An 1883 schoolhouse now home to collective of artists.

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

The mass grave of a heroic Revolutionary War regiment sits below an empty lot near the Gowanus Canal.

Brooklyn's Barkaloo Cemetery is the resting place of a scant two bodies.

Known as the "Forgotten City" it was home to industry, riots, artists, squatters, and to one of the largest single disaster fires in New York City.

HBO series' stage tucked away in a Greenpoint lot is the largest theatrical set of its kind in the United States.

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

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

A burial ground of rusting metal grave markers.

Con Edison’s exotic and heat-loving pests.

A cargo of beautiful music.

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

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

An abandoned subway tunnel that could have reinvigorated Staten Island still lies somewhere beneath this Brooklyn park.

A hidden architectural treasure in New York's Brooklyn.

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

Nature and beauty amidst pollution and industrial wreckage.

Waterway populated with abandoned projects, including a submarine.

One Brooklyn man's collection of life-size fiberglass statues has taken over his entire yard.

Check out the underground party scene at the "Burning Man of Brooklyn."

A no-frills cinephile haven known for showing offbeat, underseen films.

Thriving meadows span a rooftop in one of Brooklyn's most heavily industrialized neighborhoods.

Feral cats keeping the rodent population at bay all across Greenpoint waterfront.

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