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Cities 101: No, Those Aren’t Bottle Caps Embedded in NYC’s Streets
Once you've seen one, you won't be able to ignore them. They're everywhere and they look like plastic bottle caps, in bright primary colors, embedded in the city streets. Look closer, and they have a...
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The Treasures Inside LIRR’s Brand New Lost & Found in Penn Station
A new Lost & Found is open at Penn Station and we went to visit to see what gets left behind from the mundane to the bizarre. The chainsaw had been disposed of and the violin was claimed, but...
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Photos: A New Book Lovers Paradise Inside the NYPL’s Center for Research in...
Today, an 8,000 square foot Center for Research in the Humanities will open on the second floor of the NYPL main branch at 42nd Street. he James Lenox and John Jacob Astor Room is a book lovers...
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A Sculpture of Rudolph Giuliani As a 1950s Movie Monster is Inside the La...
Photos courtesy La Guardia and Wagner Archives Tucked into our article about the monument to missing tourists taken by wolves, was a reference to a sculpture of Rudolph Giuliani as a 1950s style...
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Untapped Cities is Now Untapped New York (Again!)
After many years as Untapped Cities, we're excited to return to our original name - Untapped New York. We'll still be revealing the secrets and hidden gems of New York City and surrounding region....
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10 Hidden Gems in Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Crown Heights is a neighborhood in Brooklyn we have a very special attachment to here at Untapped New York. Our office has been here for many years and several on our team live here. It’s a...
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An Arm of the King George III Statue Toppled at Bowling Green is for Sale
An exciting new piece of the statue of King George III, toppled in Bowling Green at the start of the American Revolution is up for auction in Massachusetts: the hand, wrist, and forearm. Read More
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See Three of the Largest Pumpkins in the World at New York Botanical Garden...
It's the great pumpkin, Charlie Brown! Three of the world's largest pumpkins will be on display at the New York Botanical Garden, weighing between 1935.5 pounds and 2116 pounds. Read More
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Keith Haring’s Crack is Wack Mural is Completely Restored in Harlem
Exciting news: Keith Haring's Crack is Wack mural on the handball courts in East Harlem is now fully restored. The beloved mural, which served as a warning to crack cocaine addiction, has undergone...
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Photos: Brooklyn’s Famed Gage & Tollner Restaurant Prepares for a Comeback
"Gage & Tollner is to Brooklyn what the Statue of Liberty is to New York Harbor" proclaimed a 1930 guide book. Take a behind the scenes look into the revival of the famed Brooklyn restaurant Gage...
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Checking in on The Naval Cemetery Landscape, a Lush Hidden Gem in Brooklyn
In 2016, the Naval Cemetery Landscape opened at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, in a portion of the facility closed off to the public for ninety years. The 1.7 acre contemplative memorial landscape has...
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10 Fun Things to Look For Along the 2019 NYC Marathon Route
The 2019 NYC Marathon will take place on November 3rd, with competitors of all types coming from around world, hoping to complete the 26.2 mile course through the five boroughs of New York City. We...
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A “Memorial” to Admiral’s Row was Projected Onto Wegman’s at Brooklyn Navy Yard
A video installation projected onto the new Wegman's at the Brooklyn Navy Yard was created as a memorial to Admiral's Row, which was demolished in 2016 to make way for the grocery store. The art...
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NYC Filming Locations for Motherless Brooklyn
The movie Motherless Brooklyn, written, directed and starring Edward Norton, opens this Friday. The film is based on the noir mystery novel set in 1950s New York City by Jonathan Lethem, shot in...
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The NYC-Area Filming Locations for The Irishman from Martin Scorsese
The Martin Scorsese film The Irishman, starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci is releasing in select theaters today. The Netflix film, is a mob saga centered around the disappearance of real...
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Walt Whitman Way in Brooklyn Gets Unveiled Next to Pratt Institute
A year ago, preservationist Brad Vogel conjured an idea to get a street named for Walt Whitman for the 200th anniversary of the writer's birth. On Saturday, the co-naming celebration took place in...
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The Lost Grand Central School of Art, As Featured in The Masterpiece
Thanks to starring role in the bestselling novel, The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis, the lost Grand Central School of Art once located on the 6th floor of Grand Central has returned into the limelight....
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NYC Makers: Q&A with NYC Parks Commissioner, Mitchell Silver
In the latest installation of NYC Makers, we had the pleasure of sitting down with NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver at his office in the Central Park Arsenal. He imbues every project with a...
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A Desk Rumored to Belong to Abraham Lincoln Sits Inside Madison, NJ Borough Hall
We went in search of Rodin, but found Lincoln. A desk rumored to be used by Abraham Lincoln in the House of Representatives sits in obscurity in a New Jersey suburb town hall. But was it really used...
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Mapping the 5 Pieces of the Berlin Wall in NYC
As the historic Berlin Wall came down, many of the colorful slabs were moved to cities around the globe. We uncovered 5 pieces of the wall right here in NYC. Read More
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