Dedicated 1975

Historical marker location:

59 Lake Shore Drive West, Dunkirk, New York

( Memorial is on Lake Shore Drive West (New York State Route 5) west of Swan Street, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1975

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.