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12 Highlights from the Inside Vast Archive of the Brooklyn Navy Yard
This week, we got a special tour inside the archives of the Brooklyn Navy Yard by Dennis Riley, the archivist. A visit through any archive brings to light the historical context in which an...
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Inside the Abandoned Bergen Street Lower Level Subway Platform in Brooklyn
In Brooklyn, an abandoned level below the Bergen Street station is a favorite spot for urban explorers, one of many New York City subway stations that have abandoned platforms. Renovations to the...
View ArticleInside Video Look at the 5 NYC Loews Wonder Theatres: Kings Theatre,...
With the flurry of video content out there, it’s important not to forget what the Office of NYCMedia is doing. Specifically relevant to us is the Blueprint series, which provides inside looks into...
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Nearly 200 Dead Bodies Buried Underneath This Unassuming Supermarket in Paris
Image via Messy Nessy Chic Parisians and Paris visitors may recognize this particular Monoprix, a Target-like chain in France, in the Marais neighborhood at Reaumur Sebastopol. But down underneath the...
View ArticleEnglish Band Vaults Films Music Video in Staten Island Boat Graveyard
A little while ago, Untapped Cities reader Matthew C. Hart, an editor who has worked on films like Frances Ha and Memphis, contacted us via Twitter on how one would hypothetically film something at...
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NYC’s Interior Landmarks by Borough: Manhattan and Brooklyn
In landmarking, there’s a distinction between interior and exterior designation in New York City. Now, the New York School of Interior Design (NYSID) has as a wonderful web resource with beautiful...
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Listen to the Sounds of NYC Buildings in Soundscape New York at Museum of...
We know what New York City’s famous buildings look like, but what do they sound like? In the new exhibit Soundscape New York at the Museum of City of New York, visitors can experience an immersive...
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Cities 101: How the NYC Subway Lines Got Their Colors
Submission to the 1964 NYC subway map competition by Raleigh D’Adamo, original design, reconstructed by Reka Komoli Ever wonder why the 1/2/3 lines are red, or the N/Q/R yellow? Curbed NY has an...
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AINT WET Guerilla Marketing Hits NYC Streets and Subway
No, you didn’t read that wrong. AINT WET is a guerrilla marketing campaign for the rather bizarre clothing company of the same name run by one Abraham El Makaw. Over the last few months, we’ve come...
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Untapped Staff Picks: More Critique on Calatrava WTC Transit Hub, Queens...
Photo by Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork Here’s what the Untapped staff is reading in the HQ today: Archicritics: Calatrava’s World Trade Center Hub Is a ‘Glorious Boondoggle’ [Curbed NY via NY Mag] De...
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Urban Exploration Atop Hell Gate Bridge in NYC
Photo by @hakimms Hell Gate Bridge is one of those urban explorer favorites–possibly because it includes an added level of danger: it’s not a pedestrian bridge but an Amtrak one that carries the train...
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There’s Now a Space Invader in the International Space Station
Photo: ESA-NASA Now that we see it, there could be nothing more fitting than seeing a Space Invader street art piece in the International Space Station. As reported by City Lab, astronaut Samantha...
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Daily What?! Above the Glass Dome of the National Arts Club
Photo by Corey William Schneider/NY Adventure Club The National Arts Club is one of those stately private clubs, designed by Calvert Vaux, one of the designers of Central Park and John LaFarge. For a...
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The Top 12 Secrets of Brooklyn’s Prospect Park
Prospect Park. Photo by gigi_nyc from the Untapped Cities Google Glass Scavenger Hunt Prospect Park is one of the most beloved of New York City’s parks, rivaling Central Park. Indeed, it is often seen...
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A Tibetan Restaurant in Brooklyn That’s Built Above the Subway Tracks
When you Google Cafe Tibet, you may see that it seems to be located literally at the Cortelyou subway stop in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn That’s because it is, and it perches off a building atop the...
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Urban Exploration Atop NYC’s Manhattan Bridge
Photo by __macgyver There’s a consistency among the impressions of those who have dared the climb up the Manhattan Bridge. First and foremost, there’s something transcendent about the experience, not...
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The Top 10 Secrets of the Brooklyn Kings Theatre
On Monday evening, 25 lucky Untapped Cities readers attended the launch of our Behind the Scenes NYC Tour Series in partnership with the NYCEDC, in a tour of the Brooklyn Kings Theatre. Led by Matt...
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Behind the Scenes NYC Tour Series: Brooklyn Army Terminal with NYCEDC and...
Continuing our special Behind the Scenes NYC Tour Series in partnership with the NYCEDC following the series launch at the Brooklyn Kings Theatre, we’ll be taking 25 lucky Untapped Cities readers on a...
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Fun Maps: NYC’s Free Macaron Shops for Macaron Day Tomorrow
Macaron Parlor. Photo via Oh How Civilized In addition to our guide for the 8 best macaron shops in New York City, you can use this handy map from Gothamist that shows where they are free on Macaron...
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Find Refuge in 5 of NYC’s Monasteries
New York City is not a city known for calm, although we’ve previously shared with you a guide on where to find quiet in the city, along with a map for solitude. And while there are certainly many...
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