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What I love about this video is that it highlights the many ways in which New Yorkers throughout the decades have intentionally made their city special by big and small acts of Intentional creativity.

Underground book storage!?!? Mind blown

I've seen the Ralph Kramden statue. They should have an Ed Norton statue in front of the sewage department too!

Like the look of Leroy's Place. We are finally heading back to New York in November after our last trip in March 2020. Didn't think it would be so long!

I always smash the Like Button, even before viewing your posts because I know that I'll always enjoy your content! Thanks, Jon!

My favourite KZfaqr, you’ve inspired me to go to New York next year

I loved the Monster theme store! 😀 It looks super neat! 😀

Great video for tourists and natives like me. Thumbs up.

Another outstanding video, Jon! As a former New Yorker, I really miss the wooden escalators of the only real Macy's store in the U.S.--Herald Square! Thanks for reminding me about some of the greatest things about the greatest city in the world.

Some ideas for your next video in this series: *New York Public Library branch inside a subway station (51st street #6 station) *Public phone booth (corner West End ave. & West 100 Street) *You can walk from Rockefeller Center to Times Square via publicly-accessible underground tunnels, as seen in this Actionkid video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aMp9gblkt6rJlXU.html (although this may not currently be possible due to construction) I have more :)

The Columbia St gate is inspired by Mondrian's "Boogie-woogie" paintings. One always appreciates a tip to survive the Zombie Apocalypse! I focused on the Bryan Park bathroom a few weeks ago (always walked right by it). Two nicely-dressed attendants!

I've lived in NYC. Most of my life & honestly didn't know about some of these!

I passed the Cap statue at the Barclays often. Great to know where it is now.

I love the hidden gems In NYC. Great video as always Jon.

6 and a half avenue sounds like an entrance into the Wizarding world lol

So amazing to have all of these in one video!

Ah, your best type of videos! #2 was by far my favorite…so cool. Some of them I had already seen but this video either reminded them to me or it have them some extra flare…✨

Literally have been to Bryant Park many times and never realized there’s a secret bunker underneath 🤣. That’s a pretty cool find.

That bucket in the shop dumped on Ben almost seems to simulate what I would imagine would be getting tea bagged! Lol

6 1/2 Avenue is tons of fun. I used to use it to walk to work from my apartment on the Upper West Side to Midtown. It’s definitely got the Montreal vibe and also, like Bologna’s portico sidewalks, it makes a great walkway on a rainy day.

Oh man 6 and a half ave is so convenient on a lunch break to cut through streets!

Leroy’s Place is just like an afternoon inside Tim Burton’s brain! (Or maybe Jim Henson’s)

Thank you for sharing the wooden escalator. New to me!

More things to look out for. Thanks!!!

That gift shop is so cool!

@HereBeBarr I have lived in Manhattan for years, but I have learned so much from your videos! Now on my weekend strolls, working on my photography, I'm on a quest to find the various places and things that you point out. So, I just wanted to say, Thank you!! #keepemcoming

Just came back from the NYC, 15-26th August! It is not the comment about this specific clip, but general about the whole series. You gave me a lot of clues , places to go, which i'm more than grateful i had a chance to see. I regret i could not find you there , accidentally, between thousands of people crossing streets, i would then bought you a drink John! All the best!

The wooden escalators at Macys are cool 😎

Awesome list! The best thing about Port Authority is it makes me appreciate how nice Grand Central Station is in comparison 😅 But that Ralph Kramden statue is pretty cool!!

Public sculpture in New York deserves a video of its own. Maybe one video for each century.

Excellent video as usual Jon! We rode the wooden escalators last summer, and I love the info about the NYC Public Library - WOW! Shout out from Arizona, we'll be back in Park Slope next month for another visit, we'll keep an eye out for you!

I'm a native New Yorker and there were at least 3-4 things I didn't know. Thanks. One thing...please don't point something out as a great "instagram spot" if people live on the street. The place becomes overrun with tourists (and NYers!) trying to get a photo, turning it into a Times Square carnival-like area, like Dumbo's residential Washington Street.

What a wealth of information! Appreciate the research you do.

