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15 Things to Do in NYC This Week March 6-12, 2020
From the opening of the Edge observation deck at Hudson Yards to the return of the On Air Fest, and a ton of fun tours, here are the things to do in New York City this week! Friday, March 6th Photo...
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Inside The Nature of Color, New Vibrant Exhibit at American Museum of Natural...
Immersive experiences have taken New York City by storm in recent times, from permanent art spaces like ARTECHOUSE to pop-ups like SuperReal, and shows like ZeroSpace. It’s not surprising that the...
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Top 10 Secrets of Manhattan’s Stunning Central Synagogue
Central Synagogue, located at 652 Lexington Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, is the oldest Jewish house of worship in continuous service in the State of New York. Designated a New York City Landmark in...
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Statement on Coronavirus from Untapped New York Team
Hello readers. We know the coronavirus situation is affecting all of you in some way. More than 50% of you, our readers, on Untapped New York come from the tri-state area. 80% of our tour guests are...
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African American Burial Ground Where Woman in the Iron Coffin Was Found Under...
In Elmhurst, Queens, a nondescript construction site adjacent to a parking lot has become the location of a contentious preservation battle. In 2011, a young woman was discovered in a 100-year-old...
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Photos: Take a First Look at Foot Tingling Edge Observation Deck at Hudson Yards
It’s an auspicious day for the opening of Edge, the highest outdoor sky deck in the Western Hemisphere, weather wise at least. Coronavirus certainly does not seem to have dampened the enthusiasm of the...
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A Terra Cotta Beauty Sits Alone Beneath the Queensboro Bridge
Back in the 1800s, building material companies would sometimes construct a model structure to showcase the potential of a new, revolutionary material. In Brooklyn, the Coignet Building in Gowanus was a...
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12 Buildings That Should Be Brought Back in NYC
Image from Library of Congress Yesterday, we put out an open call on our Facebook page with the question: “If you could bring back a long-gone building from the past in NYC, which would it be?” We...
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NYC’s Former Quarantine Islands and Hospitals
As the New York City, state and the federal government scramble to contain the coronavirus, known as COVID-19, it is helpful to look back into New York City’s history — with over two centuries of...
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Cities 101: How the MTA is Cleaning NYC Subway System for Coronavirus
Governor Andrew Cuomo has been quelling rumors of a subway shutdown in New York City, stating on a 1010 WINS interview this morning “no, subways are not closing down, roads are not closing, New York...
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Letter from the Founder: Untapped New York’s Response to Coronavirus in NYC
Dear Untapped New York Readers, Insiders, and Tour Guests: We hope you are all staying safe as we collectively navigate the coronavirus COVID-19 situation here in our city (and for those who had plans...
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Letter from the Founder: Untapped New York’s Response to Coronavirus in NYC...
Dear Untapped New York Readers, Insiders, and Tour Guests: This is a new update to our announcement from Friday regarding the activity of Untapped New York during the coronavirus COVID-19 situation. I...
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Mapping the NYC Subway Ridership Drop from Coronavirus
It’s been a year and a half since there has been a new post on the website I Quant NY, run by Ben Wellington, a City & Regional Planning professor at the Pratt Institute and an analyst at the...
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1000 Bed Hospital Ship USNS Comfort Deployed to NYC Harbor for Coronavirus
The USNS Comfort. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Meredith Mannin courtesy the office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo. Governor Cuomo has been hammering home the urgent need for more...
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Photos Inside the Abandoned Smallpox Hospital on Roosevelt Island
In New York City, there are few remnants of the quarantine hospitals that once treated the city’s sick during pandemics. There is the former tuberculosis pavilion on the inaccessible North Brother...
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Photos of NYC’s Eerily Empty Transit Hubs and Streets
Yesterday, Aaron Asis, our Untapped New York Artist in Residence and founder of Unforgotten Films documented the city’s nearly empty transit hubs and sparsely traversed streets. He practiced social...
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Then & Now: Photos of Changing NYC 1993 to 2019
In the 1990s photographer Grégoire Alessandrini documented the streets of New York City through his eyes as a young film student and writer at CUNY. He made his career as a journalist in his native...
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Naked Cowboy Still Singing in Times Square (With Face Mask)
Photographer Ryan Lahiff reached out to Untapped New York yesterday, sharing photographs he took around New York City on Wednesday capturing the impact the coronavirus pandemic has had on the city. He...
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Daily Coronavirus News Update: New York State Declared Disaster Area
Photo by Ryan Lahiff It’s day six of our coronavirus daily news digest and the first Saturday. There is some big news on the disease front, so here goes: Latest Numbers Mayor de Blasio announced last...
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Fun Maps: Commuting in Corona Times by Kera Hill
Artist Kera Till is the originator of the metro map, “Commuting in Corona Times,” which she has subsequently created in German and French. It takes the essential signifiers of a metro map (the circle,...
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