It seems our favorite resident ‘abandoned’ locomotive still lives.
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Exploring location files
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Build Everything: Queens Needs Transit.
Over the years, we’ve published a few catty articles on this site that attacked some poorly thought out new transit ideas running through Queens. So let’s be clear: we need to build all of it.
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The Ferrara Bros Abandoned Gowanus Concrete Plant
Down on the Gowanus, a hot tip lead us to a rare NYC ‘abando treat: Ferrara Bros Abandoned Concrete Plant. -
Abandoned houses of Astoria & LIC, a retrospective
Growing up in Queens, we had no shortage of abandoned houses to explore.
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Abandoned Paint Factory: The Night Raid
Located on Vernon boulevard in LIC, the Paragon paint building is currently an abandoned shell of its former self.
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The demolished Astoria Presbyterian Church
The Astoria Presbyterian church was located on 33rd street, near 31st avenue. It was demolished in 2010.
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St. Saviours: The Historic Church that the NYC Government refused to save.
10 years ago, the NYC government had an opportunity to save a historic church in Maspeth, Queens. Nearly every elected official involved either dropped the ball or did not care.
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Astoria’s Abandoned Funeral Home
For a hot minute in 2011, Astoria had its very own abandoned funeral home.
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Brooklyn’s long forgotten railroad, Part 2
LIRR railfan special passes under the present day M line on Myrtle Avenue on September 9th, 1956. Photo by Bill Rugen (via Steve Lynch’s LIRR history site, reposted w/permission)
Unless you ask a real old timer, most people in Ridgewood have no idea a railroad ran right through the middle of the neighborhood.
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Brooklyn’s long forgotten railroad, Part 1
1884 Route Map of the New York and Manhattan Beach railroad, showing the Greenpoint segment of track.
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