Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] Speaker A: Hello, everyone, and welcome to the New Yorkers, a podcast by New York City Cop. I'm your host, Kelly Kopp, published photographer, New York City tour business owner, real estate content creator and podcaster, and above all else, a New Yorker.
Ladies and gentlemen, the next Brooklyn bound train in Valheim, Stand clear of the closing doors, please.
With me today, I. I have my friend Wolf.
And tell us about you, Wolf.
[00:01:01] Speaker B: What's going on, everybody? My name is Wolf. I am an engineer at a podcast studio on Canal street called WTF Media Studios. I also have a podcast of my own called Halfway up. And I call it Halfway up because you never finished Rising. And it's like another way of saying it's not about the destination, but it's about the journey.
[00:01:16] Speaker A: That's awesome, buddy. Yeah. You guys, I've known Wolf now for over a year.
[00:01:21] Speaker B: Yeah, for sure.
[00:01:21] Speaker A: I see him all the time at the podcast studio, studio here. He's an awesome guy.
And I said, why don't you. I asked him if he would jump in on the podcast with us today and he happily obliged us.
[00:01:33] Speaker B: Yeah, absolutely happily.
[00:01:35] Speaker A: Yeah. You're awesome. This is fun. This is really cool. He's a good guy. This is really fun.
So, Wolf, I said your name Wolf Taylor, Correct?
[00:01:42] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:01:42] Speaker A: Awesome, awesome.
So in today's episode, we're gonna talk about questions, Wolf, that I asked my listeners from my Facebook page if they had any questions.
[00:01:56] Speaker B: Okay.
[00:01:56] Speaker A: And that way I thought we could answer any New York City. Any New York City questions they had, no matter what they were, you know, because there's some questions that people like, you know, that want to know and that are random questions, and they're all great. They're all awesome.
[00:02:10] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:02:10] Speaker A: And so I'd love to have your. Because how long have you lived here, Wolf man?
[00:02:15] Speaker B: Coming up on six years now.
[00:02:16] Speaker A: 6. Where are you from again?
[00:02:18] Speaker B: Texas. Dallas, Texas.
[00:02:19] Speaker A: Dallas, Texas. That's right. Do you like Dallas?
[00:02:22] Speaker B: I love Dallas.
[00:02:23] Speaker A: Yeah. I worked there.
[00:02:24] Speaker B: Oh, really?
[00:02:25] Speaker A: I loved it. Yeah, it was hot.
[00:02:26] Speaker B: It's very hot. Yeah, it's very hot.
[00:02:28] Speaker A: Hotter than Florida.
[00:02:29] Speaker B: It's very hot and it gets pretty cold. Sometimes people think in Texas is like, you're going to like, skip winter. You're not. You're not going to skip winter in Texas.
[00:02:36] Speaker A: You're. To me, you're young.
So do you remember Dallas, the TV show?
I didn't think you would. Do you even know about it in Dallas?
[00:02:46] Speaker B: I feel like I do. Like, I feel like I have some context. It'll refresh my memory a little.
[00:02:49] Speaker A: Yeah, it's an old. Well, it's probably in the late 80s or maybe early 80s, I should say. I take that back. You know, early 80s. There was. There was this TV show called Dallas, and I loved it. And it was kind of like a soap opera, Pete. You know, prime time soap opera. Soap opera, however you say it with, you know, and the.
The big cliffhanger one season was who Shot jr? So I don't even. Yeah.
[00:03:15] Speaker B: Oh, yeah, for sure.
[00:03:16] Speaker A: Do you think you remember that or, you know, that?
[00:03:17] Speaker B: I feel like I definitely know about it. Yeah. It's not my first time hearing about it for sure.
[00:03:21] Speaker A: Crazy how fast time flies.
[00:03:23] Speaker B: Nah, it actually is.
[00:03:24] Speaker A: It is, isn't it?
[00:03:25] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:03:25] Speaker A: And all my listeners who know the phrase who Shot jr? It seems like it was, you know, not long ago, but it was decades ago. It was a huge deal.
[00:03:34] Speaker B: Time flies by so quick. It's like you think about it like in one lifetime. Like, my mother was born in 1966. Even like in your life. In your lifetime. Right. It's like from your lifetime, there was like, there was no cell phones.
[00:03:45] Speaker A: Right.
[00:03:45] Speaker B: Like floppy disk. You know what I mean? And then it's like we. Now we're in virtual reality.
[00:03:51] Speaker A: Oh, yeah.
[00:03:51] Speaker B: Now we're at artificial intelligence. And that's. And we're at the cusp of it and it just gets crazier.
[00:03:58] Speaker A: And one of the coolest things in my life right now is ChatGPT.
[00:04:03] Speaker B: It's amazing.
[00:04:04] Speaker A: I.
[00:04:05] Speaker B: It's amazing.
[00:04:05] Speaker A: It is incredible.
[00:04:06] Speaker B: Yeah. Yeah.
[00:04:08] Speaker A: And I'm going to talk about it later here because I used it to look up some research and chat GPT is like, would you like me to, you know, re modify your whole website? Would you like me to create a PDF with all this on it? I'm like, yes, please.
[00:04:21] Speaker B: Do you talk to it, though?
[00:04:23] Speaker A: I just started yesterday talking actually, like.
[00:04:25] Speaker B: The voice talking to. Man, that crazy. Yeah. So my good friend from the blind, but now I see podcast, like, I introduced that to him. It has brought him tremendous value. Cause he always has to ask people. So for people that's listening, this is my friend, he's also a podcaster. He's blind, but he has to ask people to do things for him all the time. And so having ChatGPT, that's a really good point, man. It's brought so much value to him. It's like when he talks about it, it lights up his world. Like he just left and he changed the. The accent of it and he's.
[00:04:57] Speaker A: Yeah, I did too.
[00:04:58] Speaker B: Yeah. It's crazy. So, yeah, shout out To Chad GPT without getting too deep.
[00:05:02] Speaker A: And your friend, because your friend's gonna be on the podcast, man.
[00:05:05] Speaker B: He. He's.
[00:05:05] Speaker A: He's really been talking Wolf and I have been talking about his friend for ages.
[00:05:08] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. He really wants to do it and.
[00:05:10] Speaker A: I just met him tonight.
[00:05:11] Speaker B: Yep.
[00:05:11] Speaker A: Really cool guy.
[00:05:12] Speaker B: Yeah, really cool guy.
[00:05:13] Speaker A: Good, good, good. That's awesome. He's gonna be on the podcast too, so that's awesome.
Okay, so the first question. We have quite a few questions, and the first one is by Bridget Irway. She's a good friend of mine, actually. I took her on a tour a couple years ago. She's from South Africa. But she asks what is the most affordable place to live in New York City.
Interesting. Yeah.
[00:05:36] Speaker B: I feel like you don't og. So you should.
[00:05:38] Speaker A: I don't know, I mean, I feel like you're. Where do you. Where do you live? What borough?
[00:05:41] Speaker B: I live in the Bronx. I mean, excuse me. I used to live in the Bronx. I live in Bed Stuy.
[00:05:44] Speaker A: Okay. I live in. Well, I live in Bed Stuy's Manhattan. Right. Best size the Brooklyn.
[00:05:49] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:05:50] Speaker A: Yeah. So I live in Washington Heights.
[00:05:52] Speaker B: Okay, so you way uptown?
[00:05:54] Speaker A: Yeah, I am way uptown. And so actually, that's a great question, because they're all great questions. But Bridget and Wolf and everyone.
The most affordable area or the most affordable place to live in New York City is Washington Heights.
[00:06:11] Speaker B: Yeah. I'm not surprised.
[00:06:12] Speaker A: So actually. And that's my neighborhood.
[00:06:15] Speaker B: Mm.
[00:06:15] Speaker A: And I love my neighborhood because I live in this apartment. And when people come to my apartment, they're shot. They're shocked because they think of a New York City apartment with one bedroom, one bath, and it's this little tiny box.
I got tons of space. And it's a three bedroom. It's huge. People come over and they're like, holy moly. Two bath, three, two.
You know, it's. And it's. I've told people the story about getting hardwood floors during the pandemic. I just asked my supers for it, and I gave and I did it. They did it. Two weeks later. I couldn't believe it. So I have great supers, which you can probably attest to how important that is. Right?
[00:06:47] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:06:48] Speaker A: How's your super?
[00:06:49] Speaker B: Not so great, isn't it?
Not so great. You know what I mean? Can't share the same story, but maybe one day I'm lucky. Yeah.