Great collection of secrets! Thanks so much for including us! Will look forward to checking out the rest of your vids ... who else is plotting an adventure this weekend ???!!!😁

Fun video! I'm from California and I've seen a few of these "secrets". I'm actually in NY right now looking out my window at a water tower. I love them! I do have to point out that Macy's is the largest department store in the US; but not not in the world. The biggest in the world since 2009 is the Shinsegae Centumcity Department Store in South Korea.

OMG so much fun especially “meet me on avenue 6 1/2!” HA!

Wow, Jon!!! Great video!!! Love The Commuters statue!♥️ Thank you so much!!!

Check out Max Neuhaus's "Time Square" in time square, it is a sound art installation hidden in plain sight, and can only be heard if you stand directly above the the subway grate between 44th and 45th street.

1:26 Used to live in Montreal🇨🇦 and I agree Cheers from San Diego California

I have the weirdest love/obsession for those Macy escalators all my friends think I’m crazy 😅

Great video. I knew about most of these but somehow I've never heard of Lovers Lane. I'll have to go check it out. And happy to see a few of the Bryant Park secrets showing up in here. :)

So happy I got see visit the wooden escalators at Macy mall

As always great content! You were also at 2 of my favorite restaurants. La Grande Boucherie (6 1/2 Ave) and The Modern (other side of the sculpture garden at MoMA) Great places to explore!

So many cool statues!! Would love to see them all someday! And WOW that underground library stuff!!! That's amazing! I've never heard that before! That's honestly soooo cool!!

Great video I learnt a lot- Thanks for sharing 😀 ☝️

Awesome work!

I don't know how many times I've traveled in and out of Port Authority over the last some years and never noticed that statue. I'm glad I found this video (and channel). Thanks KZfaq for the recommendation.

I remember seeing 6 1/2 Ave on a trip to NYC just before the pandemic. I also explicitly visited Port Authority to see the statue of Ralph Kramden.

The Wooden escalators is one of my fave spots in NYC (there's also some between the 6th and 9th floors in the middle of the store). Also thank you for showing where the one water tower is. I was looking for it before but couldn't find it. And as a Marvel fan I definitely need to check out that Captain America statue

That awesome piece of working history the wooden escalator was alone worth watching thanks loved it Bill in Fort Wayne Indiana

Very cool, especially enjoyed seeing those escalators.

I didn't know about most of these, and I've grown up here!

Great vid. If you are ever in London, the Liberty store on Regent Street has incredible wooden escalators.

I was in Macy's Herald Square last week and made a point--as I always do-- of using the wooden escalator. I remember it from when it was the only escalator in the store, back in the early 60s.

Wow, I remember at 10:00 this escalator my mom and I used to take in the good old days back in the 1990s every Sundays when we just go shopping. Some things are best left untouched.

My first ever year in nyc, I managed to find 6 1/2 Ave...completely by accident! I was looking for my sister's office nearby and was pleasantly surprised to find it.

Wow, i took those wooden escalators for granted.

There is always something to do in New York Jon !

Hi Jon! I've been to New York for the first time a few weeks ago and omg...8 days is not enough even for Manhattan but still I did so many things and your videos that I watched beforehand were very helpful!:) I've been to many parts of Manhattan, two observation decks, yankees baseball match, central park, coney island, dumbo, whale watching, a rooftop bar and did looots of shopping (🙈), and I was in a huge rush in Macys but still managed to find one of these wooden escalators I think it was on 5th floor, there were some clothes for women if i'm not mistaken😅and the food was amazing, but a little tip: if anybody wants to eat in a restaurant, make sure to have a reservation!! I looked up some recommended places and for some of them I made the reservation 1 month before😅😅but they were absolutely worth it! I just wish I could eat more to try more things😆also the baseball game was one of the most memorable of all, i knew i was gonna like it but it exceeded my expectations! ⚾️ One thing is for sure: i have to go back to New York as soon as possible and spend at least 2-3 weeks there😌

Very nice and interesting 👍

The infotmations re very informative and usefull for traveller wanna going to new york..

