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

A Yiddish theater turned movie house turned rock and roll landmark turned gay disco turned bank.

Monument to a forgotten NYC disaster that claimed the lives of 1,000.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

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

A notorious punk house turned co-op.

A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.

A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.

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

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt worth a million dollars.

This former crime corner has been turned into an eclectic community center.

One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.

This former Norwegian sailor's church is slowly being taken over by ramshackle robot musicians.

These historic buildings once housed the headquarters of one of the most infamous gangs of New York.

The artist and New York City icon lived, worked and died in this converted carriage house owned by another iconic artist, Andy Warhol.

Where infamous mobster and leader of Murder Inc. Albert Anastasia made his home.

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

Obscure and obsolete publications are given new life as works of art.

A Red Hook dive bar that is holding onto its roots.

A working metal shop and venue for outrageous art and music shows in a former cannonball factory.

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

Play heads or tails with thousands of different coins.

An illegally built ramshackle mansion tucked in the middle of Brooklyn is now being turned into condominiums.

One of the deadliest American air disasters is nearly forgotten in Brooklyn.