Rare Public View of Control Tower /Abandoned Underground Walkway Tunnels Floyd Bennet Field

Floyd Bennett Field is an airfield in the Marine Park neighborhood of southeast Brooklyn in New York City, along the shore of Jamaica Bay. The airport originally hosted commercial and general aviation traffic (NY 1st Commercial Airport) before being used as a naval air station. Bennett Field is currently part of the National Park Service (NPS) Gateway National Recreation Area's Jamaica Bay Unit and is no longer used as an operational commercial, military, or general aviation airfield.
Floyd Bennett Field was created by connecting Barren Island and several smaller islands to the rest of Brooklyn by filling the channels between them with sand pumped from the bottom of Jamaica Bay. The airport was named after Floyd Bennett, a noted aviator who piloted the first plane to fly over the North Pole and had visualized an airport at Barren Island before dying in 1928; construction on Bennett Field started the same year. The airport was dedicated on June 26, 1930. During the interwar period, dozens of aviation records were set by aviators flying to or from Bennett Field.
Many of the earliest surviving original structures are included in a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places, being among the largest collections and best representatives of commercial aviation architecture from the period, and due to the significant contributions to general aviation and military aviation made there during the Interwar period.

[@YoungHeartedSoul]

Been here many times but never got to tour the underground tunnels. Very short video but fascinating, thank you.

[@NYCTraveler]

The same here as well. I signed up with an organization that puts on tours at very interesting locations. Usually not available too the public. Indeed this was cool as well a freakish in a way entering these locations around the building. The tunnel was the best. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@YoungHeartedSoul]

@@NYCTraveler wow awesome i was actually on the phone earlier today talking to a park ranger. We were discussing something I found by Jamaica bay. He has no clue what it is and he has searched and asked around to no avail. Its some tracks that do into the bay’s waters.

[@voidurbex1707]

Awesome

[@NYCTraveler]

Thanks for watching!