All Aboard!
If you face Boerum Place and peer out your window, you’ll see the New York Transit Museum on the northwest corner of Schermerhorn (there’s also a Gallery Annex in Grand Central Terminal). Our friends who live in 10B made the long trek across the street last weekend to check out the museum, and learn more about the rich and detailed history of our city’s subway system. She says, “The museum is in an actual old subway stop and features several old subway cars that you can access from the old platform. I enjoyed the movie that they’re showing, telling the history of the subway, showing images of times of construction.”
So next time you’re cursing the F train for being too slow, or wondering why the #$@% the 2,3 is not running on the weekend (again), just remember, it’s a small miracle the thing’s still running after 100+ years.
** Special thanks to Roxanne Robertson of the New York Transit Museum for providing us with the correct title of the museum.
November 2nd, 2005 at 11:30 am
Dear Lori and 53 Boerum Webmaster,
Thank you for including the New York Transit Museum on your website.
I was wondering if you could assist us in correcting the Museum’s name on 53 Boerum. The Museum is the “New York Transit Museum” not the New York City Transit Museum. Our exhibits and mission cover all of the operating agencies under the MTA. That includes: Bridges, Tunnels, Subway’s Buses, Long Island and Metro-North Railroad.
Thanks in advance for your assistance and please let me know if you have any questions.
All the best,
Roxanne Robertson
Director, Special Projects
New York Transit Museum
130 Livingston Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718) 694-4915