Dead Horse Bay/Floyd Bennett Field (Brooklyn by the Sea: Part 3)

Dead Horse Bay and Floyd Bennett Field, like Plumb Beach, are part of the Gateway National Recreation Area.



Dead Horse Bay’s main attraction is its vintage garbage (Video).







The Historic Aircraft Restoration Project (H.A.R.P.) is a unique museum and active workshop in an old hangar at Floyd Bennett Field. The volunteer staff there is devoted to the history and preservation of American aviation. They can be remarkably friendly and informative, showing their appreciation to visitors who make the trek to this obscure corner of Brooklyn.





SLIDESHOW – Brooklyn by the Sea (Flickr)

Plumb Beach & Vicinity (Brooklyn by the Sea: Part 2)

Official Plumb Beach: A shuttered rest stop (click for Plumb Beach history)


Sewage treatment plant on Knapp St.


“Ever Vigilant in Protecting Nature’s Precious Resource. Through Applied Technology We are Purifying our Water.”


Marina on Plumb Beach Channel, Gerritsen Beach





Gerritsen Beach


Houses on Plumb Beach Channel


Condos on Emmons Ave., Sheepshead Bay




Gulls trail a pleasure craft motoring through Sheepshead Bay



Neighbors: Derelict backyard of motel next to beach




Unofficial entrance to the beach (Kingsborough College lighthouse in background)




Sunset: Assisted Living Facilities surround the wasteland where Plumb Beach meets Sheepshead Bay

SLIDESHOW – Brooklyn by the Sea (Flickr)

Astoria Waterfront

Luyster Creek





Baseball field next to power plant (Google Maps)



Overgrown baseball field next to power plant

Sewage treatment plant near the Steinway piano factory

Turbines at plant, close-up (see tops of cylinders in previous Google satellite photo)