Explore a different building in NYC nearly every day of October on a special architect-led Building of the Day tour for ...

An amateur photographer gives Untapped New York an exclusive look into his private collection of vintage NYC photos!

On the ground floor of the library, some of the bookcases have brass handles. These handles indicate sections of shelving that are actually hidden doors! When swung open, they reveal spiral ...

This limited-run tour, with available dates from October through December, provides a rare opportunity to see a fading masterpiece. JR’s wheat-pasted photographs were not meant to be permanent.

The Green was a strong community of Black residents in Jamaica, Queens who fought against racism while developing its own economy. On September 11, join King Manor Museum Executive Director Kelsey ...

Here are Untapped New York's favorite abandoned places in New York City's five boroughs. Some are break-in-able, some open to the public, some only for the intrepid. Here are Untapped New York's ...

The bridge is named for the once-dangerous channel it bridges, derived from the Dutch word hellegat, which means "hell channel." ...

Relive history-making moments through stunning news photographs of famous 20th century figures from The Beatles to the ...

When I moved to New York, I thought fare dodging was a rite of passage, an initiation to be a real New Yorker. While clumsy tourists fumble for their MetroCards, fare-dodgers gracefully leap over ...

From the bottom of the 9/11 Memorial reflecting pools, James Maroon gets a unique view of the sunrise. Five nights a week, from midnight until 8:00 am, Maroon and his crew work at the bottom of ...

Despite their pervasiveness, the common brown rats you see scurrying around subway tracks and garbage bags aren’t native to New York. According to a plaque on this monument that popped up in The ...