Welcome to Fort Greene projects in Brooklyn

00:00 Welcome to Fort Greene Brooklyn
02:32 Myrtle Ave
02:47 "The best deli in Fort Greene"
04:56 Farmer in the Deli "Best sandwich spot in Brooklyn"
05:24 Walk through Ingersoll-Whitman Houses projects
06:18 Taj Gibson Court in Fort Greene
07:27 Ingersoll Community Center
09:47 The Pistol Block
10:17 "Legendary Fort Greene bridge"
13:18 Commodore Barry Park
14:46 On the block
People in the video IG / breadwinners.mgmt
HoodVlogs IG / thehoodvlogs
Song in the intro "Crip Go Crazy" by IsitBeezy • Crip Go Crazy - IsitBeezy

[@blast4me754]

We all use to run in packs like this as kids/teens but somewhere between 17 to 25 this crap gets old. Some of us get older around 18 to 25 and realize our hidden dreams and goals have nothing in common with the people we hung with as kids/teens.

[@lovejones8142]

Wow beautifully said

[@leavymoore7871]

ALL FACTS!!!

[@Zylo24]

These kids only hangout because of close proximity. As they get older, most of them will probably part ways and move on to bigger and better things. Sadly, not all of them will even make it to 25.

[@r3xthaflex360]

100%...

[@tyharris8124]

Facts one day I said ayo these ppl not really my friends we just from the same area

[@GeechiLuciano]

The “OG” outside in the middle of a day on a project bench doing nothing. What a role model 😭

[@ToddRogers00]

Worse..prolly serving the comnunity pure garbage.

[@derrickscarborough3220]

they are proud of themselves lol

[@ClarkKent-wr3pk]

Yea because they see everything

[@zaytime4156]

Why you think the youngers act the way they do lol

[@UpAndStuck365]

You’ll be suprised those old heads be rich livin in pjs payin 25 a month it’s nothin but money in the hectare jus know they ain’t out there doin nothin we hustle out here get a bag is a must!

[@masonhernandez6225]

Crazy they all got the same day off from work

[@ziggyzeke6256]

masonhernandez Lol Right! they pick the same vacation days ...😄

[@entertainingsportshighligh7525]

well, it was on a SATURDAY

[@barackosama7603]

Most of them under 20 making music they still kids ya gotta chill just ds for no reason it’s like ya mad they happy and showing there hood😂

[@omarsesay1203]

LMFAOOO

[@blast4me754]

@@barackosama7603 My parents where on my butt at 17. That roaming up and down the street like kids stopped as soon as I hit 17. Age 20 is an adult.

[@unicornmafia6809]

Their neighborhood about to be a coffee shop and dog park 😂

[@theybeonbody1309]

🤣🤣 nah im weak but please dont sleep on fort greene niggas. They mentality is shoot first since the 80s back in the real 50 cent days. Them two projects downtown you gotta be leary as a black man. If you yt, you might as well be a cop, your safe. Sometimes 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 iykyk

[@seangreene86]

So what's wrong with that?

[@ld3534]

Good it needs to be like that. Get these mf tf up out

[@kay2784]

😭😭😂 sad but true 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@BrunO-dy9ro]

Hopefully the infrastructure will be great for dogs.

[@BAYOUBOOM]

They should've let homie with the green sweater narrate this video. The dude actually gave a history lesson and insight about the hood.

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

Yea

[@hershey5790]

At least these kids ain’t mumbling. That’s kinda impressive for dudes in their age bracket…

[@JBangaBeatsTV]

Dude got a voice for it , facts!

[@G-MommaBody]

It's actually so much history in that small area that it will blow your mind

[@QuantumQuan444]

As he says don’t come here…then a random white couple walks by😂

[@MrKing__215]

Lmaooo caught that too

[@aglo8371]

Yeah definielty not the 90s no more

[@jaylenflanagan1295]

Shit was cringe

[@jackeyboi94]

😂💀

[@eddieee24]

They mean only they people smh the cycle continues

[@DJPoLoBelafonte]

In the 1970s and 1980s Fort Greene as a neighborhood was nothing to play with. Now it’s one of the most gentrify neighborhoods in the country. My friend from college parents just sold their brownstone for $12 million that they bought in 1977.

[@barackosama7603]

It’s still gets crazy 😂

[@DJPoLoBelafonte]

@@barackosama7603 Congratulations 👍🏾

[@chiraqsavagesunseentweets2370]

Y’all always say this. It’s gentrification all over Brooklyn. It’s no gentrification inside of the projects!! Fort Greene projects are still very dangerous. Do your research

[@MAGNETICENT]

😊😊😊

[@trazer7772]

What are u talking it still get crazy most of the ppl that u see which is FNO got indicted all u have to type on yt is “fno” and it automatically shows you them getting indicted

[@YounghomieSmith]

Bunch of grown men still chillin in front of the building.

