New York is full of secrets and mysteries. All you have to do is walk around for a day (or a night) and you are guaranteed to find something amazing, intriguing, or mystifying. Here’s one Brooklyn based “secret” right on the street in plain view that is fascinating and even a little spooky…

 

The Fake Townhouses hiding Mystery Underground Portals

(from Messy Nessy)

 

58 Joralemon Street

(c) Matt Green

 

“Every city has its secrets, it’s just a matter of finding them…

 

On a street in Brooklyn that takes you towards the river, where the cobblestones begin paving the road, there is a townhouse that deserves a second look. Despite its impeccable brickwork, number 58 Joralemon Street is not like the other houses. Behind its blacked out windows, no one is at home; no one has been at home for more than 100 years. In fact, number 58 is not a home at all, but a secret subway exit and ventilation point disguised as a Greek Revival brownstone…”

 

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