Urban legend has it that The High Bridge was closed after someone was killed after passing beneath it on the Circle Line. Thirteen's City Concealed series just visited the High Bridge, which officially—and mysteriously—closed in the early 1970s. They begin their video discussing this legend, saying there is truth to it, as there were reports of people throwing things off the bridge and injuring passengers of the Circle Line, dating back to the '50s. Check out the High Bridge's history, present, and future ($60 million is going towards the renovation of the park's pedestrian connector between Manhattan and the Bronx) in the video below: more ›

Earlier this year the Park Slope Armory reopened after a massive renovation, now housing a track, a basketball court, and much more. Of course, when it was built in 1895, it housed the 14th Regiment of the National Guard. The sporting events began in 1939, when an indoor professional baseball league was formed to play an indoor season there, and it was around that time the Armory's purpose changed. more ›

Say what you will about Staten Island, but the borough contains the most secluded of natural landscapes in the city: the Greenbelt. The space is 2,800 acres, and is run by the Greenbelt Conservancy and the NYC Parks Department, who have an operating agreement. Recently Thirteen.org documented the area for their City Concealed video, which they're releasing later today. We've got it a little early for you, and you can watch it below. more ›

This week Thirteen.org takes their City Concealed series to... Paterson, New Jersey! Earlier this year Hinchliffe Stadium was named the 11 Most Endangered Historic Places; it's vacant, dilapitated, and one of only three remaining Negro League stadiums in the country. In 1933, the New York Black Yankees started playing home games there, and continued to for a decade. Paterson voters approved a ballot initiative to renovate the stadium, and currently money is being raised to restore and rebuild it—if that happens, the public school system would use it, as well as the community (for concerts, and other entertainment reasons). Learn more below... more ›

There's a new City Concealed video from Thirteen.org today, this time focusing on Kehila Kedosha Janina, the last remaining Romaniote synagogue in the Western Hemisphere. It sits on Broome Street, between a Chinese merchant and a glass shop in the Lower East Side, and it's not going anywhere—it was designated a landmark in 2004 (it was erected in 1927). more ›

We recently looked back at the Golden Age of Jazz in New York City (1938-1948), but what about before all that? Thirteen.org just took a trip to 133rd Street in Harlem for their City Concealed series, and below is their video on the early Jazz scene there. Particularly interesting is their visit to The Nest, which was housed in the basement of 169 West 133rd Street: more ›

Thirteen's continuing series, The City Concealed, heads to Brooklyn to take a look inside Green-Wood Cemetery for their second installment. The video tour visits the tombs and catacombs, and includes a little history lesson as well. Established in 1838, the cemetery has plenty of living roaming the grounds for the art and architecture alone--but as historian Jeff Richman notes in the video, some "fear the spirits" and refuse to visit. more ›