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Holdouts! A Manhattan Walking Tour

875 Third 875 Third Avenue, New York, NY, United States

Join the Obscura Society for a historic walking tour of Midtown Manhattan's great real estate holdouts and the stories behind the various tenants who stood their ground, refusing to budge.

$20

The New York Transit Museum and Atlas Obscura present: The Race Underground

The New York Transit Museum Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn, United States

Join Atlas Obscura for an evening with the New York Transit Museum and author Doug Most as he delves into the history of the first subways and the saga of their late 19th century development.

Free

Obscura Society NyC: The Insalubrious Valley

THE CORNER OF GRAND STREET AND MORGAN AVENUE, BROOKLYN Grand St & Morgan Ave Brooklyn, NY 11237, New York City, NY, United States

Join this event on the wrong side of the tracks for an exploration of the hidden industrial heartlands of New York!

$30

The Poison Cauldron of the Newtown Creek

Kingsland and Norman Avenue Kingsland and Norman Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Explore the hellish waste transfer and petroleum districts of North Brooklyn on this daring walk towards the doomed Kosciuszko Bridge.

$25