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 AnAppleSnail
   
Location: Charlotte, NC
Gender: Male
ALL the flashlights!
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<Reply # 1 on 11/6/2011 1:03 PM >
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There's a hell of a job description. "Take this expensive camera and take pictures of junk."
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Naaman
  
Location: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Gender: Male
| | | Re: UrbEx in NYC
<Reply # 2 on 11/6/2011 3:17 PM >
| | | | Is North Brother Island closed up or what? Can't you just take a boat there or do they keep watch over it?
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Dat5un
Location: Atlanta, Ga
Gender: Male
| | Re: UrbEx in NYC
<Reply # 3 on 11/7/2011 3:49 AM >
| | | | Best job ever, and some absolutely amazing photography and locations!!!!!
<SPECTRE> |
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Rinzler
 
Location: New Jersey
Nomad
| | | Re: UrbEx in NYC
<Reply # 4 on 11/7/2011 4:09 AM >
| | | | Posted by Naaman
Is North Brother Island closed up or what? Can't you just take a boat there or do they keep watch over it?
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Its off limits to the public and is watched. I mean you can do it but they do watch it. Its home to a nesting colony of Black Heron and theres a group that helps out with that so they can randomly show up on the island.
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hydrotherapy
 
Clever Girl
Location: Circle of Least Confusion
RPS is inside all of us
| | | Re: UrbEx in NYC
<Reply # 5 on 11/7/2011 9:33 PM >
| | | | Mr. Daniel Avila is a horrible photographer who is lucky he works for Parks.
Also:
"Mr. Avila spent a couple of hours clambering through the old building. Then it was off to find Mary’s house."
Either NYTimes wanted to sensationalize the story and have a cutesy wistful ending, or Avila really couldn't have cared less about the history of the site/ Typhoid Mary, seeing as it's abundantly clear numerous articles and papers about her that her house was immediately demolished upon her death. In 1938.
Crap, all around.
Get down, girl, go 'head, get down. |
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Control
Location: NYC, All day every day.
Because it's expected
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<Reply # 6 on 11/8/2011 3:23 AM >
| | | | It'd be nice if they did a little research. I can't respect any write up of that island without any reference to the General Slocum disaster.
The Zoo York Goon Squad.
If it looks good, Loot it. |
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wonderfail
Location: Boston
Gender: Male
| | Re: UrbEx in NYC
<Reply # 7 on 11/8/2011 6:31 AM >
| | | | Posted by Played
Its off limits to the public and is watched. I mean you can do it but they do watch it. Its home to a nesting colony of Black Heron and theres a group that helps out with that so they can randomly show up on the island.
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How watched is watched?
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Rinzler
Location: New Jersey
Nomad
| | | Re: UrbEx in NYC
<Reply # 8 on 11/8/2011 11:30 AM >
| | | | Posted by wonderfail
How watched is watched?
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Harbor Patrol, Parks and Rec Workers, and the group that cares for the Black Heron all go onto the island.
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wonderfail
Location: Boston
Gender: Male
| | Re: UrbEx in NYC
<Reply # 9 on 11/8/2011 7:48 PM >
| | | | Posted by Played
Harbor Patrol, Parks and Rec Workers, and the group that cares for the Black Heron all go onto the island.
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they patrol randomly 24/7?
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hydrotherapy
Clever Girl
Location: Circle of Least Confusion
RPS is inside all of us
| | | Re: UrbEx in NYC
<Reply # 10 on 11/8/2011 7:52 PM >
| | | | Posted by wonderfail
they patrol randomly 24/7?
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Yes. The island is right next to Rikers.
Get down, girl, go 'head, get down. |
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wonderfail
Location: Boston
Gender: Male
| | Re: UrbEx in NYC
<Reply # 11 on 11/8/2011 8:08 PM >
| | | | Posted by hydrotherapy
Yes. The island is right next to Rikers.
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Ill keep that in mind. What are the results of getting caught going to/being on the island?
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hydrotherapy
Clever Girl
Location: Circle of Least Confusion
RPS is inside all of us
| | | Re: UrbEx in NYC
<Reply # 12 on 11/8/2011 8:13 PM >
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Ill keep that in mind. What are the results of getting caught going to/being on the island?
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Riker's inmate rape-a-thon.
Get down, girl, go 'head, get down. |
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wonderfail
Location: Boston
Gender: Male
| | Re: UrbEx in NYC
<Reply # 13 on 11/8/2011 8:16 PM >
| | | | Posted by hydrotherapy
Riker's inmate rape-a-thon.
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Ill just ignore that. Looking forward to my NY visit...
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wonderfail
Location: Boston
Gender: Male
| | Re: UrbEx in NYC
<Reply # 14 on 11/8/2011 8:21 PM >
| | | | Thanks for the info, sorry if I hijacked the thread.
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Rinzler
Location: New Jersey
Nomad
| | | Re: UrbEx in NYC
<Reply # 15 on 11/8/2011 9:41 PM >
| | | | Posted by hydrotherapy
Riker's inmate rape-a-thon.
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Mhm
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Control
Location: NYC, All day every day.
Because it's expected
