The Bowery Boys: New York City History

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• #487 The Knicks and the Knickerbockers 05.06.2026 1t 4min

  How the Knicks got their name -- from little marbles to basketballs.
• Marilyn Monroe at 100: Her Life in New York City (Rewind) 29.05.2026 1t 18min

  The world's biggest movie star -- on the streets of New York City (and over the subway grates) in the mid 1950s.
• #486 The Many Intrigues of Eliza Jumel 22.05.2026 1t 3min

  Eliza Jumel was one of the richest women in New York City in the early 19th century. And after she passed, the subject of vicious rumors.
• The Real Historical Figures from Broadway's 'Ragtime' 15.05.2026 48min

  The actors who play Harry Houdini and Evelyn Nesbit in the new Broadway revival "Ragtime" find the real-life inspirations behind their roles.
• #485 The Painter Who Brought The World To New York 08.05.2026 50min

  The world according to Frederic Church, the master artist whose work was like the cinema of the mid-19th century
• The Garment District: Where New York Fashion Is Made (Rewind) 01.05.2026 51min

  A history of the Garment District, one of New York City's great centers of manufacturing and the birthplace of many 20th-century fashion trends.
• #484 The Phrenology Craze 24.04.2026 54min

  During the mid 19th century, New Yorkers flocked to a very curious tourist attraction near City Hall -- a "house of skulls," the phrenological cabinet of the Fowler family.
• #483 The Treasures of Carnegie Hall 17.04.2026 1t 17min

  The greatest nights in American music history took place at Carnegie Hall -- but that's just the start of the story.
• The Pushcarts of the Lower East Side (Rewind) 10.04.2026 58min

  Before there were food trucks and hot dog carts, there were pushcarts, mostly concentrated on the Lower East Side in the late 19th century.
• The Scandalous Hamiltons: Sex, Lies and Blackmail (The Gilded Gentleman) 03.04.2026 53min

  The great-grandson of Alexander Hamilton meets a beautiful woman with a dubious past in this thrilling true-crime Gilded Age caper.
• #482 Pride and Preservation (The Streets of the West Village Part 3) 27.03.2026 1t 25min

  The West Village is born -- thanks to Jane Jacobs and a group of local activists. And the Stonewall Uprising ignites a new movement, leading to the neighborhood's first national monument. What would Carrie Bradshaw think?
• #481 How The West Village Became A Neighborhood (The Streets of the West Village Part 2) 13.03.2026 1t 25min

  Speakeasies, subways and smoky jazz clubs come to the early 20th century West Village.
• #480 The Streets of the West Village: Creating the Village (Part 1) 27.02.2026 1t 20min

  Our epic history of the West Village begins here -- tracing the winding streets back to the earliest days of country estates, creeks and burial grounds.
• Frozen in Time: The Great Blizzard of 1888 22.02.2026 47min

  Remembering one of the worst weather incidents in American history -- the Great Blizzard of 1888.
• How To Dig a Train Tunnel Under the Hudson River (from HISTORY This Week) 20.02.2026 34min
• #479 NYC '84: The Case of the 'Subway Vigilante' 13.02.2026 54min

  Looking back at the violent 'Subway Vigilante' incident and the subsequent trial which dominated headlines in mid-1980s New York City
• #478 The Disappearance of Judge Crater 30.01.2026 1t 4min

  The notorious disappearance of a famously corrupt judge unearths a deep well of misdeeds in 1930s New York City.
• The History of Brooklyn Heights and the Promenade 16.01.2026 1t 41min

  The epic tale of Brooklyn Heights and its Promenade -- which might help explain current events upon the New York City transportation landscape today.
• #477 Chester A. Arthur: The Gentleman Boss 02.01.2026 46min

  The fascinating tale of 'accidental' president and New York poltiical boss Chester A. Arthur who travelled a very unconventional path to the White House -- via Lexington Avenue in Manhattan.
• #476 Hot Victorian Holiday: Bowery Boys History Live! at City Winery 23.12.2025 1t 15min

  Live from City Winery -- it's Greg Young! An an irreverent look at the holidays through a Victorian lens.