Parrot Rifle

Historical marker location:

Freeport, New York

( Marker is at the intersection of Sunrise Highway (State Highway 27) and Madison Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Sunrise Highway.)

Marker installed: 1999

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.