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Haunted Places in Brooklyn, NY

Historic haunted places in Brooklyn, NY. Each page gives the ghost story, whether visitors can go, and a link to the site the story came from. The stories are folklore, not documented fact.

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NEW YORK / HAUNTED PLACE

Atlantic Avenue Tunnel

Haunted place

Atlantic Avenue between Columbia Street and Boerum Place, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Sealed and closed to the public; the street above is public.

Built in 1844 and long sealed, this rail tunnel carries a legend that an Irish laborer shot a British contractor during construction and the crew walled his body up behind the ston…

Source: hauntbound.com

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.

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NEW YORK / HAUNTED PLACE

Brooklyn Theatre Fire Site

Haunted place

Cadman Plaza West (former Washington and Johnson Streets), Brooklyn, NY 11201

Public open space in Cadman Plaza (free); no marker at the original site.

Hundreds died when the Brooklyn Theatre burned in 1876, and when Haverly's Theatre opened on the same lot in 1879 neighbors reported glowing lights in its windows late at night. A …

Source: hauntbound.com

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.

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NEW YORK / HAUNTED PLACE

H.P. Lovecraft Residence (169 Clinton Street)

Haunted place

169 Clinton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Private residence; view from the sidewalk only.

Lovecraft wrote of this Brooklyn Heights building as if it were alive and hostile, and later stories turned that around to suggest his unhappy spirit stayed behind. Tabloid-sourced…

Source: hauntbound.com

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.

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NEW YORK / HAUNTED PLACE

McCarren Park Pool

Haunted place

776 Lorimer Street, Brooklyn, NY 11222

Public NYC Parks pool and park (free).

This WPA-era pool sat abandoned for 29 years, and neighborhood legend says a girl who died there wanders the grounds at night crying for help. A paranormal team that swept the peri…

Source: hauntbound.com

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.

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