The History of Public Transit in the Bronx on Display at the Transit Museum

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Apr 20, 2022

Building the Bronx, a new exhibit at the New York City Transit Museum's Grand Central gallery, traces more than 350 years of the borough's transportation system, from horses, to steam engines, to a monorail (yes!), and to the subway. Jodi Shapiro, one of the curators of the exhibit, joins us to discuss the history of public transit in the Bronx.

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