Hudson Yards Walkthrough: Empty Streets and NYC Changes

Hudson Yards now feels eerily empty, showcasing the impact of COVID-19 on New York City's vibrant atmosphere.

### Exploring Hudson Yards: A Quiet Evening Walk in Manhattan
* 🌇 It’s a warm evening in Manhattan, with temperatures around **22 degrees Celsius**, as I prepare to walk through Hudson Yards and head towards Chelsea and Greenwich Village.
* 📱 After an earlier mishap with the stream title, I’m hoping to **maintain a stable connection** while exploring this usually bustling area, which is **surprisingly empty today**.
* 🏙 The Hudson Yards neighborhood has changed dramatically; the shopping mall and the Vessel, a popular attraction, are **eerily quiet**, and many shops are struggling due to the **impact of COVID-19**.
* 🌼 As I walk around, I notice the unique flowers in the area, which **add a splash of color** to the otherwise subdued environment, and I reflect on the community's ongoing debates about the **architectural designs**.
* 🎥 I discuss my preference for streaming on YouTube over Twitch, highlighting the **larger audience** here, while also acknowledging the **better live-streaming tools** available on Twitch.
* 🎭 The Shed, a performing arts venue in Hudson Yards, is currently closed, showcasing the neighborhood's **struggle after investing billions into its development**, further exacerbated by the pandemic.
* 🌅 As the sun sets and the 7 p.m. clapping begins, I notice the **lack of noise** in this area compared to more crowded parts of the city, which adds a **different vibe** to the evening.
* 🚶 Despite the challenges faced by Hudson Yards, I encourage viewers to explore the area for its **beauty and potential for great photography**, especially with **fewer people around**.

### Exploring New York City: Wildlife, Restroom Challenges, and Live Streaming Adventures
* 🌆 The narrator expresses gratitude for being home and appreciates the **decrease in rude people** in public spaces, preferring to see **nice people out and about**.
* 🌸 While walking, they observe blooming flowers and other dog walkers, including a husky, and share their enjoyment of interacting with wildlife, specifically **Canada geese**, while educating viewers on the **correct terminology for them**.
* 🚶 The narrator discusses the challenge of finding public restrooms in New York City, noting that **many places are closed**, and shares personal anecdotes about their experiences seeking restrooms.
* 🏙 They highlight the importance of establishments like Eataly and Home Depot for restroom access, emphasizing the **necessity of planning ahead** when visiting the city.
* 💬 The live stream engages viewers with **humorous comments and interactions**, including a joke about how **geese cross borders**, while discussing the changes in **public behavior and restrictions** due to the pandemic.
* 🕒 As they approach the Flatiron District, the narrator reflects on the current atmosphere in the city, noting the **differences from pre-COVID times** and the **quietness of the streets**.
* 🚦 The narrator encounters an uncomfortable situation with an aggressive individual while streaming, prompting them to **prioritize their safety** and decide to **leave the area**.
* 🛤 Concluding the adventure, they plan to take the subway to escape the situation, indicating the **unpredictable nature of their explorations** in the city.

degrees Fahrenheit, 22 degrees Celsius. I'm in the Hudson Yards neighborhood of Manhattan. I think the time's around 6 o'clock p.m., maybe it's like 6:15 now. I'm gonna be doing a walkthrough of Hudson Yards, maybe make my way down to Chelsea and the Greenwich Village. Hey, how's it going, everyone? If any of you clicked on too soon, you knew that I deleted a stream very early because I messed up the date and the title. The stream was on for like less than a second, so you may have gotten two notifications, so I apologize for that. But I'm in the Hudson Yards neighborhood of Manhattan. [Music] Normally, I would have trouble with cell phone signal in this area with T-Mobile, but I don't think I'll have too much competition with other people using cell phone data, so I'm hoping, crossing my fingers, that this will stay connected. Oh, someone just dropped their hard hat. Yes, I 360. I've been using my iPhone. [Music] [Applause]

you know this area is so different now compared to what it used to be. Before, there would be tons of people right now, especially because it's a warm day in May. People going to the shopping mall here, walking around, taking pictures, waiting for a long queue to go up to this building, the vessel. But this whole structure is closed now, and it's really strange to see this neighborhood this empty. I'm gonna wait around here for a little bit, let more people join in first. You open them bop bop and go [Music]. A lot of fire engines in the distance [Music]. Do people think this honeycomb thing is ugly? I mean, there's still a lot of debate on what this structure is and what if it's even needed here, what the name should be. But people have called it honeycomb, they called it shawarma, they call the Beehive pinecone. I'll move away from it so you can see the whole thing, but this is actually a good neighborhood to come to if you want to walk around.

get some pictures in because now there's not as many people out. Normally, you'll be competing with all the people to be in your picture right now, but here, if you walk around to say like in the middle here, and you wait for the person with a baby shoulder to walk out, you have the whole picture to yourself. So here's the vessel. The official name is called the vessel. There was a name contest where the public was submitted on what you call it, I think back in December of last year, but to my knowledge, they haven't chosen a name yet. So it is what you make it as pine cone vessel, beehive, spaceship. I like pine cone because it looks like a pine cone, the way it's colored. Shwarma is like the meet, the round meet cylinder, and I don't think that matches well with this. I call it shiny pine. There's also people who called it stairs to nowhere. Ellis NY CT asking if I prefer YouTube or twitch streaming. Right now, I prefer YouTube because I have a bigger audience here, but I like twitch's live-streaming.

features a lot better, especially all the alerts I can set up without having to read all the super chats. It can get distracting for a lot of people, but once I get partnered on Twitch, which I expect to happen in the next few weeks, then I'm considering moving over there for my live streams. But then again, I'm not even sure if that's the right move for me because I know YouTube is the more popular video platform. It just doesn't have the tools available for live streamers, and there's also competition. Twitch isn't the only live streaming platform; there's also Mixer, and YouTube has the live streaming as well. So, we'll have to see about that. And here's the Shops at Hudson Yards mall, completely empty now. So, think that there are tons of people in here going in to go shopping, and now it's empty. Bookish for school, I am staying on YouTube. It's just that I may not stay for the live streaming. I'm still gonna be uploading videos here; that I won't stop doing.

