The Bowery Boys: New York City History
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The Bowery Boys: New York City History
The tides of American history lead through the streets of New York City — from the huddled masses on Ellis Island to the sleazy theaters of 1970s Times Square. The elevated railroad to the Underground Railroad. Hamilton to Hammerstein! Greg and Tom explore more than 400 years of action-packed storie...
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#471 Ghost Stories of Long Island
For this year's annual Bowery Boys Ghost Stories podcast, Greg and Tom take a road trip to Long Island to explore the region's most famous haunted tal...
#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 co...
#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 immi...
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 the...
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 ye...
#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 new...
History Daily: Pirate Tales!
We love the podcast History Daily, a co-production from award winning podcasters Airship and Noiser, so we're presenting two episodes with a very simi...
#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 sa...
#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 1880...
#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-ce...
#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...
#463 Gilded Age Golden Girls (Live At City Winery)
A special presentation of our live show Bowery Boys History Live, recorded at City Winery, July 2, 2025
Bowery Boys History Live is a storytelli...
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 Podcas...
#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 b...
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, Wa...
#461 The Story of Inwood and Marble Hill
People who live in Inwood know how truly special it is. Manhattan's northernmost neighborhood (aside from Marble Hill) feels like it's outside of the...
Children of the Gilded Age
The children of the Gilded Age were seen but not heard. Until now!
Listener favorite Esther Crain, author and creator of Ephemeral New York join...
#460 The Brooklyn Museum and the Birth of a New City
While you may know the Brooklyn Museum for its wildly popular cutting-edge exhibitions, the borough's premier art institution can actually trace its o...
#459 Moses vs. Bard: The Battle for Castle Clinton
In 1939, Robert Moses sprung his latest project upon the world -- the Brooklyn-Battery Bridge, connecting the tip of Manhattan to the Brooklyn waterfr...
The Trial of John Peter Zenger (Rewind)
A long, long time ago in New York — in the 1730s, back when the city was a holding of the British, with a little over 10,000 inhabitants — a German pr...
#458 Parkways and the Transformation of Brooklyn
When Prospect Park was first opened to the public in the late 1860s, the City of Brooklyn was proud to claim a landmark as beautiful and as peaceful a...
#457 FORD TO CITY: DROP DEAD
On October 29, 1975, President Gerald Ford walked into a press conference at the National Press Club and, using more precise, more eloquent words than...
#456 Walking New York: Manhattan History on Foot with Keith Taillon
Join us for an interview with Instagram historian Keith Taillon (@keithyorkcity), whose detailed posts about New York's history have earned him nearly...
#455 House of Beauty: The Story of the Frick Collection
We invite you to come with us inside one of America’s most interesting art museums – an institution that is BOTH an art gallery and a historic home.
#454 Special Delivery: A History of the Post Office
The history of the United States Postal Service as it plays out in the streets of New York City -- from the first post road to the first postage stamp...
#453 All The Beauty In The World: Guarding the Met with Patrick Bringley
A special bonus episode! Two years ago we featured Patrick Bringley on the show, the author of All The Beauty In The World (Simon & Schuster), regardi...
#452 How New York Got Its Name
It's one of the most foundational questions we could ever ask on this show -- how did New York City get its name?
You may know that the English...
#451 The New Yorker Magazine: Talk of the Town for 100 Years
The New Yorker turns one century old -- and it hasn't aged a day! The witty, cosmopolitan magazine was first published on February 21, 1925. And even...
At The Movies with Meyers and Young (Side Streets)
Greg and Tom have taken off their historian hats and have become -- movie critics? Close but not quite!
This week we're giving you a 'sneak prev...
#450 Harlem in the Jazz Age: A Renaissance in New York
This year marks the 100th anniversary of Alain Locke's classic essay "The New Negro" and the literary anthology featuring the work of Langston Hughes,...
#449 Italian Harlem: New York's Forgotten Little Italy
One of America's first great Italian neighborhoods was once in East Harlem, once filled with more southern Italians than Sicily itself, a neighborhood...
The Return of the Waldorf Astoria (Rewind)
A star of the New York City skyline is reborn -- the Waldorf Astoria is reopening in 2025! And so we thought we'd again raise a toast to one of the wo...
#448 Inside the Memory Palace with Nate DiMeo
There were very few history podcasts around back in the year 2008, but the Bowery Boys Podcast was certainly here ... and so was The Memory Palace, ho...
The World of Tiffany Glass: Lighting the Gilded Age
Just the name "Tiffany" evokes the glamour and elegance of the Gilded Age. But there is much more to the story than just the eponymous retailer who co...
#447 Bob Dylan's Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village is one of America's great music capitals, an extraordinary distinction for an old neighborhood of tenements, townhouses, div...
#446 Mr. Morgan and His Magnificent Library
Does your personal library overwhelm your home? Are there too many books in your life -- but you'll never get rid of them? Then you have a lot in comm...
The Radio City Rockettes: New York's Dancing Queens (Rewind)
The Rockettes are America’s best known dance troupe — and a staple of the holiday season — but you may not know the origin of this iconic New York Cit...
#445 The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade: A Century of Cheer
What is Thanksgiving without the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade? The annual march through Manhattan -- terminating at Macy's Department Store -- has d...
#444 New York's Classic Mom-and-Pop Shops (with New York Nico)
The energy and personality of New York City runs through its local businesses -- mom-and-pop shops, independently run stores and restaurants, often fa...
Whatever Happened to Dorothy Arnold? (Rewind)
The young socialite Dorothy Arnold seemingly led a charmed and privileged life. The niece of a Supreme Court justice, Dorothy was the belle of 1900s N...