Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Explained | a history

Okay 3 things i am obsessed with: 1) nyc history 2) the editing 3) everything about this

Also Domino Sugar has a dark history of slavery back in Puerto Rico. The man that created Domino Sugar was also a US Army general appointed governor by the US when Puerto Ricans couldn’t vote for their own politicians, who also own sugar plantations throughout the island. Conflict of interest much?

My family is from Williamsburg. I appreciate this content but I feel it fails to mention how divided Williamsburg was. The polish and Italians of the north side would often get into street fights with the Puerto Ricans in the south side and the major influx of Dominicans in the 80’s. Puerto Ricans created gangs to protect themselves from racism.

Thank you for the in-depth and interesting video about such a culturally significant and historic neighborhood!! A small note, but the Hasidic Jewish areas of NYC that you refer to actually have signs in Yiddish, not Hebrew. The language traditionally uses the same alphabet as Hebrew, but is actually closer to a dialect of German with some Hebrew elements incorporated in it. Sadly, many Yiddish speakers died during the Holocaust and the language is now quite rare, but Hasidic communities are still working to keep it alive!

Dude, I loved this whole video. Can’t wait to see what you become on this channel!

As a native Brooklyn resident this entire commentary is spot on. However I digress please do not send corporate hipster bros to Flatbush lmfao.

Those signs are most likely in Yiddish which usually uses the Hebrew alphabet but is actually a Germanic language with influences from Slavic languages as well as others. The Hasidim are mostly from Eastern Europe.

I was born in Greenpoint in 85, and moved to Philly in 92. Grandmom is still there(rent lock) and we regularly went up there growing up in the 90s. I've grown up watching the process of gentrification happen in real time and it seems like the real estate market has utilized Williamsburg as a model for modern urban revitalization(gentrification) in other major cities in the U.S.. Displacement has been and always will be a part of urban revitalization. Philadelphia is now being heavily gentrified and redeveloped, rapidly, without all the cool ish NYC has available. It's not playing out the same way (not many jobs here, dining is concentrated in certain neighborhoods, clubs, and bars close relatively early, too many buy and hold real estate investors, crime is high and happens in gentrified areas commonly, open-air drug market due to the opioid epidemic, smaller streets, less parking, not enough police, not a strong transit system(not to mention how unsafe it is), etc...in short, we are not NYC). Good video. Earned the sub, like, and a few shares.

I live in S Williamsburg and moved here last year as an aspiring (and poor) painter. It is not affordable for artists / working class. I work fulltime and can't afford health insurance and other basic necessities. Time will tell if it's worth it.

Wonderfully edited video. Having lived in Ridgewood now for two years - I still the gentrification continuing each day. East Williamsburg (the Bushwick de-Militarized zone as my friend calls it) still has a touch of that grittiness but hardly much at all. Coffee shops inside industrial buildings. Wild times. A video on Ridgewood has to be in the pipeline.

bro definitely lives in Bushwick

As an immigrant who moved to south Brooklyn at 6 years old, ive watched this neighborhood and others like it in Brooklyn transform. Great video!

really nailed the johnny harris vibe. Stoked to see your evolution!

Super high quality video! Would love to see you dig into history in Queens and neighborhoods like Jackson Heights

hope ur channel picks up, keep working hard and create great content like this!

My friend recommended this video after we were talking about gentrification in Jersey City, NJ. Excellent video. Subscribed!

Those new luxury units after the rezoning were not so much for "low income" tenants, but more "affordable" for those earning moderate incomes. Especially building receiving financing from the state produced the worst outcomes due to little oversight

Amazing work. As a Willamsburger, this was super interesting. Would love more videos on Williamsburg.

What a cool video! Glad I found this channel early. Keep it up!

Every video keeps getting better! love this