In 2012, I adventured on up to Hudson Psych with the two goon brothers on a mission to explore as much of the place as we could in a single day.
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Exploring location files
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Kings County Building G
On January 31st, 2015, a massive fire ripped through a warehouse on the Brooklyn waterfront that contained troves of government records. Some of these were records from Building G – one of NYC’s most notorious psych ward. This highly suspicious fire involved an early morning FDNY response to a small fire, which rekindled and exploded into a full 7 alarm blaze after firefighters left.
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Exploring the abandoned LIC Fresh Direct site.
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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