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  • 1. Clinton Hill Architecture Walk

    Notable Building

    Part of the National Register of Historic Places, the buildings along Clinton and Washington avenues were originally lavish summer homes for...Read More

  • 2. Empire State Building

    Murray Hill | Notable Building

    With an iconic silhouette recognizable virtually worldwide, the Empire State Building is an Art Deco monument to progress, a symbol for New...Read More

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  • 3. Fort Greene Park

    Fort Greene | Notable Building

    With 30 acres of green hills, Brooklyn's oldest park is the unofficial nucleus of the neighborhood. It served as a military fort during the...Read More

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  • 4. Grand Central Terminal

    Midtown East | Transportation Site (Airport, Bus, Ferry, Train)

    Grand Central is not only the world's largest (48 acres and 44 platforms) and the nation's busiest railway station, but also one of the world...Read More

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  • 5. 23rd Regiment Armory

    Crown Heights | Notable Building

    At Atlantic and Bedford, the 23rd Regiment Armory is one of Brooklyn’s most imposing and important landmarks: an almost full-block Romanesque...Read More

  • 6. Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help

    Religious Building/Site/Shrine

    This imposing block-long Romanesque church stands tall on a ridge is unusual because it's actually two churches, one stacked on the other. The...Read More

  • 7. Bay Ridge Architecture Tour

    Historic Home

    Bay Ridge has no shortage of eclectic architecture. Wandering the neighborhood, you'll see everything from one of the oldest freestanding Greek...Read More

  • 8. Brooklyn Borough Hall

    Brooklyn Heights | Government Building

    Built in 1848 as Brooklyn's city hall, this Greek Revival landmark, adorned with Tuckahoe marble, is one of the borough's handsomest buildings...Read More

  • 9. Brooklyn College

    Educational Institution

    The original Georgian-style buildings, elm tree–lined main quad, and lily pond of Brooklyn College were built in the 1930s, and today film and...Read More

  • 10. Chrysler Building

    Midtown East | Notable Building

    A monument to modernity and the mighty automotive industry, the former Chrysler headquarters wins many New Yorkers' vote for the city's most...Read More

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  • 11. Cushman Row

    Chelsea | Notable Building

    Built in 1840 for merchant and developer Don Alonzo Cushman, this string of redbrick beauties between 9th and 10th Avenues represents some of...Read More

  • 12. Daily News Building

    Midtown East | Notable Building

    The landmark lobby of this Art Deco tower contains an illuminated 12-foot globe that revolves beneath a black glass dome. Around it, spreading...Read More

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  • 13. Dean Street

    Crown Heights | Historic Home

    Few residential streets in Crown Heights are as beautiful as Dean Street (especially between Bedford and New York avenues). Unique brownstones...Read More

  • 14. Flatbush Reformed Church

    Religious Building/Site/Shrine

    The last Dutch director-general of New Netherland, Peter Stuyvesant, ordered a church built at this site in 1654, making this one of the oldest...Read More

  • 15. Flatiron Building

    Flatiron District | Notable Building

    When completed in 1902, the oddly shaped Fuller Building, as it was originally known, caused a sensation. Architect Daniel Burnham made ingenious...Read More

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  • 16. Ford Foundation Building

    Midtown East | Notable Building

    While most Midtown office lobbies remain off-limits to visitors, the Ford Foundation building's is a welcome respite from high-traffic Midtown...Read More

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  • 17. Greenpoint Historic District

    Greenpoint | Historic District/Site

    Landmarked in 1982, this historic district is lined with beautiful town houses. The area extends roughly from Calyer Street north to Kent Street...Read More

  • 18. Helmsley Building

    Midtown East | Notable Building

    This Warren & Wetmore–designed 1929 landmark was intended to match neighboring Grand Central Terminal in bearing, and it succeeded, with...Read More

  • 19. Industry City

    Factory

    A makeover and an influx of 21st-century businesses—some in a marvelous food court—have reinvigorated the mammoth former Bush Terminal complex...Read More

  • 20. Lefferts Historic House

    Prospect Park | Educational Institution

    A visit to this Dutch Colonial farmhouse, built in 1783 and moved from nearby Flatbush Avenue to Prospect Park in 1918, is a window into how...Read More

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