Walk An Abandoned Railroad Line With Urban Explorer: Bloomfield Event

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Get ready for some weirdness, Bloomfield.

On Tuesday, May 23, the Historical Society of Bloomfield will present “Walking the Old Boonton Line: A Live Video Presentation” with Wheeler Antabanez, a Montclair resident, author and urban explorer.

The event is free and open to the public. It will take place at 7:30 p.m. at the Civic Center, 84 Broad Street. Learn more here.

According to organizers:

“In 2021, Wheeler Antabanez—author, videographer and intrepid explorer of the abandoned—hiked the now-defunct Erie Railroad tracks from Montclair to Jersey City, filming the urban landscape of the soon-to-be Essex-Hudson Greenway. The journey took him through Montclair, Glen Ridge, Bloomfield, Belleville, Newark, Kearny, and Secaucus, ending in Jersey City.”

During the May 23 event, Antabanez will offer live narration over the video of his journey on the abandoned Boonton Railroad Line.

Antabanez' new book, “Walking the Old Boonton Line: A Photographic Journey on the Abandoned Rails of New Jersey,” will be available for purchase.

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