Journey Home to Queens, New York

[lietkynes65]

I live on 46th bliss street and I never want to leave.

[Rmrly]

Moved out to San Francisco and nothing comes close to my hometown queens baby!!! Miisssss it :'(

[DKB786]

Thanks for up loading! I lived in Kew Gardens, Queens for fifteen years before moving to San Francisco. My babies were born there, and I still miss it so much!!!

[DoryokuFiripin]

It's been two years since I first saw this video while feeling homesick in the Philippines. Had it not have been for awesome videos like this, I probably would've offed myself in that 3rd World hell hole. It sure feels good to be back in Queens. And I don't think I'll be leaving this place anytime soon.

[tmoore2010]

@DoryokuFiripin Wow, thank you. I cant tell you how incredibly humbling your words are towards me and my video. Im please that it was a piece in helping you get by until you came home... to Queens. Perhaps we all can truly go home, someday.

[DoryokuFiripin]

@tmoore2010 No friend, it is I who should be thankful. Thankful for your video and how it kept my faith strong in the hopes that I will one day come back home. I hope someday you'll find your way back home as well. Peace!

[etfboy450]

wow i miss home ... been five years..

[RBD5231]

best place and city in the world!!!!!!

[Xycopixie]

I'm homesick too! Living out in CA now.

[Getoffmadick9]

126th & 101 ave represent

[nevelmor]

Homesick for Astoria today... needed this vid. Thanks!

[6ChamberProductions]

dope vid. support your hometown guys, subscribe and watch stop the # twiolence

[bornthisway197]

@dragonfist76

Thank you!

[joyceewatson1]

skillman ave wut up



[santia8]

love it..

[bornthisway197]

How is queens? Would you guys suggest to go see it?

[dragonfist76]

@bornthisway197 YES. go see the ethnic side of the city. Queens is the most diverse county in the most diverse city in the most diverse country in the world. in Queens, we got it all. any kinds of food. from Caribbean food to Cantonese delicacies . all types of shopping "themes" that by which i mean you can shop on Main St and feel like your in Asia or go shopping on Roosevelt Ave and feel like your in Central or South America. Queens is the only county in the world represented by all nations.

[Eltopo941]

Thank you so much for doing this. I left Queens many many years ago and life in the Southwest however Queens we always be some kind od strange spiritual homeland. Not sure why. You got it right. The music, the shots, just perfect....Thanks

[ePexion]

I miss Queens, I live in Long Island and I want to me back to my old neighborhood in Ridgewood, Queens like when I was a little kid.

[MrDreadedbwoy]

Do you think you need a car in queens or is the public transportation system decent?

[tmoore2010]

@MrDreadedbwoy its far more than decent.

[kirter23]

I'm so homesick, too!! Live in Philly now and Astoria has more life and action than the entire city of Philly imo. I miss home so much!

[tmoore2010]

@kirter23 I thought Philly would have some action.

[isaiaslimadesouza1]

one of my dreams is to visit the united state

[bornkool]

Great video

[pryncessdy76]

Now im really homesick! Born & raised in Jamaica, living in A now. I hate it compared to home. I'll always love Queens more than anywhere on earth!!

[quez76]

i love queens, its my birthplace...

[ripcolie]

thank you so much for making this vid!so many memories! :)

[tmoore2010]

@ripcolie No problem. Glad to take you back.

[NYCZJAYWOOD]

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[BasslinesNYC]

Lived in Jackson Heights and Astoria, Queens, but living in Nashville now. Still miss NYC. Thanks for the video!

[tmoore2010]

@BasslinesNYC You're not to far from me. Glad you liked it, thank you.

[smoothpants]

Very Western Queens-Central Queens-centric. I mean, there ARE other parts.

[0000100010101]

Can you please identify the music.

