Comments on: Boatyard of Broken Dreams

Boatyard of Broken Dreams

dersins — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 10:26:03 -0800

Staten Island Ship Graveyard. A fascinating gallery of photographs of abandoned and decaying ships.

By: dersins

dersins — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 10:31:10 -0800

[Via, embarassingly enough. Please don't tell anyone I still go there sometimes.]

By: Staggering Jack

Staggering Jack — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 10:39:45 -0800

Nice. The other galleries of decay are worth checking out as well.

By: fenriq

fenriq — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 10:40:54 -0800

Very spooky but fascinating, I wouldn't want to be out there at night.

By: matteo

matteo — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 10:46:09 -0800

awesome! thanks

By: ducksauce

ducksauce — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 10:54:33 -0800

I don't know if this is the Rossville ship graveyard or not, but if so there are some more photographs (along with some much older ones) here. That website is a great place to learn about much of the hidden history still hanging on in modern day NYC.

By: Godbert

Godbert — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 10:56:37 -0800

I don't think it was this site, but I remember seeing photos of the area on another site, where the author/photographer mentioned that the area was littered with burned-out car frames, because it's something for the kids/teens in the area to do. Definitely not the sort of place I'd like to be at night. dersins, your secret is safe with us. I haven't read Fark in a little over six months now, but amusingly enough, I found the perfect Christmas gift for my girlfriend last year during the month I tried TotalFark. So it isn't all bad.

By: flummox

flummox — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 10:59:06 -0800

Hard to believe someone isn't scooping all that steel up given what scrap is going for these days.

By: Item

Item — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 11:07:27 -0800

Another exquisite and thorough gallery here. Six months? It's been more like three years for me, since the post 9-11 rightwingification of the place.

By: dersins

dersins — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 11:17:03 -0800

item: i still go for the links on occasion, because ervyone once in awhile there'll be a great one (like this one), but the discussions stopped being of interest to me at about that time as well...

By: Pink Fuzzy Bunny

Pink Fuzzy Bunny — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 11:19:41 -0800

So I wonder what it looks like from the air... (just guessing that those are the right locations)

By: Pink Fuzzy Bunny

Pink Fuzzy Bunny — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 11:21:59 -0800

Or maybe this one

By: DrDoberman

DrDoberman — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 11:26:32 -0800

When you tire of spookie ships and looney bins [technical term], check out these abandoned London underground stations.

By: StarForce5

StarForce5 — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 11:38:05 -0800

Even more surreal (and evironmentally unfriendly) are the Bangledeshi and the massive shipbreaking yards along the shallow beaches of Alang, India. These are popular travel destinations for freelance photo journalists. There is a surreal photo in every direction.

By: joegester

joegester — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 12:04:13 -0800

When I lived in Brooklyn we took a trip out to see this place. By the time we found it, it was too dark to see a whole lot though. There's a sweet diner right next to it though with an attached "gentlemen's club." Way weirder than the wrecks.

By: cusack

cusack — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 12:44:29 -0800

This is a good post... especially all the contributed links...

By: flagellum

flagellum — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 13:00:51 -0800

The aral sea left behind some spooky ships when it started receding. also: Ghost Ship

By: Token Meme

Token Meme — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 13:35:16 -0800

Edward Burtynsky has also taken some amazing photographs of shipbreaking yards in Bangladesh.

By: dhartung

dhartung — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 20:32:44 -0800

Slightly related: this photo gallery of Plaquemines Parish in the immediate aftermath of Katrina shows many boats in odd places.

By: exhilaration

exhilaration — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 09:11:34 -0800

I was there a in September. It's a deathtrap. Enjoy the pictures but don't mess with this place, it'll kill you.

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 13:24:04 -0800

An excellent post, thanks. I was browsing around the photos for a long time and then came to make a post, and was glad to see it was already up.