Train Ride to Coney Island in 1987

[@rubiginosaa]

this is why it's so important to take videos, even of seemingly meaningless things like a subway ride because watching this is like stepping into a time machine

[@fedecampos8969]

Totally!

[@streetfashiontv9149]

Totally. That reminds me i need to buy a camera.

[@kiddobix]

For random people on the internet!

[@cindygozali__]

💯💯💯💯💯

[@goncalo1485]

That's a really good point its kinda of funny to see how things were back in the day

[@alexcherroni3274]

Shirtless guy is probably immune to everything at this point in life

[@XxowendanxX]

He could jump in the Hudson River and be fine

[@estbeta]

Find him, he probably has the cure to coronavirus

[@XxowendanxX]

Be careful! Twitter bans people who dissent from what the people who run the UN believe to cure or not cure coronavirus.

[@kayonsmith2163]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jayaseto]

& shoeless

[@d_san1985]

That kid: "It's just a subway, nobody cares if I'm shirtless" 30 yrs later 4 million people:👀👀

[@sleepless2685]

Take a picture of him

[@abisspassenger]

He must be in his late 40's now.

[@marklll4426]

Why was he shirtless anyway tho... I can never truly know

[@ultimatecycloneslash4051]

Yah got it

[@legomite]

〘serial sleeper〙 It looks like they were going to swim, in some shots he was holding a towel and he’s wearing what appears to be swimming shorts

[@chrisleaf]

This footage is a valuable piece of history.

[@turbopokey]

And amusing to remember that the guy filming was walking around with a 5 pound plastic box the size of a loaf of bread on his shoulder the whole time.

[@nighttrain425]

🤣👍🏾

[@davidbrockmeier9538]

Now we have video cameras on phones that fit in our pockets, and can easily upload to KZbin, an extremely popular website. So now people are spending money on radio equipment.....

[@alfprysen4513]

🤣

[@angelobenavidez9128]

Turbo Pokey glad no one stole it

[@juicyjuice_overload]

LMAOO

[@ghostfac3182]

No cell phones. No social media. Just great hair and cocaine. Ahh the 80s

[@craftah]

And gays

[@YellowSubmarine8]

@@craftah gays still exist

[@arishenachambers8053]

@@YellowSubmarine8 The cocaine too

[@craftah]

@@YellowSubmarine8 but there was more gays in the 80s

[@tungus-]

Andre De Fleur gays were more gay

[@Jayzee31519]

The guy who “thought” of recording this trip is surely a time traveller

[@shahedmc9656]

Please explain more.

[@LeopoldMaysonet]

Video cameras existed back then (VHS), was the size of a bazooka!

[@resistORserve44]

@@shahedmc9656 - Time travel Traveling the currents of time its cool try it

[@brendielahooha]

Maybe I should record more boring and day to day things these days (instead of myself) and it will be interesting in the future

[@eddygci8]

brendielahooha yup that’s what op meant

[@nataliecampbell2439]

This is a piece of history right here. Nothing short of a masterpiece. Nothing too special just a moment in time captured.

[@robroy6374]

calm down. its nothing to brag about.

[@evertonian26]

masterpiece lol

[@LeopoldMaysonet]

@@robroy6374 Bro , was lowkey livin the NYC life until 1980 (age 10) shit is real as it gets. Coney was dirty AF, crime was outta control, visiting my relatives at Flatbush & Coney every summer. Foster Ave. & Coney island Boulevard (Ditmas Park) was mostly an Italian/ Jewish neighborhood back in the 70's early 80's. Different times my guy...

[@robroy6374]

@@LeopoldMaysonet so? those days are over.

[@XXJE001]

@@LeopoldMaysonetWhat does that have to do with this guys home video, lol

[@vladdamo5783]

It looks so surrealistic, like a movie from a dystopian future/past

[@nathancasey2015]

No it looks like a train ride to Coney Island in 1987

[@theprofessionalcamper1511]

PokeDoke Zoomers...

[@mathewminecraft123]

The professional Camper and proud

[@yeosangsgirl9686]

The professional Camper I mean he/she didn’t lie

[@anansiackhasone3428]

Nathan Casey lol

[@shaykosovac8722]

No cell phones... apparently they used spray paint to communicate back then

[@MrWhoevr]

Shay Kosovac People talked face to face back then. There isn’t a better way to get to know someone. Spay painting, also called tagging, was used to get the attention of as many people as possible. Sort of like posting on the internet.

[@Lucyller]

@@MrWhoevr damn, you really missed the joke.

[@MrWhoevr]

Lucyller I didn’t miss it I dismissed it.

[@urizenblake]

Shay Kosovac good joke

[@leonsong3284]

MrWhoevr Nice one :D

[@superkrystal98]

Safe to say whoever that shirtless boy is now.. he is definitely immune from the coronavirus

[@mrfunky1768]

LMAO!!!!! I was thinking the same damn thang!!!!!!!!!

[@stevegreen9460]

why ?

[@Isinforblood]

@deadmanw@lk1ng that boy is gonna wind up getting the corona LMFAOOO 😂😂😂😂

[@Isinforblood]

@BNOZ99 ! Bruh are u fuckin stupid I’m from the u.s. and I live in NY like wtf are u talking about I’m not from no other country smh 🤦‍♂️😂😂😂

[@Isinforblood]

@BNOZ99 ! Yea I am from the U.S. tho and I’m from queens NY and ur right about that I am one of them I’m like a samurai of darkness #Animeforlife 😈😈

[@JohnnyPreston6699]

This footage from 1987 is still better quality than most CCTV cameras today.

[@xddrfg4605]

Wtf my wallet was stolen while watching this.

[@bigworm2129]

Tremendous. Why doesn't this have more likes?

[@raggeragnar]

Hahaha , that was a good one.

[@bbcyawns6795]

is it weird to ask that i didnt get it

[@smackdadickus]

yawnb00ty you ain’t from around here 😂

[@smackdadickus]

xyre you live ina rough then we all the same

[@okitasan]

a person coming onto this train from japan would have a heart attack

[@RandomPerson-hj8fq]

Can I ask why ?

[@livindeadghoul]

@@RandomPerson-hj8fq first of all the boy lying down on the chairs, the graffiti, and everyone talking at a normal voice

[@Juggernogger64]

@@livindeadghoul also the fact that it is not completely crowded as hell, there's a lot of space between people.

