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Brooklyn Superhero Supply Store

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

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New York Transit Museum

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

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Dead Horse Bay

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

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Gowanus Batcave

Abandoned power station once home to a squatter community, now being developed into an arts center.

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City Reliquary

Brooklyn has some great collections and some weird collections. This is both.

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Robotic Church

This former Norwegian sailor's church is slowly being taken over by ramshackle robot musicians.

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Sunshine Laundromat

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

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Brooklyn Art Library

Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles

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Brooklyn Blackout Cake

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Brooklyn Blackout Cake

A cake as dark as a city hiding from enemy bombers.

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Chopped Cheese

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Chopped Cheese

This staple sandwich of Brooklyn delis has become a symbol of gentrification.

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Espresso Coffee Soda

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Espresso Coffee Soda

A dark soda with a dark history.

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Cemetery Cider

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Cemetery Cider

Each batch begins with an apple tree overlooking Samuel Morse's grave.

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Visitors stare at babies in incubators at Martin Couney's New York World's Fair attraction, 1939-1940.

When Infants in Incubators Were a Sideshow Attraction

Archival photographs show the spectacle of babies who went on display, in an effort to save their lives.

by Anika Burgess

September 27, 2018

They didn't take over the city by being foolhardy.

City Cats Might Not Be the Rat-Control Option We Thought They Were

But they're still bad news for birds.

by Matthew Taub

September 27, 2018

Tree-shaped tombstones in Miami City Cemetery.

Why Some Gravestones Are Shaped Like Tree Stumps

When nature and secret societies get together.

by Sarah Laskow

Assembling the gigantic bagel and lox.

What It's Like to Make the World's Largest Bagel and Lox

The 213-pounder will be evaluated for a Guinness World Record.

February 09, 2018

At CB I Hate Perfume, food scents abound.

Why Smell Like Flowers When You Could Smell Like Roast Beef?

The rebel of the perfume world can make you smell like dinner or dessert.

November 30, 2017

Joy Doumis picks apples at Green-Wood Cemetery.

The Life-Enhancing Qualities of Cemetery Cider

The couple behind the beverage say they're making cider the traditional (and more delicious) way.

November 17, 2017

Into the Veil 2017.

Revisit the Enchantment of 'Into the Veil'

A short film for those who missed this year's big event in New York—or want to relive it.

by Natasha Frost

October 30, 2017

The Wurlitzer 4/26, named for its four keyboards and 26 sets of different sounding pipes.

In Brooklyn, a Rare Concert Organ Takes a (Hopefully Temporary) Bow

Long Island University's 1928 Wurlitzer will go quiet for at least the next two years.

by Ashawnta Jackson

October 24, 2017

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