc will never stop being diverse

[@leonjohnson1824]

This is when New York was New York!!!!! I grew up in Bronxdale. I used to catch the Pelham Bay Park bus at White Plains road and Bruckner. I miss the old Redbirds on the 6 line. the city had more flavor to it then, now it's dead to me.

[@kenjiharima23nep91]

@debiase101 not just J/M/Z Redbirds were on A/C/E lines.

[@extremeking425]

when ny was ny? bitch wtf is it now? its dead to you? good gtfo and never come back

[@MattAttack54]

Back When NYC Buses had Character and loved all the Different paint schemes

[@retroolschool]

Terrific video man! All vehicles today are or shit or boring compared to the ones is this footage.

[@trainluvr]

Thank you, its one of my favorite videos. I wish I did many more and would have had I possessed an early HD camera.

[@kalelc1996]

We had the coolest RTSs & Classics. I was 1 1/2 when this was filmed but I was living in NYC at the time & I'm glad to be back in the city

[@kalelc1996]

Sad how EVERY Bus seen in this video no longer exists, By 1998 The 1981-83 GMC RTSs started to retire, with the 1983s being the 1st ones to go in 2000 and the 1981s retiring in late 2002, the 1982 RTSs were gone by mid 2003, while the 1984 -86 RTSs lasted up until 2006. Most of the MCI Classics have been retired between 2007 & 09, even 1996 Novabus RTS #9118 is now retired!!! Liberty Lines MCI Classic #3071 later became MTA Bus #7889 and was retired in 2009, but luckily it's sister #3006 is proudly preserved in the Museum & 1998 Novabus RTS #9514 is currently in service at Grand Avenue Depot in Brooklyn. I was 2 years old when this was recorded

[@kalelc1996]

@@javie2064 this was pretty much my era i was 2 around the time this was taped

[@forcechief]

Also, the Bronx got rid of all their RTS's full-time by early 2008. Sure some 1990s, 1993s, 1996s and 1999s came to West Farms during the 2010s, but not the same when they were running in Kingsbridge and Gun Hill. Feels weird seeing the Bx36 use the Grant Circle back then.

[@kalelc1996]

@@forcechief I remember that

[@forcechief]

@@kalelc1996 Now, it's the Orion VII Old Gens (and the Next Gens) are meeting the same fate. The 1st Gen CNGs were the first to be retired in 2018, the 2nd Gen CNGs were all gone by May 2019, the 1st Gen Hybrids were gone by August 2019, the 2005 2nd Gens retired from Manhattanville by September 2019 (and the entire fleet by November 2020), and now, it's the 2006s and 2007s that are starting to retire. They're gonna be all gone by early-2022. The Next Gens will be gone by mid 2022-2023.

[@styldsteel1]

Not exactly true. There are some Classics that went into the hands of private collectors.

[@poneverything]

I have the pleasure of cleaning the old school fleet buses. They are now located in Manhattanville depot. Some of the old legend buses still have ads from the 80s inside of the bus. I’m a bus operator now and I love my career. I love vintage vids like these.

[@이-t2u]

This movie 26 years ago... 😢

[@tedstrogis4823]

Great video, back when New York was special. Love all those 95-98 Crown Vic cabs darting around. Things just suck now.

[@BrianGomez8888]

The cab company is ran by noting but cheap Japanese plastic

[@PremierAutoMan86]

Late 90s NYC...pre 9/11 it really seemed to be a different city than it is today.

[@jvohanian]

Holy Christmas, I miss those days!!! Those were my teenage years when I started breaking out and exploring the city and surroundings at the tail end of the era when there was still EQUIPMENT out there! Killer music too! Outstanding!

[@maclairetx]

I drove those fishbowls for New York Bus service many moons ago. To this day I miss it. Great memories.

[@styldsteel1]

What a great video!! Thanks for posting. this really brings back a lot of memories for me.

[@thatonememerguy]

1st comment in 8 years my guy

[@THXEB-nj5wr]

New York City - The best city in the damn world, period. Thanks for posting this very excellent video!

[@MichaelOKeefe2009]

Did you know that New York Bus Service also had a school bus division? I seen some Wayne Lifeguards wearing the "New York Bus Service" name on it. Finding pics of these buses are extremely rare.

[@DHSFEMA]

My best years Driving a Bus was the late 80’s - 90’s for Queens Surface Corp.

[@JoseMorales-lw5nt]

Bless you for this great time capsule. Having been born and raised in the Unionport section of The Bronx, I remember great summer rides on that old fishbowl! I recall catching this very bus along Madison Avenue back in the summer of 2001 after my pops took me and my brothers to see the remake of PLANET OF THE APES at the old Ziegfeld multiplex in Midtown. Before the madness, but hey, we'll always have the memories 🇵🇷🇺🇸😊

[@LonzCantiLife]

thank you for this. brought tears to my eyes to see parkchester during the time that i still lived there and grew up!

