NYC Revealed - Season 1

Episodes

Season 1Episode 125 min

Rats

New York has long been known as one of the rattiest cities in America with some estimating close to 2 million rodents roam its streets. Both city workers and residents have been waging a never-ending battle against these...

Season 1Episode 225 min

Taxis

The yellow taxi cab is the quintessential New York City ride. What started as a small fleet of cars nearly 100 years ago, has turned into a bustling system of thousands of yellow taxi cabs. But now the threat of ride-share apps...

Season 1Episode 325 min

Trash

Many things come to mind when thinking about New York City, but how the city deals with its garbage is usually not one of them. New Yorkers produce over 14 million tons of trash each year - and a combination of city agencies...

Season 1Episode 425 min

Sewage

Underneath the ground of New York's fabled streets exists a vast network of pipes that make up the city's sewer system. New Yorkers create, on average, 1.3 billion gallons of wastewater per day that makes its way through these...

Season 1Episode 525 min

Steam

Many don't know it, but New York is a city that runs on steam. 27 billion pounds of it per year, in fact. It's one of the few cities that relies on the old, but reliable, technology to heat some of its most famous buildings.

Season 1Episode 625 min

Bridges

New York City has some of the most iconic bridges in the world like the Brooklyn Bridge and the George Washington Bridge. These engineering marvels have helped set the tone for how bridges around the world are...

Season 1Episode 725 min

Parks

New York City might be known as the concrete jungle, but its parks have been an ever-present part of this bustling metropolis from the beginning. The city's 30,000 acres of parks serve as an escape for New Yorkers and serve the city ...

Season 1Episode 825 min

Airports

New York has one of the busiest airspaces in the world. Here is how New York's airports have evolved to handle 140 million passengers each year.

Season 1Episode 925 min

Electricity

Keeping the lights on in New York City is no easy task and as New York moves towards a greener future how we generate electricity will have to evolve.

Season 1Episode 1025 min

Water

Getting water from upstate reservoirs to the taps of over 8.5 million people in New York City is no easy feat. From purification, through thousands of miles of underground tunnels, this is how New York City gets its water.

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