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The Fillmore East
A Yiddish theater turned movie house turned rock and roll landmark turned gay disco turned bank.
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Gulliver's Gate
A quick trip around the globe through an amazing miniature exhibit.
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Vintage Massimo Vignelli Subway Map
There's a piece of New York City transportation history hidden in plain sight at a Manhattan subway stop.
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Oldest Manhole Cover
Walk over a 150 year old manhole.
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Le Train Bleu Restaurant
On the top floor of an upscale department store stands a lavish restaurant housed in a replica of a luxury French dining car.
Brooklyn, New York
City Reliquary
Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.
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Grand Central Oyster Bar
This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.
Brooklyn, New York
Captain America Statue
A one-ton statue of Steve Rogers beautifies the entry to a Brooklyn Bed, Bath & Beyond.
New York, New York
African Burial Ground National Monument
This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.
Brooklyn, New York
The New York and New Jersey Telephone Company Building
As telephones become more essential and less stylish one historic Brooklyn building remembers the days when they were a grand celebration of communication.
New York, New York
The Narrowest Building in New York
This slender three-story building has also had several famous residents.
Brooklyn, New York
The Red Hook Stores
A strip of modern stores in historic buildings.
Brooklyn, New York
Kane Street Impaled Pumpkins
For 20 years, local pumpkins have met their fate on the iron fence surrounding this Cobble Hill home.
New York, New York
New York Produce Exchange Property Marker
A well-worn marker in a forgotten alleyway is all that remains of what had been one of Manhattan's most beautiful buildings.
Brooklyn, New York
Hoyt-Schermerhorn Subway Station
Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.
Brooklyn, New York
Abolitionist Place
This block in downtown Brooklyn was a hotbed of antislavery activism along the Underground Railroad.
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Ear Inn
One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).
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St. Luke's Place Coal Hole Covers
These ornate manhole covers were used for a now-forgotten purpose.
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Rucker Park
The legendary court where emerging basketball players gain their street cred.
New York, New York
Henry Bliss Plaque
A memorial to the first person killed by a motor vehicle in the Western Hemisphere.
Brooklyn, New York
Coney Island Mermaid Parade
The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.
New York, New York
Staple Street Skybridge
Imagine having a street run right through your home, or better yet, a historic bridge three stories high.
New York, New York
The Remnants of Manhattan's Thirteenth Avenue
Manhattan's Thirteenth Avenue was made on landfill then deliberately destroyed — apart from one small, obscure block.
New York, New York
Bill's Place
This speakeasy continues the Prohibition-era legacy of Harlem's jazzy Swing Street.
