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 Lost Grand Central School of Art
The most famous artists of early 20th-century America exhibited and taught at this lost art school inside a train terminal!
Inside the 1960s Hallway Preserved in Time at Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden has been an entertainment institution in New York City since 1879. Since that time, four separate buildings
Checking in on The Naval Cemetery Landscape, a Lush Hidden Gem in Brooklyn
In 2016, the Naval Cemetery Landscape opened at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, in a portion of the facility closed off
An Arm of the King George III Statue Toppled at Bowling Green is for Sale
On Independence Day this year, we explored where the known remnants of the King George III statue were. Most accounts
10 Hidden Gems in Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Crown Heights is a neighborhood in Brooklyn we have a very special attachment to here at Untapped New York. Our
Cities 101: No, Those Aren’t Bottle Caps Embedded in NYC’s Streets
Once you’ve seen one, you won’t be able to ignore them. They look like plastic bottle caps, in
A Giant Rock Sandwiched Between Two Buildings in Morningside Heights
A few weeks ago, news broke that a giant rock outcropping in Inwood was for sale for almost $3 million.
Name This Spot, a New Photo Scavenger Hunt on LinkNYC from Untapped New York
We’ve got some exciting news! We’ve partnered with LinkNYC to curate a new photo scavenger hunt on the
The Last Abandoned Trolley in Red Hook, from the Boston Green Line
On the Red Hook waterfront, tucked behind Fairway and the Beard Street warehouses is the last remnant of a bold
A Forgotten Memorial to Eleanor Roosevelt Sits in the UN Sculpture Garden
Today, October 11th is the birthday of the trailblazing Eleanor Roosevelt. The Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park is unmissable,
A Monument to Missing Tourists Taken by Wolves Appears in Battery Park
Back in 1981, then-Mayor Ed Koch proposed the release of of wild wolves into train yards to prevent graffiti
Dexter Park, the Lost Baseball Stadium that Became a Supermarket Parking Lot
You know the names: Jackie Robinson, Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth, Hank Greenberg. But have you heard of Dexter