Posts tagged with 'nyc'

I spent my first 5 years in New York City living in Brooklyn with friends as roommates, but when they moved out and rando's moved in, the vibe was significantly off.I decided to mo…

Earlier I wrote about the keychain I helped Girafa create, and he gifted me a custom painted U-haul toy truck:I decided I needed a good place to display it and I had an empty shelf…

I peeped this building when trawling Google maps for NYC graffiti yards. It had the tell-tale signs of an abandonment from the graffiti visible in Satellite view. I eventually made…

The New York Farmers Colony has an interesting, sordid history. It began as a poor house, before social security systems were in place. People unable to care for themselves were se…

After exploring under the freeway, I decided to check out a building that had some graffiti on it. It lead me to a path that went off into the woods. Eventually it turned into a tu…

My last post was a power plant and I'm pretty sure this place is too, though I couldn't find any history on it. This was a really cool, completely unplanned and unexpected explore.…

My 101st Urban Ex post.. w00t! Time flies, I wonder what lies in my next hundred spots? :D This abandoned Power Plant was nick named the Gates of Hell by explorers before me. I don…

The days after a major NYC snow storm I found myself once again Urban Exploring a giant sprawling complex of abandoned buildings. This time, I went to the sub-section called "The Q…

Sometimes when you've done something for awhile, you start to think you've seen everything. I've been exploring abandoned things and drain tunnels for a few years now. But nothing …

The other day I went out with another awesome explorer I met online. We drove an hour away from the city to this magical land of abandoned buildings. This sprawling complex was hug…

Early on in my adventures I did some silos back in the Bay Area. When I moved to NYC I quickly learned of silos over on the east coast that were similar in age and style to the Bay…

This was a gigantic warehouse - basically two in one. In was comprised of two separate buildings, joined with a large gate connecting them. In the middle was a creepy cage - see th…

Not to far away from Smells house, I was able to find this mostly empty warehouse, but it was coated with wall to wall graffiti.…

This warehouse was built in 1886 - that's, like, 100 years before I was born. Interestingly, the construction was made primarily out of wood. In place of steel i-beams there were w…

While heading to another urban ex spot, I noticed this bus lot on the way. The walls seemed like legal walls, and the gate was wide open and inviting, so I spent a few moments flic…

Last weekend I finally got into my first 'real' spot in NYC: an Abandoned subway station! It felt good to finally do some real exploring. The spot was tricky to get to - I had to c…