Is the Brooklyn Navy Yard is the secret Hollywood of the east coast? Something new is filmed here every day.
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).
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.
Examining the long forgotten history of a Central Queens industrial zone, with one abandoned warehouse in particular.