[00:06:56] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:06:57] Speaker B: I'm lucky too, in different ways. I have a washer and dryer.
[00:06:59] Speaker A: Ooh. Whoa. That's lucky if you live in New York. That is like top tier.
[00:07:03] Speaker B: If you live in New York, that is like creme de la creme.
[00:07:06] Speaker A: Yeah, that is a big deal. Yeah.
People are like, instantly, ooh, you're rich.
[00:07:11] Speaker B: Or it's crazy. Cause, like, in other places, like in Texas, where I'm from, it's like, that's not a thing.
[00:07:15] Speaker A: Oh, exactly.
[00:07:16] Speaker B: That's to be expected.
[00:07:17] Speaker A: But in New York, you have a washer and dryer and a car.
[00:07:20] Speaker B: Don't got the car. But I do have central ac.
[00:07:24] Speaker A: You have central AC, too. That's a big deal, too. Hey, I'm telling you, I am. No car, no washer and jar. Except in the laundry room downstairs and in window units. Ac. So I got the New York apartment.
[00:07:36] Speaker B: Yeah, but see, this is like, that's what you. The deal that you made was the three rooms, right? You get the three rooms. It's like, you know what? All right. Because it's older apartment, Right?
[00:07:45] Speaker A: Exactly. Pre war.
[00:07:47] Speaker B: Pre war.
[00:07:47] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I love it, though. It's a very clean apartment. Thanks to the supers. So, Bridget, that's a good question. I actually happen to live what's in. Supposedly one of the most affordable areas in the city. I've been in the same apartment for 13 years almost.
Then I'm not leaving. My apartment rarely goes up in rent.
[00:08:05] Speaker B: Wow.
[00:08:06] Speaker A: It does. But not a lot.
[00:08:07] Speaker B: Yeah, for sure.
[00:08:08] Speaker A: So, you know, and I can actually, my. My building owner is really cool. And I've. Every year, when the lease comes in, I'm. I say, well, does it have to go up this much? And he always works with me, so I mean, it's. I'm just really lucky. So. Yeah, I'm not leaving.
[00:08:23] Speaker B: Shout out to. Yeah, shout out to that.
[00:08:24] Speaker A: Yeah, I agree.
So also Inwood, which is right above Washington Heights, so we're almost in the Bronx. A lot of people who watch my live videos know I walk the high bridge over to the Bronx and down to Yankee Stadium and Joker Stairs and all that. I show people that that's where I used to live.
[00:08:40] Speaker B: Right by Yankee Stadium.
[00:08:41] Speaker A: Really?
[00:08:41] Speaker B: Right there. I would pass it every single day coming to and from work.
[00:08:45] Speaker A: What train? Oh, you walk.
[00:08:46] Speaker B: I took the 6th.
[00:08:47] Speaker A: Oh, you took the 6th to 161st Street. Nice. Yeah, that's pretty. Yeah, that's. I like that area too. I really do.
So. Yeah. So basically Inwood and Washington Heights, which are upper. Which are upper Manhattan. Bridget. So that's a great question.
So that's. Yeah, that's what.
Doing my research and everything.
That's generally the Consensus is Washington Heights. And do you agree with that, Wolf? Do you think so too?
[00:09:12] Speaker B: Yeah, I think so. But just know that in the higher up. Yeah, well, I can speak for the Bronx more so than anything.
[00:09:19] Speaker A: Right.
[00:09:19] Speaker B: UberEats doesn't travel the bridge.
So just keep that in mind. If you're gonna live in the Bronx, just understand you might see something on Uber Eats and you might think like, oh, I'm in the mood for this. It's close by. If it's over that bridge, they're not.
[00:09:31] Speaker A: Going to bring the bridge by the by Yankee Stadium, kind of.
[00:09:34] Speaker B: They're not bringing. If it's like, if the spot is in Manhattan, it could be in Washington Heights, which is very close to the Bronx. If it's in Washington Heights, they're not coming to the Bronx.
[00:09:42] Speaker A: Really? That's good info.
[00:09:44] Speaker B: The very hard way.
[00:09:45] Speaker A: Oh, that's tough, man.
[00:09:47] Speaker B: Many of nights where I'm like, dang, I gotta settle for just, you know, whatever's around here, you know, it's a food desert.
[00:09:53] Speaker A: Wow, you just taught me something. Well, that's great. Well, also in Brooklyn, Flatbush too, which I'm not familiar with these areas too much. Cause I'm Flatbush, Crown Heights and Bedford. Bed Stuy.
[00:10:04] Speaker B: I just looked at an apartment in Flatbush a couple of weeks ago. It was a bigger apartment, older apartment, much bigger. But it was a little too old for me and I wasn't in love with the neighborhood. But shout out to Flatbush, though. I love Flatbush.
[00:10:17] Speaker A: Price was okay.
[00:10:18] Speaker B: Price was really great.
[00:10:19] Speaker A: Good to hear. I didn't know that. So. That's true.
[00:10:21] Speaker B: Yeah, it was actually great. It was a two bedroom for 2,050.
[00:10:25] Speaker A: Wow, that is cheap.
[00:10:26] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:10:27] Speaker A: And how far out is it and.
[00:10:29] Speaker B: What train you could take? The A train. The A train goes there. It was at my stop was Nostrin. My stop would have been no String.
[00:10:36] Speaker A: Okay.
[00:10:36] Speaker B: Which is in Flatbush.
[00:10:37] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:10:38] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:10:39] Speaker A: So Bedford Stuyvesant is what Bed Stuy is. It's just abbreviated so people know that. So Crown Heights and Flatbush too. I've been to Flatbush too. Oh, good to know. So, you know, I've always kind of wanted to live in Brooklyn too.
[00:10:50] Speaker B: Brooklyn is beautiful.
[00:10:51] Speaker A: One day. One day. But Queensland Astoria is supposedly affordable. But you know what, I really do, because it's like up and coming. Yeah, it's kind of like the place.
[00:11:00] Speaker B: Like a really nice part of Queens.
[00:11:02] Speaker A: Yeah. So I was surprised to hear that too, actually. I stayed there when I first moved to New York with some friends and I thought it was kind of expensive, too, from what they told me.
[00:11:08] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:11:09] Speaker A: And another one it said is Long Island City, which to me, almost laughed.
[00:11:12] Speaker B: At, I don't think. I don't believe that.
[00:11:13] Speaker A: Yeah, that can't be true.
[00:11:14] Speaker B: Yeah, that can't be.
[00:11:15] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[00:11:16] Speaker B: No, that can't be true.
[00:11:17] Speaker A: And then the last one was Ridgewood, but I don't know much about Ridgewood. I don't go to the neighborhood.
[00:11:21] Speaker B: I think Queens is an affordable borough for sure.
[00:11:23] Speaker A: Right. I mean, because it's more than Manhattan. Yeah, yeah.
[00:11:25] Speaker B: It's out the way. It's not too much going on. It's quieter.
[00:11:28] Speaker A: But Long Island City knows the views, and you know, that's not true.
[00:11:32] Speaker B: And if it is true, it's like, well, how am I living?
[00:11:34] Speaker A: Yeah. I mean, that's high rises. That's the luxury apartments area.
[00:11:38] Speaker B: I know some people who live in Long Island City, and I promise you, they're doing all right. Yeah.
[00:11:42] Speaker A: Yeah, I agree.
[00:11:43] Speaker B: They're doing all right.
[00:11:43] Speaker A: What made me laugh, too, is another one that came up, which is in Manhattan as supposedly affordable as Murray Hill.
Do you know where Murray Hill is in Midtown Manhattan?
[00:11:53] Speaker B: Nothing in Midtown.
[00:11:54] Speaker A: Yeah, I. It's literally in midtown Manhattan. You know, I'd say by, you know, kind of. I'm trying to think of the name of the. The neighborhood which is super expensive. I can't remember it right now. Yeah, that made me laugh.
[00:12:05] Speaker B: That is comical.
[00:12:07] Speaker A: So if you Google pulled up Murray Hill and I laugh.
[00:12:10] Speaker B: Yeah, that's common.
[00:12:11] Speaker A: Yeah. Yeah.
[00:12:12] Speaker B: So sad, man. And people who are like, they don't know no better. Right. It's like, you might believe this.
[00:12:16] Speaker A: It's off 42nd street between 23rd and 40. Absolutely on the east side.
[00:12:20] Speaker B: Absolutely.
[00:12:20] Speaker A: On the East River.
[00:12:21] Speaker B: Yeah, absolutely.
[00:12:22] Speaker A: What joke.
[00:12:23] Speaker B: You know, anything close to the water, if it's cheap.
