A riverfront park that both remediated and preserved its industrial past.

Fake subway tiles were installed to cover a design that resembled the Confederate flag—it's unclear if the resemblance was intentional.

Compensation for the destruction of a historic shipyard.

An unassuming stone building houses New York City's oldest seismic station almost 30 feet below the Bronx.

A retired oil tanker now offering amazing views of New York City.

Headquarters of the world's fourth largest Hasidic sect and the first of many "770s" around the world.

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

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

A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".

Nearly four centuries after its founding, remnants of one of the oldest planned communities in North America are still visible in southern Brooklyn.

This unusual subway stop was originally a real estate office.

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

Residents of this Brooklyn neighborhood may be unaware their houses sit atop a buried trolley graveyard.

The only remaining building in New York to see the inauguration of a president is being slowly overtaken by a grocery store.

While it now takes more than a dime to open an account this historic Brooklyn bank still displays the opulence of the gilded age in which it was built.

This abandoned artificial island off the coast of New York City is now home to dozens of harbor seals.

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

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

One-time largest man-made structure in the world will be a park in 30 years.

Retribution for death of infamous mob boss Franie Yale was a case of mistaken identity.

This neo-Gothic former auto showroom is one of the few remaining reminders of Brooklyn's "Automobile Row."

Where infamous mobster and leader of Murder Inc. Albert Anastasia made his home.

A world of whimsy and wonder aboard a one of a kind historic landmark vessel.

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.