Historical Marker
Poor House
Historical marker location:
11001 Bethany Center Road, Bethany, New York
( Marker is on Bethany Center Road, 0.1 miles south of Raymond Road (County Route 49), on the right when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 2013
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.