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

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

Lehigh Valley barge No. 79 still gets tugged along - but now it houses a museum and unusual performances.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

This striking arch, one of the first architectural elements constructed in Prospect Park, was recently restored to its original glory.

In Little Caribbean, an ice-cream shop serves up regional flavors, including soursop, Irish moss, and "greatnut."

A mass grave for victims of one of the city’s worst fires.

This impressive mansion in Vinegar Hill has some mysterious details in its architecture.

For 20 years, local pumpkins have met their fate on the iron fence surrounding this Cobble Hill home.

On the hills of Bay Ridge stands a house straight out of a fairy tale.

The only surviving sidewalk clock in Brooklyn.

A Collegiate Gothic quadrangle that surrounds an 18th century secondary school whose financing came from the likes of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, among others.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

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

Love is in the air along the small street in Brooklyn.

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

Three stories above you, your salad is being grown.

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

This 19th century brick building in Brooklyn stands out like the anachronistic landmark that it is.

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

The mass grave of a heroic Revolutionary War regiment sits below an empty lot near the Gowanus Canal.

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.

This block in downtown Brooklyn was a hotbed of antislavery activism along the Underground Railroad.

Constructed in the 1920s, this former pencil factory is now an office building.