Broad Spring

Historical marker location:

Bethpage, New York

( Marker is at the intersection of Merrits Road and Quaker Meeting House Road, on the left when traveling south on Merrits Road.)

Marker installed: 1932

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.