🚨 Attention, #NYTransitMuseum members! Are you ready? Tickets for our next round of behind-the-scenes tours and excursions go on sale exclusively to Museum members TODAY at 10am ET. This includes our very popular "Jewel in the Crown: Old City Hall Station" tour!

💋 An unlikely beauty pageant breaks the mold in secret no. 23. #50SecretsofTransit celebrates the #NYTransitMuseum's 50th anniversary. Join us as we pull back the curtain on New York's transportation system, revealing hidden spaces, untold stories, and the people who keep our city moving.

⛱️ On Sunday, August 16, we're celebrating 70 years of the IND Rockaway Line! Grab a seat on a beach-bound vintage R10, R16, or R32 subway car and ride out to the Rockaways in style. Purchase tickets at nytransitmuseum.org/rockaways2026.

#MetroCardMonday: In 2017, artist #BarbaraKruger was commissioned to create two MetroCards as part of the Performa Biennial. The MetroCards were one of several works by Kruger appearing around #NYC.

#SurfaceSunday: Manufactured by the Flxible Corporation in 1969, Bus 4719 was assigned to the former Coliseum Bus Depot. It was modeled IIICC-D51, operated by MaBSTOA (Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority), and was delivered in green and silver colors.

Recognize this station? #TodayinHistory: #OnThisDay in 1908, the Van Cortlandt Park–242 Street station opened on the IRT Broadway—Seventh Avenue Line.

This 1955 #NYTMCollection photograph shows Manhattan’s Third Avenue at 41 Street. The camera’s angle allows for both a view of the street level and the Third Avenue Elevated line above, including a train heading downtown. The El’s 42 Street station is also visible in the background.

🙃 Everything's flipped in secret no. 22. #50SecretsofTransit celebrates the 50th anniversary of the #NYTransitMuseum. Join us as we pull back the curtain like never before on New York's transportation system, revealing hidden spaces, untold stories, and the people who keep our city moving.

🟢 🔴 🟡 This 1990s #NYTMCollection poster explains the meanings of different colors of #NYCsubway station entrance globes. First introduced in the 1980s, color-coded globes were meant to communicate which entrances were open and had a token booth attendant on site.

Do you ride the Franklin Avenue Shuttle? #DidYouKnow there used to be a Dean Street station on the line? Underutilized throughout its history, Dean Street didn't make the cut when the Franklin Avenue Shuttle line was rehabilitated in 1998-99.

#TodayinHistory: #OnThisDay in 1960, trolley buses made their final run on five #Brooklyn routes. These trolley bus lines, also known as trackless trolley coaches, were electrically powered via overhead lines, but did not run on tracks.

🐀 Bobby's back for secret no. 21, revealing how the @MTA.info keeps the rats away. #50SecretsofTransit celebrates the 50th anniversary of the #NYTransitMuseum. Join us as we pull back the curtain like never before on New York's transportation system.

#OnThisDay in 1953, the iconic subway token was born. Why did the subway system suddenly need tokens? In 1953, the fare rose to 15 cents. Prior to then, turnstiles had accepted dimes for the 10 cent fare.

Happy #NationalCousinsDay! If you've taken a Nostalgia Ride with the #NYTransitMuseum, you may have met one or both of the Razas. These cousins have been working together at @mta.info New York City Transit, and with the Museum, for many years. Did you see them at Parade of Trains on June 6 and 7?

#TodayinHistory: #OnThisDay in 1965, the last BMT D-Type Triplex cars were retired. They made their final run on the BMT West End line during the morning rush hour. These #NYTMCollection photographs show a train of D-Type Triplex cars on a 1976 fan trip.

#TodayInHistory: #OnThisDay in 1966, the New York Central Railroad broke the American rail speed record with its experimental M-497 railcar. Nicknamed the “Black Beetle,” the M-497 was a marvel of engineering. It was able to reach a speed of 183.68 mph, becoming America’s first high-speed train.

#ThenAndNow: This #NYTMCollection photograph from the 1930s shows trolley number 8207 on the Nostrand Avenue line in #Brooklyn. The trolley is seen between Maple and Midwood Streets on Nostrand Avenue in the neighborhood known today as #LeffertsGardens or Little Caribbean.

🌀 A portal to old New York is revealed in secret no. 20. #50SecretsofTransit celebrates the 50th anniversary of the #NYTransitMuseum. Join us as we pull back the curtain like never before on New York's transportation system, revealing hidden spaces and untold stories.

#MysteryMonday: Have you ever passed by this unusual building on Furman Street in Columbia Heights/DUMBO, #Brooklyn? You may not know that it is an important part of our #NYCsubway infrastructure.

☎️ These #NYTMCollection photographs from 1928 show the interior of the System Operator’s office at the IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit Company)’s 59th Street Powerhouse in #Manhattan. The operator is shown at his desk with an extensive telephone system, Weston wattmeters, and alarm bells.

#ObjectSpotlight on this 1973 car card that encouraged New Yorkers to visit Fort Hamilton Park, and to reach it by subway. The image highlights the beautiful view of New York’s harbor that can been seen from the waterside parks and playgrounds on the #Brooklyn side of the #VerrazzanoBridge.

Happy #NationalTattooDay! Do you have any iconic #NYC body art on you? Our new exhibit “Ode to the Orange Seats” features work by tattoo artist Joshua Franklin. His designs are also available for sale in our store on socks and sleeves!

#ThenAndNow: This #NYTMCollection photograph shows the High Bridge in 1912. Built to carry water from the Old Croton Aqueduct into the city, the High Bridge opened in 1848 and still stands today. It is the oldest surviving bridge in #NYC.

🚪 A door to a lost world. #50SecretsofTransit secret no. 19 lets you peek behind it. #50SecretsofTransit celebrates the 50th anniversary of the #NYTransitMuseum. Join us as we pull back the curtain on New York's transportation system.

Do you recognize this #NYC landmark? Situated at the intersection of Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue between 71 and 72 Streets, and designed by Heins & LaFarge in the Flemish Renaissance style, this building received official landmark status from NYC Landmarks in 1979.

#TransitTrivia: 🎬 The #NYCsubway is featured in the film “Ghost,” which was released #OnThisDay in 1990. As the ghost of Sam Wheat (Patrick Swayze) follows his killer seeking answers, he leaps and floats through various subway cars and across moving trains.

🚌 #SurfaceSunday: This 1941 #NYTMCollection photograph shows the first-ever run of the B25 bus in #Brooklyn. Prior to the bus line’s arrival, the route had been covered by a streetcar, known as the Fulton Street Line.

#OnThisDay in 1936, the Triborough Bridge (known today as the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge) opened. True to its original name, the Triborough Bridge succeeded in linking three boroughs: the #Bronx, #Manhattan, and #Queens. It is actually made up of three separate bridges connected by elevated viaducts.

#TodayInHistory: #OnThisDay in 2000, the R142 entered revenue service testing in the #NYCsubway.

Phone cards are so 1994. ☎️ Secret no. 18 is calling. #50SecretsofTransit celebrates the 50th anniversary of the #NYTransitMuseum. Join us as we pull back the curtain on New York's transportation system.