[@aglo8371]

Unless u a old lady on the beach I have Lil respect for that person on 2023. Diff u there 4 a sec catching a breather 4 a sec ect....but chillin there for 25-35+ mins is sad

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

​@@aglo8371maybe they day off who knows

[@laquanedwards7366]

Watch ya'll mouth how ya'll talking that's my lil team there Ain't no place I'd rather be from Fort Greene

[@BrandonBooks]

Sad af

[@laquanedwards7366]

My man watch how you talking that's my young cousins and they pplz they grew up wit and no there not chillin in front of the building and did you see the Taj Gibson basketball court as well they fixed it up so like I said watch how you talking there and yes papa wu is from is there to

[@BKLYN_TZU]

I'm from Brooklyn born and raised I can't front The Projects is the worst thing that ever happened to the black community it keeps our people in a state of ignorance with this in & out of prison mentality and the only real chance for success is rapping or playing sports

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

No

[@BKLYN_TZU]

@@quanbrooklynkid7776 quanbrooklynkid no what ? Explain

[@truthteller5521]

What about Los Angeles back in the day, all houses, lawns, and palm trees and yet people still killed each other?

[@BKLYN_TZU]

@@truthteller5521 truthteller you asking the wrong person about LA never been there but I can speak about NYCHA it creates a lot of problem people

[@MikeJones-cg7no]

Facts

[@uso266]

The more i watch these the more I feel sad for them. Whole groups of young men just standing around day and night, living this kind of life.. And every video is like this. There's more out here in the world for them to enjoy.

[@seanfelder3977]

Do they get to travel like go places like Atlanta Georgia, New Orleans, south and North Carolina? Los Angeles, St. Louis, Philadelphia, Virginia, Detroit ,Chicago , Minnesota

[@Jahsimba0849]

@@seanfelder3977yes they was just out for the video, these niccas get money and don’t just sit on the block all day😂

[@tfkdandsvkc]

​@@seanfelder3977no they don't remember they have enemies or opps so they don't leave the building they stay I remember one of them say that in a documentary

[@themessenjur7140]

True, but ignorance need some type of strengthening to continue, each person in a group like this will never see anything wrong with what they are doing, as long as they got supporters.

[@gtroddy]

That white couple was walking comfortable AF. Back in the day they used to cross the street. Gentrification got the cops out heavy so they have nothing to fear.

[@ronm3034]

They showed the white couple for 2 secs but anyway they should walk comfortably or be accused of being scared or racist

[@gtroddy]

@@ronm3034 guess the post went over ya head fam. But go on and express yaself.

[@blast4me754]

And sadly as a black man I would rather live next door to that couple.

[@gtroddy]

Living next to a white couple doesn't guarantee safety, peace of mind, nor does it guarantee wealth.

[@ronm3034]

@@gtroddy it didn’t go over my head I get what your saying is a simple perspective but it’s not the only one that can be true.

[@y_o_oj754]

Lots of respect to them. I respect the unity and love. Many people may not understand them but. I wish all of them well and lots of prosperity Thank you for walking us thru your hood

[@DL-yr6ne]

Only for the camera. Without the camera everyone act different. You know that is the hood. Only words are spoken not the deed.

[@geraldcolbert8312]

What sucks is that when you say "the black community" these mofos take the stage and get the spotlight...sad

[@blairsantillana]

Exactly

[@brooklynboy4224]

@@blairsantillana "Hood Famous" probably none have legitimate jobs....Dope Boys

[@Powerule23]

We're always judged by the worst of our people.

[@tomp1428]

Because the worst of us is more than the best of us. And, the best of us don't distance themselves from the worst of us.

[@yazzypooh85]

@@tomp1428 no you are wrong. People think of this because it’s the ignorant stereotype. No more no less. These are kids. There are way more adults and hard working blacks that live a regular life. People only show this because it’s what they want to show

[@citi360]

All jokes aside...none of these young men never thought about going to college? How could you be comfortable living like this day after day? I'm black, and when I lived in the BX, I was putting in all the work I could to make a better living for myself. The world is leaving my young black brothers behind, and it's so sad. These young men have no skills, ambition for the wrong things, and good deli's! The average cost of living is on the up & up, and they're just staying pat. Hopefully there's one youngin that's in those projects, that we didn't get the chance to see who makes a change someday.

