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NYC Industrial Ruins

Over the last 20 years, we have made a point of exploring every abandoned factory, warehouse and industrial related location within NYC. Here is a sampling of some of these locations, including photos and in depth histories (where possible).

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.



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.