Abandoned 19th century homes once occupied by naval officers, soon to be demolished.

The real "father of baseball" rests in Brooklyn.

Once home to the country's most gargantuan ships, this graving dock now waits for people to buy furniture.

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.

This recipe is set in stone.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

The remnants of what was once the largest film studio on the East Coast are hiding in plain sight.

This recently uncovered ad for Lindsay's run at Mayor in 1965 had been hiding for decades underneath a billboard.

A series of fish plaques that are embedded in the malls of Ocean Parkway.

One Brooklyn man's collection of life-size fiberglass statues has taken over his entire yard.

The last remaining 19th-century mile marker along the historic Ocean Parkway.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

Enter the deli, walk until you hit the taxidermy, then order some hot, homey guisado.

I fought the law and the precinct caved in.

A mysterious, abandoned building rotting on the Brooklyn waterfront.

A one-ton statue of Steve Rogers beautifies the entry to a Brooklyn Bed, Bath & Beyond.

Once a flowing stream and where the USS Monitor, the world's first ironclad, was built and launched.

Where the Monitor was launched and ushered in the age of the "ironclads."

This nondescript coffee shop conceals one of the wildest patisseries in New York City.

Cooks at this tiny takeout spot grind their rice flour in a stone mill each morning for perfect cheung fun.

The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.

After traveling the world, one of the last remaining fully-rigged three masted iron-hulled cargo ship in the world found its home in New York.

A unique collection of figures perform down the facade of the Gene Frankel Theatre.

Thousands of narrow alleyways in an ancient medieval city make up what's believed to be the world's largest car-free urban zone.