This Abandoned NYC Prison Is Being Turned Into a Huge Film Lot

This Abandoned NYC Prison Is Being Turned Into a Huge Film Lot

Just a few years ago, the Arthur Kill Correctional Facility housed a thousand or so inmates. But in a few months, this Staten Island prison will be home to one of the largest movie studio in the country outside of the West Coast.

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