Lituanica

Historical marker location:

Brooklyn, New York

( Marker is at the intersection of Flatbush Avenue and Aviation Road, on the left when traveling north on Flatbush Avenue.)

Marker installed: 2013

First trans-Atlantic flight by Lithuanians.

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.