Known as the "Forgotten City" it was home to industry, riots, artists, squatters, and to one of the largest single disaster fires in New York City.

Constructed in the 1920s, this former pencil factory is now an office building.

A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

An arcade packed with a rotating collection of unique independent video games.

The childhood home of one of America's greatest unsung troubadours still stands in a much changed Brooklyn neighborhood.

A burial ground of rusting metal grave markers.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

This Queens beer hall preserves a German culture and language that is all but lost.

The oldest Dutch colonial stone house in New York City is a hidden gem on the border of Brooklyn and Queens.

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

Check out the underground party scene at the "Burning Man of Brooklyn."

A Wisconsin kitsch palace from the 1930s lives its second life in 21st-century Brooklyn.

If it hadn't been caught in time, a flaw in the design of this Manhattan skyscraper could have led to its collapse.

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".

Spike Lee's provocative film is officially honored right where it was made, the first time a work of art was used as a secondary street name.

Built as a home for the Union Porcelain magnate in 1867, now the Greenpoint Reformed Church and home to a ceramic mystery.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

Church featuring "high Victorian gothic" architecture.

Historic Greenpoint theater turned roller disco, then chain pharmacy, and now Sweetgreen.

The only surviving sidewalk clock in Brooklyn.

Neoclassical bank designed by NY architects Helmle & Huberty.

The only remaining Jewish congregation in Greenpoint.

One of the few Glatt kosher delis in the United States is a cornerstone of its Hasidic neighborhood.