The seagull running gag honestly made me laugh out loud each time.
@EphemeralProductions
3 жыл бұрын
Me too! Every damn time, without fail! LOL
@jamesstark8316
4 жыл бұрын
Back in the day (mid-60's) my Italian-American GF took me to my first San Gennero feast. Had my first real cannoli there. Her father was in the "Import-Export" business in Queens (go figure). Boy could she cook; my little sisters always begged her to come over to our house to cook some fantastic dishes. Mangia! Great video. Thanks.
@tomdnyc1
4 жыл бұрын
James Stark Great story, you hit the jackpot... is she single?!
@jamesstark8316
4 жыл бұрын
@@tomdnyc1 Haven't talked to her in about 50 years. Sorry.
@WaterandFireTarot
4 жыл бұрын
You should have more subscribers. You’re fantastic. ✨
@CraigMische
3 жыл бұрын
Agreed. I have been binging on Tom’s vids. A+.
@timothymacdonnell9079
4 жыл бұрын
I’ve seen a lot of tours and read many books on NY history, but this was the most informative of them all! Thanks for the tour.
@klmiller333
3 жыл бұрын
My great grandparents came here from Italy. They came through Ellis Island and moved to West Virginia to work in the coal mines eventually. I’ve always loved New York for some reason. Been there once in the 90 s.
@garylevine4546
4 жыл бұрын
You are the best at NYC walking tours. I have learned a lot from you. Thank you.
@tomdnyc1
4 жыл бұрын
Gary Levine thanks for watching, Gary!
@ucevrim
4 жыл бұрын
no wonder why you became a lawyer with a memory like this.
@tomdnyc1
4 жыл бұрын
cevrim Being a lawyer wasn’t even close to as interesting to me.
@RetiredRosie
4 жыл бұрын
Loved this video a lotl I "found" you on ActionKid's videos. You really do know a lot about the city. I will be watching more of your videos for sure.
@mano1971music
4 жыл бұрын
Just subscribed to your channel after discovering you on the ActionKid's KZitem channel.....You definetely know your New York history!! Greetings from Southern California!!
@tomdnyc1
4 жыл бұрын
mano1971music Thanks! Ken is the best. I’m sure we’ll be doing more vids soon.
@bonniem3754
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, greetings from So Cal.......SFV !
@crystals8693
4 жыл бұрын
Great tour, we learned a lot about the area!
@tomdnyc1
4 жыл бұрын
Crystal S I’m glad because that was my goal!
@Challenger540i
4 жыл бұрын
We love your video's. Packed with info, amusingly presented, and... easy on the eye! Thank you Tom!
@tomdnyc1
4 жыл бұрын
Ha, thank you!
@74Robinos
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Tom, great video's. Funny and informative...
@miggo1
4 жыл бұрын
Man I like your style you could have been my history teacher
@davidpage322
2 жыл бұрын
Tom, you’re so hilarious. I’d pay you to be my group’s personal tour guide.
@yvonnetreasure7732
2 ай бұрын
I’m so glad I found your video!
@dzzcroc4169
Жыл бұрын
Great information!! thank you
@cybergal99
7 ай бұрын
That was a good one Tom! I did not KNOW about the Don Rickles connection to the Joey Gallo shooting .. Always got confused because there was an Umberto's in Bensonhurst at the time as well.
@VentureAHighway
3 жыл бұрын
You framed up the shrinking little Italy perfectly . I never thought of it that way
@queenofswordstarot1305
5 ай бұрын
love your work, Tom
@axldemocracy
3 жыл бұрын
Love your videos. My mom grew up in Little Italy in the early '50s - mid '60s. She's passed on to me some amazing stories. Now she's in Staten Island. Would love for you to do a video of Staten Island one day.
@b-a4798
4 жыл бұрын
Very nice , I enjoyed the history
@tomdnyc1
4 жыл бұрын
B- A thanks for watching!
@andrewgurney6019
4 жыл бұрын
Great video, thank you
@tomdnyc1
4 жыл бұрын
Andrew Gurney You’re welcome!
@DanRustle
4 жыл бұрын
You need your own TV show. you make this stuff really interesting and fun.
@yvonnetreasure7732
2 ай бұрын
Fascinating information
@brianmcglynn8865
3 жыл бұрын
How can anyone have so much information in them. Love these walking tours. I grew up in Queens but never know what SoHo or TRIBECA stood for
@OzgunY
4 жыл бұрын
Lots of fun fact in 12 minutes. Thank you Tom. 🗽💕
@tomdnyc1
4 жыл бұрын
Özgün Yurtseven Thanks, I try to cram in as much as possible and not make the videos too long.
