With the new iPhone app "Brooklyn 1776," users return to Revolutionary War Era NYC and fight for survival in the Battle of Brooklyn using mapmaking strategies.
Harbor seal sprinklers, created by artist Gerry Augustine Lynas and installed in 2001, fill a quiet section of NYC's East River Park near Delancey Street.
NYC's oldest functioning schools like Columbia University and Collegiate have roots as early as the 1600s, playing key roles in America's educational history.
The Crimson Beech, one of the Marshall Erdman Prefab Houses by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in the mid 1900s, is located in Lighthouse Hill, Staten Island.
Artists and writers have flocked to the cultural hub that is NYC over the years. The homes of Edith Wharton, Truman Capote, Marcel Duchamp can still be visited.
At small but quirky NYC coffee and retail shop, Fair Folks and a Goat, customers pay a monthly membership fee for unlimited coffee, espresso, tea and lemonade.
Rooftop Reds at The Brooklyn Navy Yard is hosting a camping event at its rooftop vineyard with a 3-course dinner, breakfast, games, films and wine.
A statue in Central Park gets moved to the finish line of the New York City Marathon every year. The figure honors runner Fred Lebow, who founded the event.
A look back at the used bookstores that once filled NYC's 4th Avenue. With the exception of the Strand, many have been lost, forced to close due to rising rents