Christmas morning climbing to build mind and character 😛
NYC Specific Industrial sites
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).
Did you know the Navy Yard once contained it’s own Hospital, and some of its abandoned buildings still survive today?
Admiral’s Row was the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s best known Bando. Literally that’s the only reason for this post.
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.
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?
Is the Brooklyn Navy Yard is the secret Hollywood of the east coast? Something new is filmed here every day.
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 […]
Davis street in LIC is one of the many short, dead end streets that until recently, time forgot.
Down on the Gowanus, a hot tip lead us to a rare NYC ‘abando treat: Ferrara Bros Abandoned Concrete Plant.
Located on Vernon boulevard in LIC, the Paragon paint building is currently an abandoned shell of its former self.
This past week, the LIRR finally began scrapping their abandoned bogies. So just what the hell is a bogie, anyway?
Within an otherwise empty industrial building in NYC lies this hidden room, filled with intrigue.