Streets by VICE: New York (Bedford Ave)

[@whitneyg4945]

For those of you looking for a more in-depth (& accurate) representation of Bedford Ave...There is a huge and growing Caribbean population that has maintained itself in BK since the 70s. Also Puerto Ricans were a mainstay of Williamsburg loooooong before skaters showed up in the 2000s. Bedford has also been the birth place of great Black American artists (other than rappers). Go watch the documentary Brooklyn Boheme.

[@themisvespucci9894]

Whitney G facts

[@MichaelJames-lz7ni]

Whew! Thank god, we were worried that white peoples were moving in....wouldn’t want that...

[@nowayoutT]

Why of course that's also add that's what is the Caribbeans moved to Flatbush the right people that lived in the front of Flatbush went all the way all the way to the back of Flatbush so why people actually got gentrified out of Flatbush almost

[@Moneyfirst111]

@@MichaelJames-lz7ni AS LONG AS YOU KNOW.......

[@davidsonnow]

Yes, but this is the vice-version

[@amcalabrese1]

My parents grew up in Williamsburg and I still have family there. About 25 years ago my aunt was telling my mom that lots of "Village people" (her name for the hipsters) were moving in and that we should buy some old houses on Bedford. My dad and I told my mom she was crazy. I wish now we bought those houses.

[@spacemanspliff2174]

U should I f shut ur mouth when grow folks was talking .

[@cleansingserum]

@@spacemanspliff2174 smd

[@DeStylez01]

Being born and raised in Williamsburg since the 70's and a 4th generation in the neighborhood. You are absolutely right! Caribbeans, African Americans, Puerto Ricans, Italian, Irish, Polish and Jewish, Williamsburg was the epitima of the American melting pot. Looooong before the Hipsters and Skater came to Bedford Ave in the late 1990's - early 2000's and Gentrification ruined the neighborhood. Tearing down old houses and apartment building that were 100 years old to build some of the ugliest, blandest, over-priced Co-Ops and Condos wile jackin up the rent in the rest of Williamsburg, Bushwick & Ridgewood.

[@bigmilkers]

Damn... Vice talking about gentrification in Brooklyn.. didn't Vice put their headquarters in Brooklyn thereby adding to it's gentrification by bringing in a shitload of hipster journalists? Wut

[@MichaelJames-lz7ni]

The only ‘gentrification’ you don’t like is “white”. Admit it.

[@triciaesposito5790]

Facts!

[@Moneyfirst111]

@@MichaelJames-lz7ni THATS A FACT GET THE FUCK OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS

[@challajuzalei6126]

love maria What neighborhood is “your” neighborhood?

[@CK-ky6ky]

Lets be honest. The companies and platforms we spend time or money with have a history that lack research. How many people look into the background of candy or juices etc. Were born consume and die. Point maybe none lol. Just know vice or anyone can prosper without objection. Im a Bushwick knight born 85, i don't remember anyone questioning the local dealer selling to so and so mother. We just exist

[@idonttan]

It feels like you barely captured the spirit of what makes us Brooklyn natives proud of our city. I guarantee you 99% of actual New Yorkers have never even heard of that skate shop or visited that steak house more than once, or really never. There are so many different ethnic groups here and yet so much gentrification, and most of what was highlighted was the host eating and showing depressing gray shots of the city.

[@gabesearles]

Vice is gentrification. So what do you expect smh

[@DeStylez01]

Being born and raised in Williamsburg since the 70's and a 4th generation in the neighborhood. You are absolutely right! Caribbeans, African Americans, Puerto Ricans, Italian, Irish, Polish and Jewish, Williamsburg was the epitima of the American melting pot. Looooong before the Hipsters and Skater came to Bedford Ave in the late 1990's - early 2000's and Gentrification ruined the neighborhood. Tearing down old houses and apartment building that were 100 years old to build some of the ugliest, blandest, over-priced Co-Ops and Condos wile jackin up the rent in the rest of Williamsburg, Bushwick & Ridgewood.