[@peskymacaw9033]

@@livindeadghoul A lot of people talk in a normal voice in Osaka's metro, tho. Also in certain lines of the Tokyo metro.

[@denyfate]

@@peskymacaw9033 they talk normally in the stations, but its common courtesy to be quiet in the trains

[@m.stewart7208]

This could be 1987, or the year 3000 post-nuclear war.

[@vicvvs6189]

Then what year is it now meat head

[@oddities-whatnot]

Cuzzy is there any need for that ? Learn some manners

[@m.stewart7208]

@@vicvvs6189 Cuzzy doesn't understand the joke. It's okay. Cuzzy is from the year 3000 and those jokes haven't been reinvented yet.

[@vicvvs6189]

M. Stewart I understand the joke it was just a bad one

[@m.stewart7208]

@@vicvvs6189 it was free. 😁

[@erindbyers]

My dad was born and raised in NY. These videos describe NY exactly how my dad said it was during the 70’s and 80’s. ❤

[@furerorban1488]

same as my dad Fürer Orbán Senior

[@Olly07]

Was it good or bad?

[@davidc4408]

​@@Olly07bad

[@Olly07]

@@davidc4408 Oh. NYC has to be worse now? Sorry, I have never been. Only to Florida back in 2015.

[@moniquemc4553]

Think they ever imagined 31 years later people from all over the world would watch this? 💖

[@nate9253]

Never

[@timothyc5878]

I mean, Michael Musto (the guy in the very beginning) is still alive and pretty well-known for writing for the Village Voice. I'm sure someone's told him about this by now.

[@timothyc5878]

I was replying to your question on who you wondered was still alive and watched it recently.

[@timothyc5878]

no worries

[@STEVEDAMAR]

They probably imagined you and I were soulmates and that we would find each other one day through watching this video, Monique.

[@versa8406]

This is the most confusing thing I’ve ever seen like every second it got more weirder

[@xuimod]

'More weirder' 😄😄

[@adam_dayyynish6532]

Ikr

[@jizanthapus3099]

Well, it was the club kids

[@Lodoelama]

That’s exactly how nyc subway rides are tho till before corona

[@Lodoelama]

More diverse but still the essence is the same

[@joycekadibu5081]

Its weird to think that those teens are now in their 40s-50s

[@UltimateProbot]

Or dead.

[@blaisehanon]

what's weird about it? 17y old +30 =47.....

[@michaelf7760]

News flash people age

[@tula__]

and some of us weren’t even born 😀

[@kholafier645]

@@thestruggler776 the cameraman didn't die lol. Michael is still living his best life.

[@Coreyztv]

i just wish there was more lol.. every time the video ends i'm feeling like there should be more! i love how he recorded so many things its like he knew people were going to want to watch all of it. thank you nelson rip bud

[@respectedlocalgentleman7108]

have a sex change and a fire hose

[@fyutweraz2200]

Yeah I've watched this a bunch of times when it comes into my feed.

[@maticbukovac6966]

Who was Nelson?

[@ghostrider919]

Legend says the kid is now 47 years old and still shirtless

[@paulmcdonough1093]

shut up stupid remark not even funny ,your probably toothless

[@black.pewdiepie415]

@@paulmcdonough1093 You're probably the kid shut up

[@giannimartin5851]

@but2star you want everyone to please your emotions

[@englishtea2011]

I wasn't born until 1990. I thought that Blonde Woman in the orange dress was attractive.

[@NarutoUzumaki-ko2te]

Any born in the 80s is pushing 30-40. That kid is probably in his late 40s today

[@philliedoss305]

Yoo this dude was way ahead of everyone else by documenting this

[@nicoleraheem1195]

PHILLY DOSS truth

[@youyou8598]

เคาบนสืเเกกรนยบวใใมา

[@mickeymouse2able]

Amazing footage. That half naked guy is about 40 something today

[@mickeymouse2able]

Before cell phones. People would engage

[@PedroRodriguez-bw2ow]

D Maxson you clearly don’t know anything about nelson

[@Nate-wf5hk]

This footage from over 30 years ago is still better quality then any UFO video

[@CrisisHipHop]

Lmao good one!

[@edgarricardosegura3631]

Hahahahaha

[@GermanShepherdDaphne]

Right! Also any nasa footage

[@thiagopaivapaiva1]

Hahahahha

[@MarvinMonroe]

*than

[@TCU1]

I am from Brooklyn and rode this train every single day! What a flashback! 😊

[@danica9882]

That train is literally more vandalized than a back alley wtf.

[@dwad3ify]

Or your mum

[@danica9882]

@@dwad3ify that was uncalled for, my good sir.

[@realpyro6969]

I mean that was normal for nyc in the 80's. People didn't give a fuck about graffiti back then

[@hippa2dahoppa2]

ny graffiti didnt have any laws for a while. you could go right on the rails and paint the outside of trains. then fences came and security. the inside of the trains were still being marked. so now the insides are made in a way they can be cleaned easily and the paint dont stick permanently. they were spending so much money on the inside and outside of cleaning trains they pretty much developed every way possible to make it not work. the graffiti fines werent that much also. i dont know what they are now but you might get $100 fine in ny or even just let go and charged only for some kind of petty vandalism or tresspassing. in my city you can get 5 years of community service if you get caught.

[@dillangeiser4820]

Raoul Duke lol

[@Heat3YT2]

In this timeline Jack Nicholson is the Joker.

[@octpod3923]

He'll get an unexpected visit by some guy named Flash and a big ass Batman.

[@CyanAnn]

What timeline? The timeline we're all currently experiencing???

[@jonathan6740]

But Jack Nicholson IS the joker in our current timeline lmao. Wtf are you on.

[@jackychin76]

Batman came out in 1989 where Jack Nicolson was the Joker and Michael Keaton was Batman.

[@kanyetwitty6158]

And McDonald's food tasted way better than today's.

[@Adino1]

Imagine going shirtless and barefoot on a NYC subway in any era.

[@vanilla5710]

Is it not good?

[@xxspetsnazxx7608]

@@vanilla5710 hell TF no

[@vanilla5710]

@I like Potatoes do u have needles on the floor in NYC Metro?

