A330Crazy
April 19, 2008 at 2:10 pm

Floyd Bennett Field – New York

Hey Guys and gals of the Historic Wing!

I thought some of you may find these pictures of some interest.

Floyd Bennett Field was New York City’s first municipal airport – which is located in Brooklyn. The site is now no longer an active airfield and is the home to a new sporting complex. 4 of the old hangers have been revamped and turned in the Aviator Sports and Recreation Complex.

Concorde (G-BOAD) is currently residing here too whilst the USS Intrepid undergoes heavy maintenence work in New Jersey.

Floyd Bennet Field was created by connecting Barren Island to a number of smaller marsh islands by filling the channels between them with pumped sand from the water’s bottom, and it is now physically part of Long Island. The airport was named after aviator and Medal of Honor recipient Floyd Bennett who was a Brooklyn resident. The IATA airport code was NOP but now uses the FAA Location Identifier NY22 for a heliport operated by the New York City Police Department.

Most of the buildings and hangers are still there and more or less in tact today… some have really started to rot though.

Enjoy the shots anyhow! 🙂

Appologies for the back lighting on this one. The sun was in the wrong place all the time I was there.

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By: JDK - 22nd April 2008 at 15:44

Great, very atmospheric pictures.

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By: A330Crazy - 22nd April 2008 at 11:39

Thanks Allen – she is more of a waste here though than when she was at the Intrepid museum… as this place truely is in the **** end of anywhere, with a $60 cab ride thrown in too! lol

Its about a 10-12 mile walk back to the brroklyn bridge from here, which we did after this photo session… a loooooong bloody way i can tell ya, all the way back through central brooklyn.

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By: A330Crazy - 22nd April 2008 at 11:21

Thanks for the comments guys – glad they were of interest to some. 🙂

And Stangman… yes that is a Plymouth. 🙂

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By: Ren Frew - 21st April 2008 at 01:56

Very interesting pictures, and might I say there’s something very odd about seeing Concorde in that setting. Even odder than putting one on an aircraft carrier !!!:eek:

I wish they’d put G-BOAD somewhere more appropriate like at JFK for instance…;)