The Scenic Spiral Wheel was a unique roller coaster installed in Coney Island's Luna Park back in 1917. It was a 45 ton, 70 foot diameter steel wheel that was tipped towards its heavier side…
Brooklyn urban explorer and transit enthusiast Bob Diamond is most well-known for rediscovering, exploring, and offering unauthorized tours in, an abandoned subway tunnel under Atlantic…
"Let's Get Lost at Coney Island" is an interesting vintage poster from 1991 that uses densely-packed illustrations of hundreds of interesting sub-scenes you might find at the beach. It…
They call it 'the City that Never Sleeps' for a reason! For this list, we’ll be looking at some of the most notable real-life locations found in scary movies set in the Big Apple. Our…
This map, created and published in 1875 by printmakers Currier & Ives, shows Manhattan, Governors Island, Brooklyn and bits of New Jersey as seen from a birds eye view over Hoboken.…
images of the wreckage of the New York City Elevated train "head on" collision at Oxford Ave. Station located in Brooklyn at Oxford & Lyberty Avenue
This great vintage photograph shows the corner of West 10th Street and Surf Avenue in Coney Island, Brooklyn back in 1903. The roller coaster in the photograph is the Loop the Loop, one of…
Built in 1918, the Brooklyn Army Terminal (formerly known as the US Army Military Ocean Terminal) was the largest U.S. military supply base through World War II. It was used as an active…
Constructed in 1848, the landmarked Brooklyn Borough Hall is one of the best Greek Revival buildings still standing in New York City. ONce operated as the independent city of Brooklyn's City…