[@vanilla5710]

@I like Potatoes 😭

[@adelinewurzer4533]

for real that's so gross. i won't even wear open toed shoes in the city!

[@wagahagwa6978]

i love how VHS renditions try to be as low quality as it can be but when i look at VHS from the actual era, they seem pristine and recognizable

[@tomas-qr2el]

this video seems to be up-rezed in some way. extremely high quality for the cameras at the time.

[@scdu]

Upscaling

[@joe--cool]

The audio is pretty good. It could also be Video8.

[@evnejg94]

I wish I was as free as that shirtless boy in flipflops

[@mclilzenthepoet2331]

G foh real

[@captainrobots1]

Times where diffrent back then and I wasn't even alive back then.

[@PhantomFly_Br2]

Yeah man... me too..

[@andryanallen]

My mom will slap my snit on me if I do like that hahha

[@muradali1231]

This is the year I was born.

[@mattball420]

This guy travelled time and started vlogging before it was a thing

[@Mashruz]

Kaisy Neistat from 80's

[@captainjj6408]

YOUR ON TO SUM

[@decaffeinatedafrican5997]

yes

[@DennisAlexioAndyHug]

STRAIGHT FACTS

[@kekistanitrumper8040]

Majority of Americans who owned a camcorder during the 70s 80s and 90s did this. I'm sure it dates back farther

[@jaycee4899]

Strange but interesting. How will the world look like in another 31 years?

[@nicoleraheem1195]

Justin Carrillo right

[@ByzantionYT]

It's gonna be like wall-e

[@christophergaddis3564]

RIGGGGHHHTTTT.

[@kjk7611]

By the year 2049. The half century mark.

[@successsystem2468]

Watch "Demolition Man"

[@tylerthompson1842]

Lol NYC was so fckin dirty in the 70’s and 80’s and we just accepted it.

[@negativeindustrial]

I preferred it that way. Best place to be a teenager at that time.

[@christianperaltacaceres5922]

The train looks like something taken from The Warriors

[@moonessence562]

The Warriors was made in 1979. About the same timeline.

[@lindseylyons-ryan1388]

That’s exactly where they ended up; the Warriors territory was Coney Island

[@RoadTripzz14]

When The Warriors see Coney they know their home. They like to think they’re safe. 🌊

[@edwang8975]

This is great

[@Wastekidd50000]

Yes it is

[@jeeperzcreeperzz]

The question is why this kid is shirtless and barefoot walking around in NYC

[@Bangs_Theory]

It's called being dirt poor.

[@_iamthereallola]

ⒷⒶⓃⒼ|ⒷⒶⓃⒼ you don’t have to say it like that. Nyc is a tough place to live you know

[@_iamthereallola]

ⒷⒶⓃⒼ|ⒷⒶⓃⒼ and he does have shoes if u watched long enough. He took them off before he put his feet on the bench.

[@justy085]

The inmune system is at their best function . In the 80s nobody care about bacteria an viruses 🦠

[@uramura9368]

He must be a RHCP fan.

[@zageous]

This just feels a weird dream to me

[@keenantrevon305]

Omg yes

[@wiseguy9202]

I experienced this very thing yet it seems like a dream more than anything.

[@imthegrk]

That’s how the 80’s felt.

[@michaelbrinks8089]

I'm 49 now , was 15 & in high school in 1987. This video doesn't seem very old to me at all but I know to a 15 yr old, it looks/seems like forever ago. At 15 in 1987 I thought 1967 was a long time ago. It literally felt like 50-60 yrs ago when it was only 20. I can't believe this was 34 yrs ago, it's weird how time and age greatly changes our perceptions of the world. I still ride around on 1985 motorcycle . Teenagers today probably think it's super old school and surprised it still runs.

[@Ironbound27]

I recognize that movie theater at 4:25. It's a Marshalls store now! People used to always tell me it used to be a theater. But seeing it...wow....

[@jpgr69]

The Loew’s Oriental… one of the great NY movie palaces. It was beautiful.

[@streetfashiontv9149]

Graffiti was the first social media.

[@foxopossum]

Cool thought! Lol very clever

[@basedslav1411]

No graffiti is cringe

[@Nocommentxz]

cover tv ho you’re cringe loser

[@johnnycsperu1907]

I dont get it

[@ca294]

No, Graffiti is shit........

[@Maverick_Harper]

All i can think about is The Warriors

[@jessieh8002]

drug god ~ Come out and playyyyyyyyyy

[@billybrind9877]

Union sq to Coney Island 🤣

[@chip7796]

I heard The big cyrus meeting was actually that night!!

[@davemoore4323]

CAN U DIG IT?

[@themadrapper101]

And John Gotti.. Who was the Godfather of the New York mafia 1985-1991

[@compteprivefr]

lmao this middle class white family taking a trip to Coney Island in the 80s goes harder than most gangsta rap today lol

[@favelachan]

>this

[@guywithaballsack6966]

Lmao

[@ThePocohontis]

not middle class lol

[@LLG47]

I wouldn’t assume they are middle class, who knows.

[@fahhhque2255]

There is no gangsta rap today. That shit died in 96'

[@RumbleFish69]

My heart is literally aching with joy! I made this trek from Queens from 1980 to 1987. The fun we had! Far Rockaway and Coney Island were the places to be! Great video! By the way, several things I love about this video.... First, this looks like such a fun NY group of kids! Mostly, I love that no one is on a damn cellphone. They are connected to each other and not to a damn phone!

[@chris-tg1hv]

It is amazing that will lived without cellphones. If I don't know where my phone is for one minute I am in panic mode.

[@RumbleFish69]

@chris-tg1hv That sounds kind of sad. No one should live that way. Sounds like an addiction. That can't be healthy. I often leave my phone at home deliberately. I need to know that it has no hold on me.

[@Joshs4stro]

@@RumbleFish69No it’s just cuz they’re expensive and so necessary in everyday modern life. Also he was talking about losing it, not knowing where it is, by leaving it at home you know where it is.

[@LETMino85]

He literally has a camera on. And everyone seems thankful for the capture. What's the difference? This is a new era. Get over it. Old people back then where probably complaining about the dirty af train, Graffiti, everyone being high of cocaine, girls half naked, guys half naked,... And so on. You just got old, that's all.

