A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

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

A museum devoted to bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories through exhibitions, education and public programming.

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

School named after its beloved principal, killed in the cross-fire of a drug related shooting.

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

2 square block factory in Greenpoint erected in 1936.

Neoclassical bank designed by NY architects Helmle & Huberty.

Red Hook's massive public pool, built by Robert Moses.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

A modern addition to the Greenpoint skyline.

Headquarters of the world's fourth largest Hasidic sect and the first of many "770s" around the world.

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

This metal eagle one of the final remnants of a newspaper that wanted to keep Brooklyn to Brooklyn.

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

A mass grave for victims of one of the city’s worst fires.

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.

The home of aviation trailblazers, in a remote corner of the big city.

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

A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.

A way to take your secrets to someone else's grave.

Come for the pastrami, stay for the million-dollar art.

Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.