[tmoore2010]

@0000100010101 LTJ Bukem- Journey Inwards

[GreenDay5111]

looks cool.sum day i wanna visit New York :)

[WetPooooopie]

parts of queens have the fattest humans

[ayobreak]

I love this video, I like how the music starts off slow then kicks in @ about 1:10 with a nice smooth cool beat, but when the night shots come in @ da end the music slows down. Also thanks on giving the location for each picture, & nice shots. Good work.

QUEENS, NY: "A GUIDE TO RECONGONIZING YOUR SAINTS!!!"

[tmoore2010]

@ayobreak Thanks!

[BioWolf505]

Jackson Heights ;)

[Ptiz1]

Woodside, ASTORIA QUEENZZ ALL DAY!

[Ptiz1]

Quennnsssssz NEW YORK!

[failtalk]

Cambria Heights Queens stand UP!!!!!

[beherit15]

shit, I have 20 years since I left, far Rockaway beach.

[Angel7black]

i've been homesick ever since i moved to tampa in 2000. i really do hate it here but my parents decided on moving back then, highly considering moving back with the next 2 years. live on 34th street between van dam st. and the queens midtown expressway

[tmoore2010]

@Angel7black a LOT has changed since 2000. but the atmosphere of that area is still pretyy much the same. good luck.

[NYer79]

@Angel7black

do it Angel! my parents took us out of NY back in 1983 to a city in the SW USA...learned alot of different things and ways (which is always a good thing), but when i had my chance to go back in 1990, i didn't do it and I've regretted it since...i go back every other year anyway, but i will always love NY and the Northeast US...next chance to relocate back to the Northeast will be in two more years :o--)

[tmoore2010]

@NYer79 Now thats sound advice

[MrPACOTHEBEAST]

@Angel7black Same here i hate Tampa!

[ArsenioGut]

@Angel7black Don't worry, you're not the only one. I never moved out or into New York. I'm stuck in Florida too, but I live in Ft. Lauderdale, it sucks.

I've never been to New York, I've always wanted to visit. Other than San Fran and Tokyo, NYC is, to me and several others, the "center of the universe".

[angelwingspv]

Hi homesick too. I use to live in sunnyside

And then move to puerto vallarta and now

Moving back hone sunnyside wait for me

[MrChrisTheFul]

Im feeling homesick now :( , thx for posting tho brings back better times.

[moongoddessaries]

I was born and raised in Queens...now living in the south because living in NY got too expensive! I miss it so much and cant wait to go back! Thanks for posting! :)

[KnightOwl2006]

Nice job.

[lilmoneydown]

I miss newyork :(

[XxMatthiasPLxX]

My new home in 20 years xD haha

[xCasper87TRDx]

I am going to live in Queens for two weeks at a friends house in August. First time in the U.S.A :D .. Cant wait!!!

[tmoore2010]

@xCasper87TRDx how's that been going? Where in queens are you

[saved37]

Sunnyside girl...my home sweet home for the first 25 years of my life....best place to grow up...thanks for the pics....I'm homesick ='(

[tmoore2010]

@saved37 wow, where's home now?

[saved37]

@tmoore2010

living in South Florida now and have been here for a long time, but I've been so homesick lately, that's why I found this video..I've been googling everything on Sunnyside just so I can get the feeling of home!

[primogennaio]

Why just Astoria, Long Island City, Sunnyside, Woodside?  What about the rest of Queens?

[tmoore2010]

@primogennaio Originally it was all of these parts of queens, including jackson heights, jamaica, corona, flushing, and kew gardens, etc (all areas of queens where i either lived, went to school) but it became way too much even for a 7 min song. so with the pics I had I noticed that the above areas flowed more condusively with one another in the song. hence why only primarily these areas. I showed love to those areas in another vid I did but the song wasnt having the same vibe so i dropped it.

[traindiggy]

Woodside-Jackson Heights-Elmhurst in the house right here!!!!

Hit me up if you have any questions about Queens AKA The Real New York City.