[Music] You see those two women over there are taking the advice I gave earlier in the stream, using this opportunity to take pictures with no one else here. I mean, even if I move to Twitch too, I can still try to do a live stream every once in a while here on YouTube. I'm still deciding on what I want to do. Let's take a look at some of these flowers here because I really like these flowers. They're like pink, I'm not pink, purple balls of fluff. They kind of remind me of the dandelions when they get all old and they have all the fuzz on top, but it's purple. I'm not sure what these flowers are called, but they're really, really cool-looking. Ivy Lynn, oh my goodness, your brother in the nursing home passed away this morning. I'm very sorry to hear that, Ivy. I hope you're okay and also his, you know, his spirit and his memory rest in peace as well. So I'm sending out my regards to you and your brother and your family.

everybody all there's more flowers over there on that side. Let's go over there. I used to remember the name of these flowers, but I forgot as Ella Ellis. Oh yeah, there is Ellis, that's right. While they're ours, alias not as Ellis. And I called these flowers, the ones with a long stem with the purple flowers. I call them like cotton candy. I don't know what they're normally called, but they're funny-looking. They're called aliens, all right. They're beautiful. I haven't really seen those flowers too much drama stick. Okay, let's walk over to where the High Line entrance should be because I want to show you what it looks like now. Scotland's wants to know what this building is. It's the shopping mall. It's connected to the 30 Hudson Yards building, but this entire shopping mall is closed now. All these stores are hurting, and it's incredible because they put billions of dollars into this neighborhood, New York City's newest neighborhood. And so soon after it opened, Colver 19 came, and it hit this

neighborhood very hard, including the edge at Hudson Yards, which is at the very top of this building here. I was very fortunate to be able to visit there when it was open because, like, three or four days later, it permanently closed to the public due to COVID-19. But if you want to see my experience there, I have it all on YouTube. I did a very long live video there at the top of the edge, and I also have a few pre-recorded videos from there as well. But I do plan on going back up there when everything reopens. And, you know, there's a lot of stores in this shopping mall that are hurting - I know Neiman Marcus, which is the anchor tenant of the shopping mall, they're having financial difficulties. So we'll see what happens when everything reopens. I 360 with 250 Canadian, you are a legend. Thank you so much for that. I think that may be a play on the movie name I am Legend, right? And this is the shed, which is Hudson Yards' performing arts venue and artistic

space, so there's like artwork here and performances and dances. I think they're making some more space in here. You see, this is what I supposed to have Commission's original works of art across all disciplines and for all audiences. Hedrick's at the shed all-day bar, a great food McNally Jackson, the shed arts-focused bookshop. So all this is put on hold, really sad to see. I mean, this neighborhood is striking, and I would actually recommend it if you want to get some exercise here and walk around because it's a nice neighborhood to walk around. Here is bright, there's a lot of space, it's open, and here is the Highline entrance. Unfortunately, this is closed to you, Zach, over 19 because the authorities will think it's too risky to have this part open as hard to socially distance here, and it'll probably encourage crowding because take a look at the design of the Highline. You have a small space there to walk around, and then you know very cramped spaces. They don't want people risking it. Jim Cooper man saying

covetous whoo. I mean, it could be or not. It depends on who you ask, but I don't want to be discussing it on this channel. There's the edge. It's in yards platform. This is incredible because it's a glass-bottom. I remember going up there and going on the glass-bottom and doing push-ups and looking at the city below me, like a hundred floors down. It was really scary, really, really scary. He has a hundred and ten floors mark. [Music] This person here is taking some creative pictures. Let's follow his lead. [Music] Let's see if I can get a shot with it. Oh, this is so nice. Wow. Someone should screenshot this, and you can use it as a wallpaper or something. Look at this. Whenever you see a photographer crouched down, you want to be looking at where they're looking, what are they capturing. Here's another good shot right here. You know, I do have to take a picture like this. Let me get out my other phone and snapshot. I have to put it like on

Instagram or something. I normally don't take, I don't post a lot of Instagram posts, but man, this is worthy of an Instagram post. [Music] Right now, the city on AWS is great photographers. If you don't like to get a lot of people in your shot, you have a lot of opportunities here. Let me see where else can get a good picture. Let's try to get a picture here with these pink roses. Let's see how this looks. Oh, that's nice. - Wow, it's too bad there's no more pink roses on the left side. Thank you. Yes, sir. Fifty, seventy-five with ten dollars Canadian. Thank you very much. Thank you. Yeah, I'm gonna move to the left a little bit. Let's see. I mean, it's really hard to get because you really need to be like up here. This is a nice picture though if you don't mind getting like stuff from the background. What about over here? I think I'm turning everybody here into photographers now. Let's see if there's any more spots here you can get some pictures, but that first

