From scholastic to sepulchral - now under reconstruction.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.

Manhattan and the Bronx have been playing tug-of-war over this former island neighborhood for more than a century.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

A 120-year oil leak slowly unleashes more gallons of oil than the Exxon/Mobil disaster.

The only surviving sidewalk clock in Brooklyn.

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

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

Once called Winthrop Park in 1889, home to a decidedly sexy tribute to the Monitor vs. Merrimac battle.

Queen Anne style apartment house built in 1886.

Neoclassical bank designed by NY architects Helmle & Huberty.

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

The only remaining Jewish congregation in Greenpoint.

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

One of the first major shipyards in Brooklyn.

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.

Ornate "Renaissance Revival" style building.

Church featuring "high Victorian gothic" architecture.

2 square block factory in Greenpoint erected in 1936.

The one-time epicenter of American songwriting is now a little remembered Manhattan commercial block.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

A grand New York post office that is home to mailman Santas, scraps of postal history, and a pneumatic mail system.

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.