The story of the Jerome Park Racetrack — its rise, fall and rebirth — tells the story of a certain point in time in the Bronx's history.
Forget Thanksgiving; in post-Revolution New York City, the biggest November celebration was Evacuation Day. Observed on November 25th, this early
Setauket, in Suffolk County, is a quaint village on Long Island dotted with numerous historic sites dating back to the
On the anniversary of the Battle of Brooklyn which began just before midnight on August 26th, mark the locations you can still visit in the borough including monuments, remnants of lost roads, forgotten cobblestone streets, and more.
Uncover and locate the revolutionary history of Brooklyn's famous Prospect Park, part of the site of the largest battle of the Revolutionary War with monuments by famous sculptors and architects like Stanford White and Daniel Chester French.
It was October, 1780, and George Washington had a problem. General Benedict Arnold, decorated officer, the hero of Saratoga, had just defected to the British.
The Bowery, New York City's oldest thoroughfare, is unsurprisingly home to the oldest surviving brick row house in the city: the Edward Mooney House.
Workers discovered a remarkably preserved well during the reconstruction process of a deteriorating roadbed on the intersection of Bond and Pacific Streets.
Although plenty of New York City history has been lost to time, remnants of major war battles can still be found today. Here are 5 war cannons to visit:
The abandoned Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island is one of the oldest military installations in the country, with a history dating back to the Revolutionary War.