The Bowery Boys: New York City History

Tom Meyers, Greg Young

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 stories, featuring both classic and forgotten figures who have shaped the world.

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The Bowery Boys: New York City History

Episodes (543)

Friday #479 NYC '84: The Case of the 'Subway Vigilante'
Jan 30th #478 The Disappearance of Judge Crater
Jan 16th The History of Brooklyn Heights and the Promenade

The Bowery Boys: New York City History

Feb 13, 2026
54¼ minutes
50 MB

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. A Greenwich Village man named Bernhard Goetz shot four black teenagers who he believed were about to assault him. The incident made international news, amplified by the city’s shameless tabloid newspapers because it so perfectly embodied all the cultural stereotypes about New York City in the 1980s. Goetz became a sort of folk hero, the so-called Subway Vigilante, who took things into his own hands because the city’s weakened and inept services coul...

The Bowery Boys: New York City History

#479 NYC '84: The Case of the 'Subway Vigilante'

Tom Meyers, Greg Young

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