1. Underground Spine of Goldwater Hospital
Before it was demolished in 2014, the Goldwater Hospital complex on the southern end of Roosevelt Island was interconnected by a very long basement-level tunnel that ran like a spine under the hospital’s six buildings. The tunnel connected the hospital to a steam-generating plant that still stands.
In 2015, LTVSquad snuck into the tunnels and used the passageways to access all of the complex’s buildings before they were bulldozed to make way for the Cornell NYC Tech campus. The science and technology-focused campus was born out of a 2010 competition that called for the development of an applied sciences campus within the five boroughs. This idyllic location comes at a cost: there is the prospect of sea level rise and future storm activity. As a result, campus buildings are situated on a man-made earth mound lining the center of the island.
Next, check out 7 abandoned subway stations in NYC. Joseph Anastasio runs the urban exploration site, LTVSquad.