one with the what was it called the drumstick, the drumstick flower. I can't imagine. I forgot the name already. Infamous ninja with Reeboks. Thank you so much, infamous ninja, and Veronica Green Bomb with 999 chatted with you a few days ago. I had my aunt Madeleine subscribe. We love that you bring New York to us, former New Yorkers. Keep it up, big fans, Veronica and Todd. Thank you, Veronica and Todd. I'm glad you're appreciating my videos. Yeah, the first one was definitely the money shot. Those women over there have been there for a long time taking pictures, but then again, I think they're just doing modeling shots over there. There really isn't any background to be taking pictures of. Maybe I could try going on the other side and taking pictures. We got some sun here, so this might add into the mix. It's about 15 minutes until the 7 p.m. clapping, by the way. I don't think Hudson Yards is gonna get too much noise because there are

many people here to begin with. Let's see, are we gonna get any pictures from here? No, can't. That's too bad. I gotta try to get a different angle. Oh, look at this. I'm on this walking path here. Look at all these roses, and then we got the vessel building right here. I think we're gonna get a good shot here, folks, somewhere around here. That's still a little bit too close. Let me try going over here. Let dang with eight dollars Australian. Big fan from Australia. Never been to New York, but you continued to show us beauty. Keep up the good work, mate. Thank you so much. It's very nice of you. I'm still trying to get a picture of the flower. I think I might have to hold my stabilizer in order to get it. Maybe over here. Oh, that tree is in the way. Well, this is nice if the tree wasn't in the way, but all right. I've been here for around 20 minutes now. I don't think we can get as great of a picture as the first one. Wait

what about that area over there? Let's see. SGI took the first picture from the other side of this building near the shed. Antonio keys with two bucks. Spin a fan since 2017. Whoa, longtime subscriber. Thank you. Three years already. Wow, 2017. It's incredible. I've had my YouTube channel for that long, and it's just grown so much. How about over here, folks? Are we gonna get something? No more trees. Yeah, we're not gonna get anything here. Oh well, it was worth the try. Yeah, if you like flowers, you'd love this neighborhood now because you can get so many good pictures in and see all the colors. Eddie Terry with five bucks. Awesome videos. Keep up the goo up and washing you for a while now from upstate. Thank you, Eddie. Alright, let's go over here. By the way, Hudson Yards is not a finished neighborhood yet. It's still on the construction. 50 Hudson Yards is still going up, and you also got that one across the street. I don't know what the

address of that one is but that one's still going up too, and there's also the western end of Hudson Yards, which has yet to be decked over and built upon. Let me go down into the subway lobby, so I'll show you how beautiful this area is. Many people don't appreciate the artwork in the subway, but when there's not a lot of people around, you can really see it. Look at this. This area can be busy at times, and people don't even notice this. [Music] you [Music] but I'm not going to go into the subway. I don't want to pay to go in there, and plus it's not a nice store to be showing this subway right now. I'm here to welcome in hand, but let's do this. [Music] folks, let's do this up escalator backwards. It's kind of hard to pose on an escalator going on. [Music] pink all day. You love my sweater. I mean, isn't really anything special. It's just a green t-shirt.

[Music] Duane, you always had to pay to ride the subway. By now, it's $2.75. Hmm, I don't think I want to go on 34th Street. I think I'll go by the water here. It'll look a little bit better. Maybe I'll show the Jacob Javits Center. Yeah, let's do that. Let's go onto this side of Hudson Yards. This is called the Bella Abzug Clark. Well, the things in this park you passed by, I never realized. Why is there a random toad here with a crown on his head? This is called the Frog Prince. Kiss me. I don't think I'll kiss the Frog, but maybe you can. Moi. How'd you like the Frog Prince, Randall II, with three bucks? Thank you so much. Well, the prince didn't turn into like a handsome man. Aren't those with the fairytale stay? You kissed the Frog and it becomes like a beautiful maiden or a beautiful Prince, right? This is interesting. Looks like one of those Greek gods, Zeus.

or Poseidon maybe, or Roman gods. I think enrollment Zeus is called Jupiter, and Poseidon is Neptune, or one of the other. I forget. What do we got here? Oh, look, a lien feels Poseidon, so I was right. Poseidon or Neptune. Let's go over to the Jacob Javits Center. The Jacob Javits Center was in the news about two months ago, maybe like a month and a half ago. I think they were putting in some beds inside the Javits Center to accommodate Corona victims, but I think they've all moved out now. King, oh one with three pounds. Thank you so much, man. Appreciate it. Let's go over there now because I wonder if that Event Centre has anything going on now. I'm pretty sure everything's moved out now, but if there's anything sensitive in there, then I won't like to record it. But I actually missed the convention center when it is busy, like for comic-con and the New York Auto Show. Yeah, I'll Brown the car show and the Boat Show will cancel. So sad. I know a

