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In a subway system as complex as New York City’s, there must be a way for trains to cross each other’s tracks without disrupting service. The Independent Subway System (IND) solved this problem by replacing grade-level crossings with what’s known as the flying junction or flyover system. The flying junction is an elevated crossover that allows trains to pass each other without stopping. Flying junctions are often compared to highway overpasses and can vary in levels of complexity.

This #NYTMCollection diagram shows an intricate flying junction at 53rd Street in Manhattan, where the IND’s 6th Avenue line crosses the Queens and Washington Heights routes.

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#TodayinHistory: #OnThisDay in 1950, the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, known today as the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel, opened with a ceremony officiated by Mayor William O’Dwyer. Connecting Red Hook in Brooklyn with Battery Park in Manhattan via the East River, the tunnel consists of twin tubes, each with two traffic lanes. It is the longest continuous underwater vehicular tunnel in all of North America with a length of 9,117. Operated by MTA Bridges and Tunnels, the tunnel is used by 28 express bus routes connecting Manhattan with Brooklyn or Staten Island.

Taken by MTA photographer Leonard Wiggins, this photo shows a rare view of the tunnel while closed to traffic. Do you use the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel on your commute?

#TodayinHistory: #OnThisDay in 1950, the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, Read More

Today is #WineDay! Carry your favorite bottle to the dinner party in subway-style with our chic transit totes and cheers to the #NYCSubway with a thermal cup that will keep your libations at the perfect temperature. Available now at nytransitmuseumstore.com.

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Happy birthday, Brooklyn Bridge! When the #BrooklynBridge opened on #OnThisDay in 1883, it was known as the New York and Brooklyn Bridge or the East River Bridge. It was the longest suspension bridge in the world at the time, and the first link between #Manhattan and #Brooklyn. While the Brooklyn Bridge is no longer served by mass transit, BMT elevated trains provided service via the Brooklyn Bridge from Sands Street in Brooklyn to Park Row in Lower Manhattan until 1944, and streetcars used the bridge until 1950.

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Built by the Clark Equipment Company from 1938 to 1940, the BMT Bluebird Compartment subway cars were designed to operate on both elevated and subway lines. One of the last BMT orders prior to the unification of the subway system, only one prototype (numbered 8000) and five production units (numbered 8000 – 8005) were built. An order of 50 more cars were cancelled by the Board of Transportation. The fleet featured a lightweight body design which allowed it to operate on the oldest elevated lines without advancements to the lines. In addition, its aluminum body allowed the fleet to run smoothly in subway tunnels that prohibited wooden bodied cars. For the majority of its service life, prototype 8000 ran on the Franklin Avenue Shuttle, while the rest of the cars served the BMT Canarsie, Brighton – Franklin Avenue, and Fourth Avenue lines.

This #NYTMCollection photograph depicts a BMT Compartment Bluebird with 57th Street – Manhattan route indicators in 1939. The BMT Bluebirds were the only cars built by Clark with a PCC design for the subway. They were retired and scrapped in the 1950s.

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While our focus may often be on our buses and trains, plenty of other vehicles have played key roles in NYC transit through the years. In this #NYTMCollection photograph from the Lundin Collection an interesting emergency vehicle is shown at the 39th Street Garage in Brooklyn.

If you'd like a sneak peek at some more weird and wacky transit vehicles, join us online TODAY at 3pm, when @MichaelHearst will be sharing highlights from his new book, and album, Unconventional Vehicles: Forty-five of the Strangest Cars, Trains, Planes, Submersibles, Dirigibles, and Rockets. All ages are welcome! RSVP now at nytransitmuseum.org/programs.

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The #NYTransitMuseum knows a thing or two about unconventional vehicles! Alfred E. Beach created one of our favorites, a stealthy pneumatic-powered subway that traversed just one city block! The invention preceded our current NYC subway system, running for a brief period in the 1870s.

Join us online THIS SATURDAY at 3pm to meet author @MichaelHearst, and see some other wild and wacky forms of transportation from his new book and album, Unconventional Vehicles: Forty-five of the Strangest Cars, Trains, Planes, Submersibles, Dirigibles, and Rockets. All ages welcome!

RSVP now at nytransitmuseum.org/programs.

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#TodayinHistory: #OnThisDay in 2004, the newly renovated Stillwell Avenue Terminal reopened, and F and Q train service returned to Coney Island after a 21-month hiatus during construction. The renovated terminal has several special features, including a 76,000 sq ft train shed with a photovoltaic roof and solar panels that generate 165 Kwh of electricity, accessible ramps and elevators, an open-deck steel viaduct to reduce the risk of water-related structural damage, and a 370-foot long glass-brick wall depicting the history of Coney Island by artist Robert Wilson.

#TransitTrivia Pop Quiz! This #NYTMCollection photograph documents the BMT West End line during platforms extensions at the Bay 50th Street station. What train-type with B route indicators is shown on the tracks?

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#DidYouKnow that before the electrification of cars in the early 1900s, steam locomotives had been providing mass transit within New York City for roughly 30 years? Operating on “elevated lines” above ground, steam engines pulled wooden coaches to service passengers across the city in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx.

This archival image from the #NYTMCollection, taken in the 1890s, shows four workers posing on a steam-powered engine for the 5th Avenue elevated line in Brooklyn.

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