• Jewel in the Crown: Old City Hall Station

    With exclusive access through the Transit Museum, explore the elegant chandeliers, leaded skylights, vaulted tile ceiling, and graceful curves of this decommissioned subway station. The tour begins above ground, where you’ll learn the fascinating history of the Beach Pneumatic Tube and the development of City Hall. Then, head downstairs and be transported back to 1904, a time when the Subway’s opening and the completion of this station marked a moment of great civic pride.

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  • Jewel in the Crown: Old City Hall Station

    With exclusive access through the Transit Museum, explore the elegant chandeliers, leaded skylights, vaulted tile ceiling, and graceful curves of this decommissioned subway station. The tour begins above ground, where you’ll learn the fascinating history of the Beach Pneumatic Tube and the development of City Hall. Then, head downstairs and be transported back to 1904, a time when the Subway’s opening and the completion of this station marked a moment of great civic pride.

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  • Jewel in the Crown: Old City Hall Station

    With exclusive access through the Transit Museum, explore the elegant chandeliers, leaded skylights, vaulted tile ceiling, and graceful curves of this decommissioned subway station. The tour begins above ground, where you’ll learn the fascinating history of the Beach Pneumatic Tube and the development of City Hall. Then, head downstairs and be transported back to 1904, a time when the Subway’s opening and the completion of this station marked a moment of great civic pride.

    Sold Out!
  • Jewel in the Crown: Old City Hall Station

    With exclusive access through the Transit Museum, explore the elegant chandeliers, leaded skylights, vaulted tile ceiling, and graceful curves of this decommissioned subway station. The tour begins above ground, where you’ll learn the fascinating history of the Beach Pneumatic Tube and the development of City Hall. Then, head downstairs and be transported back to 1904, a time when the Subway’s opening and the completion of this station marked a moment of great civic pride.

    Sold Out!
  • Jewel in the Crown: Old City Hall Station

    With exclusive access through the Transit Museum, explore the elegant chandeliers, leaded skylights, vaulted tile ceiling, and graceful curves of this decommissioned subway station. The tour begins above ground, where you’ll learn the fascinating history of the Beach Pneumatic Tube and the development of City Hall. Then, head downstairs and be transported back to 1904, a time when the Subway’s opening and the completion of this station marked a moment of great civic pride.

    Sold Out!
  • Jewel in the Crown: Old City Hall Station

    With exclusive access through the Transit Museum, explore the elegant chandeliers, leaded skylights, vaulted tile ceiling, and graceful curves of this decommissioned subway station. The tour begins above ground, where you’ll learn the fascinating history of the Beach Pneumatic Tube and the development of City Hall. Then, head downstairs and be transported back to 1904, a time when the Subway’s opening and the completion of this station marked a moment of great civic pride.

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  • New York City Transit: Jamaica Yard Tour

    Serving the IND Queens Boulevard Line since it opened in 1936, Jamaica Yard currently serves more subway cars than any other yard in New York City. The area, originally swampland, has had many uses over time: during the American Revolution, it was occupied by British troops; a pumping station was on the site before it was turned over to the Board of Transportation; and the temporary World’s Fair Railroad passed through it in 1939-40. In 1965, car-washing machines were installed at the yard, and today’s R42 and R160 cars assigned to the E, F, and R lines receive car wash, interior cleaning, grease, and minor repair services here. Join Superintendent Vito Oliveri on this special Members-Only tour of Jamaica Yard to learn about the services performed here and plans for the yard in the future.

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  • Crosstown Centennial: The 42nd Street Shuttle

    On August 1, 1918, the subway tracks running between Times Square and Grand Central Terminal — part of the original subway line to serve New York City — were established as a shuttle to carry travelers between the two transit hubs; the next day, the shuttle had to be temporarily closed due to severe overcrowding. Since then, the 42nd Street Shuttle has been overhauled and its stations partly rebuilt, but it remains the major crosstown link in Midtown Manhattan. Join historian Joe Cunningham to explore a short subway line with a long history, and to learn about 100 years of transportation planning and technological innovation.

