An 1883 schoolhouse now home to collective of artists.

Two community gardens under the elevated subway lines on a very busy commercial strip in Bushwick.

Though the case is scorched and the buttons half-melted, this hardy handheld gaming device can still run a game of Tetris.

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

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

This collection of grinning ephemera has grown from basement to Brooklyn.

An arcade packed with a rotating collection of unique independent video games.

Underground vaults of a former brewery beneath Brooklyn's Crown Heights are now used to ripen cheese.

This neo-Gothic former auto showroom is one of the few remaining reminders of Brooklyn's "Automobile Row."

Every animal in the torah taxidermied and crammed into a Brooklyn townhouse.

In Little Caribbean, an ice-cream shop serves up regional flavors, including soursop, Irish moss, and "greatnut."

As telephones become more essential and less stylish one historic Brooklyn building remembers the days when they were a grand celebration of communication.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

Magnificent New Deal Murals evoke a time when New York City harbor was one of the world's greatest and busiest ports.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

A historic 1890s architectural masterpiece with an iconic clock tower that, once open to the public, now faces an uncertain future.

This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.

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

Spiral-bound community recipes and antiquarian gems mingle at this small East Village shop.

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.

A trove of century-old litho stones from the Puck Building's printing days were discovered behind a cellar wall, and are now hanging in the store.

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