A look at historic NYC Subway maps, starting in 1904, when the IRT, BMT and IND companies ran independent subway systems through Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens.

Though you and I are only familiar with a single MTA map, dozens of other maps have attempted to make the NYC subway, er, reasonably comprehensive over the years. It’s hard to imagine that the 1 ...

Beyond the tiny subway map, the Martayan Lan exhibit boasted many other pieces to excite lovers of New York City history. The oldest map in the Martayan Lan Gallery exhibit dates back to 1548 and ...

The Metropolitan Transit Authority has unveiled the first major change to the famed New York City subway map since 1979. The historic map commuters are used to seeing on subway cars and in ...

You can now search maps from across 450 years of New York City history thanks to the Brooklyn Public Library Center for Brooklyn History, which just launched an online portal you can easily access ...

The New York City subway map from the MTA received its first major makeover in decades By Andrew Siff , Brad Luck and Nelson Hsu Published April 2, 2025 • Updated on April 2, 2025 at 4:53 pm ...

The NYC subway by the numbers. 1.68 billion: annual riders in 2018 472: subway stations; the newest are the 72nd, 86th, and 92nd Street stops on the Q 88 feet: height of the highest above-ground ...

John Tauranac put New York City’s subway on the map — literally. The lifelong Upper West Sider, now 80, was the creative director for the MTA’s 1979 rail map, a version of which is still ...

A lot has changed on the subway in the last 45 years, including stations, train cars, platforms, and even how we pay. But one thing that hadn't changed is the subway map. That is, until now.

A major redesign to the New York City subway map was unveiled at Times Square-42 Street in Manhattan on Wednesday. Credit: Metropolitan Transportation Auth/Marc A. Hermann/MTA.

First, transit officials in New York City said goodbye to the Metrocard. Now the MTA is waving farewell to another transit icon: the famed subway map. “This is a lynchpin moment,” said MTA ...