[@jorgefigueroa4437]

The endless summer ad of Parade of Shoes stores

[@visionist7]

Wasn't it the year before the endless summer of Men In Black playing on every radio everywhere?

[@styldsteel1]

dude..love the music..specially going through the projects!!! LOL!!!

[@extremeking425]

those aren’t the projects anymore duncehead

[@YIPPIEIMWINNING]

awesome video reminded me of my childhood days in the 90's Thanks

[@MrSlamCAC]

Thanks for the memories Trainluvr. This is a totally - awesome video, from a totally - awesome time, in a totally awesome City !!!

[@trainluvr]

You're welcome

[@IngaHicks]

Great channel for things Buses and Trains, NYCTA and MaBSTOA!! You do a fantastic job!

[@billfitzpatrick6910]

That driver can really wheel that bus! I haven't heard him toot the horn even once I just can't figure how GM who was the dominant bus builder in North America lost it all. They managed to ,lose the locomotive dominance as well. Now they make Buicks in China.

[@railfan8890]

I know what you mean GM is not what they use to be. When the sold the bus motor choch division. In 1986 they started having problems. In 1996 when they sold GMC white to Volvo And in 2000 when the sold Electric Motive Division (EMD) to Caterpillar. They been having a lot of problems whit there cars.

[@raymondj.2351]

GM wanted to get out of the Bus Business and wanted to simply focus on cars and pickup trucks, but they did build 2 amazing buses between that of the RTS and the Fishbowl the last Fishbowl to officially retire from Revenue service was in the US was in Wisconsin in 2014.

[@jimmytrussel488]

@@raymondj.2351 what town in Wisconsin still had fishbowl in 2014

[@raymondj.2351]

@@jimmytrussel488 Disregard that last statement, I had the State of Wisconsin on my mind when it was actually the New York Bus Service Fishbowls that retired in 2014. Wasau, WI was the Transit System that received the last US built Fishbowls before they continued on with manufacturing those buses in Canada.

[@jimmytrussel488]

@Raymond J. oh ok thanks I was shocked when u said that I know Milwaukee and racine wi still had fishbowl in the early 2000s

[@42luke93]

I miss RTS!

[@alexhood9438]

holy fucking shit this is 2 stroke heaven every damn corner has a at least 5 screaming jimmys going around

[@tomt0213]

Wow. Just wow. The whole video was juat a Kickstart to my senses. Brought back so many memories

[@AyeAye-Ron]

‘98 was the year i graduated Van. I don’t recall going to the city yet. 23rd and 5th by the park and into Flatiron building looked different back then to what I was familiar with in my 20s-40s. I miss NYC. The old NYC.

[@nyctenthusiast3507]

Lol some rts'es were brand new in this video!!! So sad most of them are gone now

[@vincentm4717]

I did not live in the Bronx back in 1998, but I remember these private bus lines operating in the city. The local Queens bus service on the Green Bus Lines was horrific. The City now runs all bus lines and these Bronx Express lines are all now numbered. I now ride the BxM10 which probably was the Morris Park line with New York Bus Service.

[@grasmereguy5116]

I'm a a Staten Island boy, but I remember once having to take that Green Line bus out to Howard Beach once, for a job interview I'd never heardf of it before then. I also remember taking another privately run bus that went to Mill Basin in Brooklyn, was that also Green Line?

[@nxtra]

Parkchester back in the day this video rocks...Good Job !

[@JUSXTREME96]

Cool! Back when there were no crap Orion VII Hybrid buses in NY.

[@jorgegaston5391]

95xx was short lived in Walnut, they was actually the first buses to relocate on 9/7/1998

[@MRGuitargeorgie]

Wow! Just discovered this video !! Love it !!!! In the early 90's I drove for Funaway Tours and I remember I used to do Friday and Saturday evening Atlantic City line runs that would start in Parkchester . We would leave about 6pm and return about 6am the next day. Good times ! In late 1997 I worked for Premier outta the the Bronx as well. That MC9 that so rudely cut you off was a premier. No, that wasn't me driving 😊. January 98, I move to Los Angeles, I lasted 6 months. Moved back to the city June 6th of 98. This video looks like it was shot May or June of 98 based on the movie billboards. Anyway , love this video for so many reasons, the fishbowl, the city in 98, the other cool buses! NY bus service also ran the "deck and a half" New York talk for the 4905 till well into the millennium. I live in Williamsburg Bk now and own a converted 1984 MC9 that I bought from Campus Coach in 2008. Another Bronx bus company that doesn't exist anymore. Amazing video ! Thanks for posting!

