In 2009, the borden avenue bridge in L.I.C. was in serious trouble.
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Category: Locations
Exploring location files
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Borden Avenue Bridge Reconstruction
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The Montauk Cutoff
There has been a ton of talk lately about what will become of the Montauk Cutoff. While the future remains unknown, its past is surprisingly more interesting than has thus far been reported.
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Jamaica Yard Leads & World’s Fair Connection
The tracks leading to Jamaica Yard under Queens Blvd. are a complex testament to the forward thinking applied to much of the construction of the old IND route lines.
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Training Tunnel & Layup
Deep in South Brooklyn, there is a 4 track subway tunnel that is very familiar to anyone who has performed contract work for the MTA.
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174th street Subway Yard
C train in the yardThe 174th street subway yard is a cavernous space under Washington Heights that is currently used to store C trains.
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137th street Subway Yard
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Abandoned location of Shine Electronics, LIC.
History
Constructed around 1950, this industrial building was located at 11th street and 46th ave – right across the street from the print shop that was recently demolished and replaced with condos. The last business to use this factory was Shine Electronics.
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Abandoned 63rd street platform & Mezzanine, Circa 2004
In 2004, Myself and a photoblogger (back when that was a thing) set out to get onto the abandoned platform at 63rd street.
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The abandoned Canal Street J/M/Z platform
For whatever reason I’ve never bothered to post photos of this station, despite myself and Ntwrkguy being the first to explore the place mere hours after it closed.
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Abandoned Station Entrance: 21st Van Alst
A few weeks after 9/11, we conducted a fairly brazen raid on the abandoned mezzanine and entrance of this station located along the G line in LIC. We had to tactically evade police when leaving, but it was well worth the effort.
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