LOVE THIS CHANNEL

Florida girl here and I've actually been on those wooden escalators in Macy's, they definitely got my attention.

Hi. I need your help. I've found tickets to New York in a really good price on february. Is it a good idea to visit NY on february/march? Is it too cold to spend every day outside?

GREAT video. Thanks!!

6 and a half ave! Tons of corridors like that in European cities

I love the escalators in Macy's

Wow thi video was awesome 😄

Wow. I actually took those wooden escalators in Macy’s because a native new yorker told me to check them out

Addresses with fractions in them can be a real pain which I found out when I moved into my current apartment. For me it's the house number, not the street name. I sat down on my second night in the apartment and logged onto numerous websites to change my address for my bank accounts, drivers license, voter registration, etc. I ran into quite a few websites the don't allow slashes / in addresses. One was my bank so the next day I walked 2 blocks to my bank and asked for help changing my address. The teller looked at me with pity in her eyes because she saw me as a befuddled old man that didn't understand technology. At that point I had been working with computers for almost 40 of my 65 years on this planet, 20 years as a network administrator. She entered my new fractional address and said, "there, it's all done now." I asked her to back out of that screen and then log back in and go to my account again. Once she got there she said, "oh, I see what you mean." I asked her to phone tech support and fix it for me as I had to go home and make quite a few phone calls to get other companies to update my address. Just say no to moving into a fractional address building.

i live in nyc and i still watch these videos lol

1:56 So, this where Phoebe Buffay made her arts.

How awesome! We need to go back to NYC and check out some of these! -S

Hey man I’ll be there next month can’t wait

Great Jon 😊👍🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹

Born and raised in Queens - my husband doesn't know the upper floor escaltor's in Macy's are wooden! I told him we'll check it out next time we go in for Broadway Bites.

Bryant Park Public comfort room kind of familiar it's that from the umbrella academy last scene?

Nice! I wanted to take vids/pics of 6 1/2 ave in 2019 while working at the rock. But it was a mess mostly blocked with constructions. And then with pandemic/job change never came back. Looks Ike good time to visit. Wonder it got shorter…

When I went to NY , Bryant Park was my favorite place 😍.

I almost tripped on those stairs lol you have to be very careful

I have been on the wooden escalators but the other 9 are now on my list when I next go to the Big Apple

I like the bronze statues of the 14th / 8th ave subway station (Life Underground). Also 6 1/2 ave reminds me of the streets in Pittsburgh that are actually staircases. Makes for GPS fun when it tells you to make a right and its a staircase that goes down a few hundred feet.

Nice finds! Love Lane abuts Hick St, or is it Hickey Street, just saying haha

I should heck out that Captain America statue before that Bed Bath & Beyond closes for good!

I think that's your second video from outside the Bryant Park escape hatch. You need to get in and show us the other side and how it works!

So funny that the cart you grabbed at Bed Bath & Beyond had a clunky wheel! Was that deliberate or just random?

There is a Love Lane in the UK - I should know cos I used to live on it whilst I was at uni.

Wow, I'm from NJ and have gone through Port Authority probably over 100 times, and never noticed the statues since I'm just trying to get to my bus.

Great content ;)

That escalator at Macys is loud !!

Great Video!

John, I assume you may have already covered the Campbell Bar at Grand Central .

Awesome hidden secrets of nyc video

There's a water tower bar in the Williamsburg Hotel next time I go to NYC I want to check it out, great minds I said "I wonder if he's going to show the wooden escalator" and you did

Beautiful ❤️❤️

Some good picks there Jon but you must never have worked in midtown if you didn't know about 6 1/2 Ave. I love taking the "shortcuts" to get to 57th St!

It would be cool to live on this 6 1/2 Av and catch the train on track 9 3/4 to go to work or school…

Barr here is something I suggest Not everyone knows but the best dollar store in America jacks 99c is right near 32nd between 6/7 Make a video on the amazing finds there in these including much cheaper water,snacks and many souvenirs for tourists on all 3 floors. Go upstairs for sure. Thank me later and then walk woorijip in Koreatown for a cheap lunch

Wow so cool :)