Ephemeral New York is a site that seeks to chronicle "an ever-changing city through faded and forgotten artifacts." In a recent post, the site shows a vintage postcard showing a colorized…
Train enthusiast Dj Hammers got a chance to film the entire length of a subway line, as seen by the conductor through the front window of the train. It's a fantastic look at the tunnels, and…
Opened in 1880 as the New York, Woodhaven and Rockaway Railroad, the line originally operated as a steam railroad at street grade. It was sold to the owner of the LIRR in 1887, and was…
When it opened in 1913, Staten Island's Sea View Hospital was celebrated as the "largest and finest hospital ever built" for tuberculosis patients, and by a city official as "vast,…
Gotham Whale is a Staten Island based non-profit organization that seeks to "study, advocate for, and educate about the whales and marine mammals of New York City, through Citizen Science."…
Local transit historian and railfan Dj Hammers makes tons of great videos showing how subway transit works and runs in the City. In this great 10 minute time lapse video, see what the J…
The New York City Subway is over a century and a decade old, so there is no doubt that the entire system has stations that are either open but have closed off platforms, or stations that are…
Public transit can be extremely valuable for a city’s economy - in New York City 85% of the people who travel into the business district below 61st Street take some form of public…
The 6 train, also known as the Lexington Avenue local line, is a subway route in New York City that runs from Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx to Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall in lower Manhattan.…
