Daniel Penfield

Historical marker location:

1820 Penfield Road, Penfield, New York

( Marker is at the intersection of Penfield Road (New York State Route 441) and Five Mile Line Road, on the right when traveling west on Penfield Road.)

Marker installed: 2010

Town Founder.

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.