The success of the Interborough Rapid Transit System, more commonly referred to as the IRT, created an immediate demand for its expansion. While Manhattan's newest transit system was a gold mine for ...

The success of the Interborough Rapid Transit System, more commonly referred to as the IRT, created an immediate demand for its expansion. While Manhattan's newest transit system was a gold mine for ...

Long before the MTA, there was the Interborough Rapid Transit Subway (IRT), whose first line opened almost exactly 117 years ago on October 27, 1904. (The company was founded in 1902 by August Belmont ...

Before there was a “subway series,” there was literally a baseball league sponsored by New York City’s original subway line, the Interborough Rapid Transit Company. The IRT was founded in 1902 and the ...