Oldest surviving example of a Dutch saltbox frame house in America.

Come for the pastrami, stay for the million-dollar art.

This preserved wilderness hides the remains of a colonial grain mill used to feed George Washington's troops.

The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

Waterway populated with abandoned projects, including a submarine.

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

Historic Greenpoint theater turned roller disco, then chain pharmacy, and now Sweetgreen.

Neoclassical bank designed by NY architects Helmle & Huberty.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

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

Church featuring "high Victorian gothic" architecture.

Where one of Greenpoint's "five black arts" was practiced.

The factory for the popular Dumbo location, the Greenpoint shop is a quiet gem.

Nature and beauty amidst pollution and industrial wreckage.

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

Brooklyn vintners creating world-class wine in a city not known for its vineyards.

Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

The legendary court where emerging basketball players gain their street cred.

The studio of influential composer Charles Ives is perfectly reconstructed, hidden in the back of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

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

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

Come for the sustainable organic chocolate, stay for the sustainable organic booze.