New York Transit Museum
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🚂 Train · Brooklyn
2 hours · $$ · No reservation needed
- 🚇About 25 min by subway or carFrom Midtown · Getting there: Subway 2/3/4/5 to Borough Hall or A/C/F/R to Jay St, then a 5-minute walk
- 🎒Carrier recommendedTerrain isn't stroller-friendly; a carrier is easier
- 🌳Lots of shadeRain-OK · Handles heat
- ⏱️Typical visit: 2 hoursBest seasons: Winter · Fall · Spring · Summer
A museum inside a decommissioned 1936 subway station, with twenty real subway cars from 1907 to the 1970s parked on the platform; climb on and off, sit in the rattan seats, hang from the straps, and upstairs kids can sit in a bus driver's seat and turn the wheel.
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