Staten Island, New York
Site of the Cherry Lane Cemetery
How did a historical Black burial ground become a Staten Island strip mall?
Places Talbot von Sregor Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Brooklyn, New York
Replica of the Rock of Amersfort
A miniature version of a legendary Dutch boulder.
New York, New York
Silver Towers Playground
This sculptural piece by the artist Tom Otterness doubles as a jungle gym.
Queens, New York
Knockdown Center
How a century-old glass factory in Queens became a concert venue and arts center.
Queens, New York
Wise Clock (Riis Park Memorial Clock)
This 19th-century clock has been restored to help withstand the harsh environment of its seaside home.
Brooklyn, New York
Gil Hodges' Grave
The final resting place of a former Dodgers and Mets player can be found in central Brooklyn, in the first diocesan cemetery for Catholics in the borough.
Brooklyn, New York
BAM Hamm Archives
A collection of playbills, photographs, and other memorabilia from the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Brooklyn, New York
The Bone Museum
This museum dedicated to the history of the medical bone trade and human osteology.
Queens, New York
Nepali Bhanchha Ghar
Feast on some of the finest momos in all of Queens.
New York, New York
Locomotive Lawn
This diesel train serviced the Brooklyn waterfront for more than three decades.
Brooklyn, New York
P.S. 15, Patrick F. Daly School
School named after its beloved principal, killed in the cross-fire of a drug related shooting.
Brooklyn, New York
Henry Chadwick's Grave
The real "father of baseball" rests in Brooklyn.
Bronx, New York
Parkchester Terracotta Sculptures
These sculptures were designed to beautify this neighborhood when it was established in the 1940s.
Queens, New York
Arepa Lady
Behind these delicious arepas lies a true New York success story.
Brooklyn, New York
Red Hook Houses
One of the largest public housing complexes in New York once visited by Eleanor Roosevelt.
Brooklyn, New York
Lidgerwood Manufacturing Company
The engineering feat of the Panama Canal was possible in small part thanks to materials developed in this humble Red Hook foundry.
Brooklyn, New York
Ocean Parkway Malls Marine Life Plaques
A series of fish plaques that are embedded in the malls of Ocean Parkway.
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn Fire Department House on Norman Avenue
Home to first responders to Greenpoint's devastating oil fires.
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn Cruise Terminal in Red Hook
A cruise terminal that changes the atmosphere of Red Hook's industrial waterfront.
Brooklyn, New York
Van Brunt St Fire House (H & L Engine Co 101, Engine 202)
Where there’s manufacturing, there’s fire!
New York, New York
The Actor's Temple
A Hell's Kitchen synagogue that has counted stars of stage and screen among its congregation.
New York, New York
14th Street-Union Square Moving Platforms
The only subway station in the city that still makes use of gap fillers.
Brooklyn, New York
Site of Continental Iron Works
Where the Monitor was launched and ushered in the age of the "ironclads."
Brooklyn, New York
Exxon Pumping Facility
Nondescript building owned by ExxonMobil working on siphoning Greenpoint Oil Spill out of the ground.
