Places katehawes Wants to Go

This museum-within-a-museum pays tribute to "The World's Most Experienced Airline."

The only remaining Jewish congregation in Greenpoint.

A Hell's Kitchen synagogue that has counted stars of stage and screen among its congregation.

A vibrant, 100-foot-tall mural dedicated to Evelyn Nesbit, the tragic icon of the Gilded Age.

The only subway station in the city that still makes use of gap fillers.

Red Hook's massive public pool, built by Robert Moses.

The unassuming structure was part of a Major League Baseball stadium.

Adherence to strict Jewish laws is required to enter this ultra-conservative New York village.

Out of a labyrinth of abandoned tunnels and stops, this Queens subway station is arguably the most mysterious—if it exists at all.

The remnants of a luxurious resort that saw its peak in the 1970s and 1980s has been abandoned since 2009, leaving behind the wreckage of both the hotel and a beautiful ice skating rink.

A 9-story, poured concrete structure which was used as a glue factory with an indelible smell.

The ballpark in "Pigtown" where the Brooklyn Dodgers made their name was replaced with a huge apartment complex.

In 1986, Keith Haring was arrested for painting this anti-drug mural on a Harlem handball court.

Storage warehouse of the rich and famous.

This miniature village stays behind in the Breuer Building, even as the museums around it come and go.

If it hadn't been caught in time, a flaw in the design of this Manhattan skyscraper could have led to its collapse.

Behind these delicious arepas lies a true New York success story.

An unassuming stone building houses New York City's oldest seismic station almost 30 feet below the Bronx.

Headquarters of the world's fourth largest Hasidic sect and the first of many "770s" around the world.

The highest rapid transit station in the world.

Where one of the worst train disasters in the country took place, leading to upgrades in rail safety.

Before online banking and smartphone apps, there was "commuter banking" in the subway in Downtown Brooklyn.

Nine nice parcels of land along a flight path offer a quiet respite... until a plane soars overhead.

On this island, you suck away your garbage via an elaborate pneumatic tube system.