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

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

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

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

The highest rapid transit station in the world.

If you were standing here on October 5th, 1950, you'd be dead.

Before online banking and smartphone apps, there was "commuter banking" in the subway in Downtown Brooklyn.

Church featuring "high Victorian gothic" architecture.

This beautiful Brooklyn monument over a crypt memorializes a grim and largely unknown story from the American Revolution.

This elaborate tunnel is the first structure composed of cast concrete in the United States.

One of the deadliest American air disasters is nearly forgotten in Brooklyn.

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

A mass grave for victims of one of the city’s worst fires.

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

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

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

Love is in the air along the small street in Brooklyn.

This 19th century brick building in Brooklyn stands out like the anachronistic landmark that it is.

Known as the "Forgotten City" it was home to industry, riots, artists, squatters, and to one of the largest single disaster fires in New York City.

This block in downtown Brooklyn was a hotbed of antislavery activism along the Underground Railroad.

An 1883 schoolhouse now home to collective of artists.

This striking arch, one of the first architectural elements constructed in Prospect Park, was recently restored to its original glory.

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

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.