[00:12:25] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:12:26] Speaker B: It's not what you think. Yeah, it's. It is like to live by the water is like, you won. You beat the. You beat the matrix.
[00:12:33] Speaker A: I agree. I agree.
Okay, let's move on to our next question, my friend.
So, Sarah, I don't know how to say your last name, sir. I'm sorry.
Padayachi.
[00:12:44] Speaker B: Okay.
[00:12:45] Speaker A: You. Can you. You could answer this.
[00:12:46] Speaker B: I just feel like that's. That was the way to pronounce it.
[00:12:48] Speaker A: You think so?
[00:12:49] Speaker B: That was the one. I just. I just feel it.
[00:12:50] Speaker A: Well, if you're the best, buddy, where is Yankee Stadium?
[00:12:54] Speaker B: Oh, it's in the Bronx, man.
[00:12:55] Speaker A: Yep. What train do you take?
[00:12:57] Speaker B: So I would take the six, let's say. I'm in Manhattan. Like for now. Right now we're at Canal Street.
[00:13:01] Speaker A: Yep.
[00:13:02] Speaker B: So I would take the six from Canal street and I would take it uptown. Of course, you got to look out for the uptown. For my.
[00:13:06] Speaker A: That's the most important. Uptown or downtown. Yep.
[00:13:08] Speaker B: Yeah. For my people who are not really familiar with the train system like that, you need to be most familiar with uptown and downtown.
[00:13:13] Speaker A: Yep.
[00:13:14] Speaker B: Figure that out first and then you, you're good. You got a good thing going for you. But I'll take the six all the way to Yankee Stadium. And then as soon as you up there, there's. It's an above.
It's an above ground train, which is really nice because as soon as you get out of that train, you just. You see the clouds.
[00:13:28] Speaker A: You see the clouds of people.
[00:13:30] Speaker B: You know what I'm saying? See the people, you know, you see like the nice little parks that they made for the residents in that neighborhood.
[00:13:35] Speaker A: Yeah, I agree.
For me too. So since I'm on the west side of Manhattan, I would take the D train.
[00:13:44] Speaker B: Or the D. Yeah.
[00:13:45] Speaker A: Or the D straight shot up. Even from, like, that would be from. Also the D you can take from Bryant Park, Rockefeller Center.
You hop on there, you know, you know, 34th Street, Macy's.
[00:13:59] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:13:59] Speaker A: Zip it all up there up to Atlantic to 161.
[00:14:03] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:14:03] Speaker A: And but you can take the B as well. But there's no B on the weekends, so I don't recommend the B. It just confuses people.
[00:14:10] Speaker B: Also, respectfully.
[00:14:12] Speaker A: And the four train. Go ahead.
[00:14:13] Speaker B: Oh, and the four. Yeah, true, respectfully. But like, I recommend the six train. Just if you can do it. Obviously it matters on where you're coming from. But the longer I live in New York City, I really start to appreciate trains that are above ground.
I start to really appreciate those because it just. I just feel better about it.
The sun is coming through. You get to see. You actually see the city on your travels, like I like. So where I'm from and where I'm at in Bed Stuy, I could take the A train here. I could take the J train, but the J train is above.
Ironically, it's the train that malfunctions the most. You know what I mean? But I love taking a J because I get to see the city. I pass over Williamsburg Bridge. It's beautiful.
[00:14:48] Speaker A: That's a great view over Williamsburg Bridge, Sub Manhattan. Yeah, I recommend that in general.
[00:14:53] Speaker B: Absolutely.
[00:14:54] Speaker A: But I'm on the A, the only the A or the C. So it's always. I'm always underground, always on the ground, the only two seconds of sunlight I get is at 125 in Harlem. You know how you're above ground right there? Yeah, that's it.
[00:15:04] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:15:05] Speaker A: Everybody gets out their phones.
[00:15:06] Speaker B: Yeah, absolutely. I mean, it's a thing to see.
[00:15:09] Speaker A: Yeah. This is what we're telling people. New York life. This is really good.
[00:15:12] Speaker B: For sure.
[00:15:12] Speaker A: You know, So I have a. The next question, my friend. Are you. Do you have any. Anything to add or you.
[00:15:17] Speaker B: I'm good.
[00:15:18] Speaker A: The next question is, is the USS Intrepid still available for visits? I don't. Have you been to the Intrepid Museum? It's really cool. It's this huge aircraft carrier. They have the Concord on the top deck. They have all these fighter jets. They have.
[00:15:34] Speaker B: Is it a boat?
[00:15:35] Speaker A: It's a huge, like. Yeah, military aircraft carrier.
[00:15:38] Speaker B: Okay.
[00:15:38] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah. And they have.
[00:15:40] Speaker B: Which is a boat, right?
[00:15:41] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[00:15:41] Speaker B: It's not a boat, but I was like, it's on water.
[00:15:43] Speaker A: Yeah, exactly.
[00:15:43] Speaker B: Okay. So I've passed this before.
[00:15:45] Speaker A: I know where it's at, and I love this.
Is it a boat?
[00:15:50] Speaker B: Is it a boat? Yeah.
[00:15:51] Speaker A: Well, if you're the best, this is awesome.
I'm on a boat. But anyway, so it also has the short of the. I think it's. I don't specifically remember it as a space shuttle inside the. The boat. It's really cool. The aircraft carrier. And they do actually free movies in between the fighter jets that you can sit on the top deck in the summertime. They're free movies, but the line's like a mile long. It's free, you know, it's New York. It's crazy.
[00:16:19] Speaker B: Like, anything in New York.
[00:16:20] Speaker A: Yeah. But it's really cool. I recommend it. And actually, I don't know if you were here that night, Jay, but I actually interviewed on one of my. On my podcast.
One of the.
He was a pot. He was a captain, or, you know, what do you call it? I can't think of the name right now. Like a pilot.
[00:16:37] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah.
[00:16:38] Speaker A: You know.
[00:16:38] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:16:38] Speaker A: For the Concord. And he flew the world's fastest world record flight from.
From New York to London.
[00:16:48] Speaker B: Wow.
[00:16:49] Speaker A: Yeah, it was a great interview. I. I is a really cool guy.
[00:16:52] Speaker B: That's crazy.
[00:16:52] Speaker A: Yeah. So what is that look?
[00:16:55] Speaker B: I'm about to pull out.
[00:16:56] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:16:57] Speaker B: What's the distance like?
[00:16:58] Speaker A: Yeah, I don't. It was only in, like, three and a half hours from New York to.
[00:17:03] Speaker B: Three and a half hours.
[00:17:04] Speaker A: Something like that.
[00:17:04] Speaker B: In the jet.
[00:17:05] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:17:06] Speaker B: Yeah. I need me really cool guy. I need me a jet, y' all. You got a good deal on the jets, let me know. Yeah, I'm looking. I'm looking to buy.
[00:17:12] Speaker A: That's hilarious. Yeah, he's. He was a. He's a really cool guy. Actually, you know, I did that over a year ago and I just had someone on my Facebook. Right. Oh, that's my uncle. I'm really proud of him. Oh, no, it popped up on my. It was really moving. Really cool. Okay. So. Yeah, yeah, that was okay. But that was by. Was it starch? I'm sorry.
And then M. Valentino Castillo. Oh. Just wants to know if my podcasts are on YouTube. They are not, my friend.
Soon they will be. I'll be doing another podcast soon with my friend Marco that you guys know from my Christmas to New York. We do the bus tour. He does the bus tours. And, and we talk all about Christmas, you know, in general on our. On our social media pages. But Marco asked me. I don't know if you're here when Marco did this, but Marco asked me to help him with his podcast, like be a co host. So that one will be on YouTube, you guys. But this is. This one will hopefully soon. I want to go to audio soon this year, so. It's a good question. Yeah, Actually, I need to talk to you about that. We'll figure it out. Yeah.
[00:18:12] Speaker B: Yeah, let's talk about it.
[00:18:12] Speaker A: So, awesome. Awesome.
Melody Kelly asks, what's the live music scene here in New York City now? And is it usually. Is there usually a cover charge?
And I'm a little bit older. Those days have gone where I go to. To live music and stuff. I mean, I'm not too old, but I just, I'm, you know. How about. Do you. Do you. Do you go out to concerts or venues or anything like that?
[00:18:36] Speaker B: Depends on what she means by live music. Right. Because that could be a couple different ways.
[00:18:40] Speaker A: Yeah. What's your interpretation? Like, what do you think?
[00:18:42] Speaker B: Well, if you're talking about, like, instruments, like, if you mean like musical instruments.
