The only remaining Jewish congregation in Greenpoint.

The return of something once considered a basic part of life.

The one-time office of the architectural firm that ushered in the Gilded Age is now a Club Monaco.

Queen Anne style apartment house built in 1886.

The highest rapid transit station in the world.

Fabrication workshop where the encasement for One World Trade Center's beacon was constructed.

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

As telephones become more essential and less stylish one historic Brooklyn building remembers the days when they were a grand celebration of communication.

Church featuring "high Victorian gothic" architecture.

The greatest real estate coup of all time.

This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.

The smallest island in Manhattan is a manmade landfill dominated by a Buddhist peace arch.

Final resting place of the immigrant who brought artificial seltzer water to America.

The home of the first American-born saint is one of the only curved buildings in New York.

This translucent sculpture represents a quintessential component of New York City's skyline.

During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

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

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

A Gothic-style abode built to accommodate the church's three resident peacocks.

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

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

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.