Near South Street Seaport, you’ll find an office building that has a wild west candy store in front and a vintage airplane on roof.Ģ2.
There’s a hidden sandy beach in Upper Manhattan. There are people buried in the wall of this Gothic church in Upper Manhattan, but the real gem is the fact that the space is repurposed for concerts and events. You can go to jazz concerts in the crypt of this Upper Manhattan church. There are many remnants of the World’s Fairs in Flushing-Meadows, including two underground time capsules. Behind a gate in Murray Hill sits Sniffen Court, one of the smallest historic districts in NYC. If you don’t look up, you might miss this hidden gem! 11. The iconic game Scrabble was created by a Jackson Heights resident and this street sign is a tribute to him. There’s a Scrabble Street sign in Queens. Test Pillars for the stones in Grand Central Terminal are hidden in Van Cortlandt Park (as are vaults that hid NYC’s records in the war) 10. The “ Oyster Pasty” is hidden in plain sigh.
This hidden gem right in Lower Manhattan continues to surprise even the most jaded New Yorkers. Hidden in plain sight next to the Battery, this tiny cannon is the oldest European artifact in NYC. There’s an art gallery inside Creedmoor Psychiatric Center.