[00:18:46] Speaker A: Maybe I think it's everything.
[00:18:47] Speaker B: Singing, all things included. I mean.
[00:18:49] Speaker A: Well, I didn't think about that.
[00:18:51] Speaker B: Yeah. So if you're going to, like, a concert, then, I mean, that's live music. Right. You know, I mean, so if you're going to a conc.
Of course there's a cover charge. You gotta pay a ticket to get in there. Maybe that's not a cover charge, it's the ticket fee. But if you wanna listen to, like, live jazz, there's a spot in Bushwick, a couple dollars.
[00:19:07] Speaker A: Nice.
[00:19:07] Speaker B: Correction. Two spots in Bushwick one called Cafe Erzulli, which I think they just renovated their spot.
[00:19:16] Speaker A: And Bushwick's in Brooklyn.
[00:19:17] Speaker B: Yes, in Brooklyn. You know, it's like Bushwick, Williamsburg, Bed Stuy. They run very close together. You know what I mean? You can almost be in any one of the neighborhoods, depending on how far you walk and whatever. But Caffeine Azuli is a place where they have great live music. I've been there before. They have free jazz nights. You can literally go get you a drink, get you some food. It's a great setting. Kendrick Lamar was there one day. I wasn't there when he was there, but Kendrick Lamar was in the crowd just acting like a normal person, you know what I mean, listening to some of the free music.
And there's another place in Bushwick called Ornithology, and I've heard of that. Your Ornithology. And it's another spot you can just. I don't know if they charge a cover fee. They probably charge for, like, the food and the drink. You know what I mean? And then there's this one spot that, unfortunately, you're gonna have to do a little bit of, y' all research on this one.
It's in a brownstone, and they sell tickets. I think the tickets are about $40, and you can pull up, sit down at a table, and watch some people pay the blues.
[00:20:11] Speaker A: That's pretty cool. Where is this? What area?
[00:20:14] Speaker B: That one. I think it's in bed style. You know what I'm saying? Y' all gotta do your Googles on that one. You know what I mean? Like, brownstone, live jazz.
[00:20:19] Speaker A: You know what? There is a woman, and I think she's an elderly woman who has a home in Harlem, and she.
Did you hear about her?
[00:20:27] Speaker B: I know about this, and she.
[00:20:28] Speaker A: You do? Can you tell us about it then?
[00:20:30] Speaker B: I don't know too. Too much about it, but I always see it on social media.
[00:20:34] Speaker A: It's free, and, like, only, like, 10 people can fit in her living room.
[00:20:37] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:20:37] Speaker A: And she does it, like, every weekend, I think. Did you hear about that? Yeah, I want to do that. That sounds really cool.
[00:20:41] Speaker B: Listen, if you find out about the next one, please let me know.
[00:20:43] Speaker A: I will. I will. I will. Definitely.
[00:20:45] Speaker B: We can make it a thing.
[00:20:46] Speaker A: Yeah, that would be so cool. I mean, that'd be a great social media post in general.
[00:20:53] Speaker B: Absolutely, too.
[00:20:54] Speaker A: Yeah, we could talk. Talk about it here.
[00:20:55] Speaker B: New York content.
[00:20:56] Speaker A: Yeah, that's really good. Well, there's. There's jazz clubs that I know of. Like, the Blue Note. That's down at West.
[00:21:00] Speaker B: Of course. The Blue Note.
[00:21:01] Speaker A: Yeah, absolutely.
Is it Dejango? Is that how you say that? I know. It's a movie, too. Yeah. And so.
And then there's our. There's also Arthur's Tavern in the West Village.
I've heard of a lot. A lot of people go there.
There's Cafe WA, which is.
That is off of McDougal right there by NYU 2, down by West 4th. That has a lot. A lot of history, too.
[00:21:28] Speaker B: Okay.
[00:21:29] Speaker A: I know a lot of famous people who perform there, just in general.
For instance, Bob Dylan made his New York debut there. Jimi Hendrix played there, too.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Very, very legendary.
Bruce Springsteen was there. Peter, Paul and Mary, back in the day. The Velvet Underground, Cooling the Gang.
That's back in the 80s, too. I mean, they're before that, too. But I. I'm still a huge fan of the Cool and the Gang. Do you know they are. Yeah, that was my high school. Love them. Love them.
[00:21:57] Speaker B: The. The Summertime Song.
[00:21:59] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[00:22:00] Speaker B: Classic.
[00:22:01] Speaker A: Van Halen played there. And then they had comedians, legendary comedians have performed there, like Woody Allen, Lenny Bruce, Joan Rivers, Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor.
Yeah.
Too bad Joan Rivers died. She was hilarious, man.
[00:22:13] Speaker B: Yeah. Recipes. John Rivers.
[00:22:15] Speaker A: Yeah, she's really. She's really cool. Yeah. So, yeah, those are the. The live or the. The live music that I really kind of know about.
[00:22:26] Speaker B: The Blue Note is a good one too, though.
[00:22:28] Speaker A: Yeah. That sometimes. Go ahead.
[00:22:30] Speaker B: Goes to Washington Square Park.
[00:22:33] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:22:33] Speaker B: And they, like, kind of just create like a little, you know, little lot. They bring it to the park.
[00:22:38] Speaker A: Oh, I didn't know that.
[00:22:39] Speaker B: Yeah, I've. I've been to, like, two shows that they did that was out in Washington Square park and. It was nice, huh? It was nice. Yeah.
[00:22:47] Speaker A: I gotta check that out. I probably just walked by and didn't realize it, or I was probably just missed it, I should say.
[00:22:52] Speaker B: It was nice.
[00:22:53] Speaker A: But, you know, we have jazz clubs, rock and indie bars here in New York, all over the place.
Brooklyn says Lunatico Luna. I haven't. I haven't heard of that one.
Yeah. Is that it? Is that how you say it?
[00:23:05] Speaker B: You said a bar. Yeah, Lunatico is right there. It's right up the street from my car.
[00:23:08] Speaker A: Yeah. Awesome. It has a good music there, I guess, you know.
[00:23:12] Speaker B: Really?
[00:23:12] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:23:12] Speaker B: I've been meaning to check Lunatico out for the longest. It's literally like my. It's the next block up from my house.
[00:23:18] Speaker A: Have you heard it? Skinny Dennis.
That's in Bed Style too, I guess.
[00:23:23] Speaker B: Okay.
[00:23:24] Speaker A: But I Know, I know the other ones like Arthur's and, and Cafe Wa. And.
And. Yeah, nice. So there's, there's quite a few. A lot of them don't have covers and they offer live music without any covers, like, you know, Arthur's, so to speak. Some have fees, like modest fees, like 10 bucks and then like on the Upper west side area and then higher end venues, like Tribeca has some higher end venues that are 25 bucks and over with the two, two drink minimum, so.
[00:23:53] Speaker B: Or just go to Washington Square. They always playing free music.
[00:23:56] Speaker A: That is true.
[00:23:56] Speaker B: Always.
[00:23:57] Speaker A: Heck hang out in a subway station.
[00:23:59] Speaker B: Yeah. Oh, for sure.
[00:24:00] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:24:01] Speaker B: You know, absolutely.
[00:24:02] Speaker A: You know, so. Yeah, so there are, there are, there are a lot of areas. I'd say Blue Note is probably one of the most popular that we both know about. Really well.
[00:24:10] Speaker B: The Lansing Essex is always somebody playing.
[00:24:12] Speaker A: Oh yeah.
[00:24:13] Speaker B: Stuff down. Always.
You name it.
[00:24:16] Speaker A: Yep, lots of stuff. Lots of music here, my friends. Or I can go to MSG and see a nice concert too.
[00:24:23] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:24:23] Speaker A: But you know what? Actually it was just announced the other day. I love to go see the New York Philharmonic. They do a free concert every June in Central park on the Great Lawn. It is.
[00:24:33] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:24:33] Speaker A: I've been saying that 50,000 people go every year. Sort of my favorite things to do.
So It's. It's like June 2nd, I think. Is that a Wednesday? I don't know the exact.
[00:24:42] Speaker B: I'm gonna be. I would love to go. I would love to do that.
[00:24:44] Speaker A: I love. It's one of my favorite things to. Even in the rain. It's awesome and it's really cool. It's just a good vibe. It's all 50,000 New Yorkers is me. 50,000 New Yorkers laid on the lawn, picnics. Everybody's just relaxed.
