NYC's Sketchiest Neighborhood? : Walking in The Hole

The exaggeration in video is strong. I grew up in Queens not to far from the airport. That's just a commercial zone with garages that buy cars for auctions are stored. There are lots of vacant lots which are desolate making it a prime place for organized crime to hide dead bodies. Its located in a historically low lying area prone to flooding. Few people live there, so there is not enough property taxes collected to fix it for optimal habitability.

Born and Raised New Yorker and I still waiting to see the “sketchy” part.

I have been in public restrooms that are scarier than "the hole".

Why is the lowest denomination on you a $20 bill when you're going into the "sketchy" neighborhood?

Just to give you some perspective. This area is considered mainly a commercial zone. The cars on the street are auction car that were bought for repairs and resale by body shops which is why they don’t have plates. Commercial Zones are usually like this in NYC. You won’t find many homes in the area but the ones that you do find, the city won’t ever try to go there to make repairs due to the fact that it doesn’t have enough voting residents to make a proper complaint.

There’s probably more loving, hard working and law abiding folks in that neighborhood than most of the Upper East Side of Manhattan....

You call that sketchy? Usually when you see a bunch of cars without plates, flatbed trucks, and a high metal fence with barbed wire.... that's called a junkyard. I've seen worse junkyards in Hawaii.

I cry laughed when he said "my goodness, what is this place??" about the Linden Motel. LOL..

I used to work in that area years back, and you’re right, no matter what the state of a community, there are always more good hardworking people than what the news tells you.

Not that bad overdramatic bro

I worked on the boilers in one of the apartment buildings in this neighborhood, and this is not a sketchy area. I think you need to learn the difference between sketchy and underserved. It's definitely a unique area because of the geography.

i'd like to see his reaction after taking a walk threw kensington in philadelphia.

This is NOT that rough a neighborhood. As a retired boiler mechanic, I use to be here at least once a week, and never had any trouble from anyone.

I'm still waiting to see the "sketchy" part. 🤣🤣🤣

Wow this kid definitely lived a sheltered life. I’ve seen far worse than this neighborhood.

He said this is a crazy neighborhood as he walked by a Lexus and houses

A few wrong statements and a lot of exageration, it's not that bad of a neighborhood.

He picked this area knowing he would not be in danger by the boys in the hood,Actionkid is not stupid.

As an ultra-white guy from upstate (Orange County) it was KIND of sketchy. I used to work there at the NYC transit yard on Sutter for a contractor. I’d have to walk from the Grant Ave station following your path (but straight to the yard). I had to carry a laptop in a backpack everyday coming and going. If I drove I had to park on Eldert close to Sutter. I just walked tall, walked quick, and tried to beat sunset in the winter. I never had a problem. The only time anything happened is once some old guy yelled out “get a tan”! Lol. Had more “incidents” on the A line than on the streets.

It's so sketchy. Look, a beware of dog sign. Oh my, standing water on the street. How frightening!