[@MattAttack54]

I remember sitting on my grandparents terrace in CO- Op watching NY Bus service and Steinway transit go by great memories in this video

[@toyinfiniti5458]

Thank you for this video I honestly just wanted to see all the stores I use visit as a kid in parkchester

[@42luke93]

I miss tht front seat position when riding the bus. I started sitting there in the front befor ethe rts busses were about to retire since I knew I would never get the chance to sit on that front seat by the front door again. Cool video on this Fishbowl bus which at the time was probably on its way out too right?

[@Dominick_Calvitto.]

Wow When Life was Normal.. Love The Big Apple !

[@KevinCNYC1991]

Sweet momma. Fantastic footage of these vintage buses.

[@burbank]

This is a great video! Great footage and I'm glad you were able to post this. I remember taking these buses when I was a kid but on Liberty Lines. This is great footage of Manhattan and the Bronx. The music is great also. Again great video!

[@trainluvr]

Stay tuned, my next video is a special about express buses.

[@newzcutter]

@6:25 on the left hand side of the street there is a ny1 news microwave truck. I was working for them at the time this was recorded. We were at that location a lot covering press conferences at the mta building.

[@louisrobertson7310]

Awesome video when I was a teen i visited nyc for first time and being from pgh had no idea where to go but i found 1490 and rode to morris park.This was a great ride and then i had a mci classic back but the gm was great.Long live the memory of new looks.

[@laettner3217]

I was 10 in 1998 so this is great to watch

[@antoniogoode4407]

I still miss the New York bus service and command bus line and Jamaica bus line and Green bus line in New York city it was part of my childhood

[@jaimepimentel1502]

I found out from an operator who was told by a Dispatcher in Eastchester Depot who is an old head from New York Bus Service that BxM11 used to be under New York Bus Service before it went to Liberty Lines Express.

[@MikeKraze]

The old Cookies billboard!!!!!! A few blocks down there was the infamous Marlboro ad on the side of a building off White Plains Rd.

[@forcechief]

That is today's BxM6 you're riding by the way. Also, I never knew the Bx36 used the Grant Circle back in the day!

[@ARanere]

i remember that guy. the supervisor standing at the stop. Took Express bus for many years.

[@gli7utubeo]

Yep, this is great! Thanks. Love the detail.

[@Anthony2959-h5x]

I'm enjoying New York City and I like it.

[@jonrailz5044]

And that route is now the BxM6

[@merfwriter]

Built in 1982 wow it was built the year I was born. The bus was a 16 years old bus at the time in 1998.

[@ACLTony]

Great recording of riding a classic American icon to the Bronx. When I was younger I preferred riding the subway between the Bronx and Manhattan but now I appreciate the scenery that traveling on the bus offers. Plus, since the seats face forward, it feels a bit safer to doze off on a commuter bus for a quick nap rather than on the subway.

[@SteveCarras]

ACLTony I’m from Los Angeles and rode the same thing

[@JoseTwitterFan]

16:22 Spanish Harlem, that's where I live! I was 6 at the time of recording.

[@johnyossarian9059]

Late 1990's - Sept 10, 2001 was the golden age of America. Peak USA.

[@MJBYouTubeNetwork]

Crazy that these legendary bus routes grew up to be BxM's, BM's, and QM's today. These are the true express routes I remember.

[@jorgegaston5391]

Miss Jennifer Banks still is. Only NYBS used the termini names on their old schedules. The BxM Numbers was added later in the 80s

[@X8802]

Ah, the good years of life.

[@jamallhayden2512]

Thank You!

[@oaklandlatinosunited]

Pretty cool video I never been to New York but one day i will go. But i grew up in Oakland Ca in the San Francisco Bay Area and in the 80's and early 90's i rode many New Look GM Buses by the local Ac Transit and San Francisco's Muni also remember the Old Flyer Trolly Buses on Muni in San Francisco. Seeing this video of New york in the 90's makes me nostalgic reminds me of San Francisco and Oakland of the late 80's and 90's. Whats the artist and song name of the Song that plays at 13:00 MAN THAT'S A COOL SONG CATCHY TUNE.

[@trainluvr]

I looked at the cassette and found that I had written the playlist from this 1997 web stream called Vik's Lounge. The name of the tune is Claudia in Motoretta - Roberto Pregadio

[@jorgefigueroa4437]

The NYBS fleet hubodometers are on left rear tire

[@nordicmercedes8613]

Nice lol I remember Roy Rogers

[@Sylveonkpopnyct]

Current bus route you took:BXM6

[@vishansilva8546]

PARKCHESTER IN 98 NO FUCKING WAY !!!!! that’s my hood god things was so different back then.

