If the previous mansion in this series looks like a Tudor house, this one looks like a question. A modern mansion in New York, described by BigBankz at $2,000,000, has a silo-like tower rising beside its main block, skylights cut into its roofs, and glass-block walls inside. Nothing about it looks like a conventional suburban house that simply got old. It looks like a deliberate design, left to weather.
The post about it is, again, a single line: a $2,000,000 mansion in New York left abandoned. No town, no owner, no dates, no reason for abandonment, and no listing are given. The $2 million figure is the post’s label, not a verified sale price, and it is used here only in that sense. The rest of this article stays with what the five photographs show, because that is all that can be verified.
The tower sets the house apart
Start outside, because the exterior explains why this house photographs so strangely. A silo-like tower — cylindrical, tall, and unlike anything else on the building — gives the mansion a landmark quality. Around it, the ground is overgrown, and the sky is cloudy. The contrast between a confident, unusual design and untended ground is the whole story in one frame: someone built something distinctive here, and then stopped looking after it.
Modern houses age differently from old ones, and this one shows how. There is no peeling Victorian wallpaper to read, no faded 1960s bedroom to date. Instead, the signs of abandonment are emptiness, dust, and overgrowth around a structure that is still essentially modern. That can mislead a viewer into thinking the house was abandoned recently. It may have been. It may not have been. The post gives no date, and this article does not assign one.
Light, glass, and a very unusual bathroom
Inside, the house is organised around light. An open living space holds a tall black fireplace, a wooden floor, and skylights overhead. A kitchen and bar area holds a curved island, cabinets, and large windows, and a second kitchen view shows the same curved island from another angle, with wooden cabinets and a glass-block wall. The repetition of the kitchen across two photographs is useful: it confirms the island as a central feature, not a trick of one angle.
The fourth photograph is the one that stops a reader. It shows a mirrored bathroom with black toilets, glass-block walls, and a tiled floor, skylights above. Mirrors multiply the room and the photographer alike. It is the most distinctive interior in the set, and the most modern: a bathroom designed as a statement, not a utility. Whether that statement still appeals is a matter of taste. That it was made at all tells you this house was built for effect, not merely for shelter.
A checklist for reading a modern abandoned house — offered here as this article’s original tool — runs differently from the checklist for an old one:
- Look for the design gesture first: here, the tower, the skylights, and the glass block.
- Look for upkeep failure second: overgrown ground, dust, and empty rooms, rather than rot in old timber.
- Look for what is missing third: furnishings and belongings are largely absent, so the house reads as a shell, not a time capsule.
- Do not date the abandonment from modernity alone: a modern house can stand empty for years without looking old.
What is not known, and why it matters
Four gaps are worth stating plainly, because each is the kind of detail a reader might assume. The exact location within New York is not given. The owner is not named. The reason for abandonment is not stated. The current status — still standing, for sale, demolished, or otherwise — is not stated in the post, and no current status is claimed here. The house is described as abandoned in the post, and that description is the basis of this article. Anything beyond it would be invention.
That restraint also protects the reader. A modern mansion with a distinctive tower is identifiable in a way a generic farmhouse is not, which is all the more reason not to add location details the source does not give. No address, no directions, and no visiting information appear here, and entering private property without permission is not encouraged.
Other grand houses in the abandoned mansions archive show the opposite end of the same spectrum — older, more traditional houses left to decay — and the comparison is instructive: abandonment looks different in every era, but the questions it raises are the same.
FAQ
Where in New York is this mansion?
The post says only New York. No town, county, or address is given in the post or here.
Is $2 million the asking price?
No. It is the post’s description of the mansion, not a verified sale price, valuation, or listing price.
When was the house abandoned?
Not stated in the post, and no date is claimed here.
What is the silo-like tower?
It is a cylindrical tower-like feature beside the main block of the modern mansion, visible in the exterior photograph. Its original purpose is not stated in the post.
Why are there two kitchen photographs?
Both show the curved kitchen island from different angles, with wooden cabinets and a glass-block wall. Together they confirm the island as a central feature of the kitchen.
Is the mirrored bathroom really part of the house?
Yes, as shown in the post’s fourth photograph: a mirrored bathroom with black toilets, glass-block walls, and a tiled floor.
Can I visit it?
No visiting information is given here, and entering private property without permission is not encouraged.
Is the house still standing?
Not confirmed in the post. No current status beyond the post’s description as abandoned is claimed here.
Disclaimer
This article is general information only, not legal, tax, or financial advice. Rules on abandoned and private property differ by state and county; check county/local records and a local professional before acting.
Photos
Photos by BigBankz, via the original Facebook post: https://www.facebook.com/BigBankz2/posts/2000000-mansion-in-new-york-left-abandoned/122127631496955751/ — 5 of the 11 photos are shown here.
