Neoclassical bank designed by NY architects Helmle & Huberty.

One of the most dazzling dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History is also one of the oldest.

Fake subway tiles were installed to cover a design that resembled the Confederate flag—it's unclear if the resemblance was intentional.

This morbid scene depicts the Darwinian drama of death on the African savannah.

Enormous one time fiber mill now houses local artists and small businesses.

This impressive scene portrays the elusive forest giraffe of Central Africa.

Stunningly detailed mosaics in a New York subway station bring life to the Weimaraners of artist William Wegman's work—and to thousands of commutes.

The highest rapid transit station in the world.

A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".

A modern addition to the Greenpoint skyline.

This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

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

New York's oldest concrete structure is being preserved thanks to the gentrification of Whole Foods.

A strip of modern stores in historic buildings.

Jimi Hendrix's legendary recording studio in Greenwich Village.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

2,000 barrels of aging beer hidden in a warehouse at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

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

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

This slender three-story building has also had several famous residents.

“Wagon Jobber" turned smokehouse magnate's family-owned business is still going strong 100 years later.

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

A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.

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