During the first week of March, 2020, the final bricks of the old Fresh Direct warehouse in L.I.C. came tumbling down. This building had a long history, and the future of this now cleared site is unknown (for the moment).
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The Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital
Did you know the Navy Yard once contained it’s own Hospital, and some of its abandoned buildings still survive today?
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Admirals Row: Brooklyn Navy Yard’s most famous ‘bando
Admiral’s Row was the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s best known Bando. Literally that’s the only reason for this post.
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A 9/11 Memorial that Grew in Brooklyn
Nearly ten years ago, we made an accidental discovery hidden in an abandoned corner of the Navy Yard that would soon become one of the most recognized memorials in NYC.
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Brooklyn Navy Yard building 128.
Trivia time: what is the one building in NYC that not only had a train track running through it, but was also used to build entire sections of legendary U.S. battleships?
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Brooklyn Navy Yard: Scattered Props
Is the Brooklyn Navy Yard is the secret Hollywood of the east coast? Something new is filmed here every day.
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Il-Makiage: LIC’s forgotten cosmetics company
Il-Makiage was a pioneering, NYC grown cosmetics company. Founded in 1972, the company operated out of a gritty unlabeled warehouse on Davis street in L.I.C. Their neighbors included the Cosola Contractors workshop (which at the time was used by a Hispanic newspaper), and the far better known Neptune Meter Company, whose buildings became the legendary 5ptz graffiti gallery.
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The fall of 5ptz last neighbors
Davis street in LIC is one of the many short, dead end streets that until recently, time forgot.
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