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Frozen in Time: The Great Blizzard of 1888
Here’s a classic from the Bowery Boys Podcast archive, recorded in early 2013, just a few months after Hurricane Sandy. Each winter, when forecasters warn of an approaching monster storm, they inevitably invoke one of the most infamous temp
How To Dig a Train Tunnel Under the Hudson River (from HISTORY This Week)
For more historical deep dives just like these, check out HISTORY This Week wherever you get your podcasts! February 14, 1905. A stick of dynamite detonates under the Hudson River — and the ground above swallows a locomotive whole. It's the
#479 NYC '84: The Case of the 'Subway Vigilante'
On the afternoon of December 22, 1984, shots rang out beneath the streets of New York, from the subway's 2 Seventh Avenue express train (https://www.mta.info/maps/subway-line-maps/2-line). A Greenwich Village man named Bernhard Goetz shot f
#478 The Disappearance of Judge Crater
On August 6, 1930, Supreme Court Justice Joseph Force Crater stepped into a taxi on West 45th Street and vanished without a trace. For 27 days, nobody reported him missing—not his wife waiting in Maine, not his Tammany Hall cronies, (https:
The History of Brooklyn Heights and the Promenade
“A Highway is Crumbling. New York Can’t Agree on How to Fix It.” (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/26/nyregion/brooklyn-queens-expressway-new-york-highway.html) That was a headline in the New York Times back in November about the
#477 Chester A. Arthur: The Gentleman Boss
On Lexington Avenue sits a special food store named Kalustyan's (https://foodsofnations.com/?srsltid=AfmBOopM7vFq38MH03J_7ks8riZuU9HS3uxGcWBRZuc_RTrmpK_A7ViN) with a second floor stocked with international spices, syrups, and bitters. In 18
#476 Hot Victorian Holiday: Bowery Boys History Live! at City Winery
Bowery Boys History Live is a live-show series at City Winery hosted by Greg Young featuring a variety of historians and tour guides. The last installment this summer featured author Liz Block and tour guide Keith Taillon. (https://www.bowe
#475 Subway Tokens, MetroCards and Other Historic Fare
New Yorkers have gotten around their cities by subways, buses, elevated trains, streetcars and ferries. And the ways in which they have paid for them have changed as well. And keeps changing! This month, the city is saying farewell to the M
The Great Fire That Transformed New York
This month marks the 190th anniversary of one of the most devastating disasters in New York City history — The Great Fire of 1835. (https://www.boweryboyshistory.com/2020/12/podcast-great-fire-of-1835.html) This massive fire, among the wors
#474 Made in France: The Statue of Liberty’s Forgotten Origin Story
She stands in New York Harbor as America’s most recognizable symbol—but the story of the Statue of Liberty begins thousands of miles away, in the charming Alsatian city of Colmar, France. In this special on-location episode, Tom ventures to
The Last Ships From Hamburg: An Immigration Story
Our second in a series of podcasts about New York City and American immigration history. Between the late 1890s and early 1920s, over 2 million Jews from Eastern Europe fled their homes and made the long journey to America, escaping persecu
#473 The Other Side of Ellis Island
Ellis Island (https://www.nyctourism.com/museums-galleries/ellis-island-national-museum-of-immigration/) is one of America’s great landmarks, a place in New York Harbor that represents the millions of people who arrived in this country duri
The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree: A History in Lights
The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree has brought joy and sparkle to Midtown Manhattan since the early 1930s. The annual festivities may seem steady and timeless but this holiday icon actually has a surprisingly dramatic history. Millions t
#472 The Many Mysteries of Amelia Earhart
The aviation hero Amelia Earhart, who became one of the world's most famous women during the Great Depression, is one of those historic figures that people think they know quite well. But during her lifetime, much of her public image was th
Rodgers and Hammerstein: Some Enchanted Broadway History
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II are two of the greatest entertainers in New York City history. They have delighted millions of people with their unique and influential take on the Broadway musical — serious, sincere, graceful and p
