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New York, New York

Greenacre Park

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.
Oliver Hong Added by Oliver Hong
New York, New York

The Daily News Building Globe

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.
Luke J Spencer Added by Luke J Spencer
New York, New York

Marie's Crisis

Those belting out show tunes might not realize this piano bar marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.
kikidolan Added by kikidolan
Queens, New York

Geographic Center of New York City

This mysterious marker puzzles pedestrians and infuriates geographers.
Andres Schiffino Added by Andres Schiffino
New York, New York

The Elevated Acre

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.
Luke J Spencer Added by Luke J Spencer
New York, New York

Mmuseumm

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."
New York, New York

Old City Hall Station

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.
Rebekah Otto Added by Rebekah Otto
Brooklyn, New York

Union Porcelain Company

Where one of Greenpoint's "five black arts" was practiced.
kastoory Added by kastoory
Brooklyn, New York

Smith-9 Street Station

The highest rapid transit station in the world.
lampbane Added by lampbane
Brooklyn, New York

The Japanese-Style House of Prospect Park South

This unique house, the only one of its kind in Brooklyn, was built as part of a real estate developer's showcase.
Added by YeleFit
Brooklyn, New York

Bamonte's

Dine on old-school red sauce fare at a former mob hang out and film set for The Sopranos.
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Brooklyn, New York

Avenue H Station House

This unusual subway stop was originally a real estate office.
lampbane Added by lampbane
Brooklyn, New York

Manhattan Avenue Street End Park

Once a dumping spot, now a park with a kayak launch.
kastoory Added by kastoory
Brooklyn, New York

Childs Restaurant Building

The flagship building of an early national restaurant chain is a superb example of terra cotta art.
Andres Schiffino Added by Andres Schiffino
Brooklyn, New York

Cleft Ridge Span

This elaborate tunnel is the first structure composed of cast concrete in the United States.
lampbane Added by lampbane
Brooklyn, New York

Mount Prospect Park

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.
strictlyheather Added by strictlyheather
Brooklyn, New York

Karen Deli Grocery

Sunset Park's Guatemalan community knows to head to the back of this bodega for a taste of home.
Sam OBrien Added by Sam OBrien
Brooklyn, New York

Barkaloo Cemetery

Brooklyn's Barkaloo Cemetery is the resting place of a scant two bodies.
Luke J Spencer Added by Luke J Spencer
Brooklyn, New York

Endale Arch

This striking arch, one of the first architectural elements constructed in Prospect Park, was recently restored to its original glory.
Added by YeleFit
Brooklyn, New York

Camperdown Elm

A tree that grows parallel to the ground was declared Brooklyn's "crowning curio" by the poet who saved it.
Allison Added by Allison
Brooklyn, New York

Sunny's Bar

Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.
Leslie McIntyre Added by Leslie McIntyre
Brooklyn, New York

Studebaker Building

This neo-Gothic former auto showroom is one of the few remaining reminders of Brooklyn's "Automobile Row."
daviddoochin Added by daviddoochin
Brooklyn, New York

Gottlieb's Restaurant

One of the few Glatt kosher delis in the United States is a cornerstone of its Hasidic neighborhood.
lukefater Added by lukefater
Brooklyn, New York

Gage & Tollner

Brooklyn's most iconic restaurant, resurrected.
Luke J Spencer Added by Luke J Spencer