Here's a taste of what we have planned for our big birthday:
📱 Official Transit Museum App
🎬 #50SecretsofTransit Video Series
🎟️ Members-Only Nostalgia Ride
🔎 New exhibit: 50 Years of Stories
🚇 #ParadeofTrains 2026
🚂 Anniversary Weekend Shuttle Rides
🪩 70s Dance Party: Vinyl Nights - “Return to ’76”

Home - New York Transit Museum The New York Transit Museum is a unique museum devoted to the impact of public transportation on the growth and development of the New York metropolitan region.

See the R11 model at our "The Subway Is..." exhibit, on view now at the Museum in Downtown Brooklyn. We are open Wednesday - Sunday, 10am - 4pm. Plan your visit at nytransitmuseum.org/visit.

Did you get a chance to ride the R11 at #ParadeofTrains earlier this month?

Brooklyn, New York - New York Transit Museum - Parade of Trains 2025

Video link...
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Doug is operating our Train of Many Metals (T.O.M.M.) today! He took a few minutes before heading to Kings Highway to tell us about why he loves #paradeoftrains and the R10. Many thanks to our wonderful crew from @mta NYCT who maintain and operate these vintage gems! Did you ride with Doug today?

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Roll call!
Here’s what’s here today:
✅ BU Gate Cars
✅ BMT Standards
✅ Train of Many Metals (R10, R11, R16, R32)

#ParadeofTrains

Are you ready for #ParadeofTrains?! Join us from 11am to 4pm today and tomorrow at Brighton Beach and Kings Highway on the B/Q line for a weekend of free vintage train rides. Follow along on our Bluesky, Instagram and Facebook pages for a look at the event, Transit Trivia quizzes, and more!

New York Transit Museum logo sign on the back of a BU car.

An MTA worker helps make sure riders are safely inside.

Exterior shot of the original elevated Brooklyn Union cars.

Interior of a Brooklyn Union elevated car from the early 1900s.

#MeetTheTrains: Tomorrow and Sunday at #ParadeofTrains, catch a ride on historic wooden BRT Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad cars! Don’t miss your chance to step aboard these time-traveling treasures for just the cost of your subway fare! Learn more at nytransitmuseum.org/paradeoftrains2025.

🤘🤘🤘 The Train of Many Metals (TOMM) returns this weekend to #ParadeofTrains!! Join us Saturday and Sunday, 11am - 4pm, at the Brighton Beach station or Kings Highway station on the BMT Brighton Line (B/Q). Admission is FREE with a MetroCard swipe/OMNY tap! More at nytransitmuseum.org/nostalgiarides.

#MeetTheTrains: At #ParadeofTrains this Saturday and Sunday, you can take a ride on historic BMT Standard cars! These cars were part of the #NYCSubway system from 1914 to 1969. Learn more at nytransitmuseum.org/program/paradeoftrains2025.

#MeetTheTrains: Travel ride back in time on historic R-1/9 cars next weekend, Saturday June 7th and Sunday, June 8th, at #ParadeofTrains! Learn more at nytransitmuseum.org/paradeoftrains2025.