Secrets of NYC
Mapping Private Streets in Manhattan
Locate the private streets of NYC on an interactive map!
Secrets of NYC
Mapping Private Streets in Manhattan
Locate the private streets of NYC on an interactive map!
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See the Original Manuscript of Kafka's 'The Metamorphosis' at The Morgan Library
Join a guided tour of a special exhibit on Franz Kafka featuring artifacts never displayed in the US!
Arts & Culture
The Art Spy, A New Book by Untapped New York Founder Michelle Young
See the stunning cover of this new nonfiction book about Rose Valland, a WWII Resistance operative!
Arts & Culture
Name a Rat (or Roach) After Your Ex (or Lover) for Valentine's Day
Need ideas for a Valentine's Day gift? This one is sure to surprise!
Insiders Events
42nd Street From West to East
Join longtime Manhattan resident and Untapped New York tour guide Richard Soden to explore one of NYC's most famous streets!
Transit
These Stations Have the Most Rats in the New York Subway
Use our interactive map to see how often people have spotted rats at your New York City subway station!
Transit
Visit a Life-Sized Hand-Knit Subway Car Replica in NYC
Spot the pizza rat, Greek coffee cups, and more elements of the subway at an interactive fiber arts installation!
Things to Do
Insiders Events
See the Original Manuscript of Kafka's 'The Metamorphosis' at The Morgan Library
Join a guided tour of a special exhibit on Franz Kafka featuring artifacts never displayed in the US!
Insiders Events
42nd Street From West to East
Join longtime Manhattan resident and Untapped New York tour guide Richard Soden to explore one of NYC's most famous streets!
Things to Do
Things to Do This Week in NYC: Jan. 15 - 22
Discover all the ways you can rediscover NYC!
Insiders Events
After-Hours Tour: Rare Book Room at the NY Academy of Medicine - Chocolate and its History
Join Historical Collections Librarian Arlene Shaner for an exclusive Valentine's Day-themed visit to the Drs. Barry and Bobbi Coller Rare Book Room!
Secrets of NYC
Secrets of NYC
1964-65 World's Fair Remnants Outside NYC
Discover a futuristic tepee in Wisconsin, a concrete Spanish masterpiece in St. Louis, and more NYC relics across the nation!
Secrets of NYC
Inside Look at Times Square New Year's Eve Ball Drop Test 👀 🎉
Untapped New York witnessed the spectacular test of the 2025 Times Square New Year's Eve ball drop.
Secrets of NYC
Leave Your Sticker Tag on a Graffiti Christmas Tree in NYC
A new street art hotspot has some unconventional holiday decorations!
Secrets of NYC
Finding Fifth Avenue's Lost Traffic Light Mercury Statues
What happened to the 104 bronze figures that once lined NYC's famous thoroughfare?!
Film Locations
Film Locations
"Only Murders" Returns Home: NYC References You May Have Missed
Only Murders in the Building is becoming an honest-to-goodness New York City series. In the first season there were New
Film Locations
New Film About a 1950’s Ping-Pong Champ Transforms NYC’s Lower East Side
If you found yourself on Orchard Street in the Lower East Side last week, you may have felt like you
Film Locations
“Only Murders in the Building” Goes to Hollywood!
Only Murders in the Building returns for a 4th season split between the West Coast and the Arconia in New York City!
Film Locations
Inside NYC’s Michelin Star Kitchens as Seen in “The Bear”
Chicago has rightfully gotten its flowers in the era of prestige television as FX’s award-winning series The Bear continues
