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

Once a month, an Indonesian feast appears inside an Elmhurst church hall.

Some of New York's best tacos can be found in the back of an unassuming bodega in Queens.

Chefs from Tibet's Kham region offer steaming meat pies and noodle soups in this nook behind a jewelry store.

Head past the aisles of tropical fruit and imported candy at this bodega to discover a hidden, weekends-only taco stand.

Seriously good slices of Sicilian pizza lurk at the back of the Bronx's oldest enclosed market.

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

A young woman's senseless murder led to the controversial psychological theory of the "bystander effect."

This Russian bar-restaurant lies within a three-story underground bathhouse.

Behind a grungy bodega facade, a Poblano family serves rich, home-cooked meals.

Crammed into several rooms of a Staten Island home, this museum is a vodka-soaked paean to the pleasures of drinking.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

Two community gardens under the elevated subway lines on a very busy commercial strip in Bushwick.

Risk arrest while partying to fund art.

Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.

The oldest pastificio in Queens offers visitors fresh noodles and a peek inside the macaroni-making magic.

This speakeasy continues the Prohibition-era legacy of Harlem's jazzy Swing Street.

Imagine having a street run right through your home, or better yet, a historic bridge three stories high.

A hidey-hole sandwiched between cellphone, DVD, and jewelry stores features Tibetan delights.

In the middle of suburban Staten Island, a nearly 150-year-old bakery is preserving the art of a disappearing New York treat.

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

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

This small, hidden cove is home to abandoned boats.

More than 300,000 historical artifacts from the famous music venue, from Duke Ellington's handwritten score to The Beatles' booking slip.