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New York Transit Museum is a unique museum devoted to the impact of public transportation on the growth and development of the New York metropolitan region.
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The #NYTransitMuseum is no longer posting on X as of January 1, 2025. Please follow us on Bluesky, Instagram, or Facebook: https://t.co/sIETtfg1sz
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Check out this #NYTMCollection photo depicting the interior of an R21 car! In service from the 1950s to 1987, these cars featured a linoleum floor, padded seats and curvy metal handholds. #DidYouKnow that R21 car #7203 was rebuilt for use in the 1995 thriller #MoneyTrain?
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Cookies, coffee, cigarettes, sausages, hair styling, and an amusement park! This #NYTMCollection photograph of the northbound platform of the 157 St station is a time capsule of advertisements, showing everything you might want for a great summer weekend in 1962.
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In July of 1950, this photo of S/Sgt. Anne Peregrim graced #NYCsubway cars as part of the long-running “Miss Subways” campaign. In an interview, Peregrim recalled: “I was never so surprised in my life as when I received a letter telling me I’d been selected ‘Miss Subways.’”
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Have you had a chance to check out the Holiday Train Show at our Gallery at @grandcentralnyc yet? When you experience the magic of miniature trains traveling among delightful replicas of #NYC landmarks, you'll see why the Holiday Train Show is so beloved by New Yorkers. Admission
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#TodayinHistory: #OnThisDay in 1906, the BMT Canarsie line opened between Atlantic Avenue and Rockaway Parkway. The line has known many names – the 14th St Line, the Canarsie Line, and the “L” Line – and was also once a steam railroad connecting #Canarsie Pier and East New York.
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The @NYTransitMuseum's last Holiday Nostalgia Ride of the year is happening this Sunday, December 29th 🎁 Learn more here 👇
This holiday season, we continue the annual tradition of Holiday Nostalgia Rides on our 1930s R1/9 train cars! Operating between 2nd Avenue – Houston Street on the uptown F line and 96th Street – 2nd Avenue on the Q line, the Holiday Nostalgia Train will transport straphangers
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#DidYouKnow that the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) once had a thriving marching band? This #NYTMCollection photograph from 1971 shows the New York City Transit Authority Marching Band outside of City Hall Plaza, in #Manhattan. The image, taken by the NYCTA Photographic
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Happy #Kwanzaa to all who celebrate from the #NYTransitMuseum! #ObjectSpotlight on this @MTA BusTalk car card from the #NYTMCollection advertising the 1994 Kwanzaa Expo at the @javitscenter, which featured hundreds of Black-owned businesses, plus workshops about Kwanzaa.
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Happy #Hanukkah to all who celebrate! Created in 2008 by Brooklyn-based artist Cheryl Berkowitz, this design transforms the Downtown Brooklyn area of Vignelli’s classic #NYCSubway diagram into an image of the #menorah. These notecards are available in our store at
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#MerryChristmas to all who celebrate from the #NYTransitMuseum! Even though Alternate Side Parking is suspended today, parking a sleigh and reindeer in #NYC is still challenging. Perhaps #Santa prefers public transit? It sure looks like it from this 1962 #NYTMCollection photo.
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#DidYouKnow that the Coney Island Complex is the largest rapid transit yard in New York State? It regularly provides day to day maintenance to about 800 #NYCSubway cars including the R-68, R-68A and R-160 car types.
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#TodayinHistory: #OnThisDay in 1918, the Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue station opened on the BMT (then BRT) West End line. This #NYTMCollection photograph shows the station in 1951. When is the last time you took the #NYCSubway to Coney Island?
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#TodayinHistory: #OnThisDay in 2008, R-160 cars began service on the E line, giving #NYCsubway customers traveling between Jamaica Center, Queens and World Trade Center their first taste of New Technology Trains. Do you remember the first time you rode in an R-160?
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