This is a pristine, uncirculated trolley transfer ticket from the BMT (Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation) issued on June 1, 1933.

Condition and Provenance
This item is part of a substantial, high-grade transit collection recently added to our store, featuring decades of curated New York City history. This ticket was recently removed from a meticulously maintained archival collector’s binder. As such, the reverse side features a small piece of collector's tape from its original mounting. The tape has no ill effect on the structural integrity or quality of the paper other than its visual presence on the back. The ticket remains crisp, unpunched, and in uncirculated condition.

Collector Highlights
This is ticket #00002, an exceptionally low serial number representing the second ticket in the book for the Sackett St. Line on that Thursday morning in 1933. This ticket highlights the classic BMT logistics of the era, including the "additional charge of Two (2) Cents" for transfers. The reverse side lists a detailed directory of historic Brooklyn trolley connections, including the DeKalb-Coney Island, Franklin Ave., and Smith St. lines. Unlike standard transfers, this specimen is unpunched and uncirculated, likely preserved as a file copy.

Historical Context
The Sackett St. Line was a historic Brooklyn trolley route that served the busy waterfront and residential areas near the Gowanus Canal. Like many of Brooklyn's streetcar lines, it was eventually phased out during the city's transition to a motorized bus fleet. This 1933 specimen captures the height of the BMT's private operation during the Great Depression era.

Please visit our store to see the rest of this newly listed collection, featuring many more rare, low-numbered tickets from this historic era!