[00:24:56] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:24:56] Speaker A: You know, I love it because you see everybody's different flags from what country they're originally from a lot. It's just, it's just a good melting pot of New York City, you know, it's just the epitome of like everybody.
[00:25:06] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:25:06] Speaker A: Getting along.
[00:25:07] Speaker B: The spirit.
[00:25:07] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, exactly.
[00:25:09] Speaker B: Absolutely.
[00:25:09] Speaker A: I love it. Okay, the next question my friend is Tina Collins is asking do they have cheap rent for like 850amonth?
I'm gonna say no.
[00:25:23] Speaker B: This is what I'm gonna tell you. It's very possible.
[00:25:27] Speaker A: You think so?
[00:25:28] Speaker B: It's just very possible. You know what I mean? Like, I've paid 625 for rent before in New York City when I lived in the Bronx.
[00:25:33] Speaker A: Who'd you live with? Did you have roommates or. By the time.
[00:25:35] Speaker B: Of course I did.
[00:25:35] Speaker A: Oh, yeah, there you go.
[00:25:37] Speaker B: So let's get to the specifics.
Having a place of your own. No, I've heard about it.
Nobody that I know personally, but I've heard somebody say that they found a spot in Queens. It was a one bedroom, 800, you know what I mean? But it's like just. Just know.
Yeah. Just know that that is highly unlikely. But I'm not. I'm not gonna tell you it's impossible. If you're looking for a place to just get in the city. Maybe this person is just trying to figure out, how do I get from the city that I'm from?
[00:26:03] Speaker A: That's a good point.
[00:26:04] Speaker B: To the big city. It's possible. It's hard, but it is possible. I'm. You're talking to somebody. My rent used to be 625. And it was actually, it was absolutely what I needed to get into the city.
[00:26:16] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:26:16] Speaker B: You know what I mean? So it's possible, but you gotta have your ear to the ground and you gotta have the money in hand. You gotta move because everybody, if it's available, every. There's a hundred other people that wanted to.
[00:26:26] Speaker A: Oh, within a split second.
[00:26:27] Speaker B: Within a split second.
[00:26:28] Speaker A: Oh, yeah.
[00:26:29] Speaker B: So be quick, be ready. But it is possible. And network. You know what I mean? Get into like threads, like Reddit threads or something. You know what I mean? You'll find something.
[00:26:39] Speaker A: You know, you get a roommate and then that roommate wants to move out. You put an ad up that. That was taken in 30 seconds, people.
[00:26:45] Speaker B: Sub.
[00:26:45] Speaker A: Yeah, this is New York.
[00:26:46] Speaker B: Yeah, subletting. All my places have been sublets.
[00:26:49] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah. You have to. You can't. If you want to think about an apartment for 850 by yourself, I would say no.
[00:26:56] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:26:56] Speaker A: But you have to be flexible and be able to maybe, like. Like you just said, Wolf, is. Is maybe rent a room, you know, or. What did you say? What's that other thing called when they sublet. Yeah, the one you sublet a room or rent a room and you're going to have multiple roommates.
So as long as you're open to those conditions and you're flexible, it is possible.
[00:27:17] Speaker B: And that's the key word. Open.
[00:27:19] Speaker A: Yeah. And. But still, 850, I still think is right. It's tough.
[00:27:24] Speaker B: It's tough.
[00:27:25] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:27:25] Speaker B: I mean, these days, man, it's egregious, the prices that they ask.
[00:27:28] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:27:29] Speaker B: But people probably would have told me that it was impossible to find something for 625.
[00:27:33] Speaker A: Yeah. But.
[00:27:33] Speaker B: Yeah, you know what I mean? And you know, so have. Have hope.
[00:27:36] Speaker A: When I first moved here 13 years ago, I was paying around it. Right around $800.
[00:27:41] Speaker B: Yeah. 13 years ago.
[00:27:43] Speaker A: 13 years ago.
[00:27:44] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:27:44] Speaker A: And that's in Washington Heights.
Same apartment. Yeah.
[00:27:47] Speaker B: Things have changed.
[00:27:48] Speaker A: Well, you know it, Tina, if you do, let us know.
[00:27:53] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:27:53] Speaker A: Because we're curious.
[00:27:54] Speaker B: Have faith, Tina. Trust me.
[00:27:55] Speaker A: Have faith. I like that. Wolf.
The next question is by Ileana Espanola and it's asking how much rent is because she's thinking of moving here by the end of the year. So I think what we just talked about with Tina Collins is. Applies to Ileana too.
[00:28:11] Speaker B: Yeah. It just depends on. So first of all, you gotta figure out what your budget is. Depending on your budget, that's gonna let you know kind of where you can live. Um, the Bronx and Washington Heights are two neighborhoods that are kind of known to have more lenient rent, you know what I mean? And I think it's because there's a lot of people that live there, but they're not the more popular places. You know, the more popular places in New York City, the more sought after places are Williamsburg, East Village, West Village.
I said Williamsburg already. Lower east side, stuff like that.
[00:28:43] Speaker A: Even Harlem.
[00:28:44] Speaker B: Oh, of course, especially Harlem. You know what I mean? So whenever you're picking a place outside of these red hot places like Queens, like Staten island, even if you want to, you know what I mean? These places are not as highly sought after and you got a better chance depending on what your budget is.
[00:28:59] Speaker A: You know what? Well, that's a really great point. I didn't think of. Is. Is. Is Staten Island.
I wonder what rent is on Staten Island. Because that's. That that borough was all by itself. It's not connected to anything. And you. You basically have to take the ferry to the city every day.
[00:29:15] Speaker B: Which makes it automatically. Yeah. Which automatically makes it. Yeah, it has to be a little bit cheaper because it's not as like you.
[00:29:22] Speaker A: Right.
[00:29:22] Speaker B: The reason why we spend so much. Cause we're connected to the thing. Yeah, the energy. So the further away you are from the energy, the cheaper you're going to spend.
[00:29:30] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:29:30] Speaker B: Like Yonkers, Mount Vernon, stuff like that. These people are not spending New York City prices.
[00:29:34] Speaker A: Yeah, I agree. I agree.
[00:29:36] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:29:37] Speaker A: So Lynn Pie, Lynn Wright wants to know what are the best coffee shops in nyc? What do you have? Do you have any?
[00:29:46] Speaker B: I don't even want to give it up. For real. I got.
[00:29:48] Speaker A: You don't have.
[00:29:48] Speaker B: I'm gonna give you all some.
[00:29:49] Speaker A: But it's okay, so that's awesome.
[00:29:52] Speaker B: It's a spot in Bushwick called Nook.
Great spot. Every. Every good coffee shop in New York City. Get there early or forget about it. Yeah, get there early or forget about it. I like the Nook. I like Early Eves. It's in Bed Stuy. I like milk and pool. Also in Bed Stuy.
I like. I think it's called Sundays or something like that. That's also in Bed Stuy.
You know what? I'm gonna go.
I'm gonna go ahead and give it to y' all because I rock with Kelly.
That's hilarious. I'm gonna give it to y' all. My favorite coffee shop in the world. Haven't been a hundred places, but I've been a lot of places. I've been traveling. My favorite coffee shop in the world is called Lucille's. It's in Harlem. I think it's on like 1 50th close to me on Macomb Street. I used to walk there from my apartment in the Bronx. I used to walk over the bridge. It's like a 15 minute walk. I'd be right in Harlem.
The best coffee shop I've ever been to in the world. You know what I mean? It's the perfect amount of, like, modern. It's classic. Huge, big windows, huge, big plants. The neighborhood is great.
[00:31:00] Speaker A: Wow.
[00:31:01] Speaker B: It's a beautiful. It's truly like when it comes to New York City, it's a place I have deep in my heart. For real.
[00:31:07] Speaker A: Wow. Wolf, thanks for sharing that. That's a good one.
[00:31:09] Speaker B: Yeah, it's called Lucille.
[00:31:10] Speaker A: Surprised. But I'm gonna go there now.
[00:31:12] Speaker B: It's amazing. And they have a full bar and they do jazz on Thursday.
[00:31:15] Speaker A: Nice. Yeah, I like how that tied in.
There you go. Well, you know, there's one called Remy Flower and Company.
[00:31:22] Speaker B: Like them too.
[00:31:23] Speaker A: You've been there?
[00:31:23] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:31:24] Speaker A: That's really cool. It's kind of by grand. By the Grand Central and the United nations building. I think it's like second, 50th and second or something. Or 48th and second.
[00:31:34] Speaker B: You've been to people in Williamsburg?
[00:31:35] Speaker A: I haven't been there.
[00:31:36] Speaker B: Really small joint designed. Excellent.