[@blossom1643]

You can thank China for the cell phone epidemic

[@PhotoLabMP]

Back when it was cheap to live in NY without a credit check. As long as you had a job and paid your rent and didn't smoke crack you could live in any of the boroughs.

[@newyork6480]

Michael Knight Yeah back when NY was a crack town and crimes were prevalent graffiti on the trains. NY is so much better now

[@watchxfiles]

So true

[@pittsburghpirate58]

Not da Park Avenue

[@bobtorn1955]

all the scumbags from NYC moved and ruined upstate NY thanks Giuliani you pos

[@kennysolstrand7201]

Lol,even if you smoked crack:P

[@murienrouge]

The times when you could dangle around barefoot and wearing trunks only and nobody gave shit about it.

[@joelmoreno1110]

murienrouge who the fuck would want to live in a world like that? it's like everywhere you go, you're in a Walmart world.

[@113krynn]

Joel Moreno walmart?. where are all the fatties

[@evielune]

I also think it has to do with our phones. I mean everything is recordable in a second. If you dare to do something different than others like overthere in a subway you can count on it that your face is shown atleast at one social media platform. It's a bit like big brother is watching you all the time.

[@nhhonefairlostplant2gamer169]

that's cause it was less people then, without it being labeled like in today's world.

[@phillipesteele2021]

you always belive what you heard?

[@VishalDubey]

Joaquin phoenix's joker killed three men in this subway.

[@mandas6451]

Vishal Dubey liar

[@neoarmstrongcyclonejetarms9326]

Manda S yes I saw the movie

[@purplepachi9191]

I can confirm I was the gun

[@priyanshukamble2780]

*you're laughing you're laughing three men were killed by joker and you're laughing*

[@hardyboy1959]

I'm so glad I clicked on this video! What a cast of characters, I mean, you could have written a broadway musical about this trip alone!! Thanks for posting this absolute jem!

[@nathanbush6781]

I'd go to the performance if it existed! If created, please bring the production to the Des Moines Civic Center, :-)

[@RPMac]

A Broadway musical...I love it...get a bunch of guys to blow some producers. Hire Miranda and his clan and write some shitty music and you've got a hit Broadway musical.

[@eyespy3001]

The guy in the yellow pants is Michael Musto. He was a prolific writer, journalist, and television personality. He had a very popular column in the weekly newspaper, The Village Voice, and was MTV’s nightlife correspondent for quite some time.

[@SIKKRMXS]

can't believe this was 300 years ago

[@KGrooveBlanka]

SIKK RMXS quit messing with the "pasties" here. They always tell us to never meddle. It's all merely research.

[@ZeroGravity23]

SIKK RMXS 30 Bro 30

[@manictiger]

I think you're off by a zero. This is obviously 3000 years ago.

[@solar588]

😂😂😂

[@outforlunch1258]

amazing this was actually 3,000 years ago

[@doogien.d.4073]

this could be an 80's music video so easily.

[@halloweenfriday]

Doogie N.D. This could be a David Lynch film!

[@T1000-s4j]

Doogie N.D. - it's like Michael Jackson's Bad. video

Doogie N.D. ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO RE-MIND ME (Doo Doo Doo...)

[@Curtis.Carpenter]

Crown Royal dude yes!!!! *starts applauding* heheh 👌🏻

[@nanapearlpearl2696]

oh yeah

[@costcofreezers]

this is seriously one of the most raw things i’ve ever watched on youtube. 1987, IN NEW YORK. wow.

[@marielaxo3111]

rightt!

[@EpicRealistTV]

Exactly. Right when and where I was born. :)

[@costcofreezers]

Epic Realist that’s so cool!! i wish i was alive back then.

[@EpicRealistTV]

@@costcofreezers Aww, thanks! Yeah, miss those days.

[@ajvintage9579]

Proof that Boomers lived through some PTSD- inducing times. Respect.

[@monickalynn4365]

Wow. I was 17 and holy shit do I feel old. Those days are never returning. Cherish those years kids,it flies by

[@LeopoldMaysonet]

Same here

[@jum.878]

I was 16

[@ArranVid]

I wasn't even born. I was born in 1993.

[@codybanks1942]

I think it's great that people had enough of a forward-thinking mind and artistic ability to video something because it might be interesting 30 or 50 years later even 100. And had the wherewithal to put it on the proper digital device once computers became common in the 1990s. And now it's Forever on KZbin as long as this website exists

[@foxopossum]

Agreed. Well said. Also I love the word “wherewithal” 👍🏻

[@MattCWD]

I literally had to google “wherewithal”. Well put indeed.

[@deedee3287]

👍🏾

[@VictorGonz]

I just learned the word wherewithal at least. (English is not my first language, but looks like some natives didn't know it either =P )

[@Fopenplop]

home video was a new technology. people were nuts with the idea that they could make movies of their daily lives. in 2020 you're getting filmed whether you want it or not.

[@jarrettmaltry6305]

This train looks like the physical embodiment of drugs

[@herenkapsalon]

jarrett maltry like riding the mushroom train. Wow

[@msuhurdme]

🤣

[@osamabinladen824]

You got that right!

[@Grwenhuhc]

lolll

[@vincentvega6932]

Lmao good one. Oddly to me, its this type of "flare" that New York is missing these days. Smh. NY kinda really sucks now.

[@roberto3p904]

Vlogs in 1987

[@CommentFanatic]

Roberto 3p more interesting too.

[@dragonel88]

Roberto 3p casey neistat gonna get jealous for this.

[@alexapexgod4643]

Soki Moh he copied them

[@whackyzack_productions1544]

Roberto 3p casey nesiat

[@mrCUTNPASTE]

Roberto 3p g

[@undertheaffluence280]

NYC transit in the 80's and 90's so gritty... Love it!

[@someguy510bayarea]

That's the NY I remember. I remember being told these things: "Don't go to the last boxcar wearing jewelry. Don't go to Central Park at night - don't go during the day if you can help it - and mind your own business." My first landlord back in NY told me this: "I know there's cockroaches, but if this place was any nicer, you couldn't afford it." Rent was $450 for a one bedroom apartment in Hell's Kitchen in 1987. I miss this NY.

[@anthonymckinley1380]

Now that apt is 3500-4000

[@JungleYT]

I was told, "Don't look up at the Sky scrappers"... Meant you were a newbie!

