Hidden New York

Brooklyn

24 lesser-known places in Brooklyn, with history, curiosities, a map and tours nearby.

Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors

24 places

Shore of Deep Creek at Dead Horse Bay, on the former Barren Island in Brooklyn

Island, fort & lighthouse

Barren Island

Barren Island · former island of fish oil, garbage and Dead Horse Bay

Beth Olam Cemetery in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, Kings County

Cemetery & worship

Beth Olam Cemetery

Beth Olam Cemetery · Jewish cemetery with a Calvert Vaux chapel

Brooklyn Army Terminal on the Sunset Park waterfront in Brooklyn

Tunnel, bridge & industry

Brooklyn Army Terminal

Brooklyn Army Terminal · the Army’s giant concrete supply base

Historic U.S. Navy photograph from the Brooklyn Navy Yard, first image

Tunnel, bridge & industry

Brooklyn Navy Yard

Brooklyn Navy Yard · from battleships to a working industrial hub

The Atlantic Avenue Tunnel, the abandoned Cobble Hill Tunnel beneath Brooklyn

Tunnel, bridge & industry

Cobble Hill Tunnel

Cobble Hill Tunnel · Brooklyn’s sealed 1844 railway tunnel

Historic view of the Domino Sugar Refinery on the Williamsburg waterfront in Brooklyn

Tunnel, bridge & industry

Domino Sugar Refinery

Domino Sugar Refinery · Brooklyn’s landmark sugar giant

A runway at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn

Tunnel, bridge & industry

Floyd Bennett Field

Floyd Bennett Field · Brooklyn’s historic airfield on Jamaica Bay

Photograph related to Fort Hamilton, the U.S. Army post in Brooklyn

Island, fort & lighthouse

Fort Hamilton

Fort Hamilton · Brooklyn’s harbor fort and Army post

Historic print of Fort Lafayette on its island in New York Harbor

Island, fort & lighthouse

Fort Lafayette

Fort Lafayette · lost island prison fort beneath the bridge

View of Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn with its monuments and trees

Cemetery & worship

Green-Wood Cemetery

Green-Wood Cemetery · Brooklyn’s 478-acre Victorian garden cemetery

The Hendrick I. Lott House on East 36th Street in Marine Park, Brooklyn

Hendrick I. Lott House

Hendrick I. Lott House · a Dutch colonial farmhouse in Marine Park

Historic sketch of the Royal Navy frigate HMS Liverpool

Island, fort & lighthouse

HMS Liverpool

HMS Liverpool · a Royal Navy frigate wrecked in Jamaica Bay

Postcard of the Joralemon Street Tunnel dated 1913

Tunnel, bridge & industry

Joralemon Street Tunnel

Joralemon Street Tunnel · the 1908 subway tubes from Manhattan to Brooklyn

Historic photograph of the wrecked train after the Malbone Street wreck of 1918 in Brooklyn

Tunnel, bridge & industry

Malbone Street Wreck

Malbone Street Wreck · the deadliest crash in NYC subway history

The Coignet Stone Company Building at Third Street and Third Avenue in Gowanus, Brooklyn

Tunnel, bridge & industry

Coignet Stone Company Building

Coignet Building · New York City’s oldest concrete building

The Parachute Jump steel tower on the boardwalk at Coney Island

Tunnel, bridge & industry

Parachute Jump

Parachute Jump · retired 1939 World’s Fair ride at Coney Island

The Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument column seen from the southwest in Fort Greene Park

Tunnel, bridge & industry

Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument

Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument · a giant column above a crypt

Quarters A, the Federal-style commandant’s house of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, seen among trees

Quarters A, Brooklyn Navy Yard

Quarters A · Commodore Perry’s Federal-style Navy Yard home

Back of the Vander Ende–Onderdonk House in Ridgewood, Queens

Vander Ende–Onderdonk House

Vander Ende–Onderdonk House · Dutch Colonial stone house in Queens

The historic Hunterfly Road houses of Weeksville in Crown Heights, Brooklyn

Weeksville Heritage Center

Weeksville · a 19th-century free Black town hidden in Brooklyn

Sign at the McGovern-Weir Greenhouse near Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn

Tunnel, bridge & industry

Weir Greenhouse

Weir Greenhouse · an 1895 glass-and-iron greenhouse by Green-Wood

The Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, with its clock tower and domed top

Tunnel, bridge & industryFilmed here

Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower

Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower · Brooklyn’s clock tower with a banking hall like a cathedral

Exterior of the Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead, a Dutch Colonial farmhouse in Flatlands, Brooklyn

Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead

Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead · Dutch farmhouse in Flatlands

Exterior of the Wyckoff House, a Dutch frame farmhouse in East Flatbush, Brooklyn

Wyckoff House

Wyckoff House · Dutch frame house in East Flatbush