[@badnewzdaassassin9745]

Fk college. That helps nothing in our community. Christ coming back for us. We his children

[@qwerfy34567894749]

Poverty tend to be cyclical unfortunately

[@kato_dsrdr]

They think they got it good and they think they are living a cool life.. Their world and way of thinking is just different from ours.

[@LOSTGPS]

Did you have a father? If so, that was probably the fundamental difference.

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

​@@qwerfy34567894749people got to stop having kids they can't afford.

[@SBent-ij1mc]

Crazy how they grew up in Brooklyn and saw it transform for the better but didn’t have the opportunity to benefit from the investment in the neighborhood

[@kensniffeyjr1004]

It’s all about mindset bruva

[@usmc4lifetkd956]

They were too busy killing each other

[@richardbyfield1918]

what transform for the better are you talking about? they aint see it so how did it happen?

[@victorgl9709]

They had all the opportunities. They chose not to take them.

[@sheritadavis9228]

​@@victorgl9709how do you know that

[@ICHBINIMUN]

This channel is the best source for law enforcement ever🤣😂💯 Keep em coming

[@BrunO-dy9ro]

Plenty of young, determined, focused entrepreneurs and block owners

[@Xander-86]

😂

[@legendarytony2454]

What block they own? Besides killing their ppls over it

[@thegreatestmantoevrwlkthep9986]

@@legendarytony2454sounds like the same old story.. read a history book. It’s what humans do

[@Nah_neezy]

Nice joke💀

[@malekdahou95]

Wishing these young men all the success in life. This was a good view of brooklyn but these young men need to make a change and inspire the youth to do better otherwise the cycle will always continue. The man in the green jumper was a wise guy who you could have a good conversation with for sure.

[@user-kk9cv7zq9v]

Thank you this is kind of you comment

[@EmiciaYvette]

Absolutely! The man in the green sweater seemed like an intelligent dude 💕.

[@themessenjur7140]

The message is something they all seem to miss, they are glorifying a stick in the mud mentality, they must pay more attention to their surroundings, and what it truly mean.

[@KatoOnTheTrack1]

I love watching these videos because it makes me really appreciate leaving NYCHA, NY in general.

[@brooklynbred1460]

Facts i was born and raised in Brooklyn during the 80s. Hail from East New York. But now I own a home upstate. Married 16 years and have 2 boys. So grateful my boys have no idea about anything like this toxic bs.

[@bxdale83]

I started working for NYCHA in January 2002 and did about 3 weeks of training at Fort Greene on the Ingersoll side. One of those weeks fell on a payday and nikkas thought we was getting paid 🤣We was getting all kinds of looks and we had to leave in groups. Come to find out Fort Greene nikkas was known for robbing housing workers and they even rob the trainees even though we didn't get paid. It was my first time and last time over there lol. Being from the Bronx I never messed with BK anyway until I met my ex who lived in the Bamaz in East New York of all places

[@Browniesssss]

Its weird seeing people idolize this lifestyle and not want to make it out to something better

[@kingruler8309]

Idiots being raised by Idiots smh the cycle will continue clearly.

[@Ripberniemadoff]

It’s crazy but living in nyc their just products of the environment but at that age you don’t think about real estate stocks and bonds passive income and 401ks they probably work just to buy cloths weed and they pay phone bill shit is designed for straight failure

[@negroantonio28]

It's called ignorance & zero ambition

[@tariqhinson3054]

The Italians and Irish & European jews was gangsters in America for one hundred years

[@king718ny]

You’re just a negative person. “Moving on to bigger and better things” was said by these men. If you knew anything about growing up in a place like Fort Greene you would be proud of them.

[@KimMariNJ]

I am from Fort Greene Projects, and I moved away after my grandmother passed in 2001. I said that if my grandma was not there, neither will I. The gentrification began when the MetroTech Project was conceived in the 1970's and by the time 1989 came along, the project was already in progress. I love my home place, but not enough to move back or visit. But I'm glad that FG was represented in a manner that doesn't constantly bring up negative points.

[@daddyschoice2021]

Same. Well said sis. Well said.

[@Assistint]

everytime I watch one of these "Vlogs" all I think is the people in the videos have "I want to fit in so bad" vibes.

