Author: Control@ltvsquad.com
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Hole 5
We found a hole, and no one wanted to go in it. Truly a remarkable moment for NYC Explorers! A Hole! That NO ONE wanted to go in!
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The BX Draws
There’s not a whole lot to say about this set of railroad drawbridges, other than they both seem to be locked into place and unable to open. One belongs to Amtrak and seems better maintained than it’s sister bridge just a few feet away, which is owned by CSX and is now a single track bridge, with the rail ties rotted and burned where the second track has been lifted. Despite their forlorn, rusty and graffitied appearance, Both still see trains on a daily basis, and are located in one of the darkest corners of an urban area you can expect to find.
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Pure Chewing Satisfaction – The abandoned Wrigley Gum factory
Did you know that humans have been chewing gum for at least 3000 years, and that modern day chewing gum was invented on Staten Island? If not, it’s time to learn about the abandoned Wrigley Gum factory in Rosebank.
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St. Niagara State Hospital
This one was such a bitch to get into for some reason. You’d think that first thing in a sunday morning you wouldn’t run into cops, cable guys, and trash dumpster guys, all lingering around said location doing absolutely nothing… but that’s how it was…
So after waiting these lameos out we finally got to barge right in. From a photography perspective I’m pleased with the results, but adventure wise, this place wasn’t really worth the wait. Gutted & beat up, this old hospital has seen better days. Judging from the trash bin removers and the utter lack of windows in this building, chances are it’ll be seeing a new life as some form of housing soon enough.
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NJ Jet Research Labs
When one plans fails, always have another.
I had seen this place before, but with a carload of people and one plan shot down, this immediately came up as plan B. There’s a lot of cool industrial shit to shoot here.
Back in the day, this place used to test jet engines and rockets for military use. Today it is a forlorn, forgotten, desolate place. Hopefully it’ll stay this way for still more years to come.
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Cementia
Not a whole lot to say about this place. it was once a major concrete production facility, employing hard drinking American labor. Now it’s a ghost town…
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The New and Old South Ferry – Unofficial Tour
The NYC MTA is opening a new subway station at South Ferry. This new station, funded by the feds after 9/11, is meant to replace the old 1905 South Ferry loop station on the 1 & 9 line. What’s most interesting about this station is that they’ve tied it to the nearby R/W whitehall street station, as well as connected it to the old loop stations via doorways and utility rooms which the public will likely never get to see (and yes, that is loop stations in the plurial – the inner track on the south ferry loop, used to turn #5 trains during non-rush hours, also has a station located behind it’s wall. This station was abandoned in the 1970s.).
Long before the MTA gave it’s press tour, we helped ourselves to a peak behind the curtain of this new station, which is set to open sometime in the next month or two.
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Second Avenue Subway, 1970s Harlem Segment
When we arrived at this tunnel, it had never been photographed before. Only a few daredevil graffiti artists even knew it existed, and everyone was tight lipped about how to get in. Make no mistake – getting in was a challenge, but we don’t do this because it’s always easy.
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Brooklyn Navy Yard Power Plant – Day Raid & History
At the time of my writing this, the final bricks of the former Brooklyn Navy Yard Power Plant are coming down.
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