@ssadvweld1
4 жыл бұрын
Entertaining and informative. Thank you. I would have thought Little Italy would be more crowded with all of the folks afraid to go to Chinatown...
@CarlosMorales1983
2 жыл бұрын
these tours are great.
@macrobin72
4 жыл бұрын
You make it look so easy.. thx Tom! Like your vids 👊🏼
@tomdnyc1
4 жыл бұрын
macrobin72 thanks for watching, I appreciate it!
@kanedawg35
4 жыл бұрын
I am from Georgia. I love your videos.
@tomdnyc1
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks, I lived in Atlanta for a few years actually - I liked it a lot!
@mariap9691
3 жыл бұрын
I miss the city with this whole pandemic thing going on, so I’ll have to live vicariously through you👍🏻thanks!
@FionaEm
4 жыл бұрын
"Yeah, I know some stuff" 😅 You're a crack-up!
@tomdnyc1
4 жыл бұрын
Fiona M Thanks for watching, Fiona
@FionaEm
4 жыл бұрын
@@tomdnyc1 No worries 😊 Just keep doing what you're doing.
@Irishmist1000
4 жыл бұрын
Great tour!! 👍
@tomdnyc1
4 жыл бұрын
Justkate McC. Thanks for watching!
@worldtravelrafhat7886
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Tom! Love your tours!
@RobertoLopezstudyis
4 жыл бұрын
I love your video of Little Italy. I found out about you by watching some videos that you did with Actionkid! You are a great NYC tour guide and a teacher at history!
@MrHubbmuscle
Жыл бұрын
Bro everyone of your videos is amazing! Not enough for me to donate to patreon but still damn good 😊👍
@naveedmustafa1788
4 жыл бұрын
i went from happy to sad watching this video.
@stephenjones8074
4 жыл бұрын
Excellent video Tom😊
@albertoalanizalegria1298
4 жыл бұрын
I’ve been waiting for another video of yours!!! Keep it real!!!
@evancortez2
4 жыл бұрын
The Joe Gallo hit was dramatized in the Scorcese movie "The Irishman", and they recreated the old Umberto's restaurant, looks just like it did back in the day
@tomdnyc1
4 жыл бұрын
evancortez2 that’s what I heard, I gotta check it out. And Jim Norton plays Rickles!
@missloublou4628
3 жыл бұрын
@@tomdnyc1 very good film.
@dorisq9241
2 жыл бұрын
Hope one day you get a show on the History Channel!
@gurta99
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for making the best tour videos! Can you please make a video on Bensonhurst, Brooklyn? I'll be traveling there in a few weeks and I'm hoping to learn as much about it as possible before I go!
@lesliegraham8478
4 жыл бұрын
Nice thanks!
@walkingaroundcentralflorid1173
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Tom! Love your tours very entertaining and informative.
@susangerhards1296
4 жыл бұрын
Love your videos. You know sooooo much. Can’t wait to visit NY again in May.
@tomdnyc1
4 жыл бұрын
Susan Gerhards That’s great! Thanks! Contact me in May if you’re interested in a tour or a comedy show!
@marino3974
3 жыл бұрын
Your knowledge is impressive... But your humorous style is the best of your tours👍
@VHMV1977
3 жыл бұрын
This is the best KZitem channel along with a couple more, I know more about NYC than my own country. Greetings from Chile Tom!
@PedroAmA
3 жыл бұрын
Amazing as always hugs 🤗
@klmiller333
4 жыл бұрын
My grandmother came here from Italy to Ellis Island. I’ve always wanted to be a New Yorker for some reason.
@omiomi1457
4 жыл бұрын
Bro...no one Compare you do the coolest Videos
@tomdnyc1
4 жыл бұрын
omi omi Thanks for watching!
@TheBarbarino28
3 жыл бұрын
New subscriber here. I found you on Action kids video walking Greenpoint. I hope you continue to Williamsburg like you mentioned. Loved the Little Italy tour even though it's half the size it was when I was a teenager. Keep up the awesome tours! 🇮🇹
@rcapra123
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Tom. Nice videos. You always show the architecture of buildings which is great but don't forget about all of the wrought iron railings etc. The ones in NYC usually are of very high quality and in many cases quite artistic. One of my favorites is the one surrounding the Dakota building. Looks like 2 seahorses with Neptune in the middle of them.
