The Dark Side of NYC's Greenwich Village

Comedian and New York City tour guide, Tom Delgado, takes you on a walk through some of the darker sites and history of Greenwich Village. He talks about true crime, death, and hauntings. Yikes. Shot by Eric Thirteen. Please subscribe!
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[@TedInATL]

Information: interesting. Attempts at humor: acknowledged.

[@MsAhmebah2000]

Less schtick; more facts

[@scubadiva666]

My deceased roommate remembered when the Women's Prison was standing in the 70s, and when he walked by he'd usually get catcalled.

[@lisamariesmith3610]

Yup the women’s house of detention I think on W8th.

[@kathleenferguson3296]

No, 6th Ave and about 12th.

[@Roxy62ct]

I was looking for a video to watch that would help me fall asleep and figured this looked good for that. However, I really found it funny and interesting! Now I am going to watch others by tomdnyc and I'm not tired anymore.

[@chiefenumclaw7960]

The scariest thing in Greenwich Village is the cupcake line at Magnolia Bakery.

[@maritzadillingham4008]

Lol

[@NC-qc7wd]

I think is him!

[@dandoyle9881]

URP! Another thing to be afraid of.Cupcakes!

[@tracywilliams7929]

Oh, right. The Cupcake Nazi.

[@JoeAmato_TV]

Manhattan is just a suburb now. cupcakes, golden retrievers. just wait till the edibles are legal. LOL.

[@berlin310]

Another gem of a "Walk and Talk"! Keep them coming.

[@wwbuirkle]

WSP has gone to shit

[@maryham6533]

Tom as tellytubby Po is truly terrifying. I'm so scared. 😨

[@ohmeowzer1]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@OUTNABOUTwithYoursTrulyLIZZOC]

Amazing! Thanks for the walk and talk of The Dark Side of NYC's Greenwich Village!

[@WalksWallStreet]

Tom, this was a fantastic video. Thanks for this

[@nighthawk_1]

I left NY in 98 and I haven't returned since then. Thanks for bringing back so many memories of NY!

[@peaceevol]

The Village is finished, there is no Greenwich Village is over, it's the NYU Village now.

[@douglasthompson8927]

can you spell GED ?

[@RonShielly]

Cry about it

[@peaceevol]

@@RonShielly you cry about it, you little whimp

[@peaceevol]

@@douglasthompson8927 how silly you are, you must be a student of NYU

[@douglasthompson8927]

@@peaceevol I`m a self respecting southern hillbilly who with an education

[@constance480]

One of my favorite videos!!! Awesome job Tom!!!!

[@brianheffernan8982]

Great video, Dave. I enjoyed it immensely. Have a great week.

[@Autumn-Mist]

Very informative. I had a cousin who grew up in Greenwich Village & the only thing she showed me was the coffee & tea co., where 2 play chess where 2 get hand made leather bags @ the village tannery & where 2 buy shoes I had no idea the village had such secrets, including the burial ground. WOW!

[@korean_foot_traveler8655]

The detailed explanation about the place makes me understand and enjoy the great video better.😀👍👍

[@jscot4419]

Man, I really hope you keep on making content. Your a go to guy on here for me. Love NY! From Tennessee here lol

[@josephbaumann292]

Great video, thanks! Thoroughly enjoyed it.

[@johnnybinnjjersey4744]

another great tour Tom...

[@stevetaylormynewyorkcity9728]

Well that video just flew by, just like on a broomstick (get it, get it?!!) I know I keep saying this but, top work again Tom, always look forward to your uploads!

[@josedelacruz1588]

Keep them coming Tom! Awesome approach to the videos!! 🔥🔥🔥

[@pedroanjos91]

This video is awesome thank you! I live in Chelsea, close to GwV and pass by these places often so it's fun to know this history. Well done

[@rebekahcuriel-alessi2239]

I am reminded by your trip to the Hudson of Il Mano Nero and the brave work of Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino...

[@shekwaga]

Great video to watch @ 4:30 am on a sleepless night. Subscribed!

