10. 5 Pointz (The Neptune Water Meter Factory)

The Neptune Water Meter factory was another L.I.C. manufacturer that is long gone and often forgotten. After the company left in, the buildings soldiered on as artist studios and light manufacturing. In the 1980s the building became an easy target for graffiti vandals who eyed rooftops along elevated subway lines as a new canvas in the wake of subway trains being cleaned. Eventually the factory exterior became a permission based graffiti gallery, first called “Phun Factory” and later re-branded “5 Pointz” under the leadership of Jonathan “Meres” Cohen. It was also used in numerous TV & movie productions, including in the final scenes of Now You See Me (2013 movie) & Rescue Me (FX TV show). After sitting abandoned for a few months, it was demolished in late 2014, and will be replaced with two residential towers.

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