The only surviving sidewalk clock in Brooklyn.

Neoclassical bank designed by NY architects Helmle & Huberty.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

Built as a home for the Union Porcelain magnate in 1867, now the Greenpoint Reformed Church and home to a ceramic mystery.

Church featuring "high Victorian gothic" architecture.

Where one of Greenpoint's "five black arts" was practiced.

Home to first responders to Greenpoint's devastating oil fires.

Nondescript building owned by ExxonMobil working on siphoning Greenpoint Oil Spill out of the ground.

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

A 120-year oil leak slowly unleashes more gallons of oil than the Exxon/Mobil disaster.

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

A quiet and contemplative oasis in the middle of New York's bustle and riot.

These ornate manhole covers were used for a now-forgotten purpose.

A whimsical, but often overlooked clock in Park Avenue.

The origins of midtown Manhattan's anachronistic wooden farmhouse remain a mystery.

The only remaining building in New York to see the inauguration of a president is being slowly overtaken by a grocery store.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

On the Hudson resides one of the largest clocks in the world.

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

The home of the first American-born saint is one of the only curved buildings in New York.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.