Tag Archives: NY
Hutton Brickyard, Kingston, NY
The Hutton brickyard operated near Kingston Point from 1865 until 1980. The yard includes three connected steel frame kiln sheds originally erected in 1928 at the Excelsior brickyard in Haverstraw, NY and moved to Hutton in 1940. After closing, the site was operated as a restaurant which has since closed. The Lidgerwood crane on the site is the last such brickyard relic of its type on the Hudson River. The site is in danger of being demolished for new redevelopment.
Map: Location on Bing Maps
Link: More information
City Hall Subway Station, New York, NY
The City Hall Subway Station, located on the 6 line in NYC, was the original southern terminal of the Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT) subway system and was opened in 1904 along with the other first stations of the IRT. The station is located in front of city hall at a loop. The station had to curve because there was an existing underground basement that it needed to avoid. However, because the station is curved and does not have a straight portion, there is a large space between the cars with a centrally-positioned door and the platform, and the train screeches through the station very loudly. Those factors, plus the fact that the nearby station (Brooklyn Bridge) became a stop for the express train while the City Hall station was only on the local line, lead to the demise of the station. The station was put out of use in 1945. The tracks are still used by the six train as it changes from the southbound train to the northbound train, but the station itself is closed and only accessible (legally) through occasional tours. Much more information can be found online, so read up if you are interested.
High Line, New York, NY
Some pictures from the High Line in Manhattan, an elevated rail line converted for pedestrian use.
Abandonment in Red Hook, NY
Random images of abandonment in Red Hook, Dutchess County, NY.
Drain in Poughkeepsie, NY
This drain is located on the west side of Route 9, across from the Abraham Fort Homestead. There is a structure inside and I do not know what it is. When I took the pictures, the hill was wooded, but in late 2011 the area was being redeveloped, but the drain was still there. I have not gone back since then to check if it is still present.
Location: It was in the vicinity of here (41.641383, -73.920008).
St. Mary’s Convent, Peekskill, NY
Saint Mary’s Convent is located in Peekskill, NY. Sisters were buried in the cemetery from 1872 to 2003. Below are pictures of both the cemetery and the convent.
Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, NY
The Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery was started in 1852 during the rural cemetery revolution and is currently 165 acres along the east bank of the Hudson River.
Reformed Church of Beacon, Beacon, NY
The Reformed Church of Beacon was formerly known as the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church. The church was built in 1813 and rebuilt in 1860. The cemetery for the church is located just east of the Beacon train station (next to on-street parking, up a short, steep climb) and has been completely abandoned. The most recent stone I found was from the 1920s.
After posting these photos, I was contacted by someone whose relative’s gravestone I had photographed. I am glad that my photos did some good – because since she is not in the area, she had never seen his headstone before!
Potter’s Corners Burying Ground, Union Vale, NY
The Potter’s Corners Burying Ground is located on the northwest corner of the intersection of Route 55 and East Noxon Road (CR-21) in Union Vale, Dutchess County, New York. According to the sign at the cemetery, installed by the Union Vale Historical Society, the cemetery is the site of the Trinity Methodist Church until the 1860s. The oldest stone is marked 1785.
