Brooklyn, New York
Union Porcelain Company
Where one of Greenpoint's "five black arts" was practiced.
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Brooklyn, New York
Where one of Greenpoint's "five black arts" was practiced.
Brooklyn, New York
Church featuring "high Victorian gothic" architecture.
Brooklyn, New York
One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.
Brooklyn, New York
Built as a home for the Union Porcelain magnate in 1867, now the Greenpoint Reformed Church and home to a ceramic mystery.
Brooklyn, New York
Neoclassical bank designed by NY architects Helmle & Huberty.
Brooklyn, New York
The only surviving sidewalk clock in Brooklyn.
Brooklyn, New York
Historic Greenpoint theater turned roller disco, then chain pharmacy, and now Sweetgreen.
Brooklyn, New York
The last remaining 19th-century mile marker along the historic Ocean Parkway.
Brooklyn, New York
The remnants of what was once the largest film studio on the East Coast are hiding in plain sight.
Brooklyn, New York
This unusual subway stop was originally a real estate office.
Brooklyn, New York
This unique house, the only one of its kind in Brooklyn, was built as part of a real estate developer's showcase.
Brooklyn, New York
These century-old townhouses contain some of the first car garages built in the United States.
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
This elaborate tunnel is the first structure composed of cast concrete in the United States.
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
The site of a fallen tree that protected Americans from British forces during the American Revolution.
Brooklyn, New York
You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.
Brooklyn, New York
This secluded ruin was once a home for exotic plants.
Brooklyn, New York
This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.
Brooklyn, New York
This metal eagle one of the final remnants of a newspaper that wanted to keep Brooklyn to Brooklyn.
Brooklyn, New York
The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.
Brooklyn, New York
Volunteer-run library dedicated to exploring five decades of activism history.
Brooklyn, New York
One of the deadliest American air disasters is nearly forgotten in Brooklyn.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Bored potato-guarding Nazis etched their thoughts onto a brick storage building in Copenhagen's Meatpacking District.