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NYC Film Locations for HBO’s The Night Of
The Night Of, a limited series on HBO, tells the fictional story of Queens resident and college student, Nasir Khan, and the repercussions of a single night in his life which brings the character...
View ArticleDrone Video of Abandoned Bannerman Island Castle in Hudson Valley
Recently, we shared a drone video by the crew Abandoned NY (not to be confused with Abandoned NYC, the website and book by Will Ellis) of North Brother Island. At the time, they told us their next...
View ArticleCities 101: How Does NYC Recycle? Video Look Inside Sunset Park Material...
Ever wonder where your recyclables go after you sort them? Well, 18,000 tons of residential metal, glass, plastic and paper in New York City go through the Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility every...
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Fun Maps: Finally, a NYC Map With Subway AND Buses
It’s happened to all of us. That moment when you want to know what bus you can connect to, but it’s not on your subway map. In fact, you might have to download a whole separate app to get New York...
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A Mini Redwood Forest is Coming to Downtown Brooklyn
Even before something like the Brooklyn Strand gets put into action, a unique greenery installation is coming to downtown Brooklyn: a miniature redwood forest. At 1:100 scale, the Brooklyn artist...
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Replica of Lost Palmyra Arch Will Be in NYC in September
The Palmrya Arch replica, in Trafalgar Square in April, will come to New York City. Photo via Flickr by Garry Knight The monumental Arch of Palmyra in Syria was a UNESCO World Heritage Site from the...
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Control the Colors of 1 WTC Spire Tonight at Brooklyn Bridge Park in...
1 World Trade Center via EarthCam It’s the 100th birthday of the National Park Service and tonight, there are some fancy going-ons in New York City. Most exciting might be the ability to control the...
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History of Dîner en Blanc Locations in NYC 2011 to Present
On September 15th, the 6th annual New York City Dîner en Blanc will be back in a yet-to-be-disclosed location. The first round of registrations began yesterday, which are open to guests who attended...
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Lounge in Times Square with New Installation XXX Times Square with Love
Just open this morning at 11 am is the new installation “XXX Times Square with Love,” from Times Square Arts and J. Mayer H. Now, instead of hurrying through Times Square to avoid the tourists, you...
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BE Robert Moses in this New Game about NYC Building and History
We recently reported on the new fun tool to build your own subway system in New York City, which was an entry into the Power Broker competition which seeks to adapt the seminal biography on Robert...
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We’re Looking for Fall 2016 Interns at Untapped Cities!
This fall, we’ll be welcoming our 11th internship class here at Untapped Cities and we’re looking for some bright, motivated writers to join the team. Our interns get to do it all, writing published...
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The Lost 1964 World’s Fair Subway Line and Cars
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....
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10 NYC Remnants of the 1939 World’s Fair at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
1939 World’s Fair. Photo via NYPL. The 1939 World’s Fair was a hopeful moment amidst of sea of international political turmoil, just before the start of World War II. Its theme, “Building the World of...
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The Top 10 Secrets of NYC’s Morningside Park
Morningside Park is experiencing something of a renaissance in recent years, with booming real estate in Morningside Heights and Harlem surrounding it. The picturesque park seems to have it all –...
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Inside the Construction Site of the New York Wheel and Empire Outlets on...
Rendering of New York Wheel on Staten Island. Renderings by S9 Architecture/Perkins Eastman. There’s one word that describes the development projects underway on the St. George Waterfront in Staten...
View ArticleTimelapse of First Ever Closing of New Roof at Arthur Ashe Stadium at U.S. Open
Last night, the new retractable roof on the Arthur Ashe Stadium at the U.S. Open Tennis Championships made its first closure and Untapped Cities contributor and photographer Steven Wu made a time...
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Last Two WTC PATH Train Cars from 9/11 Will Open to Public for First Time
Two trolley museums outside New York City have incredible pieces of history from 9/11 – the last cars from the PATH train that was trapped beneath the World Trade Center after the Twin Towers fell....
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Your Week Untapped: Top 10 NYC Events September 5th – 11th, 2016
It’s the first full week of September which includes both Labor Day and September 11th. There’s a full range of events from historical tours and talks, to a rooftop vineyard tour and tasting and a BBQ...
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An Indie Movie Theater is Hidden Inside a Former Beauty Salon in Crown Heights
In Crown Heights south of Eastern Parkway, a stretch of Rogers Avenue is quietly buzzing. Most recently, an art house movie theater named Video Revival has opened, hidden inside a former beauty salon...
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Photos of Changing Brooklyn Landscape Inside Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center...
All photos via Nathan Kensinger Photographer Nathan Kensinger, whose photography and projects have appeared on Untapped Cities and websites like Curbed NY, has a new installation inside the Atlantic...
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