Alex Bostwick makes great informative videos dealing with New York City history, culture, and oddities on his YouTube channel Bostwiki. In this recent upload from the channel, learn how Doyers Street in Manhattan's Chinatown was once America's most deadly street, in an otherwise upbeat video.
The history of the curviest, deadliest, oddest street in New York City. Hidden in Chinatown.
At a glance, the abandoned structures at the former Bayside Oil Depot in Williamsburg hardly look like public park material. However, a group is seeking to preserve and transform the decaying oil containers into a public works such as a theater, art galleries, climbing walls, and more. Learn more about what they want to do to make these abandoned steel buildings part of Bushwick Inlet Park in this short video from our friends at 6sqft.
With a fresh name--THE TANKS at Bushwick Inlet Park--and a community galvanized around them, Karen and Stacey recently took 6sqft on an exclusive, behind-the scenes tour of the abandoned site, giving us a glimpse into how this incredible industrial relic is poised to become NYC's next anticipated park. Get a rare, up-close look at the tanks, hear what these powerhouse women have been up to, and learn what we can expect in the near future.
This great vintage photograph from around 1934 shows the view from Brooklyn's Fulton Ferry Landing looking across the East River towards lower Manhattan. This would be right at the edge of Old Fulton Street today, around Pier 1 in Brooklyn Bridge Park. Here is a Google StreetView of approximately the same view today:
