Catskill Mountains

Historical marker location:

Hannacroix, New York

( Marker can be reached from New York Thruway (U.S. 87), on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1968

Historic New York.

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.