One of the largest public housing complexes in New York once visited by Eleanor Roosevelt.

Micro-distillery in Brooklyn produces New York’s first homemade rum since Prohibition.

A community farm in the midst of the Brooklyn concrete.

Once home to the country's most gargantuan ships, this graving dock now waits for people to buy furniture.

A world of whimsy and wonder aboard a one of a kind historic landmark vessel.

The most unloved grain elevator in Brooklyn was a “Magnificent Mistake.”

This micro-industry of Latino cuisine along Red Hook's Ball Fields represents a victory in a food fight with the city.

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

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

In the middle of downtown Brooklyn lies a 165 year old secret hidden right below the surface (closed to the public indefinitely).

A prized globe signed by Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh sits in the Brooklyn office of the American Geographical Society.

This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.

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

A former Tibetan monk made a name for himself selling some of the best beef momos in New York.

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

Feast on some of the finest momos in all of Queens.

The fastest transatlantic ocean liner sat abandoned in a Philadelphia shipyard for decades.

One of the oldest of its kind.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

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

Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.

An extensive collection of fine art devoted to man's best friend.

2 square block factory in Greenpoint erected in 1936.

Where one of Greenpoint's "five black arts" was practiced.