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It was nine miles of track and 28 stations. And from that moment forward, New York was forever transformed,” Concetta Bencivenga, director at the New York Transit Museum, said.
The New York Transit Museum and MTA are bringing vintage subway cars back into service for a few south Brooklyn stations on June 7 and 8.
Before the R211, the New York City subway cars most recently assembled by Kawasaki were the R188 cars that run on the No. 7 line between Queens and Manhattan. They began going into passenger service ...
The new-look trains rolling on some of the lettered subway lines offer a glimpse into the fleet of the future. With wider doors, brighter interiors and advanced cameras, the cars known as the R211 ...
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — The New York Transit Museum, located at Boerum Pl. and Schermerhorn St., will host “Party on Wheels,” a fundraiser to highlight sustainable transportation, on Sunday, May 18.
A new exhibit at the New York Transit Museum in Brooklyn, titled " Shining a Light on The Subway Sun: The art of Fred G. Cooper and Amelia Opdyke Jones," brings the ad campaign's story to life.
The R46 trains started running in the subway system during the 1970s. Tdorante10 via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 After half a century, New York City is retiring its iconic orange and ...
Start saying goodbye to the New York City subway’s iconic orange and yellow seating and two-person individual rows — and maybe, hopefully, to major delays and signal malfunctions. A $10.9 ...
Transportation Riders reminisce as New York retires iconic subway cars The MTA said that it will soon retire its R46 fleet. Riders say they will miss the iconic yellow and orange perpendicular ...
For once, New Yorkers are praying for subway delays. The MTA’s announcement that it will phase out an iconic portion of the fleet in 2025 has normally jaded straphangers feeling nostalgic over ...
For once, New Yorkers are praying for subway delays. The MTA’s announcement it will phase out an iconic portion of the fleet in 2025 has normally jaded straphangers feeling nostalgic over the… ...