[@lucianmaddness]

can't go along Bedford Ave without a caribbean stop... The caribbean community in Flatbush/ Crown heights is way bigger than even the jewish neighborhood.

[@dimitrisklonaris6733]

vice messed up on this one...started as a skateboard commercial, ended up as a steakhouse commercial...and no mention of vast parts of Bedford and no small Jamaican small bznes...what you thinking guys?

[@andrewfreeman88]

A hipster, talking about hipsters, to hipsters.....ohhhh the irony!!!

[@TheSmerfman47]

TechCarsAnd EverythingElse doesn’t need to be white to be a hipster

[@themurraypeeps5795]

@@TheSmerfman47 hipsters are of every color sir

[@saucespicy5683]

@@RandomCorner equality..?? still a hipster

[@lioncohen8586]

they gave the host a skateboard and he malgrabs....

[@bmxer1997isaac]

big ow

[@tommybattista]

Literally these are the people we hate in Brooklyn, lol

[@MichaelJames-lz7ni]

Tommy Battista because the crack-dealers and drive-by shooters were “okay”?

[@scottd7222]

@@MichaelJames-lz7ni oh jeez here we go again with a clueless liberal yuppie all high and mighty. Yea actually that shit was much better then the drive by coffee shop that kicks you out of ya home.

[@Josue-th2ho]

factsss fuck yuppies

[@JohnWick-jp8sf]

YO FACTSS

[@thingonathinginathing]

deadass b

[@SevenFootPelican]

Vice makes really good documentaries... I wish they did more, though. This needs to be longer.

[@NeoAndersonChannel1]

The irony that a large amount of Vice's fanbase are the same demographic participating in gentrification culture

[@poopmcscoopface]

+Neo Anderson exactly the hipsters are always leftists, they complain about gentrification while doing it lol

[@thecitizenjoan]

We like talking about ourselves

[@nonoback22]

Neo Anderson ❗️❗️❗️❗️

[@Poise716]

Disappointed in Vice today. I'm from Brooklyn and as much as I am enjoying some of the change, even a lot of it, the fact that I grew up here as a 4th generation Italian American. On the same exact block as all my previous family including my great grandfather. Today I cannot embrace my own neighborhood because we were all pushed out and you have to be a millionaire to strive. South Brooklyn is where I was born and raised. Unfortunately the buck stops here and I will be the last generation for my kids will never know what it's like to be a stoop kid. You missed the story big time. And this guy is my least favorite of your reporters.

[@kamikazeeog1886]

y'all are the ones that elected the politicians fuckinh you over lmao

[@Poise716]

That has nothing to do with it. Don't comment if your an idiot

[@kamikazeeog1886]

Philip Leone you guys got fucked big time hahaha

[@jschmidt1460]

Depending on where you're at in South Brooklyn, it's still cheaper than north Brooklyn. Of course, everywhere is more expensive than what it used to be, but you'll get more for less in Bensonhurst (for some reason, this is a little pocket that is good...aka...not trendy, so hasn't skyrocketed) than you would in Bedstuy or even as far south as Kensington.

[@TheMusketITuckedIt204]

+Philip Leone Oh wow, an Italian not liking another person of color (the host) how typical.

[@THEBANDIT7979]

Where are the Italians. ? A lot of Italians , polish , puertoricans and Jews were in Bedford and made Bedford and Brooklyn.

[@MichaelJames-lz7ni]

THE BANDIT THE BANDIT white peoples don’t need representation at Vice....

[@lexxdiamondz]

They all moved to Saten Island.

[@suckmyfrank4871]

There’s lots of Indians by Brighton Beach

[@adamkonarski6218]

they've destroyed the polish culture in green point and williamsburg

[@williamjoseph1300]

@@lexxdiamondz less crime.

