After brunch (see my post on Modern Love), I decided to adjust my plans because it was freezing cold today. I think the maximum I could stay outside was 15 minutes. I actually wanted to walk on the Brooklyn side Williamsburg Bridge pedestrian walkway to the Lower East Side in Manhattan, which wasn't impossible, but I hadn't wore layers. Probably in this weather heat warmers wouldn't hurt either. I did a quick search of things to do near me, and recognized the New York Transit Museum. I had previously looked this up and had thought it would be nice to visit it. I took the G train to Church St. and got off at the Hoyt–Schermerhorn station. It was less than a 10 minute walk on Schermerhorn St. to the museum and I arrived!
The musuem entrance fee was $10 for adults, which was very reasonable. You will need the whole day to visit it. I was there for 3 hours. The museum was absolutely amazing! I'm glad I went to it towards the end of my trip, because I have now been riding the subways and buses for almost two months, so I understood the exhibits a lot better.
There was a section explaining how and when the underground subway tunnels were built. I became more appreciative of the underground subway lines and how amazing the architecture and construction of it is.
There was also a lot about New York City's history regarding public transport and how the underground subway reduced congestion. It's amazing to learn that New York City is one of the world's largest public transportation systems in the world and it also has the highest rate of public transportation use in the US. I learned so much today!
They also had an art exhibition from Pure Vision Arts whose artists have intellectual and developmental disabilities. They also had sections on artwork in the stations. After reading about it, I also recognized the art style of the stations from when I rode it, such as Delancey-Essex, when I was going through the exhibit and it had a section on how the stations were designed 100 years ago.
The museum also had turned Court Station into the museum, so there is a huge exhibit on the tracks with train cars and informational boards on the station. This part of the museum was downstairs on the platform. It was so cool to see the evolution of the train cars. The traincar with orange and beidge seats reminds me of the Broad Street Line in Philadelphia. I didn't take pictures of the informational boards on the tracks, but I learned so much reading it.
I also recognized all the lines that I had used on the maps in multiple exhibits, which was cool. I did take the 4 recently, and the image below is an older version of the 4 train.
I also enjoyed the museum's gift store and got a few souvenirs.
I did go to Next Stop Vegan for a late afternoon snack, which was only a block away from the museum, and is a wonderful lunch option if you are visiting the museum. I will be going back there for lunch, as I couldn't eat much at 4pm, and will write about it then. To go back home, I took the A train towards Far Rockaway from Jay St - MetroTech station to Broadway Junction, and then transferred to the J train towards Jamaica Ctr and got off 75th-Elderts. The photos below are from when I was walking to the Jay St - MetroTech station in downtown Brooklyn.
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