Monday, August 11, 2014

Ridgewood garage hole

How many different species do you think might be living inside this garage on Onderdonk Ave?

15 comments:

joe3515 said...

4, no wait 5. If I'm right what do I win?

Anonymous said...

Is this the back or front of the property?

Anonymous said...

Wtf is that? Ill.....

Queens Crapper said...

The address is 18-82 Willoughby Ave, but the garage faces Onderdonk Ave. years who the wall was intact, but there was a door that was too small for the frame on the garage.

Anonymous said...

The question is how many UNDISCOVERED species are living in that garage

Anonymous said...

It looks like the residence from a Charlie Chaplin movie.

JQ said...

jacob riis had a photo shoot there I believe.

some hipsters will see this and turn it into some art collective hangout.

Anonymous said...

Do hipsters and hobos count as species?

Joe said...

I think that was the DeKalb ave trolly dispatch where the motormen clocked in and took breaks. It was moved ages ago.
I remember my uncle grandfather showing me something like this not far from Knickerbocker park in the 60's

Anonymous said...

No, the trolley facility was on Seneca.

Anonymous said...

Put it on a flatbed and move it to the shores of the Newtown Creek

Perfect for a hipster boat house.

Joe said...

My mom (82) says that was a small "scarey" L train eastbound kiosk that was by the flushing & Thames street triangle for the Jefferson street stop.
She remembers part or all of it being green with a "LL" globe and the size of a hotdog stand

Joe said...

I kind of remember this now taking the LL from my grandparents to Ridgewood (Halsey street) with my mom
I think the center window 'was" the entrance from the step to the top.
The door and its cut must be modifications after it was moved and converted for re-use. --Yeah it was unlike any other kiosk or steps on the system. I think it existed till around 1968 when we moved out of that slum to Seneca & Norman

Anonymous said...

The Line didn't get the LL designation until 1967.

Joe said...

If you google map the Morgan ave stop on the LL you see a wider (2 track ?) like kiosk, front face redone brick & concrete with 2 entrances.
I remember the globes being "LL" (mom says "L")I guess depending on which ones weren't smashed and replaced. The trains were square & charcoal black with a box on top. I no doubt remember this all being summer right before that nasty hurricane "Camille?" that flooded the basement.
1968-1969 perhaps ??