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Apr 5, 2011
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architizer: The Hole: a neighborhood in Brooklyn that sits at 30 feet below grade, which makes city sewage connections impossible (houses empty into cesspools). Roosters roam the green spaces, and some of the Federation of Black Cowboys keep their horses at a stable there. The verdant land also offers an attractively dense cover: The Hole is a notorious dumping ground for dead bodies. Image (c)  Jake Dobkin of Blue Jake. Our full post is here.

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The Hole: a neighborhood in Brooklyn that sits at 30 feet below grade, which makes city sewage connections impossible (houses empty into cesspools). Roosters roam the green spaces, and some of the Federation of Black Cowboys keep their horses at a stable there. The verdant land also offers an attractively dense cover: The Hole is a notorious dumping ground for dead bodies.

Image (c)  Jake Dobkin of Blue Jake. Our full post is here.

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    I remember reading the Forgotten NY page about this place one summer and spending the next few months trying to get...
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