Chilean-born photographer Camilo José Vergara was working on a graduate degree at Columbia University in the early 1970's. He spent his time in the City photographic as much as he could, and…
Red Bull recently created this skate video showing local skaters in some classic NYC street spots. They talk about skating in spots like Brower Park in Brooklyn, Flushing Meadows Park in…
Even though Coney Island refers to an entire Brooklyn neighborhood and peninsular area, when most people talk about it, they are usually referring to the world-famous Luna Park. This video…
Photographer Arthur Fellig, better known by his pseudonym "Weegee", is known for his stark black and white street photography of New York City in the 1930's and 1940's. In this shot, Weegee…
It's no secret that the New York City area used to be inhabited by Native American tribes before the Dutch and English pushed them out. The tribes had been settled here for centuries if not…
The Brooklyn Heights Promenade sits over the 278 freeway and offers one of the best views in the City. Once a place where wealthy Manhattan business men, lawyers and other prominent figures…
Photographer William Meyers is a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal since 2008, but before that he spent a lot of time capturing the beauty often overlooked in the outer boroughs…
Sheepshead Bay is a neighborhood in the deep south — Brooklyn's deep south that is. It sits just north of Brighton Beach and has a feeling of half-suburb, half-ocean town. The neighborhood…
From Brooklyn Heights Blog: The video “Brooklyn Is My Neighborhood/ The Story of New York’s First Historic District” was produced by Martin L Schneider and Karl Junkersfeld to serve as a…
From Business Insider: Sitting just off the coast of Upper New York Harbor, the Brooklyn Army Terminal was first commissioned in 1918 to serve as a major military depot, carrying troops and…
