Have you visited our new exhibit “The Subway Is...” yet? It was named “Best Exhibition of 2024” by @timeoutnewyork! Using images and objects from the #NYTMCollection, the exhibit explores some of the endless ways to complete the sentence, “The Subway Is…” Curator Jodi Shapiro tells us about one of her favorite items from the exhibit: a 1960s rules poster from the New York City Transit Authority, created and illustrated by artist Amelia “Oppy” Opdyke Jones. “The Subway Is...” is now on view at th

😍 Here you can step into the subway cars throughout NYC history! In the New York Transit Museum in Downtown Brooklyn, which is open to the public. Curator Jodi Shapiro gives us an inside look. | Urbanist Ariel

🚇 The New York Subway – The Beating Heart Beneath the City 🗽 Deep under the streets of New York lies one of the most iconic transit systems in the world — the legendary New York City Subway. A place where history, hustle, and humanity all flow together through 472 stations, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. From the moment it opened in 1904, this incredible underground world transformed life in the city that never sleeps. Its tunnels carried immigrants to new beginnings, workers to booming indust