Boats served a number of purposes in NYC including transportation and protection in war. Here is a list of the top ten abandoned and retired boats in New York.
Here are the top 10 secrets of Riverside Park in New York City, including a murder involving a member of the Beat Generation and the park's bird sanctuary.
The Macy's Fourth of July fireworks will be displayed over the East River, but here are other ways to celebrate Independence Day from all around NYC.
Do you have Summer Fridays? Or you love getting into places before everyone else can? This Friday, we'll be visiting The Hills, the new park on Governors Island
A new sculpture showing the price of gold in real time through the use of water vapor and LED lights has been installed in Hunter's Point South Park in LIC
The Hills at Governors Island will open to the public on July 19th, 206 but Untapped Cities readers can get an early preview on Friday, June 24th.
Untapped Cities contributor Tom Hynes writes a column on animal-related NYC history from uncovering the legend of the sewer alligator to the parrots of Brooklyn
Profiles of six hidden or little known waterfront parks across all of NYC's boroughs, including Hunts Point Landing, Grand Ferry Park, FDR Four Freedoms Park
Port Cities NYC, an immersive performance piece between Brooklyn and Manhattan weaves together NYC's colonial history with the waterways that sustained it.
Hart Island is NYCs mass burial ground or potters field, home to over 1 million. Here are the secrets of this island in Long Island Sound off the Bronx.