Highbridge Park

Highbridge Park up in Washington Heights is a peculiar place. I avoided it for a while because it is literally depressed in both senses of the word, and I like to shoot places at sunrise. You can't really see into it from the street, because it's sunken from view into the Harlem River and...you just don't know what goes down in there, although you can imagine. But I really wanted to get down there. I'd heard about some crazy parties that go down there, and the Old Croton Aqueduct makes for some fantastic shots. Several months ago I ventured down there with some friends.

There were, as you can imagine, a few squatter settlements, including this penthouse suite.

Hudson River Parkway

Red Hook

Van Cortlandt Park

The Staten Island Farm Colony

The Staten Island Farm Colony has been one of my favorite shoots for my AbandonedNYC project. Here's a sampling of photos, one in the snow at sunrise, and one not in the snow, at sunset. It's pretty easy to get to, in the sense that you don't have to worry about climbing anything crazy, or getting chased by cops. Sunrise shoots are a big commitment though. I discovered that the Staten Island ferry at 5 a.m. is a mini-ferry.

Here's a map if you want to get there yourself.

Rossville, Staten Island

Officer's Row