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Discover 33 abandoned places in New York City.
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Bronx, New York
Westchester Avenue Station
Designed by famed 20th-century architect Cass Gilbert, the future of this abandoned 1908 rail station is currently in limbo.
Staten Island, New York
Sleight Family Graveyard
The final resting place of some of Staten Island's earliest settlers and their descendants.
Permanently Closed
Queens, New York
Abandoned Redbird
A retired subway car stands alone in a field in the middle of Queens.
Brooklyn, New York
Calvert Vaux Cove
This small, hidden cove is home to abandoned boats.
Brooklyn, New York
'Jumping Jack' Power Plant
A mysterious, abandoned building rotting on the Brooklyn waterfront.
New York, New York
Queensboro Trolley Kiosk
A forgotten relic from New York's bygone trolley system hides in plain sight under a bridge.
New York, New York
The Hidden Art Deco Tunnel Underneath the New Yorker Hotel
The beautiful tunnel that ran from the lobby to Penn Station is still hidden underneath 34th Street.
New York, New York
Secret Apartment in the Fort Washington Library
This abandoned caretaker's apartment is one of 13 left in the New York Public Library system.
New York, New York
The Forgotten Entrance to Clinton Hall
Hidden in one of New York's oldest subway stations is the final remnant of the site of the bizarre Shakespeare Riots.
Bronx, New York
Bartow Station
A former connection to City Island, it has been abandoned since the 1930s.
New York, New York
St. George's Syrian Catholic Church
This vacant church in the Financial District was once the heart of New York's first Syrian immigrant community.
New York, New York
Abandoned 18th Street Subway Station
This abandoned subway station can still be seen on regular commuter trips.
Permanently Closed
Queens, New York
Neponsit Health Care Center
This Queens hospital has stood abandoned for almost 20 years after its patients were secretly relocated in the dead of night.
Brooklyn, New York
Staten Island's Lost Subway Tunnel
An abandoned subway tunnel that could have reinvigorated Staten Island still lies somewhere beneath this Brooklyn park.
Queens, New York
The Abandoned Rockaway Beach Branch of the Long Island Railroad
A once crucial portion of the Long Island railroad still lays abandoned, waiting to be turned into an urban park.
Staten Island, New York
Remains of Fort Wadsworth
Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.
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