[@kewlnes987]

Were the last boxcars known for more crime? Didn't know that

[@sallyortega5065]

Grew up in Jamaica Queens 83-89.... This was exactly how I remembered NY. I went to PS 117 and JHS 217... It felt like prison. Those two schools taught me how to fight. It was a jungle.

[@edwardgaines6561]

@King Delevingne Damn, I'm a grown man, and didn't even know that.

[@thelonetravelr]

For some reason I find this oddly fascinating.

[@mjd9931]

So do I

[@johndez5213]

The Lone Traveler Me too lol

[@oredakeyuurei]

I think im high

[@eldonb402]

Me too, a real snapshot of the times, but what's so strange about it for me is the video quality makes it seem like it could have been filmed this year.

[@Killinit757]

Same i like to watch 1987 stuff 😆

[@DoctorNick]

"I forgot to bring my pictures!" What a wild statement to hear now in 2017

[@JoseLopez-fp1hq]

Nicolite1128 8

[@ahm-erudeness7171]

Nicolite1128 and the guy is scribbling in a book and has a book on him💣💥

[@bottombird9547]

Omg true!

[@credinzel6996]

@@alitheabbas45 you think that's sad? You never held a real clay tablet. T

[@stacker6077]

I literally took that ride to C.I. hundreds of times with my mother, as a child, and then with friends in my teenage years! Brings back memories!!

[@j4rgon]

Ok KZbin algorithm, why is this video suddenly appearing on thousands upon thousands of peoples feeds all of a sudden?

[@qwerty69600]

Because it's got a dude dressed as a woman. It pushes the narrative.

[@beornenmannr3218]

Because it makes the past seem dystopic, which distracts us from the present state of decay

[@jonathonnordyke5370]

I know right?!

[@Hollow_Ichigo]

Drew Hurlbut same

[@andredeas559]

Good question

[@theinternetexplorer7873]

That kid literally just got out off bed and is just walking around in his shorts and nothing else.

[@Brujitaa_Jessie]

Back in the 80s anything was possible 😑😩

[@RealNameNeverUsed]

This is totally opposite of what we would see on Japanese trains. People with suits and sit there quietely.

[@SL-pg4dh]

That’d some shit you’d see in Nigeria. I grew up that way.

[@gujh03]

It’s a hot scorching day

[@MrCrowebobby]

He's definitely wearing underwear, I looked closely. Even though he wasn't legal, he was absolutely adorable . . . and clearly post pubescent so don't start with "pedophile" shit.

[@volvlov759]

I feel like I need to shower after watching this video.

[@Brujitaa_Jessie]

LMFAO I felt the same way 😩😂

[@masonslie1146]

You would feel the need for a shower after being anywhere in NYC for the whole day.

[@TrinaBinaBaby]

I’m sure that train car smelled like stale beer, piss, Swisher Sweets and crappy life choices...

[@itsbritneybyotch7471]

Ikr

[@MarsMellow84]

Look at those kids just laying face down on the dirty ass seats! 😂 so badass!

[@afridgetoofar1818]

That young man went down for a nap, and came up with several STD’s.

[@giqwaju3691]

We didn't think about that back then. All day long, never washed hands unless after bathroom time. Crawled, layed, wrestled and slept on the shittiest surfaces in high foot traffic areas. İ'm not even sure if tetanus shots were necessary as we may have already had built up natural immunity to it.

[@TravellerTinker]

32 years ago. These kids must now be in their 50s Thx for the likes

[@TheRealMike1976]

Nah. 40s

[@krashatoms1832]

Try 60s and Nelson the guy who does the camera work passed away in 1989.

[@maynardferguson9599]

People get old...so will you ...profound isn't it?

[@stangable5564]

Math isn’t your thing I see.

[@fnihp30]

I was 9 years old in 1987. Now I’m 42. Time really does fly by!!!

[@charlottel108]

This is strangely calming to me

[@Jackie1111]

Same

[@timetraveler9518]

It feels familiar

[@apu_apustaja]

Me too. Something about the demographics...

[@choosegoodoverevil8380]

Probably cause it was a place where you free to do and say whatever you wanted and nobody would give a fuck

[@grantmourning189]

Because there is no diversity. Peaceful

[@stateofblitz]

Dirty, shady, crime-ridden but everyone seems happier then than people today.

[@ohnoitsskylar]

I've noticed the same thing in Nelson's videos. Everyone seems to be present in the moment, and genuinely enjoying the social interaction taking place. I think smart phones, instant access to pornography from a young age, and constant access/addiction to social media have all taken their toll. We're all too busy hiding in a digital world that doesn't exist to actually live in the world that does exist.

[@tiitgeorg720]

@@ohnoitsskylar Porn has nothing to do with socialising lol. what causes people to be distant is in fact the one and only phones. Why talk to anyone when you can watch shit u like on phone.

[@kanedamikami7771]

@@tiitgeorg720 OK, Coomer

[@robcop993]

I vivdly recall this period of time in NYC. It was way better than it is now. No comparison. We had zero social media. You had to use a pay phone to call anyone. When this video was taken, I was twenty-four and had the freedom to roam at will. I wasn't part of the gay scene but I could dig a subway ride to Coney. Afterall, It was a pretty cool time for straight people, too. The 80s were great; 2020 sucks.

[@Blazex1x1]

People are made to adapt.

[@aleksensky5745]

Not phones, not the Internet, not social networks. Humanity is beyond digital slavery! Cool time!

[@mattyice5290]

Who else always ends up watching these random ass videos KZbin recommends

[@Baruch-hashem-]

Me

[@izzgut1219]

Me too 😱

[@kevinhasch3097]

Me I guess

[@2002dialupconnection_]

You should lurk the rest of the videos on this channel. What ends up being a random recommendation ends up being hours of fascinating video. Nelson Sullivan was a vlogger before vlogging was even a thing.

[@JolavyRose]

I don't know how I got here

[@PapiBenz]

The late 80’s and early 90’s are what the kids nowadays call “a vibe”

[@accelerator-thegod8991]

Dickhead

[@justjeremy441]

@@accelerator-thegod8991 chill kakashi

[@stimkylizard9864]

@@accelerator-thegod8991 Issa joke chill.

