Fort Des Sables

Historical marker location:

Irondequoit, New York

( Marker is on Culver Road (County Route 120) east of Lake Bluff Road, on the left when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1959

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.