Compensation for the destruction of a historic shipyard.

Dine on dumplings at the oldest dim sum restaurant in New York.

The ballpark in "Pigtown" where the Brooklyn Dodgers made their name was replaced with a huge apartment complex.

19th century cemetery hidden in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

The Underground Railroad passed right through this historic Brooklyn Heights church.

Before online banking and smartphone apps, there was "commuter banking" in the subway in Downtown Brooklyn.

The gilded vestiges of a sterling department store can still be found in a Brooklyn shopping center.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.

Love is in the air along the small street in Brooklyn.

This diesel train serviced the Brooklyn waterfront for more than three decades.

An unconventional space for art and science housed in a massive old warehouse.

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

The factory that helped produce a dominant form of lighting before Thomas Edison.

What’s a sure fire way to end up in jail in New York in the 1920s? Peddling bad moonshine.

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

The engineering feat of the Panama Canal was possible in small part thanks to materials developed in this humble Red Hook foundry.

The humble fort that saved Washington.

A strip of modern stores in historic buildings.

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.

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