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Dry Dock 1 is the oldest dry dock in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and the third oldest in the country, completed in 1851. It was a huge innovation for its time, and had a price tag to match... $2 million in 1851 dollars! The granite materials seem incredibly solid, but under the landfill that makes up the Navy Yard, the construction kept bobbing up out of the ground. Eventually, over 1,000 oaken piles we used to secure the dry dock...

Newtown Creek Environs

author: Peter : Queens, NY

Just a few things going on around Newtown Creek and its adjacent neighborhoods This area in Hunters Point is where Newtown Creek branches from the East River towards the northeast, separating Queens and Brooklyn The Pulaski Bridge Smells Trap, Dart, Smells East River photos on flickr
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Taxi Standoff

Googlemaps tells me that this Hess gas station is at 504 W 44th St, New York, NY. As a matter of fact, the street-view in that link is practically the same shot I posted above; seems to be a popular...

Taxi Standoff

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