The New York Transit Museum shows
historical relics of the New York City Subway, bus, commuter rail, and bridge
and tunnel systems under the administration of the Metropolitan Transportation
Authority (MTA). The main Museum is situated in the decommissioned Court Street
subway station in Downtown Brooklyn and Brooklyn Heights in the New York City
borough of Brooklyn. There is a smaller sized satellite Museum Annex in Grand
Central Terminal in the midtown area of Manhattan.
Court Street was designed as a terminus for
local trains of the IND Fulton Street Line and launched on April 9, 1936, along
with a long section of the Fulton Street Line and the Rutgers Street Tunnel.
The station has one center island platform with two tracks. The tracks finish
at fender blocks just beyond the west end of the platform. A tile band of
Aquamarine with a Cerulean Blue boundary is set in a course two tiles high, as
is the situation at most local stations.
The station summarized the IND service
theory which particular that local trains should operate within individual
boroughs where possible, and offer moves to express trains which would be
through directed between the boroughs. Court Street was to be the northern
terminal of the HH Fulton Street Local, which would operate south to Euclid
Avenue. In addition, one of the substitute plans for the Second Avenue Subway
would have involved a southern extension to Brooklyn, attaching into the stub
at Court Street to support through service from Manhattan.
How to reach ?
By Subway
2 subway,3 subway,4 subway,5 subway
to Borough Hall, R subway to Court Street,
A subway,C subway,G subway to Hoyt-Schermerhorn Street,A subway,C subway,F
subway,R subway to Jay Street/MetroTech.
Weekdays rush hours only
By Bus
B25, B26, B38, B41, B45, B52, B54, B57,
B61, B62, B63, B65, B67, B103 all stop within 1 to 2 blocks of the museum.
By Car
From Manhattan: take the Brooklyn Bridge,
proceed straight on to Adams Street. Adams will become Boerum Place. Go two
blocks to chermerhorn Street.
New York Transit Museum Hours
Tuesday – Friday : 10.00 am to 04.00 pm
Saturday – Sunday : 11.00 am to 05.00 pm
Closed : Mondays, major holidays and for
special events
New York Transit Museum Tickets
Adults : $7
Children 2 – 17 years of age : $5
Senior Citizens (62+) : $5 - Free
Wednesdays
Museum members : Free
Children under the age of 17 must be
accompanied by an adult
New York Transit Museum Location
Boerum Pl & Schermerhorn Street,
Brooklyn, NY 11201.
Phone Number : +1 718-694-1600
Website : New York Transit Museum
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