"The Brick Pond"

Historical marker location:

Gaines, New York

( Marker is on Oak Orchard Road (New York State Route 98) ¾ mile south of Ridge Road West (New York State Route 104), on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 2001

Brickyard.

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.