The New York Transit Museum is launching a city-wide scavenger hunt to celebrate its 50th anniversary
New York City's transit system may be 121 years old, but its biggest cheerleader is a spry 50. The New York Transit Museum will mark its golden anniversary with a yearlong slate of events, from vintage train rides to a city-spanning scavenger hunt, celebrating the system that keeps New York moving (usually).
Initially intended as a temporary Bicentennial exhibition in a decommissioned 1936 subway station, the Downtown Brooklyn museum has grown into the largest in North America dedicated to mass transit, housing more than 1 million artifacts. Its anniversary programming kicks off April 18 with a members-only Nostalgia Ride aboard century-old BMT Standard cars.
Families can join in on May 17 for Party on Wheels, a kid-friendly fundraiser complete with vintage train rides, art activities and birthday cake inside the museum’s historic station home.
One of the biggest draws of the year-long festivities arrives June 1, when a new app launches a five-borough scavenger hunt to 50 transit-related sites, from subway stations to bridges and tunnels. Along the way, unlock trivia and little-known facts, effectively turning the entire city into an interactive museum until it concludes November 1.
The fan favorite Parade of Trains returns June 6 and 7, with a rotating fleet of vintage cars traveling the Brighton Line between Brighton Beach and Kings Highway. Even better, they're available to anyone with the fare, making it one of the most accessible ways to experience transit history in motion.
At the museum itself, a new exhibition opening June 17 dives into the quirks and characters of the system’s past, spotlighting everything from ambitious engineering proposals to singing bus drivers. Programming continues with Fourth of July weekend shuttle rides reviving the long-defunct HH line, once a short connector between Court Street and Hoyt–Schermerhorn.
The celebration extends into the fall with the September 26 Vinyl Nights, a one-night-only fundraiser that takes revelers back to 1976 for an evening of disco, funk and hip-hop.
“Fifty years since opening, the Transit Museum has claimed its place as a New York destination,” said MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber in a statement. “New Yorkers of all ages are passionate about transit, and they deserve a place where they can participate in the City’s ongoing romance with our system.”
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