Sunday, September 23rd 11am – 6pm
Travel back in time at The New York Transit Museum’s annual Bus Festival. Step aboard more than a dozen buses from the Museum’s vintage fleet representing more than 80 years of New York City surface transit history. Some of this year’s “special guests” include:
– Betsy– A Fifth Avenue Coach Company double decker bus that ran in Manhattan from 1931 until 1956.
–Bus 3100 – A Fifth Avenue Coach line that debuted in 1956, one of the first air-conditioned transit buses nationwide.
While you’re at the Festival, make sure to spend time in the museum. The New York Transit Museum is dedicated to telling and preserving the stories of mass transportation. Housed in an authentic 1936 subway station in Downtown Brooklyn, The Transit Museum spans a full city block and is home to a rotating selection of 20 vintage subway and elevated cars dating back to 1907. Sit at the wheel of a city bus, step through a time tunnel of turnstiles and explore exhibits that highlight the cultural, social and technological history – and future – of mass transit.
The New York Transit Museum is located in Downtown Brooklyn at the corner of Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Street, accessible by over 20 bus and subway lines. http://nytransitmuseum.org