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East, New York

Liberty NY

Borscht Belt resort dumps

Old dump ground Inferred from historyPermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Sea potterySea pottery
Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: monogrammed flatware, midcentury signage.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), Liz West (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Sullivan County's Jewish resort belt: hundreds of hotels and bungalow colonies from Grossinger's down, most abandoned or razed since the 1980s

Resort ruins extensively documented by Hudson Valley Magazine and Untapped New York; hotel dump locations themselves are inference, no published finds log

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Collapsing structuresAsbestos and demolition debris, ticks

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