What was once a vast naval cemetery is now home to nesting birds and pollinating bees.

A menagerie of concrete animals brought together from across New York City's parks.

No monkeying around, this fountain was really named after the classic sci-fi film.

An 1883 schoolhouse now home to collective of artists.

This 19th century brick building in Brooklyn stands out like the anachronistic landmark that it is.

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.

The childhood home of one of America's greatest unsung troubadours still stands in a much changed Brooklyn neighborhood.

Final resting place for the Triangle Shirtwaist fire’s unidentified victims.

A burial ground of rusting metal grave markers.

This museum dedicated to the history of the medical bone trade and human osteology.

A strip of modern stores in historic buildings.

Four cars from the old system were once on display, but were removed in 2014.

Brooklyn vintners creating world-class wine in a city not known for its vineyards.

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

Take in a rare, face-to-face glimpse of Lady Liberty at this tucked away Red Hook park.

The engineering feat of the Panama Canal was possible in small part thanks to materials developed in this humble Red Hook foundry.

Come for the sustainable organic chocolate, stay for the sustainable organic booze.

Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.

The humble fort that saved Washington.

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

School named after its beloved principal, killed in the cross-fire of a drug related shooting.

Where infamous mobster and leader of Murder Inc. Albert Anastasia made his home.

An experimental, community court opened in 2000 takes a new approach to youth offenders in south Brooklyn.

A cruise terminal that changes the atmosphere of Red Hook's industrial waterfront.