Secrets of NYC
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 🤫)
Pratt Institute’s Steam Engine Power Plant, the Oldest in the U.S.
In the middle of Clinton Hill, Brooklyn is the 25-acre Pratt Institute campus, a gorgeous collection of landmarked buildings
Top 10 Secrets of The Waldorf Astoria Hotel in NYC
The famed Waldorf-Astoria Hotel has a quintessential New York City-origin story. It began as a family feud and
1862 Manhole Cover Found in Central Park
As part of our most recent podcast episode of The Untapped New York Podcast, we went hunting for the oldest
Inside Barnard’s Dog Cognition Lab with Dr. Alexandra Horowitz
Much of what New York City has to offer is off-limits to our canine companions (yes, even the AKC
Don’t Demolish Penn Station Twice: Save the Powerhouse
When Justin Rivers, now Chief Experience Officer of Untapped New York, first contacted us in 2013, he was in the
Photos Inside the Abandoned Canal Street and Bowery Subway Stations
A hidden subterranean web of abandoned stations, tracks, and platforms is intertwined with the active parts of New York City’
The Lost Jerome Park Racetrack in the Bronx
The Jerome Park Racetrack, once described as the “national race course of America,” was a thoroughbred horse racing facility from
Waldorf Astoria’s Relocated Art Deco Statue to Return
Ever since the Waldorf Astoria opened on October 1st, 1931, visitors to the iconic hotel have been greeted by a
Remnants of Lost Gilded Age Billings Estate in Fort Tryon Park
Fort Tryon Park sits high above the Hudson River on land once home to several Gilded Age estates. The most
Behind-the-Scenes Ellis Island Hard Hat Tours Are Back!
Untapped New York is excited to announce the return of our popular behind-the-scenes hard hat tour of Ellis
A Lost Modernist Mural Returned to the MetLife Building
When German artist Josef Albers and his wife Anni came to Manhattan in the 1930s, they were struck by the
SNOWBANKSY, Adorable Snow Polar Bears in Central Park Highlight Climate Change
We noticed the adorable polar bear snow sculptures pop up in Central Park in 2021 and they've appeared