Groundbreaking for NYC Subway

Date: March 24, 1900 • Location: New York City, United States

Robert Anderson Van Wyck, mayor of New York City, broke ground for a new underground Rapid Transit Railroad that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.

Robert Anderson Van Wyck was an American politician who was the first mayor of New York City after the consolidation of the five boroughs into the City of Greater New York in 1898.