Depression-era fun lives on in this Harlem museum dedicated to the sport of the street.

Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

For over 30 years the walls of this Harlem schoolyard have been a gallery of street art by "Kings and better."

Guerilla gardeners reclaimed this abandoned railroad land literally putting down roots.

This Bronx apartment building is officially recognized as the birthplace of hip-hop.

A crumbling staircase in upper Manhattan is all that remains of one of the most important sites in sports history.

A modern addition to the Greenpoint skyline.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

All that remains of a magnate's dream home is a historic gate and an abandoned public pool.

Nature and beauty amidst pollution and industrial wreckage.

From scholastic to sepulchral - now under reconstruction.

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

Bowl in splendor, if you're lucky.

Feral cats keeping the rodent population at bay all across Greenpoint waterfront.

The "Seinfeld" diner.