Where there’s manufacturing, there’s fire!

Two monstrous warehouses. One now holds priceless works of art, the other stands abandoned and dilapidated.

A massive forgotten storehouse from 1913 on the Brooklyn Waterfront has a spectacular view of Brooklyn.

An unconventional space for art and science housed in a massive old warehouse.

An experimental, community court opened in 2000 takes a new approach to youth offenders in south Brooklyn.

Where infamous mobster and leader of Murder Inc. Albert Anastasia made his home.

One of the largest public housing complexes in New York once visited by Eleanor Roosevelt.

School named after its beloved principal, killed in the cross-fire of a drug related shooting.

What’s a sure fire way to end up in jail in New York in the 1920s? Peddling bad moonshine.

The humble fort that saved Washington.

Take in a rare, face-to-face glimpse of Lady Liberty at this tucked away Red Hook park.

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

Lehigh Valley barge No. 79 still gets tugged along - but now it houses a museum and unusual performances.

A strip of modern stores in historic buildings.

The factory that helped produce a dominant form of lighting before Thomas Edison.

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.

A DIY art gallery/music venue/lecture hall dedicated to video game culture.

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

A replica of a 7th-century church hides in plain sight in the middle of the concrete jungle.

A small part of lower Manhattan is actually made from a bit of England.