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All-Female Statue Exhibit #IfThenSheCan Pops Up in Central Park Zoo
Timed with the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which guaranteed women the right to vote, a preview of #IfThenSheCan – The Exhibit has opened in the Central Park Zoo. It...
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Join a Virtual Talk about the New Book, Walking Broadway
Bowling Green to the Harlem River, New York’s most famous avenue encapsulates the city’s dynamic history and contemporary life. William J. Hennessey’s new book Walking Broadway presents the major...
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Discover the Open-Air Art Gallery of NYC
Lower Manhattan is like an open-air art gallery with works created by American grandmasters. On Untapped New York’s Public Art Walking Tour in Lower Manhattan this Sunday, you will admire artworks from...
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Schooner Apollonia Brings Cargo by Sail to NYC
Quietly, without much fanfare yet, the Schooner Apollonia has arrived to the shores of Manhattan – one of the first ships to bring freight goods by sail to New York City in about a century. The...
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Our Sunset Gowanus Canal Tour is Back with New Dates!
After our first month of Gowanus Canal canoe tours sold out incredibly quickly, so we’re bringing them back by popular demand! We have new dates starting this evening, with several tours this week and...
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Vacation from Home in Our Virtual Tour of Historic Martha’s Vineyard
Tomorrow at noon, join Untapped New York’s Chief Experience Officer Justin Rivers as he walks you down one of the oldest streets on the resort island of Martha’s Vineyard. In the historic village of...
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Photos: King Nyani, the Largest Bronze Gorilla Statue Arrives in NYC
The largest bronze gorilla statue in the world has arrived to New York. This morning, King Nyani (swahili for gorilla) by the artists Gillie and Marc Schattner was unveiled in Bella Abzug Park at...
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Discover the Hidden Gems of Central Park
There’s big news in Central Park this week, with tomorrow’s unveiling of the Monumental Women’s sculpture. Central Park expert, Beth Goffe, who will be with us at the opening event of the sculpture...
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Join a Virtual Talk on The Dog Days of Gotham, Tales of Pampered Pooches in...
Photo from Library of Congress Tomorrow at noon, join Peggy Gavan, author of The Hatching Cat: True and Unusual Animal Tales of Old New York, as she leads you virtually down the old city streets while...
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The Japanese House of Victorian Flatbush-Ditmas Park, Brooklyn
Urban legend tells that this Japanese house in Flatbush-Ditmas Park was built especially for the Japanese Ambassador, and it was shipped over piece by piece from Japan. Neither of those stories are...
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The Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center, Abandoned and Reborn
The Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center is located about 70 miles north of Manhattan in the heart of Dutchess County. The abandoned former mental hospital remains a curious relic of an earlier era. Many...
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Governors Island’s Haunted Basketball Court in Liggett Hall
Is Governors Island haunted? This was a question we received more frequently before the transformative redevelopment and construction efforts by The Trust for Governors Island in recent years. Some of...
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Tennis Hall of Fame: Where the US Open First Took Place in Newport
Before Flushing Meadows, even before Forest Hills, the U.S. Open Tennis Tournament’s first home was in Newport, Rhode Island at what is now the International Tennis Hall of Fame. When the national...
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Whole Foods Opens Online-Only Store in Brooklyn
In Industry City, Brooklyn, Whole Foods Market has opened an online-only store that you can’t shop in. It’s the company’s first ever permanent, online-only store in Brooklyn. In recent years, when you...
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The Grand Central Clock: Myths and Secrets
Grand Central’s clock, located in the center of the famous train terminal in Manhattan, is so famous it even supposedly birthed a saying: “Meet me at/under the clock.” Countless commuters have used the...
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Trump Plaza in Atlantic City Will Be Imploded in January
The Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City used to tower over the multiple entities that Trump Entertainment Resorts ran along the boardwalk including the former Trump Taj Mahal, Trump Castle,...
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Pomander Walk: NYC’s Most Exclusive Street
Pomander Walk is located on 95th Street, carved out mid-block between Broadway and West End Avenue on the Upper West Side. The private street that has retained its elusive and exclusive charm nearly a...
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Win a Private Session at Grand Central’s Vanderbilt Tennis Courts
One of our favorite hidden spots in Grand Central is the Vanderbilt Tennis Club, its existence often surprises even longtime New Yorkers. It’s also a highlight stop on our Secrets of Grand Central...
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Join a Virtual Book Talk on Wild City: A Brief History of NYC in 40 Animals
Today at noon, Untapped New York will be virtually welcoming writer Thomas Hynes, who has written a love letter to the surprising ecological diversity of New York in Wild City, an illustrated guide to...
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The Trinity Root Sculpture from 9/11: What Happened to It
For years, the “Trinity Root” sat in front of Trinity Church in Lower Manhattan. The work of art by sculptor Steve Tobin was a bronze cast from a remaining stump and root of a 70-year-old sycamore tree...
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