This vintage photograph from the New York City Department of Records and Information shows the old Oceana Theater on Brighton Beach Avenue in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, circa 1940. The…
This interesting vintage photograph shows the Fulton Street Elevated Line in 1915. Taken near the intersection of Fulton St. and Hoyt St., many of these older buildings exist in their same…
This vintage photograph shows Bay Parkway and 86th Street at the neighborhood intersections of Bath Beach, Gravesend, and Bensonhurst in Brooklyn, sometime around 1920. Here is a Google…
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…
Bridge Over Tree is a new public art exhibition from Iranian-born American sculptor and architect Siah Armajani which was conceived nearly 50 years ago, but under-appreciated in its original…
This vintage photograph from 1925 shows the James J. Butler Real Estate office at 2131 Flatbush Avenue in the Flatlands neighborhood of Brooklyn. Check out those home prices! Injusted for…
Uploaded by Youtuber El Exigente, this great color vintage film shows a family outing to the South Beach Amusement Park in the summer of 1948. It's a fascinating peek into a historic part of…
This black-and-white vintage photograph from the winter of 1975 shows an empty Coney Island Boardwalk during a snow storm. Here is a Google StreetView of approximately the same view today:
Historian and YouTuber The History Guy recently released this interesting profile of Stanley Clifford Weyman, a man known for being The Fabulous Fraud from Brooklyn. Learn all about him and…
It's been a quarter-century since the New York Rangers have won the Stanley Cup. Relive that year in this vintage CBS New York newsreel covering the team's championship parade in 1994. As…
