Amid skyscrapers and traffic exists this unique aquatic ecosystem.

Hidden behind a gate in Greenwich Village is a little farmhouse that once served as the writing studio of a bestselling author.

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

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 the first major shipyards in Brooklyn.

Where the Monitor was launched and ushered in the age of the "ironclads."

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

This impressive mansion in Vinegar Hill has some mysterious details in its architecture.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Retribution for death of infamous mob boss Franie Yale was a case of mistaken identity.

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

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

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

Where there’s manufacturing, there’s fire!

The humble fort that saved Washington.

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