Coney Island: New York's Beach Getaway
Jonathan L takes the subway out to the attractions of Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York.
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Botanic Garden: Back Home
Closed for months by the pandemic, the garden returns its beauty to visitors like PHeymont, who felt welcomed home.
Brooklyn's Lost City Hall
PHeymont explores the ups-and-downs of Brooklyn's iconic Borough Hall, built when Brooklyn was an independent city.
Brooklyn's Japanese Garden
PHeymont enjoys a late-summer return to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Japanese Hill and Pond garden.
Brooklyn Spring: Magnolias and More Magnolias
PHeymont shares photos of one of his favorite Brooklyn Botanic Garden seasons: the blooming of the magnolias.
Fort Greene Park: A Hidden History
Pheymont explores a lively urban park in Brooklyn and its hidden, and sometimes dark, history.
A Vivid View of Theaters Past
Time ravages great beauties and sometimes restores them. Marilyn Jones shares with us a book that chronicles some astonishing recent examples.
Spring Greening in Prospect Park
PHeymont has been walking his favorite park almost daily for lockdown exercise, and has been watching its annual turn from winter to green.
April 18, 2020: No Social Distancing Here!
PHeymont found a swarm of red-eared sliders sunning themselves in Prospect Park, Brooklyn.
Churches of Park Slope, Brooklyn
PHeymont explores the varied and mostly 19th-century churches in one of Brooklyn's premier neighborhoods, and explores the area's history.
Brooklyn's Eastern Parkway: A World First
Join PHeymont in a look at the world's first parkway, and one whose grand scheme has survived its hodge-podge of buildings and styles.
January 18, 2020: Bailey Fountain, Brooklyn
PHeymont shares the odd history of a Brooklyn landmark that is a popular backdrop for wedding pictures.
Small Brooklyn: Three small but fascinating museums
Jonathan L takes us on a tour of some of Brooklyn's small and quirky museums.
Soldiers and Sailors Arch, Brooklyn, NY
PHeymont shares some views and some history of Brooklyn's iconic but often ignored Civil War memorial.
The Many Lives of Brooklyn's Industry City
PHeymont visits a Brooklyn phoenix. After 125 years, the the world's first integrated industrial park and transport park lives on.