A lot of people look forward to that Auto Show. Alright, Jacob Javits Center. Murray, you like New York City without the tourists. It's a different kind of vibe. I really prefer it with the tourists and the crowds, but I know many people, they don't like New York because of the crowds. And now, because there's no people, you can enjoy it all to yourself. Alright, [Music]. They still have all the signs up. The entrance is closed. Face mask must be worn in this, uh, seal their governmental agency. Anna says that seal, not a hospital, no entry. Lauer [Music]. Yes, heartily quiet here now. There's nothing going on there. The whole place is empty. Alright, let's go by the water now. I think we'll only be nice to show the water. By the way, 7 p.m. is coming up in two minutes. I don't think it's gonna be any clapping here because if you look at this area, none of these spaces have open windows. They're all like enclosed, so even if

they were clapping. You probably can't hear them. By the way, nice flowers over here. Alright, 7:00 p.m. Let's hear it. Must be very quiet. Maybe we can hear something. Hopefully, it's more lively than Times Square at 7:00 because they don't clap at all. I thought I heard a whistle. [Music] [Applause] Hi-C with 2000 whatever currency that is. I'm not familiar, but thank you so much. Yep, quiet as an empty room. It's getting noisy on 23rd Street. Yep, I haven't recorded a 7 PM clapping & cheering for a while now. I heard a whistle way far off in the distance. That was a pretty high-pitched whistle, so I think those sounds traveled further. That's why I was able to hear it. Oh, I heard something. I'm hearing like bells. They're coming from there, folks. That building over there. I'm hearing a lot. It's faint, but I hear it. I hear a lot of whistles, and I hear a

lot of bells, plant playing, and I also heard an air horn. You know, it's very strange because I didn't hear it when I was closest to the building, but I heard it when I was further away. I have a suspicion that those buildings were blocking out the sound somehow, and then when I got to an open area where there was less wind, the sound was able to carry a lot further. That's why I was able to hear the whistles. And I also got a super chat. Let me address that first before I continue on. From 9 9 9 9, damaged virtual class claps, amazing Channel. Thank you, thank you for your contribution for the clapping. All right, so good that we're able to hear something. Giavanna likes my mass. Thank you very much. Here is the mega bus bus stop, but I don't think this bus company is very popular right now. Here's the beginning of the High Line elevated park. It's too bad. I would love to walk on the High Line right now as

you can see there's no way I can, unless I'm Mr. Fantastic from Fantastic Four. I can't go through here. This sparrow is able to get in very easily. I'm very jealous of you, little bird. The sun's directly in front of me, by the way. The Manhattanhenge is coming soon. I think it's in two days. That's one of the sunsets right in between the street grid of Manhattan. Today won't be a great day for viewing the Manhattanhenge because there's clouds in the sky, a lot of clouds in the sky. Hopefully, in a couple of days, I'll be able to get some good weather for Manhattanhenge. I'm planning to go film that, I think, first on my bicycle, and then maybe I can do a live video walking towards it. That will be like a really interesting video. All right, walk singles on J text with five bucks. Thank you, J Tex from Arkansas. Thank you. Only got ten seconds across. All right, I am on the Hudson River Greenway, Hudson River Park. No bicycles.

coming so I can walk across [Music]. Jonathan Stow is asking if the driving range is open. I'm not sure about you can call them and ask there. You see the neighborhood I just walked from Hudson Yards. Jaclyn's asking if I could see the Intrepid ship. I can't see it from here. That's too far up. Bill's saying if I was there when the plane landed on the Hudson. I wasn't here in Manhattan but I was there in Queens and I heard all about it on the news and from social media. But that was really incredible. It was called The Miracle on the Hudson and the plane landed right in between New York and New Jersey. A pretty miraculous story. Random trash container here in the middle. What's in here? Starbucks. I never really investigated the trash. What do we got there? Frank threw away a grande ecole brew Lord coconut milk and light ice. All right. I mean I never really showed the trash. I thought it might be interesting. Now you know what New Yorkers throw away.

[Applause] then asking if I can go into Penn Station. That's a little bit far from here. I'm already by the water. I don't feel like walking all the way back there. [Music] Here's a blade. You know what blade is, right? It is a private taxi helicopter. I think Hoover even contracts out for them. You can take a helicopter to the airport, and if you can afford it, then it may be the best way and fastest way to the airport. But if you can't, then you got to deal with driving there and stuck in traffic and getting stuck in traffic. John Donoghue at 499. How's it going? I'm doing very great, taking a walk here and the Hudson River, but thank you for that. Is the river blocked off all the way down? I don't think it is. I don't plan on walking on the riverfront for very long. I think right off the Chelsea Piers, I'll make a left. VIP teleport caution high-wind area. I don't think it's very windy right here.

now no helicopters to see. [Music] [Music] [Music] I think Chelsea Piers is very close. I'm also curious about Chelsea Piers because right now, you know, there's a shortage of bathrooms in New York City, and the Chelsea Piers were always a reliable place to use a restroom. So, I'm compiling a list of restrooms which are still like publicly accessible during this time. Yes, beautiful Hudson River here, New Jersey across the water, much more lively here than Hudson Yards, the water so calm today too. [Applause] The sunset should be nice, is coming down very quickly already. [Music] And they noticed not too many people walking a dog. There's one right there, very nice dog, a very interesting breed of dog. I don't, I don't think I've seen too many of those breeds. I got 10 Australian from Keith Cavanaugh. Thanks for all your videos, they helped me to occupy while working remotely. You're very welcome, Keith. I'm glad you're enjoying it very much, the Griffin.

