The greatest real estate coup of all time.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.

The most confusing clock in New York.

A graffiti Mecca welcoming artists from around the world.

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

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 return of something once considered a basic part of life.

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

Ornate "Renaissance Revival" style building.

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

Nature and beauty amidst pollution and industrial wreckage.

Known as the "Forgotten City" it was home to industry, riots, artists, squatters, and to one of the largest single disaster fires in New York City.

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

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

Queen Anne style apartment house built in 1886.

Nondescript building owned by ExxonMobil working on siphoning Greenpoint Oil Spill out of the ground.

A modern addition to the Greenpoint skyline.

Church featuring "high Victorian gothic" architecture.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.