FUCK YEAH QUEENS, NYC!

5th
January

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newsweek:

nickturse:

New York City’s Lost Subways: A Ghost System Beneath the Streets
The New York City subway system has 842 miles of track, but WNYC reveals “there’s even more to it than riders see: dozens of tunnels and platforms that were either abandoned or were built but never used.” This ghost system beneath the streets “reveals how the city’s transit ambitions have been both realized and thwarted.”

Oh I love this so much.

not strictly queens, but fascinating nonetheless

26th
August

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Copied and Pasted from the facebook event:

5POINTZ, an artistic NYC icon, is set to be demolished by Jerry Wolkoff. If you have ever been to 5POINTZ, you know how artistically awesome this place is. I have been there numerous times and want to be able to go back and enjoy the freedom of artistic expression that this place gives. If you haven’t been there, Google “5POINTZ NYC” and you will see exactly what I am talking about. If ya live in the Tri-State area, you can take the 7 train and just see it for yourself.5POINTZ is located at: 45-46 Davis Street. Queens NYOn the web: http://5ptz.com/graff/Help me help this place survive. Losing it will be very unfortunate. Not only is 5POINTZ a huge part of NYC, its also recognized from all over the world. I need your help. 5POINTZ needs your help. Its simple. Just sign the petition. It takes 10 seconds of your time. Sign the petition at: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/support5pointz/Join the fan page as well: http://www.facebook.com/HelpSave5PTZThanx!

21st
August

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7 Train Platform Queens 2001 (by Sekkle)

19th
August

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rjcaputophotography:

Hell’s Gate Moon (by rjcaputophotography)

The bridge was conceived in the early 1900s as a way to link New York and thePennsylvania Railroad with New England and the New Haven Railroad.
Construction was overseen by Gustav Lindenthal, whose original design left a gap of 15 feet (4.6 m) between the steel arch and the masonry towers. Fearing that the public assumed that the towers were structurally integral to the bridge, Lindenthal added aesthetic girders between the upper chord of the arch and the towers to make the structure appear more robust. The original plans for the piers on the long approach ramps called for a steel lattice structure. The design was changed to smooth concrete to soothe concerns that asylum inmates on Wards and Randall’s islands would climb the piers to escape.

The engineering was so precise that when the last section of the main span was lifted into place, the final adjustment needed to join everything together was 1⁄2 inches (12.7 mm). The bridge was completed on September 30, 1916.
It was the world’s longest steel arch bridge until the Bayonne Bridge was opened in 1931, and was surpassed again by the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1932.
In 1996, the bridge received a facelift, including its first comprehensive paint job in 80 years. It was painted “Hell Gate Red,” a dark, natural red. The bridge would be the last New York City bridge to collapse if humans disappeared, taking at least a millennium to do so, according to the February 2005 issue of Discover magazine. Most other bridges would fall in about 300 years.

18th
August

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16th
August

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Jamaica,Queens :)

19th
June

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Bayside Cemetery, Woodhaven, Queens, 2007 (by Genial23)

18th
June

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Jamaica Avenue (by Emilio Guerra)

18th
June

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Broadway (by Betty Queens)

17th
June

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Rainbow to Heaven (by NY_Man)