Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

Four cars from the old system were once on display, but were removed in 2014.

A Red Hook dive bar that is holding onto its roots.

For almost a century, this East Village newsstand has served egg creams to beats, hippies, punks, and everything in between.

An illegally built ramshackle mansion tucked in the middle of Brooklyn is now being turned into condominiums.

Abandoned 19th century homes once occupied by naval officers, soon to be demolished.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

School named after its beloved principal, killed in the cross-fire of a drug related shooting.

The engineering feat of the Panama Canal was possible in small part thanks to materials developed in this humble Red Hook foundry.

Where there’s manufacturing, there’s fire!

The factory that helped produce a dominant form of lighting before Thomas Edison.

Red Hook's massive public pool, built by Robert Moses.

The highest rapid transit station in the world.

Once home to the country's most gargantuan ships, this graving dock now waits for people to buy furniture.

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

Queen Anne style apartment house built in 1886.

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

Compensation for the destruction of a historic shipyard.