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 🤫)
A Look Inside the Fulton Fish Market, NYC's Bustling Seafood Distribution Center
A few months ago, we arrived at the Fulton Fish Market at around midnight. It’s the best time to
Take a Virtual Tour of Grand Central Terminal!
Announcing our first virtual tour! Produced in partnership with Dharcy Video Tours, this 60 minute tour of Grand Central Terminal
Photos of an Empty Brooklyn Bridge During Coronavirus
Ah, the Brooklyn Bridge. At once, perhaps the most iconic image of New York City and until recently, the most
Temporary Hospital Coming to Javits Center For Coronavirus
Over the weekend, approvals came in from the federal government for four temporary hospitals to be built in New York
12 Groundbreaking Hospitals in NYC That Have Closed
1. Goldwater Hospital Tunnels under the former Goldwater Hospital On Roosevelt Island, Goldwater Hospital opened in 1939 as a “monument
Photos of NYC's Eerily Empty Transit Hubs and Streets
Yesterday, Aaron Asis, our Untapped New York Artist in Residence and founder of Unforgotten Films documented the city’s nearly
Photos Inside the Abandoned Smallpox Hospital on Roosevelt Island
In New York City, there are few remnants of the quarantine hospitals that once treated the city’s sick during
NYC's Former Quarantine Islands and Hospitals
1. Bellevue Horse-drawn ambulance at Bellevue Hospital in 1895. Image: Public Domain from Wikimedia Commons Bellevue Hospital, which still exists,
The Strange Story of Typhoid Mary, Quarantined on North Brother Island
Poor Irish cook Mary Mallon was known for more than just her dishes for affluent families in New York City:
African American Burial Ground Where Woman in the Iron Coffin Was Found Under Threat
In Elmhurst, Queens, a nondescript construction site adjacent to a parking lot has become the location of a contentious preservation
New Date Added for the Tour of a Real Prohibition Speakeasy in the East Village
In 1964, a father and son were renovating a former speakeasy in the East Village into a theater when they
The Forgotten Nuclear Testing Lab at Columbia University's Prentis Hall
The prevailing architecture at Columbia University’s new Manhattanville Campus is one of the starchitects’ imagination. The initial buildings — the