Sacred Spaces in New York City

A temple belonging to the largest Buddhist order in South Korea nestled in the middle of New York City.

Devotional offerings and pleas for intercession are left at this Depression-era shrine inside a nature preserve.

Nearly four centuries after its founding, remnants of one of the oldest planned communities in North America are still visible in southern Brooklyn.

You must take the A train... to the last active cemetery in Manhattan.

Come for the waffles, stay for more waffles.

Finally, you don't have to be a pious Swedish seaman to relax like one.

Once a month, an Indonesian feast appears inside an Elmhurst church hall.

The mosaic Star of David at the front of this store hints that it's no ordinary Italian grocer.

A Jewish deli run by Yemeni Muslims in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood is quintessential Brooklyn.

A Ukrainian church canteen doles out hearty fare in an East Village basement.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

Once thought to be the fabled Holy Grail, it is now known to be an oil lamp.

A replica of a 7th-century church hides in plain sight in the middle of the concrete jungle.

A Gothic-style abode built to accommodate the church's three resident peacocks.

This nearly invisible wire transforms much of the city into one big, symbolic home on the holy day.

America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.