Earlier this year, we wrote an article about the subway line that ran just for the 1939 World’s Fair and a reader commented that he had a model of the subway car and wanted to know more about it. Looking at the photographs he sent, the reader’s model actually appears to be the subway cars used …
MoreTwo curious, lit up towers atop Steiner Studios in the Brooklyn Navy Yard are from the 1940s: WWII radio transmission towers on 25 Washington Avenue
MoreIt’s been a while since our last Untapped Mailbag in which we answer questions from readers, submitted via Twitter, Facebook or e-mail. But we received quite a challenge from reader Hanna, who wanted to know which restaurant was featured in the season 1 finale of Broad City on Comedy Central. Nearly the entire episode, entitled “The Last …
MoreAfter our list of 10 great tea rooms and boutiques in NYC, here are 6 more user-submitted tea shops to add to the list.
MoreAn Untapped reader directed us to a cast iron lamppost in Murray Hill, wondering if it was a historic one. We went to scope it out.
MoreWe did into the symbols on the monumental doors of the Brooklyn Public LIbrary, which reference key American authors and fictional figures.
MoreTired of Banksy? This more subtle street art by Stikman has been around for more than 20 years and can be seen in NYC and Washington DC.
MoreAn Untapped Cities reader asked us recently, “Is there any info on the exact boundaries of Holmes Airport before the Bulova complex took its place?”
MoreAn Untapped Cities reader asks us about the authenticity of a story on a flying bat/frog person on Coney Island from 1880. Our expert gives the answer.
MoreAn Untapped Cities reader submitted this photo asking us what it was. Turns out it’s a WPA-era building turned into a waste treatment plant in Queens.
MoreAn Untapped Cities reader submitted this photograph he snapped of a pneumatic tube from his office on 86th Street and Lexington Ave, and we dug into its origin.
MoreUntapped Cities reader g1g1_nyc submitted this #DailyWhat of a “mailbox for birds” about 9 feet up on a tree in Union Square.
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