[tmoore2010]

@traindiggy nice. all the old stomping grounds. do you still ive in the city?

[manhbx96]

New York New York is where we live and were through never takin shorts cuz Queens is the borough

[amopower1]

Reminds me a little of Liverpool not far from me.

[tmoore2010]

@amopower1 from what ive read it is very similar. we dont have a large english community though. lot of irish and thensome.

[amopower1]

@tmoore2010 Well you know the irish? they enjoy to travell! from what I hear, Newyork is a great place, but like Liverpool has had a reputation for tough living, I guess apart from a few open minded, diverse culture enjoying individuals, most english tend to emigrate to Europe or one of the common wealth countrys, anyways your video was (bang on) as us english would say! or (dead on) as you probably know the irish would say.

[tmoore2010]

@amopower1 lol!

[ChanaT010860]

Like the man said we have the streets still people are feeding their kids at 5pm in Queens. Safte, good schools and parents to go with them on both outside and in. THERE's a lot to do in queens, It is full of parts a zoo, for children. Beaches.........

[amorsota94]

What an awesome job you did at finding great pics thanks!!!

[ElMorenoRey16]

I love NY and cannot wait to go back this next month, experiencing it both as a tourist and as a semi-native (my dad's family is from up that way). No place on Earth like it :)

[fcknBru]

30th st and 34th reporting in

[tmoore2010]

@fcknBru represent!

[slantyrock]

nice video, i've drove through queens many times.........in grand theft auto 4 LOL. thumbs up.

[HopeValleyRI]

So, what does Queens offer a family? Is it safe? Schools? Traffic? Housing good? Things to do?

[tmoore2010]

@HopeValleyRI Queens has areas like all other areas outside of major cities. The areas sepcified in this vid, Sunnyside, Woodside, and LIC are suburban/urban. There is little crime. Lots of entertainment both family friendly and for the adults. Easy access to any point within the five boroughs, long island and or otherwise. In the radius of these three towns there are at least, 20 or more parks. Major shopping districts that range from retail chains to tyhe local mom and pops for anything.

[PabloBobadillaLopez]

im from the west coast but i wish i lived there in those buildings just to see your guys life style because we live in houses separate homes with lawns and grass and great outdoors with lots of trees around. west side Washington state 509 sunnyside, yakima

[jennygnyc]

Jackson Heights!

[MrSportsFanatic1]

Queens, NY.. Bayside.. My home :)

[turkstarnyc]

Let's go METS

[k1n3t1kz]

thanx for posting this vid....103st and 37ave datz where im from but i moved to indiana about 2 years ago.......but i will go back...i will........

[tmoore2010]

@k1n3t1kz you and I both. good luck!

[yankeesgerardo]

@k1n3t1kz CORONA Baby.

[freedomland11]

WOODSIDE!! =)

[MyJustified]

I used to live in queens but it's far too suburban for me.

[jaysmic24]

thanks for posting ..moved to Austin TX in 1997.. brings back memories..will visit home in August 2010 hopefully..

[azeleapark]

hey.... is "TOY CITY" (78th and roosevelt) still there??? use to buy all my "afx" race cars there back in the mid 70's...........

[tmoore2010]

@azeleapark

sorry bro. I dont think toy city has been there since 1996. at least, thats as far back as I remember.

[azeleapark]

thanx, pleasant memories........ jax heights, here.

[tmoore2010]

@azeleapark I miss JH. Especially btwn 88th sts and 74th st on roosevelt

[joyakkey]

Yep . that's it, I lived for 20 years in WOODSIDE - 61st street and Roosevelt Ave, it comes up lots of times in the video

[tmoore2010]

@joyakkey

yeah. most of my adult life and latter teen years were in the Sunnyside, Woodside, LIC, Astoria, and the city. I lived and chilled around these parts of NY hence the heavy concentration.

[redvlandro]

Where is QueensBridge man! the hearth ov Queeeeeeeenz!

