An arch bridge over the East River built for the New York Connecting Railroad line in 1917 by Henry Hornbostel (architect) and Gustav Lindenthal (engineer).
The complex has hosted two US Olympic swimming trials (1936 and 1964) and is a New York City Landmark.
56 acres along East River were acquired to create William Jay Gaynor Park (after the city's mayor from 1909 to 1913). However it was quickly renamed Astoria Park in December 1913.
The pilings are from a 1904 fender and dock in front of the George Brown and Co. factory site. There was also a lifeguard station here.
Fort Stephens was built in 1814, as part of the city's defenses against the British during the War of 1812. It was named after Gen. Ebenezer Stevens, who lived near Hallett’s Cove.
It was set up in an abandoned factory space in Ravenswood, Queens by Japanese sculptor Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988) in 1985. It currently hosts an exhibition on the future of Ravesnwood.
Named for the Queensboro Bridge that towers over it. In 1998, the park was reinvigorated with a half million dollars in improvements.
Built in 1939, the Queensbridge Houses were built to house about 3,000 families with an annual income limit of $1,400. The site in Ravenswood was chosen due to the low cost of the land.
The Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge, also known as the 59th Street Bridge is a cantilever bridge over the East River that was completed in 1909.
Gantry State Park was constructed in 1994-98, around gantriest that were used to transfer freight cars off of barges carrying them to Long Island from railway termini in New Jersey.
Gothic Revival church, by architect Patrick Charles Keely, constructed in 1887. It was an anchor of the Irish Catholic immigrant community that populated Hunters Point in the late19th century.
Designed by R. Thomas Short and constructed in 1903. This was part of a wave of municipal construction in Hunters Point after the consolidation of the five boroughs in 1898.
Formerly Miller's Hotel. Built in 1881 by Oliver Charlick it was a popular gathering place for influential Queens politicians, a haven for gamblers, and the site of attempted murders and fist fights.
The creation of a nature walk on the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment plant’s property provides one of the only continuous public access points to Newtown Creek.
The original plant was completed in 1967 but has undergone significant renovation as of 2009. It is the largest of 14 wastewater treatment plants in New York City.
This park in northern Williamsburg is the former site of the Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal, Brooklyn's largest waterfront rail terminal, active until 1983.
Fulton Ferry is the site of the first passenger ferry service between Manhattan and Brooklyn, as well as the first steamboat ferry, introduced by Robert Fulton in 1814.
Constructed in 1841-51 as the first permanent dry dock in the New York area and it remains in active use today. Its pumpwell could empty it in 90 mins and fill it in 40 mins.
Designed by Philadelphia architect Thomas U. Walter in 1857., Building 92 now houses exhibits on the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s two centuries of military and industrial history.
Memorial to US soldiers that died on prison ships in Wallabout Bay during the Revolution. The 1st tomb was on Hudson Ave but a 2nd memorial was built in Fort Greene Park by McKim, Mead & White in 1905
Sandwiched between a power plant and five blocks of Domino Sugar factory, and anchored by a 70-foot-tall brick smokestack from a long-gone molasses plant.
Originally the Havemeyers & Elder Filter, Pan & Finishing House, this icon of industry, built in 1881-84, was once the tallest structure on the Brooklyn waterfront.
The iconic bridge, completed in 1883, was designed by John Augustus Roebling, and completed by his wife and son after his death.
