Once home to the country's most gargantuan ships, this graving dock now waits for people to buy furniture.

Compensation for the destruction of a historic shipyard.

The most unloved grain elevator in Brooklyn was a “Magnificent Mistake.”

Red Hook's massive public pool, built by Robert Moses.

This micro-industry of Latino cuisine along Red Hook's Ball Fields represents a victory in a food fight with the city.

The highest rapid transit station in the world.

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt.

One kilometer of thick brass rod laid out before your eyes.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

A historic 1890s architectural masterpiece with an iconic clock tower that, once open to the public, now faces an uncertain future.

This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

An interim housing alternative to FEMA trailers that is designed for densely populated areas during recovery and rebuilding following a natural disaster.

This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.

Love is in the air along the small street in Brooklyn.

As telephones become more essential and less stylish one historic Brooklyn building remembers the days when they were a grand celebration of communication.

This block in downtown Brooklyn was a hotbed of antislavery activism along the Underground Railroad.

While it now takes more than a dime to open an account this historic Brooklyn bank still displays the opulence of the gilded age in which it was built.

A cruise terminal that changes the atmosphere of Red Hook's industrial waterfront.

After traveling the world, one of the last remaining fully-rigged three masted iron-hulled cargo ship in the world found its home in New York.

Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.