[@aarongodwin6302]

the skating part was pretty cringy

[@CACTUSTAPES]

+Aaron Godwin Dat mall grab doe!

[@chaoctic7278]

For real

[@Chrisjonpage]

+Aaron Godwin Why?

[@danieleder1517]

+Christopher Page Mall grab.

[@Chrisjonpage]

Daniel Eder *sigh* Ive skated almost my whole life, before the THPS blowup and I will say it makes me cringe so much when skaters make other skaters feel shitty over stuff like this. I'm sure these girls already get alot of shit for skating in the first place. It would be cool if skater's could recognize otherness instead of being so inclusive about these subtle social cues we spread to keep people out. Even if someone skates for a year, so what? They tried something new they thought was cool. Anyhow I know its not your deal, just felt like getting that idea out there somewhere. I'm sure these kids who "cringe" at a Mall Grab are just reiterating something they heard from someone they thought was cool, and blindly passes it on for the sake of remaining a "cool insider".

[@just_cade]

New York City is the greatest place on Earth. It's sad to see Brooklyn being killed by gentrification. Everyone focuses on Manhattan when they think of NYC, but Brooklyn is the true soul of the city, it's where the culture is.

[@dragonslug93]

Sounds exactly like what is happening in East London today, you can get lunch for £1 at the long standing fried chicken shops but cannot buy a coffee for under £3.

[@jschmidt1460]

And not a cockney in sight😢 I loved Wilthamstowe for its diversity (both British and Asian) but I heard that's a hipster haven now😢

[@spikethea2630]

+dragonslug93 I used to get 2 and chips every day.

[@Thejdreamerzful]

+dragonslug93 HEre in South East London it's changing too, I can already see the big apartment buildings rising up for rich people, and seeing all the blacks, asians and others getting icked out, it'sloosing it's culture and now it's gonna become another fucking guilford or soemthing. Don't even get me started on Brixton, what happen to Brixton is honestly a tragedy man, it's become some next Hipster town when it used to be a carribean capital haha

[@milopbrown3427]

+Thejdreamerzful man lewisham going Peckham going Bermondsey going my home woolwich bout to go aswell cause o this hipsters 🤕se London is mad

[@Thejdreamerzful]

Milo Palmer-Brown Woolwich is mad, the apartments around Woolwich Market rising up is scary bruv

[@catherinedolan7133]

showing hipsters or yuppies at all makes people think that who new yorkers are. YOU FLEW HERE, I GREW HERE.

[@meirchaimo6960]

Duh your name is Catherine 😂

[@meirchaimo6960]

@Redd DjHbee brown I grew here too!

[@dildonius]

@Redd DjHbee brown So much for judging people by the content of their character, I guess.

[@dildonius]

@Redd DjHbee brown As usual, nothing but ad hominem. Sorry that the systemic racism coursing through this country has left you so cynical & overwhelmed with hatred.

[@AndreasBoD]

Weird that someone in the restaurant business would think that fish is a vegetable.

[@flukshun]

i feel bad for the host, rocking the hipster beard in the midst of the jokes about hipster beards haha

[@kingthedog]

Never Been to New York... My image of New York is Solely based on Home Alone and The Godfather movies.

[@dartweston]

+Philly Rich wasn't home alone in Chicago?

[@kingthedog]

Home Alone 2 lost in New York lol... Could have been shot in Chicago i dont know lol

[@jschmidt1460]

wow just wow buddy

[@pimpanther]

+Philly Rich For good feel of NYC. watch Serpico/Warriors /Death wish(70's) Beat street/The last dragon/BIG /Fight the power(80's) Juice/Kids/ The Basketball Diaries (90's)

[@josephdelvicario1784]

+Philly Rich well depends what part of NY you're talking about. The Godfather took place on Long Island and the city. Two completely different takes on NY. NY is not like the Godfather anymore... sigh. My neighborhood is one of the only places on Long Island that you can get a "Godfather" vibe lol.

