NYC Industrial Ruins

A rare but ugly gem, to say the least.

Greenpoint terminal was a big enough set of buildings that you could go over and over and over and still find new things. On this night we accessed a room that looked as though a squatter was living in it. Upon closer inspection though it appears the room was used as a local hang out […]

A crash course in breaking into warehouses full of Taxis.

After we found out that CF Freight had filed for bankruptcy and shut down their warehouse just south of GTW, we took advantage of the newly desolated surroundings to gain access for this, the first ever recorded daylight raid on the terminal.

The Washburn wire factory in Harlem was the very likely the largest factory in Manhattan. After production shut down, the factory became a haven for drug addicts and the homeless – a vast ‘mad max’ wasteland where not even the police would enter.

In 2001, we came across the historic remains of the Brooklyn City Railroad Company powerhouse. Inside, we found a gross tribute to late stage capitalism. (Original write up from July 2001 (with minor edits) – Building history & Update below) One fine summer evening we ended our day of exploring here. As we approach the […]

History The Quanta Resources Site is an approximately 1.8 acre parcel located at 37-80 Review Avenue, within a highly industrialized area of Long Island City, Queens, New York. A Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from 1898 indicates that the site was partially occupied by vacant and dilapidated brick wrecks of an oil refinery. Available information indicates […]

Original publication date: May 1, 2001, Updated & re-posted: Feb. 16, 2014. What was it? This new category of blog posts will feature locations around NYC that I’ve explored, but haven’t had the time to dig up good historic information on. It is my hope that someone out there will be able to comment below […]