Four cars from the old system were once on display, but were removed in 2014.

An illegally built ramshackle mansion tucked in the middle of Brooklyn is now being turned into condominiums.

A graffiti Mecca welcoming artists from around the world.

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

A huge resale shop for the cast-offs of the film & television industry.

Come for the sustainable organic chocolate, stay for the sustainable organic booze.

A museum devoted to bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories through exhibitions, education and public programming.

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

The only subway station in the city that still makes use of gap fillers.

The ballpark in "Pigtown" where the Brooklyn Dodgers made their name was replaced with a huge apartment complex.

This outdoor gallery of sculptures along the East River was once a landfill.

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".

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

Church featuring "high Victorian gothic" architecture.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

This striking arch, one of the first architectural elements constructed in Prospect Park, was recently restored to its original glory.

Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.

An unconventional space for art and science housed in a massive old warehouse.

This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.

A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.

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