[00:31:39] Speaker A: What's it called?
[00:31:39] Speaker B: People. Like People.
[00:31:41] Speaker A: Oh, I spelled again.
[00:31:43] Speaker B: PPL.
It's called like. That's the name of like. It's almost like if you were texting, like, people.
[00:31:48] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:31:48] Speaker B: You would like, condensed it.
[00:31:49] Speaker A: No, ppl.
[00:31:50] Speaker B: Ppl.
[00:31:51] Speaker A: Oh, wow.
[00:31:51] Speaker B: Yes. I'm a Google Maps that just 100 show. It's a beautiful.
[00:31:55] Speaker A: I'm so glad you're on the show today. You have some great ideas.
[00:31:57] Speaker B: It's like. It's Picture Heaven.
Picture Heaven.
[00:32:01] Speaker A: Same with the one I just said. Remy Flower and Company, where you're looking for that, there's one called Birch Coffee down by Flatiron up the side. Yep.
Joe Coffee Company all over the place.
[00:32:14] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:32:14] Speaker A: Devotion in Brooklyn.
[00:32:16] Speaker B: Oh, I like Devotion.
[00:32:17] Speaker A: You like? Yeah, yeah.
[00:32:18] Speaker B: It has a really huge sky, openings, sunroof, sun, really cool, whatever you call it, it's really nice. Yeah.
[00:32:23] Speaker A: Blue bottle coffee all over the place.
[00:32:25] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:32:26] Speaker A: Let's see what else we got. I'm just thinking, you know what I really like is when I do meetings with the guy who created my app. I have my own app. I don't know if you know that. This guy. This.
[00:32:36] Speaker B: I didn't know that.
[00:32:36] Speaker A: Yeah, this great.
My friend Mustafa, he's amazing. And he and his. His friends, you know, they're from Turkey, and they have this company. They're tech. They do a lot of tech stuff, and they build an app for me.
[00:32:52] Speaker B: Nice.
[00:32:53] Speaker A: Yeah. But anyway, when we do meetings, we. I like to go to. It's called Just Ground Central, and it's on 6th Avenue. And I'll say 42, 43, 44. Like, okay, 44th and 6th, right around there.
And the vibe inside there is so chill. It's got couches and chairs. It's just really cool.
[00:33:12] Speaker B: Rhythm Zero is a good spot. It's in Greenpoint.
[00:33:15] Speaker A: Oh, nice.
[00:33:16] Speaker B: It's near the water. You know what I mean? So you can get you a cup and you can walk right by the water.
Nice views. Maybe a nice sunset, maybe nice sunrise.
And then say coffee in Williamsburg.
[00:33:26] Speaker A: I was gonna bring that one up.
[00:33:27] Speaker B: Fire. Yeah, fire.
[00:33:29] Speaker A: S E, Y. Right?
[00:33:30] Speaker B: S E. Yep. Again, if you want to realistically have a chance to get a seat, go early.
Because everybody. People go here to work. They're there to channel their creativity.
Coffee shops are office.
[00:33:42] Speaker A: Right.
[00:33:42] Speaker B: So understand people want good seats in there.
[00:33:45] Speaker A: Yeah, I agree.
[00:33:45] Speaker B: So get there as soon as you can.
[00:33:47] Speaker A: This is awesome.
These are great. These are great answers, my friend.
Okay. Do you have any more coffee shops that you can think of? Are you good, buddy?
[00:33:55] Speaker B: None that I can think of. Those are good ones, y' all.
[00:33:57] Speaker A: Yeah. Remy, four three, I think, is my top.
[00:33:59] Speaker B: Is it four three or four five?
[00:34:01] Speaker A: Four five. What is it? I don't know.
[00:34:03] Speaker B: I could be wrong.
[00:34:05] Speaker A: It's. Maybe it's just Remy.
[00:34:06] Speaker B: It's 4:3. You're right.
[00:34:07] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. I don't know. Yeah.
Actually, my friend Dawn Finnegan, I met her through my social media. She's the one who told me about it. I met her there with her son one day, and it's just the coolest place.
[00:34:16] Speaker B: And it's amazing.
[00:34:17] Speaker A: Now I'm in love with it. Yeah.
[00:34:18] Speaker B: Flowers and stuff going on.
[00:34:20] Speaker A: It's got a second floor, too. It's just. It's really cool.
[00:34:22] Speaker B: Get the rose latte.
[00:34:24] Speaker A: Yeah. Nice, nice, nice, nice.
Perfect. So that was the Lynn. Lynn writes question this. Perfect.
So Kristen knowles wants to know the best places to get a rooftop drink.
I can think of many, actually.
[00:34:38] Speaker B: My spot just closed down. It's in my heart. The crown.
[00:34:41] Speaker A: Where is that?
[00:34:42] Speaker B: It's right up here on canal.
[00:34:44] Speaker A: Oh, man.
[00:34:45] Speaker B: They just closed it, man.
I don't understand why. It was the perfect.
Oh, man.
[00:34:50] Speaker A: Oh, man. That's sad, man.
I can't believe. I don't know about it.
[00:34:53] Speaker B: Places don't. It's hard for businesses to survive in New York.
[00:34:56] Speaker A: Yeah.
Yeah, that's true.
So I have a bunch, and some of them are kind of touristy, but you're coming here to visit. You're going to want to see the views. So you get. You can. You can.
You can kill two birds with one stone. So top of the rock has a cafe now, which is really cool. So you get. I actually love top of the rock. I love the views up there.
Peak restaurant. P E A K restaurant on the 101st floor of Hudson yards, where the edge is.
So if you go to peak restaurant and have dinner, then the edge is free.
So you can just walk and eat, have a drink, and walk down to the edge for free.
[00:35:37] Speaker B: Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
[00:35:40] Speaker A: What's up?
[00:35:41] Speaker B: Wait.
You go to the restaurant. You can be like. The edge.
[00:35:46] Speaker A: The edge, yes.
So you eat at peak restaurant. Then he could just walk out onto the.
[00:35:51] Speaker B: The edge is Peak restaurant. Like, they charge an arm and a leg.
[00:35:56] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:35:56] Speaker B: Okay, okay, okay.
[00:35:59] Speaker A: I even hesitate. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's expensive, but.
[00:36:02] Speaker B: Gotcha.
[00:36:02] Speaker A: It's not crazy expensive, but it's.
[00:36:04] Speaker B: But it's more affordable than the edge, maybe.
[00:36:08] Speaker A: Correct. Because you would get two for one, right? In a sense.
[00:36:12] Speaker B: Okay.
[00:36:12] Speaker A: Boom. Yeah.
[00:36:13] Speaker B: So could I go to the peak and have a drink?
[00:36:15] Speaker A: I was just going to say go, you know, go and have a drink. And I think. I'm pretty sure you can just go out into the edge.
[00:36:21] Speaker B: You putting me on, man? Yeah, you put it me on.
[00:36:23] Speaker A: Yeah. I'm serious, man. So, okay, so top of the rock. Edge, you know? I'm sorry. Peak restaurant at the edge.
M Social hotel. I talk about all the time at 52nd and Broadway. On my social media, my live videos, I talk about it all the time. Love the view.
Free view. Looking into Times Square. Love it, you guys. Most of you know about it.
One World Trade too. The observation deck up there. It's not outside, but it's beautiful. You have a drink. Look 100 floors up.
The rooftop at Exchange Place, which is in New Jersey.
And you just take the.
What? What Train. The path train P A T H. From the Oculus World Trade Center. The very first stop is called Exchange Place. You come up above ground, there's the hotel. I can't remember if it's the Hilton. One of those, you know, popular. Whatever, you know, that's on the back of it. Back end of it. You just take the elevator up and the views are spectacular. Looking into Manhattan, some of my best favorites in the city. Have you been there?
[00:37:19] Speaker B: No.
[00:37:19] Speaker A: It's incredible. It's called the Rooftop Exchange Place. They're looking from Jersey over to Manhattan. Then with the sunlight bounced off the buildings because the sun's behind you, it's. All the buildings are gold in Manhattan.
[00:37:30] Speaker B: Oh my God.
[00:37:31] Speaker A: Truly. Like award winning photographs.
[00:37:34] Speaker B: That sounds beautiful.
[00:37:35] Speaker A: Yeah, it's gorgeous.
And then our videos too. Beautiful.
Fulton restaurant at Pier 17.
[00:37:42] Speaker B: Okay.
[00:37:42] Speaker A: Have you been to Pier 17, which is on a South street seaport area? If you're sitting outside, I mean, it's just looking at the Brooklyn Bridge over to Dumbo, Brooklyn. It's incredible.
