Rubie's started out as a neighborhood candy shop in 1950, and it's since grown into a multinational costume manufacturer and retailer.
Rubie's started out as a neighborhood candy shop in 1950, and it's since grown into a multinational costume manufacturer and retailer.
for illegal dumping: a secluded spot between a warehouse and a lightly used rail line at the end of a dead-end street
This dead end north of the Lower Montauk Branch is lined with big ol' American sedans from the late '60s and early '70s. Plus one devilish-looking limo to boot.
This Hindu god is represented not just by the statue, but also by the lingam placed in front of it.
This piano showroom is a rare surviving piece of the old Lalance & Grosjean factory. According to the AIA Guide to New York City:
"Until most of the antique, red-painted brick structures were wasted in the mid 1980s to form yet another shopping center, this intricate array of 19th-century mill buildings was a remarkable relic of the era when the Village of Woodhaven claimed a nationally known tinware and agateware manufacture. Its products graced many an American kitchen for generations, and the Lalance & Grosjean factory employed hundreds."
This strange little alley leads to three dwellings tucked away inside the other houses on the block.