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[VIDEO] Walk Through the Abandoned LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch

2024-11-09T12:00:00-05:00

Opened in 1880 as the New York, Woodhaven and Rockaway Railroad, the line originally operated as a steam railroad at street grade. It was sold to the owner of the LIRR in 1887, and was reorganized as the New York and Rockaway Beach Railway (NY&RB), and until 1922, was operated independently before being turned over to the LIRR.

The line south of Woodhaven Junction was electrified first in 1905, and the line was built upward to connect to the mainline at Whitepot Junction in Rego Park around 1908. By 1910, the entirety of the line all the way to Penn Station was electrified. The wooden trestle crossing over Jamaica Bay caught fire in 1950 and service to Rockaway Beach ceased shortly after, with the line being truncated at Ozone Park, and the section south of it sold for $8.5 million to the City of New York in 1952. The New York City Transit Authority then repurposed the elevated trackways into the IND Rockaway line, opening in 1956 with a new connection to the existing IND Fulton Street Line. The 3.5 mile portion north of Ozone Park remained in service, although ridership and train service drastically decreased.

On June 8, 1962, the LIRR made the decision to shut down the line permanently. Post-abandonment, there have been numerous proposals to reactivate the tracks, either back to the LIRR, or as a subway link from the IND Queens Boulevard Line just north of Whitepot Junction. Another proposal was to create a "QueensWay", an elongated park similar to the High Line Park in Manhattan, which would offer pedestrian and biking trails down to Southern Queens. As of right now, city funding for any kind of rehabilitation on this line is close to zero, so the future remains uncertain.

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[WATCH] Exploring NYC's Creepy Forbidden Island | North Brother Island

2024-09-10T12:00:00-04:00

Join me on a thrilling kayaking adventure to the infamous North Brother Island, a forgotten piece of New York City's history. Paddle through the unpredictable waters of the East River and discover the island's eerie abandoned buildings, once home to patients suffering from contagious diseases.

Witness the remnants of the past, including the iconic Riverside Hospital, where the infamous "Typhoid Mary" was quarantined. Explore the overgrown ruins, feel the island's haunting atmosphere, and enjoy this mysterious and captivating location.

Don't miss this unique opportunity to experience the chilling and untamed beauty of North Brother Island!

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[WATCH] 1 Seaport: New York City's Abandoned Leaning Tower

2024-06-27T12:00:00-04:00

Rising 60 stories along the East River of Manhattan, 1 Seaport at 161 Maiden Lane, was a luxury condo tower poised to become another iconic real estate venture in the city. However, after major construction mistakes were made, the tower and its owners entered a deep hole of financial turmoil, litigation and failed promises. All of this has left a once $400 million condo tower, completely abandoned in one of the densest cities on earth, now tilting precariously to one side. This is New York's leaning, abandoned condo tower.

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[WATCH] Peek at Staten Island's Abandoned Seaview Hospital From Above in This Aerial Video

2024-06-03T12:00:00-04:00

When it opened in 1913, Staten Island's Sea View Hospital was celebrated as the "largest and finest hospital ever built" for tuberculosis patients, and by a city official as "vast, ingenious, practical, convenient, sanitary, and beautiful." In the mid-1940's, Sea View contributed to a series of medical breakthroughs in developing streptomycin, an antibiotic effective in the treatment and ultimate curing of tuberculosis. Streptomycin was so effective in healing patients that by 1961, the main hospital was all but empty.

In this aerial video from YouTube channel Find and Seek, see the abandoned Sea View Hospital like you've never seen before.

Seaview hospital located in Staten Island New York, was once a tuberculosis sanatorium. While some of the buildings in the complex remain active, this massive structure sits untouched.

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[WATCH] The Secret Ghost Town Near New York City

2024-05-30T12:00:00-04:00

Ghost towns are both eerie reminders of what once was and useful demonstrations of how the Earth moves on without us. Filmmaker Alexander Trowbridge reflects on nature taking over after discovering Doodletown, a secret ghost town just north of New York City. Alan Weisman, author of The World Without Us, and Cal Flyn, author of Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape, offer insights on nature's comeback after humans.

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[WATCH] Documentary: Ghost Stations of NYC Subway System

2024-02-24T12:00:00-05:00

Go for a look in the subway lines that were cancelled, forgotten and shrouded under New York City & delve deeper into the abandoned tunnels with real life accounts and exclusive photos & stories from LTV Squad (namely founder, photographer & author of ltvsquad.com Bad Guy Joe) as Aldo guides you along the tracks honing on the empty stations that we pass along.

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[VIDEO] Abandoned Highrise Mental Hospital in the Middle of NYC - Operating Rooms and Padded Cells

2024-02-14T12:00:00-05:00

In this episode we're exploring the Bronx State Hospital buildings that have been abandoned since 2016. A brand new facility replaced the outdated structures that were built in the 1960s.

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[WATCH] Exploring NYC's Abandoned Ghost Platforms

2024-01-05T12:00:00-05:00

Infiltrating infamous City Hall station underneath New York city!

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[WATCH] Abandoned NYC Subway Stations and Platforms

2023-10-18T12:00:00-04:00

The New York City Subway is over a century and a decade old, so there is no doubt that the entire system has stations that are either open but have closed off platforms, or stations that are closed for good. List of abandoned Stations Shown (in Order of video):

9th Ave (Lower Level)

Bowery and Canal Street (Abandoned Platforms)

18th Street

South Ferry (Inner Loop) Nevins Street (Lower Level)

Worth Street

Bergen Street (Lower Level)

City Hall (Lower Level)

91st Street

42nd Street - Port Authority Bus Terminal (Lower Level)

Chambers Street (Abandoned Platforms)

South 4th Street

City Hall Loop

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[VIDEO] The Wild Story of New York’s Abandoned Skyscraper

2023-05-16T12:00:00-04:00

THERE'S a big problem in The Big Apple. You’ve heard of Italy’s Leaning Tower of Pisa and you can’t forget San Francisco’s tilting Millennium Tower. But did you know that New York City also has its very own slanted skyscraper? That’s right, the skyline that never stops evolving has developed a bit of a predicament. It's all happening over at One Seaport or 161 Maiden Lane: 60 storeys of prime real estate on Manhattan’s eastern waterfront. At first glance it may look like any other construction project downtown. But look a lot closer, and you’ll find it’s actually leaning 8 centimetres, or three inches, to the north.

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