Closing Bell: Inside a Crumbling S. Park Landmark
The latest blog post from urban-explorer extraordinaire/photographer Nathan Kensinger digs into the landmark—and long abandoned—68th Police Precinct building on 43rd Street and 4th Avenue in Sunset Park. In addition to the excellent photos in the post such as the ones above, here’s what Kensinger has to say about the structure’s current state: “Today the station…
The latest blog post from urban-explorer extraordinaire/photographer Nathan Kensinger digs into the landmark—and long abandoned—68th Police Precinct building on 43rd Street and 4th Avenue in Sunset Park. In addition to the excellent photos in the post such as the ones above, here’s what Kensinger has to say about the structure’s current state: “Today the station house is in poor condition. Its exterior still retains many evocative architectural elements, however the interior has been almost completely destroyed by fire and decay. Snow sifts through large holes in the roof. The upper floors have collapsed, while lower floors are missing, warped or dangerously unstable. Feral cats and pigeons roam the hollow space. A squatter’s mattress rots in a dark corner. In several pitch-black back rooms, sealed off from the sunlight, hundreds of handprints climb the walls.”
Sunset Park: 68th Police Precinct [Nathan Kensinger] GMAP
The city is doing something. It’s waiting for them to fall down, or get to a point where collapse is imminent so they can demolish them and sell the site for redevelopment.
The city should do something with all these properties there letting rott away.they cry broke so sell them to generate more money,open a homeless shelter,school clinic something.
And it will take a miracle to save it. Most developers would rather wait until it falls down before buying it – they don’t want to have to spend money getting and fighting to keep a demolition permit. The city is flat broke so don’t expect anything from there either.
So sad, because unless a miracle happens, the place is just going to fall in on itself. There should be some kind of last resort that saves places like this.
I don’t understand why buildings get to this state of disrepair. What a crime.
What a beautiful wreck! This building should be saved and used for condos or community space. It is similar to the building on Park Place and Grand Avenue that is used by NYPD.
Breaks my heart.