[tmoore2010]

1:03 as well

[redvlandro]

3:47 - 3:55 nice picture ov QueensBridge. i used to live righ there for 4 years since 1995 till 1999 =( . now i move to Peru , EL CALLAO to b exactly where ma family is.

[MetsGal91]

I miss Queens soo much, now Im in GA. Thanks for posting this.

[TheMiguelvalles]

There's no place quite like Queens!!

I visited it recently and I may go again.

One of the nicest neighborhoods in Queens is Forest Hills. It's beautiful.

One day I might live in Queens God willing I can finish my Ph.D.

[CTyankee4277]

@TheMiguelvalles

I love Forest Hills! Pretty, pretty area!!!

[oudbrakkenstein]

i was in jamaica queens near atlantic Ave. right now i live in holland but i really would like to go back

[fuckthehuns1]

i'm from Glasgow in Scotland also a charismatic city just like yours... i dont know what it is but i'v always had the urge to visit Queens NY, i think it reminds a lot of my home town maybe thats why, and i know how you all feel am exiled from my city aswel.

thanx for posting

[tmoore2010]

@fuckthehuns1 interesting perspective. i never thought of myself as being exiled, but since you mention it...

[MrXentrix]

tmoore2010, these are wonderful photos! They make me appreciate my hometown even more! I'm also inspired to take some photos myself.

[rohanb2]

I wanna move here whenever I can get outta CT...

[clauoro1]

im home sick as well. where did you find the pics? and where are you now?

[tmoore2010]

i got them with permission from flickr artist. im in sc now.

[twilover511]

i was born in queen raised till i was 12 but sux cuz now im living in boring virginia

[hiphopvinking20]

Nice!!!!

[kap563]

I was born in Queens..raised till 11, now stuck in gay ass north carolina!!!!!!!!!

[tmoore2010]

i feel you. i got an actual ny style pizza place here though, and a hot dog guy with red onions in sc

[MrBookie339]

wow dude same here except I came to north carolina at 10

[StaTown325]

I was born in Queens..raised till 14. I'm stuck in wck ass Texas..ahh ..well 2 more years wen im 18 imma go back...

[tmoore2010]

make sure you go to school and all. ny is expensive to do, but you can manage

[dumboflag]

Thats funny i was raised in quenns til 15 n moved to SA texas n im movin back wen im 18, its like da same thing

[ARADude360]

i might be moving to queens

[tmoore2010]

you should. queens has a lot to do. ive never had a dull moment unless i wanted it in nyc

[bornkool]

I used to live on 34 Av. I remember being around there too . LIC was cool back then.

[tmoore2010]

where on 34th were you. great place to have been. i went to school out by there

[prszillestshorty]

i used to live on 90th st...now i have to be in fucking north carolina. :'[ smh!

[tmoore2010]

i feel your pain. im in south carolina. it could be worse and you could be here.

[prszillestshorty]

l0l worse mm i dont think so x[

how come yur dwn there?

[tmoore2010]

my wife wanted to follow her mother. just for her mother to go from sc to cali colombia

[Juniordukeshaha]

thxs for making this video.I grew up in Queens, my whole childhood. From my first bestfriend, my frist fight, my first kiss my first relationship w.e. Use to go to L.I.C. high school. These pics brings back memories man. Now iam living in Costa Rica. thxs anyways god bless

[MultiShooter123]

trust me i understand same thing happend to me

[gsf67]

I'm from New Zealand and I got to visit your wonderful city two years ago. Most of it was spent around Manhatten doing all of the tourist type things, I took a bus trip into Brooklyn and we went into the now trendy suburb of Flatbush. The only regret I have is that I didn't go into the suburbs and districts of NY or Long Island to see and experience the "real" New York.

[tmoore2010]

flatbush is pretty real. but maybe you can come back and see queens next time!

