A modern addition to the Greenpoint skyline.

This unusual subway stop was originally a real estate office.

A community farm in the midst of the Brooklyn concrete.

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

A strip of modern stores in historic buildings.

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

A community theatre in Brooklyn that brings Country to New York and New York to Country.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

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

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

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

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

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

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

One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).

Brooklyn vintners creating world-class wine in a city not known for its vineyards.

The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

Con Edison’s exotic and heat-loving pests.

An unconventional space for art and science housed in a massive old warehouse.

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

Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.

Micro-distillery in Brooklyn produces New York’s first homemade rum since Prohibition.

Take in a rare, face-to-face glimpse of Lady Liberty at this tucked away Red Hook park.

Final resting place of two dozen New York City harbor ships.