Intriguing Environs in Brooklyn

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

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

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

The site where Joe Gallo kept his guns, pet lion, and launched an all out mob war in 1960s Brooklyn.

An experimental, community court opened in 2000 takes a new approach to youth offenders in south Brooklyn.

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

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

Nature and beauty amidst pollution and industrial wreckage.

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

Where Greenpoint's first European settler—and troublemaker—made his home.

Once a ferry dock, radio transmitter, and now a new Greenpoint park.

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

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

A group dedicated to promoting boating, kayaking and environmental education programs.

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