[gsf67]

I would love to, the only part of Queens I got to was "JFK". I believe Queens is where Jerry Seinfeld and George Costanza grew up.

[AhmadMatix]

Hi tmoore2010 like how your user name is in the future and were the past 2009 but its all good : )

i use to live in Flushing Queenz thank you for taking the time and effort of gathering pics and adding nice extravagant music .

peace

[tmoore2010]

@AhmadMatix

glad you enjoyed. i used to live in flushing too. 162nd st and northern from 1995 to 1998

[cosaloyska]

OMG!! great pics bro... what a good times, good times in queens, i'm live in 65 st and roosevelt.. woodside.. the best

[tmoore2010]

@cosaloyska

not to far away from where i was in 2005-2007, 61st and 37th

[Illuzionista]

Actually i live in Vienna in Europa, but i would like to travel to Queens, this place seems to me so nice and different. otherwise thx the vid :)))

[nitro300]

I love queens best borough and the best food.

[gunlover2010]

i miss NY..period...

Brooklyn...

but no matter were we NY'ers end up thru-out the country or world...

We are New Yorkers for life......its in our blood ......

[tmoore2010]

I'd love to do another vid, but I cant find a song that sets the mood like this one does.

[fuegosess]

i live in queens

[timo518]

i still live in queens, flushing. but man i missed when i was younger and those trains were red.

[tmoore2010]

I remember the red queens 7 trains. Lots of memories

[manhbx96]

Queens New York number one Lefrak City Rochdale Queensbridge Laurelton Cambria Heights Hollis Queens Village Far Rockaway

[JayR10801]

I miss home.... :-( Co-op city, BX) But my sis lives in queens, so I was always in south ozone.... Now I'm in florida (which sucks). Awsome vid fam, captures the essence

[kevinaugustin]

holy shit i miss queens :(

[manhbx96]

Break it down Lefrak City Rochdale Village Queens Villiage Laurelton Rosedale Queensbridge Far Rockaway Astoria Corona Queens Is the best no question

[kevinaugustin]

totaly, best city in the world i love flushing, corona, and elmhurst, i fucking love new york the mood is so mellow its awsome

[tmoore2010]

Woodhaven, Jamaica, Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill, Elmhurst, East Elmhurst, Woodside, Maspteh, LIC

[manhbx96]

Peace to everybody down south out but for us Queens New York is the best

[TheMiguelvalles]

Haha. Elmhurst.

that's where I was born.

The 7 train I remember especially. Although the trains are no longer red.

I'm looking forward to seeing Queens again this December. :)

[manhbx96]

Queens New York is the land of the finest

[tmoore2010]

yes it is.

[failtalk]

i lived in 208th nd 64th ave arcoss frm Francis Lewis Blvd.

[tmoore2010]

Is that considered fresh meadows? I always loved that area.

[failtalk]

no 208th ST. iz between Murdoc Ave nd Linden Blvd. But yea 64th ave iz part of fresh meadows. i wuz born nd raise there bruh. i know cambria heights frm da bac of mii head

[TheMiguelvalles]

My beloved Queens =).

I was born in Elmhurst Hospital and lived in Queens for the first three years of my life, and I still love it!

God bless Queens, NY. Thanks for posting this man! The pictures and music are great!!!

[tmoore2010]

Thanks. Im glad you enjoyed it. Where are you now?

[TheMiguelvalles]

Hey man. I'm in Miami now.

But I'm going to New York this December =).

My family lives in New Jersey, but I take the NJ bus to go into the city, so I'll definitely visit Queens.

My parents lived near the 82nd Street Jackson Heights Station.

Do you still live in Queens?

[tmoore2010]

Nah, Im in SC now. Going to school so I can get a better job and go back to the city.

[TheMiguelvalles]

I'll bet you miss Queens a lot.  I miss it like crazy!

Is SC ok?

[tmoore2010]

I do. The south is the worst. And living in SC is just as bad as when I lived in Boston for a year.

