Midnight Climax
What: CIA mind control experiments on non-consenting men
Where: 81 Bedford Street
When: 1950s and 60s
Minetta Brook
What: The path of an underground creek that still runs today.
When: For much of the island’s history, until early the early 1800s
Where: In the West Village, around New York University
Factory Fire Horror
What: A fire that killed 146 employees in a factory in Greenwich Village led to the creation of the American Society of Safety Engineers and improved labor laws.
When: 1911
Where: Washington Place, Greenwich Village, Manhattan
Telegraph Races
What: Samuel Morse developed the electric telegraph
When: Early 1800s
Where: New York University