[@AJsGreenThumbLLC]

Loved this upload Tom!!! Your humor is thoroughly entertaining and awesomely weird....💯💯

[@maryellenneillands5805]

I'm hooked on these videos!!

[@maggidiy]

The visual adlibs are so good

[@sriddle3569]

This was great video, enjoyed

[@francine8302]

You are so entertaining and funny. How do you remember all the information stored in your head? I love your videos.

[@DansPiratelife]

Goddamn, I've learned SO MUCH about NYC since I found your channel. Thanks a lot for another great video!

[@WTP_1776]

THIS WAS AWESOME. THANK YOU!

[@saskiapanter]

Loved this video. I didn't see it earlier because I've been sick, and I wanted to enjoy this video to the fullest👍

[@wawathunder]

I like your storytelling video. Your humour works. I visit NYC regularly so your stories give a perspective that I would not get otherwise.

[@JB-hl1qx]

I'm hooked on this guy's videos! Excellent job 👍

[@plazaro100]

This was awesome!

[@newyorkvisionary]

Awesome video, subbed!

[@sethmolitoris8869]

The rat cameo is so New York. At 5:45 in haha

[@sethmolitoris8869]

More like 6:01

[@tomdnyc1]

I paid him for that.

[@Alex-fx5es]

It's a mouse - too small to be a rat - especially a NYC rat! 😁

[@claudiahansen4938]

I left NY in 1981 and haven't been back since! Lived in West Village Houses on W. 11th Street in the Village.

[@robertadinolfi4217]

Then you knew Piggy and the Go Club.

[@JnTmarie]

Love this thank you.

[@pederrast287]

This guy should have his own primetime TV-show.

[@dizmop]

Love your tours, so good, so much great info, your sense of humour and sound effects make it easy to watch, but are you ever going to tell us about your Law career?😁

[@stephenleegray6384]

Brilliant mate, i live there for 20 yrs and love urban archeology, but so much i did t know. Thank you

[@1santos1]

GREAT stuff man!

[@BarbaraC02]

Interesting! Enjoyed this video. Thanks

[@marcelog7626]

good video , like always papo .. muy bueno y gracias

[@ignaciojauregui2057]

if you look closely, there's a mouse at 6:02, right by the "automatic sprinkler" sign by the window

[@noeraldinkabam]

I think its the shine of the topof the iron ‘rod’ (sorry, not english)

[@robertrudick2492]

Thank you Tommy D! Ur d best

[@jayonez137]

I like this dude. He’s a great commentator with really good info. Info on NYC that I never knew

[@tova3573]

Fantastic video.

[@bigben1986]

This is funny, glad it came up now I'm a subscriber.

[@kylestout4989]

Great video!

[@harryjamessmithmusic7762]

Perfect, Tom!

[@noted]

your videos are aweomse

[@machetedonttweet1343]

When I was in my 20's I had fun running around the Village in the '80s. Then I got gainfully employed and retired to the South East. and I don't miss NY at all. But this bought back some memories.

[@theilliad4298]

amazing vid , great personality

[@liconajaime5759]

You should do more videos like this. I really enjoyed it

[@itsmeheathermarie]

I haven't been to NYC since 2010. I've been binge watching your videos because I want to visit again in the near future. Really awesome stuff! I love spooky.

[@sarafstop32]

A couple spooky things missed: in the early days of Washington Sq, it was a major execution spot with many hangings. The 1971 suicide of photographer Diane Arbus by slashing her wrists in her bathtub in Westbeth artist residence is one of the darker parts of Greenwich Village history.

[@steini6771]

Again, just FAB Tom!. Greetings from Norway -

[@thecrimedog8424]

We are in NYC right now and pointing out areas that you pointed out!! Sick plugs!!👈👉

[@davidsaintcyr3384]

Thanks for the history. City sure has come a long way since the crazy olden days. Since the late 90s we tease manhattan for being Disneyland-esque. Things still happen at random, but much of the criminal malaise has disappeared.