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  • Transit Walk: Roosevelt Island

    With the Roosevelt Island Tramway above it, the IND 63rd Street line below it, and NYC Ferry docking on its shores, Roosevelt Island today has no shortage of transportation options. Join Senior Museum Educator Katherine Reeves to explore the island formerly known as Welfare Island and to understand the ways its location and access points have influenced its development and the role it has played in New York City history.

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    $25 – $30
  • Underground Art: On Display in the Subway

    The New York City subway system’s 400-plus stations make it the largest in the world; with hundreds of art installations scattered throughout those stations, it’s also one of the world’s largest public art galleries. Join guide Justin Rivers on a journey through time and space, telling the story of the NYC commuter — from Roy Lichtenstein's subway rocket to the future down to Robert Fulton’s first steam ferry  — all told through the art we pass in the transit system every day.

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    $35 – $40
  • New York City Transit: Jamaica Yard Tour

    Serving the IND Queens Boulevard Line since it opened in 1936, Jamaica Yard currently serves more subway cars than any other yard in New York City. The area, originally swampland, has had many uses over time: during the American Revolution, it was occupied by British troops; a pumping station was on the site before it was turned over to the Board of Transportation; and the temporary World’s Fair Railroad passed through it in 1939-40. In 1965, car-washing machines were installed at the yard, and today’s R42 and R160 cars assigned to the E, F, and R lines receive car wash, interior cleaning, grease, and minor repair services here. Join Superintendent Vito Oliveri on this special Members-Only tour of Jamaica Yard to learn about the services performed here and plans for the yard in the future.

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  • Transit Walk: Malbone Street

    At 6:42 pm on November 1, 1918, a train of cars in a tunnel below Brooklyn’s Malbone Street derailed after its inexperienced operator took a curve meant to be traveled at 6 mph at more than 30. Join Senior Museum Educator Katherine Reeves to explore the neighborhood where the Malbone Street Wreck occurred, learn what contributed to the accident, and understand the far-reaching impacts of the deadliest subway accident in New York City history.

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    $25 – $30
  • Jewel in the Crown: Old City Hall Station

    With exclusive access through the Transit Museum, explore the elegant chandeliers, leaded skylights, vaulted tile ceiling, and graceful curves of this decommissioned subway station. The tour begins above ground, where you’ll learn the fascinating history of the Beach Pneumatic Tube and the development of City Hall. Then, head downstairs and be transported back to 1904, a time when the Subway’s opening and the completion of this station marked a moment of great civic pride.

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  • Old Prospect Park Substation and the Malbone Street Switch

    Old Prospect Park Substation was constructed at the turn of the 20th century to provide power for local trolleys, the Brighton Line, and today’s Franklin Avenue Shuttle Line. Join long-time Museum guide and historian Robert W. Lobenstein, former General Superintendent for Power Systems at New York City Transit, to tour what is now known as the Flatbush-Empire Substation and see the original rotary converters, the modern power controls alongside them, and the switch that restored power to the tracks at the site of the Malbone Street wreck.

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  • Jewel in the Crown: Old City Hall Station

    With exclusive access through the Transit Museum, explore the elegant chandeliers, leaded skylights, vaulted tile ceiling, and graceful curves of this decommissioned subway station. The tour begins above ground, where you’ll learn the fascinating history of the Beach Pneumatic Tube and the development of City Hall. Then, head downstairs and be transported back to 1904, a time when the Subway’s opening and the completion of this station marked a moment of great civic pride.

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  • World War I in the Bronx: Van Cortlandt Park

    In 1917, soldiers, sailors and Marines departed New York City for France to fight in World War I. Before they deployed, some participated in training exercises at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, with patriotic New Yorkers gathering at the Parade Ground to observe the activities. Explore key World War I sites in Van Cortlandt Park with historian Vivian Davis of The Bronx County Historical Society, and learn more about New York City’s role in World War I on this walking tour.

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    $35 – $40