Once a ferry dock, radio transmitter, and now a new Greenpoint park.

The childhood home of one of America's greatest unsung troubadours still stands in a much changed Brooklyn neighborhood.

What’s a sure fire way to end up in jail in New York in the 1920s? Peddling bad moonshine.

Where one of Greenpoint's "five black arts" was practiced.

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

Compensation for the destruction of a historic shipyard.

A mysterious statue of a leather jacket-clad rebel leans coolly on an odd yellow clock.

This giant boulder is sandwiched between apartment complexes in upper Manhattan.

A 9-story, poured concrete structure which was used as a glue factory with an indelible smell.

The one-time office of the architectural firm that ushered in the Gilded Age is now a Club Monaco.

An activist who committed her life to peace and women's suffrage.

A group dedicated to promoting boating, kayaking and environmental education programs.

A modern addition to the Greenpoint skyline.

Where Greenpoint's first European settler—and troublemaker—made his home.

Fabrication workshop where the encasement for One World Trade Center's beacon was constructed.

A community farm in the midst of the Brooklyn concrete.

Once called Winthrop Park in 1889, home to a decidedly sexy tribute to the Monitor vs. Merrimac battle.

This recently uncovered ad for Lindsay's run at Mayor in 1965 had been hiding for decades underneath a billboard.

Snack on a partially gestated duck egg.

Unusual books about food and drink abound in this 19th-century New York townhouse.

Once a flowing stream and where the USS Monitor, the world's first ironclad, was built and launched.

Church featuring "high Victorian gothic" architecture.

As telephones become more essential and less stylish one historic Brooklyn building remembers the days when they were a grand celebration of communication.

Residents of this Brooklyn neighborhood may be unaware their houses sit atop a buried trolley graveyard.