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NYC Industrial Ruins

NYC Specific Industrial sites

LIC Cement Tower

Christmas morning climbing to build mind and character 😛



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).



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?



The BHRA and Brooklyn Navy Yard’s abandoned trains

The case of the disappearing trains.



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.



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.



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?



Brooklyn Navy Yard: Scattered Props

Is the Brooklyn Navy Yard is the secret Hollywood of the east coast? Something new is filmed here every day.



Il-Makiage: LIC’s forgotten cosmetics company

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 […]



The fall of 5ptz last neighbors

Davis street in LIC is one of the many short, dead end streets that until recently, time forgot.



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 Paint Factory: The Night Raid

Located on Vernon boulevard in LIC, the Paragon paint building is currently an abandoned shell of its former self.



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?



The Machine Shop

Within an otherwise empty industrial building in NYC lies this hidden room, filled with intrigue.