Lenny Kravitz is giving fans a glimpse into his childhood home and the neighborhood where he grew up in New York City, People reports.
On Monday, Sept. 16, the Grammy winner, Lenny Kravitz, 60, shared a video to Instagram that featured a tour of his Upper East Side childhood home, where he lived with his parents actress Roxie Roker and television producer Sy Kravitz — as a young kid before moving to Los Angeles.
In the video, Lenny Kravitz shows off the Gothic-style exterior of the family’s former East 82nd Street home, “where it all began.”
“East 82nd Street, where I grew up on the Upper East Side,” he began in the video. “We lived on the third floor and it was a one-bedroom apartment. My parents gave me the bedroom and they slept on a couch in the living room.”
“I have so many beautiful memories of this place,” he continued, speaking directly to the camera as he sat on the front porch of the apartment building.
“One of the beautiful things about living in this neighborhood and on this street was that the Metropolitan Museum wasn’t far,” he said, panning the camera to show how the iconic art museum was within eyeshot of his front steps. “That’s my backyard.”
“This building right here, 3 East 82nd St., is where Joe Namath lived,” Lenny Kravitz said, showing off a building covered in scaffolding as he spoke about the former New York Jets quarterback. “Right through that window was the parlor floor where I used to see him inside partying.”
The rocker also took time to show off an old diner down the street where he and his parents used to eat, telling his followers that it was once called the Copper Lantern.
“Right there at the bar is where I tied my shoe for the first time,” he recalled.
“Directly across the street is the school I went to,” he added, showing off the famous public school PS6.
“Just wanted to show you where I came from,” he ended the heartfelt video.
The “TK421” singer has been candid about how his upbringing in New York City influenced him as a person and as a musician. In an interview with CBS Mornings in May, Kravitz opened up about how the city and the time he spent at the Harlem School of the Arts’ after-school program shaped his most recent album, Blue Electric Light.
“I grew up being a New York kid. I took the subway at a young age – walking with your friends, taking cabs, you know? My mom taught me to be independent, you know?” he said.
“All I can do is really just feel how blessed,” he added, referring to the time between his early childhood to now. “That and how beautiful the journey has been.”