1884 Route Map of the New York and Manhattan Beach railroad, showing the Greenpoint segment of track.
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Category: Railroad
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Brooklyn’s long forgotten railroad, Part 1
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LIC’s obscure, abandoned LIRR Bogies 2017, RIP
This past week, the LIRR finally began scrapping their abandoned bogies. So just what the hell is a bogie, anyway?
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Abandoned Coca-Cola Distribution Center & LIRR Glendale Junction, (Queens) NY
Examining the long forgotten history of a Central Queens industrial zone, with one abandoned warehouse in particular.
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Abandoned LIRR Woodhaven Blvd Station (Rockaway Beach Branch)
The Woodhaven blvd rockaway beach branch station is an important neighborhood piece of infrastructure that currently sits in ruins.
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Abandoned LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch – White Pot Junction
Where the hell is White Pot Junction?
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Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal (BEDT) – The abandoned years
The Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal (BEDT) was a small railroad located along the Brooklyn waterfront. Their property ran from N.4th street to North 11th street.
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Abandoned Ozone Park LIRR station & the giant spider that lived there
In 2002, Me, M, and a reporter climbed up onto the old LIRR Rockaway Beach tracks in Ozone Park.
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Abandoned LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch – Park Politics Edition
In Queens, a desperately needed transit option for multiple communities is under attack.
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Queens Subway Lofts: a Montauk Cutoff freight customer that never was.
The curious case of the building and miniature railroad that was planned next to the Montauk Cutoff, yet never built.
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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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