[@jonathanhains814]

NYC was a $hithole back then.

[@PapiBenz]

Accelerator - The God fam relax I was born in 96 lmao I’m a youngster too if it makes you feel better.

[@chey6380]

I don't know why this has been recommended but I will watch it nonetheless

[@noonewillnoo]

Billy Bob definitely a victim of child abuse. Call 1-800-4-A-CHILD for help.

[@TheSunshineGroup]

Billy Bob you are why people hate men. troll or not you're a fuck

[@leonotthelion]

after a week i was like " fuck it ill watch"

[@cookedit]

Cheyenne Same. Confused by it's selection, but still strangely intrigued.

[@meesterSmeeth4182]

Cheyenne haha I said the same thing to myself, video was stupid but the comments on your comment were hilariously worth it!

[@johnparungao6844]

Whoa! Brings back memories of my train rides as a kid in NYC. I just showed this to my 10 year old and told him "this is the only way you'll experience NYC the way I experienced it as a kid, thru these kinds of videos, etc."

[@blackhawks8549]

No ones going to talk about how this was recommended to them 8 years later on KZbin...

[@the0ne809]

True. KZbin logarithm is messed up. Lol

[@spicysrirachamilkshake8167]

What did I do to earn this especially now

[@nopeISdope96]

Everything in it’s time

[@frankie9652]

We think this is the past, but KZbin is really just showing us our future, what NYC will look like again under its current Mayor.

[@hotwheels_1993]

Lmao that algorithm

[@daveh9551]

Bro that kid is walking around NY like its his living room.Zero fucks given

[@cam4617]

0 fucks given about laying his face on that seat

[@daveh9551]

All he needs is a pillow and a remote.

[@jimmyfreeman5714]

Dave H Lol. That's what I thought! When I was that age I had that shirt off, too. " It's casual".

[@OakhillSailor]

Very interesting how things change.

[@Rickiizthe1]

Dave H that's how we are now lol

[@ahmedharris7148]

I find this intriguing. Seems like another world

[@Zhak7]

Ahmed Harris Ahmed Harrissa :)

[@LAKERSRISE]

A better world

[@Oreosmilkshake]

Yeah... Feels like 1990 sega and nintendo games area...

[@marktecson2822]

Without smartphones then

[@Odinsday]

lakers4life2018 Not really.

[@ZonnexNecton]

Whoever upload these videos: thank you. There’s always hate everywhere, even back then. This video here shows a lot of wholesome moments in 10 minutes. Honestly this is a great education of the life in New York of other folks around. Again, thanks. And thank you, Nelson. I know he is long gone, but his videos are immortalized.

[@jamesnash6101]

Haters? This looks like a 3rd world country. A city that ONCE was a shinning beacon of hope for the entire world. But now..... there is no way that I'm visiting that he'll hole unless I'm packing. And don't even think about approaching me on any level. Unless there is an emergency.

[@Leatricaw]

I love videos and pictures from old New York.

[@Novusod]

1987 was still pre-Disney New York. Graffiti on everything. Times Square was nothing but strip clubs and bars. Bums on every street corner. Check out this photo essay on late 20th century NYC. www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=402544

[@Cauldron6]

Novusod love Jacob Holdt's work!

[@jessegarcia5788]

Tee L I

[@David42670]

It was peep shows & porn theatres.

[@Nclm1]

What do you mean by "pre-Disney" ?

[@DutchDukeMan]

why does the train cart look like it's been abandoned for 20 years

[@ae23312]

NYC in the 80s

[@brittanykateevans]

I know! I had no idea 🤯

[@ajvintage9579]

Because NYC was dead flat broke back then.

[@Bori_princess38]

I lived in Brooklyn and would take this train ride often in the 80s. This brought back so many memories. Graffiti and all, it didn't seem weird or shady to me. It was always intriguing.

[@YAntoxa]

Your face is so young )), are you joking ))?

[@Bori_princess38]

@@YAntoxa I'm gonna be 40 later this year 😂

[@YAntoxa]

@@Bori_princess38 ok, that was late 80th )))

[@lordian8948]

Let's go take a trip through memory lane

[@TonyMontana-lm5gp]

@@YAntoxa its in our dna ... jlo genes ;-)

[@yailineeshelman3218]

Brings back a lot of Brooklyn/ Coney Island memories from the 80s! Loved it!! The train rides back and forth from Williamsburg to Coney Island seemed like an eternity when i was kid 😂 but i loved every minute looking out the window and just not feeling at all scared or afraid. It was just great seeing a diverse group of people. It was around the same year of this video, when my family went to Coney Island and my mom said there was a photographer taking pics of people at the beach just hanging out. He asked if he could take a picture of me and my chocolate ice cream covered face 😂😂 I was 6/7 at the time😂

[@jamesnash6101]

Looking out the window? WTF are you talking about. If those are window, they look like no one cares either to clean them. Or the public doesn't care enough to respect them. Ya.... at first I thought that this train was part of a nightmare or horror scene in a movie. But this is reality of a filthy, decaying and depressing hot mess. No wonder every person who visits NYC says it a dirty place, that smells like urine and rot. But I'm glad for this video. Because if I visit m, I'm packing. Ya..... don't even think about approaching me about anything.. I'm going to take care of business, and keep on a stepping. Cuz, that looks like a war zone. And the most important thing in any war, is self preservation. That's right, it's me -v- you, and I'm going to take care of me. Don't get it twisted, I'm not starting troubles. Just minding my own business. Therefore if you leave me alone, I'll leave you alone.

[@makhs8750]

The comments section is literally people being pissed over public transportation getting cleaner

[@thedriza297]

Mike Someone when having nothing to say is popular

[@jamesjohnson1050]

Mike Someone It may be cleaner but the service is still bad if not worse.

[@3rdDegreeTVLLC]

Mike Someone shit define cleaner lmao

[@fouinylantigua5701]

Fr33 Worker 😂😂😂😂u right bro

[@brainfetzerorigin]

Liar

[@matthewbiersay3172]

When this randomly pops up in your suggested loo

[@tcliff1]

I know. Where the hell did this come from?? Haha

[@Meatwing]

Lowkey Matt yup

[@tonyversace9748]

Lowkey Matt, I wonder why? very strange

[@bikerscout2012]

Lowkey Matt same

[@matthewbiersay3172]

Glad I'm not the only one haha

[@tadefarrell3974]

For a second I was thinking to myself, "why are they so fidgety?" Then I remembered smart phones weren't around back then lmao I feel so young.

