The Kosciosko
Bridge is a fairly large span, as it carries the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
(I-278) not only over Newtown Creek, but over much of the surrounding industrial
area as well.
A closer view
of the bridge and the industrial area that flanks the shoreline of the
creek.
The Long Island
Railroad's Montauk Branch passes through the area. The line once
served a lot of the industry that once existed here. Oil, coal, lumber,
and asphalt companies were the dominant industries that resided in the
area.
It
almost appears as if we are out in the Midwest somewhere - it is very unusual
to see such open space, void of trees and buildings, in New York City!
Looking
south across the barren plain and Newtown Creek from the Long Island Railroad
Montauk Branch. It is eerily quite in this area.
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