An everyday Jackson Heights bodega conceals a Mexican seafood paradise.

Shop while you wait for a table in this tiny Indonesian eatery within a mini-mart.

Brooklyn vintners creating world-class wine in a city not known for its vineyards.

Rare moles meet activism at this Oaxacan eatery.

Seriously good slices of Sicilian pizza lurk at the back of the Bronx's oldest enclosed market.

A Ukrainian church canteen doles out hearty fare in an East Village basement.

Small monoliths of several varieties of stone sit alongside a wooded path in the Bronx.

This mysterious marker puzzles pedestrians and infuriates geographers.

Underneath the bustling city streets, a hydroponic farm grows unique herbs in an urban oasis.

This Russian bar-restaurant lies within a three-story underground bathhouse.

You don't have to be an ambassador to dine like one.

A B.Y.O.B. Mexican cantina lives inside one of the last tortilla factories in Brooklyn.

The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

The oldest pastificio in Queens offers visitors fresh noodles and a peek inside the macaroni-making magic.

This New York holdover was built to provide housing for shopgirls and still does not allow men above the lobby.

A prohibition era watering hole for the police.

In the middle of suburban Staten Island, a nearly 150-year-old bakery is preserving the art of a disappearing New York treat.

A museum collection honoring the long history of the FDNY is held in a disused Manhattan fire house.

Cheap pizza and all of your naughty bedroom needs housed in a stunning example of Art Nouveau architecture.

Harlem park dedicated to compulsive hoarders killed by their own junk.

Beautiful mosaics cover the first stations opened on New York City's newest subway line.

This neighborhood grocery houses a treasure trove of Eastern European delights.

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