Transit Museum

Gregg got back on a Sunday morning after a night of call and was in need of a big delicious breakfast so we went to brunch at Hunters, one of our favorite spots, in our neighborhood.  It was a beautiful sunny, blue-sky day but the stubborn temperature hovered near freezing.  Regardless of the cold, we wanted to enjoy the sun so we started walking around. Soon we ended up in front of the Transit Museum in downtown Brooklyn, something we had been meaning to do but hadn't gotten around to so we decided to drop in.  The entrance looks like an actual subway station in the middle of downtown because for a decade between the 30-40s it actually was a station, then was converted in the 70s to the museum.  The station itself was kept in original working order and has been used for films, such as Taking Pelham 123.  More info about the old Court St. Station.

Entrance to the Museum

Show me the money!

Some transit-inspired photography highlights the disparity of the seasons

The tracks were filled with subway cars of different eras that you could walk through complete with contemporary banner ads

Wicker seats in this one

Gregg blowing up dynamite

View the workers would see when they were building the Subway

Gregg walking through the clunky old turnstile

The evolution of turnstiles

Captain Gregg

We ended our day with some lunch at Hill Country BBQ before we headed home to thaw out.  Lucky for us, Sunday's from 12-4 are Fam Jam where there is live music and a horde of sugar-infused kids dancing around :P