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

A community theatre in Brooklyn that brings Country to New York and New York to Country.

Abandoned 19th century homes once occupied by naval officers, soon to be demolished.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Steam out your ears for New Year's Eve.

An illegally built ramshackle mansion tucked in the middle of Brooklyn is now being turned into condominiums.

A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.

A graffiti Mecca welcoming artists from around the world.

Offbeat arts organization that hosts exhibitions, events, and explorations.

Townhouse facade doubles as an RMS Titanic Memorial.

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

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

A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".

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

The factory for the popular Dumbo location, the Greenpoint shop is a quiet gem.

The only surviving sidewalk clock in Brooklyn.

Feral cats keeping the rodent population at bay all across Greenpoint waterfront.

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

Once a flowing stream and where the USS Monitor, the world's first ironclad, was built and launched.

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

Three stories above you, your salad is being grown.

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

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