The iconic Manhattan corner that was once the site of the Beastie Boys' fake clothing store.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

The façade of this building looks like a bingo board, but it's really a giant clock by a famed graphic designer.

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

Amid skyscrapers and traffic exists this unique aquatic ecosystem.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

This diesel train serviced the Brooklyn waterfront for more than three decades.

An art installation commemorates journalist Nellie Bly's undercover reporting inside a New York asylum.

The only subway station in the city that still makes use of gap fillers.

A remnant of the original World Trade Center complex continues to serve as a commuter gateway.

The place where Dvořák composed some of his most famous works.

Though the case is scorched and the buttons half-melted, this hardy handheld gaming device can still run a game of Tetris.

This outdoor gallery of sculptures along the East River was once a landfill.

Dine on dumplings at the oldest dim sum restaurant in New York.

A commemorative plaque hides a door that leads down to the New York Public Library's underground book bunker.

A memorial to the first person killed by a motor vehicle in the Western Hemisphere.

Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.

A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.

Amid the marketing blitz of modern Times Square is an elegant holdover from its showbiz glory days.

Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.

Spike Lee's provocative film is officially honored right where it was made, the first time a work of art was used as a secondary street name.

This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.

This slender three-story building has also had several famous residents.

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