But I think you said rooftop. That's not a rooftop. Now that I think about it.
[00:37:56] Speaker B: Yeah, rooftop.
[00:37:56] Speaker A: That's still pretty though.
[00:37:58] Speaker B: The Publix is a good spot. I just went there.
[00:38:01] Speaker A: Where is that? I think I've been there.
[00:38:02] Speaker B: Publix is. It's in like the Lower east side area.
[00:38:06] Speaker A: I've been there.
[00:38:06] Speaker B: It's in a hotel.
[00:38:07] Speaker A: Pretty cool.
[00:38:08] Speaker B: Very nice.
Stunning. Stunning. 360 panorama of the city, I would say.
[00:38:13] Speaker A: Yep, you're right. I've been. I think I was there once when I first moved here and I loved it. It was at sunset too. It was incredible. I'd say do sunsets if you can.
[00:38:21] Speaker B: It's a spot called El Nico in Williamsburg. It's really nice.
[00:38:24] Speaker A: Oh, I don't know that one.
[00:38:24] Speaker B: Yeah, El Nico is nice. Good view. Good. Good vibe.
[00:38:27] Speaker A: That's pretty cool.
[00:38:28] Speaker B: Very nice.
[00:38:29] Speaker A: Just a couple more. I have timeout Market in Dumbo, Brooklyn.
[00:38:32] Speaker B: Oh yeah, that's probably. That's probably like the easiest one to get to.
Like, easy.
[00:38:37] Speaker A: You don't really love it.
[00:38:38] Speaker B: No, you don't. Have to spend any money, really. You can just go right up.
[00:38:40] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah. That's what I do when I do tours, too. I take people there.
[00:38:43] Speaker B: Not too high up, you know, but. But still, it's elevated, though.
[00:38:47] Speaker A: Yep, exactly. I think it's like five or six floors up, only. Yeah, that's.
What'd you say, my friend.
[00:38:54] Speaker B: It's in Dumbo.
[00:38:55] Speaker A: Yep. Dumbo right there. Yep. By the carousel. Right across on the carousel.
[00:38:59] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:38:59] Speaker A: And let's see.
Also kind of walking distance is the 1 hotel rooftop in Brooklyn.
So that's just.
[00:39:08] Speaker B: I've been there. I like that.
[00:39:09] Speaker A: I like that one, too. That's really nice. And then in Long Island City. No, I don't. They have views, but they don't have a hotel that I know of.
I love the. The Graduate Hotel on Roosevelt island. Right next to the Roosevelt island tram. Oh, I got one right up there. It's awesome.
[00:39:26] Speaker B: Panorama Room in Roosevelt Island.
[00:39:29] Speaker A: That's it. That's it.
[00:39:31] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:39:31] Speaker A: In the Graduate Hotel.
[00:39:33] Speaker B: Oh, that's what it is.
[00:39:34] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:39:34] Speaker B: Gotcha.
[00:39:34] Speaker A: I'm glad you said that.
[00:39:35] Speaker B: Got you.
[00:39:36] Speaker A: The Panorama Room in the Graduate Hotel.
[00:39:38] Speaker B: That's exactly one of the ones.
[00:39:39] Speaker A: I'm glad you said that. One of those ones isn't that cool as hell?
[00:39:43] Speaker B: Yeah, I was just there.
[00:39:46] Speaker A: That is cool as heck.
I love it. I go there once in a while. I love it. And then like. Oh, the last one would be the MO Lounge, which is the Mandarin Oriental Lounge on the 35th floor at.
@ the Mandarin Hotel at Columbus Circle. Right there. So you just go into the hotel, you walk to the back, to your right, there's elevators. You hit the 35th floor, boom, opens up. It's stunning. It's not outside, though. It's kind of expensive. But your 35 floor is over Central Park. It's incredible. Really, really incredible.
Jonathan Kirk asks, what's the most expensive real estate in Manhattan?
So I'll start with neighborhood first.
I would say the Upper east side as an area and Upper west side and Soho.
[00:40:37] Speaker B: All of that.
[00:40:38] Speaker A: All of that, yeah. And then also Billionaires Row, which is technically 57th street, you know, right below Central Park.
So that is. That's the most expensive real estate that I know of.
[00:40:50] Speaker B: Everything in Manhattan.
[00:40:51] Speaker A: Hudson Yards, too.
[00:40:52] Speaker B: Yeah, everything in Manhattan is pricey, man. You know, this is one thing you gotta know. It's pricey everybody wants. I think maybe Manhattan might be like. I don't actually know if this is true or not, but Manhattan is probably the most desired borough.
[00:41:06] Speaker A: I think so, too.
[00:41:06] Speaker B: As far as people Coming in, it's probably gets the bulk of the people.
I realize that a lot of people, you know, sometimes people come to New York City not for New York City. They come for the neighborhood. Sometimes they come for a borough. And oftentimes I find that people come for Manhattan and only Manhattan. So yeah, Manhattan is expensive because the demand is there.
[00:41:26] Speaker A: Yep. 100.
Yeah. I mean it's though that billionaires row, I call them safety deposit boxes for the ultra billionaires around the world.
You know, like Central Park Tower, 111 West 57th Street, 432 Park Avenue.
Those are all on 57th. Basically they'll have private gyms, swimming pools, spa, spas, concierge services.
[00:41:49] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:41:51] Speaker A: Gosh, it's just high end clientele. Celebrities, business leaders, investors. It's. Yeah, that's that 57th Street. Yeah. Billionaires.
[00:42:00] Speaker B: Top class.
[00:42:01] Speaker A: Yeah, it is.
Yeah. I would love to go in and just do a video. I want to get a hold of one of the real estate agents and say, can I just do a video.
[00:42:07] Speaker B: From like that would be amazing.
[00:42:08] Speaker A: The 80th or 90th floor. Yeah, but there was. Yeah, Soho. Definitely.
There was. I think it's the most expensive home sold in NYC and sold in the U. I should say ever in the US is a 24,000 square foot penthouse at 220 Central Park South.
It sold for $238 million in 2019.
[00:42:29] Speaker B: You know, man.
[00:42:30] Speaker A: Yeah. Isn't that crazy?
[00:42:31] Speaker B: I just like you don't even own the building.
[00:42:33] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:42:34] Speaker B: You know what I'm saying?
[00:42:34] Speaker A: Yeah. It was two floors.
[00:42:36] Speaker B: I don't know. I mean, I'm sure it's beautiful, but it's like. But you don't even own. Yeah, like you own it. But do you really own it though? Great. Do you really own it?
[00:42:44] Speaker A: It was bought by hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffith.
[00:42:47] Speaker B: Shout out to him.
[00:42:48] Speaker A: Yep. So. Hey, Ken. Go Ken.
[00:42:51] Speaker B: I'm sure he has the world's greatest sunsets.
[00:42:54] Speaker A: Yeah, I agree. I agree.
Okay, Wolf, you know what? This could be our last question because I know we got. Our time is running out and this is going to be a two parter episode. Maybe you can join the next one.
[00:43:09] Speaker B: Yeah, bring me on the next one, man. I would love to.
[00:43:10] Speaker A: You want to? Absolutely. Awesome. Awesome. So this question. Last question for the episode is by Maria Cecilia.
Is it Boule? Maria. I don't ever want to say your name right. And I always say, I always see you on my live videos. You're always so awesome.
But Maria Cecilia Bule. Let me know tomorrow on the live Video if I'm seeing your name right.
So she asked, is Riverside park the second biggest park? Because I was doing a live video and I think I was talking about Central park or something. So she's asked. Oh, no, I was walking through Riverside park, actually, that's what I was doing. And Maria asked if that's the second biggest, because I'm probably thinking. She's thinking Central park is the biggest, which makes total sense.
But did you know that? Do you know the 10 largest parks? Do you know the biggest park in New York City?
[00:43:59] Speaker B: Wolf is the prospect.
Prospect. The biggest park?
Is it. Is it. Let me ask you this, is it in the Bronx?
[00:44:07] Speaker A: It is in.
Yes, it is in the Bronx.
[00:44:11] Speaker B: It is in the Bronx. Okay.
[00:44:12] Speaker A: Yep.
[00:44:13] Speaker B: This is Van Cortlandt Park.
[00:44:15] Speaker A: No.
Oh, that's one of them. Yep. You'll. As soon as I say it, you'll know it.
[00:44:21] Speaker B: Okay, what is it?
