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

Two monstrous warehouses. One now holds priceless works of art, the other stands abandoned and dilapidated.

A massive forgotten storehouse from 1913 on the Brooklyn Waterfront has a spectacular view of Brooklyn.

Fabrication workshop where the encasement for One World Trade Center's beacon was constructed.

The site where Joe Gallo kept his guns, pet lion, and launched an all out mob war in 1960s Brooklyn.

This eclectic sculpture garden in Brooklyn, home to a bizarre collection of art, was once a run-down junkyard.

Thriving meadows span a rooftop in one of Brooklyn's most heavily industrialized neighborhoods.

A large boulder marks the place where the island of Manhattan was purportedly "sold" to the Dutch.

An art installation commemorates journalist Nellie Bly's undercover reporting inside a New York asylum.

Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles

Dine on old-school red sauce fare at a former mob hang out and film set for The Sopranos.

Once called Winthrop Park in 1889, home to a decidedly sexy tribute to the Monitor vs. Merrimac battle.

A 120-year oil leak slowly unleashes more gallons of oil than the Exxon/Mobil disaster.

At this hidden studio, the dying art of taxidermy is alive and well.

Nondescript building owned by ExxonMobil working on siphoning Greenpoint Oil Spill out of the ground.

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

A modern addition to the Greenpoint skyline.

Once a ferry dock, radio transmitter, and now a new Greenpoint park.

The return of something once considered a basic part of life.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

HBO series' stage tucked away in a Greenpoint lot is the largest theatrical set of its kind in the United States.

Once a dumping spot, now a park with a kayak launch.

Enormous one time fiber mill now houses local artists and small businesses.

A group dedicated to promoting boating, kayaking and environmental education programs.