[@masterofdragons82]

I feel so young already before you said that

[@beatrix1120]

Me who can remember before smartphones. I feel old

[@masterofdragons82]

Beatrix that’s a dumb stereotype

[@freedomf1ghter77]

Oh jesus, the truth hurts. random people would have conversations all the time.

[@bloopdaddy]

@@freedomf1ghter77 im so glad i live in this time. christ i hate talking to strangers

[@1921RCP]

Love watching videos from the 1950s - 1990s, it provides a temporary escape from 2023, i was born in 1959. 📹

[@nathanielcranford2107]

This is the kidd in the video, a day like all the rest in New York, Nelson was an amazing individual"the guy filming " he had an unreal shoe collection , he documented everyday people doing everyday things in one of the greatest cities. I was just turning 14 ,my sister and i would visit my mother in the summer from Oregon . I had no clue about NY dress code. Not one time did I feel out of place , I would skateboard all over , central park was the best, the boom box pile up playing the same funk , every one roller skating doing tricks . Sean Penn and Madonna drawing crowds as penn would punch out a paparazzi. Power house club listening to music, Eddie Murphy walking in. I couldn't even talk about all the experiences. Keddie if your out there thank you . Albert thanks for being kind and funny in a time summer and I needed it. I miss surfing at fire island, horse shoe crab infested waters . Thank you NY for all the crazy memories I can't comment on

[@balazsvarga1636]

wow is that really you? that's so cool :)

[@miap1237]

wow that’s so cool this must bring back sm memories for you 😯

[@bnnlhy9904]

Cheers for project created existence to a difficult time migrating and for Nathaniel s comment. Experiencing heatwave off the train is worth wearing shorts.

[@inlovewithi]

I got a recommendation for this video, that I last watched 6 years ago, (based on an old comment.) And I was scrolling down the comments to read the post from the kid in the video. To my surprise there's a new one from 3 months ago.

[@jeanluke39]

@@balazsvarga1636 mythomaniacs everywhere

[@jnsn94]

I'm one of those guy that want to spend a week in this era like mid 80 early 90 just to see and most importantly feel how it was ..I'm born in 94 and I feel like i was too young to really appreciate even 2000"

[@TheeeDanielR]

J Pawf yea you’d really have to be born 1970 to really appreciate the 1980s & 1990s like be woke and stuff

[@kevingp12]

Yes I was born 1993. I missed this ers

[@3jhoward]

80s were so awesome. You're wise to want to go back and spend time there.

[@rbeck3200tb40]

There were still problems etc like you have now in life of course but people were more civilized and less crazy and self centered as they are now. There was no political correctness except for extreme weirdos.There was actually a movie that came out around 1992 called PCU (Politically Correct University) with Jeremy Piven about a college of weirdos,environmentalists and crazy people who all acted politically correct. Everyone made fun of these idiots then. I was a kid and teenager in the 1980s Back then in the 80s people were incredibly influenced by what was on tv, music (mtv) and movies. MTV was HUGE !!!!! Information wasnt readily available like it is now where everything is almost instant .Life was alot simpler. People didnt understand what was going on in the world .Most people also didnt have a computer .In my high school there were 3 kids that had a computer I was one of them . I remember 1984 or 1983 I think when a tv special called Motowns 25 anniversary was on This was a concert with all of the famous motown singers from the 1950s 60s 70s . A young Micheal Jackson got on stage and did the moonwalk for the first time. The next day at school EVERYONE was talking about it and doing it or trying. This was just a dance move on a tv show but it was huge back then .

[@OhWaker]

One day in virtual reality or simulated reality we will be able to live previous times.

[@missnormie20]

This is so fking cool I mean look at those tacky colours and prints the lady is literally rocking that dress, the gay dude is the most amazing person and that teenage boy is moving around shirtless in NYC and no one cares This is life, document whatever you can

[@momokoblue8032]

This isn’t fake and yes in NYC there were many out men.lol Go check out the rest of the videos in this channel. It also features a very young RuPaul in the 1980s

[@missnormie20]

momokoblue just checked out this channel, best advice 👍🏿 I’m glad 😂

[@StarsManny]

Being shirtless used to be extremely common. What happened to people so that it's seen as unusual?

[@celebrityguest.9530]

​@@christylynn451 she's not a man and it isn't fake, youtube didn't exist in the 80s. you'd be surprised, i suppose, to hear that lgbt people existed before the 21st century. and as a trans person myself, you'd be surprised to hear that a lot of us would rather be out and hated for it than be hiding our entire selves completely.

[@englishtea2011]

If a dude went shirtless today people would stare a hole in you.

[@adamgardiner5869]

Do u think in his wildest dreams Nelson would have imagined more than 5 million people would one be watching his videos one day? Wherever u are mate I hope u know how special u were.

[@amber-ic1en]

Damn it’s driving me nuts thinking about how this was six days before my moms 7th birthday she was prbly in the same apartment I’m in right now in Manhattan looking out the window at the same train that takes you to Coney Island not know that the train passing held a random guy and a camera that would go on to unknowingly be one of the first known vloggers

[@creman12]

And her son would watch and comment this on that vlog decades later

[@johnnytheirishman3387]

Amberlyn G this was five days after my 14th birthday

[@jonkbaby]

Wow, makes me feel old, I was five going on six that summer!

[@shadeyxo]

So your mom passed her apartment down to you? You probably pay like $500 a month 😂

[@alb12345672]

@@johnnytheirishman3387 I was 16 (rechecked date) when the vid was made. I prob rode the next train.

[@ashleypun2597]

I’ve been scrolling in the comment for a while and haven’t found one that’s older than 2 years lol. Oh how the KZbin algorithm works.

[@johnmackinon9691]

i wonder the same

[@peppigue]

Yeah it sucks. I would like some mix of old and new (and top and random)

[@Parkourcrazed]

And here we are

[@AmieB2005]

The mom and kids look like they were supposed to go to Disneyland and somehow made a wrong turn and ended up in Camp Idontwanna instead.

