Jacob Van Aernam

Historical marker location:

871 Altamont-Voorheesville Road, Guilderland, New York

( Marker is on Altamont-Voorheesville Road (New York State Route 156) 0.4 miles north of Brandle Road, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1954

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.