[@hungrysoles]

Hi Tom. I haven't seen your videos for a while. This is a nice video for Halloween. It's a lot better than those gory slasher they show in the movies these days that leave nothing to the iimagination. I saw some videos of Canatsie who my friend from Brooklyn used to live. He moved to South Florida,. That's now a pretty bad area for drugs and crime.

[@TheronGBurrough]

This was very interesting and fun. I'm from the East Village and was often in the West Village, too. I worked for NYU Law School in a building Edgar Allen Poe lived in. I haven't heard the story about the women and their families talking loudly from the Women's Prison windows since my Mom told me about it when I was a little boy. Well, now I'm going to watch your East Village Walking Tour and see if you remind me of Jeff Goldblum in that one, too.

[@AyaVlogz]

OMG I love your wittiness TOM. Plus the editing is superb. Good Job.

[@vincentlara4563]

Loved this! I lived in New York City from 1985 to 2000 and especially remember the Joel Steinberg/Hedda Nausbaum murder of that innocent child as well as the executive who was killed at the pay phone. I will always be a New Yorker at heart and look forward to seeing more of your videos, just subscribed. Love your personality and wit!

[@umich313]

scariest thing about this video is the mouse in 6:02

[@kennethlippertshauser3376]

You are awesome bro nobody doesn't like you so knowledgeable and funny it's a pleasure to watch your videos you and you and Eric are great team did a marathon with all your videos looking forward forward to your future ones rock on brother God bless peace

[@joedoggo4856]

Happy Halloween Tom 🎃

[@elaineburnett5230]

This Jefferson Garden is where my cousin, Marschia Thoms and I spent a very nice afternoon. We then dined across the street, great memories!

[@VeeLondon1449]

🧟‍♀️ This went by so fast.. Just wish this was a longer video because it was so good, thanks & take care 🧟‍♂️

[@Gl6619]

You should take his tour….it alone is worth the trip to New York….I speak from experience

[@Eleazar73]

Awesome. The 1st two were on blocks I grew up on. Bunch of kids that went to my grammar school lived in the building at the end of the block. Really cool vid.

[@cirocobama]

Two last spots in a row - that’s pretty scary 😅

[@skaijohni3938]

My jaw dropped in the 1st min. I was like WHAAAAT?!?

[@letsif]

After this video, I'm waiting for the residents of these buildings to move out so that I can move in with the new lowered rents!

[@TheNameisPlissken1981]

In 1987, I use to listen to the Howard Stern show religiously. I was 13. Every day, the case of Little Lisa Steinberg was in the news and Howard & the gang would talk about it. Wasn't she tied to a radiator at one point? Anyway, for 20 years, that's how I kept up with current events by Robin reading the Post & the Daily News over the radio. Baby M and R Budd Dwyer were two other stories from around that time I remember!

[@jchow5966]

Great episode!!!!! This is a wonderful top not h channel! ☮️

[@cflaton6700]

I really like this video. The live streams I see are hard for you to do because of the buffering

[@madamlakwatsera5674]

Awesome! Thanks.

[@gregskolozdra]

Very fun! Thanks for sharing...now I'm not going to be able to sleep tonight!

[@YoungEagle444]

I’m weak 😁 I enjoy the narration

[@Dimi374]

I love your energy Tom.😍❤️

[@donaldsawyer2618]

I remember the Steinburg case. And people in poor neighborhoods think these things don't happen in affluent neighborhoods and if they move to the suburbs everything will be hunky dory. OK Sure!!! People are people

[@JulianSteve]

Exactly Donald. People think bad things do not happen in good areas and that is false. Of course, it’s not as bad as poorer locations… You still must have a open mind and watch your surroundings everywhere🤷🏾‍♂️💯

[@aqua-angela]

The Lisa Steinberg case was so tragic. Hedda should have stayed in prison too. She was complicit in all that happened.

[@zazaaziella16]

This was not an affluent neighborhood, when this happened. There was still many rent control apartments then.

[@guruuvy]

@@zazaaziella16 -My family has been in that neighborhood since 1983 and there were always gourmet stores like Balducci’s in that neighborhood, and Parsons School of design is literally around the corner.