[@Cxampion]

Rhabi likes the hispters... he'$ Renting them expensive as apartments he owns!!!

[@machinegun20]

This has to be one the best video's from VICE in 2015. Please bring me more of this type of content that shows regulair people in their environment.

[@IronPatriot26]

I'm from Brooklyn. This was WEAK! He skipped right over the portion of Blacks that don't live in the projects and are doing relatively well for themselves. The Caribbean community in East Flatbush. Scared ass cooly.

[@bluetheory2]

There are Black people all over Brooklyn doing well Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights, Flatbush, Canarsie, etc...

I don't blame them for skipping it. Why would they want their expensive camera gear getting robbed. East Flatbush is the 'dead end' of Brooklyn

[@bluetheory2]

Lin Chavez you know nothing about BK, gentrification baby

Gentrification is the reason why your black folk are doing well. A decade or 2 ago you wouldn't be saying the same.

[@bluetheory2]

Lin Chavez we were ok before. do some research on Black people in Bed Stuy

[@Miltap4848]

East Flatbush basically ends around Brooklyn Ave., Bedford Ave, is further west. Kings Highway is East Flatbush, then it runs into Flatlands.

[@munobasho9]

WTF? I lived in Williamsburg 1993-1997 and had to leave because it got too expensive... long before what they're talking about as 'back in the day'... I guess I'm just too old.

[@Microplasticreplica]

Do San Francisco next, you want to see the true face of gentrification, go to the mission.

[@kamikazeeog1886]

I thought the bay is where hipsters originated from

[@Microplasticreplica]

+Kamikazee Og hipsters are your first warning sign of gentrification, the tenderloin used to be a really bad neighborhood in sf, then outta no where brave little hipsters were trumping around and long story short everyone is going to Oakland. The Facebook bus stops in the lower mission now.

[@kamikazeeog1886]

Mack Falstein I'd be amazed if hipsters try to live in Oakland next

[@Microplasticreplica]

+Kamikazee Og it's already happening my friend

[@comradeyuri2972]

+Mack Falstein Along time ago maybe, the hipsters went to Oakland.

[@fifthgear93]

Damn this show is sooo good. I love learning about different urban cultures of the US, and especially those of NYC. I hope there are more episodes to come. Maybe do LA - Wilshire blvd. Manhattan too.

[@MrJfergs]

the reporters awkward mall grab killed me.

[@louisb2000]

fugazi skaters ur in ny how do u find the most poser people???????

[@kinglouis69420]

+Mr. Kitty i think that one girl was wearing combat boots

[@deathbyvanity1955]

+Aaron Frank lmao

[@dj2ndhand]

I cringed hard! I almost feel bad for those girls.

[@tommybattista]

Lol these girls were walking around with fresh ass, clean boards, hardly even touched they probably dont even ride. They just walk around with the board under their arm cause they think they look cool.......... Fuckin posers

[@bigpoppafresh1000]

Dat mall grab tho...

[@Left4d3adfreak1]

You should do Vermont Ave in LA, it's one of the longest streets in the city, it starts at the Griffith Observatory and passes the famous Greek Theater from the movie "Get Him to the Greek", and it's full of history including the 1992 LA riots. And it also runs through my neighborhood of Virgil Village, East Hollywood ! But it also runs through Los Feliz, Koreatown, USC, the Coliseum, Exposition Park, South Central, adjacent to Compton, Carson, and ends right before the Port of Los Angeles (the biggest port in the nation).

[@jasonwilliams7920]

What about the West Indian/Caribbean Community?

[@voosum]

good show vice thank you for using this host he is the best by far for this topic please do the other 4 boros please much more history to be learned !

[@artex1917]

whad habbend to new yoyk?

[@systemsandlogistics]

this is good, i'm looking forward to more episodes

[@kinglouis69420]

Brooklyn: The World's Biggest Dorm

[@MRGCMNYC]

Krish, you're a great storyteller...love your interviews...