[@jamesmarshall1567]

it's sad

[@tfkdandsvkc]

True

[@XxxXxx-oh2wc]

the people who doing those Videos arent the real Gs mostly lil Kids

[@whoyawit]

I visited NY for the first time from DC went straight to Brooklyn shit was lit😅😅 Ran into some real ones 💪🏾

[@StillAwesome21]

​@@joecarnegyHe visited NY, met some folks and had a good time. It wasn't that difficult to understand. 😂

[@TheBulletzgottishow20]

Downtown brooklyn always been wild

[@IamALLiAm888]

In HoodVlogs there's ALWAYS at least one person that come and drops WISDOM & HISTORY 14:50 - 15:48

[@MrGoldNuggetz]

No one has ever became famous, or gotten anywhere by being on these videos💯

[@UnfilteredAmerica]

He never insinuated that…? And fame is not the reason why people are in these videos…

[@preposteroussvideos]

Love to see it

[@tomp1428]

That's a fucking lie.😅😅😅😅

[@StillAwesome21]

​@@MrGoldNuggetzThat is not the point of the video, my guy. It's to show the average in day NY's Housing Projects.

[@Nvaus1]

I was done with this life at 20. Trauma and drama woke me up.

[@joseramirez-xv5ii]

Do you want to accept Jesus christ as your savior he want to give you love and happiness and joy and happiness and salvation and eternal life if u confess your sin

[@jushere4thacomments671]

Salute to Hood Vlogs for all the content 💯

[@chrisw.6043]

Back in the 70’s and 80’s, Ft. Green was the most notorious and dangerous housing project in Brooklyn.

[@Powerule23]

Bear in mind, there are multiple projects with different names in Ft. Greene. But yeah, it was dangerous, especially Farragut.

[@bluvishenproductions1548]

Yes and deed

[@ZexhoisBack]

nope it was red hook

[@yolo7349]

Na it was a project in williamsberg

[@ZexhoisBack]

@@yolo7349 no it was red hook

[@nevillelee310]

I remember the old Ft. Greene Pj's where you couldn't even come around filming anything. Now it's a kinder gentrified Brooklyn. 😂😂😂

[@UnlimitedCurrencyFitness]

God Bless The Child That Can Hold His Own! Love Yah Niggas! Never Stop Striving For Greatness!

[@RandyFresh006]

TBH All these dudes did was represent and be proud of where they came from. No, it may not be as flamboyant as a lot of places you all came from, but they are proud of it. And btw these guys are young maybe they will find their way in life and make it to a better situation. i didn't see not one act of violence in this video.... I'm black and from Valley Green projects in SE DC, I remember acting wow as a younster now i own several properties and is set to retire at 55. I like to encourage our young people because i'm sure someone said the same thing about me.

[@godschild8282]

Facts bro love your comment

[@HiddenGemUK]

Love your work bro 👍

[@tye1939]

They better get their lives together. Because staying comfortable in the projects will get them left behind in society.

[@Erica-cf1xb]

Those that leave start to transform themselves into the very creatures that should be avoided. That's the big catch 22. Clone gang

[@The.Realest.Jade.]

And as a black person seeing a whole group like this would make me want to cross the street. It’s embarrassing to even say but it’s the truth.

[@RingDAlarm-xn1zq]

Talib Kweli would question your blackness lol

[@cjlaw228]

🐱

[@finx1871]

@@RingDAlarm-xn1zqI mean I would cross too. These young kids killing for nothing

[@MrCalverino]

@@finx1871 zero consciousness- str8 demons

[@therealkflo..]

No lie 😂

[@arlissnd420]

I love your channel. I come from Fargo North Dakota and I’ve seen most of your videos. I love diversity ! I get to experience things through your videos. Thanks man

[@HoodVlogs]

I am glad you enjoy the videos. Thank you

[@user-kk9cv7zq9v]

To those of you who wish the best for these young men god bless and thank you. W

[@thedefensecoalition]

THIS PLACE WAS THE MOST DANGEROUS IN THE 80'S.

[@NJ-420]

And now its filled with fruitcakes. Southside Jamaica Queens where its at

[@ZexhoisBack]

no it was red hook

[@JasonEdwards12]

@NJ-420 south jamaica is done,East Indian taking it over and soon those migrants will to

[@franciscoguzman1065]

@NJ-420 like bragging about it is good. 🙄 Who wants to live in a crap hole.

[@ZexhoisBack]

@@NJ-420 Jamaica queens got nothing on east Newyork Brownsville 😂😂Maybe not even Canarsie

[@michaelho02]

Crimes every where because of these Ninjas.. Broke azz Ninjas outside looking for troubles😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@freshwilliams1586]

Nobody want a Job

[@PAINTOOKOVERMYHEART]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Curling_Rack]

NYPD babysitters 14:48

[@KINGVONFRM063]

I remember i saw a dude somewhere on you tube say man i just got out of jail and tryna get back in hate being free

[@skrellb9659]

These things strike fear in a niggas heart, a JOB APPLICATION- Uncle Ruckus

[@Realone259]

I agree with the statement from earlier, dog parks, and coffee shops are headed their way!

