Brooklyn, New York
West 8th Street - NY Aquarium Subway Station
New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.
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Rivers Cosmogram
A memorial marks the library lobby where Langston Hughes' ashes are buried.
Queens, New York
Greaser on a Clock
A mysterious statue of a leather jacket-clad rebel leans coolly on an odd yellow clock.
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Saint Vartan Armenian Cathedral
A replica of a 7th-century church hides in plain sight in the middle of the concrete jungle.
Brooklyn, New York
Yankee Ferry
A world of whimsy and wonder aboard a one of a kind historic landmark vessel.
Brooklyn, New York
Greenpoint Terminal Market
Known as the "Forgotten City" it was home to industry, riots, artists, squatters, and to one of the largest single disaster fires in New York City.
New York, New York
Amiable Child Monument
One of the only single-person private gravesites in New York City.
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190 Bowery
The greatest real estate coup of all time.
Brooklyn, New York
Abolitionist Place
This block in downtown Brooklyn was a hotbed of antislavery activism along the Underground Railroad.
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Model Ship Collection at the South Street Seaport Museum
Set sail on a small scale.
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Relics of the IRT 14th Street-Union Square Subway Local Platform
Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.
Brooklyn, New York
Weeksville Heritage Center
Dedicated to preserving the history of free Black communities in Brooklyn and beyond.
Bronx, New York
Teitel Brothers
The mosaic Star of David at the front of this store hints that it's no ordinary Italian grocer.
Brooklyn, New York
Bushwick Schoolhouse
An 1883 schoolhouse now home to collective of artists.
New York, New York
Queensboro Trolley Kiosk
A forgotten relic from New York's bygone trolley system hides in plain sight under a bridge.
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The American Merchant Mariner's Memorial
Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.
Brooklyn, New York
Do the Right Thing Way
Spike Lee's provocative film is officially honored right where it was made, the first time a work of art was used as a secondary street name.
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African Burial Ground National Monument
This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.
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Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks
Spiral-bound community recipes and antiquarian gems mingle at this small East Village shop.
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Trinity Churchyard
This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.
New York, New York
Trinity Church Cemetery & Mausoleum
You must take the A train... to the last active cemetery in Manhattan.
New York, New York
New York Herald Monument
There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.
Queens, New York
Geographic Center of New York City
This mysterious marker puzzles pedestrians and infuriates geographers.
New York, New York
The Ziegfeld Head
The front yard of an Upper East Side town house hides the last fragment of one of New York's most famous theatres.