[@josefhorgos6783]

Yo they should've gotten joey bada$$ and the pro era crew

[@themisvespucci9894]

Josef Horgos exactly or flatbush zombies!

[@themisvespucci9894]

Dude at 7:38 sounds and looks like em though

[@queendoda850]

I love New York so much the fact that all ppl from different backgrounds r living in one place in peace is beautiful to me. I hope I can visit one day.

[@spazer22]

IM 44 YEARS OLD....I LIVE ON GRAND STREET FOR OVER 30 YEARZ......IF YOU TRIED THAT SHIT IN 1992....YOU GOT BEAT DOWN, YOU YUPPIES....

[@kamikazeeog1886]

the fuck you let these hipsters ruin new York get out there and mug those softies

[@jschmidt1460]

well talk is cheap.....

[@spazer22]

+Amante Sess WORD....BUT, FUCK THESE HIPSTERS...

[@jmorel42]

I'm glad the NYPD got rid of all you aggressive fucks

[@Russian718]

i agree with Pepe here less violence and i'd rather wake up to see hipsters any day then to see "niggas" selling drugs and spreading plague in schools with there gang crap

[@shawnl7966]

That was a really good program. I look forward to more of that.

[@MrsMighty868]

dear vice... come to canarsie, or east flatbush. then you'll see the true essence of brooklyn.

[@roxxylala26]

Peter Lugers...you see it on your right hand side when driving out of Manhattan on the Williamsburg Bridge towards BK. I used to run on that bridge alllll time during the summer. I used to live in Bushwick.

[@SelfPropelledDestiny]

19:22 Why do so many people think that vegetarians eat fish? I hear this all the time.

[@sooodroopy8697]

They do, vegans don't eat fish

[@SelfPropelledDestiny]

SOOO DROOPY They don't. A vegetarian diet is derived from plants, with or without eggs or dairy. People who don't eat meat, but do eat fish are called pescatarians.

[@mjvcaiisme2010]

This is a great video documenting the changing times in Brooklyn! Well done, VICE.

[@MaoRuiqi]

Well executed, smart idea; evolution of street ecosystems, occurring at mack speed, without such reflection, invites imminent destruction of habitations as well as their respective inhabitants.

[@rebellefleur435]

+Ruiqi Mao you sound like a textbook. tres boring!

[@MaoRuiqi]

Thank you for you input.

[@rebellefleur435]

lol, anytime

[@KnolltopFarms]

+Ruiqi Mao I found your statement rather poetic, if a bit sad. Please have a Happy Holidays and a Wonderful New Year...Aloha, KTFs

[@MaoRuiqi]

Mahalo, your observation in stunning in its perception and clarity. There is sadness in the hearts of most dispossessed poets. As you are aware, gentrification is a process of displacing a community of typically simple, relatively poor people with complex, relatively affluent people. Hence, the rich-in-spirit people, who often created the coolness of their area, are rapidly replace by the rich-in-wallet people who attempt to co-opt that very coolness for themselves. Aloha nui loa!

[@emilycheeger9901]

When the segment about Crown Heights started, the footage that was shown with the voice-over was from Williamsburg. This fuels the misconception that the South Williamsburg Hasidim and Crown Heights Lubavitchers are culturally equivalent. The differences between the two communities are considerable, and it would have been more accurate not to conflate them.

There are so many types of Hasidim in both neighborhoods you cannot really distinguish them. Satmar is a town in Romania but it is used too loosely within south Williamsburg because not all the Hasidism that live their come for the town called 'satmar'. In fact they come from all parts of Eastern Europe. Same goes for crown heights. I see what your trying to say that satmar's are perhaps more orthodox but they both speak Yiddish and have few cultural differences

[@thefpvlife7785]

This is just a long st in Brooklyn. Not the total true essence of BK. How dare you not interview a soul of the largest ethnic group of all NYC and Brooklyn...Puerto Ricans.

