This poignant display is now a memorial to these regionally extinct species.

Once a ferry dock, radio transmitter, and now a new Greenpoint park.

Once called Winthrop Park in 1889, home to a decidedly sexy tribute to the Monitor vs. Merrimac battle.

A strip of modern stores in historic buildings.

While it now takes more than a dime to open an account this historic Brooklyn bank still displays the opulence of the gilded age in which it was built.

This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

The humble fort that saved Washington.

This micro-industry of Latino cuisine along Red Hook's Ball Fields represents a victory in a food fight with the city.

A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.

Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.

One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).

The most unloved grain elevator in Brooklyn was a “Magnificent Mistake.”

A massive forgotten storehouse from 1913 on the Brooklyn Waterfront has a spectacular view of Brooklyn.

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

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.