The Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT) was founded 100 years ago, on June 15, 1923, and New Yorkers gathered in Brooklyn to celebrate by riding on a train that was even older and had seen ...
The first Manhattan-to-Coney Island subway ride took place 100 years ago this week, as a train left Chambers Street, crossed the East River on the Manhattan Bridge, and headed south along 4th Avenue, ...