you'd never believe

Jacob Adriance farmhouse, Queens, NY

Sheep and goats in Queens? Waterfalls in The Bronx? Homes on stilts? They can all be found in the five boroughs. This page will point you in the right direction to find scenes you'd think you'd never see in New York City.

ROCK AROUND THE ROCKPILE at Mount Loretto

JAMAICA BAY. And what's alongside.

THE YELLOW SUBMARINE. From raising the Andrea Doria to rusting hulk in Coney Island Creek.

TOAD OF TODT HILL. Up and down Staten Island's highest.

CAMP SWAMPY. The Bronx's Harding Park.

TOTAL TRASH. The fate of the New York City Farm Colony.

BROTHERS. North Brother Island and the General Slocum tragedy.

THE END OF NEW YORK CITY. The ruins of Rossville, at the City's southernmost extension.

RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER. Burgeoning nature meets ancient industrial hulks in Mariners Marsh Park, Staten Island.

STREAMS OF CONSCIOUSNESS. The hidden brooks of West New Brighton, Castleton Corners, Westerleigh and Arden Heights, Staten Island.

FLOYD JOY. Brooklyn's lonely airfield.

WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAMED. A look at Van Cortlandt Park.

THE GUNS OF QUEENS. Fort Tilden and Breezy Point.

THE HOUSE OF NO RETURN. Want to get away from it all? Try Heyerdahl Hill in Staten Island.

DEEP, FORBIDDEN LAKES. Some of Staten Island's most picturesque lakes are in private or semi-private locales.

DREAM OF THE BLUE HERON. Staten Island primeval forests.

CITY ISLAND. What appears to be a New England fishing village is actually part of the Bronx!

INWOOD IN THE WOODS. Manhattan's last swatch of primeval forest!

LATOURETTE, LIGHTHOUSES AND WRIGHT. A look at some unsullied woodland in the heart of Staten Island, as well as an inland lighthouse and a masterpiece of architecture by an undisputed master.

RATTLESNAKE BROOK. A brook in a Northeast Bronx park recalls the last bastion of venomous reptiles in the wild in New York City.

LEMON CREEK. A creek running through New York City streets? You better believe it.

BROAD CHANNEL. Homes on stilts and a volunteer fire department are sights on this isolated neighborhood smack in the middle of Jamaica Bay, that is nevertheless served by a subway station on the IND.

THE BEAUTIFUL BRONX. Waterfalls and gorgeous views of the Palisades in NYC's mainland borough.

QUEENS FARM. Glen Oaks in eastern Queens can claim the NYC's last farm still in operation.

THROGS NECK. If it weren't for the sight of two well-known bridges, and a distant glimpse of the towers of Manhattan, Silver Beach in Throgs Neck doesn't resemble a NYC neighborhood at all.

NYC STABLES. Horses are still groomed and shod in several spots in the five boroughs, and former stables now house people and businesses.

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