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Top 10 Secrets of Bellevue Hospital
Bellevue Hospital in Kips Bay, officially NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue, is one of the largest hospitals in the United States.
The Story of Moondog, The Viking of 6th Avenue
Moondog moved to the beat of his own homemade drum. Born Louis Hardin in the state of Kansas in 1916,
Inside the Abandoned Sea View Hospital on Staten Island
Before the Great Influenza and COVID-19, the leading cause of death in many American cities was tuberculosis. In 1882,
The Real Story of Annie Moore, Ellis Island’s First Immigrant
On New Year’s Day 1892, a seventeen-year-old girl named Annie Moore stepped onto Ellis Island and into
9 Subway Work Cars That Are Not for Passengers
In addition to the thousands of familiar silver passenger subway cars that shuttle straphangers through New York City every day,
Top 10 Secrets of Kensington, Brooklyn
Kensington may be one of the more obscure neighborhoods of Brooklyn, though its diversity, historic architecture, and horses have many
NYC’s Early Streetcars and America’s First Freedom Rider, Elizabeth Jennings
The early omnibuses of New York City “were little more than glorified stagecoaches,” writes author Jerry Mikorenda in his book
Top 9 Secrets of Little Neck, Queens
Little Neck, Queens, is a mostly residential neighborhood on the Queens-Nassau County border to the east of Douglaston. Originally
The Hidden History of NYC’s Women-Only Subway Cars
During the early days of New York City’s subway, a select number of cars were briefly for women only.
Top 8 Secrets of Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn
Gerritsen Beach may be one of the quietest and most tight-knit neighborhoods in Brooklyn. Located between Sheepshead Bay and
Inside the Abandoned Beer Vaults of a Former Bushwick Brewery
Before Prohibition and the growth of large national brewing companies like Anheuser-Busch, Brooklyn was one of America’s busiest
A Guide to the Mansions of Victorian Flatbush in Brooklyn
Once home to acres of colonial Dutch farmland, Flatbush is now an area of Brooklyn known for boasting some of