[TheMiguelvalles]

I have not heard great things about SC or the south in general. Technically, Miami is in the south, but it's not a "southern" city. It's mostly hispanics who live here (Cubans, Colombians, etc..)

I don't think I would like living in any of those southern states like SC, Alabama, Georgia etc..

I prefer NY any day. I miss NY.

[CheyenneTechno]

I miss NY too. Omg. I reside in TX right now. NOTHING beats NY. I was born in Queens raised in Long Island

[CBluver1993]

@TheMiguelvalles I know this wasa year ago. But the south is not as bad as people make it seem. I live in Alabama and I don't think its that bad at all. I would like to visit NY one day but i don't know how it would be to live there for a southern girl like me.

[TheMiguelvalles]

@CBluver1993 Hello. Are you from Alabama?

I would recommend you visit New York one day, maybe during the summer when the weather is nice. 

[CBluver1993]

@TheMiguelvalles Yes I was born and raised.

And I would love to visit there one day to one day move there if I liked it. :) But once again, I am nervous; being a southern girl.

[TheMiguelvalles]

@CBluver1993 Are you from one of the major cities, or the suburbs?

REason I ask is that I've heard most southern cities are ok, but when you go out into the suburbs is where you can find some trouble. I say that because I'm hispanic, not white. But i was born in Queens, NY.

There shouldn't be a problem if you want to move to NY someday. Most New Yorkers don't care where you're from. If you're nice to them, they'll be nice back.

But stay away from places like the Bronx, Harlem, etc..

[CBluver1993]

@TheMiguelvalles I am from the biggest city in Alabama, Bimingham.

And yes you are right, places like Jasper are full of rednecks. I'm African American so I stay away from places like that. If you go to the right parts of the south, it can be great experience.

Thanks for the helpful advice, I feel a little better about New York.

[tmoore2010]

@TheMiguelvalles Actually Harlem, The Bronx, etc have changed alot. any place anywhere is dangerous if you get invovled with the wrong people, or you are at the wrong place/ wrong time senario. I've learned that being in Greenville, SC.

[TheMiguelvalles]

@tmoore2010 Hey man! What up!

Haven't talked to you in a while. Hope all is great.

I might be going to NY again for the summer. God willing, I'll go in June.

It's best to avoid Harlem and the South Bronx at night. It's a good idea to stay home. lol

Is Greenville a bad place dude? I heard people from SC are VERY racist.

[tmoore2010]

@TheMiguelvalles They're a bit 'southern'.

[TheMiguelvalles]

@tmoore2010 Hey man! What up!

My NY trip is next week man! I'm excited about that. I'll only be there two weeks but I'll definitely visit Queens!

regarding the south, it's not a place I admire or respect. Many claim to be christian and read the bible, but most of them are hateful, homophobic and intolerant of anyone who isn't like them.

Have you had problems with Southerners dude?

[tmoore2010]

@TheMiguelvalles they tend to avoid me. especially when they find out Im a better shot than they are.

[TheMiguelvalles]

@tmoore2010 Dude, I was in Queens today and last week!

I visited the apartment where I spent a little bit of my childhood. I almost cried. lol

We used to live in Jackson Heights, NY.

I took the R train to Forest Hills too! That neighborhood is beautiful!

I hope to move back to Queens one day. Anyways, stay away from those southern haters.

They are two-faced people who have no idea what real Christianity is about.

[dopey41]

cool place. someday ill take a trip to NYC

[tmoore2010]

You should. Just stay away from times square and places like that because that is not where you'll find the kind of essence thats in this vid.

[profesortutka]

I lived there for a year at 74th St and 37th Ave. Your video brings me sweet melancholy...

[tmoore2010]

I felt the same when I was putting this together. I constantly questioned myself as to why I ever left? More importantly how soon will I be getting back to it for good?

[xXJohnny1989Xx]

this video is cool^^