The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.

A cruise terminal that changes the atmosphere of Red Hook's industrial waterfront.

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

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

Staten Island's original central park is the former home of the city water supply as well as thousands of immigrant graves.

One-time largest man-made structure in the world will be a park in 30 years.

A town trapped in time - 1958 to be exact.

This small and serene place for quiet reflection on Staten Island was built in China based on the gardens of the Ming Dynasty.

This Manhattan skyscraper is a reminder of the brief but glorious age of urban air taxis.

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

The home of the first American-born saint is one of the only curved buildings in New York.

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

The most confusing clock in New York.

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.