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

The only surviving sidewalk clock in Brooklyn.

A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

The only remaining Jewish congregation in Greenpoint.

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

Neoclassical bank designed by NY architects Helmle & Huberty.

Ornate "Renaissance Revival" style building.

Queen Anne style apartment house built in 1886.

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

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

Church featuring "high Victorian gothic" architecture.

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

2 square block factory in Greenpoint erected in 1936.

If you were standing here on October 5th, 1950, you'd be dead.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

A replica of a 7th-century church hides in plain sight in the middle of the concrete jungle.

This Manhattan skyscraper is a reminder of the brief but glorious age of urban air taxis.

This nearly invisible wire transforms much of the city into one big, symbolic home on the holy day.

During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.

This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.