Historical Marker
Bayard Rustin
Historical marker location:
Ralph Bunche Park, New York, New York
( Marker is at the intersection of East 42nd Street and First Avenue, on the left when traveling east on East 42nd Street.)
Marker installed: 1989
March 17, 1912 - August 24, 1987.
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.