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Bronx, New York

Rat Island

Legendary private island in the Bronx...devoid of rats.
HJHausman Added by HJHausman
New York, New York

Cherokee Apartments

This Upper East Side apartment co-op was designed as a tuberculosis sanitarium.
AaronNetsky Added by AaronNetsky
Brooklyn, New York

The Lehigh Barge and the Waterfront Museum Showboat Barge

Lehigh Valley barge No. 79 still gets tugged along - but now it houses a museum and unusual performances.
Added by Mordy
New York, New York

Komodo Dragon Diorama

Here be dragons.
Monsieur Mictlan Added by Monsieur Mictlan
Brooklyn, New York

Canarsie Trolley Graveyard

Residents of this Brooklyn neighborhood may be unaware their houses sit atop a buried trolley graveyard.
Molly McBride Jacobson Added by Molly McBride Jacobson
Staten Island, New York

Alice Austen House

The pioneering photographer's prints are immortalized inside her childhood home.
Evan Nicole Brown Added by Evan Nicole Brown
New York, New York

Cherry Street Gang Warfare

Gang fights don't just happen on the streets, they happen under them too.
Oliver Hong Added by Oliver Hong
New York, New York

Seaman-Drake Arch

Surrounded by low rise buildings and partially converted into an auto body shop, this marble archway is the only vestige of a forgotten Manhattan estate.
Gerard Nolan Added by Gerard Nolan
New York, New York

Hwa Yuan Szechuan

Slurp sesame noodles at the third-generation family-run establishment that invented them.
Diana Hubbell Added by Diana Hubbell
Queens, New York

Hanmaum Zen Center of New York

A temple belonging to the largest Buddhist order in South Korea nestled in the middle of New York City.
Hermit09 Added by Hermit09
New York, New York

Caffe Reggio

Sip a cappuccino in the historic cafe that introduced them to the United States.
Added by LiamY
Brooklyn, New York

Bomelstein's Jewelers Clock

The only surviving sidewalk clock in Brooklyn.
kastoory Added by kastoory
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

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

Erasmus Hall High School

A Collegiate Gothic quadrangle that surrounds an 18th century secondary school whose financing came from the likes of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, among others.
Gerard Nolan Added by Gerard Nolan
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
New York, New York

Yi Ji Shi Mo Noodle Corp

Cooks at this tiny takeout spot grind their rice flour in a stone mill each morning for perfect cheung fun.
Diana Hubbell Added by Diana Hubbell
Brooklyn, New York

Brooklyn's Converted Pencil Factory

Constructed in the 1920s, this former pencil factory is now an office building.
kastoory Added by kastoory
New York, New York

St. George's Syrian Catholic Church

This vacant church in the Financial District was once the heart of New York's first Syrian immigrant community.
Added by stsaif
Brooklyn, New York

Columbia Street Waterfront District Sculpture Garden

This eclectic sculpture garden in Brooklyn, home to a bizarre collection of art, was once a run-down junkyard.
Added by emilieomurphy
Brooklyn, New York

The Brooklyn Visitation Monastery

A working monastery hidden away in Brooklyn once abutted the location of a former inebriate's home.
Luke J Spencer Added by Luke J Spencer
Brooklyn, New York

West 8th Street - NY Aquarium Subway Station

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.
leiladelvalle Added by leiladelvalle
Brooklyn, New York

Marine Park Salt Marsh

This preserved wilderness hides the remains of a colonial grain mill used to feed George Washington's troops.
lampbane Added by lampbane
New York, New York

ALF Bakery

Supremely flaky treats await at Amadou Ly’s boulangerie and patisserie.
Diana Hubbell Added by Diana Hubbell