[@tylerhood6968]

Lol can't go 2 blocks without running into a Peurto Rican. 😂😂

[@thefpvlife7785]

Sole Review Lol I totally agree.

[@Miltap4848]

Few Ricans near Flatbush or Bedford.

[@MyKeeP81]

@@Miltap4848 exactly

[@Moneyfirst111]

EXACTLY!!! FUCK THESE HIPSTERS! THEY ARE NOT BROOKLYN CULTURE

[@coolclimber02]

dope video and sound editing on this! Real quick and strong sounds!

[@TheNSAmanagement]

Dear VICE, I really enjoyed knowing that Vice streets was doing a story in the neighborhood I called home for the majority of my life. Bedford ave has so much history and of course one does not expect that you can fit every characteristic of its diversity into 30mins of film. I had to dislike this piece of work because there is for whatever reason the omission of a significant group of people that has influenced the culture of BEDFORD AVE more than any group you highlighted. (Shame, shame, shame)The West Indian population were among the first group of people to settle along Bedford ave in the early 1900's. Talk about culture? I could rattle off every contribution but I'm not the reporter. Sorry on this one VICE. Do over

[@MichaelJames-lz7ni]

Kevin Amoroso beating-down other people of color doesn’t fit the Vice narrative that white people are to blame for everything

[@josehermo1232]

Love Brooklyn. I lived in Brooklyn for 6 months and I loved it. This video didn’t show what Bedford is all about.

[@Oisink3d]

do this for different countries around the world

[@robmanzanares]

Super informative Krishna. Good job man! Thank you and VICE.

[@shamelsanders1591]

I'm from east new York but hang around Broadway have lived in multiple boroughs and appreciate being from Brooklyn but this mainstream hipster wannabe program is not going to explain some key points of African American history in Brooklyn or the city for that matter

[@multiplepersonalities2304]

I never travel anywhere, so I very much enjoy the streets series, thanks.

[@cokaneish]

R.I.P Biggie

[@gerdaremy1025]

I love this documentary it's historic on point and on the money. He talks what happened back then and what's goin on now

[@WesleyClouden]

what happen to rest like the west indian section wow vice really

[@andrewfreshour3871]

what a great new series! I hope they keep this one going... Maybe explore Dickson Street in Fayetteville Arkansas! it's definitely not what you think

[@jeremythelakerfan629]

Do the Bay Area in California next

[@bigpoppa4094]

+xJeremyPS9 which street?

[@bigpoppa4094]

nice. Mission In SF? that a long ass street too

[@blakewilliams6471]

+xJeremyPS9 San Pablo Ave

[@bigpoppa4094]

I dont know nothing about San Pablo Ave. I dont think that is that famous.

[@1250Smitty]

E.14th

[@charliewingate3x]

I loved this doc. No place like Brooklyn glad to be born there20 years ago those parts of Brooklyn was gutta glad to see it change for the better!

[@2kguys]

What a great series, hope you guys keep it up!

[@bigcee8393]

Coby Lefko Hipster?

[@dominic2014]

Streets by Vice, is one of the most interesting shows I've seen

[@sssseeeeeeeeeeyyyyaa]

I got goosebumps! This documentary is every sociologist's wet dream. So well thought and documented. Thank you Vice once again:)

[@keiffactory]

this was actually a really interesting video. Keep up this series. Hope you guys do Santa Monica BLVD in LA, or Yonge street in Toronto.

[@SonoranTel]

He did not mention Caribbean Contributions AT ALL in crown Heights why??? Why not vice? Lets be real .

[@willbatchelortutorials]

diggin that jingle punks track Lightning Ryder at 5:30

[@mikedevine6861]

+Will Batchelor soooo good

[@ChrisMartz]

+Will Batchelor TNGHT / Hudson Mohawke Lite Version

[@MrLurkin4life]

Come on vice..You just made me question everything you've ever put out when you showed those "skaters." That was harsh.

