Brooklyn, New York
Louis Valentino Jr. Park and Pier
Take in a rare, face-to-face glimpse of Lady Liberty at this tucked away Red Hook park.
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Brooklyn, New York
Take in a rare, face-to-face glimpse of Lady Liberty at this tucked away Red Hook park.
Brooklyn, New York
A massive forgotten storehouse from 1913 on the Brooklyn Waterfront has a spectacular view of Brooklyn.
New York, New York
For over 30 years the walls of this Harlem schoolyard have been a gallery of street art by "Kings and better."
New York, New York
This nearly invisible wire transforms much of the city into one big, symbolic home on the holy day.
Bronx, New York
The first "Hall of Fame" in America was designed by legendary Gilded Age architect Stanford White for what was then the NYU uptown campus.
Bronx, New York
This plot of old-growth forest is the largest surviving remnant of New York City's original woodland.
New York, New York
Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.
New York, New York
Manhattan and the Bronx have been playing tug-of-war over this former island neighborhood for more than a century.
New York, New York
Surrounded by low rise buildings and partially converted into an auto body shop, this marble archway is the only vestige of a forgotten Manhattan estate.
Queens, New York
Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.
Brooklyn, New York
This neo-Gothic former auto showroom is one of the few remaining reminders of Brooklyn's "Automobile Row."
Brooklyn, New York
A Collegiate Gothic quadrangle that surrounds an 18th century secondary school whose financing came from the likes of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, among others.
Brooklyn, New York
A tree that grows parallel to the ground was declared Brooklyn's "crowning curio" by the poet who saved it.
Brooklyn, New York
You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.
Brooklyn, New York
This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.
New York, New York
Beautiful mosaics cover the first stations opened on New York City's newest subway line.
New York, New York
A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.
Brooklyn, New York
A curious friendship between two inanimate ladies.
Brooklyn, New York
Final resting place of the immigrant who brought artificial seltzer water to America.
Brooklyn, New York
A mass grave for victims of one of the city’s worst fires.
Brooklyn, New York
One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.
Brooklyn, New York
A hidden architectural treasure in New York's Brooklyn.
Brooklyn, New York
Volunteer-run library dedicated to exploring five decades of activism history.
Kingston, New York
Neon signs that grace the windows of Bergdorf Goodman's and Tiffany & Co. come from this studio in Brooklyn.