[@ENTERTAINMENT35]

Redbird you have a point. that's the feeling I get from the start as well

[@kingboru86]

LAME!!!

[@mixboy79]

Redbird lol

[@kleosva8282]

They are in Mexico

[@EstaDePiPi]

LMFAOO THIS CLOWN

[@patrickkeegan330]

Always wanted to go to Coney Island , the warriors🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@LeopoldMaysonet]

Bro it's dirty AF just giving you a heads up..

[@MatheusMPL]

just a regular 80s day at Brooklyn... thanks youtube, that was an intriguing video

[@smokindagreen7]

Matheus Lima thank Nelson

[@brian-nu2ed]

Who’s watching this in September 2020?

[@MICHAEL91210]

Me

[@pedropistolero9230]

It's 9/11 2020

[@blackjack444....]

Why is this recommended on 9/11/2020? 🤦‍♀️

[@LuisMorales-ud4dp]

Watching from the end of the world

[@ajackerman]

recommended on 9/11 check

[@tsopuaifa]

I am a nostalgic son of a bitch but I just love that 80's look. It was so cool and without doubt.

[@JungleYT]

Yeah, Times Square still had the dirty book stores and stuff? LOL

[@edwardgaines6561]

I thought the 80s meant the Pat Benatar look. Oh well!

[@LeopoldMaysonet]

@@edwardgaines6561 Early 80's, the Madonna look took over in '85 :)

[@edwardgaines6561]

@@LeopoldMaysonet Gotcha. It was a running joke in _Fast Times At Ridgemont High._

[@fleshwound5149]

The funny thing is that in another 30 years they'll be saying the exact same thing about the 2010/2020s. Just enjoy the now :P because people are going to be reminiscing about it in a few decades!

[@melmak4108]

Love coming back to watch Nelson's videos after a while not seeing them

[@lovelyjade8294]

The gay guy was high asf 😂 talking about a pedicure then start rapping 😭😭😭

[@Luka-zi9kv]

I think she’s a trans woman actually

[@Luka-zi9kv]

BMT how do you know? They definitely look trans

[@Luka-zi9kv]

Shay your average gay guy doesn’t present female and attempt to look like a woman

[@Resumenesdelcongreso90]

Or they are died :v

[@EstebanAlvarez_]

@@Luka-zi9kv ​ Who cares about the definition? Just stop putting people in categorical boxes. Spread love, not boxes.

[@fxoes7074]

Did I just watch 7 minutes of strangers on a train

[@AD-gs7zb]

Yep

[@acacius9903]

We need help lol.

[@eastcoastpaper3862]

We all did

[@fft2020]

from 30 years ago

[@planetX15]

fft2020 31

[@marialigiaaaaa]

Who else needs a "where are they now" edition?

[@shane9340]

yeah I wonder how they look now or if they are still alive

[@Jockuptown]

The guy shooting the video died of a heart attack in 89. Alot of his friends died of aids although im unsure if those in the video were victims. Im sure the mum and 2 kids made it through

[@ajmark517]

Jock uptown can u tell me how u got this info want to research more

[@Jockuptown]

Just wikipedia and internet searches. Their lifes have been well documented

[@ajmark517]

@@Jockuptown ok thanks I could only find the guy shooting the vid

[@GeorgeStar]

The beauty and miracle of photography/videos/movies - You can capture a moment in space/time on a piece of plastic virtually forever.

[@gilbertobm]

Back in the day when newyorkers lived in nyc

[@bobblueford]

No kidding!

[@joecook5689]

Where do they live now?

[@flapp8312]

@@joecook5689on a rock floating in space

[@ZALESANDDESTROY]

You mean Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn. Do you even NY?

[@heresYoshii]

Joe Cook some are homeless, some in neighboring states they've been pushed into because gentrification has made an already pricey city into an unnecessarily expensive one

[@xfloodcasual8124]

Boomers : Cheap real estate Millennials : Chill lo-fi beats to study and relax to Gen-X : Train Ride to Coney Island in 1987

[@alexandraaikonika]

Gen X listens to lofi too

[@sydsquid1904]

alaskaxx Gen x would have been the kids in the train to Coney Island video

[@BrB0424]

We're gen z..

[@samqueen17]

Millennial here 😂

[@DirigiblePlum]

@@BrB0424 good for you...? I don't get your point... Op didn't say anything about gen z...

[@jsimpson518]

It's driving me nuts how that kid is laying all over that seat with no shirt on. The germs!!!!!!!!

[@lyon9489]

He was covid patient #1

[@magnus6430]

@@Purplenpinkk Ok Donald!

[@huwthomas9954]

What? Aha

[@blackonblack...9244]

@@Purplenpinkk A friend of mine kept saying he was having stomach issues and when I went to his apartment, I could tell why. His apartment looked like a nuke went off. But for seriously, he claimed it was allergies from dairy, but I'm willing to bet it's bacterial.

[@blackonblack...9244]

@@Purplenpinkk Well, I think we've become such clean freaks because of hospitals nowadays, I know your thinking naw, but hear me out. Previously, when surgery was done back in the 80s and cleanliness wasn't done up to standard. I would say more people died from surgery because of a bacterial infection than anything else back then.

[@opusliveson]

True Story. Growing up in Washington State, I visited NYC on Business for the first time ever in 2016 at 50 years old (I had to make the trip alone). Loved NY and one Sunday morning while at the Hotel, I came up with the Great idea of visiting Coney Island (Since i had heard about it many times growing up). So I mapped it out and hopped on the Subway. I First visited Roosevelt Island via the Tram, then made my way to Court Square to catch the "G". Of Course, At the end of the G, I had to wait for the "F" to go the Final Leg. When I approached Coney Island, I was like "Wow, this is Quiet" (And there were just a couple people on the Train). I get out, cross the Street and Coney Island was CLOSED for the Fall and Winter🤣😅🤣🤦 (it was like late October and the temp was actually in the Mid 60's, so nice) . But I had No Idea they closed down for the cold months. So I walked around feeling like an idiot, and Thankfully Nathan's was the only thing open, so I had their Famous Hot Dogs and then hopped on the "F" to Downtown Brooklyn; Transferred to the "A" or "C" for one stop, and Walked across the Brooklyn Bridge into Manhattan. That's my Coney Island Story😛😛😛😛 I love NYC and have visited many times since.