Bluestockings Cooperative is a community-supported bookstore and activist space.

A legendary basketball court in the West Village that is a popular destination for basketball aficionados, deflated hoop-dreamers, and gawking tourists.

A very interesting selection of books.

Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.

This is a great day-trip in the summer and early fall. The dunes make the beach feel secluded and the empty houses at the old army-base makes you feel like you’re in the middle of nowhere. Once we bathed there in late September during a combined picnic and photo shoot. It’s also a good little bike ride from the subway in Far Rockaway.