say that's not a doll, it's a squirrel on a leash. It kind of looked like one. It's kind of like a fuzzy kind of animal, not really a dog. Well, here's a restroom porta potty, but I don't think it's open to the public. Why would it be? [Music] [Music] Emma's saying French Bulldog. I don't think it's a French Bulldog. I know because it's probably like the most popular breed in New York, French bulldogs. All the small breeds are popular in New York. [Music] Gary rice she with $9.99. Thanks for another informative walk around New York City. Beautiful evening. Very welcome. Thank you. [Music] We're here at Viking. We had our citizen Java. They're telling people to go that way. That's not this is not the bike pack. They're very, very strict here about that. [Music] Let's go this way. Yes, this is the Hudson River. Antonio Robert, I'm sure there's still some rude people in New York. The good thing now is that most of the new rude people are

home now, so I'm very, very grateful for that. You're always gonna have rude people, but now there's less rude people, so I prefer the rude people don't go outside and the nice people go out. There's some small flowers here blooming, another dog walker over here. Think that's a husky. The hog is bigger than the leaves are only stronger. Yeah, I can see that. Angela S. with 25 bucks. You have also kept me entertained and working while working from home. Keep up with the awesomeness. I'm very grateful for that. Thank you. I'm glad you're enjoying my videos. Here's another great picture. Whoa, look at the geese. Let's go over there to meet them. I like interacting with wildlife in New York City as long as they don't get too aggressive. Maybe they'll honk at me. I don't know. While these geese have no fear, they're just walking around and people are sitting on their blankets and everything. This is a great picture here. I should point the camera down and see what

happens. Let me see if I can get one with the goose in it and not scoop it. Nope, the goose didn't like me. This is a nice lawn here, and you got to be careful of what they leave behind. Don't want to be stepping on these. Yes, these are Canada geese, by the way. The proper way to say their plural form isn't Canadian geese; that's incorrect. It's Canada geese because Canada is not their nationality; that's just their species. Yeast is what makes them plural. These are Canada geese in the United States. Yeah, you learned something here. It's Canada geese, not Canadian geese. All right, the bathroom is just past this carousel at that building behind it. Frog saying, How did the geese cross the border? Ah, good question. I don't know how they crossed the border. I thought the border was closed, right? Submarine, that's funny. The carousel's closed. [Music] Foxy Jones saying, Maine lobster and New Brunswick lost the same. Yeah, how can you

tell which one is which, right? It's like the chicken, right? Just because a chicken comes from the United States doesn't make it a United States chicken, right? What if the chicken came elsewhere? All these questions we need to answer. Alright, Chelsea Piers, let's see. It's getting a little windy now, right now. I'm not wearing my face mask because there's no one around me. You only need to wear the face mask if you can't socially distance yourself from other people. See, there's no one around me. Just like the other day, I did a walking video in the rain, and I didn't even bring a face mask at all. I just went out. I was like, Hey, no one's gonna be out here in the rain. Let's do it. John Wall's to Sabbatini with 399. Nice walk. Hudson River classic. Thank you, man. Appreciate it. Here we got Pier 62 skate park. The skate park is closed. Paj saying everyone seems more relaxed now for your math, etc. Yeah, as you noticed that it's not just here either. I

noticed it around the world as well because I follow a lot of all the walking channels around the world, and I'm even noticing there are areas that are loosening up restrictions on masks and face coverings and whatnot. Be been 40 forward five bucks. Thank you so much. Thank you. Okay, public restroom. Let's see if this restroom is open. I'm gonna pause the stream for a little bit because I do need to use it just in case there isn't one available later on. We'll find out if it's closed or not. It's around this corner here. Restrooms. Let's see. All right, who wants to say that restrooms are open? Raise your hand. Let's see. Oh no, no, that is rough. People not as rough, folks. Looks like we're gonna have to find another one. I know exactly where I need to go. Oh, for that one. No business for the restroom. They're not getting my business. Nine, eight, seven. Oh, let's move it. Made it, made it, made it. So if you're coming down to the Hudson.

River, the Chelsea pier restrooms are closed, and I know exactly where to go for my rest students now because I used it the other day. [Applause] This is 22nd Street, Chris Hansen say maybe use make these Mik T's is not resting friendly, not restroom friendly at all. I found Eataly in the Flatiron District. They have restrooms, Eataly, and also Home Depot. A viewer of mine suggested Home Depot, and I was like, wow, that's such a great idea because they're essential and very crowded most of the time, so they have to have their restrooms available. Eataly is good, Home Depot, the supermarket if you can get lucky, but ask for like, you know, public establishments goes, those would probably be your best bets in the city right now. Christian high up lack of restrooms is a number one reason right now why you should not come to New York City because you have to have a really, really big bladder or carry like a gallon milk jug with you. Here's the Highline.

let's see the wall. Oh yeah, that's right, right there, graffiti wall, art wall. Yeah, the High Line's close to the public, which is very unfortunate. I would love to walk the High Line right now. Liquid seven, I think it's legal now. I mean, I was really desperate one day and I asked the police precinct if I could use their restroom. They didn't let me. To walk all the way back to Central Park and use a bush. All the restaurants on the way between the police precinct and Central Park. They didn't let me use the restroom or they were closed. Yeah, it is messed up. It's like, hey, I try my best to find a restroom. It's my last resort. Go last the police station. They don't let me use it. So what are you expecting me to do? Nice are all over here. [Applause] Alright, I've got about five avenues to go. This 10th Avenue, by the way, edge at Hudson Yards over there. Great view of it from this angle. Thank you so much, Amy S. Love my videos.

allows me to VAR, and where I see all the way from Texas, and I bet you I could probably see Texas from up there too. Thank you, Amy. If I can zoom out this camera properly, there we go. You know, I don't really walk on these side streets too much, but there's a lot of nice homes on this block. They're all like different styles, different paint jobs, different colors, different bricks. This is the Chelsea neighborhood. I don't think I've ever walked on this block before. It is nice. These are more Azalea plants matrix. Hey, I should buy a flat here. I mean, it could be charming for many people. It would probably be very expensive though, but some people, they outweigh those costs with ease of transportation, social life, restaurant options. I'm sure this neighborhood clapped at 7:00 p.m. A shame I wasn't here during that time. This would have been a nice block to visit at that time. Robson, this is 23rd Street, twenty twenty second, 22nd between 10th Avenue and ninth Avenue.