[@clovellykev]

really enjoyed this. looking forward to the next episodes

[@arym1108]

LIVE FROM BEDFORD STUYVESANT THE LIVEST ONE

[@tinderinc]

Finally a video about America, I can give this a thumbs up since I won't actually learn anything wow amazing content.

[@dominican764]

what about flatbush ?

[@Miltap4848]

What about it ? LOL

[@GsxrBulldog]

Exactly

[@teddymcfail4359]

What does Flat-whatever have to do with Greenpoint, Brooklyn?

[@dominican764]

Teddy McFail because Bedford ave run thru east flatbush do you even live in brooklyn clown

[@teddymcfail4359]

dominican764 I don't go past the Lorimer stop on the L train. It's too dangerous.

[@sgaldis]

Great light-hearted, but informative documentary; It is a perfect idea for a mini series of short doc's.

[@theblackmambaplague]

Weeeeeeeiiird!!!! When the dude brought the steak out I literally smelled it, no joke!

[@ulisescisneros7171]

Wtf

[@4andrewcordova20]

+theblackslcmamba fuck yea i just took a steak out 2 thaw wen i saw that mean ass steak

[@keiffactory]

+theblackslcmamba you might have a form of synesthesia.

[@4andrewcordova20]

the fuck is synesthesia to catch a predator

[@keiffactory]

the production of a sense impression relating to one sense or part of the body by stimulation of another sense or part of the body. In other words, it is the merge of different bodily sensations. So the OP had a visual perception [he saw the steak] and his smell sensation and the taste sensation were triggered. This has to do with psychology, but it is too complicated to explain here. Google it. it is quite interesting

[@Dr.Kananga]

I recently went to NY and loved it, especially Brooklyn with its genuine look and I was surprised to see little to no franchise restaurant or coffee shops, the rest is still unique shops and places to eat that have an authentic feel.

[@Moneyfirst111]

No it doesn't. Many black and spanish people have been priced out of their homes and communities to make space for these rich entitled assholes. The Real Brooklyn died 10 years ago

[@QDGC]

So yuppies being asked about being the founding yuppies that brought the rest of the yuppies to yuppify a none yuppy neighborhood

[@thomaswillington7904]

Does anyone know what the background gospel organ track is which plays off the top and again at 17:20 and on the outro? Really like that riff.

[@Nissannx2000svg]

So I guess no West Indians live on Bedford ?

[@CorrosiveColin]

Stuff like this is exactly why I want to write for VICE.

[@jupena]

Vice you missed the Dominicans, Puerto Ricans, and Russians WTF??? Still awesome report... 4.9*(out of 5)

[@therantingboy]

Great programme. more of these please

[@michaelvalentin9136]

Go to the Hispanic part/avenue of Puerto Rico/ if you want to go to a less hipster gentrified area. It has an edgy cultural flair

[@Moneyfirst111]

EXACTLYYYY. THE REAL BROOKLYN

[@SuperCD93]

Looking forward to more of these!

[@princediop8190]

Your part of the problem

[@OutWithMyGear]

1) You're* 2) Cities evolve all the time. hipsters/yuppies/immigrants/poor/gangs/suits/bluecolor/etc - it's a never ending cycle. That's what neighborhoods do - they evolve. It's not unnatural or an anomaly. This evolution is NOT a problem. The local government neglecting long time residence during this particular change is the problem. The lack of getting stabilized rent or rent control leads to people moving out is the problem. Shitty landlords who push long time residents out by not providing heat and repairs so they can make bigger buck are the problem. White folk moving in with organic gluten free bullshit food is good. It bring the crime down. The gang violence diminishes. Neighborhoods become safer and more vibrant. Who ta fuck would want to step in to BedSty 10 years ago? Just driving passed it one would hope not to get a flat on some streets. And that is considered OK but Hipsters NOT? Your statement is ignorant and displays lack of knowledge on this issue.