[@ramonpuello2357]

Nothing wrong with that if it's going to improve the lives of humanity

[@Realone259]

@@ramonpuello2357 never said anything was wrong with it, simply highlighting gentrification. Some of those individuals in the video, do not understand their way of life is impacted due to ignorance of social, and economic change. Furthermore, I can tell your definitely not from a depressed urban environment

[@ramonpuello2357]

@@Realone259 Respectfully, your incorrect about my upbringing. In Short, I grew up in Washington heights New York. Dykman, during the 80s 90s and so on. I was Fortunate to be protected and respeced because of my family, uncles, affiliates, reputation, and the luck I had to be here and explain a snapshot of my experience.

[@Xander-86]

Community heroes right here

[@Jamie-qb2zr]

Place looks absolutely delightful

[@LuisENy-pr2ow]

From California to Brooklyn. That's what's up. Hood vlog may respect. He always keeping it real with the hood 💯 from the west to the east. That's what's up 😎👍👍💯🇵🇷

[@satanas5975]

This was nice man, took me somewhere else for a while

[@cmichole]

The wild thing is that right outside of that radius of a few blocks are expensive apartments and mass gentrification. If you're not from NY, you'd never think that exists in such close proximity. Yet people who are raised in the projects tend to stay there. They post up outside in that one area. It's a mindset that keeps them there. I hope these Black men and women find their purpose and go beyond it. There's SO much more --- That Deli does pop though.The chopped turkey and tuna sandwiches go hard.

[@Afrocandy-gt1yz]

Am a student I really wish for financial assistance please 🙏 any help from you will go a long way for me settle my dept

[@themessenjur7140]

You said a mouth full, "SURROUNDINGS" staying trapped in places like that won't allow them to experience anything different.

[@yoobreakyoobuy]

Theyre happy with theirDysfunction 👍

[@brooklynboy4224]

Generations of welfare!!!!!!!!!!

[@elbarbu5097]

what a bunch of young kids doing good and helping out the community

[@takamichinoku4167]

We could've been banded together to lift these communities up and keep our brothas in check for literal decades. Like 30, 40, 50 years. And we STILL have our folks glamorizing violence and gang activity. But then when these big companies start pushing us out of these neighborhoods to gentrify them, we complain and raise pitchforks. Sad to even see some 10 or 11 year old kid shout "Free iNasty". I'm so tired of this. We're gonna continue being looked down on for years and years

[@757CitiesReppa]

We have banded together. Everybody must not have got the memo. These niggas in the projects and think it’s the shit…🤷🏽‍♂ white people don’t have projects, they have West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Kansas etc.

[@aglo8371]

Yeah the kids entertaining the nonsense is the worst part

[@StillAwesome21]

Maybe instead of crying, you could actually set your plan in motion, since you care so much.

[@takamichinoku4167]

@@StillAwesome21 Plan in motion? Brotha I used to be involved in a lot of church/after school programs and every year, there were less and less kids interested in staying off the streets. At least, there was some attempt and some kids that didn't fall into this bs lifestyle. I don't even know why I'm replying to some random comment over the internet anyway so do something else better with your life.

[@KB-ro9hg]

Message was great. But that WE shit is out. If you dont have the same mindset why include yourself ? Dumbass statement. Never include yourself with negativity jackass

[@guhsuckyamudda586]

Imagine the growth that would happen if we focused the seemingly profound sense of loyalty and brotherhood that is shared amongst us in “the hood” into actually improving our current reality, as one nation of people. We have the ingredients, but we just don’t have the right recipe.

[@themessenjur7140]

That is something that is not wanted for us.

[@JayFingers]

BROOKLYN!! 🙌🏾

[@dnyce8224]

Back in the days (80s and 90s), you did not want to walk through the Fort. There weren’t many places in NYC then where you could be shot with no questions asked. Most places might beat you down or rob you and shoot as a last resort. But the Fort, ENY, Vanderveer, etc , you could be shot just for being an unfamiliar face. They had some nice Ladies out there too.

