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Just casually dropping the fact that Wall Street came from the street that was along the outer wall of the original fortifications of New Amsterdam. It both makes so much sense and also something I never even thought about.

The fact that the mob got all riled up and took down King George’s statue to use it for ammo is so New York 😂

Last trip to nyc, I walked the length of broadway. Took me 12 hours, took my time, checked stuff out. It was awesome ❤

One of the BEST styles of history. Story telling of facts, conflicting desires, modern relevance, visible remains, history, and video game incorporated history.

My Dutch ancestor brought the Bronck family (The Broncks/Bronx) here on their ship The Fire of Troy, along with cattle and herdsman. The Bronck family got 500 acres and my family got 400 along the Hudson. They also owned several addresses along Stone Street with a brewery, bakery,  tavern, and mercantile store. They lived in the area, and Long Island, generation after generation until my great grandmother moved from Amityville to Florida to retire. It was the first breakaway from NY since 1639.

I like how you source your information and conduct interviews with experts. It's really refreshing. You should do other cities like Atlanta, Austin, Chicago, SF, LA, and Seattle. :)

edit: removed duplicate Seattle and put SF

Yup, the northernmost part of Manhattan has quite the terrain, which is why the deepest stations on the NYC Subway are in northern Manhattan! 190th Street station on the IND Eighth Ave Line, which lies under Fort Tyron Park, is 140 feet/43 m below street level (it's also a short walk to The Cloisters)! THE deepest station on the NYC Subway system is 191st Street on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line at 173 feet/53 m below street level! It was built by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company and opened in January 1911 as an infill station along the city's first subway line. So people could use the station because of the topography, they chose to build a pedestrian tunnel to save people a walk of a quarter to one-third of a mile and a steep climb. The tunnel is used as a connector between western and eastern Washington Heights. Passengers using the 191st Street and St. Nicholas Avenue entrance need to take an elevator to access the station due to that intersection's height, but the elevators at that entrance are outside fare control, so it's considered a convenient way to traverse the neighborhood without walking up a hill! This tunnel was shown in the In the Heights movie!

When you mentioned at the end that they widened and straightened the waterway for ships (the Harlem Ship Canal), you didn't mention this led to the geographic oddity that Marble Hill is still considered a part of the borough of Manhattan and New York County despite it now being attached to The Bronx! Because of the canal, Marble Hill became an island in 1895, but then the river on the north side of the island was fully diverted to the canal with landfill, thus connecting the island to The Bronx! The name of Marble Hill was conceived when Darius C. Crosby came up with the name in 1891 from the deposits of dolomite marble underlying it known as Inwood marble. The marble was quarried for the federal buildings in Lower Manhattan when NYC was the national capital in the 1780s. Despite being part of Manhattan, Marble Hill has a Bronx ZIP code and uses Bronx area codes (though they did fight to retain Manhattan's 212 but it would've been too expensive).

throughout the video I kept thinking about what it must have looked like in Assassins Creed 3 only for you to end it with that clip lmao

So many intriguing facts in the comments section. Worth it.

i absolutely love this kind of history that shows how everything is connected across puny human centuries

Clicked so fast

Seriously, give this man a travel show on Netflix

My ancestor, Isaac Varian in the 1700’s, owned the farm that sat between Broadway and 7th Ave and 29th and 33rd Street. Basically, the property that is between Madison Square Garden and the Empire State building today. His grandson also named Isaac, went on to be the 63rd mayor of New York. His house still stands today and is the Bronx history museum. Loved seeing this video!

I love the theory that before Broadway was an indian path it was a deer trail.

I live in Irvington, about 25 miles North of the city, and I always think it's fascinating that the same Broadway continues through my town and beyond. There's even a mile marker in a stone wall along the street that marks 25 (or maybe 26 i forget) miles from the city. It really shows how important it is to the city's development and the suburbs north.

An amazing thing about Broadway is that it is above (or below) a Subway line for its entire length (barring a few street blocks in Inwood) in Manhattan. A defining street with a defining mode of transit that made the city what it is today.

8:33 Yes!
That fence is my favorite spot in the city. I'm so glad you mentioned the fence posts. It incredible that they clearly exist out in public after almost 250 years,
When I'm in that area I look for tourists and point it out to them.

I lived in Manhattan for 21 years, until 2012. Really wish I had this kind of fascinating information. As much as I love the city and cherish my time there, I know I would have appreciated it all just a bit more with this kind of historical foundation. Thank you.

Love your videos. Straight-forward, full of information, and well edited. You're always a must-click.