| | | Re: UrbEx in NYC
<Reply # 16 on 11/8/2011 11:42 PM >
| | | | Posted by wonderfail
What are the results of getting caught going to/being on the island?
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NYPD has harbor and aviation units that work closely together. The helicopters have all sorts of thermal imaging, so 'not being seen' doesn't really help you all that much against the ghettobird. There's also light machine-gun equipped coast guard speed boats. They all routinely go by this island, the area bridges, etc.
Harbor unit is based out of Randalls island, a stones throw away.
95% chance of arrest - meaning you'll be 'in the system' being fingerprinted, bounced from holding cell to holding cell, fingerprinted again, etc etc for anywhere from 24-36 hours. During that time you'll have no privacy, no access to a phone, no food beyond stale bologna sandwiches, and 1 clogged toilet for the 20 people in your holding cell. When you finally see the judge you'll be let out, and probably have to come back depending on the charge. Sometimes your court date will be postponed, so you'd have to travel back to nyc multiple times.
Eventually the case will be closed and you'll get either a fine, ACD, or community service for 1-7 days. They do not care if you're from out of town. you will not get special treatment. You'll have to do your time like everyone else.
5% chance they'll let you leave on your own. This is extremely unlikely. NYPD officers must meet quota every month - that quota includes arrests. no exceptions. Arrests also mean easy overtime and valuable cash prizes. Cops love arresting people in NYC, and since there are few real criminals they can get their hands on, that leaves you as the easy target, especially on an island where there is nowhere to run. Their boats are faster than yours.
You really have to fuck up to go to rikers. If you ever get sent there, you better know how to fight. It's not as bad for females in terms of physical confrontations.
None of this is meant to scare you from not going. If you really want to do it, go for it. Like most exploring, it's generally a fun time to be had. It's been done many times over. However, you should know the risks and do some math on whether or not some severely overgrown rotted out buildings are worth it when there are hundreds of similar locations that entail less risk. I've seen better abandonments in foreign countries where it's basically legal to explore whatever the fuck you want.
So, the only question is: are you the gambling type? how much do you want to wager?
The Zoo York Goon Squad.
If it looks good, Loot it. |
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hydrotherapy
Clever Girl
Location: Circle of Least Confusion
RPS is inside all of us
| | | Re: UrbEx in NYC
<Reply # 17 on 11/9/2011 12:02 AM >
| | | | To back up what Control said, it's a crapshoot. On a good day, you can meander at your will and all will be good.
On a bad day, the Parks Dept call to Harbor Patrol got lost in the ether on more than one occasion when they went for an environ survey and invasive foliage cleanup and NYPD helicopters were sent to the island. Must have been fun for Hunt's Point denizens to watch, the city calling cops on city workers.
That being said, the Hell Gate is also named for a reason, as evidenced by the General Slocum crash. The tides are unpredictable and it's a shipping channel with plenty of barges, fierce currents, and talking to my Parks contact, apparently even the surrounding businesses on the mainland will radio Harbor Patrol if they see people on/fishing too near the island, and the call and craft description will be matched against authorized calls made earlier in the day.
Then again, some people have also landed on the island not knowing what it was and been fine. But, you never know.
The buildings are scrapped and smashed to hell, after the Bronx riots. Just know what you're up for.
Get down, girl, go 'head, get down. |
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Rinzler
Location: New Jersey
Nomad
| | | Re: UrbEx in NYC
<Reply # 18 on 11/9/2011 12:07 AM >
| | | | Posted by hydrotherapy
To back up what Control said, it's a crapshoot. On a good day, you can meander at your will and all will be good.
On a bad day, the Parks Dept call to Harbor Patrol got lost in the ether on more than one occasion when they went for an environ survey and invasive foliage cleanup and NYPD helicopters were sent to the island. Must have been fun for Hunt's Point denizens to watch, the city calling cops on city workers.
That being said, the Hell Gate is also named for a reason, as evidenced by the General Slocum crash. The tides are unpredictable and it's a shipping channel with plenty of barges, fierce currents, and talking to my Parks contact, apparently even the surrounding businesses on the mainland will radio Harbor Patrol if they see people on/fishing too near the island, and the call and craft description will be matched against authorized calls made earlier in the day.
Then again, some people have also landed on the island not knowing what it was and been fine. But, you never know.
The buildings are scrapped and smashed to hell, after the Bronx riots. Just know what you're up for.
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And running into people who are on the island legally happens too sometimes ;)
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hydrotherapy
Clever Girl
Location: Circle of Least Confusion
RPS is inside all of us
| | | Re: UrbEx in NYC
<Reply # 19 on 11/9/2011 1:28 AM >
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And running into people who are on the island legally happens too sometimes ;)
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I turn a blind eye and suggest anyone who sees anyone who isn't me hide.
Some people haven't run into me first ;)
Get down, girl, go 'head, get down. |
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