[@StillAwesome21]

Last sentence got me like 😭

[@AyooRoyalty]

The Veer is still bad 🤣

[@onemanarmy1873]

THE BLACK COMMUNITY IS DOOMED

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

That's crazy ND ain't the original 50 Cent from there

[@dnyce8224]

@@StillAwesome21 😂🤣😂

[@shonarosemarybaker9211]

Another fantastic vlog and another hello from your fan in Australia. I may never have the chance to visit these places and meet these people in person, so it's awesome to at least be able to 'meet' them through these videos. The dude in the shiny, blue jacket, in particular, is an excellent narrator, great natural journalist/reporter. Also loved to hear another guy saying about how we should, instead of killimg each other, build together. Wise words, and that message is vital for the whole world - black, Hispanic, white, Asian, etc.; this hood, that hood, whatever your religion; country, gender, sexuality, etc. Peace and good vibes to all you people in this vlog.

[@mt1271]

Are you confused? You don’t ever want to visit these places or meet these ppl

[@ArchangelAdrian]

Girl they busy droppin the King n Queen Crown. No Respect.. Stop giving them props. 😂💪🦁👑

[@entertainingsportshighligh7525]

The ORIGINAL 50CENT use to TERRORIZE that same Hood back in the 80's

[@julianmejia4675]

These the type of kids to do a crime for no reason… it’s like they love that the neighborhood is “dangerous”

[@frankiesdaliydrinks]

Peace and love

[@hakimislam6218]

There's a whole other world outside of the hood, I just pray they all get to experience it before it's too late. But, in the meantime in between time safeitup!

[@Essenence]

Rich NuNu and Rich Glizzy music Raw af 😮‍💨🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@lovey311]

I get so tired of them saying 💩 like our this and that but then when the people come and gentrify their neighborhoods they start whining because those very things they claim is theirs are the very things they fail miserably at taking care of that's when they realize that it's not theirs at the end of the day especially when they get marched up outta that piece by the gentrifiers smmfh

[@MrGoldNuggetz]

It’s corny af frfr

[@lovey311]

@@MrGoldNuggetz facts!!!

[@justinachille1031]

They don’t learn smh

[@lovey311]

@@justinachille1031 I gurantee you they will when they get ran up outta those neighborhoods by the gentrifiers like they have done in others

[@legendarytony2454]

Reppin block that they don't even own but they willing to lose their lives over it 🤦🏿‍♂️

[@bkhustler]

I was born early 80's, came up in Williamsburg BK. Fort Greene rang bells then. Shout out Myrtle Ave! I knew people in Farragut and it was not nice neither!!

[@falconfoot5769]

Best times of my life started in Fort Greene and I will be down there Aug 19th for old timers day and the 26th is Fort Greene day! 2023!

[@DCKINGVDAGOAT]

Salute to my good men in BK, DC Love......

[@argrant45]

Peace & blessings for these Brothas. Spent my early years, 1970's, in Ft. Greene. They walked right past my old nursery school across from Cumberland Hospital. My building was right by the bridge.

[@entertainingsportshighligh7525]

did the original 50CENT ever ROB YOU back in the 80's ???

[@argrant45]

No sir

[@tankdjsims]

@@entertainingsportshighligh7525 lmaoo

[@zaytime4156]

@@entertainingsportshighligh752550 from Queens

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

^^^

[@emmanuel7485]

My old hood i went to Ps 67 with some of the guys in this vid grew up with them all the way through middle school. After hearing they got locked up. All i wish is they get out that mentality and do good for themselves. Their is more to life then being in the Fort and New York.

[@issashebe11]

Outside outside. Much love from Tanzania 🇹🇿

[@y_o_oj754]

Dar salam

[@trae3290]

There’s a old fort Greene and a new fort Greene. This the new generation. S/o to them tho. They definitely tapped in

[@alexisrios6972]

outstanding contributing members of society to say the least

[@Yacwilliams]

Dope vid … I’m from BK back in the day … but I felt the same vibe

[@phollabangerz]

It always confuses my mind when they say you can't come to that neighborhood or ppl gotta check in and not a single one of these young men own piece of real-estate but think they own the block

[@graffmixer]

Property of NYCHA. Government property!!! They don’t own shit!!! 😂😂😂. Government own them.

[@phollabangerz]

@@graffmixer much agreed I love my ppl but wish I could redirect some mindsets to think beyond that check in way of thinking and relearn ownership in communities instead of fighting or killing for a block they or area that is meaningless to them 👏🏿

[@aglo8371]

Back then it was like that. Curtain parts ots not suggested but 4 the most part u can definitely pass through comfortable. As u can see with the white couple

[@thegreatestmantoevrwlkthep9986]

It’s funny you’re talking about people who also KILLED and took the land before they ALLOWED us to pay them for it… lol everyone is fucked up

[@negroantonio28]

They talking about People that look like them, other black guys that may come as threat into their hood.. ignorance & self hate mentality at its finest.

