The 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.

Aug 10, 2025 · Should you be unable to attend the program on the date you reserved, the full price of unused tickets may be treated as a donation to the Transit Museum and is tax …

What better way to explore transit history than by experiencing it firsthand? Throughout the year, the New York Transit Museum offers special opportunities to ride our beloved vintage fleet of …

Meet the Bluebirds and Redbirds, the most iconic cars in the Museum's IRT fleet!

With rattan seats, paddle ceiling fans, incandescent light bulbs, roll signs, and period advertisements, these are the very cars that inspired Billy Strayhorn’s “Take the A Train.” …

Each year, the Gala brings together supporters from across New York—including transit enthusiasts, civic leaders, and longtime champions of the Museum—for a festive evening …

Oct 27, 2023 · Featured collections on the homepage provide easy access to subway construction photographs and popular New York Transit Museum Collections such as the …

Join the Transit Museum for a fun family program! We invite children with developmental disabilities or autism and their families to join us for transit-themed activities, performances, …

A one-of-a-kind experience, the New York Transit Museum is housed in a decommissioned subway station at 99 Schermerhorn St in Brooklyn, and is accessible via more than 20 subway …

In order to get the tunnels in service quickly, they were reconfigured for rapid transit by removing the catenary wire and trolley wayside equipment. One thing that could not be changed quickly …