New York, New York
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New York, New York
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Brooklyn, New York
A curious friendship between two inanimate ladies.
Queens, New York
Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.
Brooklyn, New York
A massive forgotten storehouse from 1913 on the Brooklyn Waterfront has a spectacular view of Brooklyn.
Brooklyn, New York
One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.
Queens, New York
A once crucial portion of the Long Island railroad still lays abandoned, waiting to be turned into an urban park.
New York, New York
Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.
New York, New York
In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.
Brooklyn, New York
This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.
New York, New York
America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.
New York, New York
Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.
New York, New York
A Manhattan Episcopal church with an eerie underground crypt.
New York, New York
An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.
New York, New York
There’s a secret bunker inside the Brooklyn Bridge, but the city won’t say where.
Brooklyn, New York
Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.
Brooklyn, New York
Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.
New York, New York
One of the last full-orchestra recording studios in New York City and an acoustical marvel.
New York, New York
A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.
Queens, New York
This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.
Brooklyn, New York
This otherwise innocuous bodega was once the headquarters of the most feared assassin's guild in American history.
New York, New York
Hidden in one of New York's oldest subway stations is the final remnant of the site of the bizarre Shakespeare Riots.
Brooklyn, New York
In the middle of downtown Brooklyn lies a 165 year old secret hidden right below the surface (closed to the public indefinitely).
New York, New York
This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.
New York, New York
Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.