[@proppamusic6210]

*Fort Greene all day ya heard.. was there from 5yrs old to 27yrs old...FAR SIDE ALL DAY... 68 Cumberland walk ya heard*

[@shakirsmith409]

Peace to the these young men...A lot of well spoken men , with awesome potential and worth...Far Rockaway NYC endorses unity and street love.

[@Afrocandy-gt1yz]

Am a student I really wish for financial assistance please 🙏 any help from you will go a long way for me settle my dept

[@streetteamproductions]

Dope episode

[@mchaelmoss1629]

I remember going to Fort Green and would hear someone playing the sax 🎷 in the park every time. That was back in the 80’s

[@two12dinero]

Rest in peace Stan the man …fortgreen legend!

[@skillvill]

It’s amazing how I’m watching these young Kings! I’m and raised in Fort Greene Projects. I remember saying the same things and doing what they are doing in this video back in 1987 and I very sure they I came up with there parents. I remember different sides of the project having Beef reach other and you couldn’t even be seen on that side unless you have some real Street Credit. Example if you from the middle side you couldn’t even go to the far side. If you didn’t live around there and didn’t know anybody you finish, that includes female too! And all the OG’s that they talk about killer Ben, Fly Tye the real 50 cent I knew them all. Stay up young kings. Yeah I’ll be safe.

[@sacredneutral7304]

Kings😂😂😂😂

[@skillvill]

@@sacredneutral7304 I refuse to use the N word! I say KING because it’s about building character and letting them know they are beyond the stereotypes.

[@sacredneutral7304]

@@skillvill Ah right ....... But let's be honest...I think it's a black thing this behaviour to this degree...... You've got a very tribal set of people put into an artificial environment..Aka the concrete jungle whose IQ doesn't compliment the system they live under for them to thrive like certain others... Blacks are tribal by nature on average so you get higher amounts per capita on average anywhere you go in the world that is predominantly inhabited by them... It is a DNA thing and then culture can enhance that... It is just in them more...

[@sheritadavis9228]

​@@sacredneutral7304you were looking for him to bash huh smh

[@fordfalconkings31]

Love for BKNY and all NY, all the PJ's one love.

[@laquanedwards7366]

Yup yup that's where im from oh yeaaa gotta love farmer and the deli

[@rufusfirefly3428]

@3:40 "This be Murda Ave" -- incoming transplant couple from San Diego taking a leisurely stroll to Trader Joe's.

[@lamBETTERthanY0U]

Myrtle

[@rufusfirefly3428]

@@lamBETTERthanY0U Yes I know that, but they called it "Murda" Ave at @3:29 - @3:30 as well.

[@boostedcoupe797]

Shout out to ft green. I’m originally from Farragut though. In the 90s it was a battle field out there. But salute to both sides. 💪🏼

[@Powerule23]

Farragut was a different beast. I can't front, I did not like going over there.

[@boostedcoupe797]

@@Powerule23 facts!!!! I lived in Farragut from 91-01 then moved to Florida because my dad had got a job offer out here.

[@guillermomclean8657]

Y'all and the greene hate each other..... I dated a girl from Farragut and when she seeing where I came from she was like come from another way LoL 😆😆😆🤦🏾‍♂️ and niggaz was looking funny too Ong 💙

[@boostedcoupe797]

@@guillermomclean8657 lol true story. When I went to JHS 265 across from Ft. Greene there were always fights between the two sides.

[@joshuamurrayful]

I live on the first side I use to be outside just on the court playing ball wit randoms and family then go up stairs and play games .... That's it. I'm not knocking anyone's high but mines was and still is games, making music, and now it's entrepreneurial looking for better ways to make money to show my moms a good time traveling before she leaves this earth I love her so much. Loved my dad too but never got a chance to show him a new life style. I'm still on the first side I just stopped coming out as much, ps 287 and sands are both my schools.

[@arielstrother1]

I don't be in the project hallways talkin about what I did in the projects all day 😅

[@lenoxthenotorious1090]

nyc project !!! 🔥🗽🗽🔥

[@whyyoulying6316]

That one dude keep saying since he was little Lmaoo

[@hatednyc]

This place never changes.

[@jw5275]

Thank god I made it out of Fort Greene. Going away to study changed my world.

[@The.Realest.Jade.]

Sad. Seeing my community glorify hanging out in the hood, starting trouble, smoking and drinking nonstop. I’m embarrassed looking at others who do this. Definitely not role models at all.

