New York City’s Red Light District Walk: Roosevelt Avenue Queens NYC

New York City’s Red Light District Walk: Roosevelt Avenue Queens NYC (August 19, 2023)

Roosevelt Avenue is main thoroughfares in the New York City boroughs of Queens. Roosevelt Avenue begins at 48th Street and Queens Boulevard in the neighborhood of Sunnyside. Roosevelt Avenue goes through Woodside, Jackson Heights, Elmhurst, Corona, Flushing Meadows–Corona Park (adjacent to Citi Field) and Flushing. In Flushing, Roosevelt Avenue ends at 156th Street and Northern Boulevard. Roosevelt Avenue is well known for its diversity of cultural representation, ranging from Indian to Latin American, while in the 2020s, Downtown Flushing is undergoing rapid gentrification by Chinese transnational entities. More than three hundred languages are spoken along the street, and the neighborhoods it passes through are described as the most ethnically diverse in the world. [Source: Wikipedia]

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[inser]

Love how there's an actual fish market there next to metaphorical ones

[maxstone]

Haven't been to Roosevelt Ave for so many years, its unrecognizable

[hnmuslimstime]

Queens sure has changed It has become a hybrid of Tijuana and Bangkok mixed together.

[lidiabaker]

I used to visit my grandmother and her sister as a kid in the summers. It was the early, mid 70's. Exact area. I remember walking around with them, shopping the street markets, eating at various pizza places, riding around with my brother on my Schwinn bike, banana seat and all. Summer of Sam, we weren't out after nightfall until after he was caught. I saw a few celebrities too. Disco Era, there were the nightclubs blasting disco music, Italians with their polyester suits, and gold chains, dress shoes, in the middle of the day, just like a scene out of Saturday night fever. So many memories. Grateful I got to see it during that Era.

[marvinr]

I'm retire now and moved away but this was part of my district when I worked for the phone company for 20yrs. I miss working this area. I covered from Far Rockaway up to Long Island City and even into Green point. Thanks for the good memories.

[barrysims]

I had no idea queens was like somewhere in Columbia. Eye opening, thank you for the walk.

[DanielMaloney-uv]

I grew up on Warren St off Junction Blvd and Roosevelt ave in Elmhurst in the 1960s. Your video brought back
many fond memories of this neighborhood. The area was very different in those days. The streets did not have
all the food and merchandise on the side walks that it has now. I think the cost of living has become so expensive
that these people are just trying to survive. Our old house that we sold in Elmhurst for less than 30, 000 is now
selling for over 1, 000, 000.

[kekemashaba]

Good afternoon from South Africa. Can't wait to explore NYC....

[ivannychotspots]

Now I living in Moscow the thing that I miss the most is a great set of tacos in Roosevelt av, specifically from el taco veloz, Roosevelt av food is just amazing!!

[derricktaylor]

Few years ago I used to go up there for work I felt so nice on a Friday nice culture god bless

[Messi-yr]

I would choose seeing this kind of street rather then the Kensington St. in Pennsylvania. That place is beyond sad.

[jeffreyschnitman]

My wife is Hispanic and we used to go there alot. Fun to walk around, shopping, eat. I'm in boring Florida now

[OutdoorsNature]

If you have nothing to hide, you will smile and shine...Thank you for uploading this video.

[glentanner]

I love being out on the streets going for a long walk, thats where your always going to find all the action, queens NYC looks like an amazing place to go for a nice walk, enjoyed the video.

[JanetteJones-mk]

I love visiting Roosevelt Ave when I come to NYC but it sure is Tons of massage girls I've seen them in front of literally every other bldg around Jackson heights part of Roosevelt handing out cards and flyers

[derbdep]

Parts of it look like the infamous Recto avenue area in Manila. Insane! Real life beats media depictions any day of the week. I wish most people in most medium-developed economies countries like here (the Philippines), India, China and Mexico see this vid so they finally realise life is literally the same everywhere and developed places are only developed for the privileged. "The grass is always greener"until you get there. high wages almost always means high bills and higher rent.

[jftorrez]

Do this at night. Will remind you of any country in South America

[ramongonzalez]

Wow memories! I used to live on 86th street between 32 Ave and Northern Blvd. I knew it was mostly Hispanic, but it seems it's all Hispanic now a little PR, DR, Cuban, Vena, Columbian and with a little sprinkle of other Spanish nationalities. It's been since 1992 when I moved out of Queens. I was wondering if the Argentinian empanada shop on 82nd street and the Valencia Bakery shop on Roosevelt was still around.

[winstonsmith]

I grew in Corona Queens n the 1950s one block off Roosevelt Ave. His walk under what we called "The EL" for elevated train (as opposed to subway) was the walk I would take to school (PS 19) every day. What a sad state of affaris to what it now has become. RIP Corona Queens...

[antonettebrennion]

Wow! Unreal thanks for the video I grew up in east elmhurst I have family still lives there I never imagined this is what this area has beome