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 🤫)
The Keith Haring Mural Inside Brooklyn’s Woodhull Hospital
Hospitals may not be the first places that come to mind when you think of where to see works of
The World’s Fair Replica That Was in Times Square
The long lost Trylon and Perisphere were the symbol and centerpiece of New York City’s 1939 World’s Fair
Meet the Man Behind the New Year’s Eve Countdown Clock
Even though Times Square was nearly empty this New Year’s Eve, an estimated one billion still had their eyes
A Look Inside the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial Arch in Brooklyn
Standing proudly at Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza, the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial Arch acts as both a monumental entrance
The Hidden Guastavino Dome in NYC’s Custom House
The Alexander Hamilton Custom House, now the National Museum of the American Indian, was built to impress. Designed by noted
Vintage Sign Announces Closure of City Hall Station 80 Years Ago
The new year of 1946 opened with the closure of one of New York City’s grandest subway stations. At
The Evolution of NYC’s New Year’s Eve Ball in Times Square
The large, glittering, colorful ball that drops from a pole atop One Times Square at the end of every year
Long-Shuttered Tunnel to Grand Central Re-Opened
We love to discover secret tunnels and hidden passageways here at Untapped New York, so we were excited to hear
Go on a Behind-the-Scenes Tour of the City Reliquary Museum
Open up New York City’s cabinet of curiosities on a special behind-the-scenes tour of the City Reliquary
Discover the Plan to Revitalize Cass Gilbert’s Abandoned Train Station
No trains have stopped at the abandoned Westchester Avenue station in the Bronx since the 1930s. The Gothic-style station
Isamu Noguchi Lobby at 666 Fifth Avenue Has Been Removed
The Japanese-American artist Isamu Noguchi made his way back into the spotlight recently, with the addition of one of
David Dinkins Circle in Queens, Tucked Inside Flushing Meadows
In memoriam to former New York City mayor David Dinkins, the city’s first Black mayor, we first shared the