[@kightsun]

Sorry bud, but this really doesn't happen in affluent neighborhoods, while they're affluent

[@ArleneBingo]

Great Video Tom! Charles Manson look alike was hilarious. Your scary face reminds me of Vincent Schiavelli from Ghost; "LIKE TRAINS?!" LOL

[@jonathansmith283]

another interesting walk & talk . -? ever do a video including the Jane hotel ? >. ~JDS/CT

[@paulfromcleveland5871]

Samuel Longhorn Clemens would later open a successful chain of western themed steakhouses.

[@valeriebickford3329]

Great presentation and host! I'd rethink the pants situationship though.😂

[@blahblah1438]

Hello. Great video

[@johannsmithe2570]

11:50 gee, swell of the NYC Police to give a homeless man a place to live for months and months. 👉 That's what makes NYC NYC 👈

[@royston8044]

What a great video Tom, give us more of the grissley goings on in New York, murder houses, kidnapping house, places where people plotted dastardly deeds etc..Cheers from the UK

[@CheekyChops710]

I need some bang as n mash

[@treasurehunteruk9718]

@@CheekyChops710 Bangers.

[@rickrose5377]

The first two stories (at least) are well-known history. I lived a few hundred feet from where each of them took place. As a graduate student in 1976-77, I lived at 35 Fifth Avenue (Fifth Avenue at Tenth Street). During that period, one of Greenwich Village's great bookstores also burned down: Eli Wilentz's 8th Street Bookstore, across the street from Electric Lady Studios.

[@acmeopinionfactory8018]

Rick Rose I remember Electric Lady Studios being on the east side of sixth avenue south of eighth street. Am I completely crazy?

[@rickrose5377]

@@acmeopinionfactory8018 Unless it moved. In '76-'77, it was on the south side of 8th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues.

[@acmeopinionfactory8018]

@@rickrose5377 My memories are prior to '71, when I moved from NYC to California and only returned to see friends (not them!) Infrequently.

[@rickrose5377]

@@acmeopinionfactory8018 You made my day, ao. I've finally found you: the guy on the internet who's older than me.😅 Have a terrific holiday.

[@demonflowerchild]

@@acmeopinionfactory8018 nice user name 😂

[@user-yp9nz6bs9q]

Take us on a walk through Ozone Park.

[@mattpipes5106]

Spooky good fun, I think the Village has lots of haunting places… Fun fact I’m pretty sureI had a paranormal experience staying at The Jane Hotel, just a block or so from the phone booth killing! The Chelsea Piers used to be urban ruins that were used as a playground for adventure, danger, romance and lust… So many stories!

[@chelmsfordroad50]

Great video. Like the "Psycho" strings. And not to nit pick, but it's Samuel LANGhorn Clemens, not LONGhorn Clemens.

[@DistractedDaisy]

I am so happy New York hasn’t turned into a ghost town like everyone predicted in 2020.

[@whytegroovin]

fine casual style of , hosting your show !!!

[@annehcb]

already suscribed!

[@edholohan]

Great video! I just became a subscriber.

[@carroll11000]

Ugh! at about 6:02 a mouse runs across the window sill !! Welcome to the West Village!!!

[@goodnight3379]

I’m a new sub love you and love New York ♥️

[@noahsmedia]

These comments are great lol. I’m moving to the city in two weeks. Excited.

[@heycarrieann]

You mentioned Mae West in this video. Fun fact: I grew up in northern NJ and the house my parents bought was very old. They've lived in that house since 1978. It was over 100 years old when they bought it. There was (and still is) a path that goes from the back of the yard to the center of the yard and just stops. Over the years, they've collected many stories about the house. One of them is that an Italian family lived there and the lady of the house made these MASSIVE dinners on Sundays. She was an amazing cook. Word got around and people who worked on Broadway would come to these dinners and literally sing for their supper. They sang in a gazebo that used to be at the end of that pathway that dead ends in the middle of the yard. We were told Mae West was one of the people who ate in our yard.

[@samanthab1923]

Very cool story 🎃

[@scottrousseau496]

Hilarious. Newcomer. Love the content. Now a subscriber. The pressure's on. heheheheh.