Casta flex saying gone through the restroom conundrum many times out here in Arizona. I mean, it's not just walking around either. Even when you're driving around or like traveling, it can be hard to get a restroom at times. You're driving around, you're like, Where's the next rest stop? I need to use the restroom. And then you see the sign. This is like, The next exit is your last opportunity to use the rest stop. There's no more rest stops. And then you pass it, you're like, Oh, oh, what do I do now? Let's go on 23rd Street. The 23rd can be very lively. Meatball, yes, that's a great restaurant. They have different types of meatballs there. Shall see hypermarket. This little stores like this that sometimes have more things in stock than the bigger supermarkets. It's one of the plus clusters of living Newt in New York. You can get all your supplies from corner stores and delis and not have to go to a central location like a Walmart.

or like a Costco raaah paradise. I'm walking east. I'm headed towards the Flatiron District, where I'm pretty sure there's going to be a restroom available or the bodega is open if I spoiled it right. Yes, they are. Many of them are actually [Music]. The Leo House historic guesthouse established 1880 something. Wow, old building [Music]. Look at this. This is a great advertisement. ATMs for cash only cravings. New York City pizza. Oh, that looks so good. 'If s yes, I'm using the 11pro for this [Music]. All right, three avenues left. I just got to 8th Avenue. I think it's gonna take me like 15 minutes to get there because it usually takes on average like 4 minutes to walk one Avenue, and the streets are like one and a half minutes. Be Griffin saying four and a half minutes for Avenue, and then it's about like one and a half minutes for the streets. I think Sarah funk saying 1,700 people watching is this a new record. Can no I

think my record was about 2500 or something. This is during the snowstorm in January. I did a live stream during the snowstorm in January, and there were so many people who joined it for that one. Oh my goodness, yeah. When you have a snowstorm, people are just fascinated with snowstorms. It's really incredible. Sara, I use Verizon for the most part, but lately I've been having trouble with that phone, so I've been using my other phone with T-Mobile. But I find that both work well now because it's not so many people out using the connection. So for the most part, they should stay connected. Sonali Raut, thank you. All right, Sara Funk is going to be offering live tours once a week. If you haven't subscribed to her channel, you should do it now because she's a great New York City YouTuber. She knows about a lot of stuff, New York City tour guide, and knows a lot more about places I don't know, like restaurants and clubs and places to eat. [Music]

oh well, we got the donut plant here. I didn't know the doughnut plant was here. Well, maybe it's not here yet. They're still working on it. It says push to open, but it doesn't really look too inviting. If you had a store like this and this is the only entrance you had with no light markings, I wouldn't push it like that to go enter. It's like those creeps in white vans. It's like get in my van, I got candy. POV, you like the I Am Legend impression that I did the other day at Grand Central. Yeah, I just had to do it because it was empty, and that was like the first thing that came up to my mind when I was on my bicycle. I was like yep, I got to do it, but I didn't get all the lines correctly. I got some of the lines, I clipped the parts that matched exactly, but I forgot Will Smith's classic no, no, no. But I could probably reenact that. I should redo it.

I'll redo it. Why not? It's fun. Lamb Brian, thank you for 20 bucks. The hell you doing out here, Fred? Fred, no, no, now, now. Fred, if you really better tell me right now. I don't want to hurt my voice, so I'm doing it really quiet. And this is even better because I have the camera pointed towards me and the bicycle. I was just speaking with the camera facing forward. I'm not sure if I addressed the Lamb Brian super chat, but Lamb Brian, thank you so much, man, for 20 bucks. Thank you, too. Appreciate it. He fasts a hundred. I don't actively check how many steps I walk every day. I think the most I've ever walked was like fifty-six thousand steps in a day, which is like pretty shocking. I think I walked all the way on a livestream one time. It was like maybe like six hours non-stop walking. I walked from the Barclays Center, across the Brooklyn Bridge, through Manhattan, and then I walked over the Queensboro Bridge to Queens, back to Astoria. I did that.

unlike one non-stop video, pretty much. Yeah, I remember that too. That was a long, long walk. How long was that walk? I think it was like six or seven hours. [Music] I 360 saying the Broadway walk was nuts. Yep, I walked the entirety of Manhattan via Broadway, and it was incredible during that Broadway walk because I met so many interesting things that just defined New York, and I'm really glad I did that walk before Corona hit New York because it wouldn't be the same now. But I had people greeting me. There was like a singer who I met, and there were other people there. I witnessed some cyclist greeting me too. It was pretty crazy. Yeah, the French singer. Yep, it's amazing what you see in New York. The other day, I was doing the live video. I went to Chinatown, and there was a singer from the Metropolitan Opera on George Street singing. I couldn't believe it. I should do Broadway again without the crowds that co-efficient hides here. I can't lie. Maybe I can do like a regular

walk non-narrated - all through Broadway. Actually, I probably shouldn't. I'll bike it because walking it will take too long. I did a biking video of Broadway in its entirety a while ago, but I haven't done it since, and that video wasn't really that good. It's like three years old at one [Music]. Hey, look with stores up ahead. Best Buy, except I wouldn't call it best buy right now. I call it like you can't buy anything now. They should rename the store instead of Best Buy. Can't buy anything walking. Comedic considering doing a non-stop walking around Manhattan video one day. Life starting at sunrise and walking until sunset. Wow, that is ambitious. Crazy folks. You know where I might have some luck to you. Would arrest him up ahead. The Home Depot. Hopefully, Home Depot still open right now. Yeah, it's getting close to 8 o'clock. If not, I may have to use the $0.25 restroom that I don't like using. I have four minutes left till eight. Yeah, that's true.

