Nondescript building owned by ExxonMobil working on siphoning Greenpoint Oil Spill out of the ground.

A 9-story, poured concrete structure which was used as a glue factory with an indelible smell.

Thriving meadows span a rooftop in one of Brooklyn's most heavily industrialized neighborhoods.

A modern addition to the Greenpoint skyline.

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

The only remaining Jewish congregation in Greenpoint.

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

The return of something once considered a basic part of life.

A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.

This former crime corner has been turned into an eclectic community center.

A notorious punk house turned co-op.

This neo-Gothic former auto showroom is one of the few remaining reminders of Brooklyn's "Automobile Row."

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

The ballpark in "Pigtown" where the Brooklyn Dodgers made their name was replaced with a huge apartment complex.

19th century cemetery hidden in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.

A tree that grows parallel to the ground was declared Brooklyn's "crowning curio" by the poet who saved it.

This secluded ruin was once a home for exotic plants.

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.

This metal eagle one of the final remnants of a newspaper that wanted to keep Brooklyn to Brooklyn.

One of the deadliest American air disasters is nearly forgotten in Brooklyn.

The unassuming structure was part of a Major League Baseball stadium.

New York's oldest concrete structure is being preserved thanks to the gentrification of Whole Foods.

Abandoned power station once home to a squatter community, now being developed into an arts center.

Once called Winthrop Park in 1889, home to a decidedly sexy tribute to the Monitor vs. Merrimac battle.