Transit Gift Shop Reviews

Excellent transit museum. Great place for kids birthday parties.

Its such a great museum! It closes at 4 so plan accordingly. The staff is friendly and helped us with all our questions and even walked us around a bit.

Very nice museum on the history of the New York subway. It sits in an old disused subway station in Brooklyn. The price is affordable and it is very fun for children and very well explained, you also have the chance to go to an old platform and get on old wagons. I recommend it to everyone it's worth the detour

This was a great find. Very interesting photos and information about the construction of the New York subway and the conditions for the workers. The museum itself is in an old subway station. Great exhibit on subway and city maps over the years. Don't miss it, downstairs is a collection of old trains throughout the years, and even more interesting the subway ads of the times. And an excellent gift shop for unique souvenirs. Reasonably priced.

Great museum, the platform filled with subway carriages is amazing

So much fun learning about the history of the NYC Transit - the best part by far was getting to walk through the old subway cars! So fascinating!! Oh and make sure to read the advertisements in the old subway cars

A great value, a hidden treasure for history or train aficionados. Impressive amount of old subway cars in an actual subway station closed to transit.

Five stars if you're a train fan or a parent with young kids. For the kids there are hands on displays (be the bus driver, drive a train simulator- when available) and activities. The best part is the lower platform with restored subway cars through the ages.

I ride the subway everyday and this museum really makes you wonder how amazing nyc is. The museum is located in a old station with dozens of historical trains lined up. I recommend

Great place, fun for kids and adults, not expensive

Provides a historical insight into the subway system.

Much larger than we had expected. Showed a good overview of the history of NY transit

If you go, do it on your own. Do not plan a class trip as they are very unhelpful and unwilling.

The best part is the trains downstairs in the old station. Make sure to check out the old ads down there as well.

Very cool place!

A story you can touch.
A lot of interesting things from an engineering point of view.

There are children's entertainment and educational activities.
A subway-style toilet (much cleaner and better than real subway toilets) and a drinker.

Price - $ 10 per adult, counting hours at 2 minimum.

Great place for train nerds. Check out the advertisements in the train cars. Fun place to take kids. Museum membership has a lot of benefits.

Great to take photos, bring your family here. There's a gift shop also. No a.c so it pretty hot recommend wearing light clothing.

Above expectations! Me and my fam really enjoyed our visit to the NY transit museum.

Great museum for all ages. However, I went for toddler Time age 2-5 and the website shows activities that wasn't done. What was done was reading 3 books, singing one song, and getting an old metro card to see how it is to go through turnstile. No real socialization as they show on their website. Very disappointed I could have went to the public library for story time. However the girls enjoy the rest of the museum, because they got to play bus driver and see all the old trains. We will turn another day when they're older for the rest of the museum again. Great place for NYCTA History.

Interesting place but maybe it is more fun for kids, seem to be the target for the place. Never the less, affordable, fun to visit, not very crowded and nice and friendly staff!

Loved it! We enjoyed the experience of a subway station museum, filled with examples of subway cars back to the first. Great story boards to follow the " when and how's". Set time aside to visit, whether a New Yorker or a visitor from another place.

While the museum is small (only one subway station), it holds lots of train cart and the exhibits are great fun for kids.

STROLLERS BEWARE!
The struggle to get my double stroller and two babies down two flights of stairs was real!!! That alone just put me in a bad mood.

Wonderful museum with an amazing collection of vintage subway cars, artwork, and dioramas. A must-visit for all visitors to NYC!

Nice to see and learn about NYC's iconic subways. Get to see what kind of subways cars people rode in many decades ago.

Great museum, in addition to information about the building of the tunnels, there are more than 20 old trains you can enter and see up close. Real fun!

Nice museum especially the old wagons with the advertisements of those times .. cost $ 10 per person ... only problem no air conditioning

Lovely museum, very affordable. Definitely include in your tour through Brooklyn!
Also great spot for cool photos!

Not as interesting as we would like. No review of the driver's cab. There are no descriptions of automation and metro control. The main thing: there is no way to see the tunnel from the inside.

Nice museum! Get the touch to the history of the NYC trains and have fun . Even small kids will be happy there.))

Great place to bring kids. Loved all the information about New York transit history

Wonderful museum keeping our NYC transit history alive. Great seeing how my parents got around NYC back in the day. Informative and pretty fun to visit.

Self guided tour to go at your own speed. It's in an actual subway station, so it's not air conditioned. I spent about 2 hours reading material and found the disaster relief for transit very interesting. Worth the $10!

It will make you realize how old most subway cars are that are still running today.

The train museum is great, it explains all the train history and they actually have the old trains too.

The best interactive experience for toddlers and kids, not some boring museum. They learn while playing, try themselves as bus driver, conductor or machinist. And adults imagine change of the epoch while sitting on the seats of subway train of 1938' and then enjoying scilly advertising at 1980' wagon)) for sure, you wouldn't find the better place to make a vintage photo shoot!

Great spot for kids on a rainy day. Lots of trains to explore on the lower level that can be easily missed.

Above expectations! Me and my fam really enjoyed our visit to the NY transit museum.