@Cicely667
3 жыл бұрын
Man, you are good! Watching you from Australia. We have a fair few Italians here too. Much love
@pc5050
3 жыл бұрын
I wish things were safer. Would love a drinking tour with Tomas! Salud 🍻
@jayn9559
2 жыл бұрын
I visited with Itailian exchange students in 2000, went to little Italy and WTC now looking back was a hey day. Just gets smaller and smaller
@santi7616
4 жыл бұрын
Fabulous video, like all your videos. I hope one day you make one dedicated to the Empire State Building or the Chrysler building or the 30 rock, and many more, buildings all of them, magnificent, and with a lot of history on their backs it would be great to discover them more thoroughly and from your point of view. (I love architecture ... that's why) .it would be very interesting to know more about its construction and its history, told by you it would be very interesting to watch and learn¡¡¡ Cheers :-) and again, thanks a lot for your GREAT videos¡¡¡¡
@tomdnyc1
4 жыл бұрын
santi For sure. More videos coming!
@JohnnyArtPavlou
3 жыл бұрын
We visited Ferrara on a school trip in seventh grade. I just thought it was a fantastic wonderland, very like a movie set.
@spanishclasses4013
3 жыл бұрын
Very interesting!
@datangledangler2270
Жыл бұрын
This was great. New follower. My third video so far.
@kingdingaling2469
2 жыл бұрын
La Mela is My Spot. I Go there every time I’m in NYC
@Clover5419
4 жыл бұрын
Watched the scene of Godfather where he was shot up at the fruit stand. (We were across the street). This was back in early 70s. I was also kicked out of restaurant in little Italy for imitating Italian lyric...”Bah..Fan..Goo”.. who knew? I was only 17 then. Good times.
@tomdnyc1
4 жыл бұрын
Rose Tandy Dang, you got to see them film Godfather! That’s way better than when I see Law & Order SVU!
@robparadise6099
4 жыл бұрын
Nice background on the Ravenite (now a shoe store) and DaGennero / Umbertos. On you Lincoln Center videos, maybe you can cover the Joe Colombo location.
@KumikoN
4 жыл бұрын
Hola Tom! Muy bueno el video! Te puedo hacer dos consultas? La primera es en qué época me convendría ir a pasear por la ciudad, ya que la vez que fui fue en Marzo y quería saber si seria bueno mediados de Abril principios de Mayo, o fines de Noviembre para el desfile de Macy's, más que nada por el clima. Y segunda pregunta(perdon :P), si hay alguna empresa de autobuses desde JFK hasta Manhattan. Gracias! Saludos desde Argentina!
@tomdnyc1
4 жыл бұрын
La mejor temporada para visitar NYC, considerando el clima, es Septiembre o Octubre. Y si hay buses de JFK a Manhattan pero casi no vale la pena porque son compartidos y tomar el subway es super simple del aeropuerto - hay una linea de subway (linea A) que te lleva directo a barrios como Times Square, Distrito Financiero y Greenwich Village.
@KumikoN
4 жыл бұрын
tomdnyc Gracias por responder y por la info! Cuando esté por ir te aviso y te llevo unos alfajores! Abrazo! 😃
@EphemeralProductions
3 жыл бұрын
LMAO the seagull sound on every foreign country you showed! your captions are pretty damn funny also! :-D
@randomitalianbabe1553
Жыл бұрын
Just discovered your vids, fantastic job! As an Italian, it saddens me a little knowing places like little Italy are not what they used to be anymore, but as you mentioned it's the americanization process. Love the nostalgic feeling of it though, you can still grasp the vibe here and there, either way representation always hits deep. Great video!!
@davidhollingsworth1723
3 жыл бұрын
Always enjoy watching your films. Just another input apropos Umberto's Clam House. One version of the Joey Gallo's killing is that "The Irishman" Frank -----(?) from Philly who grew up in the area of South Philly's Little Italy was the guy who stabbed Gallo. He always used a knife. He was not a mafioso but he spoke Italian and knew his way around the Italian culture. Just another tidbit of gangland life.
@lobruttolaw
Жыл бұрын
Awesome video, was waiting for you to mention DeSalvio Playground, across from the Spring Lounge…where Mickey Rourke and Eric Roberts hung out in Pope of Greenwich Village
@billymuellerTikTok
3 жыл бұрын
7:20 my wife and I went to dinner at Da Nico on our first date in 2004 and loved it so much that we decided if we got married to name our first child 'DaNico' after the restaurant.. we found out we were having a girl a few years later and changed the "o" to an "a" and when we wrote it down we realized it spelt 'Danica' and that is her middle name.
@lildave5066
4 жыл бұрын
Tom should do a haunted Manhattan video
@tomdnyc1
4 жыл бұрын
Lil Dave not a bad idea! Maybe I will...
@klmiller333
4 жыл бұрын
You are right. They were persecuted. My mom didn’t want her school friends to know she had fresh baked bread from home. Things have changed now.
