"I knew Brooklyn Union had 3 huge facilities around...the gas tanks in Vinegar Hill (now long gone), the refinery along Newtown Creek by E. Williamsburg/Greenpoint, and this one in the no-man's-land along the rail line between Flatbush and Canarsie" Jeremy Lechtzin

"There is a sign with an address on it, and that’s where I started — 149th and 3rd Ave" "The sign address was close to the location, not the exact lot. there was a fair amount of surfing in google earth/maps to find the location." Bryan Sears

"So off the bat, I recognized the Woolworth (to the far left), 14 Wall Street, Singer Tower, the Metropolitan Life Tower (towards the right), and the tower of Madison Square II (far right). Then, a huge dead giveaway obviously was the park in the center which was torn up by 1915-1916 to make way for the construction of Queensboro Plaza Station, that narrowed it down to 1912-1914" Alan Arichavala

"Are we sure this is Engine 3 and not Engine 53?"..."It wouldn’t be the first time something was mislabeled. I’m going to keep digging around the engine 53 area on the upper east side." Bryan Sears, Adam Brodheim, Stefan D-W

"My path here from the Riverside hunch was pretty quick and entirely luck. I remembered the recent story I read (probably UA) on the Schinasi Mansion on Riverside drive, and that was the first thing I looked up. And very luckily 352-353 was right next door." Dan Hui