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…
Now in its impressive 42nd year, the Atlantic Antic is an annual street festival on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn that covers from Hicks Street all the way to 4th Avenue. This year’s attendees…
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…
New York City in 1979 was a very different kind, with a completely different feel to it. Get a small sense of what the City was like back then through these vintage photographs captured by…
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…
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…
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:
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…
Berenice Abbott (1898 — 1991) was a prolific street photographer of early New York City. In this vintage photograph from about 1935, see the Manhattan Bridge pedestrian walkway, long before…
Brennan & Carr is an old school diner-like joint in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, that serves up some delicious dipped Roast Beef sandwiches and burgers since opening way back in the early…
