Dead Horse Bay
February 12, 2008 -
Dead Horse Bay lies at the southern edge of Brooklyn, across the street from Floyd Bennett Airfield. It is one of the oldest industrial areas in Brooklyn and a millstone from a 17th century Dutch mill still can be found inland, just off the shore. Dead Horse Bay's name came from the carcasses that would wash up on its shores from a nearby horse rendering plant. Once a marshland, the area was slowly filled with rubbish. The landfill was capped after the refuse of the 1920's and 1930's filled the marsh. In the 1950's the cap burst, spewing the artifacts of a different era onto the beach. Now glass bottles, shoe leather, plastic toys, old bones and handguns lie revealed along the waters edge.
2 comments:
This is a really nice set. I've been slowly making my way over in this direction, from Sheepshead Bay in one direction and Marine Park in the other. That part of Brooklyn is just so lonely and ruined, it's amazing.
These are great pictures... I didn't know about Dead Horse Bay but find it captivating. A littered beach would normally be depressing but there is something special about this rubbish from another day and age.
The story behind the name Dead Horse Bay is also very interesting (though a bit disturbing). Thanks for sharing. There is always something that interests me on your blog.
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