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New York Transit Museum
Children 3-17 and Seniors 62 and older $5
Sat, Sun: 11 am – 5 pm
This museum, home of 100-plus years of NYC transit lore and memorabilia, occupies the platforms and mezzanine of a decommissioned 1930s subway station. Demonstrating the vital role mass transit played in the city's development are 19 vintage cars dating from 1904 through 1967, a working signal tower, bas-reliefs used in architectural adornment of subway stations, various turnstiles used over the past 90 years and a history of surface transit (bus, taxi and horse-drawn carriages) used over the years.
Exhibits include Architectural Drawings, which displays designs for the first Inter-Borough Rapid Transit line and City Beautiful: Its Beginnings Underground, which focuses on the tile mosaics for which subway stations are so well known. Periodically the museum rolls out its vast collection of antique buses. Public programming includes lectures, walking tours and demonstrations of emergency rescue and crime-fighting equipment.
Seniors (62 and older) get free admission on Wednesday.
Seniors receive 25% off individual membership.
- Directions: Subway: 2, 3, 4, 5 to Borough Hall
- Disability Access: Not currently accessible while undergoing renovations. Fully accessible after renovations; call for updates.
- Gift Shops: Stocked with many one-of-a-kind items such as jewelry made from vintage tokens, miniature station signs, historic subway maps and books. There is a store at the museum in Brooklyn, and a store in the annex in Grand Central Station. The Grand Central Station store is open daily: (212) 878-0106.
Get involved with New York Transit Museum
- Memberships: Individual $40; Family $55; Senior and Student $30. Click to see more membership options.
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New York’s Golden Age of Bridges: Paintings by Antonio Masi
Sat, May 12, 2012 – Sun, Sept 30, 2012 Many artists over the years have painted the bridges of New York City, but few have been as singularly committed to painting all nine of the city’s major long-span bridges as Antonio Masi.
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History of the New York Transit System
Ongoing Demonstrating the vital role mass transit played in the city's development are 19 vintage cars dating from 1904 through 1967, a working signal tower, bas-reliefs used in architectural adornment of subway stations, various turnstiles used over the past 90 years and a history of surface transit (bus, taxi and horse-drawn carriages).