Odetta

Historical marker location:

1270 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York

( Marker is at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and East 108th Street, on the left when traveling south on Fifth Avenue.)

Dec. 31, 1930 - Dec. 2, 2008. 1270 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan.

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.