Fort Orange

Historical marker location:

351 Broadway, Albany, New York

( Marker is at the intersection of Broadway (New York State Route 5) and Frontage Road, on the left when traveling south on Broadway.)

Marker installed: 2016

Built in 1624.

The New York City subway system, which opened in 1904, was the first rapid transit system in the world. The original line ran from City Hall to 145th Street in Harlem.