Enjoyed the transit museum. Lots to see. Would be good trip with kids.

Great collection of subway cars + an exhibition of the history and construction back to the early days of the NYC Subway and other predecessors. Located in an old out of use subway station.

Great place to learn about nyc history. I spent three hours walking around, reading, watching videos and other interactive material. Its a great price. Only seven bucks. Well spent money and time and i plan to go back

Great for kids, lots of fun. Admission price seemed to have gone up. But the kids enjoyed it. Trains from 1904 to 2010

This is a special place for those who have nostalgia and want a nice dose of train, subway, NYC history. This museum is located in an old and decommissioned station on Brooklyn Heights. They have everything that you can imagine related to the NY subway system. Downstairs in the old platform they have an array of old subway cars. The cars are all from different eras and have been taken out of service. It is amazing to see how people got around town in the past. Some of the cars have rattan and wicker seats. Some have fans hanging from the ceiling. I just can't believe people went to work wearing a full suit, with a starched shirt and a hat during the dog days of summer packed in these old trains. It's fun to look at the old advertising and take a hold of a real strap hang. You can seat down and put yourself in the eras. They also have old token booths and turnstiles. You can go at your own pace and have a great time exploring the past.

I went with a school trip. The place isnt huge but it was a great experience. You get to advertisements from decades ago. The first type of public transportation

Amazing selection of old trains. History of how the MTA prepares and deals with disaster. Great for kids and adults alike.

For a train geek, it is heaven but even if you are not, a trip to the NYTM is like a trip back in time. You get to experience classic subway cars in an actual subway station exactly as they were when they were in service. The classic advertisements alone are worth the price of admission. As much as the subway is a part of every New Yorker's life, few truly know it's amazing history. NYTM does a great job of bringing that past to life.

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If your curious about the subway its fun and kid friendly

Neat little museum with a lot of photography opportunities.

Former subway station turned Transit Museum. Great place to spend a few hours.

This place was great. It was fascinating to see how the NY Subway system was built. Incredibly well though out and clever given the era in which this was done. Would totally recommend.

It brings back ,emories of when i was a little boy and my mom use to take me on the train with her.Seeing all those old trains makes me think of her.RIP MOM,I LOVE YOU.

People should see it, so they know MTA didn t change much, I noticed whoever can make a difference on MTA, is probably also one of the most valuable person on our planet.

Huge museum, well worth the admission. Check out old subway cars from the early 1900s, and historic transit maps. Tends to attract a children crowd.

Really interesting place! Has many historical items that are fascinating to see

Interesting museum where discover how the metro has been built and extended Manhattan. It's possible to visit all the various wagons of the history of the metro line. I'd have expected a visit into the tunnels...but no way..

Loved this museum! We learned so much about the history of the MTA which is quite impressive. The whole museum is interactive and there are lots of trains and buses for kids to explore. We are on a rainy cold day in January and it wasn't packed at all.

A little out of the way but worth the effort to go. You will need a map to find it (Google maps ok). It's not easy to find from the nearest subway station without one. When you get there it is hard to spot as it's entrance is an old subway entrance. Just steps down.
Inside is a good display of how the subway was built and historical displays of maps and other items.
Of course the best part is the old carriages down a further level in an old subway station. Examples of all the old rolling stock.
Only disappointment was the merchandise in the shop. I was after some replica old maps but none there.
All in all very good value.

Very well done museum on the history of the New York subway with the old trains because the museum is in a former subway terminal

Great place visit and got a MetroCard holder there easily. Would recommend it.

Subways and trolleys are an fundamental piece of NYC s history. You ll discover many of these artifacts in the New York Transit Museum. Here, you ll find a fascinating collection of subway cars dating back to 1916! Also, find wooden elevated train cars that go back to the late 1800s! The trolleys are decorated with captivating old ads, much the same as when these vehicles were still connecting the city! Amazing place to visit!

This place is awesome!! You get to see trains from when they first began til now and see everything that has been accomplished over the years!!

Nice little museum- takes an hour if you are fast, more if slow

Excellent museum in Brooklyn. It's worth the getaway if you stop in Manhattan

Cool fun place to visit...Area where movie and tv shoots are done...interactive, lunch room...Great for kids...Gift shop

It will make you realize how old most subway cars are that are still running today.

Better than I expected, with vintage cars, docents explaining the mechanics and great stories from the building of the subway. Worth 2-3 hours to see it all at a leisurely pace, although young children will probably max out in 1.5 hours. Fun for mechanically minded and history huffs too.

Definitely worth a visit - super interesting and affordable niche museum.

A good place to take your kids on a cold or rainy day. Lots of space and the tours (we caught a tiny bit of one) are very informative and interesting. It's fun to be able to walk through all the old trains and turnstiles (some from my childhood). We will definitely be back!

Was very interested to visit this museum. I did not expect

Authentic & astonishing! Definitely worth a visit if you re interested in seeing what makes the city tick underground. The gift shop has tons of fun transit themed gifts too.

GREAT museum! Tons of interesting history and you get to board trains from all different periods of the past 120 years. Beyond worth the $10 entrance fee.