Location
Brighton Beach Subway Station
Brooklyn, NY
Additional Information
Description
What: New York Transit Museum's Parade of Trains
When: Saturday, September 28th and Sunday, September 29th from 11am - 4pm
Where: Brighton Beach Subway Station (B/Q Express Platform) Brooklyn, NY 11235
Info: nytransitmuseum.org
Ride the rails in historic style at the New York Transit Museum’s 5th annual Parade of Trains on Saturday and Sunday, September 28th and 29th at Brighton Beach station! Shuttle through time by hopping on and off four different historic trains from the Museum’s vintage fleet, representing more than a century of New York City transportation history. Parade of Trains shuttle rides are free with subway entrance and will run continuously to and from the Brighton Beach station B/Q express platforms from 11am to 4pm.
Parade of Trains offers a chance for everyone to experience New York City transportation history firsthand. The Museum’s vintage cars reflect a time before automated voice announcements, air conditioning or bright fluorescent lighting. Guests can sit on the seats, hold onto the straps and handrails, read the vintage advertisements, and travel through time to the early days of New York’s public transportation system.
At Parade of Trains, visitors will have the chance to experience riding the oldest train cars in the Transit Museum’s fleet – the BRT Brooklyn Union Elevated cars! These wooden train cars were ordered in 1903 and 1907 by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company for its subsidiary, the Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad. Typical of the first motorized cars ordered after the BRT electrified its elevated lines in 1900, the car design featured a lightweight wooden body mounted on steel underframes. Known informally as “gate cars,” passengers entered and exited through open-air vestibules at the front and back of each car and a conductor manually opened and closed metal gates and rang a ceiling-mounted bell when passengers were safely on board to signal the motorman to proceed.
Stop by the Museum’s membership station at Parade of Trains to get a temporary transit tattoo and learn more about the New York Transit Museum! Museum membership includes special year-round perks – including free admission, discounted tickets to all Museum programs and tours, exclusive invitations to special programs and events, a 10% discount on all store purchases, and more. Become a member at the Parade of Trains membership table to receive a free New York Transit Member tote bag!