[00:44:22] Speaker A: There's a movie kind of made after the. The name, not necessarily the park. But I'll tell you what, I'm gonna tell you.
[00:44:30] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:44:30] Speaker A: Pelham Bay.
[00:44:31] Speaker B: I swear I was right there.
[00:44:33] Speaker A: I was gonna say.
[00:44:33] Speaker B: Yeah, I was like, Pelham.
[00:44:35] Speaker A: Yep.
[00:44:35] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:44:36] Speaker A: Yeah. That's nice. Yeah, that's you. So that's the. That's the largest. So there's. I. I found the 10 largest parks in the city are looked up to 10 largest parks. So, Maria, that's a great question, because I didn't know this. You taught me this.
So the first one is Pelham Bay park in the Bronx, which is 2,765acres.
[00:44:54] Speaker B: Wow.
[00:44:54] Speaker A: That insane. Because when we get to Central park, it'll seem so much bigger than that. So then there's Greenbelt park, which is the second one, which is in Staten island, which is interesting, which is 1778 acres.
The third one's going to be Fresh Kills park, also in Staten island, which is 2,200 acres. That's so interesting, because population wise, you know, Staten island is the lowest population, maybe about 500,000, I guess, but it has the biggest parks of all five boroughs. Isn't that insane?
[00:45:25] Speaker B: They have special treat to themselves.
[00:45:27] Speaker A: Yeah. So it makes me want to go check it out. Check them out too. And now the one you mentioned, which is Van Cortlandt park in the Bronx, which is 1,146 acres.
Then next is Flushing Meadows Corona park, which we know, you know, 898 acres.
That's actually out where the cherry blossoms are. That's where Arthur Ashe tennis.
[00:45:52] Speaker B: Oh, yeah.
[00:45:52] Speaker A: You know.
[00:45:52] Speaker B: Yeah, that's what they do us open?
[00:45:55] Speaker A: Exactly. Yeah.
[00:45:56] Speaker B: I take my dad there almost every year.
[00:45:57] Speaker A: Oh, that's pretty cool. World is fair and all that stuff, but back in the, you know, 100 years ago or whatever. Whenever that was.
[00:46:02] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:46:03] Speaker A: And don't quote me on the 100 years, you guys. I don't know specifically.
So. Okay, we said Fleshy Meadows, Corona Park. Right. 898 acres. Next one is Central park, which is 843 acres. Which I did know that because, you know, that's my favorite. One of my favorite places in the world. But think about that. Well, if Central park is 843 acres, and Pelham Bay park, the very largest one, was 2,765 acres. Isn't that insane?
[00:46:31] Speaker B: You could almost fit Central park in it. Twice.
[00:46:33] Speaker A: Yeah, it's crazy. Wait, I think. Wait. One, two. Yeah, you're right. Wait, no, no, wait. Eight times. Three, Four. Three and a half times or something.
[00:46:42] Speaker B: Half. Yeah.
Yeah. Crazy.
[00:46:44] Speaker A: That's incredible.
And then the next one is Bronx park, which is 7 and 118 acres.
Two more, Alley Pond park in Queens, 655 acres. And Forest park in Queens, which is 544 acres.
[00:46:58] Speaker B: So what are your favorite parks?
[00:46:59] Speaker A: Mine? Central Park, 100. Hands down.
[00:47:01] Speaker B: Hands down.
[00:47:02] Speaker A: Yeah. I love it. I'm in love with that park. It's one of my favorite places in the city. I'm just in love with Central Park.
[00:47:08] Speaker B: Let me ask you a quick question.
[00:47:09] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:47:09] Speaker B: So I've always wanted to ride the bike. I mean. Excuse me. I always wanted to take the boat rides, like.
[00:47:15] Speaker A: Yep.
[00:47:15] Speaker B: But how often do they do that? Are they doing it now?
[00:47:20] Speaker A: Yeah, they're doing it right now.
[00:47:21] Speaker B: And it's like, one time I tried to go on my birthday, but the line was so long.
[00:47:24] Speaker A: Crazy.
[00:47:24] Speaker B: But I see you got to, like.
[00:47:25] Speaker A: When's Your birthday, though?
[00:47:26] Speaker B: May 29.
[00:47:27] Speaker A: They have a holiday, but that's like Memorial.
[00:47:30] Speaker B: It is.
[00:47:31] Speaker A: Is it Memorial Day weekend?
[00:47:32] Speaker B: Yeah, it is.
[00:47:32] Speaker A: That's why.
[00:47:33] Speaker B: Yeah. Yeah. It was super busy.
[00:47:35] Speaker A: Yeah. It's crazy.
[00:47:37] Speaker B: Yeah. I've always wanted to do that. And then also, you know, I always see people post like. Like videos and pictures at Central Park. But I always. I find Central park hard to navigate. Like, I try to find these places that I've seen. Like, that looks nice. And it's like, it's so big, I don't know how to get to the place.
Like, I see it and I'm like, this is nice. And it's like, how do you find.
[00:47:57] Speaker A: I have a solution. You know, you have my Number. Just text me, because I know that place, like, the back. I could walk through it blindfolded. I truly mean that.
[00:48:06] Speaker B: Wow.
[00:48:06] Speaker A: So I just text me, say, kelly, how do we get to the boathouse? With the boathouse, you know, or the. The row boats or the boat, you know, how do we get here? How do we get there? I know it. I could just walk you easily, right? So easily.
[00:48:18] Speaker B: I'll take care of them.
[00:48:19] Speaker A: Yeah, do that. But yes. It's only 25 for the rowboats, too, for like, an hour. It's really cool to four people. I think any rowing is the part that. The pain in the butt.
[00:48:28] Speaker B: I need that in my life. Yeah. I love Prospect Park. I love Washington.
[00:48:31] Speaker A: Prospect park is cool. Really cool.
[00:48:33] Speaker B: You know what I mean?
What's the Parker called in Bushwick? Maria Ann Park.
[00:48:37] Speaker A: I don't know. Something like that.
[00:48:38] Speaker B: Forgive me, y' all. It's Maria something. Shout out Maria. Whoever she was.
Yeah, good parks.
[00:48:45] Speaker A: Nice. Nice.
Hey, my friend. That was fun. We're gonna pick up. That was fun. We're gonna pick up.
For the next episode, we'll do. I'm sorry. For the next podcast we'll do. We'll finish questions for the other half of the questions, you know, so that's what we'll do.
[00:48:59] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:49:00] Speaker A: So I'm so glad you joined me today.
[00:49:01] Speaker B: This is fun, man.
[00:49:02] Speaker A: You know, this is really cool because this was kind of off the. It's an honor that you joined.
[00:49:06] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:49:06] Speaker A: This was off the cuff, you guys. I was coming here to do this by myself, and, you know, Wolf and I are good friends anyway, and I said, why don't you just join us? And he did.
[00:49:14] Speaker B: Yeah, I'm on. I'm on. It's.
[00:49:17] Speaker A: You know, you're the best, dude.
[00:49:18] Speaker B: New York City is a special place. So I'm honored that, like, it's even good for me to hear myself being like, oh, you have learned some things since you've been here.
[00:49:25] Speaker A: You know, a lot.
[00:49:26] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:49:26] Speaker A: The coffee shops. I was like, this is perfect. I don't know much about coffee.
[00:49:30] Speaker B: I love a good coffee shop. You'll always find me at a coffee shop.
[00:49:33] Speaker A: Well, this is awesome, buddy.
Before we let you go, Wolf, we here at the New Yorkers Podcast want to know what it means to you, Wolf Taylor. What it means to you to be a New Yorker.
[00:49:46] Speaker B: To be a New Yorker.
I think it means something different to a bunch of different people, but to me, it means to be a risk taker. I feel like a lot of people here. To be here, you have to wanna be here. It has to. You have. This is. You don't end up here on accident.
You know, it's an intention, it's a, it's an actual choice that's made to be in this city.
And there's an even greater choice to stay in this city. You know what I mean? So I would say to be a New Yorker is to be a risk taker, man. You're taking the ultimate risk. You know, New York City is, I think it's the best city in the world. But you do sacrifice a lot of things that other places have. But you know, you, at the end of the day, you stay because you convince yourself that it's worth the risk. So risk taker for sure.
[00:50:32] Speaker A: Wow. That's a awesome answer, my friend.
[00:50:35] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:50:37] Speaker A: Wow. Well, that's really great. I love hearing that. That's really, really good.
Thank you for joining us today for this week's episode of the New Yorkers podcast. Once again, I'm your host, Kelly Kopp, also known as New York City Cop, across all my single social media.
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