In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

A cruise terminal that changes the atmosphere of Red Hook's industrial waterfront.

One of the largest public housing complexes in New York once visited by Eleanor Roosevelt.

Compensation for the destruction of a historic shipyard.

Once home to the country's most gargantuan ships, this graving dock now waits for people to buy furniture.

Where there’s manufacturing, there’s fire!

Take in a rare, face-to-face glimpse of Lady Liberty at this tucked away Red Hook park.

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

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

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

Lehigh Valley barge No. 79 still gets tugged along - but now it houses a museum and unusual performances.

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

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

New York's oldest concrete structure is being preserved thanks to the gentrification of Whole Foods.

A massive forgotten storehouse from 1913 on the Brooklyn Waterfront has a spectacular view of Brooklyn.

Two monstrous warehouses. One now holds priceless works of art, the other stands abandoned and dilapidated.

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

A community theatre in Brooklyn that brings Country to New York and New York to Country.

In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

This collection started by a Cornell professor once held more than 600 human brain specimens, including the one that belonged to its founder.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

The world's only and thus largest collection of its kind celebrates everyday wonder through simple umbrella sheaths.