[@MsRuwing]

this really takes me home. thanks.

[@Nova9581]

GREAT GREAT VIDEO Most all this equipment is now gone!!

[@greghuang2314]

Interesting to know that the RTS on the Bx36, #9514, is still in service today :)

[@trainluvr]

That's a cool fact thanks for noticing. In 1981 there were still lots of green 1961 fishbowls still rattling around over potholes.

[@calvincrews3885]

8V71N Detroit Diesel engine with V730 Allison Transmission in the GMC Fishbowl of course I see one in the Lakewood garage Ex New York Bus Service bus # 1481 is for history lessons

[@MEVA1104]

Amazing footage OMG!!!

[@calvincrews3885]

The music is fine but I like to listen to the Detroit Diesel that's music to our ears

[@jorgefigueroa4437]

Near Zaros Bread Basket and 177 Street Station

[@jorgefigueroa4437]

The New Look production from USA and Canada extends to 1986

[@douglaswells6679]

Wow I Didn't Know In 1998 they Still Using The GMC Fishbowl Buses as An Express

[@jorgefigueroa4437]

Exit Door light, not usual on suburban units

[@kamarwaugh2861]

I have seen different nyc private line bus such as new york bus service, liberty lines,queens surface, and especially a jamaica bus at 1:25, and i never saw not even one green bus line, triboro coach or even a command bus and it is rush hour.

[@kamarwaugh2861]

OOPS! i was wrong, i did see a command bus at 00:27 and 1:09

[@kalelc1996]

That was a Command Classic @ 00:27 & @ 1:09

[@bonezzzz6330]

All that shaking and rattling really does lull you to sleep when you are on the bus.

[@Turbomit07a]

👍

[@graffmixer]

Wow $3....Versus $6.75. Good ol days though

[@oootgreeet]

Great video. The engines are 6V92T and the model is S8H5308A. These were available with 6 or 8 cylinder engines

[@kfebres66]

22 yrs later ........ da expressway now a parkway, two rather dangerously accessible parks ( Starlight Park n West Farms Rapids Park ) n a BUNCH of residential developments😊🙃😊

[@kfebres66]

Me n hubby both work for NYCTA I’ve been a RailRoad Clerk/Station Agent for 29yrs now n He’s been a Bus Operator for 24 yrs now💪🏽💪🏽We’ll b sayin bye ✌️ real soon 😎

[@rknine7998]

If you look closely at 34:22 you see an Asian lady wearing a white shirt and a black skirt crossing the street and pause at 35:31, you see the same Asian lady standing on the left hand side on the train platform.

[@trainluvr]

Good catch. Totally different broad, unless she's a flying nun.

[@rknine7998]

@@trainluvr It is the same person.

[@trainluvr]

​@@rknine7998 pants are different. She would have had to turn around and follow me onto the 6 then express from 125 just to wait for the same train- at 6 PM after she was spotted walking away from the Parkchester Station.

[@johnd.535]

I can't believe this was 1998.

[@laettner3217]

This is great v

[@jorgefigueroa4437]

Also two fareboxes, in front one from MTA with the Metrocard and coins, the other one for dollar bills

[@oootgreeet]

New York Bus ordered these with the 6 cylinder turbo charged engines with the Allison V730 transmission. Even though the bus model says 8 in it, most carriers spec'd out the turbo 92 because of better mileage.

[@newyorkcitytransitproducti2968]

Awesome!

[@TransitSystem]

What mta building was that and tell me what location is that is?

[@tastymouse]

Loved the video! When the music kicked in, not so much.

[@douglaswells6679]

Back then They Had The MCI older models and Also the RTS

[@Galidorquest]

33:45 Them dance moves tho

[@baseman3]

I wonder how that operator is doing now

[@jorgefigueroa4437]

Bx36 Parkchester Vía Pugsley Ave. to George Washington Bridge

[@LennoxAlexanderFrancisJr]

Man, do I miss u fishbowls with that AT>

[@MikeKraze]

Roy Rogers!!!

[@jorgefigueroa4437]

At 1:30 a Parade of Shoes store Summer Sale sandals ad

[@8v71buses]

Now thats what im talking about! Buses from the olskool :-D

[@wingfly7498]

can you get a footage of Yonkers ny in the early 1990's

[@vincenturena26]

I was just 2 years old.

[@hardyhector8308]

like bus

[@trainluvr]

I'm sorry what did you say?

[@ct1660]

There's a way to convert the camcorder footage to true 60fps, if you're interested, i'll tell you how.

[@rogerknights857]

I watched at 1.5 speed-more interesting that way.

[@afroborike1]

lindo cuando Nueva York era Nueva York

[@kamarwaugh2861]

queens surface bus at 3:45 and 10:35