MTA Celebrates 100 years of Brooklyn’s complete subway line
It was a day 100 years in the making, as New York City Transit (NYCT)went back to the future at the New York Transit Museum on Monday, June 23, where the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) celebrated the centennial anniversary of Brooklyn’s first subway line, the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation’s (BMT) Fourth Avenue Line.
To mark the occasion, guests were on hand at the museum, along with NYCT President Carmen Bianco, Transit Museum President Gabrielle Shubert and engineer historian Joe Cunningham.
“Today we celebrate the originality, innovation and creativity of the BMT,” said Bianco. “The company’s illustrious past remains a vital part of New York City Transit.”