Home Depot better have recipes. Alright, where's the main entrance? Well, this Home Depot's got a walk so far for the entrance. Alright, whoa, they 7 to 8 p.m. Let's do it, eh. Where's that back from here? Okay, thank you. Alright, downstairs. Wow, I just made it in the nick of time. Home Depot downstairs between 6 & 7. They said, Hey, where's the restroom part 6 & 7? Okay, alright, right there, restrooms. Let's go. We got to navigate the box me is. Wow, we go. Wow, Home Depot. Home Depot has restrooms in a pinch. Alright, folks, I see it. I'm gonna restart the stream once I get back outside 'cause I'm not recording the restroom. Bye-bye. [Music] I'm back, folks. Okay, so Home Depot is a lifesaver there. I made it in the nick of time. Yes, Flatiron is nearby. I am in the Flatiron District. It got blurry. The stream is very odd. Where am I going? I'm going to go to the

Flatirons, it's tricks because I'm right here, but if the Home Depot wasn't open, I was going to go over here to Italy. I think they have closing hours - I'm not sure if they close at 8:00 or 9:00, but we'll find out right now. That, my friends, is Manhattanhenge. Well, a part of it, a taste to come. The Sun isn't really setting on the grid line right yet, just yet. It's too bad it's a little bit white, though. Louis is asking if I got your email. I may, I may not. I can check my email after this livestream's over. Flatiron buildings over here. Looks like some of the scaffolding is coming off. I remember the entire side of the building was filled with boards, and now it looks like the top third of it is [Music]. All right, let's check Eataly [Applause]. It looks like it might be closed. I don't really see anybody in there. All right, good folks. Eataly is open till 9:00 p.m.

so if I miss Home Depot, I would have had another hour to use the one at Eataly. So good. Jax Wick is asking, What is Eataly? It's the Italian grocery and supermarket. They've got a great gelato in there too. Let's go up Broadway. I think I'll continue walking up Broadway. I'll end the stream maybe at 34th Street or Times Square. I think that'll be a fitting ending. The picture picture upgrader now, that's good. Good to hear. One day I need to make a round in upper Harlem. Yeah, I should go there. I still need to make my way to many other places in the city. Eddie's saying, Can I see the Manhattanhenge? I kind of knew it wasn't gonna be that good today because of all the clouds. You can make like some of the sun out right now through the clouds, but it's not great. I hope during the day it's a lot better, and this live video doesn't really do it justice either. The exposure is all bad, and I can't really

adjust it so I'm still kind of like debating whether or not I should go live on Manhattanhenge because of the exposure settings. There was a dog doing its business on the streets. I didn't even see that. How did I miss that? Whoa, I think that was Worf staying off for the entire livestream right there. What's going on at Times Square? I don't know. We'll find out. They turned off the billboards in Times Square. What? Seriously? Wow. Actually, I think one person just said that they're doing something at Times Square at 9:00 p.m. That's wishing off the lights in Times Square to show support. Oh wow, maybe I should stay on for that. I think I'll definitely make it there before 9:00. Why not? I can hang out in Times Square for a bit. Triple stock saying there's people prouder there now. Well, we'll find out. I mean, it's been a while since I saw Times Square with crowds, so I may even do a separate video for that, a separate live.

video because that would be like an interesting topic in itself. Times Square 9 p.m. like billboards off or something. There are some plans to convert Broadway into a pedestrian-only way. Wow, that'll be interesting. Very strange. I see Broadway like this, nobody around. Yeah, there's a lot of opinions on whether the Times Square billboard should be on or not because of less people there. People arguing that it saves electricity and whatnot. But then again, if you think about it, turning off the lights in Times Square, it kind of like tells people that the virus has won over humanity in a way. And that's in a way, Times Square is symbolic, and they do want to keep the lights on for that purpose, you know. So there is kind of a story behind why the Times Square billboard should be open. But I understand the reasoning behind turning off the billboards to save electricity as well. It's for one minute this evening, whoa, and 9:00 p.m. So I'll be there at

9:00 p.m. You know, the billboards did go all out. That was last year during Manhattanhenge. That was freaky to see. Jeet Auk, people's love to be subjected to a commercial CQ and pandemic. Oh yeah, that's true. If you notice now, the commercials now are like more than ever. I think there were even some threads on YouTube, like the Reddit post was saying, I'm seeing more advertisements on YouTube now than ever. More than ever. Clifford Taylor with 299 Canadian. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. Here's xxx streets. Hotel Alley is still going up. That's what I gave this stretch of Broadway. Hotel alley. Joey's sick of every commercial loudspeaker announced, but the grocery store sign and radio talking about coronavirus. I mean, it is part of our lives now. It's kind of like freaky that this all happened, you know? I still think that this whole thing feels like a movie. It's really crazy, but we're living in it. And strange times. Have you all felt that? There's like

