Discover the hidden side of famous buildings and places, or delve into off-limits spots, and gain a deeper perspective of the city's rich urban fabric. (That's the Untapped New York team with friends inside the M42 basement... deep below Grand Central 🤫)
U Thant Island is located in the East River between the United Nations complex and Long Island City, named for the former UN Secretary General.
Uncover the story of the only Rockefeller Center building to be demolished!
A sign commemorating the inventor of Scrabble mysteriously appears, then disappears, in Jackson Heights, Queens.
Hubcaps and hood ornaments can be see on this iconic NYC landmark!
Discover the holdouts that refused to be demolished, from Rockefeller Center to Herald Square Macy's!
Like most holdout buildings in NYC, the story of this corner structure reveals a heated rivalry!
You can even see fossils embedded in the stone!
From Great Kills, Staten Island to Soundview Park in the Bronx, discover secret beaches in NYC for a day in the sun!
What would happen if New York lost a borough?
Discover where you can find fragments of the King George III statue toppled by Patriots in Bowling Green after the Declaration of Independence was signed!
This 21st-century building was designed to compliment the its historic neighbors on Manhattan's Upper East Side!
An overlooked monument to the victims of British imprisonment stands near one of NYC's most iconic landmarks.
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