Enter the deli, walk until you hit the taxidermy, then order some hot, homey guisado.

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

Oldest surviving example of a Dutch saltbox frame house in America.

A ruthless Soviet relocation campaign birthed a new cuisine, and this humble restaurant.

The gilded vestiges of a sterling department store can still be found in a Brooklyn shopping center.

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

A B.Y.O.B. Mexican cantina lives inside one of the last tortilla factories in Brooklyn.

Obscure and obsolete publications are given new life as works of art.

A Jewish deli run by Yemeni Muslims in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood is quintessential Brooklyn.

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

This neighborhood grocery houses a treasure trove of Eastern European delights.

This small, hidden cove is home to abandoned boats.

A way to take your secrets to someone else's grave.

Feral cats keeping the rodent population at bay all across Greenpoint waterfront.

Come for the pastrami, stay for the million-dollar art.

One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

Check your calendars; you might be attending a drive-in movie or sitting next to a fashion runway.

This tiny store is your one-stop shop for all sorts of rare and wonderful buttons.

Some of the best Persian food in New York comes from the front window of an unassuming pizza shop.

The saddest little diner in New York.