The childhood home of one of America's greatest unsung troubadours still stands in a much changed Brooklyn neighborhood.

A modern addition to the Greenpoint skyline.

Manhattan and the Bronx have been playing tug-of-war over this former island neighborhood for more than a century.

A former seaside jewel built for the everyman is now simply a neglected art deco fortress.

Shop while you wait for a table in this tiny Indonesian eatery within a mini-mart.

A ruthless Soviet relocation campaign birthed a new cuisine, and this humble restaurant.

A Wisconsin kitsch palace from the 1930s lives its second life in 21st-century Brooklyn.

The one-time epicenter of American songwriting is now a little remembered Manhattan commercial block.

Offbeat arts organization that hosts exhibitions, events, and explorations.

Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.

A Jewish deli run by Yemeni Muslims in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood is quintessential Brooklyn.

In the middle of suburban Staten Island, a nearly 150-year-old bakery is preserving the art of a disappearing New York treat.

The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.

This neighborhood grocery houses a treasure trove of Eastern European delights.

The world's largest collection of materials relating to lesbian history is housed in a Brooklyn townhouse.

Feral cats keeping the rodent population at bay all across Greenpoint waterfront.

A notorious punk house turned co-op.

This abandoned caretaker's apartment is one of 13 left in the New York Public Library system.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

A massive forgotten storehouse from 1913 on the Brooklyn Waterfront has a spectacular view of Brooklyn.

A once crucial portion of the Long Island railroad still lays abandoned, waiting to be turned into an urban park.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

An arcade packed with a rotating collection of unique independent video games.

A collection of fanzines, recordings, and documents detailing the rise and influence of the feminist punk movement.