Red Hook's massive public pool, built by Robert Moses.

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

In the middle of downtown Brooklyn lies a 165 year old secret hidden right below the surface (closed to the public indefinitely).

A prized globe signed by Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh sits in the Brooklyn office of the American Geographical Society.

This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.

The Underground Railroad passed right through this historic Brooklyn Heights church.

A former Tibetan monk made a name for himself selling some of the best beef momos in New York.

Behind these delicious arepas lies a true New York success story.

Feast on some of the finest momos in all of Queens.

Current docking place of the SS United States, the fastest transatlantic ocean liner.

One of the oldest of its kind.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

In 1986, Keith Haring was arrested for painting this anti-drug mural on a Harlem handball court.

Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.

An extensive collection of fine art devoted to man's best friend.

2 square block factory in Greenpoint erected in 1936.

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

Church featuring "high Victorian gothic" architecture.

Built as a home for the Union Porcelain magnate in 1867, now the Greenpoint Reformed Church and home to a ceramic mystery.

Where the Monitor was launched and ushered in the age of the "ironclads."

The only remaining Jewish congregation in Greenpoint.

Historic Greenpoint theater, turned roller disco, now housing a chain pharmacy store.

Home to first responders to Greenpoint's devastating oil fires.

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.