Now owned by the National Park Service, this location was once home to illegal boxing matches.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

The flagship building of an early national restaurant chain is a superb example of terra cotta art.

Waterway populated with abandoned projects, including a submarine.

The rare American Civil War-era weapon was never fired in anger.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

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

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

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

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

Enter the deli, walk until you hit the taxidermy, then order some hot, homey guisado.

The inventor of the Coney Island hot dog rests in a grand mausoleum in Brooklyn.

A curious friendship between two inanimate ladies.

This controversial statue has migrated twice in its life.

Final resting place of the immigrant who brought artificial seltzer water to America.

A heartbreaking monument showing the last morning in the life of Jane Griffith.

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

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

One of the remaining markers of an era when Brooklyn and Flatbush were separate cities.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.