[@KB-ro9hg]

Why would you be embarrassed? Are you behaving in this manner ? You see other races allowing themselves to be represented by POS? NO!

[@Ghanaian_princessliaj]

It’s sad 😢

[@laquanedwards7366]

Watch your mouth Fort Greene forever I love my hood no matter what

[@seanfelder3977]

Vicious cycle going on in the housing projects year after year

[@leavymoore7871]

A YO!!!! THIS VLOG BROUGHT BACK MAD MEMORIES OF MY CHILD HOOD. BUT I GOTTA CALL CAP ON THE BEST CHINESE RESTAURANT. FOR THIRTY YEARS THE BEST CHINESE SPOT HAS BEEN KUM KAU ON THE CONER OF WASHINGTON AND MYRTLE. #IFYOUKNOWYOUKNOW

[@aglo8371]

Best Chinese in NY maybe n even then nt sure

[@leavymoore7871]

IT SEEMS LIKE FORT GREEN IS STILL THE SAME. DIFFERENT GENERATION SAME MENTALITY. SHORTY'S LEGENDS WERE GANGSTAS LIKE KILLA BEN AND THE REAL 50 CENT.PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE IT OUT THE PJ'S OR AROUND THAT AREA ARE NOT MENTIONED. GUYS LIKE DANA DANE AND SPIKE LEE WERE TWO OF THE FIRST REAL LEGENDS TWO COME OUT THAT AREA.

[@Milathegoatnyc]

Yeah it seems people in the video is new generation but the ogssss know it’s KUM KAU where BIGGIE went FAITHFULLY See what I did there? Lol 😂

[@leavymoore7871]

@@Milathegoatnyc I don’t know about Biggie but back in the day I was a Waverly baby. We was always posted up at Kim Kau lol

[@Milathegoatnyc]

@@leavymoore7871 if you google biggie and KUM KAU there’s an infamous picture of BIGGIE AND FAITH EVANS IN A CAR

[@josephbrichardson3655]

Lived in Fort Greene during the 90s right before it went through gentrification, when shots was ringing every night from the projects. Half the people in this video wasn't even born when Fort Greene projects was really wild totally its a different version of Fort Greene right now. Myrtle, Dekalb, Lafayette gentrified AF. Oldheads from around there would tell me in the 70s the other side of the park with the brownstones was actually wilder than the Ps. Fort Greene park was featured in the Education of Sonny Carson when they gang warring. Salute to LG too.

[@rohitbites]

The guy in the green hoodie with glasses outshines all these little clueless kids around. 👑

[@nreeder1227]

BLESSINGS UPON YOU ALWAYS MY BROTHER FOR DOING THIS HOOD VLOG WITH THESE YOUNG YOUTHS YET THEY HAVE NO IDEA ON WHAT IT REALLY WAS LIKE GROWING UP IN FORT GREENE, ALOT HAS CHANGED SINCE THEN AND THEY ALL NEED TO GET MORE KNOWLEDGE ON THE ESSENCE OF THE COMMUNITY. TWO OF THESE YOUNG YOUTHS ARE RELATED TO ME SO I WON'T EXPOSE THEM, SOME OF THEM I KNOW THEIR PARENTS, AGAIN I APPRECIATE YOU GOING TO VARIOUS HOODS DOING THIS.

[@thugmonk9837]

RIP the original 50 cent. This was his hood

[@hershey5790]

No, this was just his safe house…

[@gloriakenia2032]

you can tell they are good people!

[@mikeycrump8838]

Fort Greene and the Stuy is like the harlem of bk they still got wild blocks but its super gentrified all over but the corner store on myrtle is top 2 corner stores in the city if you know you know

[@mprce52]

Wow. Some real winners here. What would society do without them?

[@citi360]

Progress...😒

[@Shakim-xs6tq]

Why you even here?

[@zaytime4156]

Go help em out

[@zaytime4156]

@@Shakim-xs6tqthey go on videos w/ black ppl js to hate lol. Cause how else you even find this content and get updates for it

[@Shakim-xs6tq]

@@zaytime4156 Facts!!! Many blessings to you.

[@Tracklyfe_T]

The older I get the sadder this shit looks. damn smh

[@TheBrooklynLife718]

That’s my hood right there! 151 North Elliot Walk! Fort Greene to the fullest!

[@keema7029]

I love my neighborhood!!! 💚

[@svveetsveta]

They showed up for sure

[@rocketsauce420]

Out of curiosity: Do you check in with the gangs you document? or do you approach and introduce yourself

[@max81010]

Its nice that they all have the same day off work 😅

[@iiqueenjessiciaii]

Thanks for the vids, interesting.