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Apparently, in 2003, they sealed up all the entrances to the abandoned "haunted" monastery near the apartment I grew up in. So, if any of you are looking to go exploring there, it's probably a no go. Which is a shame, because when I went into the building as a kid, it was fucking SCARY - even during all the times I went in during the day. There used to be a huge collapsed roof on the 2nd floor, and a big rope that people used as a swing, and that's where I stepped on my first syringe. Plus there was this gigantic tiled shower room. I only went down to the first sub-basement level, though there are supposedly fifty (and on the fiftieth you find the monks' skeletons.) More realistically, though, there are about ten levels, and it probably gets impassably flooded at around four. The first one did stink like death, but it was probably just tepid, filthy underground garbage water. It's built into the highest point above sealevel on the east coast (south of Maine) so ten levels isn't outlandish.
It's still pretty spooky from outside, though. I kept hearing people talking about going, so if the trip hasn't happened by the time I come home in the beginning of March, I'd be glad to organize a trip up there. It's literally one block from where I was born, and I'd love to go back to the monastery (besides, I've been getting irritably and warmly nostalgic for my early childhood recently. aah memories the color of polaroids.) There's a couple abandoned, spooky things on Staten Island - moreso than other areas of the city because they're located in fairly non-occupied parts. There's the boat graveyard, the abandoned mental hospital, the creepy statue in Moravian Cemetary, the Vanderbilt Tomb etc etc etc. Besides, I have heard that the cement sealing the entrances isn't very thick, and kids bust holes through to get back in there - which are then sealed up the next week. So we might catch it on a good day. I have to warn you, though, it'll probably be a lot darker in there than it used to be. And if it was scary as hell when it was all busted open and lit up...
It's still pretty spooky from outside, though. I kept hearing people talking about going, so if the trip hasn't happened by the time I come home in the beginning of March, I'd be glad to organize a trip up there. It's literally one block from where I was born, and I'd love to go back to the monastery (besides, I've been getting irritably and warmly nostalgic for my early childhood recently. aah memories the color of polaroids.) There's a couple abandoned, spooky things on Staten Island - moreso than other areas of the city because they're located in fairly non-occupied parts. There's the boat graveyard, the abandoned mental hospital, the creepy statue in Moravian Cemetary, the Vanderbilt Tomb etc etc etc. Besides, I have heard that the cement sealing the entrances isn't very thick, and kids bust holes through to get back in there - which are then sealed up the next week. So we might catch it on a good day. I have to warn you, though, it'll probably be a lot darker in there than it used to be. And if it was scary as hell when it was all busted open and lit up...