[@princediop8190]

OutWithMyGear You're the ignorant one here if you honestly believe that just because a place isn't filled with white people and gluten free food makes that area dangerous. Before these places were gentrified, they had culture. Maybe the residents weren't rich, but i wouldn't call them gangbangers and thugs. Yes, the local government is part of the problem too, but most of the time these shitty hipsters create these horrible circumstances. Also, gentrification may seem all cool in it's early stages, but guess you haven't looked into the aftermath. What these shitty hipster kids do is move into low income neighborhoods, causing the renting prices to soar and when the prices are too high, the hipsters pack up their bags and move to the next area. This ultimately leads to low income family's who by the way aren't all thugs, not have anywhere to live. I'm not saying that gentrification is bad, but it clearly only benefits a certain group of people who is mainly white. Have you ever look into the perspective of a struggling family, who is forced to quit their jobs and move all because a couple of white kids with daddies money decided it was cool to live in "poor people places." Their just pushing these people into a corner all for the sake of looking cool and or ironic. You're just another spoiled racist white brat who believes just because some people are poor, means their dangerous. You're clearly part of the problem

[@lilvexeno1289]

@@princediop8190 I was born in brooklyn and lived in flatbush and I see your point. more and more affluent people are moving in and rents slowly going higher. But that's the landlord fault also during the 80s and 90s it was more dangerous and there were murders every day and it was less clean. Not a good place to live in

[@larryinflorida9385]

He forgot to point out the Ebbits Field Apts. How it was once the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball stadium before thy moved to L.A. I lived there in 1964 till 1968

[@zinger7307]

according to Vice skaters are a class of immigrants 1:27 ...seriously :)

[@_AdrianD]

Awesome short. Keep it up VICE.

[@chrisor187]

haha Signature Mall Grab.

[@Karma7711]

Really cool series.

[@kingsleyacquainted9753]

So I guess Flatbush don't count huh. Sorry I watched the whole thing. It was a fluff video

[@AL_KING777]

Cool! Woodward ave. in the works?

[@REALTRUEJOURNEY]

u met with one the wackiest rappers in NY LOL

[@froey198033]

Probably the only rapper they could get.

[@PratikSingla]

Hey! What's the track at 4:05 So good!!

[@felecityrex6376]

i hate gentrification :S

[@williamjoseph1300]

fucking wypipo moving into your neighborhood making it nicer

[@bitume]

Really enjoyed it! Thank you Vice

[@TheJwolf1999]

*cough* mall grab *cough*

[@EliGoldstein2001]

at 5:03 my building is that tall one in the back out of those 3!! it's at 1 northside piers! (kent and 5th)

[@deathbyvanity1955]

how much u pay in rent?

[@cmanhatan4]

+Eli Goldstein douche

[@lewdie]

Jesus christ this information is so irrelevant to anything important.

[@NoSwear09]

+lewdie oh, fuck off.

[@TheMusketITuckedIt204]

+lewdie Shut up and go Google something.

[@tuesdayevenings]

Points.

[@AmeliaMik]

great series! keep it up :)

[@eoghan887]

Why do Jews wear large hats and sometimes the bowl hats

[@romancandel489]

+( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) why are you a fucking moron?

[@eoghan887]

+Jacob Abraham no I'm just un educated on Jewish culture

[@HiAdrian]

+( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) I wonder if Kippahs started because ageing men would get sunburn on their bald spot, it being the middle east and all...

[@Microplasticreplica]

+( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) has to do with which school of thought you follow... kinda like gangs, your hat identifies your clique haha

[@Microplasticreplica]

+( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) also its not all jews we call these guys the black hatters... orthadox and ultra orthadox... most of us arent this way

[@secre7]

Great idea for a series