I haven't had time to add to this yet and dig more, but I did come across the "cow tunnels" legend.
Both Serafina restaurants, one at 55th and the other near the museum, plus Epstein's apartment complex being at 66th, which is relatively close to Serafina's on 55th and all three locations form a north-south line, if looked at on google maps. The possibility of old underground tunnels connecting all of these sites is there.
This article puts the cow tunnels quite a ways south west of epsteins house (9east 71street) to 12 Avenue and shoreline to 39 street. But you could very well be onto something.
His house is right down the street from St. James church, might be a tunnel or connection there but I'm sure it's been discussed and I missed it
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061916 ago
Great research and connection of the dots!
maurice1 ago
I haven't had time to add to this yet and dig more, but I did come across the "cow tunnels" legend.
Both Serafina restaurants, one at 55th and the other near the museum, plus Epstein's apartment complex being at 66th, which is relatively close to Serafina's on 55th and all three locations form a north-south line, if looked at on google maps. The possibility of old underground tunnels connecting all of these sites is there.
061916 ago
cow tunnels
This article puts the cow tunnels quite a ways south west of epsteins house (9east 71street) to 12 Avenue and shoreline to 39 street. But you could very well be onto something.
His house is right down the street from St. James church, might be a tunnel or connection there but I'm sure it's been discussed and I missed it
maurice1 ago
https://untappedcities.com/2014/10/10/how-the-first-east-river-tunnel-was-built-in-nyc-1892/
Here's one I just came across. The tunnels still in use but goes under 71st to Ravenwood.