From plunging into an Art Deco pool to touring a historic ship, uncover the best ways to spend Memorial Day Weekend in NYC!

Jim Cummins' new book Hidden New York, The Art of the City is a picture book about the beautiful and unique places and things ...

Discover connections between 1930s NYC and a female spy at the center of Nazi art looting operations in Paris!

The intersection of Brielle Avenue and Sea View Hospital Historic District in Staten Island is now also known as Black Angels ...

In the latest Untapped New York Podcast episode, our founder Michelle Young, who also has a master’s degree in Urban Planning from Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning ...

We give a lot of coverage to the lost mansions of New York City, but there are still so many grand estates that still exist within the modern urban landscape. The best part is, you can go inside ...

Tucked away between Woodhaven and Howard Beach in the New York City borough of Queens is the neighborhood of Ozone Park. Known for more than just its mystifying name which inspired an album by the ...

When the Astoria Theatre opened in 1920 it was reportedly the largest vaudeville house in Queens. Designed by renowned theater architect Thomas W. Lamb, it held nearly 3,000 people. Originally ...

This Fifth Avenue home of William K and Alva Vanderbilt wasn’t just a home, it was a tool Alva used to break in to New York City society. Designed by Richard Morris Hunt, this opulent mansion is ...

The rental roller skate that hangs in the City Reliquary is itself a remnant of the lost Empire Roller Skating Rink in Crown Heights. Known by many names throughout its time – Empire Rollerdrome ...

After the bridge was assembled on the ground, construction crews used two cranes to lift it into place 25 feet above Dyer Avenue. The wooden truss bridge, which weighs 128 tons, is made up of 163 ...

“Man’s Achievement on a Shrinking Globe in an Expanding Universe” was the theme of the 1964 World’s Fair and the New York State Pavilion embodied that theme in the modern design of its ...