@JhoniRae
4 жыл бұрын
I think your sarcasm is what I love most about your vids! Lol great job on speaking "Mexican"
@richt.4900
4 жыл бұрын
Subbed and started enjoying your channel, thanks mate. How do I get information regarding tours that you give Tom?
@tomdnyc1
4 жыл бұрын
Rich T. Hey, Rich! Feel free to contact me through Instagram (@tomdnyc).
@marshallwallace1
4 жыл бұрын
Dude you’re from Tampa? Sarasota here... represent!
@MikeCee7
Жыл бұрын
Very good video! Is Puglia’s restaurant still around?
@paulmcdonough1093
4 жыл бұрын
Great view of empire state from mulberry st you could have watched it getting built from there
@tomdnyc1
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that must have been a trip to see.
@darleneshriver3270
3 жыл бұрын
Ok I am back, this is my fifth video, catching up on all of them!
@llorenzo582
2 жыл бұрын
Translation: I'm pretentious LOL!! So funny!
@KozakSports
Жыл бұрын
Just watched “The Offer” today and knew Joey Gallo was going meet his fate due to this video.
@egomez8240
4 жыл бұрын
Hey my main men i'm still waiting for the fashion district would you please give us a tour of it thnx!!!
@jackyray6088
Жыл бұрын
How did you learn so much about nyc if you're from Florida? Lol blows my mind.
@Djmikeb_
3 жыл бұрын
Tom can you do a full video on the mafia thanks
@mikee1449
4 жыл бұрын
How do we sign up for a tour with you ?
@tomdnyc1
4 жыл бұрын
You can contact me through Instagram! @tomdnyc
@CT-od5dl
Жыл бұрын
Seven roommates, no windows and USD$1100 a month. F**king hell!
@pi1392
3 жыл бұрын
Whoow. you literally look like Ted Bundy, the body language, the voice, everything. I sincerely apologize if I offended you Tom, but i just had to point that out.
@raineyj560
3 жыл бұрын
That's what I noticed the 1st time I saw him as well, lol
@juliettefong121
3 жыл бұрын
Just my personal preference I really favour the clean-cut look on you over the Grizzly Adam's face.
@jrod8574
4 жыл бұрын
Love eyeTALIANS!
@tomdnyc1
4 жыл бұрын
JROD eye do too!
@jrod8574
4 жыл бұрын
@@tomdnyc1 it cracks me up when people say it like that
@alessandroberetta6317
3 жыл бұрын
I can see the Americanazation by the names of shops and restaurants. We wouldn't title them like that. Cheers from Italy 🇮🇹
@Shai0271
2 жыл бұрын
Lmao, I speak “Mexican” 🤣 😂 dead!
@marciantvgi
4 жыл бұрын
Ja jajajaja “i speak Mexican” jajajajajjaja. Great video, this let me know I’ll be just a bit there.
@tomdnyc1
4 жыл бұрын
Marcia Sabatel Gracias, Marcia!
@timwood8981
4 жыл бұрын
🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐
@hungrysoles
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Tom. It was nice to see Little Italy . I've visited there and realize it survives for the tourists and seems like Chinatown is swallowing it. I'm glad to hear that former residents comeback for the festivals. One of my great grandfathers came through Ellis Island. I'm Calabrese on my mother's side. Hopefully, the restaurants are still high quality and not cheapen because of the tourists. It's funny that John Gotti's former headquarters is now a boutique. As I said, even though your family came from Central America, you could be mistaken for being Italian. I made that mistake and I'm sure do many others. The town I live in has a large Italian population and some of them have lived here for a long time. My mother's family first lived in a section of Pittsburgh that was like Little Italy but had totally disappeared because of urban renewal. What is now considered the Little Italy in Pittsburgh is a different neighborhood that also has a festival that attracts a lot of people.
@landdcollection
2 жыл бұрын
TIL it’s Houston (house-ton) and not Houston (hue-ston; like Houston, TX). Mind blown!
@Djmikeb_
3 жыл бұрын
more mafia stuff please
@BobbyBoca
4 жыл бұрын
Not to much longer Staten Island is changing also....
@tomdnyc1
4 жыл бұрын
Bobby Boca I believe it, since the whole city’s changing, but it’s worth fighting to save what’s great about it!
@Chris-hp9be
4 жыл бұрын
“I speak Mexican” 😂😂😂
@EphemeralProductions
3 жыл бұрын
"Yeah I speak Mexican." LMAO!
@twinsonic
3 жыл бұрын
Jovino has closed for good last year.
@THERARECYCLE
3 жыл бұрын
That's right i speak Mexican..hahaha...wish you had more subs...respect.
@pommefrites9761
3 жыл бұрын
Dare you to say "Little Italy" 10 times super fast.
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