another reality out there, an alternate reality where this whole coronavirus situation didn't happen. I like to live in that timeline or reality sometimes. It does feel like that. All right, I just answered the Greely Square and Herald Square neighborhood just yesterday. I made a video, well, yesterday. I didn't make the video. I published the video walking through this area pre-COVID-19 during July and August last year. And what a difference, oh my gosh. There's like people back to back, it's hard to walk around, and slow walkers, and unbelievable shopping bags. And now it's so quiet here. There's a protest or something at Times Square. We'll find out. Let's see [Music]. Watch Walker's video of Borough Market felt surreal, was so packed, people. Yes, I could imagine that. Wow. Hey, I'm doing a livestream laughs. Yeah, I'm going all the way to Times Square. Yeah, we're stam square. It's um, that way about 10 blocks, right? Yeah, you know you can't really be recording people in public like this, right? Oh, you can. It's a

protected on another source. Um, I think that's illegal. It is legal. I'm sorry. I think that's illegal. You know, hey, I had a man of complexion try to slap that thing out of your hand. No, no one did. Well, I mean, have you ever been in any altercations, really? Well, there are people who dislike it, but I'm very respectful of people, and I'm not, you know, facing anybody. You know, you're respectful. That's great. Yeah, but thank you, lonely guy. I'm just looking for somebody, okay? You know, just to hang out with temporarily. Yeah, it's a really strange time now, but it's just weird. I'm definitely, but you know, I want to, you know, I just want to bond with you, you know, the corona thing. Oh, it's fine. You got, yeah, take care of, man. All right, yeah, I have a stream on. Okay, quick, though. I don't want you to keep following me. It's all right. No, I'm all right. I'm all right. Thanks. All right, sorry. I need to get away from

them. I really need to get away from my gosh. What's wrong with him? I mean, I try to be respectful, but I said no when I didn't want to get aggressive with him because I knew he'd be like, This is fun. I'm just a square. Okay, sure, all right, yeah, why not. I'm going up to Times Square, and I'm just trying to explore New York, show everybody the landmarks and everything, and you know, okay, why not. Jim Joe, there's my son right here, 2.0. Let's do it. All right, let's do it. Oh, thank you. All right, you got a donation, right? Yeah, do ya? I'd rather not answer that, man. I'm sorry. I'm really, I'm really, I don't really like you, but I don't want you to follow me like this. It's not right, you know? Please, please respect my distance because I don't, I don't feel safe right now. I don't want you to stream me at all. Stay away, stay away. I'm not a [__]. You're following me.

what the hell's wrong with this guy. My god. I'm gonna keep the stream longer. What the [ __ ] alright. I'm out of here. I'm not going to Times Square because this [ __ ] guy's Barney. But I folks, well I'm gonna keep it all out until I get on the damn subway. He's not gonna catch up with Action Kid and I'm gonna jump the turnstile, get out of the seat. Okay, alright, good. I might have messed up the gimbal boy. [Music] Well right, good change coming. Let's get on [Music] alright two pounds. Thank you Jim Jones. Thank you. I'm out of here. Bye folks. My gosh, that was frickin scary huh. My god, what the hell is wrong with that guy. I'm serious. Alright, yeah I'm getting off of the next stop. Alright fine. [Music]

Walking LIVE Manhattan, NYC (May 27, 2020)

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The speaker is in Hudson Yards, Manhattan, around 6:15 p.

, and is experiencing an unusually empty neighborhood.

The Vessel, a controversial structure, is closed, and the shopping mall is also deserted.

The speaker discusses the possibility of moving their live streams to Twitch while still uploading videos on YouTube, and they take a moment to appreciate the unique flowers in the area.

The Edge at Hudson Yards, with its glass-bottom design, offers stunning views of the city but closed permanently due to COVID-19.

The shopping mall, including anchor tenant Neiman Marcus, is facing financial difficulties.

The Shed, Hudson Yards' performing arts venue, is on hold, and the Highline entrance is closed to prevent crowding.

Exploring Hudson Yards and the Jacob Javits Center

The narrator reflects on their long-standing YouTube channel and the growth it has seen since 2017.

Hudson Yards is still under construction, with several buildings yet to be completed.

The narrator highlights the artwork in the subway and shares their experience of the quietness in the area, contrasting it with the usual bustling crowds of New York City.

The speaker hears various sounds, including bells and an air horn, with the noise carrying further in open areas.

They mention the upcoming Manhattanhenge and their plans to film it.

The walk along the Hudson River reveals a calm water scene, unique dog breeds, and the search for publicly accessible restrooms.

A Walk in New York City: Interacting with Wildlife and Finding Restrooms

The speaker expresses gratitude for fewer rude people and enjoys interacting with wildlife, particularly Canada geese.

They share the importance of using the correct plural form for Canada geese and discuss the challenges of finding open restrooms in the city.

The speaker also mentions the High Line being closed to the public and shares tips for finding restrooms in New York City.

The Chelsea neighborhood features a variety of charming homes with different styles and colors.

The area offers easy access to transportation, social life, and restaurants, making it an attractive place to live.

The walk through the neighborhood leads to the Flatiron District, with plenty of corner stores and delis for supplies, and the potential for a restroom break.

The speaker reflects on a long, memorable walk along Broadway in Manhattan, meeting interesting people and witnessing unique moments.

They consider doing a non-stop walking video around Manhattan and share their experience of finding a restroom at Home Depot.

The speaker also plans to continue their walk up Broadway, aiming to end the livestream at Times Square, where they hope to witness the lighting off of the billboards in support of a cause.

Times Square is considering turning off its billboards and converting Broadway into a pedestrian-only area due to the decreased foot traffic from the pandemic.

The decision to turn off the lights has sparked debate, with some arguing it saves electricity while others believe it symbolizes the virus's impact on humanity.

The livestreamer shares their experience of the quiet streets compared to the pre-COVID-19 hustle and bustle, and encounters a confrontational individual while trying to document the area.