#471 Ghost Stories of Long Island
For this year's annual Bowery Boys Ghost Stories podcast (https://www.boweryboyshistory.com/2025/10/bowery-boys-halloween-specials-complete-haunted-collection.html), Greg and Tom take a road trip to Long Island to explore the region's most
#470 The Grand Tale of the Erie Canal
On October 26, 1825, the fate of New York City – and the entire United States – changed with the opening of the Erie Canal, a manmade waterway that connected the Hudson River to Lake Erie. It was the most significant engineering project of
#469 Dominican New York: A History In The Heights
Dominicans comprise the largest immigration group in modern New York City, and Dominican culture has become embedded in the city's rich fabric of immigrant history. And in one place in particular -- Washington Heights. This historic neighbo
19th Century NoHo: Glamour, Greed, Money, and Murder
Today's New York neighborhood called NoHo, wedged between Greenwich Village and the East Village, holds the stories of many people and places that then went on to become deeply associated with the great Gilded Age. The Astor family began th
The Boy Mayor of New York
As New York City enters the final stages of a rather strange mayoral election in 2025, let’s look back on a decidedly more unusual contest over 110 years ago, pitting Tammany Hall and their estranged ally (Mayor William Jay Gaynor) up again
#468 Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue": A Jazz-Age Drama
On January 3, 1924, 25-year-old George Gershwin was shooting pool in a Manhattan billiard hall when his brother Ira Gershwin read aloud a shocking newspaper article: "George Gershwin is at work on a jazz concerto." There was just one proble
History Daily: Pirate Tales!
We love the podcast History Daily, (https://www.historydaily.com) a co-production from award winning podcasters Airship and Noiser, so we're presenting two episodes with a very similar theme -- pirates! -- July 6, 1699. The arrest of Captai
#467 The Brooklyn Theatre Fire: The Forgotten Gilded Age Tragedy
On the evening of December 5, 1876, the glorious Brooklyn Theatre caught fire, trapping its audience in a nightmare of flame and smoke. The theater sat near Brooklyn City Hall (today's Brooklyn Borough Hall), and the blaze which destroyed i
#466 Pete's Tavern and McSorley's Old Ale House
The ultimate bar crawl of Old New York continues through a survey of classic bars and taverns that trace their origins from the 1850s through the 1880s. And this time we're recording within two of America's most famous establishments, joine
#465 The Oldest Bars in New York City
We’ve put together the ultimate New York City historic bar crawl, a celebration of the city’s old taverns, pubs, and ale houses with 18th- and 19th-century connections. And along the way, you’ll learn so much about the city’s overall histor
#464 New York: The City of Oysters
Once upon a time New York City oysters were not only plentiful and healthy in the harbor, they were an everyday, common food source. The original fast food! For that reason, the oyster could be an official New York City mascot. Oyster farmi
#463 Gilded Age Golden Girls (Live At City Winery)
A special presentation of our live show Bowery Boys History Live, recorded at City Winery, (https://citywinery.com) July 2, 2025 Bowery Boys History Live (https://www.boweryboyshistory.com/2025/05/bowery-boys-history-live-now-at-city-winery
Spirits Podcast: Urban Legends with Greg Young
Ready for a little summertime spookfest? This week we're thrilled to present to you a podcast appearance Greg made back in April on the Spirits Podcast (https://spiritspodcast.com/). Hosted by Amanda McLoughlin and Julia Schifini, the Spiri
#462 The Jersey Shore Shark Attacks of 1916
TERROR ON THE BEACH! Seaside resorts from Cape May, New Jersey, to Montauk, Long Island, were paralyzed in fear during the summer of 1916. Not because of the threat of lurking German U-boats and saboteurs. But because of sharks.On July 1, 1
The Gilded Age Mansions of Fifth Avenue
At the heart of New York’s Gilded Age — the late 19th-century era of unprecedented American wealth and excess — were families with the names Astor, Waldorf, Schermerhorn, and Vanderbilt, alongside power players like A.T. Stewart, Jay Gould
