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The last slot car racing arcade in Brooklyn is keeping the dream of speedy little autos alive.

A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.

The site of a fallen tree that protected Americans from British forces during the American Revolution.

The factory that helped produce a dominant form of lighting before Thomas Edison.

A retired oil tanker now offering amazing views of New York City.

The place where Dvořák composed some of his most famous works.

This metal eagle one of the final remnants of a newspaper that wanted to keep Brooklyn to Brooklyn.

A community farm in the midst of the Brooklyn concrete.

This unusual subway stop was originally a real estate office.

Residents of this Brooklyn neighborhood may be unaware their houses sit atop a buried trolley graveyard.

Legendary private island in the Bronx...devoid of rats.

The humble fort that saved Washington.

These ornate manhole covers were used for a now-forgotten purpose.

This humble historic facade hides a history of boozing and the gentlemanly sport of rat-fighting.

A replica of a 7th-century church hides in plain sight in the middle of the concrete jungle.

This block in downtown Brooklyn was a hotbed of antislavery activism along the Underground Railroad.

The mass grave of a heroic Revolutionary War regiment sits below an empty lot near the Gowanus Canal.

A memorial to the first person killed by a motor vehicle in the Western Hemisphere.

New York City's only wildlife rehabilitation center treats more than 3,000 feathered and furry patients each year.

An 1883 schoolhouse now home to collective of artists.

Walking around West Harlem reveals a scavenger hunt of beautiful bird murals.

An unconventional space for art and science housed in a massive old warehouse.

The Underground Railroad passed right through this historic Brooklyn Heights church.

This seemingly unremarkable boulder is said to bear the hoofprint of the devil himself.