New York Transit Museum

NEW YORK TRANSIT MUSEUM

Boerum Place & Schermerhorn Street
Brooklyn, NY 

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Thu–Sun 10 am–4 pm

$10/adults, $5/ages 2-18 & 62+

Housed underground in an authentic 1936 subway station in Downtown Brooklyn, this toddler’s dream hosts a working platform level spanning a full city block with a rotating selection of twenty vintage subway and elevated cars dating back to 1907. Board vintage cars, sit at the wheel of a city bus, step through a time tunnel of turnstiles, and explore changing exhibits that highlight the cultural, social and technological history – and future – of mass transit.

Housed underground in an authentic 1936 subway station in Downtown Brooklyn, this train-lover’s dream hosts a working platform level spanning a full city block.

🚌 Board vintage cars, sit at the wheel of a city bus, work a subway counter and more interactive fun in On the Streets: New York’s Trolleys and Buses.

🚊 Explore a rotating selection of twenty vintage subway and elevated cars dating back to 190 on a working platform spanning a full city block.

🪙 In Ticket to Ride, see and touch different types of fare collection equipment such as turnstiles and fare boxes, get a sense the colossal process of fare collection, and see some of the people who make sure the money goes where it’s supposed to go.

📱 There is no cell phone service in the Museum. If you plan to visit with others, coordinate in advance and enter together.

👶 This historic site does not have an elevator; travel light or be prepared to carry strollers down multiple flights of stairs. If someone in the groups needs to use the accessible entrance, email access@nytransitmuseum.org in advance.

🥵 While a few of the exhibits on the mezzanine have air conditioning and heat, most of the Museum (including the entire platform level with the historic trains), does not have climate control.