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.
Super-interesting.
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Be sure to check out the video at the link - Cowboys, roosters, adorable old men. If it wasn’t for the MTA bus in one shot, I could have easily forgotten this was in Brooklyn.
I remember reading the Forgotten NY page about this place one summer and spending the next few months trying to get...
this is pretty crazy.
What????? Wow. When I lived in the 718, I definitely wasn’t aware of this ‘hood.
Be sure to check out the video at the link - Cowboys, roosters, adorable old men. If it wasn’t for the MTA bus in one...
What the wow?? Who knew? I research cities for a living and I’ve never heard of this mysterious place. Link and photos...